Why did no one ever talk about that play in the Bulls-Heat series where Lebron fell over at half court, clutching at his eye and howling like a baby, and then as soon as the whistle blew, he got up and winked at the booing Chicago fans? Disgusting.
At least Van Gundy (I think it was Van Gundy, anyway) spent a long while talking about how he should head up an official NBA "No-Flopping" crew that would spend off days pouring over video and subsequently punishing bad acting whenever it was unacceptably ridiculous. (Stat from '06 Finals is, 97 free throws for just Wade in six games, shattering the record, and setting a record for most in one game with 21). Today Wade fall over when no one was around, and Carlisle got a technical for coming over to argue.
Lin: You could probably also write in your blog every day about how you hate Wade.
Me: How we could count the ways. How about how he only plays hard when it's the Finals, and when he doesn't think he's got a good team he phones it in all year so he doesn't go to the playoffs?
Lin: What about Lebron?
Me: I don't even care about Lebron. I've always thought he wasn't as good as the hype, and now he's revealing himself as not being a carry. People are just going to have to learn to expect less out of him, he's never shown that's he's more than a very large man who loves hearing people adore him. Let's just establish it now: Wade is the super carry, Bosh is the support, and Lebron is the tanky DPS. His usefulness just plain falls off late game, and all he's good for in the end, is a few 'DEMACIAAAAA's.
