The NBA Playoffs 2006

[Romeo Delight]

Anyone catch the Celtics and Cavaliers game?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=260215002

Holy shit! Pierce made Lebron look foolish on a few plays...best I've seen him play.

Lebron with the triple double!

Pierce looked like he was about to cry after he fouled out in double OT and he had to watch Lebron win such an epic battle.

I almost felt sorry for an NBA player! Who woulda thunk it?

So much to talk about, I thought we needed a thread.

Dwayne Wade could have his own thread, but maybe this one will do.

[BITEYOASS]

All I know is that the Pistons are beating the shit out of everybody!

[Romeo Delight]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=260224005


James finished with 25 points, but went 0-for-8 from the field and 4-for-12 from the foul line in the second half as Cleveland dropped its second straight after winning three in a row.

"I put all the blame on myself," said James, who came in averaging 35.8 points on 52 percent shooting over his previous five games. "It was a bad performance by me, simple as that."

James missed his final seven from the line -- and was even booed in the final minutes. After missing a shot from the wing with 5 seconds left, he angrily ripped off his headband, threw it into the crowd and walked off the court.

James said he "of course" heard the boos, adding, "If these fans want to boo me, it's on them."


Nice, Cleveland!

Sure he is having troubles at free throw line. I can't imagine booing LeBron.

[POJO_Risin]

You boo Lebron if you are a fucking moron...not at all interested in keeping the best young player in the game...

hell...

the best overall player in the game...at least offensively...

Fucking cleveland fans are fucking douchebags...

[POJO_Risin]

Page 2 has a hilarious story right now...called...

The First Annual Atrocious GM Summit...

staring Isiah, McHale, and Kupchak...

it's fucking hilarious...

The Shitty GM Summit

[Romeo Delight]

It's all gold, but I like this Nugget from Thomas:


Thomas: And that's one of the reasons I wanted to work for the Knicks. When I screwed up in Toronto, nobody cared. When I ran the CBA into the ground, nobody cared. When I coached the Pacers and lost a series to Boston in which we had 10 of the best 12 players, nobody cared. In New York, they care. Right now, I'm working on a trade with Orlando where we give up Penny Hardaway's expiring deal and Trevor Ariza for Steve Francis. It's an illogical trade in every respect -- Francis' contract is terrible, there's no way he'll mesh with the other guys, he's never won anything, he gives us the same problems that Marbury gives us, it's a disaster right out of the gate. And that's what makes it so great. When we pull this trade off, New York fans might actually riot. I'm not kidding.

[Romeo Delight]

Even funnier:


Babcock: When you're trading an unhappy superstar, like Isiah said before, you have to get one of three things back: Cap space, draft picks or young stars. Or else your fans will flip out. Especially if the guy immediately starts playing hard again, which was a mortal lock in Vince's case, because he was clearly tanking it for us. Anyway, my goal was to trade Vince without getting cap space, draft picks or another young star -- that's what would have made it the worst trade of all-time. The problem was that you can't be too obvious with this stuff or the commissioner's office will veto the deal. So what ended up happening was, the Nets gave us two non-lottery picks to save face, but everything else worked out -- not only did we not get a superstar back, we took on three bad contracts, including Alonzo Mourning's deal, which we had to buy out. So instead of getting cap space back, the trade hurt our cap space. I was more proud of that than anything.



Weisbrod: You know, I loved that trade, but I loved the Rafael Araujo pick even more.



Babcock: Thanks!



Weisbrod: Passing up Andre Iguodala for a 24 year-old center who averaged 0.1 blocks per game in college and runs like a duck … I just thought that was brilliant.



Babcock: Well, you hope with these things, but you never sure how they'll work out until they happen.

[Romeo Delight]

Simmons: So you like what Isiah has done?



Layden: Hell, yeah. Take the Francis trade, if it happens: Logically, it makes no sense because Francis and Marbury are the same player -- expensive, shoot-first point guards with huge entourages and attitude problems who have never won anything. Even if you're getting Francis for nothing, it still makes no sense on paper.



For example, let's say you spent $3,000 on a living room sofa two years ago that you didn't really like. To make the sofa stand out a little less, you bought a leather chair for $2,200 that doesn't match --.



Simmons: Marbury is the sofa and Jamal Crawford is the chair in this case?



Layden: Precisely. And the room still looks bad. So now, you're on Craigslist and you see that someone is selling another $3,000 sofa for $900 that's almost exactly like the sofa you have. And there's no way you would ever want two big, ugly sofas in the same room. It would just look ridiculous. But your mind-set is, "Hey, how can I turn down a $3,000 sofa for $900?" So you buy the sofa and stick it in the room, which is now cluttered with stuff since you also spent another $10,000 on some crummy art, a coffee table with support problems, two giant bookcases that have to be turned sideways, some wobbly end tables and a smashed sculpture that was patched back together with duct tape. But since it's too late to go back, you spend another $5,000 on an interior decorator to make the room work. Well, you know what would happen? He wouldn't be able to make it work. You bought too much crap.



