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the official 08 NBA playoffs thread

Thank you, Lapdawg.

I swear on the lives of my family that during the draft in June of 1996, as team after team after team after team kept passing up the opportunity to draft the young basketball prodigy from Lower Merion (who has FINALLY been named the NBA's MVP despite being the league's best player for every second of the past several years), my response back in June 1996 after each of the first twelve selections was some variation of:

"Wow.

Sam Bowie isn't going to be the biggest NBA Draft blunder of my lifetime, after all."

Ask anyone who has known me that long and every single one of them will tell you what a huge Kobe fan I've been from the very beginning (I even got my then-girlfriend a Kobe jersey way back in 1999 as a gift, to express how much potential I thought she possessed).

I'm not a Colts fan.

I'm not a Lakers fan.

I simply enjoy watching the greatest players in sports, and Manning and Kobe are, IN MY OPINION, BY FAR, the best players in their respective sports this decade.

Whether Kobe ends up being better than MJ when all is said and done will be seen in due time - I think that he will (and have thought so since last millennium), and most people seem to think he won't (despite the fact that Kobe is either equal or better than MJ was at nearly every single facet of the game).

LeBron James, on the other hand, has accomplished absolutely nothing on the court to distinguish himself from (a healthy) Dwayne Wade, Chris Paul, and the rest of the many excellent young players this league has seen.

He's a stat-machine who simply doesn't have the killer instinct necessary to even be in the conversation of "Who Is The Greatest Player Ever?"

But enjoy him while you can.

Even YOU didn't stay in Ohio once you were given a choice to leave.
 
oh how the mighty have fallen. Posey and the Celtics are doing the unthinkable - making LeBron look human. they aren't doing anything new, Cleveland likes to set high screens up to LBJ's defender and they are simply double-teaming the high screen up. in light of the situation, Big Z is really stepping up as of late. it's not really the defenders guarding LBJ so awesome this far in the series - his shots just simply are not falling in.

whatever the qualms are, I can only hope the Cavs recharge in Cleveland, at home. Boston has not won a road playoff game for a very long time.
 
axl blaze said:

oh how the mighty have fallen. Posey and the Celtics are doing the unthinkable - making LeBron look human. they aren't doing anything new, Cleveland likes to set high screens up to LBJ's defender and they are simply double-teaming the high screen up. in light of the situation, Big Z is really stepping up as of late. it's not really the defenders guarding LBJ so awesome this far in the series - his shots just simply are not falling in.

whatever the qualms are, I can only hope the Cavs recharge in Cleveland, at home. Boston has not won a road playoff game for a very long time.
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Doing the unthinkable?

Making LeBron look human.

I suppose that the Spurs did the "unthinkable" last season, as well.

Is this your essay answer for your Ohio State thesis for "Why An Average Team Built Around An Unclutch Overrated Superstar (Who Has A Series Shooting Percentage Hovering Near The Mendoza Line) Is, In Your Mind, Still A Contender To Win A Game Or Two Against The Same Team That a 37-45 Atlanta Team Just Beat Thrice?

The fact that several Celtics teams who had neither Kevin Garnett, not Rajon Rondo, nor Ray Allen, lost several road play-offs games several years ago with a completely different group of players (but, alas, they WERE wearing the same color uniform!) is your hope that the Cavs still have a chance in this series?

I think you should check your horoscope today.

It reads:

"You are a handsome man, yet you are delusional when it comes to accurately assessing your favorite sports teams, and you will, despite mounting evidence that you are dead wrong about LBJ and his Number Ten Seed (in the West) Cavs, continue to grasp at straws to convince yourself and the people who read your posts that your favorite basketball team is anything other than average, and that the most over-hyped player in sports is a better clutch shooter than John Starks."

Luckily, I heard that Ohio State Grad School grades on a curve, and since almost every Ohio LBJ Homer Probably Submitted A Similar Excuse-Laden Paper Like Yours, you might get a B-plus for enthusiasm.

Congrats.

LBJ for MVP.

The Year After Kobe, Paul, Wade and Howard all retire, and LBJ hangs on long enough so that, like his Cavs (or, more likely, the Nets) in the East, he has virtually no competition left.
 
