09 playoffs thread

kobe vs lebron plzzzzzzzzzzz

Kobe vs. whatever beat-up team limps out of the ECF

kobe vs lebron in the finals

cavs champz

WHO DA CHAMPS ???

voet^

celts-cavs yesterday was a terrifying vision of what might happen in the ecf, including lebron drawing a foul in the 1st quarter with a whistle blown before there was even any contact

dude is just going to barrel his way to the line 10-15 times a game ala wade in 06

mind you i still think he's unstoppable this year even if the refs never bail him out

1st round pixxxxxx

CLE v DET - King James
LA v UT - Jazz (LOL)
BOS v CHI - Celtix
DEN v NO - Nawlins
ORL v PHI - Fuck Philly
SA v DAL - Spurs
POR v HOU - Blazers
ATL v MIA - ATLiens

CLE v DET - cavs duh
LA v UT - lakes
BOS v CHI - celts but chicago might be scary - rondo vs rose will be O_O
DEN v NO - nuggz
ORL v PHI - superman
SA v DAL - spurs
POR v HOU - portland, yall getting waxed by the lake show tho
ATL v MIA - wade is gonna beast these fuckers

CLE v DET - the cleve
LA v UT - lakeshow
BOS v CHI - celtic
DEN v NO - hornitz
ORL v PHI - disney
SA v DAL - cuban
POR v HOU - go team!
ATL v MIA - heat in seven.

CLE v DET - GAYvaliers
LAL v UTA - GAYkers
BOS v CHI - seventy-SUXors
DEN v NOH - horNUTs
ORL v PHI - FAGic
SAS v DAL - maverICKs
POR v HOU - THE BEST FUCKING TEAM THAT IS BETTER THAN THE FUCKIN ROCKETS
ATL v MIA - hawks i guess i dunno

HENRY ABBOTT: You know what's stuck in my mind? Out of Nuggets, Spurs, Mavericks, and Hornets, someone is going to make the Western Conference Finals. Could be any of them.

^^ that's really weird, all things considered.

I'm hoping for Rockets vs. Spurs

and Pistons vs. Celtics.

Just to fuck with David Stern. and have 80 point games.

CLE v DET - Cleveland
LA v UT - Lakerz
BOS v CHI - Celtiks
DEN v NO - Denver
ORL v PHI - Orlandoooo
SA v DAL - Dallas
POR v HOU - Houston
ATL v MIA - Atlanta

what I'm hoping for probably isn't possible. I haven't looked at the brackets yet after tonight. I am pissed at the Rockets, because if you can't even beat the Mavericks, what is the point.

I don't want Kobe vs. Lebron because that is all I've heard all season, and I'm sick of it.

CLE v DET - Cleveland, 5
LA v UT - Lakers, 4
BOS v CHI - Celtics, 5
DEN v NO - Denver, 5
ORL v PHI - Orlando, 5
SA v DAL - Dallas, 6
POR v HOU - Houston, 7
ATL v MIA - Atlanta, 7

cleve 4
lakes 5
c's 5
nuggs 6
magic 5
sa 7
port 7
mia 7

CLE v DET - GAYvaliers
LAL v UTA - GAYkers
BOS v CHI - seventy-SUXors
DEN v NOH - horNUTs
ORL v PHI - FAGic
SAS v DAL - maverICKs
POR v HOU - THE BEST FUCKING TEAM THAT IS BETTER THAN THE FUCKIN ROCKETS
ATL v MIA - hawks i guess i dunno

― josephcharles, Thursday, April 16, 2009 2:04 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

blold call

THE BEST FUCKING TEAM THAT IS BETTER THAN THE FUCKIN ROCKETS

GAYzers?

CLE v DET - cavs in 5
LA v UT - lakers in 4
BOS v CHI - celtics in 5
DEN v NO - nola in 6
ORL v PHI - magic in 6
SA v DAL - spurs in 7
POR v HOU - blazers in 7
ATL v MIA - heat in 6

fyi dudes GARNETT IS OUT for the playoffs :(((((((((((

c's still beat chi imo even tho they hav been rolling - after that rip celtics tho

^^

curious to see what kind of heroic shit pp is going to pull out his ass

i was hoping maybe kg would pull the wheelchair stunt this time around

maybe they could coordinate something where pierce leaves the court on stretcher then returns from the locker room a few minutes later RIDING ON KGS SHOULDERS

:D

23, 24, Cs, billups, dwight, spurs, blaze, heat

last one probably wishful thinking.

wade is mega dangerous and beasley has been beastly lately - close series imo

CLE v DET - cavs in 4
LAL v UTA - lakers in 5
BOS v CHI - celtics in 5
DEN v NO - hornets in 7
ORL v PHI - magic in 5
SA v DAL - spurs in 6
POR v HOU - blazers in 6
ATL v MIA - heat in 7

http://i41.tinypic.com/4rb4v4.jpg

beasleys 5 games since starting - pretty much in line w/his per minute averages from the last month or so too

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/gamelog?playerId=3418

22/5 in 19mins - 23/13 in 23mins O_O

i don't think wade is losing to the hawks

btw beasley is enjoying a better stretch than roy heir apparent derick rose had all year - while i agree w/everyone that hes gonna be v good one thing people are missing is that rose is not a pure point - everyone is totally overrating his distributing abilities - his assist rate is at a combo guard level - billupsesque - he did get a fair amount of assists this year but thats just cause he always always has the ball

so people are kinda imagining a bigger more athletic chris paul but rose will never have nearly the point skill paul does while paul does have ridic shooting guard scoring capabilities - and its that multiple elite skills that marks nba offensive superstardom - cause opposing Ds basically cant prepare - they take away yr best thing and youve got another best thing waiting - not sure rose is gonna get there

beasley on the other hand shooting/driving/posting/rebounding hmmmm

CLE v DET - cavs in 4
LAL v UTA - lakers in 5
BOS v CHI - celtics in 7 (w/out Garnett they are fucked)
DEN v NO - hornets in 6
ORL v PHI - magic in 5
SA v DAL - mavs in 6
POR v HOU - blazers in 7
ATL v MIA - heat in 6

dudes picking the mavs over spurs = u mad

blold call

― ice cr?m, Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:12 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Celtics w/o Garnett are very beatable, but I'm rethinking that after seeing the 76ers lose to a could-not-care-less Celtics and needing OT to beat the Cavs' scrubs. If the Celtics were playing a team that gave even just the tiniest crap about winning they'd be in trouble - lucky for them the Sixers ain't it.

the celtics arent playing the sixers tho

LOL

S-M-R-T

I blame The Basketball Jones.

