he went straight up. came down a little sloppy, but this is the playoffs. those aren't playoff fouls. especially in this series, where they've been letting them play

5/28/2010 9:45:17 PM

some mornings I agree with what Cowherd says, and I think he cuts to the chase and breaks down a story and simplifies it correctly

other mornings, I not only disagree with what he says, but I want to shoot myself in the face for listening to his whiny stuckup west coast elitist shit like he knows everything about sports just because he looks like he should be in the comic strip Doonesberry

^true that, but Nate has been about the hardest hustling player in the current game, he had just split two defenders, and the block by Howard wasn't the cleanest...they rewarded him for playing hard, and well, since he got into the game, not because he is short

[Edited on May 28, 2010 at 9:47 PM. Reason : .]

5/28/2010 9:46:34 PM

is there something physically wrong with lewis? no way he can sucking this bad for nothing, I thought I saw he had some type of flu or something

5/28/2010 9:51:59 PM

^^agreed 100%

I think its funny how during march madness he went on and on about how big men dominate the sport of basketball and thats why the ncaa tourney was so lackluster this year - because there werent enough big men . then last week he talked about how big men are obsolete and the nba is a guard/wing player driven league. he contradicts himself all the damn time, but he does it in a way that makes him sound like an elitist prick

and yet I still listen, cause I'd rather listen to that then the crappy music stations around here

5/28/2010 9:55:44 PM

^^i thought he was just an overpaid 3-point specialist, although his play earlier when he missed a 6-foot 'hook' and followed up with the dunk putback, it showed how athletic he was

^i'm only 'stuck' with him from 10am-12noon on my local station in Charlotte, although if I want I can listen to him on XM for longer than that...but yeah...some days, 100% agreement...other days, want to punch him in the eye

5/28/2010 9:56:04 PM

Wow Nate just went J-Mac on everybody in the first half. No way he could do that against the Lakers.

5/28/2010 9:56:37 PM

only the most hard core retarded basketball fans would get the J-Mac reference

5/28/2010 10:04:55 PM

And there goes my sat signal... anyone got a stream?

5/28/2010 10:05:35 PM

my digital time warner is out, but the over-the-air coax i have plugged directly in gets the 'local' espn...its still halftime though, just finished interviewing Derek Fisher

NyM how long have you been back on the east coast?

5/28/2010 10:07:34 PM

this game is completely out of reach for Orlando...they can't get into a rhythm

5/28/2010 10:27:25 PM

its because their guards are playing horrible.

its almost embarrasing.

5/28/2010 10:30:42 PM

I think the bottom line is orlando just has no offensive identity, that seems like it's van gundy's fault but it seems like they need to upgrade their roster some too, it will be interesting to see what changes they make

anyhow, at least boston can get some rest for los angeles now

5/28/2010 10:41:10 PM

almost embarrassing?

[Edited on May 28, 2010 at 10:44 PM. Reason : ]

5/28/2010 10:41:15 PM

can't ride 3's forever i suppose

5/28/2010 10:47:19 PM

Magic need to resort to Hack-a-Perkins or Hack-a-Sheed immediately.

5/28/2010 10:52:23 PM

celtics cant miss damn.

5/28/2010 11:00:17 PM

in 1982, The Philadelphia 76ers won the NBA championship.


Since then, it has rotated between Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, and San Antonio. Somehow Miami won it in there, as well.













28 years. 7 teams. oh, and vince carter is faking this injury.

[Edited on May 28, 2010 at 11:15 PM. Reason : ]

5/28/2010 11:01:10 PM

Prediction for tonight.

Kobe 125 - Suns 82.

5/29/2010 11:58:52 AM

Quote :

"is it bad that a big reason I dont want the celtics to win is cause I dont want to hear colin cowherd give a big "I told you so" speech on his show next week?"

he has also said over the last couple weeks that he thought Orlando was going to win it all and they were the best team in the NBA

he won't own up to it of course, or if he does it will be in a back handed way on some "i'm on the radio, i make predictions all the time, i only hear about them when i'm wrong"

[Edited on May 29, 2010 at 12:26 PM. Reason : fuck herd]

5/29/2010 12:24:46 PM

Is it bad that Kobe is about to embarass grown men yet again on national television? Honestly people. Just think about it. Phoenix needs to throw in the towel and just save face. There is no shame in forfeiting to the Black Mamba.

5/29/2010 5:55:37 PM

^From Dudley:

Quote :

"Why can't this be our year? I know the Lakers have the talent and Kobe (Bryant). But 10 guys are stronger than one guy."

5/29/2010 6:20:48 PM

i hated dudley at bc

i love dudley at phoenix

5/29/2010 10:58:26 PM

kobe sealed it with ridiculous shots

5/29/2010 11:17:26 PM

Kobe is fucking clutch!

5/29/2010 11:17:28 PM

World Wide Wes in the house giving Kobe a hug on the floor...

5/29/2010 11:26:46 PM

Boston vs. LA.....great. haven't seen that episode before.

5/29/2010 11:31:10 PM

awwwwwwww, tears from nash

5/29/2010 11:43:58 PM

Thank you Kobe for proving once again why nothing can stop you. That, sir Lefail, is how you win a playoff game.

5/30/2010 3:03:36 PM

Ughhhh, I'm done with this thread.

5/30/2010 3:29:43 PM

well I'm waiting for someone to give me some confidence that boston can take this thing

5/30/2010 5:02:13 PM

The series will certainly be interesting...