See, this is why Isiah is a genius: He's assembling the basketball version of that nightmare living room, and he has the fans convinced that either the expensive interior decorator -- in this case, Larry Brown -- will be able to make everything work, or he can somehow swap some of that furniture to one of his neighbors for a first-class piece of art. And he's spending an ungodly amount of money! And you never hear rumors that he might get fired! I think it's a tribute to him and his staff. He's the best-ever at being an atrocious GM. He really is.

[EbDawson]

Originally posted by DavidFlamma
He's the best-ever at being an atrocious GM. He really is.

Yeah, I guess you really have to work at being that bad.

[POJO_Risin]

lmfao...Marbury is the sofa...and Crawford the Chair?


Precisely...and the room STILL looks bad...

hahahahahahahaha...

[POJO_Risin]

The Cavs are horrible today...

They couldn't score if they were in a room full of Denver Hotel Desk Clerks...

Pavlovic sucks...from the outside...

Z looks like a big white lump of shit...

fuck them all...

Detroit doesn't really look much better...but they can fucking board...

[ALinChainz]

Detroit in the midst of a 4 game in 5 night stretch ...

Cleveland is just real bad on the road ... still a player away ...

[POJO_Risin]

Cleveland is more than a player away...

Hughes is out for the year I'm hearing...

and they don't have anyone that can really put it to you physically...

Z is a good banger...but not a guy you follow...

Gooden is a lightweight underneath...

they need a veteran bully underneath...

and they need a point guard that can distribute and MAKE shots...

[POJO_Risin]

If you took James off this team...

Cleveland wouldn't win 10 games...they are THAT bad...

I'm listening to Hubie talkin' about the Cavs bench...and thinking...he hasn't really seen this team play...

their bench is highly overrated...

[Romeo Delight]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2347239

NEW YORK -- Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett was fined $5,000 by the NBA on Monday for throwing a basketball into the stands in a win over Memphis.

Garnett accidentally hit a fan when he tossed the ball away in the third quarter Sunday. He was reacting in frustration after being called for an offensive foul and was ejected from the game.

Medical personnel examined the fan, who was wheeled from the court on a gurney to boos and later walked with his family and arena personnel to a back room. His condition wasn't immediately available, although he appeared to be uninjured.

Garnett said Sunday that he didn't intend to throw the ball into the stands but was trying to get a delay-of-game call.

"By no means was I trying to hit a fan," he said.

Ricky Davis was also fined $5,000 by the NBA for kicking a basketball into the stands in a loss to Denver on Friday.



Wheeled from the court on a gurney?

From a basketball being tossed?

Dude should have his season tickets revoked from being such a pussy.

[POJO_Risin]

lmfao...

so I ask you all this...

Ricky Davis...Ricky fucking Davis...

CAN ANYONE FUCKING TELL ME HOW THIS MOTHER FUCKER IS TAKING 10 MORE SHOTS THAN KEVIN FUCKING GARNETT A GAME?????

Now...this may just be me...but I think Davis has taken more shots than Garnett in all but 1 or 2 games since he's been a Timberwolf...

UM...HELLFUCKINGO????

[Romeo Delight]

This was going to be my next post.

Unbelieveable!

Garnett needs a change. Minny will never have the support for Garnett , and Kevin's contract is the least of their problems there.

[POJO_Risin]

It is time for Minnesota to deal him...expect Garnett in LA...just a feeling...

[ALinChainz]

Originally posted by POJO_Risin
It is time for Minnesota to deal him...expect Garnett in LA...just a feeling...

*cough*Flip Saunders*cough*Chauncey Billups*cough*Detroit ...

[POJO_Risin]

They're going to trade Garnett for Flip Saunders and Chauncey Billups...

and apparently a bad cold?

[ALinChainz]

Wishful thinking man ... we just got that first rounder from Orlando ... a conditional this season, we can't have it if its in the top 5 ... but the following season, we get it regardless.

Couple that with our first rounder, maybe an expiring large contract ...

[POJO_Risin]

Do you really think they'll go after Garnett? Does he fit?

[ALinChainz]

I believe Dumars inquired last season ... and was thinking having his former coach ... and Billups is a close friend ... and I think you make him fit by moving Sheed or Tayshaun Prince to the bench ... providing Ben or KG can play the 3 well enough ...

[POJO_Risin]

I could see KG rollin' at 3...but not Ben...

you don't think they would move one of the Wallaces...Rasheed?

