oh really? my bad. I thought the 2-time MVP of the league would be able to hold Parker to under 30 pts with his lockdown defense.

5/7/2007 11:28:25 PM

^this shit again. it's only been discussed to near-death in 2 other threads. Nash isn't there as a shutdown defender... he's there to score points and rack up assisstsstss, which he does DAMN well.

5/7/2007 11:54:12 PM

http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=476322

5/8/2007 1:10:21 AM

^^^ don't know much about basketball? Parker scored a lot of his points shooting midrange jumpers off of pick and rolls with Duncan. Lockdown defenders get picked, especially when Tim Duncan is setting them. Nash had a better offensive game than Parker by the way.

5/8/2007 1:15:09 AM

I hardly ever watch the NBA but man this Jazz-Warriors game was exciting. Crowd was rockin too

5/8/2007 1:21:30 AM

Game 1 of the Utah-GS series was more exciting than any NCAA tournament game this season.

The quality of basketball in the NBA is dwarving the college game so badly these days that the NCAA needs to make some serious changes to their sport to retain fan interest

5/8/2007 1:28:16 AM

help me, they murdered my son!

5/8/2007 1:45:13 AM

i was being sarcastic... you people. Nash is 1/2 the player Kidd is - BECAUSE HE DOESNT PLAY DEFENSE.

Oh really, pick and rolls? Thats what those are called? omg you people

5/8/2007 8:33:21 AM

Nash is HORRIBLE for the game of basketball. Next thing you know young white kids in high school who can't jump, can't play defense, and have terrible acne are going to bypass college to try to jump straight to the NBA. hahahaha

Seriously though, if the Suns can take out the Spurs and the Pistons then I will respect Nash and the Suns Run-and-Gun style. Until then, I will continue to hate all over Nash.

5/8/2007 8:58:05 AM

Quote :

"Nash is HORRIBLE for the game of basketball."

Quote :

"i was being sarcastic..."

I hope so.

5/8/2007 10:00:16 AM

No i dont really think Nash is horrible for the game of basketball. I will admit he brings a mental edge to the game much like Peyton Manning does for his team.

The Suns really havent done anything to earn my respect yet. If they can take out the Spurs and the Pistons then I will be impressed.

Nash does for the Suns what Billups does for the Pistons - he sets the pace for his team. I would love to see Nash go up against the Pistons to see how he handles Billups and Lindsay Hunter.

5/8/2007 10:56:10 AM

Quote :

"I will admit he brings a mental white edge to the game "

5/8/2007 10:57:52 AM

Tonight's Games
Nets-Cavs - Game 2 - Cavs 1-0 - 8:00 PM - TNT
Spurs-Suns - Game 2 - Spurs 1-0 - 10:30 PM - TNT

Who ya got tonight?

5/8/2007 2:55:51 PM

cavs/suns

and sleep.

5/8/2007 3:07:56 PM

Cavs/Spurs

5/8/2007 3:48:50 PM

Cavs and Spurs

5/8/2007 4:52:15 PM

to refresh from april 19

Quote :

"Detroit over Miami in 6 Cleveland over Toronto in 6 ----- Dallas over Houston in 5 San Antonio over Phoenix in 7"

just ignore that whole 'Miami' and 'Toronto' and 'Houston' and 'Dallas' part

5/8/2007 4:57:30 PM

Thank you to TNT for keeping Matt Devlin off the conference quarterfinals. He is a horrible announcer and should have never been allowed to call any playoff games in the first place. I was relieved when Kevin Harlan said his crew would be in Cleveland tomorrow.

Devlin should be forced to call sumo wrestling or paintball wars with Dr. Joyce Brothers.

5/8/2007 6:08:19 PM

Game 2 Tonight: Warriors vs. Jazz - 9PM - TNT

Jazz up 1-0

Who you got? Personally, I got the Warriors tying the series.

5/9/2007 10:03:22 AM

I'd like to see the Warriors win tonight

5/9/2007 10:46:25 AM

I'm just really glad this game is on at 9PM tonight instead of 10:30PM. At least I can go to sleep at a reasonable time.

5/9/2007 12:44:26 PM

Quote :

"I have never seen a playoff more fucked up by one regular season game. If the nets hadn't beat the bulls on the final day of the season, the Eastern Conf. seedings would have been as follows: 1st round #1 Detroit vs. #8 Orlando #4 Miami vs. #5 Cleveland #2 Chicago vs. #7 Washington #3 Raptors vs. #6 New Jersey 2nd round? Detroit v. Miami Chicago v. New Jersey That would have been so much better. Those finals are going to be very anti-climactic the way they are now."

