The Miami Lebrons Repeat

You won’t see much NBA talk on this blog, but a championship was given away last night. Whether you like the NBA or not, there is nothing better than a game 7 in the playoffs, regardless of sport. And last night, we got a great game 7.

Here is what I learned watching the 2013 playoffs, and especially the finals:

Lebron James is the best player in basketball

There has never been an NBA player as physically dominant as Lebron

There are still 10-15 current NBA players I would rather have with the ball in their hand at the end of a game

Dwayne Wade looked dead

Birdman looks disturbing

Ginobili is a shell of himself

Popovich is the best coach in the NBA….but cost him team the championship (removing Parker and Duncan in critical situations and leaving Ginobili in when he was clearly struggling)

Tim Duncan is possibly the most underrated player in NBA history (just in front of Tony Parker)

The Spurs are one of the biggest dynasties, yet are rarely discussed

The Spurs were the better team

The Heat had more talent

NBA officiating is so frustrating

Traveling is a rule in theory only

Spoelstra is not a good coach – he makes winning with James, Wade, and Bosh look difficult – I believe any Joe off the street could guide this team to at least the finals

Miami should not have professional sports teams

The Heat (and Miami as a whole) may have the cheesiest and weakest fans ever

I have never seen so many sunglasses worn at an indoor stadium (the lights must be bright in that arena)

I have never seen so few fans in team paraphernalia

The immediate commercials selling the team championship t-shirts, hats, and videos are lame – the people that buy that shit are even lamer

Dan Gilbert is sitting somewhere fuming about Lebron….rather than fuming about he should be fuming about – the fact that he is an idiot for letting Lebron get away….and for being an overall douchebag