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Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Thread - In Memory of Agent Zero
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Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
This never gets old,sorry Spurs fans...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW4uXlRGAF0&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW4uXlRGAF0&mode=related&search=
Blackace said:
AI is still in Philly - Andre Iguadola at least. Besides, you forget who is managing that team. That trade scenario is not out of the realm of possibility. Portland did manage to pull off that Telfair trade last year, too.
Jason Quick (the best beat writer in the industry, no joke) through in the clutch:
http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2007/05/pritchard_i_wont_trade_the_pic.html
GitarooMan
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Just saw Ainge say on ESPN and I quote "I think we're a playoff team right now." :lol :lol
Raja flops more than Ginobli. At least Manu has the skills to go to the hoop (where he often takes a real beating). Raja is just a thug who is lucky to play with Steve Nash.Truelize said:
And Bowen is a dirty mother****er, but the guy is just so skilled at being dirty that I have an underlying appreciation for his dark arts. Probably the best dirty player of all time. He does so much that is dirty and yet he is so in control of his body and so mentally aware that he always makes it look like it could have been an accident. That karate kick of Bowen's was totally intentional, but even on the replay you think it might have been an accident. With other dirty players like Lambeer, Jordan, and the entire Riley Knicks it was obvious on replays that they were just trying to hurt someone.
The lottery sucks.
They should have a single game elimination tournament between the 4 worst teams and let them duke it out for the top four picks. It would be entertaining for the fans, make money for the league, and humilating for the players. No one losses in this situation (except the scrub players, but if they were really good they would not have been in this situation in the first place).
Everyone after that just gets a spot according to the record.
They should have a single game elimination tournament between the 4 worst teams and let them duke it out for the top four picks. It would be entertaining for the fans, make money for the league, and humilating for the players. No one losses in this situation (except the scrub players, but if they were really good they would not have been in this situation in the first place).
Everyone after that just gets a spot according to the record.
bionic77 said:
And the lottery has demonstrated yet again that the odds just aren't good enough to make tanking your entire season really worth it and yet I highly doubt it will begin to disappear (though it will probably be a while before we see a repeat of this season's tanking.
Hakeem was coldblooded in that series. And Robinson was never the same player after that.LordMaji said:Yeah, that's pretty damn awesome.
Hakeem tore it up.
They have a clip of Hakeems' highlights on that page too and Hakeem had the nastiest blocks throughout his career. Him and Robinson were also two of the rare centers who could pick a guard's pocket and take the ball coast to coast. Robinson was even better at it than Hakeem.
I still maintain Hakeem is one of the most underrated players of all time. And no doubt Hakeem > Shaq. Shaq always had problems with Robinson because of David's quickness. Hakeem, not so much (as evidenced by the video). I will say in Robinson's defense though that he was probably one of the nicest people to ever play the game. And he was also the most ripped.
Blackace said:
We'll see--you'd better believe that Durant is damn marketable in Oklahoma/Texas. Unless this development creates a huge groundswell in Seattle, I think it makes a move to OKC more likely. Bennett was concerned about making his money back in Oklahoma, but Durant increases the Sonics' value instantly.
Truelize said:
AMEN! Some of that flopping was embarrassing. It didn't help that Bennett F'n Salvatore was a ref last night. He's ALWAYS suckered into making the stupid calls.
We got outplayed big time last night, that's why we lost. It's probably why we'll probably lose in 6. Anyway, I'm excited for game 3, we should be able to win that one. Scheduling it for Saturday is beyond retarded, however, we should be playing tomorrow. Ridiculous scheduling FTL.
Bowen is all about 3 things:
-Arm slapping
-Shooting threes from the corner
-Whining about obvious fouls that he commits
I don't know that he does anything else.
EDIT: Apparently he kicks a pretty mean face too.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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*sigh*
The only obvious flop from the Spurs yesterday was from Oberto against Harpring. Also, it's people like you that make me so giddy whenever Bruce starts hitting all those 3-pointers to bury the other team.
