NBA Basketball 2008-09: The Thread Part 2

[RedRocksU2]

I don't think I agree with that.

Everyone was thinking that Bynum was going to be the missing link for the Lakers to win it, that was a joke.
I believe that the efforts of Ariza made the difference...from the outside and on the defensive end.
I would have loved to see Garnett involved, too bad. I respect him (but hate his grin).
I gotta check to see when we play the Celtics.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

agree to disagree... i think the celtics would have defeated the lakers in 5, maybe 6 games with a healthy Garnett. heck, the celtics almost beat orlando as is.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Who else do they have to worry about in the East? The Wizards? Maybe the Hawks?

Bulls

 

[LMP]

agree to disagree... i think the celtics would have defeated the lakers in 5, maybe 6 games with a healthy Garnett. heck, the celtics almost beat orlando as is.

I know a healthy Garnett makes a huge difference, but a healthy Nelson makes a sizable difference for the Magic, too. Not trying to make excuses, that was an excellent series. The Magic didn't get into a rhythm until Game 6 of that series, and rode that until the first game of the Finals. YIKES. The moves they made this season help them match-up better with a physical team like the Celtics, not that they can match their intensity or chemistry right now.

This is the last year for the Celts to win a title with this group, that's for sure. Who knows what happens with Rondo after this season, too.

 

[No spoken words]

Bullshit

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[GirlsAloudFan]

Oooooooooh, that was a good one.

THAT'S A BINGO!

 

[lazarus]

Still a fucking douchebag:

Jordan's night to remember turns petty - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

I feel sorry for people who worship this guy.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

The dude that wrote that article is probably a bitter Knicks or Jazz fan.

 

[No spoken words]

We were just talking about that here at work, Laz. I mean, such a tremendous career, a true sports icon, and a complete fucking asshole. That shit flies when you're in uniform a lot better than when you're getting your HOF induction. Weak.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I need to finds me some video of this speech.

 

[lazarus]

We were just talking about that here at work, Laz. I mean, such a tremendous career, a true sports icon, and a complete fucking asshole. That shit flies when you're in uniform a lot better than when you're getting your HOF induction. Weak.

I imagine there are people who think Bill Russell's a jerk too, but the difference is he actually has principles that one can admire.

 

[No spoken words]

I imagine there are people who think Bill Russell's a jerk too, but the difference is he actually has principles that one can admire.

Russel stood for something, despite his prickly demeanor.

Jordan stands for Jordan.

Do not get me wrong: Jordan is the best basketball player I've ever seen and I hold him in insanely high regard athletically. Just the best.

But off the court, yeah, hard to like him. I wish he was above the pettiness he displayed at his induction.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I'm gonna guess that people are way overblowing this "pettiness" and probably just don't get the man's sense of humor. Just a guess.

 

[impy13]

The man made Space Jam, for Christ's sake. Leave him alone.

 

[No spoken words]

I'm gonna guess that people are way overblowing this "pettiness" and probably just don't get the man's sense of humor. Just a guess.

You guessed wrong. It's not really a secret that he's a colossal asshole in myriad ways.

 

[phillyfan26]

YouTube - MICHAEL JORDAN Hall of Fame speech 9/11/09

 

[LMP]

Mr. Jordan, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

 

[speedracer]

I don't particularly care much for Jordan, but I've watched most of the HOF speech and I don't think it's nearly as mean-spirited as the Yahoo writer makes it out to be.

 

[No spoken words]

Yeah, I probably need to eat a little crow because after watching the bulk of it I didn't think it was as bad as the writer either.

My bad.

 

[Got Philk?]

Steve Kerr once punched MJ in the face during practice. That's all i have to say about that.

 

[Hewson]

Steve Kerr once punched MJ in the face during practice. That's all i have to say about that.

And look what a fine GM Steve Kerr became.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

actually Jordan punched Kerr.

david faulk and phil knight's real genius came in the disgusing of the fact that michael jordan is pretty much a huge douche.

really... the fights in practice, the icing out as a rookie, the arrogance, the trash talking, the late night gambling, the rumors his baseball vacation was actually a disguised gambling suspension by david stern, the brett favre like retirements/unretirements...

yet we all still, myself include, love MJ... and ignore that he was pretty much an uberegomaniacal douche.

 

[No spoken words]

Uh-oh!!

Someone's been watching El Mariachi a little too often:

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West arrested on weapons charges - ESPN

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

delonte west has the herp.

 

[impy13]

Surprise, surprise. If you asked me to guess one NBA player who has it, he would have been in the conversation.

Incidentally, he also would have been toward the top of the "weapons cache" list.

 

[LMP]

And at the top of the "players who look like otherworldly creatures" list:

 

[impy13]

Why doesn't Sam I Am have a jersey on?

 

[Hewson]

Wet wet wet

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

apparently delonte' west had three guns... a handgun strapped to his leg, another holstered, and a shotgun in a fucking guitar case slung over his back.

i wish i was making this up, but i'm not that clever.

 

[RedRocksU2]

The road for the Lakers repeat begins.
Another sick dunk by Shannon Brown tonight.