This year's Finals: Good vs. Evil

Seriously, that's how I see it. The Miami Heat are everything that's wrong with professional sports today: egotistical athletes, bandwaggoning fans, a team built on predatory and anti-competitive free agency, and a marketing machine (aka THE DECISION) behind them that shoves them down the American sports fan's throats as a team YOU WILL LIKE OR ELSE!!!

The Dallas Mavs, for all their faults, were built the correct way, with long time stars staying with the team through the trevails of success and defeat, not jumping ship to larger, more glamerous markets in return for a cheap ring. Nowitzki had several changes to jump ship and go somewhere where he could win, and he refused. Cuban, for all his bluster and arrogance, never gave up on listening to his basketball people and choosing non-star free agents who could help them win within their system.

This is definately a potential repeat of 2006, where Shaq made the Heat instant darlings of the NBA and ESPN, and they rode that all the way to the title, via the refs. Cuban has learned in that he's keeping his mouth shut and not giving Stern any additional reason to pick up the phone and tip the scales on the reffing.... a very smart move by him.

I'm very afraid this will be another affirmation of marketing over everything else... that LeBron *HAS* to have his title, ESPN, Nike, and the jersey manufacturers demand it. This Miami team is no better than the Hessians who fought for the British in the American Revolutionary War. Hired Guns with no loyalty or history, and they certainly don't give one fuck for Miami or their "fans".

Go Dallas.

 

I pretty much agree except that Dallas is a team that cheats via flopping. I really don't have a lot of respect for that sort of stuff.

 

Germans (Dirk) vs. Jews (Owner Micky Arison)


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The Cavs represent good because they play great basketball.

The Mavericks also represent good, by the same token, but less good. Though that may not prove to be the case.

Whoever wins this series is the "good guys" then. Should be a fun series to watch.

 

Sorry guys...... rootin' for the devil in this one! Hope 'Bron and company win in 5 or 6.

 

WTF is wrong wit chu?

 

*shaking my head* They win, then the lid is off the inmates running the asylum in the NBA. Welcome to the Globetrotters/Generals. You claim to be a Blazer fan (small market, no superstars) and you root for the Heat? You are a like a poor person who registers as a Republican.

 

Just have no love for the Mavs whatsoever. Sorry. Them winning a title will have no effect on other players trying to join forces...... they are already wanting to do it. CP3 will be in NYC in a few months watch.

 

The Cavs, huh?

 

Ha, slip of the typing. Still too used to associating James with the Cavs. Heat, rather.

 

I don't care who wins. I don't like either team.

 

im hoping the mavs win as the miami fans will be intolerable if they win

 

Bad luck on the anti-Semitism, president of the asshole club.

Mark Cuban is Jewish.

 

Miami has fans? News to me. Bandwaggoning morons who care more about how cool their store-bought jersey looks on them is more like it.

 

I'm hoping for the HEAT to win too. Its funny on my facebook feed about all the Kobe apologists that were PISSED when Pippen said what he said....as LeBron wins rings, more laker fans will be like this. Its pretty fucking sweet.

 

LA is evil. BOS is evil. MIA is not evil. They are just a great team that will own the NBA for the next five years.

 

LeBron is evil. His arrogance and self-centeredness embodies everything I hate about the NBA. The marketing machine annointed him the greatest ever before he won a goddamn thing, which he still hasn't yet. I got nothing against Wade and Bosh, but they are guilty by association. Miami doesn't give a fuck about that team unless they are artificially good. At least the Mavs have fans that give a damn about them.

 

If Miami wins the title this year be ready for a healthy dose of Miami championships for 5+ years. The media, tshirt and shoe sales should not dictate who wins the NBA. The best team, not the "BEST PERSONALITIES" should win! That said the sell out Stern has had his hand in the mix of many NBA championship teams and his refs carry out his marketing wishes. For once I hope that pint sized punk will just let them play and quit thinking of who will make the NBA more money in commercials following the outcome. Teams like Portland, Charlotte, Minni, Indiana and on will not win anything for years if Miami wins this way so why buy season tickets? Stern should think about that before he puts his refs on the take again and destroys another NBA finals.

Let them play, and keep it fair!