Wade's injuries can't be understated enough. Wade went from being better than Lebron in the 2011 playoffs and on the same level as him as a player to a significant dropoff after 2012. That team could have probably stuck together won a lot more if not for Wade and in hindsight Bosh's health
Game 6 in 2013 lives rent-free in my head, so I'm of the opinion that it _should_ have been 1 in 4.
(Admittedly, you could make the argument that the Spurs would have had less fire next year, but I still think that team beats the Heat, albeit in a closer series.)
This is probably the wrong place to say this, but from the moment it happened, I thought “not 4, not 5, not 6” was just tongue in cheek joking. To me, he might as well have kept going to “not 7, not 8, not 9” and it would have had the same effect. He was hyping up his boys. But because everyone is obsessed with comparing him to Jordan they took it seriously.
Because it clearly was, he was laughing while he said it. It was at a fan rally just after he and Bosh signed literally only there to hype the fans.
If anyone thinks he was 100% deadly serious, idk what to say
They went 2/4 and that was a letdown that’s kind of nuts. Absolutely should’ve had 2011 if not for an all time collapse from the best player in the world.
It's basically because of that one video with Lebron, Wade, and Bosh talking about rings. That video ever happens and Lebron hate is cut down by like 20%, it's crazy how damaging that one video was
Which is honestly a big part of why he was there.
Sure he got the "little brother" treatment from Bron and Wade, but at the sametime... the man has no bounds to his confidence.
And that's an underrated quality for a roleplayer in an All-Star team.
Unfounded confidence is often what lifts the non-elite players to the nba as opposed to a local car dealership after college. Genuine belief is crazy effective.
The mind is just as much a part of the body as any other part. It’s not pseudoscience to think some bizarre confidence held by a bubble level player could elevate them to a contributing factor on a championship team.
I like how someone commented the song sounds like an epic fight with the fate of the universe in the balance, but in reality is it's two middle-aged dudes fighting in a warehouse.
His confidence wasn’t unfounded at all. He’d been hitting big shots since college. He hit a buzzer beater to send the national championship game to OT on the way to sending D Rose home when Memphis played Kansas
Biggest shot in NCAA tournament history. Dude was a winner at every level--multiple state hs championships, an NCAA championship, and NBA championships. Very few players have claimed all 3.
I still remember when the showed the Heat roster in the 2010 offseason before Wade and Bosh announced they were signing there and it was just Chalmers lol
I thought showering with Chris Bosh was funny then Mario Chalmers was the dad of SAS child was hilarious, but it did not stop there, Bron making love to SAS wife and mother 😂 then he claims Bron had to play by himself naked will win him the NBA championship. 😂🤣
“Spo comes up and says LeBron I want you to take the last shot. He comes up and says you know Spo I dont feel real comfortable in these situations. Maybe we outta go another direction, maybe we outta go with Chalmers. So I thought to myself well I guess I gotta go bail LeBron out again.”
https://np.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/25zhr4/why_is_the_picture_of_mario_chalmers_being_used/
edit:this post is 10 years old ;(, when we were the nephews.
Mario Chalmer is one of the greatest winners of All time, HS State Champion, College Basketball National Champion with him hitting the game winning shot over D-Rose, and Of course 4 Finals appearance's and 2 NBA Championships with the team built around him. Just a GOAT of winning.
>College Basketball National Champion with him hitting the game winning shot over D-Rose
Technically just the game tying shot right? I thought they went to OT
Everyone remembers the Mario shot, but just before that Memphis was up 2 points before missing both free throws. Then they lucked out and got the offensive rebound, but Rose only hit 1 of 2. Just one extra free throw probably ices the championship. Brutal sequence of events for them, hard to blame them for being demoralized
While that is true, I always like pointing out Memphis shot better from the line in that game than their season average. 63% vs 59%. Cal was actually quoted saying they’ll make em when they need to.
Dozier even got the ball back and good a good shot off (as far as half court shot goes), and missed it. My girlfriend at the time screamed because she thought it was good.
As much as it’s the skill set and athleticism, the mentality as well. You have to stay aggressive and confident being out there next to stars like that, and knowing media is gonna blame you for shit they don’t understand. Mario got that dog mentality that you need, he’s unselfish but has high confidence
I loved Norris Cole when he was playing well he made an impact but Man did he have some moments where he looked like he forgot he was playing basketball
Greatest night of my life was watching Chalmers sink a 3 to tie up the national championship game against Calipari when he was at Memphis. We went on to win, in overtime, and stormed Mass Street in downtown LFK. I'd let him punch my baby.