CLE v DET - cavs (.800 vs .475, says it all y'know)
LAL v UTA - lakers (a sloan-coached team will play tough, but...c'mon)
BOS v CHI - celtics (pierce still has some good chops left)
DEN v NO - denver (NO not playing its best ball as playoffs start, while denver's been hot)
ORL v PHI - magic (sixers succumb to the dwight howard effect)
SA v DAL - san antonio (spurs won't get far, but they'll get past the mavs)
POR v HOU - blazers (adelman-coached team will play tough, but blazer 3's will take 'em down)
ATL v MIA - heat (in a close series)

(a sloan-coached team will play tough, but...c'mon)

if okur is playing it won't look like last tuesday but i saw deron kinda lose faith the other day when he realized he needed to basically drive in on every play for them to be competitive (like last year, but back then it seemed like one of many options). they're tough but 48 minutes of scoring is hard to come by there.

im quite disappointed in the jazz this year - feel like even tho they did get healthy at the end of the year all those injuries killd their flow

barkley otm the other night saying that this team(utah) doesn't possess their coaches personality.

boozer wd srsly be pissing me off as a jazz fan tho, i've had to put up with LO for 5 years but that fool is ridiculous

i kinda feel like the league is passing sloan by - like why do his teams still foul so much when everyone else has figured out its pretty much the worst thing u can do

The Jazz should probably start from scratch, I think. Let Boozer go, trade Kirilenko, and start with a young core with a new owner, a great PG, and a dynamic new coach.

boozer doesnt play too much D but when hes healthy hes a beast in every other way - problem: never healthy - not so much his fault - and prince painting a purple stripe around his house is one of my fav news stories ever

if u paird cbooze w/a strong defensive center itd be a much better fit than his current scenario - also his name is the most hilarious imo - carlos boozer - its just perfect i dunno

Boozer + Howard would be dynamite.

i'm all for letting boozer go. millsap actually plays defense, rebounds at least as well, and could probably score 17-18 a game in a starting position. boozer is one of the worst pick and roll defenders in the league, he doesn't even pretend to make the effort most of the time. and ice cram is right about us needing a strong defensive center if we were to keep booz. okur doesn't play defense either and kirilenko has lost too much of his game to be worth what we're paying him. i also agree that now is the time for sloan to step down, he's stuck in the past. i'm sick of seeing him immediately pull dudes like cj miles and brewer out because they took an outside shot that sloan doesn't like

looking forward to future rationalizations for why beasley shoulda been picked over rose.

hey everyone scoffed when i repped for durant over oden and look at me now mr right

oden and stanley roberts (per bill simmons):

Oden: 21.3 mpg, 8.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 1.1 bpg, 56.3 FG percent, 63.3 FT percent
Roberts: 20.3 mpg, 10.4 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.5 bpg, 52.8 FG percent, 51.5 FT percent

Oden, 2007-8: 0.0mpg, 0.0ppg, 0.0bpg, n/a fg percent, n/a ft percent
polyphonic, 2007-8: 0.0mpg, 0.0ppg, 0.0bpg, n/a fg percent, n/a ft percent

pretty decent stats dude

so wait, ilx user "polyphonic" is not former nba player stanley robinson?

so wait, ilx user "polyphonic" is not former nba player stanley robinson?

:X

they are ok stats; i suppose it depends on what you expected from oden

Yeah, what I meant to say was "give the kid a break, he should be a junior in college and is coming off major surgery."

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Greg_Oden_Comic-Con_2008.jpg

^should be a grandpa

yeah i think he can be an average nba center but doubt he'll ever live up to #1 pick status. also needs to figure out how to stop fouling which is actually the reason simmons came up with the comp.

guys generally foul less w/experience - hes starting in a deep whole tho def - i still think he could be an elite defender/rebounder and decent scorer - which is what i thought when he came into the league - injuries will have a lot to say abt that obv

if you were more familiar with the bulls offensive schemes, or lack thereof, and its personnel, you might not be so quick to dismiss Rose's assist abilities (he routinely throws up 'oops that go nowhere cause Noah is shocked that a)it's not ben gordon with the ball and therefore ballhandler might attempt a pass and b)they might attempt a pass to HIM.) Granted, I don't think he'll be as good as Paul or even Kidd in that dept, but that's not much of a knock. btw CP3 avg'd 16.1/7.8 in 39 mins his rookie year. D Rose: 16.8/6.3 in 37 mins.

the bigger edge I see Paul having over him his steals. D Rose is quick and is willing, but for whatever reason is a terrible defender. Doesn't even make up for not keeping guys in front of him with playing the passing lanes.

i gotta imagine that being on the bulls doesn't help d rose's defensive intensity -- he prob never really had to try on D in HS or at memphis and he doesn't have a kg (like rondo) or a few years around the USA guys (like paul) or anything of that nature

yeah that's true. and vinny is def not known for his defensive-mindedness. but he does seem to try. just looks totally lost out there. sticks like glue to every screen. doesn't know when to go over/when to go under. when to give up the jumper/when to get up in someone's grill. i think he'll learn and get better. iirc correctly wade was a bit of a matador as a rook, too.

