Ronny Turiaf to the Heat. Next stop, NBA Champions....

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If the guy just had more heart.

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Hi Douchebag

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Hi Kid

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If the guy just had more heart.

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Hawg has just giff'ed this page up. Triple post....

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Ronny Turiaf...Well, he can't be any worse than Joel Anthony, the current starting center for the Heat.

From NBA.com. Compare your Heat vs Bulls thoughts with the writers....

The Bulls have the best record in the league. But do you think they would beat Miami in a seven-game series?

Steve Aschburner: Sure, Chicago can beat Miami in a seven-game series, if Derrick Rose is healthy in an MVP-worthy way for each of those games. And if Richard Hamilton stays healthy for the series, too, after a reasonable run-up of prep work and tune-up games to mesh with the other Bulls. And if Luol Deng’s damaged left wrist (torn ligament) doesn’t flare up at an inconvenient time – and the officials notice the next time LeBron James, Shane Battier and others go all NHL on him and intentionally whack him on the injury (Deng said that happened repeatedly on March 14). And if Carlos Boozer plays the team from south Florida as aggressively as he plays the crew from central Florida (23.3 ppg, 11.0 rpg vs. ORL to just 6.0, 8.5 vs. MIA). That’s a lot of if’s.

Fran Blinebury: Not if Dwyane Wade is closing like he did on Sunday, not if Chris Bosh is assertive and they keep feeding him the ball, not if LeBron James doesn’t shrink in the clutch. That’s a lot of ifs. Toss a coin. It’s that close.

Scott Howard-Cooper: It would not be a surprise, but Miami would be favored. Both are very good defensively, but the Heat are a little better on offense and, just as importantly, go in more directions for scoring. The Bulls are much better on the boards. That’s a great seven-game series you are making happen.

Shaun Powell: Certainly. Not only can the Bulls beat Miami, they can win a championship with the current cast. The issue is whether they can do either by playing a less-than-perfect series. Their margin for error is slim because they still haven’t found a designated No. 2 guy who’ll take (and make) the tough shots late in postseason games. We all know where the ball’s going, but Miami’s defense is enough to put the squeeze on Derrick Rose when it counts. Did it last year, with LeBron blocking Rose’s shot at the buzzer of the series-clincher. You think Rose trusts anyone else on his team in that situation? Not yet.

John Schuhmann: The Bulls’ record without Derrick Rose (10-4) and when they’re at a rest disadvantage (8-1) shows toughness and resiliency. They had those things last year, but they’re a better offensive team this season, in part because they’re getting more games and better efficiency from Carlos Boozer. So I’ve become more optimistic (yes, bullish) about their chances in an inevitable Eastern Conference finals series. But all of the caveats that Asch listed above still apply.

Sekou Smith: I think they are more than capable of handling that business. I do. But there is a part of me that still fears a playoff series turning into a two-man game for both sides and the Heat have their two (LeBron James and Dwyane Wade) set while the Bulls have just one (Derrick Rose, whose injury issues this season also worry me). Top to bottom I think the Bulls are better built for a distance race, which is essentially the NBA regular season. Meanwhile, the Heat have better top-end speed, which suits a team much better in the grueling sprint that is a playoff series. So no, I don’t they would beat the Heat in a seven-game series.

Right now, as much as I'm enjoying what these Bulls are doing, I'm still not convinced they can win a game (or 2) in Miami. Besides, although the Bulls & Heat have split the first 2 meetings in the regular season, Miami could've easily blown the Bulls out in the very first meeting in January. Even though the Bulls won the last meeting earlier this month, Dwyane Wade scored 19 of his 36 points in the 4th quarter and almost single-handedly beat the Bulls at the end.

I think part of the reason why the Heat would still win a Best of 7 is two-fold. First, besides the likes of Wade & LeBron James offensively carrying the load, LeBron seemed to frustrate Derrick Rose on the defensive end when the two teams met in last May's Eastern Conference Finals. Second, the Heat have a mental, psychological edge.

how do you figure ?

It's called an intangible. The Heat had won 5 in a row over the Bulls prior to their loss at the U.C.

Lebron is simply unbeatable in the clutch.

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There's no way to prove any team has a psychological edge over another. You're stating it as fact. It's just your opinion.

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not to mention the mental toughness of Chris Bosh

Truth be told, Chris Bosh was terrible in that last Heat/Bulls' game, but he's played pretty good on the whole this season.

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The Heat would have been better off w/ Rony Seikaly. At least he could kick out the jams...

Rony Seiklay in that pic is the love child of Mark Cuban and an Indian dude

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Agreed. Did the Bulls have an "intangible, mental psycholgical edge" after last year's regular season series? No.

I don't care about Bosh. The Bulls have proven they can neutralize his offense.

The advantage the Heat have is that they have Wade and James. The Bulls can beat the Heat in a seven game series, but they need multiple players to play at the top of their game to do so. Wade and James bring it fairly consistently. The same can't be said of Deng and Boozer.

C'mon man, don't do the refs thing. That's a weak argument. The reason Miami has the ability to come back is because they have two players (Wade and James) who can get to the basket on any possession anytime they want, and in most of those situations you have no choice but to foul. They have the tendency to coast during games, preserve energy, and then turn it on in the 4th.

This has nothing to do with officiating. This has everything to do with two of the best players in the game deciding to be two of the best players in the game.

Why do you think "Hack-a-Shaq" was so popular in the 90's? It's because teams really had no other choice because Shaq could pretty much get position whenever he wanted.

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Agreed. But I think the Bulls have a good chance of beating the Heat. I think several guys on our team are better than last season and I expect a better series from Noah and Boozer.

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I agree with that. And people forget that a big part of why Noah and Boozer were bad in the playoffs is because they were both hurt. Boozer in particular has looked good pretty much all season, but like I said yesterday it's now fashionable to rip him.

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He's not a great defender. We know that. There's no point in saying he's not as good as Iggy, whos one of the best defenders in the league. He's a decent offensive player who's effective more often than not in the pick n roll, a decent rebounder. He's our best low post scorer. He's overpaid but he's better than the player we saw in last year's ECF. He's never going to be great.

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agreed....i'm not overly concerned about him in the playoffs actually. hoping some of the bench players can stay hot and that Korver doesn't go 0 for the entire playoffs again

Emo Chris Bosh is a good twitter follow.

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eh i dont think its good at all
fake barkley isnt very good either

bill walton is good but tweets like 500 times a day

Did you ever hear Bill Walton when he used to be on "The Dan Patrick Show" when D.P. started the sports talk radio show at ESPN Radio? Walton was beyond funny once Dan asked him how's he doing...

This miami heat thing is bad.

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Watching some of the Pacers-Heat game last night and granted, Bosh was having a pretty bad game but it looked pretty obvious that Wade & James didn't want to pass it to him....There was one play where James passed to him for a wide open elbow jumper- kind of his shot- and he passed on it, did a pump fake then passed it up. must really be losing confidence