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If it continues to post the HTML tags, I'm going to have to get rid of it, because certain tags could cause errors in the topics, depending on the order they are opened and possibly not closed. It basically means I can't have any forum giving the ability to post HTML, and that's a no-go. The IPB app does everything this one does, and it's free.

Not only that, but it also can't parse tags correctly.

Is there any way you guys can remove the "Sent using Tapatalk" line? It pisses me off that the app charges $3 for you to use it, and then it spams your board INSIDE of your posts.

Well, would you have said Aaron Brooks back in January?

Nash is a perennial Hall of Famer when it comes to bad defensive players. When he had a bit of speed, and was a bit tougher (younger, didn't mind contact), he was a halfway decent bad defensive player (if that makes sense), but now he's a bottom-feeder on that list. Bargnani is another, of course. Turkoglu isn't a good on-ball defender, but he does show flashes of a high defensive IQ every once in a while. He knows where to lead his man. He defended Kobe well a couple of times in his career, just due to his length and having Dwight Howard in the frontcourt...just really depends on the position he's playing. Still a bad defender, but I wouldn't stick him in the group above. Gotta add Kevin Martin to the list...I forgot about him.

Steve Nash, Kyle Korver, Aaron Brooks, David Lee, Jose Calderon, Kevin Martin, Andrea Bargnani, Andray Blatche...coin flips. I'm sure I left a few out.

I really, really doubt that it happens. Not even Riley would be able to get that to happen. LeBron will have the ball in his hands, and Bibby will be playing off it. Bron isn't going to come off screens and take jumpers, or cut to the rim and look to Bibby to make his plays. That's far out of character. Wade would defer well before LeBron does. Last season, I saw Chalmers in that position a few times, and he's not even that great running an offense. How many times did we see Mo Williams with the ball, making plays for LeBron? I'm not even sure if he did that 5+ times in any game of his career as James' teammate.

Ideal, until they become a bottom five defensive team in the NBA. Right now, they are ranked 4th (defensively), and that's mainly due to the big three being in the game at the same time. If Haslem was around, and they had a real defensive anchor, it would be a different story. Plus, LeBron for 16 minutes, then sitting 8 minutes + half, then 8 minutes of playing, 8 minutes back on the bench, then finishing the game...no coach in the history of the game has done anything like that with a superstar player before, not in spurts similar to that. It would completely ruin his jumper, lessen adrenaline and stamina, weaken muscles, and even minimize drive. Same with Wade and Bosh. You have to keep in mind that those 8 minutes are "game minutes" and not real time...a game is over three times longer than the 48 minutes on the game clock, so those 8 minutes of sitting could be 15-20 minutes (taking out the halftime, "play" minutes are around 2-3 times longer in real time). It's a lot of time sitting, coming back in and playing, then sitting, etc...good way to get injured as well. Cold muscles. It has been done. Kobe, Shaq, Malone and Payton went to the Finals, sacrificed their numbers...but none of it was intentional. It all happened within their games...just ended up staying aggressive (Kobe and Shaq), and the other two fit in by contributing as much as they could as the two superstars dictated when. I think what's going to be misunderstood, when it comes to my post, is the fact that I said they need to contribute the same way they did last season. I'm not talking about numbers, though, I'm talking about style. When James has the ball, I don't see Wade doing ANYTHING. He should be playing to get the ball in his hands, even if he doesn't think Bron will pass it to him. Bosh? He has to hit the post when he has the size advantage and call the ball, no matter what. Watching the Lakers these last three seasons, I've seen enough of it. When Bryant isn't going to get a shot attempt, he still pursues the ball...calls for it, posts up, acts like he wants it every single possession (unless he's disinterested, like most of the team has been every now and then). Funny enough, when Kobe called Gasol out for not being more aggressive...that's what he meant. He doesn't want Gasol to jack up 20 shots a game, he wants him to want the ball. Wade and LeBron can't stand back and let each other do work. While the idea was probably that they would have less of a workload, and in a way they do, they still have to play 35-40 minutes per game, and they still have to want the ball. If they are trying to change each others' games, for the sake of each other and their teammates, they will continue to lose to the elite teams that are GLAD to know LeBron and Wade are a bit different these days.

He didn't sound like he was crying, just super-depressed because his meat-eating friends aren't feeding his Brontosaurus ass in the post. Bosh has had a rough season, though, despite the numbers he's putting up. He's not shooting as well as he should be (playing alongside two superstars). He's getting bullied in the paint, taking almost the same amount of shots as he did as a sophomore, least amount of free throws since his rookie season, having trouble on the glass, career low in blocks, least amount of assists since his rookie season...just not really as fun as he thought.

Simple way to put it: Wade and LeBron are trying to adjust to each other more than anything else, and they just need to play their game. Same with Bosh. With all three playing their games (the same way they played last season), the rest of the team will fall in line, and things will set in. Miller, Chalmers, Jones, Bibby, all of them are going to be spot-up shooters. None of them are going to have the ball (not even Bibby). If the big three are attacking, the best teams will collapse, and that opens up the court. Assuming those three are playing the way they would back in Cleveland, Toronto and the Heat (pre-three), they will find their teammates quicker, for better shots, and less madness on the court. As far as what happens in the last two minutes goes...it should all be based on the opposing team's weaknesses (don't see how this isn't obvious). If the team is the Lakers, it's probably best to go to Wade down the stretch, to make Kobe work extra hard on defense AND have to go back down the court and provide offense. If it's Boston, it's LeBron because of the muscle and physicality. If it's the Bulls, use Bosh and attack Boozer. Orlando? Wade has to be aggressive against J-Rich, P&R action to get to the line, something. The big three's best bet is to not change who they are, as individual players, and just go out and win games. Once they get into the playoffs, they can draw the defensive attention and work together to get Bosh a few dominating performances, and it's open season for their shooters.

