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is anyone here actually looking forward to a lebron/kobe finals?

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by thacabbage, May 24, 2009.

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are you looking forward to a kobe/lebron finals?

  1. yes. yes, i am.

    58 vote(s)
    23.6%

  2. no. i hope it's not cavs/lakers

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    52.0%

  3. i don't really care.

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  1. thacabbage

    thacabbage Contributing Member

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    skimming through alot of the threads in the dish, there seems to be a lot of penis envy around here with regard to the hype these two guys are getting. i really can't believe that i am in the minority here in anxiously awaiting a cavs/lakers finals, so i'll put it to vote.

    i watch the game to see greatness and it can't get any better than this. i want to see these two destroy each other over a 7 game series.

    the most interesting thing to me is that this would only be the 3rd time in the last 20 years that two tier 1 legends went head to head in the finals. there was michael/magic in '91, hakeem/shaq in '95 and in between you had matchups of lower tier legends meeting up and even some complete duds for a span of a few years.

    i classify tier 1 legends as guys with a reasonable case to go down among the top 10-15 greatest ever so clyde, karl malone, kidd, iverson, ewing, garnett, etc etc all do not qualify. you could probably make the case for barkley/jordan in '93 to qualify as well but while i personally rank charles as the second greatest pf ever, i still don't feel right putting him in the same class as the others. it also wasn't a head to head.

    lebron and kobe are two probable top 10 greats, in their prime, and considering the possibility that they will even guard each other for extended crucial periods, i absolutely cannot wait for this matchup.
     
    #1 thacabbage, May 24, 2009
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    I would love to see a Lakers/Cavs series as long as both teams earn their spots themselves not with the help of David stern
     
    #2 Bamushake, May 24, 2009
  3. ItsMyFault

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    Honestly, I really wouldn't care... but I've hopped back on Kobe again. I'm going for the Lakers to win it all. I don't want Cleveland, Orlando, or Denver to get their first chip.
     
    #3 ItsMyFault, May 24, 2009
  4. Jackie1221

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    I'm a fan of basketball. Sure i wish the Rockets were playing.

    and then there would be no more b****ing at the refs, b/c its Kobe Vs. Lebron
     
    #4 Jackie1221, May 24, 2009
  5. Zboy

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    As a basketball fan, I would welcome a Kobe-Lebron finals matchup.

    It's just the TV/ESPN/Gatorade hype that makes me wish at times that neither made it that far.
     
    #5 Zboy, May 24, 2009
  6. Jackie1221

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    agree on that
     
    #6 Jackie1221, May 24, 2009
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    If it doesn't involve the Rockets, I couldn't care less.

    ^ note how I used the proper grammar there :D
     
    #7 Artesticles, May 24, 2009
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    I'd love to see it, but the main thing I want to see is the Lakers losing in whatever way hurts them the most.
     
    #8 A_3PO, May 24, 2009
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    I rather see a Magic/Lakers finals. I think it would be a better series. I just don't see the Cavs having enough offense outside of Lebron to beat the Lakers.
     
    #9 rocketsregle, May 24, 2009
  10. Shaud

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    Wtf penis envy?
     
    #10 Shaud, May 24, 2009
  11. Nelly

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    As long as Kobe doesn't win it.
     
    #11 Nelly, May 24, 2009
  12. Christopher

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    I think its a matchup any basketball fan would love to see.

    Having said that, the Rocket fan in my is cheering for the Nuggets and even the Magic to beat the favorites in the WC Finals!
     
    #12 Christopher, May 24, 2009
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    But I think they will. Lebron's supporting cast suck.
     
    #13 wireonfire, May 24, 2009
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    yeah, I resent that. cabbage is a poster I respect a lot. But using that to generalize an opinion he doesn't agree is bush league.

    As for the question itself, I see why people want to see a Kobe-LeBron match. As a basketball fan, I do too. But as a human being, I just can't help but root for the underdog and want the hype machine to fail.
     
    #14 Easy, May 24, 2009
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    Wait, how is a prime Drexler and Jordan not a legend head to head?
     
    #15 wizkid83, May 24, 2009
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    LeBron won't even make it to the Finals.. Kobe is likely to make it.
     
    #16 ItsMyFault, May 24, 2009
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    I want Denver and Orlando in the finals. It would be cool. Kobe would leave LA, and Lebron would be in NY.
     
    #17 1individual, May 24, 2009
  18. Jackie1221

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    both would come to houston!
     
    #18 Jackie1221, May 24, 2009
  19. Shaud

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    I think I'm part of the "it doesn't matter crowd"

    Part of me wants to see the Kobe/LeBron matchup.

    Then the other part of me wants to see Orlando win because I want Skip to get a ring, and I like some players off Denver and don't like the Lakers.

    At this point I don't care who is in the finals I just want to see some competitive games.
     
    #19 Shaud, May 24, 2009
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    Yes. I don't really care whether the Lakers win it or not since we are eliminated, but somehow the thought of such a lousy team winning the championship is kinda' insulting. I mean, at least the Heat had Dwade and Shaq, the Cavaliers have Lebron and...Ben Wallace. Are you kidding me?! There's no doubt in my mind we could take on the Cavs in a 7 game series, mainly because apart from the King that team really sucks. Hopefully the Magic beat that team up :D
     
    #20 roslolian, May 25, 2009
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