5/9/2007 2:10:55 PM

east

veteran superteam vs college kids
light skinned guys vs superplayer

west

white guys vs black guys
international offense vs international defense

5/9/2007 8:07:49 PM

oh shit D Fish is back

apparently his daughter had a tumor in her brain or something

he ripped it out Kano-style

5/9/2007 10:46:34 PM

hate to tell you but Cleveland woudl have smoked Miami.


Maybe you missed the 1st round.

5/9/2007 10:47:39 PM

That's funny and true ^^^

5/9/2007 11:25:11 PM

Go W's!

[Edited on May 9, 2007 at 11:41 PM. Reason : fuck!]

5/9/2007 11:30:03 PM

^ Not so much, forgot to play D and/or hit free throws inside of a minute..this usually spells disaster in tight games on the road. Although I am enjoying listening to Reggie Miller...He said "you couldn't ask for a better look" in reference to Barron's last shot in which he shot a 26 footer fading away from the basket????? GS has royally thrown this game away

5/9/2007 11:50:21 PM

nappy headed butt?

a woman on tnts gary payton oakland segment just told charles barkely to bring his "nappy headed butt" to oakland.

do you think there will be rebuttle outcry towards this because of the whole imus thing?

considering its pretty much the same thing

5/10/2007 12:28:22 AM

Anyway, Friday night's game in Oakland should be good just like the first two. Pray that both Western Conference series goes 7 games and hope Detroit and the Cavs sweep b/c the East is so brutal.

5/10/2007 8:28:21 AM

What a great game last night.

5/10/2007 9:21:25 AM

Damn you Warriors

you knock out the team I want to win and are now down 2-0 to the last team I would want to win

for fucks sake, I was pulling hard for the Warriors last night and they let me down

this is Detroits Championship if they want it

5/10/2007 10:16:46 AM

Quote :

"nappy headed butt? a woman on tnts gary payton oakland segment just told charles barkely to bring his "nappy headed butt" to oakland. do you think there will be rebuttle outcry towards this because of the whole imus thing? considering its pretty much the same thing "

jesus christ shut the fuck up and stop posting.

---

Has there been any word on how Brown is doing? That hit looked prety bad. Felt bad for the kid.

5/10/2007 10:24:57 AM

^ I know, he got sandwiched. I can't remember seeing an injury like that in basketball (I'm sure some of y'all have, though). The refs called a foul on Brown on that play, too, just to rub it in

5/10/2007 11:02:06 AM

^That's the second neck related injury in this playoffs. Remember, T.J. Ford hurt his neck after Vince Carter landed on him wrong.

5/10/2007 11:53:02 AM

Pistons-Bulls 9PM ESPN

Who ya got? I think the Pistons make the series 3-0.

5/10/2007 4:55:24 PM

uh,,, yea DETROIT!

5/10/2007 4:58:39 PM

I hope and think itll be closer than the first two games

I'm gonna call the Bulls tonight but I say its the only game they win all series

5/10/2007 5:55:47 PM

Quote :