another reason he doesn't get more assists is, rather than the main offense strategy being have him penetrate and kick out/throw a lob or be involved in a pick n roll, 80% of the time it consists of him throwing a pass to gordon with 15 seconds left on the shot clock, rose getting out of the way and standing in the corner, and bg forcing shit on his own.

seriously if bg wasn't a huge ballhog AND in his contract year on top of that, rose would've had an even huge season stat wise.

u r straight up delusional abt this derick rose guy - is it because u want to make love to him

not again, no

nah rose is dope, joe ur trippin

d rose has a shot at winning a title as his team's #1 option. beasley no way.

ehhh

rose has to develop chris paul's jump shot before that's true

i agree with you wrt beasley tho - he's playing really well but teams are like tripling wade every time down the floor

his shot has actually been looking really good lately, don't think that will be a problem. don't see him being a threat from 3, but a solid tony parker esque 18ft jumper, no prob.

his buttocks are totally sublime too

"d rose has a shot at winning a title as his team's #1 option. beasley no way."

This is nonsense. As is the part about Rose being as good as Parker or Paul.

d rose has a shot at winning a title as his team's #1 option. beasley no way.

With Wade -- and perhaps soon another maximum-contract star (n.1) -- as his teammate, Beasley's unlikely to be the No. 1 option (at least with the Heat). Plus, sure he could.

____________________________________
(n.1) Those potentially free in 2010 include: Chris Bosh,Amare Stoudemire, LeBron James, Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, Dirk Nowitzki, Manu Ginobili, and Steve Nash.

you think he has no shot? zero? zilch?

Which part?

parker's 2nd year (disregarding rookie year, didn't avg over 30 mins. dude has never avg'd 35 mins a game, which is surprising): 15.5/5.3. This year is the only year Parker has avg'd more assists than Rose did this year.

notice how i'm keeping paul out of this cause i think he'll wind up being top3 pg all time.

you know who d rose is better than? beyonce.

Nice buttocks too

I think Chicago has very little shot of winning a championship anytime soon.

If they do win a championship it will be because Rose is surrounded by players better than he is.

I think if Beasely wins a championship (which is also unlikely anytime soon) he might (but probably won't as long as Wade is around) be the best player on his team (20/10 dudes are pretty good).

I think it extremely unlikely that Rose will be as good a player as Paul. I should clarify that I don't think he will be as good as Parker is when Parker plays his best ball.

I think if Beasely wins a championship (which is also unlikely anytime soon)

Really? I mean, if the Heat (a) re-sign Wade and, say (b) add C. Bosh, I'd give them a pretty good chance. They'd be young, and very -- very -- good.

Fair enough. We shall see. I do think he'd need two strong options with him, 1A and 1B.
You can't see Rose in 7-8 years avging Parker's current numbers?

I think at least one of those things is not likely to happen though and I also think that Lebron is also young and very -- very -- better.

Yeah, but the thing I keep hearing about LJ is that he doesn't want to surround himself with a co-No. 1 type player (otherwise, he and Wade could be teammates, in Miami or, say, NY). Wade, OTOH, is very willing to have someone like LJ or Bosh.

Can't predict, obv., but I think there's a pretty good chance of both those things happening. Most of what I read has Wade happy here and likely to re-sign (that may have changed lately; I haven't kept up). And Miami has the space for a maximum contract. I read about Bosh a lot down here as a very possible acquisition.

(And I know there's noone equal to LJ now; I meant "co-No. 1" 'cause it's easy shorthand).

my nba fantasy is wade coming to the bulls in 2010, forming an unstoppable chicago-bred backcourt that wins a minimum 8peat.

Yeah, I've heard that as a possible scenario. I'm sure, tho, you've read the most likely thing is him re-signing here.

"You can't see Rose in 7-8 years avging Parker's current numbers?"

I can, but if he does averages Parker's #s in 7-8 years I doubt he'll be his team's #1 option (i.e. he'll need a Duncan or more likely a Beasley--who isn't likely to be as good as Duncan, but you know what I mean.)

"Yeah, but the thing I keep hearing about LJ is that he doesn't want to surround himself with a co-No. 1 type player"

Did Lebron tell you this himself?

I can't imagine Lebron wouldn't be thrilled to be playing with Chris Bosh.

Did Lebron tell you this himself?

He always uses intermediaries when he communicates with me.

u guys parker is not good enough to be the best player on a championship team except in a detroit 5 all stars style line up - i could def see rose being as good as parker - thats not quite superstar good tho

if the last month of beasleys career is indicative of his learning curve hes going to be an absolutely dominant scorer/rebounder - an automatic double team - could easily be an aberration tho - and imo the doubling and tripling wade effect can only be so strong - is anyone else on miami putting up numbers nearly like beasleys in any way - no they are not - shawn marion for instance certainly didnt benefit from any particular wade effect

a wade/rose back court is interesting to think abt - weve never seen anything quite like it - itd be slightly undersized and not great from distance but fuck they would just punish u off the dribble and in transition - chicago would still need someone to score on the block imo to make the opposing D pay for overplaying the perimeter - but at that point a serviceable guy would do - like leon powe or whoever - also shooters obv need them always - lol chicago is a pretty poorly assembled team

i don't think wade and rose would complement each other well, they have a really similar skill set (tho wade is 1000x times more talented obv)

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0416/nba_g_lebron_kobe_576.jpg

psyched for 2morrow!

def gives me a good excuse to start drinkin at 11am, which will in turn give me an excuse for a poor tennis performance in the afternoon.

high 70s. need to find somewhere 2 watch outside

http://www.skate2stick.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/referee_blind_lg_nwm.gif

This game has been awesome. Derrick Rose has been nigh unstoppable.

As I wrote that, he made two consecutive awesome plays. Geez.

derrick fucking rose

I didn't exactly follow the bulls too closely this year but wowowowow at derrick rose, jesus.

omg vinny del negro's dad is adorable.

