It's one of those series where everything is on the table
I just think the theme of the playoffs is that Miami has been sort of underrated the whole time. Like not to take anything away from Denver but I don't see how we can objectively look at these two teams and conclude that Denver is FAR better than Miami
Better? Yes, Denver is a little better IMO. But this felt like a long series to me. I initially said Denver in 7 but switched to Miami 7 just before the series started
To be fair though isn't Miami still getting graded on a curve? Isn't curve grading what we do for teams that really aren't very good.
I see Miami getting talked about for having the most play-offs wins the last 4 seasons. If this wasn't a team graded on a curve would that that be celebrated? If this was the Lakers and they had the most play-offs wins in the last 4 seasons and 0 Championships would we hear about "Lakers Culture?" If this was Milwaukee and Giannis you sure you wouldn't be making fun of Giannis having 0 rings but most play-off wins?
Would Lebron be called play-off Lebron if he was 33 with 0 rings? Or would that be mocked. Even Play-off Rondo had a championship under his belt.
Jimmy and Miami are getting graded on a curve because Jimmy is viewed as good and not great and Miami is viewed as simply an okay team.
When your up 15 control pace work shot clock, when your up 8 make 18 control pace. Coaching is if 20% players decide. In college different see the pro's opposite... Denver opened window now they need to slam.. 1st quarter tomorrow over total!
To be fair though isn't Miami still getting graded on a curve? Isn't curve grading what we do for teams that really aren't very good.
I see Miami getting talked about for having the most play-offs wins the last 4 seasons. If this wasn't a team graded on a curve would that that be celebrated? If this was the Lakers and they had the most play-offs wins in the last 4 seasons and 0 Championships would we hear about "Lakers Culture?" If this was Milwaukee and Giannis you sure you wouldn't be making fun of Giannis having 0 rings but most play-off wins?
Would Lebron be called play-off Lebron if he was 33 with 0 rings? Or would that be mocked. Even Play-off Rondo had a championship under his belt.
Jimmy and Miami are getting graded on a curve because Jimmy is viewed as good and not great and Miami is viewed as simply an okay team.
Miami is a good team, but they don't have a ton of individual talent/don't have the roster that a Boston or Milwaukee, fore example, has. Classic case of a team is collectively greater than the sum of their individual parts, and I think those teams can tend to fly under the radar a little more.
That said, they are good enough to warrant more respect from oddsmakers. They are not as good as those teams mentioned but they are close enough to where the prices have been a little bit off in basically every series they've been a part of in recent history.
You also have to take into account their competition. There just haven't been many juggernaut teams in the league lately. Milwaukee, Boston, and Denver aren't great teams, albeit they're very good. So even a flawed team like Miami can go on runs on like this, have some somewhat sustainable success because they are playing against other flawed teams.
To continue my rant---there is something to say when you set the bar so low nobody expects anything from you....
If Miami had lost in 5 games in 1st round. Butler nor Spo lose anything off their reps as that is what was expected. They literally fell from the 1 seed to just barely making play offs and nobody blinked an eye at Butler or Spo.
So the question remains. why if this team is suppose to be viewed a legit NBA title contender that their bar is always so low. Even as the 1 seed last year nobody thought much of them and some how losing in a conference finals on your home court was viewed by many as a successful season.
If Miami had lost in 5 games in 1st round. Butler nor Spo lose anything off their reps as that is what was expected. They literally fell from the 1 seed to just barely making play offs and nobody blinked an eye at Butler or Spo.
So the question remains. why if this team is suppose to be viewed a legit NBA title contender that their bar is always so low. Even as the 1 seed last year nobody thought much of them and some how losing in a conference finals on your home court was viewed by many as a successful season.
But they aren't. My point was if the league is so watered down why is nothing expected fron you? Every season?
As a 1 seed there aren't a serious team and this year they weren't a serious team. Just by the fact Spo nor Butler lose anything off their reps if they lose in 5 to Milwaukee. Unless u disagree AV?
This is why i don't get why few get upset when I say this is real 8 seed. They are...
They went from a 1 seed(that nobody respected) and fell to an 8 seed and nobody blinked an eye. A normal fall like this in the NBA with no real play movement and the coach and star player or talked about in firings and trades.
Everyone understood the 1 seed was the aberration not the 8 seed.
They went from a 1 seed(that nobody respected) and fell to an 8 seed and nobody blinked an eye. A normal fall like this in the NBA with no real play movement and the coach and star player or talked about in firings and trades.
Everyone understood the 1 seed was the aberration not the 8 seed.
