CLE v DET - the cleveLA v UT - lakeshowBOS v CHI - celticDEN v NO - hornitzORL v PHI - disneySA v DAL - cubanPOR v HOU - go team!ATL v MIA - heat in seven.
― Clay, Thursday, 16 April 2009 05:55 (fifteen years ago) link
CLE v DET - GAYvaliersLAL v UTA - GAYkersBOS v CHI - seventy-SUXorsDEN v NOH - horNUTsORL v PHI - FAGicSAS v DAL - maverICKsPOR v HOU - THE BEST FUCKING TEAM THAT IS BETTER THAN THE FUCKIN ROCKETSATL v MIA - hawks i guess i dunno
― josephcharles, Thursday, 16 April 2009 06:04 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Clay, Thursday, 16 April 2009 06:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm hoping for Rockets vs. Spurs
and Pistons vs. Celtics.
Just to fuck with David Stern. and have 80 point games.
― james k polk, Thursday, 16 April 2009 06:14 (fifteen years ago) link
CLE v DET - ClevelandLA v UT - LakerzBOS v CHI - CeltiksDEN v NO - DenverORL v PHI - OrlandooooSA v DAL - DallasPOR v HOU - HoustonATL v MIA - Atlanta
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 April 2009 06:35 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― james k polk, Thursday, 16 April 2009 06:39 (fifteen years ago) link
CLE v DET - Cleveland, 5LA v UT - Lakers, 4BOS v CHI - Celtics, 5DEN v NO - Denver, 5ORL v PHI - Orlando, 5SA v DAL - Dallas, 6POR v HOU - Houston, 7ATL v MIA - Atlanta, 7
― Nasty British and Short (hmmmm), Thursday, 16 April 2009 06:52 (fifteen years ago) link
cleve 4lakes 5c's 5nuggs 6magic 5sa 7port 7mia 7
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 13:12 (fifteen years ago) link
― 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?
― Dr. Phil, Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
CLE v DET - cavs in 5LA v UT - lakers in 4BOS v CHI - celtics in 5DEN v NO - nola in 6ORL v PHI - magic in 6SA v DAL - spurs in 7POR v HOU - blazers in 7ATL v MIA - heat in 6
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link
fyi dudes GARNETT IS OUT for the playoffs :(((((((((((
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:06 (fifteen years ago) link
c's still beat chi imo even tho they hav been rolling - after that rip celtics tho
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:08 (fifteen years ago) link
^^
― Dr. Phil, Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:31 (fifteen years ago) link
curious to see what kind of heroic shit pp is going to pull out his ass
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:33 (fifteen years ago) link
i was hoping maybe kg would pull the wheelchair stunt this time around
― Dr. Phil, Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:40 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link
:D
― the sultan of ban (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
23, 24, Cs, billups, dwight, spurs, blaze, heat
last one probably wishful thinking.
― lucked up (lukas), Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:05 (fifteen years ago) link
wade is mega dangerous and beasley has been beastly lately - close series imo
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:25 (fifteen years ago) link
CLE v DET - cavs in 4LAL v UTA - lakers in 5BOS v CHI - celtics in 5DEN v NO - hornets in 7 ORL v PHI - magic in 5SA v DAL - spurs in 6POR v HOU - blazers in 6ATL v MIA - heat in 7
― 6335, Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
22/5 in 19mins - 23/13 in 23mins O_O
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:30 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't think wade is losing to the hawks
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:30 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
CLE v DET - cavs in 4LAL v UTA - lakers in 5BOS v CHI - celtics in 7 (w/out Garnett they are fucked)DEN v NO - hornets in 6ORL v PHI - magic in 5SA v DAL - mavs in 6POR v HOU - blazers in 7ATL v MIA - heat in 6
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
dudes picking the mavs over spurs = u mad
― Dr. Phil, Thursday, 16 April 2009 17:25 (fifteen years ago) link
― 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.
― josephcharles, Thursday, 16 April 2009 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
the celtics arent playing the sixers tho
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
LOL
― Magic Jewson (carne asada), Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
S-M-R-T
― josephcharles, Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
I blame The Basketball Jones.
― josephcharles, Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
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)
― Aimless, Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
(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.
― attitude in spades (tremendoid), Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
barkley otm the other night saying that this team(utah) doesn't possess their coaches personality.
