NBA Basketball

[landho]

^Just like the way everyone rooted for the Warriors last year. No one really hated the Mavs.

That said, one thing I do hate about the Celtics is how they became a contender. Not through astutely picking players, not through shrewd trades, but (1) because Danny Ainge is buddies with Kevin McHale and (2) because a lot of veterans just jumped onto the team in the hopes of winning a ring. Absurd.

[ktothe]

Nice push Dirk, you piece of shit. Melting down much? Like always? Yeah thats nice....

[DaBestSpoona]

damn D'Antoni and Avery fired

Seriously who's fault is it to bring a over the hill half court center into full court run n gun offense?

Who's fault is it to bring in a full court fast break offense pg into a halfcourt iso offense?

[baldy]

^^ i thought that hadn't been confirmed yet.

anyways, i hope the celtics beat atlanta, horford talks too much shit for a rookie

[n9no]

damn D'Antoni and Avery fired

Seriously who's fault is it to bring a over the hill half court center into full court run n gun offense?

Who's fault is it to bring in a full court fast break offense pg into a halfcourt iso offense?

that's the thing about the NBA...someone's always gotta take the fall.

The Harris for Kidd trade was fucking weak and the Matrix for Diesel trade was even worse.

On paper, Marrion poses crazy matchup problems for almost any team, whereas the Big Cactus (while menacing at times on the low box) is starting to look every one of his 37 years.

Go ATL...and fuck Pierce for trying to act like he wasn't trying to throw blood signs - at least own up to it, nigga

[landho]

Yeah, D'Antoni and Kerr may be trying to reconcile their differences. Looks as if ESPN jumped the gun on that story. It would be a big mistake if the Suns let D'Antoni leave.

[landho]

D'Antoni would almost perfect in Toronto, I think. Colangelo would give him free rein to do whatever he needs to--after all, Colangeo was the one who brought D'Antoni to Phoenix. Bosh would blossom even further under D'Antoni, I think, and Bargnani would start becoming more Dirk and less Kwame. And Caulderon--isn't he basically a Nash in waiting?

As a Texas alum, it makes me sad to see T. J. Ford behave like a little bitch. But you have to call a cat a cat, and as nice as it is to have two high-quality point guards on your team, this would be a case of addition by subtraction. The locker-room poison that Ford brings is too much.

I would love to see D'Antoni in Toronto.

[DaBestSpoona]

I've mentioned it in my prayers the last two nights- so that he'll come to Toronto. Sam Mitchell is totally going to leave and end up with Knicks.

Word on the street is we are trading TJ and Mitchell claims he'll leave if that happens. Good riddence.

I dont want Mitchell coaching the Knicks unless he's the type of coach players to their strengths.

Sign me up for Tom Thibodeau or Avery w/ a offense specialist as an assistant

[Chicken]

anybody who can turn the knicks around is a superhero. (then again, by now it's going to be difficult to make them any worse.)

[n9no]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hp1HIXYEPw

nigga, please

[n9no]

...and on another (non playoff) note:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AsUERg7Jz1QG5rtFVyfDee68vLYF?slug=ap-rodman-arrested&prov=ap&type=lgns

nigga, please

[goat]

not playoff news, and i know you've all heard about it, what are your opinions on LB coaching Charlotte?

to me, its like MJ and the Wizards all over again

[78]

LB didn't even know Adam M's name... called him the kid with the moustache. HA

[jselvedge]

i think LB will be a good fit. Carolina guy coaching a Carolina PG.

[jselvedge]

looks like the Sixers are done..down 30 in the 4th. i think it was good for the philly youngsters to get a taste of the playoffs. from watching them this postseason, they look pretty scary. so much youth and athleticism paired with a smart PG.

[Chicken]

i think LB will be a good fit. Carolina guy coaching a Carolina PG.

either that or he'll bolt out of town in three months. he's got a long history like that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hp1HIXYEPw

nigga, please

crazy he didn't even get ejected, even though it was a weak-ass punch.

[jselvedge]

lol i hope he won't quit that fast! i think LB will be in Charlotte for at least 2 seasons, given management doesn't fire him

[thefunkytechnician]

congrats to the sixers for a not completely horrible season (even though Iguodala looked like shit in the playoffs). i would have been happy even if they just took one from detroit. now its time to open that checkbook and get a big time outside shooting threat.

[czdadegrees]

couple coachs movie around i hope chris paul gets the job done dam phoniex loseing so bad =\

[landho]

congrats to the sixers for a not completely horrible season (even though Iguodala looked like shit in the playoffs). i would have been happy even if they just took one from detroit. now its time to open that checkbook and get a big time outside shooting threat.

Sometimes the Haitian Sensation looks positively like an animal. Eats a lot of glass.

Think Iguodala is best suited to being a second option. The Sixers had an outside scoring threat--Kyle Korver. But maybe you mean someone like Kobe, LeBron, Durant, or even Rashard Lewis or Turkoglu. A lot of teams need that kind of player, but they are few and far between. Still, this Sixers teams looks pretty promising.

[evisu 2000]

rondoooooooooooooooo

[n9no]

Dirty South pushing it to a game 7!!!

If the hawks win over the celts (which they prolly wont), it'll be the one of the biggest upsets in the history of the NBA....more so than GS taking out dallas last year.

[little ants]

Atlanta is so inspiring, especially after watching a full season of horrible Mavericks games that were never fun to watch, even when they were winning.

I'm also really excited at the prospect of a Hornets-Lakers series, provided New Orleans can knock off San Antonio.

[78]

That's right. Quoting myself. Cuz once again nothing else matters.

nothing else matters

[landho]

Text message I sent my friend immediately after the Spurs-Hornets game:

USA! USA! USA!

[linoleum]

Spurs were beat badly tonight!!! I bet they come back hard in game 2.

[evisu 2000]

nothing else matters

[landho]

Wanted the Hawks to win, but it's probably for the best that they lost since they were unlikely to beat the Cavs. I hate the Celtics, but I hate the Cavs four times as much.

[fattybfat]

Wanted the Hawks to win, but it's probably for the best that they lost since they were unlikely to beat the Cavs. I hate the Celtics, but I hate the Cavs four times as much.

same here excepth i dont have the cavs as much as the C's

[n9no]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cwUnPcG4qnw

Marvin Williams taking a paige out of Kidd's book.

motherfucker, please