>I guess. But I still think that 2011, there was no excuses.
>not even the "gelling" excuse. that was a legit choke job.
>that was the kind of shit that got Dirk fried for years, the
>kind of shit that made Kobe the bete noir of OKS.

specifically because that mavs team wasn't the greatest champion ever. and again, i've acknowledged their choking. but even when a top team has "no excuses" we can still analyze the team's issues. no team is perfect, and there's always a post-mortem to be done for the finals loser. the fact of the matter is they were up and down all season long. they'd look completely on the same page some nights and completely off others. they even won some of the games they were completely off just based on talent alone, but the headline the next day was still about what was wrong with them.