would you stay in cleveland?

This is guy from ohio. Yet all his favorite teams are clubs that dominated, instead of home state heroes. Yankees of course, and his favorite football team is like cowboys or something.

For the nth season in a row. Cleveland failed to put guys around Lebron that are able to provide support. Lebron surely knows that that is odd. You'd think people woudl Want to play with him.

first, they had to get better than detroit. They did that. But, then boston beat them. So they got better than boston ( i 'spose), and now magic beats them.

I would think other pastures would start looking a good deal greener. Reggie is behind me now, talking about how great it was playing for a small market for 18 years. I am sure it was rewarding. But, Indiana never won it, sooo.

I guess he has another year to think it over. But if the 2nd and 3rd best scorers are Williams and West again, if next year plays out like this year, i would think him batshit crazy if he wanted to stay.

redefiniton

alright. this is a sematics argument again. Everyone on my idiot box keeps saying Lebron is the best player, but Kobe is the best closer. Well, that is The Reason i say kobe is best (though i feel like i am getting so clsoe to finally giving lebron the nudge, it all depends on how things play out this playoffs.)

My point isn't Kobe vs. lebron, though. I jsut think, the best closer in basketball, should BE considered the best player. For that is being the best when it matters the most. Wouldn't you rather have a guy that is the best in the 4th, than a guy that is the best in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd? Unless, you win every game by 20, i think yeah.

mo williams gets stitches

this is from hoopshype.com-

When asked whether the hit was a cheap shot, Williams replied, "Most definitely." "That was the second time -- you can recall the play when I dove out of bounds last game he gave me an elbow then," Williams said. Williams said he has no previous history with Johnson, a reserve guard for the Magic. "I've got bigger fish to fry," Williams said. "I've got to figure out how to make some shots. I could care less about Anthony Johnson. He plays 12 minutes a game, I could care less."



I watched that play more than once, and couldn't decide it was a malicious elbow. what did you guys think?

Also, how cold blooded is that last line? anthony johnson must be like 'ouch!'

He's right though, they got bigger fish to fry. Chad may be a prophet with that orlando shit..orlando is straight up out playing those fools.

best Lebron teamate

I was daydreaming about best teammate for Lebron and was thinking him and Dirk would be a friggin killer tandem. I just think their games would be very complimentary of each others.

The reason i'd go with dirk and not, say, howard, is cause howard would clog the lane, exaclty were lebron is trying to get. The other idea is a pg. Well, best pg is chris paul. They both usually have the ball so much, i can't see them sharing the court. I am sure they could and all. Jsut doesn't seem as good a match as lebron and dirk to me.

I see lebron drawing attention and dirk not even having to shoot fadeaways anymore.

pistons cont.

This was getting way too off-topic so i am moving a this response to jake to here:)
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"alls i'm saying is it wasnt a huge difference in my eyes to go from a crappy detroit team with chauncey to a crappy detroit team without him. " -Jake Fu


heheh, feels different. Last year detroit was still splitting with the best teams in the league. This year was basically as bad as things could possibly go. You do know the pistons publicly declared stuckey is NOT a pg, right? Officially a combo guard.

And now they are shopping for one. What? You thought we were shopping for bigs, cause we don't have any? True we don't, and yeah we were. But now we are shopping for a pg. Yup, no PG, no bigs.

There is also a good article in denver this week about how denver saw AI was slow in camp this season and they immediately set to trade him before anyone found out. bluffed to get that trade.

Dumars better pull off the miracle signing with all that paper he's saving. Or he will be considered much less clever i imagine, lol.

Oh yeah. And scariest of all. I keep hearing Ben Gordons name lately for who pistons are interested in. Jesus! He is not good enough. You might as well build a team around JR Smith.

Conference Finals

Wow, whata great couple of game 1s. I hope the rest of the two series are like that. The Orl-Cle game had me on the edge fo my seat the entire 2nd half. Great stuff.

Too bad Chauncey couldn't steal that game one. :D

Little Fundamental

Wait....this is Luis Scola, right?

Nick names are fun. Lately, i been thinking of Scola as The Little Fundamental. Not that plays like Duncan, though a bit. He just has great fundamentals, and excellent post moves. Oh yeah, and Yao Ming is Ow Ming. Is that an old joke? Seems like it would be.

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Artest and Odom played on the same team at age 11 or something. That is wierd. They are the only two guys their size that can do everything in the league. Lead a fast freak, shoot threes, create own shot, etc. Both giant, nimble men. Maybe they just have good handles and are good shooters cause they been playing a lot of ball their whole lives. Maybe Howard would be like that, too, if he grew up at playing at Rutgers.

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This is the first time i've heard lots of artest sound bites in a short period. I am really strating to like him.

The FLakers

I got a few thoughts during this game.