Ray Allen and Ben Gordon have been straight up garbage in this game.

And as I type that, Gordon makes a shot.

And again!

AND AGAIN!

So the playoffs are going to be good imo

Rajon Rondo with a rebound and a follow-up jump hook WHAT

Oh no, Rondo with a terrible foul

Most points ever by a rookie in his playoff debut

And Noah with a terrible foul!!! omg

Oh, noahpaws

Paul Pierce misses the freethrow to win the game, wow.

D:

rose is killing

rondo is such a smart player. gotta put a body on him d rose!
love noah's energy but it def backfires at times

big babby

dope game. rose is on some shit

oh damn rose lucked out there

When he learned that Rose fouled out, Doc Rivers said "WOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo"

wtf doughboy just threw it outta bounds

Bad call by the refs there, nobody on the Bulls touched that one.

BULLSSS

yessss

ANYTHING IS POSSSSSIBLE!!!!!

Rose is adorably young, aww.

"no ma'am"

my little stepbrother is the biggest lebron stan in the world, so i'm rooting for the pistons pretty hard here

plus i love sheed

so you're the one

"my man biggie"

loool what was that rap talk

"That song ("In the Air Tonight") depicts everything you've always dreamed of, every moment you've dreamed, the places you are at and where you want to be. Phil Collins is a short guy with a lot of power. I fell into the song long ago as a child when it was played on Miami Vice. Once I got older, I started understanding I could use it for motivation. You ride off your heart and your heart is where your treasure lies." - Ray Lewis

Ray Lewis otm

"That's how high I get in my son's room, all by myself near the closet."

omg lebron

lol tmi hat trick xp

Ugh time to get ready for lots and lots more Quicken Loans Arena, the corniest arena in NBA.

thus concludes the 'stuckey offense' experiment, coach curry otm

fyi yall've been sleeping

and then 2 mins later, breen referred to shaq as the big cactus and van gundy called himself "the notorious JVG" and then "that's a great movie! check it out!"

― a horrific scourge (J0rdan S.), Sunday, April 5, 2009 2:51 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

So uh Rose is pretty good, eh? Hah!

The Mavericks are finishing off this game with a group consisting of three point guards and two centers, otherwise known as the Nintendo Ice Hockey approach.

haha. that was a good game

someone make me care about this other game

How can you not care about a matchup between the Blazers and a team with Ron Artest on the roster.

Looks like Adelman has kept Mutombo in the attic for the whole season just to rest him up for the playoffs - dusted him off as soon as the Rockets had a 10 point lead. At this point he's like the Satchel Paige of basketball players - he'll keep playing til he's 85.

Von Wafer looks like a cartoon dinosaur. Oden looks very mean, and very limber. Landry looks none the worse for wear after having a bullet put through his leg a month ago.

yao ming shooting perfection - 9-9 fg, 6-6 ft

Avery Johnson's voice is so hilarious.

aaron brooks just dribbled it for like 19 seconds and got ripped

artest is facing up ngaz. scola is buckets that move was sweet

brandon roy dunk smushed by mutombo lol . i just read his wiki today

the wiki has lulz btw

bring on the lake show right?

tomorrow is a brand new day. of course, so was yesterday, at one time. I recommend all the teams play one game at a time for now. It seems wisest to do so.

oh it's gonna be a series

lol Aimless

DX

yeah that was no fun at all.

Me, as expressed through last.fm form:

http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo2/iprefertheremix/iprefertheremix.gif

ra 1-12 - dude do not pull this shit again - i mean last year it was sort of funny

he better get his ocd mojo back in line. kinda think they're already toast though

after losing a game in overtime in which ty thomas went 8/12 and pierce/allen went 9/33???

maybe its just an aberration ; )

Sometimes game 1 means a lot. Sometimes it doesn't mean much. By the end of game 3 the picture starts to clear up.

one game always mean a lot in that u r one game ahead

Past profits are not a predictor of future results.

obv but u have to win one less game than yr opponent - and yr more likely than not to be a better team than them based on the result - of course we have the whole season of results to judge from too

lol

the truth pours from your mouth like golden syrup from an overflowing ewer

fscking xpost

sorry

i mean, mortal enemies and all, you know the deal

btw has anyone heard anything abt the nba developing a mlb style internet season pass cause i saw that shit on my friends computer and it was marvelous - would totally pay $100 or whatever for nba version

NBA has league pass broadband but it sucks balls. Hopefully by next season it will suck less balls.

yeah thats what im saying is the mlb one is awesome now - and u can just buy that for less than the tv version - where as the nba one is just an add on to the tv package - i dont have cable so

Nah you can get the internet service by itself, and it's less than the TV league pass. I was looking at getting it at the start of the season and dumping cable altogether when they had a one week trial period to start the season. I couldn't get it to work, it gave me some weird error message. I emailed support, they said "Did you try switching browsers?" I said "Yeah that's the first thing I tried."

They said "Huh, well, sorry, we don't know what the problem is, looks like you're screwed. Peace."

I found it somewhat off-putting.

