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2010 NBA Eastern Conference Finals: Magic (#2) Vs. Celtics (#4)

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by abc2007, May 13, 2010.

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Who will win this series?

  1. Magic in 4

    3 vote(s)
    1.4%

  2. Magic in 5

    14 vote(s)
    6.3%

  3. Magic in 6

    34 vote(s)
    15.4%

  4. Magic in 7

    42 vote(s)
    19.0%

  5. Celtics in 4

    25 vote(s)
    11.3%

  6. Celtics in 5

    18 vote(s)
    8.1%

  7. Celtics in 6

    66 vote(s)
    29.9%

  8. Celtics in 7

    19 vote(s)
    8.6%
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  1. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    If healthy Yao is better than Howard, but that "IF" thing is so danged hard to ignore.

    DD
     
    #841 DaDakota, May 24, 2010
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    Because of the responses in these two threads, taken together:

    http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=185850

    http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=186237
     
    #843 durvasa, May 24, 2010
  4. VanityHalfBlack

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    Did anyone catch the post locker room interview with Jason Williams?? He got pissed off and started to act like a little b**** by telling the reporters to go away....
     
    #844 VanityHalfBlack, May 25, 2010
  5. VBG

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    How about no. Dwight is 24. That's Yao in his 3rd year in the NBA.

    Any NBA GM would trade a healthy Yao for Dwight for basketball reasons. Dwight's defense (a part of the game you seem to love to ignore) is pretty amazing. He would make Aaron Brooks and Kevin Martin seem solid. Offensively he can clean up. Sure he's not the low post threat that Yao is but Dwight has everything else.
     
    #845 VBG, May 25, 2010
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    Dwight, drafted in 2004, was 18.

    Yao, drafted in 2003, was 22.

    Dwight had 4 years in the NBA to become 22. That is four years of playing in the NBA, training in the NBA workout rooms, etc.

    I wonder what Yao would have been like if he was drafted at 18 years.
     
    #847 Aznoob, May 25, 2010
  8. Pull_Up_3

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    Healthy Yao>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Howard
     
    #848 Pull_Up_3, May 25, 2010
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    Are we talking fantasy league? The answer is obviously Yao. DH won't do a whole lot for the Rockets while bricking free throws for the Magic next year.
     
    #849 Canadiandude, May 25, 2010
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    Yao is gonna come back next season and dominate all over Howard's ass like he always does. Thems the facts.

    Now. How bout them Magic? Can they win 4 in a row???
     
    #850 Salvation710, May 25, 2010
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    How did this thread become a Yao vs Howard debate? :confused:
     
    #851 Easy, May 25, 2010
  12. Canadiandude

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    There were 2 elbows from Howard that looked borderline suspension worthy.
     
    #852 Canadiandude, May 25, 2010
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    I liked the physicality last night. That is how playoff basketball should be.
     
    #853 Shaud, May 25, 2010
  14. Shaud

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    It really has gotten sad. The debate is pointless. One played this year and the other was the whole season. There is nothing to debate but yet the same people keep going on and on about it.
     
    #854 Shaud, May 25, 2010
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    True ... it was the only way Howard could regain the position that KG took from him ... taken by huffort.
     
    #855 mattrbowers, May 25, 2010
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    Yeah I expected less Yao vs. Howard and more; did someone bang Dwight Howard's mom? type jokes.
     
    #856 Laozi, May 25, 2010
  17. DaDakota

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    Nah, none of them were all that violent.....

    And Garnett deserves everything he gets.....the dude has been a punk for years.

    DD
     
    #857 DaDakota, May 25, 2010
  18. DaDakota

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    Don't be silly.

    Yao's being so tall is one of the main reasons the Rockets defense has been top of the league for years.

    He intimidates WAY more shots than Howard does.....just by standing straight up.

    Yao's problem is health.

    DD
     
    #858 DaDakota, May 25, 2010
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    If the finals plays out to be Celtics vs. Suns, I think it will be one of the most memorable finals of all time. A great up pace offensive team vs. a great defensive team. It will be interesting to see who wins. Of course great defense leads to offense but...
     
    #859 bongo33, May 25, 2010
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    I think the it will depend on the REFS

    That series will be the reverse of the SUNS/LA Series
    in SUNS LA . . .Rough play and refs swallowing their whistles gives the suns
    the advantage [LA is soft]
    In a Celtics/ Suns series. . . The Celtics are quite a bit rougher than the Suns
    and LA IMO . . .
    The suns will need quicker whistles there.

    Rocket River
     
    #860 Rocket River, May 25, 2010
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