― Magic Jewson (carne asada), Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― attitude in spades (tremendoid), Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Boozer + Howard would be dynamite.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 April 2009 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― 6335, Thursday, 16 April 2009 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
looking forward to future rationalizations for why beasley shoulda been picked over rose.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 16 April 2009 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
hey everyone scoffed when i repped for durant over oden and look at me now mr right
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 16 April 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
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 percentRoberts: 20.3 mpg, 10.4 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.5 bpg, 52.8 FG percent, 51.5 FT percent
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 16 April 2009 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Oden, 2007-8: 0.0mpg, 0.0ppg, 0.0bpg, n/a fg percent, n/a ft percentpolyphonic, 2007-8: 0.0mpg, 0.0ppg, 0.0bpg, n/a fg percent, n/a ft percent
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 April 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
pretty decent stats dude
― starsky and what (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 16 April 2009 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
so wait, ilx user "polyphonic" is not former nba player stanley robinson?
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 16 April 2009 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
:X
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 April 2009 20:46 (fifteen years ago) link
they are ok stats; i suppose it depends on what you expected from oden
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 16 April 2009 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
link to simmons on kobe for ILH archival purposes:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090616&sportCat=nba
― collardio gelatinous, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 20:14 (fifteen years ago) link
so because phil isn't fired up with rage/veins bulging out of his forehead he is "above it all"? pathetic. and what's with bitching about the parade? i hate parades in general, but shit like this:
How many people give it their all every day in their jobs, every year until retirement, 30, 40 and 50 years, with no chance of a parade -- as determined as Kobe, as focused as Kobe, as accomplished as Phil?
wtf does this have to do with the lakers specifically? i'd expect that from someone who doesn't watch sports, but not this guy
ok, sb away
― guammls (QE II), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I don’t really care if the laker players all hate each other,if they are all fake and they don’t celebrate like people think they were supposed to. maybe cedric ceballos, eddie jones and elden Campbell all loved each other but they sucked and I still watched all their games. So fuck simmons and any other hack trying to take anything away from the lakers the world champion LAKERS!!!
― carne asada, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
After the incredibly over-the-top celebration by the Celtics, almost anything would seem low-key by comparison.
I remember when the Lakers won their third of the Shaq era. They barely celebrated at all. By that standard, this was a fucking jubilee.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link
basketball is dumb
― all music is gay (post above or below this if u agree) (cankles), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 21:36 (fifteen years ago) link
has this been posted yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5iXjWb3egQ
― all music is gay (post above or below this if u agree) (cankles), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
look here's the thing about why the nba is horrid
every year when the playoffs begin i am like FUCK YEAH THIS OWNS SO HARD I LOVE BBALL THIS IS SO GLORIOUS ;_; and by the end of the postseason the spurs or the lakers have won again and it's basically like the ending of chinatown when john houston gets to rape his lil incestbaby granddaughter and jack nicholson cant do shit about it, it's awful. the only finals of the last decade that didn't infuriate me (ok i was neutral re: heat-mavs) were last year's and whenever the pistons sonned LA
― all music is gay (post above or below this if u agree) (cankles), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 21:44 (fifteen years ago) link
otm :(
― ramón gastro (omar little), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
It sucks that the Lakers won. In the past 10 years, aside from the Lakers and Spurs, only the Celtics, Heat and Pistons won the championship (one year apiece).
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 16 June 2009 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
why nba sux
exhibit A:
http://www.everyjoe.com/nbaobsessed/files/2007/10/david_stern.jpg
― am0n, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I agree that the biggest problem with the NBA is that if you build a dominant team (or in the Lakers/Celtics cases manage to steal enough players to build a dominant team) that it takes a lot of the drama out of the thing. But that's not really Stern's fault. Other than the 70s that's basically the way the NBA has been since its inception.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Dynasties can be cool, so long as the dynasty is a team I like.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
The second biggest problem with the NBA is that Lakers/Celtics have won so damn much. I totally sympathize with anyone hating both these teams.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
carne asada, (xxxposts) i'm with you on the inanity of celebration-self-righteousness, but dunno about your simmons comment. i mean, if the guy was trying to take away from the lakers, he failed epically: in the course of his article he anoints kobe as an NBA god (what he accomplished in the past 20 months ranks up there with anything that ever happened in the nba), calls gasol the second-best center, fisher "a terrific leader and character guy", and jackson the greatest coach ever. his main beef is with certain prevalent media narratives about WHY kobe and the lakers won (unselfishness, learned to love one another, etc...).
now the simers piece on the other hand, is total hater hack job.
― collardio gelatinous, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
the only finals of the last decade that didn't infuriate me (ok i was neutral re: heat-mavs) were last year's and whenever the pistons sonned LA
Oh, you mean last year when the team with the most titles in NBA history won again? That was a refreshing change from the norm.
