Other Chicago & General Sports Thread XXXIV: March Madness

[Kurtosis]

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[No Fun Shogun]

I'm standing by my haunted United Center affecting both teams' mojos home and on the road hypothesis.

 

[Illinihockey]

Very interesting article regarding Dexter Fowler's fielding metrics

http://www.cubsinsider.com/dexter-fo...bly-overblown/

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Bulls are going nowhere with Rose the focal point of offense. Team was playing better when he was not playing

 

[Elvis P]

Bulls are going nowhere with Rose the focal point of offense. Team was playing better when he was not playing

Since Isiah's 90 Pistons no team whose best player was a small PG has won a championship.

 

[Kurtosis]

Since Isiah's 90 Pistons no team whose best player was a small PG has won a championship.

That's not true. Tony Parker was the Spurs best player one of the years they won the championship.

 

[Elvis P]

That's not true. Tony Parker was the Spurs best player one of the years they won the championship.

No. Winning the Finals MVP in 2007 doesn't mean you were the best player on the team. Duncan was All-NBA First Team in 2007. Parker never even made the All-NBA Third Team before 2009.

 

[Kurtosis]

No. Winning the Finals MVP in 2007 doesn't mean you were the best player on the team. Duncan was All-NBA First Team in 2007. Parker never even made the All-NBA Third Team before 2009.

He was the best player on the team during the Finals.

 

[Elvis P]

That's not true. Tony Parker was the Spurs best player one of the years they won the championship.

He was the best player on the team during the Finals.

Okay

 

[Kurtosis]

Okay

I should have clarified I was talking about the playoffs, pretty much all that matters (in the NBA at least). You're more than welcome to argue that point though.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Wasn't Parker an MVP candidate the last year they won the title?

 

[HawksBeerFan]

So Straberg rumors... any chance we could be in on him? What would you give up?

 

[MurrayBannerman]

A lot. The Red Sox fit like a glove though so why even bother?

 

[CptnSerious]

I'm standing by my haunted United Center affecting both teams' mojos home and on the road hypothesis.

Gotta be it. February can't get here soon enough.

 

[CptnSerious]

So Straberg rumors... any chance we could be in on him? What would you give up?

Red Sox will most likely get Strasburg if the Nats really do trade him.

 

[hawksrule]

Since Isiah's 90 Pistons no team whose best player was a small PG has won a championship.

Gary Payton was the best player on a team which went to game six of a finals against the Bulls.

Stockton went to two finals. One can debate whether he was better than Malone, but there's no doubt he's one of the best pg's of all time.

Both of these teams would have won if they didn't have the misfortune of going up against Jordan.

Iverson single-handedly led the 76'ers to the finals. The rest of his lineup was awful.

Jason Kidd was the Nets best player on a team that lost to Shaq/Kobe in the finals one year, and Duncan/Parker in the finals the next.

Nearly every championship over the past 20 years has been won by one of Jordan, Shaq, Lebron, Hakeem, Duncan, or Kobe -- in other words, the best players in the game at the time. And all of them are among the top ten players of all time. So while your statement is technically true, the spirit of it -- that teams built around great pg's can't succeed-- really isn't.

 

[Easton Modano Curve]

Since Isiah's 90 Pistons no team whose best player was a small PG has won a championship.

Chauncey Billups was NBA Finals MVP in 2004. That team didn't really have a best player though.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Illinois ends strong and heads into the half with a 32-30 lead over Purdue.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Iverson single-handedly led the 76'ers to the finals. The rest of his lineup was awful..

Offensively sure he carried them but that was a strong team defensively with all the role players able to play strong D

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Damn it, in the afterglow of the Hawks game, I completely forgot about the Illini game....

Oh well, at least I missed a win.

 

[hawksrule]

Offensively sure he carried them but that was a strong team defensively with all the role players able to play strong D

Eric Snow, Aaron McKie, and Ty Hill must be three of the worst players to ever start in a finals.

And who were the good role players? Kevin Ollie? McCullough?

 

[IU Hawks fan]

This is amazing.

https://twitter.com/PurdueSports/status/557659863653056513

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

That's, uh, something.

 

[HawksBeerFan]

A few days old but can't these guys just go pound sand or something? Fans should boycott the rooftop bars...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...-cubs-over-stadium-renovations-011454392.html

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I just can't wait for the Wrigley renovation news to be behind us completely.