IIRC it doesn't have the games archive, just live streams, so yeah that makes it less awesome than MLB.tv.

good, fast-paced game so far

lol just saw a popeyes chicken commercial and they said to mark our calendars for 4/22 cuz that's when they're gonna have a deal or something. why it's not the 20th is beyond me

becuz thats a solemn day 4 remembering columbine -_-

LA v UT - Jazz

― Dr. Phil, Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:16 AM

in my hastiness for a controversial underdog pick i somehow forgot one thing -> LOL boozer

'first of all, you don't call him kanye west, it's kanye'
'he's a one name kind of guy'
'my mind is locked into hip-hop, i can't stop'

hahaha

omg ariza that dunk!!!

the lakers PA announcer matter-of-fact way of saying "kobe bryant" after every basket he scores is one of my favorite things in sports

if deron williams could do anything offensively besides pass that CP3 poll might even have an excuse for existing

u crazy

kobe just faced milsap

the ariza dunk was nice

the wit and wisdom of k3vin k

agree with jvg about the laker taco thing actually, in the reg. season it's a fun bush league touch but i don't remember them doing it before in the playoffs

or maybe they haven't kept anyone under 100 pts. in years hmmm

easy win for magic has turned into a close game

super mario looks pretty angry

igoudalol

damn dude

lol 35-19 4th qrtr howd that happen

Yeah seriously what happened?

josh smith on fire

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/afc4b8d7-e182-43f9-91da-ddf417dad22a.jpg

i am pointing do u see my funny face

damn heat ownd

atl looked v v good

Birdman is all over the place.

chauncey raining 3's on them

billups was amazing, 0 TO's

PER leaders

Yao 58.25
Billups 53.19
Bron 48.64
Dwight 44.37

D:

Kobe vs. whatever beat-up team limps out of the ECF

― lucked up (lukas), Sunday, April 12, 2009 11:37 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

who is this idiot

hey atl good job and all but fix ur leaky roof ffs

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/95563945-298f-4e78-b975-e21a87915557.jpghttp://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/dbdfab65-1bf1-4f7e-8596-e1c146f787a2.jpg

l,r; drama nerd, dad

<3 ray allen

ben gordon tho, man

whats up with rose's wizard tat on his arm lol

that was insane. i wanted the bulls to win but those last couple minutes were as good as it gets

i feel for gordon, great game and they dont get the W

RIP celts

???

http://antimarc.flashrapid.com/spaptions/luolz.jpg

battling a team w/o a winning record to the brink twice at home isn't exactly inspiring confidence atm

i guess they pulled this bs last year tho

inspiring confidence ass to mouth

parker as basketball jesus tonight

Celtics/Bulls has easily been the most compelling series so far, though there have been some nice moments in the other games.

parker is a beast

rondo had a triple double too i see

http://d.yimg.com/ak/p/081010/getty/ib86a3f3ab21c6034bd77575fa01997d2-getty-83019847ge025_twolves_nuggets.jpg

punks not dead

will be super happy once bg is no longer a bull

0 ast that night heh

Leon Powe out for remainder of playoffs:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/04/21/powe.ap/index.html

:(

is this the city of boston meeting karma or what? too little too late if anything

andrew bynum is dating rihanna?

http://thebiglead.com/?p=13489

gordon 42-0-1-1

rondo 19-16-12-5

rondos 1st game was monstrous too

c's all f'd up in the hospital n shit - ah well we'll always have http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:kswb9w75PRC70M:http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/sportsblog/celtics0731.jpg

thread of missing celtics

rondo's 2nd game stats are incredible. really glad he came back in the game after halftime after turning his ankle
mult xps

i have made my peace w/this, whatever happens, but can it please not be more ben fucking gordon?

i'm hoping after 2 games rose will learn to box rondo out. if not i will shout at him to do so cause i just bought tix. wtf did stubhub raise it's service fee? i don't remember it being $20.

gordon 42-0-1-1

rondo 19-16-12-5

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, April 21, 2009 2:19 PM (5 minutes ago)

wau

1st game

rose 36-11-4-1 5to 12/19fg 12/12ft

rondo 29-7-9-2 1to 12/21fg 4/4ft

Ben Gordon doesn't do much beside shoot, does he?

that is the thing abt ben gordon

hes a pretty ridiculous scorer tho - hits a ton of tough shots

Well someone will overpay for that this overseason, I am sure.

his most amazing talent though is being able to keep the ball all to himself on a 3on1 break.

normally id agree but w/economic realities being what they are theres no way hes coming close to the $50m he was offered in the off season xp

i figure this series will go six games and the celts will lose in 5 to whatever team they're playing next.

philly or orlando? i dunno they might eke it out

orlando could beat them esp. if their frontline is perkins, big baby and mikki moore

orlando is def the fav against these depleted c's

rolling scrub big men threaten guards who went off last game

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/1828 perkins/rose

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4086083 dampier/parker

hey guys how about the new Hawks dynasty

god detroit it so awful

bibby on a box of wheaties

http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/v/nba/players_l/20081111/3330.jpg?x=65&y=85&xc=1&yc=1&wc=164&hc=215&q=100&sig=nMJejoZ25u4d_Nu5EtZ5ww--

'i speak a distinctive German dialect called Pennsylvania German or, much more commonly, Pennsylvania Dutch.'

jaron collins ;_;

Sorry bro

sick dunk by odom, geeez

gonna be a long night

Sad to see motumbo go down

rip jazz

powe is out for the rest of the season :(

aw :/

four lakers in double figures in the first half, kobe w/ 8

Lakers having their way

Meanwhile there's a good game going on in Portland.

rondo is real life and fantasy league gold but it's going to take like 30-10-20-5 games from him the rest of the way to lose in five or six in the second round

gordon def won't find 50mil on the ground this season but theres always some dippy gm watching his team lose by 5 every night and going that guy can score like kobe...we need that

in the same way that someone will see that boozer has two post moves and throw 6 years at him even if it's 8-9 mil instead of 12-13 per this time

anyway this is the playoff thred...who is shannon brown and when did farmar end up on the back of the milk carton

i do like shannon brown in the trade btw

― carne asada, Saturday, February 7, 2009 8:35 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol prophetic!