Probably so, but LeBron would have to defer to Wade as the primary option (or Bosh, but we know Bosh is no primary option). LeBron would facilitate as a true point-forward, Wade would be the primary scorer, and they would be surrounded by shooters. You really don't have a true post, but Chicago never did, especially after they lost Horace Grant (who was never a force down low). The offense is fine, though. It's a top five in the NBA right now, and the Heat are a top three shooting team (meaning, FG%). They are also a pretty good three-point shooting team, but they are in the middle of the league in attempts. Wade needs to be more aggressive, but not looking to always score. LeBron needs to be more aggressive, looking to score more. Bosh needs to be more aggressive, looking to do BOTH scoring and facilitating out of the post (or in any isolations he gets). Too much uncertainty. It goes with the theme "there are not enough balls on the court." Boston's three put it together quickly because, while they all needed the ball to do their thing, their things were different from each other. Pierce loved the mid-range game, Garnett could post up and play his man face-up, Ray was a spot-up shooter and one of the greatest off the ball (similar to Miller). LeBron and Wade are the same player, just a different build...and, because of that, they are going to have to play similar. Right now, they are trying to be different from one another...and it's their flaw, having to change it up a bit. They need to just stick with their games, let the offense come and go, and expect everyone to adjust.

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What rotations? Honestly, you guys don't have anyone to rotate. You're a Big Three, and a bunch of guys that may have a bit of talent, but never get the ball until it's too late. Spo did what he was supposed to do by starting Dampier, made the right choice by starting Chalmers, and now you're pissed at him because he's not playing the right guys? The Heat don't have any plays. They (the team) has chosen to run ISO's for LeBron and Wade, just what they asked for. The fact is, no coach is going to turn LeBron into a player that runs around like Rip Hamilton and plays a catch-and-shoot game, and no coach is going to turn Wade into that, either. You guys will have to live with both needing the ball, holding on to the ball for half of the clock, and waiting for shooters to free themselves up for a shot. Cleveland Cavaliers basketball, with an extra superstar. Don't ever compare the two teams. Kobe and Shaq didn't win a damn thing before Phil because Harris wasn't starting Kobe for the first two seasons of his career, and the third season doesn't even count in NBA history because it was a lockout season. Once the ball was put into Kobe's hands, and he started running the offense (an offense that didn't revolve around just Shaq) and scoring around 24-25 PPG, they were champs.

Last 20:56 of the game... Heat score 23 points Heat allow 50 points Wade scores 2 points LeBron scores 4 points

Whoa...K-Mart touched the ball when he was out of bounds. That's Utah's ball, with a little over a half a second left.

WOW...Kirilenko is a bum for that one.

I believe the draft will stay as scheduled, but free agency is a different story because it has everything to do with the new CBA.

Everyone was on Spo's jock in the first half, and the team was just so perfect. Once James and Wade started choking, especially in that fourth quarter, it's Spo's fault... Simply put, the Magic defended the two superstars well, especially on the last play of the game. The play had to be a three. Wade will never shoot a contested three (hell, I'm not even sure if Wade will even take a jumper to win a game these days), while LeBron is scared to death to take that final shot. Who was left open? The Magic left open the big man for a reason. If Bosh drills that, so be it. Plus, it wasn't Miami's offense that ultimately lost this game. It was the fact that they weren't able to stop Orlando's three ball, which brought them out of a hole that very few teams should be able to climb out of. That's nothing on Spo. Spoelstra doesn't call plays from the sidelines, not every play. He may have drawn up the three to the open man (which was Bosh due to Orlando's defense), but LeBron in the post is something the player decides. There are rotations that LeBron will want to run the point and facilitate with, not drag his man into the post. Also, Q-Rich isn't a punk. He has put on muscle, and he's not afraid to get physical with James. Wear and tear...it's possible that LeBron wanted to avoid it, just as a lot of players do in the league, to save energy and physical strength for the last few minutes. There are two superstars, and one all-star, with a handful of shooters, on this team. It's not the coach's fault they couldn't hit a damn shot. They were wide open for half of the third quarter, and both LeBron and Wade were playing more like Joey Graham and Von Wafer throughout that last quarter. Because there are about three players that actually get to take part in this offense every night, expect the other 10-11 to not be able to make something happen when they are needed. That's how basketball works.

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He's very aggressive on-ball, and he's also got a high defensive IQ and leads his man into help. I have no idea how many times I saw him leading Rose into the bigs last night...a lot of Rose's shots were contested by Hinrich OR a big was there before Rose took launch. I'm sure the rebuttal will be to wait and find a game where he gets lit, which will happen because all great defenders get burned from time to time...but there's no denying that Hinrich is in this discussion, 100%.

Okay, you can praise how he's living his life and all (if he's drug-free), but please don't brag about Bree Olson. There's absolutely nothing good about being the man that is kissing the mouth of, and having sex with, a super slut that has been plowed thousands of times by other men ages 18-70.

OSN is great. I loved that other video they did with LeBron and Wade changing the NBA rules.

Just for kicks, does anyone have Derrick Rose's phone number? If you do, call him up and ask him why he shot 5-21 tonight, then ask the ESPN crew (who were praising this one guy named Kirk after the Hawks/Bulls game). BOSS.

He's not bipolar, he's bi-winning.

This year?