That's pretty funny. But its usually a safe bet to go with the team with home-court advantage who also happens to have the best player in the series.
Cuz they are all huggin and squeezin Lebron nutsacks all day long. This is the reason why ALOT of people dont want to see Lebron win ... to proof all these dumb nut huggers wrong.
Only 2/10 ESPN experts picked the Suns over the Spurs. Both of the ones he picked were Suns in 7. The Suns swept.
I understand why the Cavs were favored in this series, but last year it should've been obvious that without a good wing to pair with Lebron the Cavs were in trouble against a more athletic, up-tempo and deeper team like Orlando.
I'm not sure why it wasn't apparent to anyone else that the Cavs were headed down the same exact road as last season. They're good during the season, able to pick of any inferior competition easily and consistently, but if they have to repeatedly play a quality team, they will get beaten. Mike Brown just isn't a good enough coach to make the necessary adjustments to consistently win playoff series and frankly, past LeBron the team just isn't that great.
Yeah, a lot of "experts" thought that the Suns' style wasn't built for the playoffs and the Spurs' was. A lot of people still think that, even here on this board. You keep hearing this theory pop up.
It´s not Mike Browns fault that the team can´t handle playoff-pressure and has absolutely no consistency. Add tranquil LeBron in game 4-5, how can you blame the coach?
ESPN/TNT Analysist will ALWAYS pick the team with the bigger name players or the more popular team because that is who ESPN wants to win. They are in bed with the NBA, MLB, NFL ect... and ESPN marketing and showing their "stars" is important to the business side of the sport. I guarentee you that no ESPN analysts will pick the Suns to win because of the Kobe factor. The bigger star always wins in their eyes because they need them to win. If the Suns win and play the Magic in the finals then it will knock the TV ratings down and its bad for business. Plus Brussard or whatever his name is really thinks that Lebron has his mind made up on going to Chicago one hour after they were eliminated from the playoffs. They will just say what sounds intriguing to stir up threads like these on the internet. So Brussard and your dumbass "insider" information... YOU WON.
Two or three guys from espn picked phoenix, will be interesting... Boston still underestimated by everyone.
Cleveland totally imploded. I don't think you could've really predicted that. Especially that LeBron would be at the center of it all.
