New York Knicks vs. Miami Heat. Round 1.

[Gimme Some Mo]

Knicks are such an embarrassment. All that talent and they are awful. I honestly believe a healthy Cavs team would beat them in a 7 game series.

 

[Birdy89]

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This is embarrassing. David Stern should be ashamed (although that would require he have any in the first place).

Watch around the 17 second mark where Lebron looks back to see if they are watching before he starts grabbing his neck running around like Harley Race just pile-drove him on a steel chair.

 

[chrisrich91]

[video=youtube;2zYBgMzX7V4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2zYBgMzX7V4[/video]

This is embarrassing. David Stern should be ashamed (although that would require he have any in the first place).

Watch around the 17 second mark where Lebron looks back to see if they are watching before he starts grabbing his neck running around like Harley Race just pile-drove him on a steel chair.

I don't care how good it would make us: even if he came back to Cleveland, I could never cheer for this man again. Removing the homer glasses once he left has been truly eye-opening, and I am embarrassed to think about how much bullshit I stuck up for him during when he was on the Cavs.

Most talented NBA player of all time, and he's an absolute disgrace to the game.

 

[MDLT]

I don't care how good it would make us: even if he came back to Cleveland, I could never cheer for this man again. Removing the homer glasses once he left has been truly eye-opening, and I am embarrassed to think about how much bullshit I stuck up for him during when he was on the Cavs.

Most talented NBA player of all time, and he's an absolute disgrace to the game.

Amen. A-fucking-men.

 

[Scholar]

[video=youtube;2zYBgMzX7V4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2zYBgMzX7V4[/video]

This is embarrassing. David Stern should be ashamed (although that would require he have any in the first place).

Watch around the 17 second mark where Lebron looks back to see if they are watching before he starts grabbing his neck running around like Harley Race just pile-drove him on a steel chair.

That is absolutely atrocious. I didn't watch this debacle, so this is the first time I've seen this play. But, you are right, it really is an embarrassment. How could any "competent" referee make such a call? Ooops... Maybe I shouldn't use that word and NBA referee in the same sentence. More then a few of them should have been removed some time ago. Hell, James should have been rung up for a tech for the ridiculous acting job he put on. WWE basketball at it's finest.

 

[MoneyMP3]

You know Lebrons flopping was bad when other professional athletes were ripping him on twitter.

 

[Pavlovic3Ball]

I can't believe there used to be people that actually believed Melo was on Lebron's level.

 

[Pavlovic3Ball]

If I was on the Knicks I would be flopping every time a Heat player comes within 1 foot of me. That's basically what Lebron does.

Its a bitch move, but its smart on Lebron's part. He is learning to be more crafty with age. He had a nasty flop last year on the finals against Haywood.

 

[Mdog1]

That play was horrible. I thought I was watching a Clippers game.

 

[JJ Smooth]

You know Lebrons flopping was bad when other professional athletes were ripping him on twitter.

It would be great if someone could get a comment from Vlade Divac or Manu Ginobli on his acting skills. :chuckles:

I'm not that old, but I wish things weren't so ticky-tack with the foul calls and remember that it's "playoff basketball". I'd expect...no, want a few bruises, scraped knees, and hard picks. Punish the actors by swallowing your whistles once in a while.

To adlib Brian Wilson of the NBA2K12 commercial, "lay it up, like a real man".

 

[Scholar]

I'm not that old, but I wish things weren't so ticky-tack with the foul calls and remember that it's "playoff basketball". I'd expect...no, want a few bruises, scraped knees, and hard picks. Punish the actors by swallowing your whistles once in a while.

No. Punish the actors by calling the damn tech they put the new rules in to cover. You want to fake it, get rung up with a tech. I would have loved to have seen James's reaction to that. Act hurt... act hurt... receives tech... look of disbelief... forgets that he is suppose to be acting and runs over to the ref complaining. THAT would have been the appropriate punishment for the bullshit we saw.

 

[Tlyons]

No. Punish the actors by calling the damn tech they put the new rules in to cover. You want to fake it, get rung up with a tech. I would have loved to have seen James's reaction to that. Act hurt... act hurt... receives tech... look of disbelief... forgets that he is suppose to be acting and runs over to the ref complaining. THAT would have been the appropriate punishment for the bullshit we saw.

It should be a delay of game at the very least. First one is a warning and every other flop is a free throw for the other team.

I mean damn, we all know from his commercials that the man can't act.

 

[MDLT]

 

[MoneyMP3]

The way he throws his hands up makes me laugh every time. It's such an unnatural thing to do.

 

[Dfor3]

The late hand reaction is priceless