09 playoffs thread

haha ok

w/MJ it's a chicken-egg thing to some degree. did he finally figure out he needed to trust his teammates in order to win a title and so his teammates got opportunities to show their value? or did he trust his teammates more because they were better and HAD more value inherently. i think the truth is somewhere in the middle.

noah keeps up the class act w/an offseason dose of fake tittays http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/deadspin/2009/05/Picture_23.png

god damn are those fake

if mj had come into the league w/his champ era teammates and coach i dont think he wouldve ever considered not trusting them

xp lol just saw that--will remember when hearing for the millionth time how he's thoughtful, intelligent, and not at all what you would expect off the court.

dont get me wrong id be hitting up the groupies if i was in the nba @ 21 but at least show some taste

he's showing that he has a taste for huge knockers

true, mr cr?m. esp coming out of UNC.
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likewise i remember him earnestly saying how he learned that going on a world tour party last summer was the wrong thing to do and this summer would be all about basketball. granted the season isn't even over for some players and dudes need some r and r in any case.

another pretty face ruined by horrible fake boobs, thanks again howard stern

sure take a couple weeks off but fakies uhg

hey maybe he can't swim and didn't wanna wear one of those plastic dinosaur shaped flotation devices

Alright - more important: I have a Lakers shirt that has only been worn once on a game day. The Lakers lost that game.

Should I
(a) Wear it tonight
(b) Not wear it
(c) Perform some sort of purging ritual to rid it of its loss juju, and then wear it.

If (c) is your answer, what would said ritual consist of?

imo its ok to wear it since its not a must win

Risk the doubling up of loss juju? I mean, it could be just the thing to cleanse it.

But if I wear it, and they lose again, I might never wear it again.

c) need to bathe in the waters of lake minnetonka with appolonia while wearing it

yeah thats prob how id go - i might wear it in the off season tho xp

c) need to bathe in the waters of lake minnetonka with appolonia while wearing it

See, now you're talking.

minnetonka is wolves territory

OG lakers curse removal. mikan used it, shit still works.

That's what I took it as.

Besides - the Wolves aren't anywhere near the playoffs.

I truly believe that Kobe could have as many points and assists, if not more, than LeBron per night, even now.

i think lebron is 'better' than kobe -- 'PER' homer hollinger and his ilk -- but ^^this is probably true fwiw (the stats guys in the audience surely know the triangle diminishes individual assist numbers in particular) but it would be hard as fuck for kobe, especially in an improved but far from fluid offense the cavs are running. lebron's moving into the rarefied phase where he can create something out of nothing day in and day out, kobe's moving out of that phase and as a laker fan i don't see why i should care either way. seeing brian mfing cook play meaningful minutes the other day should remind laker fans what a good team is worth, 81 pts don't get you a parade

Guys, you're going about this all wrong! Who the hell cares about silly things like stats and number of chips and who's team is better or whatever. The only proper way to settle debates like this is to talk about in who would win in a one-on-one, game to 11, 1's and 2's.

I'll take Lebron by 3.

wow you're pretty cocky huh. i think i'd take him by 1, 2 max.

but then i'd go A HA! there's something you didn't know, bronshizzle, I'M NOT LEFT HANDED.

No, I'd take LeBron by 2 - 3. He'd out-rebound Kobe, for sure.

I think I said It before but I go by who is more fun to play in NBA2K and for me that’s kobe bay far.

*by far

ok in that case i go with Tron Jones. 6'11" with 100 for everything.

Haha!

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saw him do that finger walking thing the other night. kinda ridic

OMG Alston kissing the ref's bald head

this game is hysterical.

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c's can choke with the best of 'em

what'd they have, like 60 turnovers and 300 fouls?

Maybe they're saving themselves for Game 7.

this rockets game otoh LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

this is unbelievable!

i know its early but damn

Just checked the score on ESPN. I hope Houston keeps outscoring LA 17 -- 3, over and over again.

http://clutchfans.net/images/players/luis_scola.jpg

If this keeps up, projected final score: 240 -- 12.

scola 12 pts 6 reb in 10 min

jesus celtics/magic was a horrible game

o my lord artest just play-acted and got a techical called on kobe

poor ol' kobles