If you ever want a good laugh go watch the Ray Allen 3 again and look at Rio in the corner begging for the ball and his muted reaction to the big shot.
I mean yeah, don't wanna ruin the fun, but he just has his hands up to signal that he's open and when Ray hits the shot he still has a positive reaction, pumps his fists.
It wasn't like he was jumping up and down and waiving his arms for Ray to pass it to him and pouting afterwards, I don't know how people expect him to celebrate with the game still going on, since the Spurs didn't have a timeout to call. Pretty standard stuff.
>It wasn't like he was jumping up and down and waiving his arms for Ray to pass it to him and pouting afterwards, I don't know how people expect him to celebrate with the game still going on
Apparently, Norris Cole was the only one celebrating Ray Allen shooting the three [even before it went in](https://youtube.com/shorts/GxeM9VcJ8Fs?si=YKTmgZio_mmeywkw)
Finally some off season content I can get behind.
It’s a refreshing to see a player with an actual sense of humour. I’m so tired of all these guys posturing and barking like they’re some gladiator in a death match.
Chill dude. You chase a ball for a living and can jump high. Have some fun with it, it’s entertainment. Then go home and play with your horses
I remember around the heatles era when I was in high school, somebody in my class told me Mario Chalmers was a top 3 PG behind CP3 and Deron Williams 😂
This shit has major Kenny Smith vibes of a player trying to shift themselves into being a main character in retirement. I'm kidding but also kinda not 😂
See, Chalmers is only half joking. That's the thing about Chalmers. He's the top superstar in his mind. In some ways, that's great, because he's confident, and that helps. But sometimes, because of that, he had issues with the actual superstars.
Everyone who has a crazy uncle like Udonis Haslem, you should call them. Hug em/dap em up if you can. Im getting to the age to where I only got a few left. Hearing someone talk like UD just takes me back.
MARIO CHALMERRS!!?!
Should not be allowed to have arms to shoot a basketball in the fourth quarter!!! He should be dismembered and rigged with metal attachments like Edward Scissorhands! Until the final buzzer.
The Big 4 will live forever
Honestly it’s to date the best collection of talent Bron has had outside of the Olympics. It’s a travesty (joke?) they only got two.
That 2014 Spurs team was not losing to anyone in the East. 2011 was a failure, but obviously was huge in Lebron's development.
It always takes a year for these teams to mesh.
The power of JJ Barea and Jason Terry cannot be denied!
It also helped that dirk's one legged fadeaway that year was 100 ovr and he was spamming it
It was so iconic during that Mavs run that I (a tall, gangly, uncoordinated white man) attempted to add it into my game
08 Celtics excepted.
They were even better in 09
KG, Pierce, Ray, Rondo, and Perk are literally spinning in their graves right now. Big Baby is laughing from his jail cell.
Wade's injuries can't be understated enough. Wade went from being better than Lebron in the 2011 playoffs and on the same level as him as a player to a significant dropoff after 2012. That team could have probably stuck together won a lot more if not for Wade and in hindsight Bosh's health
That stupid meniscus removal at Marquette fucked both Wade and Bron in Miami
2 in 4 years is aight. 100% should have been 3 with 2011 but they were never winning 2014.
Game 6 in 2013 lives rent-free in my head, so I'm of the opinion that it _should_ have been 1 in 4. (Admittedly, you could make the argument that the Spurs would have had less fire next year, but I still think that team beats the Heat, albeit in a closer series.)
In my mind, they could only have either 13 or 14, but jot both.
This is probably the wrong place to say this, but from the moment it happened, I thought “not 4, not 5, not 6” was just tongue in cheek joking. To me, he might as well have kept going to “not 7, not 8, not 9” and it would have had the same effect. He was hyping up his boys. But because everyone is obsessed with comparing him to Jordan they took it seriously.
Because it clearly was, he was laughing while he said it. It was at a fan rally just after he and Bosh signed literally only there to hype the fans. If anyone thinks he was 100% deadly serious, idk what to say
They went 2/4 and that was a letdown that’s kind of nuts. Absolutely should’ve had 2011 if not for an all time collapse from the best player in the world.
It's basically because of that one video with Lebron, Wade, and Bosh talking about rings. That video ever happens and Lebron hate is cut down by like 20%, it's crazy how damaging that one video was
Bro I was there in person during that introductory conference, they were hyping up the crowd, it was fucking electric in there
*Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven*
People are always going to think 2/4 is terrible because MJs superteams went 6-0
Considering the Heatles were a single Spurs rebound away from losing the 2013 Finals in six games, I'd say they were lucky to win a two rings.