2 big possessions in a couple minutes that boozer has fumbled away GAHH

blazers ftw

rip jazz

d-will got mad <3 but its over

2 big possessions in a couple minutes that boozer has fumbled away GAHH

― 6335, Wednesday, April 22, 2009 1:05 AM

you know how in some countries when a soccer player blows a game badly they end up murdered... just sayin

haaa

who is shannon brown

he was like a super athletic SG for michigan state who kinda got lost in the league but hung around cuz he's athletic as fuck but now he's got a decent all around offensive game and plays D well - came from the bobcats iirc

boozer really lost something w/ this last injury - can't go left like he used to, no hops, even slower on defensive changes. hard to tell if its temporary or whether it's something that will come back after an off-season

i think he and maurice ager have sort have been the same person in my mind until recently xp

The Oregonian quotes Dikembe Mutombo: "I'm going to need surgery. For me, basketball is over. I cried so much about it when I was laying on the floor."

sorry deke :( i was not happy watching you crumple on the floor in agony tonight fwiw.

The bit at the end where Ariza nailed the three and then high-fived Jack Nicholson was one of the coolest things ever.

awww damn dikembe. he went down swinging man

hope powe gets better. not concern trolling, that dude is tough.

this actually looks really good
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-110/Kobe-Bryant--Doin--Work.html

powe = torn acl

you know this is the worst thing after microfacture .for example Arenas got himself a torn acl, and two years whitout playing too..

re shannon brown - the complete collapse of the lakers pg rotation has been pretty much swept under the rug by their dominant season but damn inserting a scrub like that so late in the year on a team this good where it not an injury issue is unheard o -. i can understand fisher declining cause of his age but wtf happened happened to farmar he looked like he was ready to make major progress this year

and everyone hating on boozer hes a flawed player sure and def still slow coming back from injury but hes 27-9 20-10 so far this series - i mean the jazz got issues and boozer isnt near the top of the list

Brown is kind of the prototypical Jackson PG though (he's never loved those quick little guards.) We'll see Farmer (who has been hurt) more when the Lakers face Paul or Parker, I'm guessing.

in the same way that someone will see that boozer has two post moves and throw 6 years at him even if it's 8-9 mil instead of 12-13 per this time

― schrödinger's googler (agent hibachi), Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:31 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i mean this is just ignorant - cbooze scores from everywhere and is completely ambidextrous around the basket - he is vv hard to defend

his big problem is that he cant stay healthy - that and his defense sucks - needs to be paired w/a big stopper @ center

Those are pretty big problems. Still I don't think Utah'll be better if he leaves this off-season.

yeah the health thing would be deal breaker for me if i was thinking of signing him - defense can be worked with

anyway thte jazz major problems at the moment imo

1 theyre playing the lakers
2 okur is out and jarron collins is starting
3 so many injuries this season they never got a chance to jell

All very true.

Lakers almost seem like they are sleep-walking through these games at points.

yeah both games the got out to big leads then coasted the rest of the way - a sure sign theyve got no respect for the jazz

btw huge game for roy - portland looked much more like a normal basketball team than usual w/two guys playing big minutes and scoring more of the points - houston on the other hand is a weird ass team - von wafer and aaron brooks leading the scoring in a close playoff game ehhhh

yeah i've seen a decent amount of houston this year and they are a weird weird team. almost hard to predict how they'd do in the playoffs but i'd err on the side of pessimism.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-116/Ron-Artest-has-Magical-Powers-to-Entertain.html

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/2/kobe.gif

:D

lol

"Well, I try not to eat the lady ... I try not to eat the man! Just give me the car. I try to find the car. Worst case scenario, I eat the lady."

ajsdfkasljfklsd;fjksdl

now where will i get my DAILY MUMBO ;_;

i mean this is just ignorant - cbooze scores from everywhere and is completely ambidextrous around the basket - he is vv hard to defend

his big problem is that he cant stay healthy - that and his defense sucks - needs to be paired w/a big stopper @ center

― ice cr?m, Wednesday, April 22, 2009 5:40 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

i mean that 2 post moves is still 2 more than just about anyone not named tim/kg/yao...he definitely is a good shooter and i always forget that he's good with the off hand too until i see him lay it up. at some point tho the injury thing just has to be a real part of the calculation and could boozer really be the #2 on a championship team? seems like a great #3 to me maybe, esp given his defense

when the playoffs started i decided that houston was gonna win it all this year but the mumboless rockets... d*mn. i just dont know anymore

i love dikembe. i remember when he burst onto the scene the dude looked like he would be a big scorer but instead ended up being a sick, sick defender and a guy who simply held his own offensively against every other center of his prime era. probably a HOFer, right?

I'd say it's likely. 4-time defensive play of the year. 8-time all-star. plus his georgetown career and his humanitarian/outreach efforts.

2nd in all-time blocks.

Also probably the only baller invited to be commended at the state of the union address. (lol bush etc)

http://www.sportskacentrala.com/nba/nba2006-07/mutombo-prst-mala.jpg

dikembe is almost a top ten alltimer for me

http://www.zapapedia.com/wp-content/uploads/mut2.jpg

"Worst case scenario, I eat the lady."

LOL

So uh I haven't watched a Philly game all year. . . this was a .500 team, right? What the heck is going on with Orlando?

Yeah, but they seem like a team that played poorly due more to youth/injuries than a lack of talent.

I just assumed that with Brand hurt for the entire year they were just so-so. Basketball Prospectus thinks Iguodala is very unsung btw http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=649

dude has steadily improved his game

i sing iguodala def

i sing iguodala electric

dwayne wade has sung 13 straight points

howard fould out 3 mins left magic by 5

lol the hawk perched on the backboard

btw did anyone realize theo ratliff is playing basketball - the 1st couple times i heard the commentator say his name i was all lol dude this is not y2k yr thinking of dalembert

lol @ ratliff - nba 2k4 all star 4 sure

yall wade is going in

Yeah I didn't realize that either til recently - kinda ironic that this will be his first postseason with the Sixers.

Er wait, cross out what I just said.

ha yeah i think he was on the finals team

Hah, no, that was what got me confused - my biggest memory of Theo Ratliff is him being an integral part of the 00-01 Sixers team, then getting traded at the break for MUUUUUTOOOOMBO so that the Sixers could deal with Shaq.