I bet you will enjoy it when the Yankees win again this year you SON OF A BITCH. ;-)
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Looking at the list of the best players to play for the Celtics/Lakers and realizing how many of them were just flat out stolen from other teams (or from draft picks thieved from other teams) is amazing:
Lakers: Wilt, Kareem, Magic, Worthy, O'Neal, Bryant, Gasol
Celtics: Russell, Jones, Bird, Parrish, McHale, Garnett
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
never ban cankles
― Thanks, Casey Westcott Fleet Foxes (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I would have zero problem with a new Celtics dynasty tbh. The Spurs and Lakers are just two of the most odious teams I can even imagine, albeit in different ways. Lakers don't really need explaining, they are just loathsome in a visceral and personal way, everything about them makes me sneer w/disgust; with the Spurs it's more about the poisonously boring, awful brand of basketball they play. I have hella respect for Popovich and some of their players (including Duncan even though he is the most horrible-to-watch great player ever) in a way that I can't even muster for the Lakers. Actually, just thinking about this is almost making me nostalgic for the days of Spurs domination, a sentiment that fills me w/self loathing like the gay dad in American Beauty ;_;
― all music is gay (post above or below this if u agree) (cankles), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, you mean last year when the team with the most titles in NBA history won again? That was a refreshing change from the norm.I bet you will enjoy it when the Yankees win again this year you SON OF A BITCH. ;-)― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:12 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:12 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i'm a celtix fan u homo
― all music is gay (post above or below this if u agree) (cankles), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:24 (fifteen years ago) link
tho actually i was just wondering about this - could i have rooted for that same team if they were wearing purple and gold? I think I really would've been able to somewhat, at least if phil jackson wasn't involved - i just love ray allen and kg that dang much and it would've been gratifying to see them win like that on any team, but it was just better by magnitudes that it ended with the celtics cornholing the lakers
― all music is gay (post above or below this if u agree) (cankles), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Nothing could inspire me to root for the Celtics. My hatred of their laundry was ingrained from such a young age. Whereas I don't even want to like the Lakers, but I almost can't help myself from rooting for them. Fandom is a strange thing.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:30 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i hate the lakers with a passion, kobe's gameface underbite was terrible, much-beloved derek fisher seems like a dbag imo, i could go on
― ramón gastro (omar little), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
really beyond a bulls championship i would have loved nothing more than to see yao and artest smiling and clutching the trophy this year but oh well
yeah, it's funny but i was watching the rockets lakers series with more interest than any of the hawks' series - was pullin for those dudes p hard
― all music is gay (post above or below this if u agree) (cankles), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
btw
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e281/guitarfella14/001-1.jpg
― all music is gay (post above or below this if u agree) (cankles), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i demand an underbite pic!
― swag serf (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
lets do this, most interesting teams of the 2000s (since its officially in the books) NOT to win a championship:
05-08 phoenix suns (rip ssol)05 and 06 mavericks, the natural suns nemesis and sorry lol dirk u lose to spurs again07 golden state (a+ cinderella of the decade, would believe again)09 rockets (lol mcgrady out of first round)
and...?
06 heat officially NOT interesting unless u love bennet salvatore, 04 pistons mildly fun for sheed buying wwf style championship belts and smacking the desperate lakers
― schrödinger's googler (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
http://homepage.mac.com/cheilman1/images/photos/alpacas/underbite.jpg
xp
― ramón gastro (omar little), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i44.tinypic.com/6zwsxt.jpg
― ramón gastro (omar little), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
oh now that is just gross
― narly dude lol (Clay), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:54 (fifteen years ago) link
kobe spacing out there imagining how shaq's ass taste
― ramón gastro (omar little), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
― swag serf (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 23:08 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i43.tinypic.com/30lnbxx.jpg
― ramón gastro (omar little), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Cave_troll.jpg
― all music is gay (post above or below this if u agree) (cankles), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 00:14 (fifteen years ago) link
hi cankles!
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 04:32 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd110/tripl3_a/Kobitch-2.gif
― am0n, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 04:58 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i39.tinypic.com/t6ax53.gif
― am0n, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 04:59 (fifteen years ago) link
highlights of ur '09 champs
― am0n, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 05:02 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd110/tripl3_a/KOBEOWNED.gif
― am0n, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 05:03 (fifteen years ago) link
missed that play; very dope
― (pronounced /ˈfɑrv/sklOf/tO/fewˈ/) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:08 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nation_desperately_seeks
― (pronounced /ˈfɑrv/sklOf/tO/fewˈ/) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link