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.