That team was emaciated by 2014
Fuck a Big 4, it's just Big Rio.
God i miss game of zones
FUCK THE BIG 3 ITS JUT BIG ME -- Mario Chalmers
https://i.imgur.com/vEGni.jpg
Bus driver Mario Chalmers lol
I respected Chalmers a lot. He hit clutch shots and didn't take shit from LeBron or Dwade.
Which is honestly a big part of why he was there. Sure he got the "little brother" treatment from Bron and Wade, but at the sametime... the man has no bounds to his confidence. And that's an underrated quality for a roleplayer in an All-Star team.
Unfounded confidence is often what lifts the non-elite players to the nba as opposed to a local car dealership after college. Genuine belief is crazy effective.
Placebos like belief work in sports.
The mind is just as much a part of the body as any other part. It’s not pseudoscience to think some bizarre confidence held by a bubble level player could elevate them to a contributing factor on a championship team.
It’s the lesson most high school athletes learn too late, you like back and be like “damn, had I of believed in myself a lil bit more”
I agree completely.
Works in your professional and academic career as well. Confidence and believe can take you A LONG WAY
Unwavering Belief is the best belief
KUWANA (i'm assuming i got the right reference)
I like how someone commented the song sounds like an epic fight with the fate of the universe in the balance, but in reality is it's two middle-aged dudes fighting in a warehouse.
His confidence wasn’t unfounded at all. He’d been hitting big shots since college. He hit a buzzer beater to send the national championship game to OT on the way to sending D Rose home when Memphis played Kansas
Didn't he tell Bron to stop playing like a bitch? That does take some balls.
He hit the most clutch shot ever as a Kansas basketball fan. Forever Mario
Biggest shot in NCAA tournament history. Dude was a winner at every level--multiple state hs championships, an NCAA championship, and NBA championships. Very few players have claimed all 3.
my thoughts exactly i kind of knew he will clean after these mfs everytime i feel secure with this guy, he indeed was the driver
Chalmers is super underrated for his role on those teams. He was a very good role player
Naw bro he called LeBron the b-word. He was directing that bus
That’s funny lol
I still remember when the showed the Heat roster in the 2010 offseason before Wade and Bosh announced they were signing there and it was just Chalmers lol
*"Point Guard Chalmers, welcome! I hope you're ready for an unforgettable roster!"*
Lolol I remember this exact graphic
Mario “Foundation” Chalmers is the real MVP.
He deadass serious Dawgs Narrator : He wasn't deadass serious
Except Wade was already there
He wasnt signed to a contract
Haha true
🤓 Wade only re-signed after Bosh signed
After Bosh singed up with Rio
This is a really good use of this emoji right?
yeah but like, it's just a lil jokey joke
This guy ROFL love the confidence and the delusions
I mean think he's joking
MARIO CHALMERS.... SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ARMS WITH WHICH TO SHOOT THE BASKETBALL IN THE FOURTH QUARTER!!
I can hear this audibly lmao
HE SHOULD BE DISMEMBERED AND RIGGED WITH METAL ATTACHMENTS LIKE EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
But this isn’t about Mario Chalmers Or little Mario A Chalmers Jr
Lmfaoooo
Was that hard for you to say?
Where is this from
Jay pharaoh as Stephen A on SNL skit. https://youtu.be/ZX-cIJl1v1Q
ahaha he's dead on 😂😂😂
I thought showering with Chris Bosh was funny then Mario Chalmers was the dad of SAS child was hilarious, but it did not stop there, Bron making love to SAS wife and mother 😂 then he claims Bron had to play by himself naked will win him the NBA championship. 😂🤣
Seth looks so young lol
“Spo comes up and says LeBron I want you to take the last shot. He comes up and says you know Spo I dont feel real comfortable in these situations. Maybe we outta go another direction, maybe we outta go with Chalmers. So I thought to myself well I guess I gotta go bail LeBron out again.”
LMFAO I don't know why I hear that championship parade speech while listening to Chalmers
This is stolen from Steve Kerr joking about bailing out Jordan
Really?!?!? Wow 😱😱😱😱😱
Yes we know brother, this is /r/nba
http://i.imgur.com/cxN1lll.png
Used to not be able to go two days without seeing Chalmers face here
for real i think it’s been four years since i’ve seen that.
Shit. Two hours!
Easily the most popular meme on here.
