Spurs are old.
Parker is the only problem for the Heat. And he's limping around aswell. Wade-Leonard/Gionobli is an unsure which way that could go, but if Wade can pull himself together, then he'll be dominating that match-up. Lebron vs whoever defenses him or attacks for the Spurs, that is going to be going Lebrons way. and in terms of bigs: Splitter isn't such a great player. so he'll have a hard time getting his match-up to go in his way. And Duncan isn't bad, but he's no Hibbert. Haslem/Birdman should be able to contain him and make him work for his buckets.
Spurs can't dominate Heat in the paint like the Pacers could do. So it all comes down to Parker. The moment the Spurs advanced into the finales meant that whoever won the east would be winning the finales.
So hence, Heat in 4 or 5. you'd need injuries on the Heat or spurs (other than Parker) far surpassing their usuall playing style if they want to even have a shot.
@ comment concerning the Heat getting multiple rings:
Heat are getting Older. Wade has had injury issues and his body might be showing signs that it can no longer support his athletic style of play. Not sure what Boshs problem is, but it seems that if he's feeling a small pain that his preformance is influenced significantly. either that or his emotional state impacts his playing far to much. Lebron is the only player who is sure to keep shining. If Wade and Bosh continue to regress next season, then Lebron might need to opt out of his contract at the end of next season if he really wants all those rings. It wouldn't surprize me to see Lebron opt out of his contract at the end of next season and rejoining the Cavaliers. Irving & Lebron will make a pretty made combo. Wouldn't exclude the possibility of Lebron joining Lakers if they keep Howard, altho i think that having a C playing with Howard will cause problems since Lebron is most dominating in backing down his opponents down low. If you add a C like Howard and another PF, then the opponent will just put bodies in the paint, which would see Lebron becoming more of an outside player (Durant is better on the outside than Lebron).
So to me, give Lebron a couple of good shooters, give him a big defensif C ( someone like Wilson Chandler of the Knicks), that will be his best possible team. Lebrons dream match-ups for the next big-3 would be Irving and Kevin Love. Love has range, great rebounder, hard worker. Irving is a bitt like Wade, except that he's a better shooter.
So i wouldn't be surprized to see Lebron leave Miami in the near futur. And if the Pacers can keep their roster intact, i wouldn't be surprized to see them get the better of the Heat in the futur. They do need a better back-court tho. Such a shame that the Heat had such easy opponents till the conference finales. Bucks seemed to prefer not being in the PO's than to face the Heat. Bulls were so banged up that they were to easy to beat ( big respect for the effort put forth by the bulls! missing out so many important pieces, yet they did manage to get a game and tried to make it a series).
I would have preferred seeing the knicks vs Heat in Semi conference finales. That would have been a fun match-up ( Heat would have won, but still, would have wanted to see it).
Last edited by AthrunZala at 6/5/2013 4:53:28 AM