For the Lakers, Bynum is still limited by his knee injury. They are not as deep as the Celtics, and the bench is suspect. Kobe is getting older and can't do things like he used to. At the same time, Kobe right now is still better than most players in the league. Whether people want to admit it or not, Kobe played phenomenally during the Suns series, and his ability to make shots with a high degree of difficulty is why he is considered the best closer in the game. Rally would argue that the best players in the game don't have to resort to shooting such difficult shots, and it's a valid argument. He'd probably also argue that he amassed his stats against the Suns, a poor defensive team, but I would argue that Los Suns are much better defensively under the Gentry regime than the D'Antoni regime.

For the Celtics, Allen and Garnett are getting older. Garnett especially has fallen off his game since two years ago. He's not Shaq level terrible though, and his defense will always pick up for his shortcomings on offense. Pierce hasn't played as well as the last two seasons either. Rondo, however, has improved by leaps and bounds compared to two years ago. None of the Laker point guards can guard him either...I have a feeling Kobe will be assigned to him. Kobe will sag off of Rondo a lot and dare him to shoot...it also opens up opportunities for Kobe to roam like he normally does. The Celtics bigs are banged up from the Orlando series, and the Lakers bring plenty of size.

As a Laker fan, I'm going to be biased and say the Lakers win in 7. This series won't be as entertaining as the Western Conference Finals, but the teams involved will alone make this finals interesting, just as it did two years ago.

5/30/2010 5:54:19 PM

i love the NBA but can't say i'm interested at all in a Lakers/Celtics final

5/30/2010 6:01:56 PM

^ yeah im sick of this. they keep trying to play it up with the history of the two teams and everything but all that it really means is....this is a rerun

5/30/2010 6:18:26 PM

exactly... plus i don't really like either team so i don't really care who wins

5/30/2010 6:29:35 PM

Aw thats so sad. Then get the fuck out of this thread. This thread is about all things Kobe. In summation, Kobe will single-handedly sweep the Celtics...literally. I predict some sort of flu bug goes around and everyone on the team except for Kobe (superior dna obviously) gets it. Consequently, Kobe is forced to play the entire series 1 vs 5 and somehow he finds a way to win it in 6 games.

5/30/2010 6:33:39 PM

Honestly, get off of his dick. Your 'Black Mamba' fetish is genuinely repulsive.

5/30/2010 6:49:53 PM

Thought you were done with this thread. You fucking liar.

5/30/2010 9:23:47 PM

Lakers and Celtics played twice this regular season

Lakers won the first game by 1 point, Celtics won the second game by 1 point

Finals should be good

5/30/2010 11:55:32 PM

Not that you can always use the regular season as a Litmus test, but the Celtics played pretty badly this season and still competed with the Lakers. If they play the way they have during the playoffs and can avoid injuries, then I think it's very possible the Celtics absolutely embarrass the Lakers. I am going to go out on a limb here and say Celtics in 5.

5/31/2010 6:35:25 AM

Celtics in 6. The lakers only chance to win the series is that they are tough to beat in la.

The lakers won't be able to score on boston. They rely on their bigs scoring down low at will and controlling the glass. Obviosuly, that won't be happening against garnett and perkins. Pierce will make kobe take tough shots and kobe has been known to struggle in the finals against tough defensive teams (det and bos). Unless artest and fisher go off I just don't see them being able to hang. The bynum injury will be huge in this series because you can't go up against a guy like perkins at 70 pct and get away with it.

On the other end boston will have some trouble generating offense also, but rondo is such a huge mismatch for fisher that they should be able to make things happen. Rondo wins the mvp award one would think.

One thing is for sure kobe will be front and center everytime they win a game, and he'll blame his teammates the nights he sinks them with his bad shooting.

5/31/2010 10:51:05 AM

Thank you for your expert analysis rallydurham.

5/31/2010 11:05:23 AM

rally predicted the Magic to beat the Mavs in the Finals

so if you're smart, put your money on the Lakers

Quote :

"Kobe is still good, he's just not a dominant force like Howard and Lebron are right now."

haha lots of great predictions ITT

5/31/2010 12:56:05 PM

Poor rally, he tries.

Namwob is my favorite poster on here.

5/31/2010 1:44:42 PM

Just remembere the finals are 2-3-2 so celts in 5 isntout of reach. My 2nd guess would be celts in 7, followed by celts in 6, and then celts in 4

5/31/2010 2:31:31 PM

Oh is that so? Thank you for clarifying that.

Back to the topic at hand. How bad does your team suck when your only chance of winning is to fake an injury to fire up the crowd? Answer - bad. Pretty bad. (See Paul Pierce or Goran Dragic). However, you can take great solice in knowing that there is no shame in resorting to cheating when playing Kobe. Nothing can stop Kobe. Not even a rape trial.

5/31/2010 2:52:42 PM

2-3-2 is a horrible format

5/31/2010 4:48:58 PM

Thats turrible.

5/31/2010 5:36:57 PM

I actually like 2-3-2. It puts pressure on both teams throughout. If LA doesn't take the first 2 games (which I do not believe they will,) then they know they HAVE to win a game in Boston to see another game back at the Staples Center.

I know many may not agree. And I can definitely see how the "road" team has a serious disadvantage if the series goes to 6+ games.

5/31/2010 6:22:36 PM

Dick Bavetta in 7

5/31/2010 6:25:01 PM

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