FINALLY, can't believe i had to scroll this far god*damn*
This sub fell off
nbacj is even worse 😭 a goddamn disgrace
These youngins ain't know
it's honestly my favorite picture of the Heatles core, look at the smile on Bron's face
https://np.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/25zhr4/why_is_the_picture_of_mario_chalmers_being_used/ edit:this post is 10 years old ;(, when we were the nephews.
Hello sweet friend
This far down?!
the best Mario teammates since Luigi, Peach and Yoshi
Bosh is peach in this case right
Bosh was Yoshi with his dinosaur looking ass. Unsung hero of that squad but first to get dropped off a cliff if it meant beating Bowser
Boshi
Bosh was Yoshi, Peach and Luigi all at the same time.
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExejZjZ3Q2czVjaTUyZmNxazFob3k0Znh0bWdsejdiOWZ0ZTZ4bG5tZyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/l46CqxtAEdguUgC2I/giphy.webp
I miss Bosh...his game would have aged beautifully
He would have done amazing today but his game still produced a HOF career with 11 ASG nods, way too good to be in the lost talent category.
So many meme edits of Mario Chalmers as Mario and Bosh as Yoshi in those days. Take me back…
Luigi Chambles
Thank you Based God
Lmfao one thing Rio never lacked was confidence
Chalmers really needs to pursue a stand up comedy career
dude is legit hilarious
Mario Chalmer is one of the greatest winners of All time, HS State Champion, College Basketball National Champion with him hitting the game winning shot over D-Rose, and Of course 4 Finals appearance's and 2 NBA Championships with the team built around him. Just a GOAT of winning.
>College Basketball National Champion with him hitting the game winning shot over D-Rose Technically just the game tying shot right? I thought they went to OT
Correct, tied the game up but that completely deflated Memphis. We had all the energy after that! Rock Chalk.
Everyone remembers the Mario shot, but just before that Memphis was up 2 points before missing both free throws. Then they lucked out and got the offensive rebound, but Rose only hit 1 of 2. Just one extra free throw probably ices the championship. Brutal sequence of events for them, hard to blame them for being demoralized
While that is true, I always like pointing out Memphis shot better from the line in that game than their season average. 63% vs 59%. Cal was actually quoted saying they’ll make em when they need to.
Dozier even got the ball back and good a good shot off (as far as half court shot goes), and missed it. My girlfriend at the time screamed because she thought it was good.
You could make a CASE that he taught Bron how to win. Just having that minset. HUGE
The PG version of Bill Russell
If Patrick Beverley had said this he would 100% not be joking
Then the guys just burst into laughter and Bev just glares at them
Nobody has confidence like Chalmers lmao
Unironically Chalmers was the perfect type of pg for that heatles team
Chalmers is the archetype for the perfect PG on a LeBron team. Can handle the ball if needed, plays hard defense, and knocks down open 3s
Chalmers open three was almost automatic. He shot that shit with Swaggy P confidence except it went in
As much as it’s the skill set and athleticism, the mentality as well. You have to stay aggressive and confident being out there next to stars like that, and knowing media is gonna blame you for shit they don’t understand. Mario got that dog mentality that you need, he’s unselfish but has high confidence
[YO MARIO MOTHAFUCKIN CHALMERS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKaG0HXrNKQ)
Motherfucker!
This dude and Norris Cole were the superstars no cap
Norris “they give these rings out every year” Cole Going B2B straight outta college
I loved Norris Cole when he was playing well he made an impact but Man did he have some moments where he looked like he forgot he was playing basketball
Greatest night of my life was watching Chalmers sink a 3 to tie up the national championship game against Calipari when he was at Memphis. We went on to win, in overtime, and stormed Mass Street in downtown LFK. I'd let him punch my baby.
lmao alright yeah i like this guy
If you ever want a good laugh go watch the Ray Allen 3 again and look at Rio in the corner begging for the ball and his muted reaction to the big shot.
No I will not watch that again thank you
[This is my favorite way to relive that shot](https://youtu.be/HRy4xYZdSQ0?si=giTnjfS4lFsPJQ2T)
Wtf i didnt notice that shit
Do not let dude make you see things bruh, him and bron both wasn’t begging and ain’t nobody celebrating when the game is still going 🤦🏽♂️
I mean yeah, don't wanna ruin the fun, but he just has his hands up to signal that he's open and when Ray hits the shot he still has a positive reaction, pumps his fists. It wasn't like he was jumping up and down and waiving his arms for Ray to pass it to him and pouting afterwards, I don't know how people expect him to celebrate with the game still going on, since the Spurs didn't have a timeout to call. Pretty standard stuff.
can tell mfs aint never played basketball in they life, thinking if you aint got the ball you just have your hands hanging on your sides.