Forgive me, but the lakers remind me of the pistons during their run. The pistons seemingly fell behind in every series b4 coming back and winning (except when they lost). Of course, LA would have to underachieve for at least a couple of more years to compare.

I give Houston a ton of credit. But, if LA could play with the effort Hou does, this series would be over. Hou is missing, both, their two best players and their first two centers. I didn't really notice Gasol or Odom trying to be big and make post plays to take advantage that. I don't really know if Odom is into posting up, but Gasol is, right? Seems like he should have been posting a lot more.

LA finished the game with Farmar. Brooks has been owning Fisher all series. Who do you think LA will have at the PG to close game 7? Who do think LA will start at PG next year? Is that Shannon Brown character that good? Fisher isn't gonna get any faster.

best glen davis picture ever

any takers?

Kobe Doin' Work

This is the title of the ESPN/Spike Lee Documentary that premieres on espn next Saturday. Looks really cool. They spend an entire day following him. Use 30 cameras, and have him wearing mic. From the clip i saw, it looked pretty insightful.

RIP Daddy Rich

I not going to wax poetic or anything like that, Though I'll admit i am tempted to talk about my childhood. Haha. But, it would be wrong to not at least post a picture of the great Chuck Daly.

I will say a couple general things i guess. It feels almost like the founder of a religion has died. Cause that is about the impact he has had for the civil religion of Detriot and for fans. Detroit pistons were a historically crappy club with a couple great past players as the only good in their historty. Chuck took on the mentality that all championships will be won by boston or LA until the end of time- and chainged the pistons to do so. He set the foundation for a basketball philosophy that still exists in detroit. The rules have changed much of play, but you can still see his handprints on the piston's style today. Well, not this season;)

Fisher Suspended?

Ok, here's the question again. Should Fisher be suspended? To me, this was a more malicious hit than Dwight's, but it didn't hit the head. To me, if they suspended Howard, they should suspend Fish.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4148285&categoryid=2459788

Anyways, its not like Fisher is gonna make or break a game.

Also, I don't think Kobe should be fined or anything for that elbow...but how the fuck was that a foul on Artest?

At any rate, I have changed my stance on this series after game 2. I now think Houston has a real shot at this series. They've shown more resilience than I thought they had in them. What'd yall think?

Den-Dal

"dullstone said... Hmmm, so you think Dallas would take Denver in 6? I think den would kinda dominate that series."

Booyah! Heheh. Of course, i could still end up being wrong. But, that is all the more reason for me to rub it in now, in case this is my last chance.
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Here is what i want to know about Dirk. How does someone that is 7' only weigh 85 pounds? Every time someone fouls him, he just goes flying, like he's made of rubber. There are many admirable traits about Dirk. Yet, there are just a few traits that make him always bug me and make me always root against him. I can't help it.
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Game three is on saturday! What the heck it that? That isn't normal is it? 4 days until they play again?

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I know this will sound like craziness, but i am actually starting to see denver as competition LA. They jsut look so good right now. Their offense has been effortless. And, their defense looks sharp. Even in the second period on gmae two. Denver was using very poor judgement on offense, and dallas was playing well. Yet, denver was still leading the whole period.

I know LA's defense is a whole different thing compared to dallas or NOH. But still, i can hope, right?

Before, i would have said it was impossible for denver to beat LA. Now, i am down grading that to just surprising.

Orl-Bos

I'm glad the visiting teams are winning. should make the playoffs more interesting.

Rondo seemed pretty much invisible this game, i thought. He usually starts off every game repeatedly getting in the paint and having 10 points b4 the period is out. I don't remember him getting to the rim in the halfcourt once. I guess that is probably mostly because of Howard.

We been talking a bit about how much we hate certain boston players. so i thoguht i mention the ones i like. I guess they are all bigs.

I was pretty impressed with what Big Baby was able to do under the hoop last year in the playoffs. But this year he didnt' just add a 18-19 jumpshot; he added a 18-19 foot jumpshot that is money. I guess i like undersized bigs that can outperform their conterparts. First Maxiell, then Millsap, now Big Baby (though Millsap is the best;D).

K Perkins. I think if Greg Oden weren't in the league people would make fun of how old KP looks. I thoguht he was an old vet. Though that is, perhaps, because he has some old school post moves that look like they are from a slightly older era.

Powe. I like Powe too. A man of tremendous character who had rather rediculous adversity growing up. He is not playing though; so nuts to him.

Rockets Vs Lakers

Ok, so the Lakers couldn't have played much worse, but the Rockets have still stolen home court. I'm not dilusional enough yet to think the Rockets can win this series. Lemme see how they do in game 2, and I'll give you a better opinion.

However, this begs the question:

If the Rockets beat the Lakers, are they the new favorites to win the title?