David Stern's dreams are crushed. No LeBron v. Kobe this year.

Fuck Shaq. No asterisk needed.

I was rooting for the Cavs to win (even if it was what Stern wanted). Lebron’s a pretty good shooter, so I’m not sure why he should never shoot threes. It was Williams that was the greatest disappointment in the series. He was suppose to make shots. He jacked up lots of fading contested mid-range shots throughout the series. I rather have Lebron shoot his seemingly off-balance shots than have Williams take another terrible fade with his obvious lack of confidence in his shot. He was trying way too hard and was just all over the place with his shot selections, and Lebron as well. Nobody’s offense was consistent for the Cavs besides LBJ in the entire series.

Big (and in this series Slow would be an accurate adjective) Z was obviously no match for Dwight. After watching Dwight in this year’s playoff, I’ve grown to hate him and just find him extremely irritating. First off, he really throws those elbows around (it makes him seem like a huge douche) and his moves get dull after a while. There is only so many times I can be impressed with the same two handed jam over and over again. He’s probably the most athletic center and may be one of the most athletic players ever, but he could do so much better. I seems too content with what he has going for him right now. There is only so long you can rely on athleticism to score. You see him dunk so many times and then you watch him miss easy jump hooks. It makes you cringe and notice how limited his range actually is. Honestly, I’m finding him a little overrated right now ( beating a center that’s 10 years older than him to the basket isn’t that great of an accomplishment). I wish Yao was playing so he could knock Dwight’s ego down a notch.

Overall, I’ll be unhappy with whatever the results of the final matchup. Too bad the Cavs had to lose. It was a good series though.

the playoffs worked out only made me think how close this year our Rockets were. If only Yao stayed healthy to squeeze one more game from the Lakers…what might have been. Yao vs Dwight and Lowry vs Rafer would have been every Rox fan’s dream.

As inconsistent as he was for the Rockets, I’m happy for him that he’s found success in a new team… let’s not forget he helped us through the 22-0 streak and most memorably Game 22 against the Lakers.

we’re going to officially have to take a look at the Yao-Howard debate, and it’s going to be hard to say Yao is better than the other guy with a ring.

Even if everyone says Dwight is #1, it’s pretty cool that our guy owns him head-to-head. Hopefully they meet up in the Finals one of these years…

lebron shooting 3 but not kobe. look at their playoff 3FG%— almost identical. and its naive to think anyone can dunk on every play. there were a few times where it looked like he could have and chose to take a jump shot instead— and that was annoying— but lebron had so much to do in this series— and incredible does not seem to encapsulate his performance— and driving simply takes more energy than shooting.