DRob is one of my favorite of all time, but Hakeem was a phenomenon. He dominated every great center of his era on both sides of the court and his arsenal of moves is something I've never seen before. I was just a kid at the time, but man was it painful to see David get destroyed with such a variety of fantastic plays and look so hopeless. He still had a great series stat-wise, but it was impossible to at least slow down The Dream.
The only obvious flop from the Spurs yesterday was from Oberto against Harpring. Also, it's people like you that make me so giddy whenever Bruce starts hitting all those 3-pointers to bury the other team.
BEST.CENTER.EVER.Matrix said:
DRob is one of my favorite of all time, but Hakeem was a phenomenon. He dominated every great center of his era on both sides of the court and his arsenal of moves is something I've never seen before. I was just a kid at the time, but man was it painful to see David get destroyed with such a variety of fantastic plays and look so hopeless. He still had a great series stat-wise, but it was impossible to at least slow down The Dream.
BatiGOOOOOOL said:
You've earned a "pffft" from me.
Hakeem was unstoppable. That guy is easily the best center that the NBA has ever seen. I think if we could have seen Arvydas Sabonis in his prime, however, there could be some room for debate. By the time he got to the NBA, his knees were already shot.
bionic77 said:
NO ONE flops more than Gino. Or at least is as memorable. Maybe that's it. When either Bowen or Raja flop it at least looks somewhat legit. Gino and Oberto are from the vagina school of flopping. They go all noodle arm like they had just been shot. It's just sad that they don't have enough pride to not puss out like that.
And we aren't in here talking about Raja's skill range. Any educated basketball fan can see that Raja is an incredibly limited offensive player and that his success is 100% associated with the system he plays in. If the Suns would have been able to sign Finley and he had not gone to the Spurs then they would have had a real starting two guard.
I brought up Raja's skill because at least Manu can go strong to the basket and finish. And I still think Manu is not the worst flopper. A lot of the time when he is "flopping" he is also taking some serious hits on the way to the basket. Manu plays a pretty brutal style of basketball and a result he won't be in the league for much longer unless he starts to play a little softer like the Tony Pakers of the world. So while Manu does do soccer style pussy-flops, I give him some credit because at least he has some skill and has shown that he is also a tough SOB.Truelize said:
Lambeer may have been the dirtiest. But Lambeer was not as skilled as Bowen, he was just a hired thug. On defense Bown is just a master of getting away with the tiny chippy things that can get inside of the head of lesser players.whytemyke said:
"BULLSHIT!"
Lambeer did have his own videogame though...
BatiGOOOOOOL
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holla!!!
The Frankman
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Welcome. For the record at this point E. City >> Tyrus Thomas + your pick.Nameless said:
reports saying Hibbert and Green are going back to school
I understand he can go back to school, improve his skills, and get a better position next year. But that's a pretty dumb quote.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2879914
I understand he can go back to school, improve his skills, and get a better position next year. But that's a pretty dumb quote.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2879914
bionic77 said:
Laimbeer was a four-time all-star. He was cheap as hell, but he was no slouch, much like Bowen. Now obviously they're different players but I grew up in Chicago and I remember a lot of Pistons fans/"old school basketball" proponents saying the same stuff about Laimbeer back then that people say about Bowen now attempting to defend him. I'm inclined to say Laimbeer had more of a temper and was more volatile, but really looking at some of the things Bowen has done even that may not be entirely accurate.
Dude... you're so wrong about Laimbeer. He wasn't just a hired goon, he was talented as all hell, too. I mean you don't make the all-star team for nothing, ya know? The guy was a dirty bastard, no doubt, but we're talking about one of the first big men that could step behind the arc and drop 3's just as easily as he can go in the paint and muck it up. If he didn't play on a team with Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars and Dennis Rodman, then Laimbeer's defensive and offensive skills would have shown through a whole lot more. He was the perfect heel... we're talking Ray Lewis levels after he killed a guy or Eric Bischoff after he joined NWO :lolbionic77 said:
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