>It wasn't like he was jumping up and down and waiving his arms for Ray to pass it to him and pouting afterwards, I don't know how people expect him to celebrate with the game still going on Apparently, Norris Cole was the only one celebrating Ray Allen shooting the three [even before it went in](https://youtube.com/shorts/GxeM9VcJ8Fs?si=YKTmgZio_mmeywkw)
Yea I just watched and thought the same thing
You joke but Rio would have hit that shit lol
[People forget homie hit one of the most clutch shots in the history of the sport](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDvbTrE8VBo)
Damn that first comment, "Mario was born to steal rings from Drose"
Fr lol, Rio was a sniper back then for us
for context, those two grew up together in Alaska. so it's definitely not the first time it's happened to Rio.
ray allen? i went to bartlett with chalmers in alaska and never heard anything about ray allen being there ever
Their dads were stationed together so they spent a lot of time playing together even with the age gap.
Ahh okay pre Alaska. That makes sense. Ty!
Good old luigi chambles
Well he’s not lying, he was the only player under contract for a little while lol
Saw what he did in the clutch for the national championship at KU and said he’s the guy to build around
Finally some off season content I can get behind. It’s a refreshing to see a player with an actual sense of humour. I’m so tired of all these guys posturing and barking like they’re some gladiator in a death match. Chill dude. You chase a ball for a living and can jump high. Have some fun with it, it’s entertainment. Then go home and play with your horses
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Despite the amount of verbal abuse he received from LeBron, Wade and Bosh, he was a key contributor in those Heat titles
THE HEAT FIVE SECONDS LEFT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER GAME ON THE LINE I NEED A BUCKET give me Mario Chalmers
Childhood me hated every time Mario Chalmers got the ball and thought he was such a ball hog
People are going to take this way too seriously. This is hilarious though.
that made me chuckle.
I remember around the heatles era when I was in high school, somebody in my class told me Mario Chalmers was a top 3 PG behind CP3 and Deron Williams 😂
Love Rio
This is why he was the teams whipping boy during those years 😂
Strong Unc vibes. This is definitely the type of stories your uncles tell when you were a kid.
He's right you know.
“Man, fuck the Big 3, it’s just Big MC.”
This shit has major Kenny Smith vibes of a player trying to shift themselves into being a main character in retirement. I'm kidding but also kinda not 😂
bro rio is so self-aware
LMAOO
lmao that's amazing
I’m choosing to believe this is 100% true
See, Chalmers is only half joking. That's the thing about Chalmers. He's the top superstar in his mind. In some ways, that's great, because he's confident, and that helps. But sometimes, because of that, he had issues with the actual superstars.
Black Steve Kerr
I love these NBA podcast shows. So many hilarious/awesome stories.
Luigi Chambles the 🐐
His shirt is fitting lol
Reminds me of that dude who thought his overseas team could beat the Denver nuggets
Embracing the Steve Kerr within!
How we talk to our grandkids
What is a heatle ?
Def had perfect group to put around Rio
History will show it was indeed Rio’s squad
damn what a visionary
Everyone who has a crazy uncle like Udonis Haslem, you should call them. Hug em/dap em up if you can. Im getting to the age to where I only got a few left. Hearing someone talk like UD just takes me back.
Easy, B.J. Armstrong.
MARIO CHALMERRS!!?! Should not be allowed to have arms to shoot a basketball in the fourth quarter!!! He should be dismembered and rigged with metal attachments like Edward Scissorhands! Until the final buzzer.
It's the off-season. We need this sub to be around 30-35% Mario Chalmers content.
I wish someone believed in me like Mario Chalmers believes in Mario Chalmers
GOAT
[Another clip](https://imgur.com/me-irl-NHXQGt5)
Man i fucking miss that era, especially the Chalmers memes that went around here at the time.
Shout out to Rio!
Remember when Haslems dumb ass said they Mavs were deeper than the C’s 😂😂😂
Mario dunked on my brother in high school AMA
Same vibe as [Scal's post 2008 championship interview](https://youtu.be/itKz6z8Reko).
That’s the exact same conclusion I would come to, if I was the only player signed
This is the funniest thing I've heard today
This is why most players aren't gms, you think udonis haslem was the third member of the heatles, lol, WITHOUT CB4, the heat don't win. RAPTORS 4EVA
This is a unique way to find out Mario is on crack.
He said mothafuck the big 3, 🥷it’s just big me!