[ALinChainz]

I get into that mode with the Pistons or Wings ... good teams that other players wouldn't mind playing for ... so I think anyone could just about fit ...

Unlike the Lions and Tigers ...

[Romeo Delight]

I saw the footage of Garnett throwing basketball into stands.

More like he rolled it off his fingertips.

That pussy who got carried off on a stretcher should be ashamed!

Garnett comes over to see how he is doing and dude acts like he ran over his dog.

I say people in floor seats need to sign a waiver.

Fuck, before there were nets at NHL games behind goals, people were hurt for real from deflected pucks.

I've seen blood in the stands back in the day.

[ALinChainz]

Originally posted by POJO_Risin
I could see KG rollin' at 3...but not Ben...

you don't think they would move one of the Wallaces...Rasheed?

Now with Darko gone .. were it to be anyone, it would be Rasheed.

He turned out better on this team than I tought he would though.

[seenbad]

You and me both.

Still, you can keep him. He was a cancer in Portland.

[Brett]

The Lakers besides Kobe blow...I'm too bummed at these losers right now to talk NBA shit.

[POJO_Risin]

What's surprised me about Rasheed is he fit INTO the team...

never...ever thought that would happen.

The Lakers are far off.

You get Garnett though...and things could happen...and quickly...

although you have to wonder how long before the media starts the, "Kobe vs. Kevin" business...

I'm not disagreeing AT ALL about Kobe being the only good player on that team, but you do have to wonder if it will ever work with Kobe there because of the ultimate questions that will start once they do get another star there...

[Romeo Delight]

It's crazy enough to work though. Garnett can share the ball and would certainly have the opportunity to get his 15 rebounds a night and 25 points.

How does the trade get done? With draft picks, Odom and who else?

[POJO_Risin]

Well...the barrier to this trade is $$$$...

Garnett makes a boatload a year...so the Lakers would have to include Odom, picks...and someone else...

I just don't know if they have the horses.

They'll probably try and get Bynum as well...

perhaps Bynum, Odom and a couple of 1st rounders...for Garnett...and maybe straight up...

[Brett]

Won three titles without another star there, so I have no worries about that. The Shaq/Kobe thing goes back 10 years, Shaq didn't like Kobe from Day 1 as a rookie. So that whole relationship was doomed from the start.

I don't care what the Lakers have to give to get KG...Take anyone you want apart from Kobe obviously. Give money, draft picks, whatever.

I like Bynum, I wouldn't be so quick to get rid of him. The kid is barely 18.

If Shaq and Kobe could each average 28 points a game, Garnett can get his standard 23 and 13 with little problem.

[POJO_Risin]

Which is why Minny would ask for him...

and the Lakers would give him up...

would be a good deal for both IMO...

[Romeo Delight]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2348474

TORONTO -- Bryan Colangelo joined the Toronto Raptors as its president and general manager Tuesday, ready to leave his imprint on a new team after splitting with a club that didn't offer him a contract extension.


Colangelo was named NBA executive of the year after the Suns won 62 games last season.
Colangelo was introduced a day after he resigned as general manager and president of the Phoenix Suns -- a team in which his father, Jerry Colangelo, is chairman and chief executive. Bryan Colangelo replaces Rob Babcock, who was fired Jan. 26 by the Raptors.


Bryan Colangelo was the NBA's 2005 executive of the year after the Suns' retooled roster won a league-high 62 games.




This is huge for Toronto, maybe they have a future after all.

I know this story but I almost think Stern had some role in this.

He was the architect of the Canadian franchises' induction into the league and has admitted on record that he fucked it up (draft picks).

I do hate Toronto, but they are a money maker in a large market.

Stern said as much last month, promising that Toronto was a strong franchise ..."model franchise" was the term he used, referring to how hockey and Basketball are run under one organization.

[Brett]

Originally posted by POJO_Risin
Which is why Minny would ask for him...

and the Lakers would give him up...

would be a good deal for both IMO...

I think they'd want Odom, Bynum, a scrub, and a pick for KG. Of course I'd do it.

[twonabomber]

another Cavs collapse, as inevitable as another shitty Browns draft. we're used to it.

[POJO_Risin]

Nah...they'll rebound...somehow...

but that's what you get for getting 42 minutes a night from Lebron...

they might as well trade him...

[twonabomber]

i almost went Monday night, too. now i'm glad i didn't. and it would have been more painful becuase i found some club seats on Stubhub, and if i pay that much for tickets they better fucking win.

[POJO_Risin]

It's frustrating to me to know exactly what the Cavs need...and have them not actively seek out the answer to their team...

That may not be true...I know that they were looking for a point from the start...but I think it says a lot that Damon Jones looked so good after they tried to get every available point.

Now they are stuck with that piss poor contract and player for the next freakin' what....3...4 years?