2012 NBA Playoffs

[sealybobo]

The heat not having Bosh is a big neg for them. He's a big but loves to take those midrange jumpers that draws people out to defend which creates better lanes for Wade and James for drives that they prefer doing. Those two are good outside shooters but that's not where their comfort zone is IMO. The paint is going to stay clogged against drives through the lane without Bosh drawing a defender or two out. They could even go 'twin towers' with Hibbert and Hansbrough if there was a need but I don't see one in this series. Bird has done a great job with this roster.

The Heat are in big trouble. They have no centers. I am so happy that another year will go by with LeBron not winning a championship. Kobe too. I'm ok if Tim Duncan wins. He's got class. Boring, but class. I hope OK wins though. My prediction is whoever comes out of the West is going to hand the Celtics their ass on a platter. God I hope OK can get by the Spurs. Is it just me or has Ginobli's bald spot gotten a lot bigger from last year? He needs to spray that shit on his head so its not so obvious.

 

[sealybobo]

Wade yelling at his coach like that was not a good sign, that means he has no respect for Spoelstra and he knows he has no balls, I can't recall the last time I saw Paul Pierce rip into Doc Rivers like that or Tony Parker go off on Coach Popovich.

Now you know why I don't watch BB anymore.

Spoiled millionaires complaining isn't my cup of tea.

Thats only spoiled brats like Lebron, Wade and Kobe Bryant, there are still class acts in the league like Tim Duncan on the Spurs and the Celtics Ray Allen.

I remember back in the 80's and early 90's when the basketball players got fouled, they would walk practically the distance of the court walking off the foul. It was soooo annoying. Drama queens. And then I remember seeing pro's at the local gym playing pick up games and they would do the same thing there too, only they would take longer. Basically don't foul them in a pick up game. Big babys.

 

[sealybobo]

I want to thank Basketball & Football for taking a lot of big ass young black kids and sending them to college and some to the pros. I've been noticing a lot of crime in Detroit lately. Things are really bad there. People are getting mugged while pumping their gas. Did you hear about Rev. Winans? They took his $15K Rolex. Anyways, I was thinking, if it weren't for basketball and football, a lot of those criminals might be 6 or 7 foot tall and 200 to 300 lbs.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Now you know why I don't watch BB anymore.

Spoiled millionaires complaining isn't my cup of tea.

Thats only spoiled brats like Lebron, Wade and Kobe Bryant, there are still class acts in the league like Tim Duncan on the Spurs and the Celtics Ray Allen.

Why do I get the vibe that Ray Allen is an angry bitter man with a chip on his shoulder? Doesn't seem like a nice guy to me.

Ray Ray is highly principled. That's why he detested Kobe when he was on the Sonics and he averaged about 40 every time he played the Lakers.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

I want to thank Basketball & Football for taking a lot of big ass young black kids and sending them to college and some to the pros. I've been noticing a lot of crime in Detroit lately. Things are really bad there. People are getting mugged while pumping their gas. Did you hear about Rev. Winans? They took his $15K Rolex. Anyways, I was thinking, if it weren't for basketball and football, a lot of those criminals might be 6 or 7 foot tall and 200 to 300 lbs.

Why would a reverend have a Rolex? That should tell you something.

 

[sealybobo]

Thats only spoiled brats like Lebron, Wade and Kobe Bryant, there are still class acts in the league like Tim Duncan on the Spurs and the Celtics Ray Allen.

Why do I get the vibe that Ray Allen is an angry bitter man with a chip on his shoulder? Doesn't seem like a nice guy to me.

Ray Ray is highly principled. That's why he detested Kobe when he was on the Sonics and he averaged about 40 every time he played the Lakers.

He had something against Rip too. Something having to do with the fact that Rip had a highschool, college and NBA championship and Ray didn't until he finally won in Boston. He's probably super competitive.

But he's one of those guys that if you are a fan of his opponent, you hate him. Bill Lambier. Dennis Rodman. Sure we loved them, but people in LA and Chicago and Boston HATED them. I hate Ray that way. Its a compliment.

 

[sealybobo]

I want to thank Basketball & Football for taking a lot of big ass young black kids and sending them to college and some to the pros. I've been noticing a lot of crime in Detroit lately. Things are really bad there. People are getting mugged while pumping their gas. Did you hear about Rev. Winans? They took his $15K Rolex. Anyways, I was thinking, if it weren't for basketball and football, a lot of those criminals might be 6 or 7 foot tall and 200 to 300 lbs.

Why would a reverend have a Rolex? That should tell you something.

Absolutely! I'm glad they mugged him.

 

[Agent_Mulder]

The Pacers are getting second and third chances because of their rebounding.. With Bosh out, the Heat are in trouble

 

[Billo_Really]

I remember back in the 80's and early 90's when the basketball players got fouled, they would walk practically the distance of the court walking off the foul. It was soooo annoying. Drama queens. And then I remember seeing pro's at the local gym playing pick up games and they would do the same thing there too, only they would take longer. Basically don't foul them in a pick up game. Big babys.

I've played a lot of pick-up games in my life (3 times a week from age 14-37) and what I remember is most of the arguments were about "whose turn" it was if the call was controversial.

