NBA playoffs thread

Originally posted by Tristan > Originally posted by AgentWood> so...how 'bout them magic?

They have the number 1 pick in the draft, and T-Mac may be traded.

well, they can't be any worse than they are now!

Originally posted by AgentWood > Originally posted by Tristan> > > > Originally posted by AgentWood> > so...how 'bout them magic?>

They have the number 1 pick in the draft, and T-Mac may be traded.

well, they can't be any worse than they are now! I'm betting T-Mac will stay, they get Okafor in the draft, and next season, when Hill's contract expires, Orlando will be able to pick up a big name FA. So Orlando might actually have a bright future ahead.

Originally posted by Spotnick Don't know shit about NBA, but would it be a first that the owner of a team would win NHL & NBA championships back-to-back

Last year the owner's WNBA team won the championship too.

ok the lakers score 68 points. they dont deserve to be champions after that awful performance. detroit is so damn fun to watch. i really hated them late 80's and early 90's, but i find myself cheering for them? weird. this team is more bad ass than the bad boy pistons. i still feel lakers will win in 6, but im hoping detroit wins it all.

Sure glad I missed last night's debacle, truly awful and tired from every account I've heard. They can't keep up with the "turn it on when we need to" approach, especially in the championship. And Gary Payton.........

all I have to say is

I'm usually not a big basketball guy, but I'm lovin' this year's finals. D-Town wasn't picked by anyone to win, yet here they are in what should have been a sweep in four, with a 3-1 lead. I love to see the Lakers fall around and get their ass handed to them like this. After three years of hogging the trophy, you just want to see them fall.

And as for Kobe...don't be a-rapin' :D

....but the proverbial pebble in my shoe will be the fact that Rasheed Wallace is on the verge of being on a championship team, when he is clearly one of the top players in the history of the NBA not deserving of this honor. *sigh*

poor karl malone and gary payton :(

is kobe gonna cry? i bet shaq walks off the court without congratulating detroit when they win.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Detroit wins tonight...whew, kinda leaves me hanging on a wire there!

you predicted right!!!!! has detroit been burned down yet? i wonder if phil jackson is going to inherit another good team or stick with LA. i am so damn happy i was wrong about my prediction of lakers in 6 bullshit.

Kind of nice to see an actual "team" win a championship, as opposed to "loose collection of overpaid superstars" :D

I thought Phillip's comments at the press conference were telling, he might not be back. If Kobe don't get sent to the joint, he probably won't be back either.

Jimmy Kimmel is offically Detriot's bitch now, of course

I can live in denial, of sorts anyway, by blocking out the championship Sheed and replacing them with all of the idiotic things he did in Portland. And Gary Payton, you knew what was likely to happen in LA before you signed with them............

Okay, so where is Tristan these last few days? Don't worry, I'm just about as gutted by that series as you are.

he mentioned something about getting geared up for the tour de france and watching the dodgers. i know he loves the lakers but id be pissed off too and would not have watched game 5 after the game 4 loss if it were the bulls.

It's summer, and I've been out of the house pretty much all the time. Eh, the Lakers will always compete for the championship as long as Buss is the owner. frankly I wouldn't mind Shaq being traded for the right price (like Jermaine O'Neal and Artest), but first LA needs to find a way to get rid of GP, George, and Fox. Plus I want Kenyon Martin.

BTW go Dodgers! They beat the Yanks 2 out of 3 :), but last night they lost to the Gnats in the ninth

Originally posted by Tristan It's summer, and I've been out of the house pretty much all the time. Eh, the Lakers will always compete for the championship as long as Buss is the owner. frankly I wouldn't mind Shaq being traded for the right price (like Jermaine O'Neal and Artest), but first LA needs to find a way to get rid of GP, George, and Fox. Plus I want Kenyon Martin.BTW go Dodgers! They beat the Yanks 2 out of 3 :), but last night they lost to the Gnats in the ninth

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!Jermaine O'Neal, in LA? Hope not!!! The trading of him (for Dale Davis) and Brian Grant (for Shawn Kemp) by Bob Whitsitt are two of the very big reasons I don't go to Blazer games anymore (as a paying customer at any rate).

Looks like GP is gonna stay, now that Phil is gone, so maybe his attitude will improve, but I had a major suspicion that he would indeed turn out to be as disgruntled as he was by the end of the year.

Heckuva series between the Yanks and LA, the Sunday night ESPN game was great. We'll see how it turns out in the NL West, I hear that both LA and the Yanks are interested in Seattle's Freddy Garcia, but now that the Mariners are hitting again and improving, the M's aren't quite ready to deal just yet.

It was great though to see Pedro Martinez get rocked in the first inning against the Giants though, and the Red Sox are, again, slowly falling behind NY in the standings. Heard some promo for the Jim Rome show talking about Nomar's agent telling people that Nomar would like to play second base for the Yankees Great infield, Giambi, Nomar, Jeter, A-Rod.