I forgot that he was also a part of the previous two Sixers teams who got walked all over by the Pacers.

ah its all coming back now

a rush of mediocre meaningless memories

peja is a ~*GAME 2 SNYPA*~

man nuggs are cookin'

Billups is ridiculously good.

whoda thought chauncey id be pwnin paul

He has completely dominated smaller faster pgs in the past, but yeah this is a bit of a shock. Does Billups have like the weirdest career arc ever?

69 minutes played and zero turnovers is just silly btw.

2nd most points in playoffs w/o a turnover. one guess who's #1...

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0423/nba_g_hawk1_288v.jpg

what's the opposite of "man see u"? "man what up"? cuz that hawk was like "man what up" last night

SUP

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/849a8991-5d8b-42b4-bd79-926594564b56.jpg

as much as i'm tempted to kick some cp3 stans while you're down, i think that paul will have a huge game 3

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/849a8991-5d8b-42b4-bd79-926594564b56.jpg

not cool, tip

not cool

thats not even the worst of it

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/42bd5bd0-c1ba-4f7f-be34-df0e01a831dc.jpg

Next shot has to be TI giving him a big hug, right?

lol is ti a miami fann

isnt he in jail

In March 2009, T.I. was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay a $100,300 fine for the felony weapons charges, which will begin no sooner than May 19, 2009.

i wouldve started serving my sentence right away cause at least youd hav the playoffs to amuse u for the first couple months

ti hedging his bets there

Good to see that teams are keeping it close game 3.

wow, the spurs are 18-66 from the field.

They will be positively frightening at home with their crowd behind them. (I see them winning Game 3 by 20-plus on Thursday night.)

b1ll simmons on the bulls

Not exactly Kreskin is he.

ugh is tnt going to switch to the spurs game

c's defense was on point tonight

lolabrine with a 3, welcome back fattey

yo bulls, that would have been a 100% shameful display in the regular season (down a solid 30 before the 11th and 12th men went in), nevermind the g.d. playoffs. which brings me to a question i have not seen asked abt these guys: who is their leader? they have a rookie coach and all their best players are the types that could benefit from veteran leadership (their best player could also occasionally look like he enjoys basketball). paxson has cleverly built one of the most rudderless "good" teams i've ever seen.

lol @ the lakers pick and roll pwn

damn big baby put up some numbers 2nite

lol niice game kobels

cbooze 23-22 - 4 tha h8rs

booz was playing like he used to play pre-injury, i missed the whole 2nd half due to band practice ;_;

boozer came through, good game. the lakers haven't had to brave games this tight in a while. got high hopes for saturday

kobe had an endearing joviality during his press conference tonight

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/3718f2ff-f86c-4d1a-8369-d286b21269a9.jpghttp://www.videoville.org/wiki/images/thumb/7/7b/Aphex1i.jpg/400px-Aphex1i.jpg

man bulls played horrible - never seen so many shots front rim from a team w/two days rest

cbooze 23-22 - 4 tha h8rs

― ice cr?m, Friday, April 24, 2009 1:38 AM

22 reb is sick. still think he's a complete no-show on defense

kobe went 5-24 o_O i don't imagine that happening many more times this post-season

eh kobels does shit like that from time to time - he takes a lot of tough shots and when theyre not falling... always considered it to be one of his weaknesses that w/the right personnel he can be baited into taking a ton of contested jumpers - of course he often makes them - still its def yr best plan of attack

kobler

their best player could also occasionally look like he enjoys basketball

who's that?

that was my half-buzzed description of rose. it's great that dude is so calm but it's kind of eerie at the same time.

It's amazing how close that game was considering how cold Kobe was.

22 reb is sick. still think he's a complete no-show on defense

he actually played some D last night - accomplished mostly by stripping the ball down low. pretty hit and miss strategy, much of the time it just results in him getting in foul trouble

a lot of boozers D problems have to do w/physical and systematic shortcomings rather than lol laziness or whatever - hed be fine on a more defensively talented team w/less responsibilities

^ stan

lol i never really cared abt boozer til everyone started trashing him on the i love hoops internet chat board

no hes right; i feel bad for him when a dude like gasol can just do whatever he wants with him

xp

hey joe i heard your gay for carlos boozer

its true - it was me not prince who painted his house purple - i painted it w/my heart

pistons have lead through the 1st quarter so far ?_?

It's still early, but game 3s on the road are generally the hardest win (don't have any stats to back this up, but that's the way it always seems to me.)

didn't last long

i've seen most of boozer's games in a jazz uniform, a lot of it is laziness. rumor around town is that mrs kirilenko used her exception on him, maybe that's why he's not returning your calls

lol steve blake

oh, Mrs. Kirilenko gets one too? fair's fair, I guess...

that's the rumor/joke anyway, don't know if she's actually allowed one or if booz pick and rolled to the hole behind his back

also, file Matt Harpring under the "I had no idea he was still playing" category

og white thugs

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss51/tr_fudge/joeklein.jpg

cavs win by 10+ with delonte/mo going for 1-18, 8 tos, 8 pfs

lebron 25-11-9

don't know if she's actually allowed one or if booz pick and rolled to the hole behind his back

― 6335, Saturday, 25 April 2009 04:16

lolol

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2007/0525/nba_g_boozer_kirilenko_412.jpg

parker has 31 at the half

cp3 32-5-12-1

melo 25-8-5-1

from last night

spurs not named duncan or parker shot a combined 6/28 2day

srsly, what's the max an nba gm would offer for manu ginobili this offseason?

ya check out their bench

Kurt Thomas 0-1
Roger Mason 0-3
Drew Gooden 0-3
Ime Udoka 0-4

udoka made some good defensive plays, but the other three were useless. finley was mostly useless but at the very least hit a couple of shots. bonner...don't even know what to say about this guy.

kobe 3-3 7 0 0 1 by my count 2 and a half minutes in

ok dude is hitting some unfair shots right now

"dudes picking the mavs over spurs = u mad

― Dr. Phil, Thursday, April 16, 2009 Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink"

Still think this?