If someone called, "Foul!" and someone else replied, "I didn't touch you!"; the first person would usually say, "You got me right here!", which would eventually lead to someone going, "Well, you had the last one, so this ones ours."

..."No, you had last one, were takin' this one!"...

..."BALL IN..."

 

[Billo_Really]

Check it out, bitches...

...Lakers are in the house!

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

I remember back in the 80's and early 90's when the basketball players got fouled, they would walk practically the distance of the court walking off the foul. It was soooo annoying. Drama queens. And then I remember seeing pro's at the local gym playing pick up games and they would do the same thing there too, only they would take longer. Basically don't foul them in a pick up game. Big babys.

I've played a lot of pick-up games in my life (3 times a week from age 14-37) and what I remember is most of the arguments were about "whose turn" it was if the call was controversial.

If someone called, "Foul!" and someone else replied, "I didn't touch you!"; the first person would usually say, "You got me right here!", which would eventually lead to someone going, "Well, you had the last one, so this ones ours."

..."No, you had last one, were takin' this one!"...

..."BALL IN..."

Generally, the pick-up games I'm in are about respect the call. What's annoying to me these days is the laxed scorekeeping. You can never go up more than a few points b/c the other team is always subtracting points from the other team and adding points to their score. Eight possessions later in a 9 to 4 game. What's the score? Uh. I think 7 to 6. Then they count off. Well I got three, I got two, I got one; not even naming the alleged baskets. It's like that time and time again. How hard is it to keep f'ing score. Freaking ___________. LOL

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

42 free throws for the Lakers in Game 3. Guess Stern was desperate.

 

[Billo_Really]

Eat shit, Thunder!

We're opening a can of "whoop-ass" tonight!

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

How sad is it that the NBA makes the Lakers/Thunder play on back to back nights so that the Heat can have two days off and get the prime Sunday time slot?

The same shiz happened last Sunday when on the west coast, the Clipper/Grizz Game 7 was literally scheduled at 10 f'ing AM. I didn't realize they'd be so stupid and I missed the game. Even had they scheduled it for late night after the Heat's later game; it'd have been better. Perhaps ABC had restricted them from altering the standard times.

It's still sad that a Heat/Pacers Game 1 was more important than any other Game 7. What is people's infatuation with the freaking Heat? I honestly think that the average basketball fan is an f'ing drone.

 

[mudwhistle]

42 free throws for the Lakers in Game 3. Guess Stern was desperate.

I noticed the refs usually call the game for the home crowd. They need more games which means more money. If you want to remove that element make it one game sudden-death like it is in college. One or two games a week which gives the teams rest so they can produce their best performances.

I know I'm thinking outside the box now......but I'm prone to doing that.

 

[sealybobo]

Eat shit, Thunder!

We're opening a can of "whoop-ass" tonight!

Lakers lost? I went out on a boat with 4 women and we got drunk. About the only thing that could have pulled me away from the game. I hope I get to see the Lakers lose game 5. Boy they are close but no cigar it seems. New era has begun.

Lakers lost, its your birthday, we gonna party like its yo birthday, drink bacardi because we're thirsty. I'm sorry, I'm just so happy Kobe isn't advancing and Durant is. Now I just have to worry about Duncan.



What have the Lakers done?

So basically its either going to be oldschool vs new if Durant meets the Celtics, or Duncan v Spurs would be interesting too. But I want Durant to win.

 

[skipper]

Damn. Try to maintain your exuberance......Jeez. We may wind up with Stern's 'match up from hell', Spurs vs Pacers.

 

[High_Gravity]

I want to thank Basketball & Football for taking a lot of big ass young black kids and sending them to college and some to the pros. I've been noticing a lot of crime in Detroit lately. Things are really bad there. People are getting mugged while pumping their gas. Did you hear about Rev. Winans? They took his $15K Rolex. Anyways, I was thinking, if it weren't for basketball and football, a lot of those criminals might be 6 or 7 foot tall and 200 to 300 lbs.

Huh? are you saying if guys like Kevin Garnett and Shaq didn't play basketball they would be criminals? thats a pretty big allegation, and there still are criminals that size anyways.

 

[High_Gravity]

^^^

This'll be the best year I can remember in a long time for basketball purists if this holds:

Pacers (a real team) beat the Heat (Whiny Wade and James and over-rated Bosh)
Celts (a real team) beat the Sixers (not a good team)
Spurs (12 deep) beat the Clippers (Chris Paul and Blake Griffin both whiners)
OKC beats the Lakers (Kobe and Bynum both punks and Artest a mental midget)

Well it looks like it is going to be OKC and the Spurs for sure but the East is still open, the Celtics choked big time Friday night and brought Philly right back into this series, we could be looking at a Philadelphia and Miami conference finals.

 

[High_Gravity]

Now you know why I don't watch BB anymore.

Spoiled millionaires complaining isn't my cup of tea.

Thats only spoiled brats like Lebron, Wade and Kobe Bryant, there are still class acts in the league like Tim Duncan on the Spurs and the Celtics Ray Allen.

Why do I get the vibe that Ray Allen is an angry bitter man with a chip on his shoulder? Doesn't seem like a nice guy to me.

Angry bitter man? what makes you say that?