so i've been ignoring my blog for a couple weeks now. yes, i have been busy and a bunch of things have been going on, but more so, i've simply been lazy. so this post is long overdue.
the dallas mavericks won the 2010-2011 nba championships defeating the miami heat in 6 games. it was a closely contested battle, but ultimately, the mavs showed more resilience and played better team ball and had more clutch moments from their key players. yes, dirk was dirk and played great when they needed him, but i think the bigger players to have stepped up was terry and chandler. oh, and throw marion in there as well. if it wasn't for these guys, the heat probably would have beaten the mavs on sheer athleticism and tough defense. you also have to give a lot of credit to mavs coach rick carlisle. he made adjustments when needed and out-coached spolestra.
however, most of the talk was about the no show of lebron in the 4th quarters of the game and for good reason too. here are 2 of my favorite jokes about lebron:
- a guy walks up to lebron and asks him to break a dollar. lebron gives the guy 75 cents because he can't give him the 4th quarter.
- lebron should get married this summer because that's the only way he's gonna get a ring.
zing and zing. haha. yea, lebron really did play poorly in the 4th when the heat needed him the most, but the other heat players didn't exactly light it up either. i still think miami will win a championship and lebron will get his ring, but i'm glad they needed to struggle a bit to get there. hopefully this will motivate lebron more and he'll come back next year with a plethora of post moves and better jump shots. then he really would be unstoppable. and interesting comparison people have made is how lebron is more like pippen than jordan. a willing passer, good defender, and every once in a while knock down that jumper. anyway, i don't really hate lebron like many people, but i'll be honest in saying i wasn't rooting for him this go-around.
as for the warriors, their season was another disappointment. sure, they improved their record and had a bunch of setbacks with injuries, but david lee hasn't panned out yet. monta and curry did play better together, but they are still a tiny backcourt. especially since both aren't great defenders, their front court players need to play better d, and that didn't happen. biedrins disappeared and udoh is still raw. and jeremy lin was in the d-league for most of the season. we'll see what happens this upcoming season with mark jackson as their coach and see if they do make any big trades for ellis.
anyway, this past season was fun. admittedly, i didn't watch as much ball as i did the previous seasons, but the playoffs were exciting and i'm interested in who gets drafted where. i hope there's no lock-out next season.