Okay not basketball related, but I just saw this during the break so. . . is the Lil Tiger Gatorade cartoon the weirdest fucking ad ever?

had no idea Millsap was so short - Mr. Double Double looks like an undersized small forward out there

Is there a reason why Bynum isn't playing at all?

tyson chandler 18mins 6fouls

haaa

soo so far lebron and rondo hav been the best players in the playoffs - any objections

Nope.

Having addressed the issue of Michael Jordan, I asked Bryant about the other giant shadow over his shoulder, guy by the name of LeBron James.

Think the Cleveland Cavaliers star is scouting him these days?

"Of course he's watching, I know LeBron, he's watching everything I do, that's just his personality," Bryant said with a grin.

And, so, is Bryant studying James?

The smile ended.

"No," he said with a laser stare. "I could care less."

How did they "address the issue of Michael Jordan"? They say Bryant's better than MJ?

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-plaschke-kobe-bryant25-2009apr25,0,3170084,full.column

bill plaschke

favorite part of cavs piston game 3: Ilgauskas on the fast break treating the ball as if it were a live hand grenade

haha forgot about that

aah great flop by baby foild by instant replay

epic flop. rondo/rose, man

my god

holy shits!

lol scalabrine

lol heinrich

lol pierce

waiting for that - horrible call on the clear path btw

d rose abt to chuck one up here imo

oh shit that hurt

ben gordon is died

lol gordon

dude how did he get up from that. i took a spill almost identical to that last week playing bball and im still hurting

hes a professional athlete

tru

nolol ray allen

whoaa ben gordon

this fucking game

omg

sick game imo

i hav to get to the library lol cme on

haa gordon clutching his nuts

rayray time?

lol rondo

rondo j?

w t f

not fouling / rondo play - not good looks doc

no kidding

no one ever accused him of being a good coach

irl lolz @ patrick chewing

black hole gordon

FUCKING KICK BALLL

great pass rose

yeah i thought that was a kick too but my friend said it wasnt intentional

his grandfather was a HOF ref so i usually defer to him on that stuff but i dont get the distinction in that rule really

http://i44.tinypic.com/14ih8hi.jpg

lol big baby

celtics givin this game away

davis gotta go straight up with that shit

clutch play p pierce

ripping my hair out in huge chunks

UNNNNGGHHHHHHHHH

cluuuutch

whats up w/ the back of salmons head?

f that gaame

daaag nice D

yall i was waiting to take a shit until the game ended and i nearly passed out from pain

wanted to go to this game but girl i was going with couldn't so we went to thursday's game instead, which had the more expensive tix to boot. SO ANGRYS AT HER.

rondo=bonafide stud
pierce=whiny doughboy bitch. have never liked him.
gordon=thanks but no thanks. pack your shit n go after the season.

bulls d on rayray's 3 to tie in reg was unexcusably boneheadedly awful. they really deserved to lose just for that.

'Sheed had 26 pts, 25 rebs, 3 assts, 1 blk IN FOUR GAMES COMBINED. he was scoreless in game 4. seriously, how can anyone be a fan of this clown?

he was a really good player for a long time and now hes old

i don't think sheed really cares for basketball anymore. really happy i missed the c's game i would have been a shitting mess from the sounds of it.

imo Detroit should sell everyone for draft picks and maybe copper.

sheed was the only player to ever get ejected from the McDonald's all-american high school game. How can anyone NOT be a fan of that clown?

he was one of the best defenders in the nba for many years

shane battier, the real defensive player of the year

ok that is actually pretty awesome, mr hmmmmm.

i support dwight howard as defensive player of the year but i have to say its a fucking outrage that wade came in third - just take the mvp candidates and give them dpy too wtf - theres prob lik 50 better defenders in the league than dwayne

Voters are in love with counting stats, no shock there.

the c's-bulls series has been bad for my health. i can't imagine what it's doing to k.g.

WTF new orleans getting beat 93 to 53 in the 4th

byron scott should quit imo

guys, it says its a 50-pt lead right now

like, i had to go through the quarter-by-quarter math to make sure the epsn computer had not made a computational error.

is someone playing nba live on easy and reporting the scores to espn as a joke?

At home even! Ouch

oh hornetspaws

oh my god. i think the hornets may have quit on their coach.

peja was a -39, west and paul -38. what is it with competitive teams getting SHAMED in playoff games this year?

riiiiiip hornets ;C

hawks :D

did the players suggest ban byron scott tonight?

chris paul 4 pts, 6 assts, 6 to's, ouch

i did not see this game but at what point can you make blanket statements like "an mvp candidate does not let his team lose by x"? i mean what the fuck cp3?

The Hornets went without a field goal for a span of 7:48 in the second quarter

holy shit

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/23be4333-5ad7-4e5e-94d2-89834a17bd00.jpg

60-24 in the second half

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/e5a74ce5-fa69-4e56-8fc6-f6d0e7975d36.jpg

don't you guys miss Pargo?

apparently cp3 suffered a knee injury in game 3

wow, i want to see a tape of that game just to see what the hell happened. i'd probably stop watching after 15 minutes of it, but still.

posey was playing injured too but actually pulled off some shots.

26 turnovers wtf

denver is the ~*GAME 4 SNYPA*~

utah is blowing it. so many chances

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu138/rgfhgdghhfd/ai-billups.jpg

hahaha what a classic pwn

that 3pt stat is unreal

Hi Allen! This is ABC. We just called to say you're useless! Thanks.

lol

MIND IF I JOIN U GUYS

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0428/nba_a_rosecelts_576.jpg

3 series in east are tied 2-2 and 3 series in west are 3-1

btw my copy of Top of the World by Peter May just came in the mail. i ordered in a depressed haze upon learning kg was out for the playoffs.