I would be more worried about my beloved Cavs, but I remember last years Eastern Conference Finals when the Cavs were down 0-2 and they stepped up and stole the series from the Pistons. again. it would be nice to be a trendy sports fan like yourself, LL, but I am a man of convictions and although I assess my favorite team well I try to assess all teams correctly for I moderate this wonderful corner of BL and that is my internet job.

however, I root for my teams that I root for and this shows through my posts. it is difficult at times because my team in basketball has usually been very spotty (I am lucky to root for two teams that are consistently in the hunt for Championships in football year in and year out). it would be a lot easier to randomly pick my favorites before the start of every year - but men like you have an easier life overall concerning sports. the life that is possessing impotent fanhood.

yes, I am questioning your fanhood.
 
Pistons proving that they can win without Mr. Bigshot. I think it was a huge morale boost to Detroit to show that they can do it even with some injuries. They have been nearly miraculous in their lack of injuries the past 5 seasons, so it was a big question as to whether or not they could do it without their core group of guys. Questions seemed to be put to rest.
 
Alright, after this post I would appreciate it if we could get off of the "Which star can I fellate harder" topic, and get back to the idea of a playoffs basketball thread, but do you want to know what I think about the "Who's greater?" question?

This: I think the league has to stop looking for a savior. We had one back in the 90's, his name was Michael Jordan. You might've heard of him. Anyways, the league has had a savior, so we got to stop trying to pick the next great one. It doesn't fucking matter. The fact is that there are so many more interesting stories than LeBron/Kobe. Detroit's intense team mentality, Chris Paul and the young Hornets (outside of NO, he gets startlingly little press), San Antonio's dynasty. We have to stop looking for someone to change the game again the way Michael Jordan did.

Now, in case you weren't paying attention, the playoffs were happening.
 
conversate isn't a real word :(

We'll see what happens when N.O. gets back home. They lose that one, and then we can... "conversate" on the dynasty. Till then its 2-2 and all's fair.
 
I was raised by west coast gangsta rap. Please forgive.

I'm shitting in someone's food if the Spurs are in the
finals again.
 
Tony parker kinda of pisses me off... He does the same thing every game and they cannot stop him ... He has that 20 foot jump shot but 80% of his points he drives to the lane and does a layup.......

I respect him but he pisses me off and i really hope the hornets beat the spurs... this is the first time ive watched chris paul and he is miraculous.....

and im not sure about the celtics they havent won on the road but most playoff teams win at home..... Ray Allen needs to step up he should be scoring 15+ every game...


I still think detroit with billups is best team in the east...


Thank god for the NBA playoffs and thank the NBA playoffs for god......

I still think whoever wins in the east will get destroyed by the west but maybe thats obvious?
 
LOVELFIE so much for Boston sweeping the Cavs, chump! And Kobe "The Rapist" Bryant has been breathing in to much smog in L.A. Without any argument, he is not even half the player Lebron is.

The King is gonna mop the floor with Garnett's face bitches!!!!!!

Go OHIO!
 
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LOVELFIE so much for Boston sweeping the Cavs, chump! And Kobe "The Rapist" Bryant has been breathing in to much smog in L.A. Without any argument, he is not even half the player Lebron is.

The King is gonna mop the floor with Garnett's face bitches!!!!!!

Go OHIO!
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lol are you kidding me? props to lebron but kobe is always on point, last game he hurt his back and he still put up mad points.

lebron is definitely making his presence felt on the court but his field goal pct is still bad.
 
smotpoker said:
LOVELFIE so much for Boston sweeping the Cavs, chump! And Kobe "The Rapist" Bryant has been breathing in to much smog in L.A. Without any argument, he is not even half the player Lebron is.

The King is gonna mop the floor with Garnett's face bitches!!!!!!
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No more kool-aid for this guy...
 
Good series Detroit, hopefully in the off season this year we can pick up a few quality bench players to fill the void. Sad to see my team going home, but we have made some HUGE leaps forward, and now we need to find some players that can help us beat detroit next year, because you know we'll be seeing you again next year........... Go CAVS!!!!! Not jumping on their wagon, just need a team to watch......
 
Good series Orlando. It was definitely a good effort made by both teams; 3 close games that could've gone either way. I'm definitely breathing a sigh of relief that gambling with leaving Chauncey on the bench didn't come back to bite us in the ass. I'm pulling for a Cleveland victory over Boston. Home court advantage, plus a chance to avenge last year's loss.
 
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