"NEW YORK -- Steve Nash was a unanimous selection to the All-NBA team Thursday and was joined by Phoenix Suns teammate Amare Stoudemire on a squad made up entirely of Western Conference players. Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki, San Antonio forward Tim Duncan and Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, the league's leading scorer, rounded out the first team. "It's a tough conference," Suns coach Mike D'Antoni said. Nash, the league's two-time defending MVP, received 129 first-place votes and 645 total points from the panel of 129 media members. "You're playing with best players in the world, and to be mentioned in the top group is something I'm very proud of," the point guard said. Nash and Stoudemire are the first teammates to make the first team since Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal in 2003-04. Stoudemire's selection caps an impressive comeback after two knee operations limited him to three games in 2005-06. The center averaged 20.4 points and a career-best 9.6 rebounds for the Pacific Division champions. "I appreciate everyone who voted for me," Stoudemire said, "because behind closed doors, it's been a lot of hard work." Nash called Stoudemire's selection "a tremendous tribute." Duncan Nowitzki Bryant "To not play a whole season and come back and be first-team all-league is just unbelievable," Nash said. Nash led the NBA in assists during the regular season with a career-high 11.6 per game. He became the first NBA player to average at least 18 points (18.6) and 11 assists since Magic Johnson in 1990-91. Former teammate Nowitzki, also making his third straight first-team appearance, led the Mavericks to an NBA-best 67-15 record. But he struggled in the playoffs, and the Mavericks became the third No. 1 seed to lose in the first round since the playoffs expanded to 16 teams and the first since the opening round became a best-of-seven in 2003. It was Duncan's ninth first-team selection, most of any active player. "He's able to focus year-in and year-out," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "He loves the game, he plays it well and it's a real tribute to him to continue to be on that first team." Cleveland's LeBron James, the top vote-getter for last year's All-NBA team, dropped to the second team this season. He was joined by Washington's Gilbert Arenas, Houston's Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, and Toronto's Chris Bosh. The third team was: Miami's Dwyane Wade, Detroit's Chauncey Billups, Minnesota's Kevin Garnett, Denver's Carmelo Anthony and Orlando's Dwight Howard. Cleveland center Zydrunas Ilgauskas did a double-take when told James wasn't selected to the first team. "For us, he's our MVP and that's all that matters," he said. "There are not a lot of guys better than him, if any, period. There's nobody I would rather have." The voting panel of writers and broadcasters in the United States and Canada voted for the three teams by position, with points awarded on a 5-3-1 basis. Also worth noting: • Since the two-conference format was instituted in 1970-71, all five members on the All-NBA first team have been from the same conference only twice -- 2000 and 2007. • All five players on the first team are from the same conference for the first time since 2000. That season, it was Gary Payton (Seattle), Jason Kidd (Phoenix), Kevin Garnett (Minnesota), Duncan and O'Neal (Lakers). • O'Neal is not on an All-NBA team for the first time since 1993, his rookie year. • Duncan's nine first-team selections are the most of any active player. Only seven players have been on the All-NBA first team more than Duncan (10 times or more): Karl Malone, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bob Cousy, Jerry West, Michael Jordan, Bob Pettit and Elgin Baylor. • Rebounding leader Garnett has not been on the first team since 2004."

5/10/2007 8:47:36 PM

i dont have a problem with that team at all.

Lebron coasted through the regular season. Nash had a better reg season than he did.

Ming, Mcgrady, wade missed a lot of time.

Although I think Wade should have definitely been 2nd team over guys like Bosh



Howard and Carmelo are both eyebrow raisers. They both fizzled out in the 2nd half of the season.

Id take Boozer over either of them.

[Edited on May 10, 2007 at 8:55 PM. Reason : a]

5/10/2007 8:51:13 PM

Oh God

Ben Wallace is pissed.

5/10/2007 8:58:23 PM

wow he might go off and score 12

5/10/2007 9:16:44 PM

Boozer is the most underrated player in the league. Probably because of injuries. Not sure if he's better than Carmelo or Howard, but he's definitely close.

5/10/2007 9:23:54 PM

Its because he plays in Utah and he's ugly as fuck

Did you see the whitehead he was sporting last night?

No one wants their product endorsed by a hairy Alaskan with forehead zits

Give me Howard over Carmelo or Boozer, but Boozer could step in and be effective on pretty much any team

Carmelo needs to be option 1 or 1A to be effective

That's why you really can't blame Detroit for passing on him with the type of team-oriented game they play

[Edited on May 10, 2007 at 9:30 PM. Reason : x]

5/10/2007 9:28:05 PM

Can we please have no more David Blaine?

Who ever thought he would be a good advocate for the NBA should be fired.

5/10/2007 11:09:56 PM

If it weren't for the Warriors and the Spurs v. Suns, the 2007 NBA playoffs could have been the worst ever so far.

Pistons comeback from 19 down in the 3rd to beat the Bulls by 7 in Chicago to take a commanding 3-0 lead.

Series over.

They will also either sweep or win in 5 against the Cavs. Easiest road to the Finals EVER.

5/10/2007 11:31:31 PM

They will need atleast six games to beat the Cavs.

5/10/2007 11:33:09 PM

are you kidding me?

what would make you think their chances are so much better than the Bulls?

and dont even use LeBron as the reason. He's good, but he can't will the Cavs to beat the Pistons at least twice.

Nope.

No way in hell.

5/10/2007 11:40:00 PM

You must have missed last season.

The Cavs were a Rasheed Wallace bank shot away from taking the series last year.

The Cavs are better this year and the Pistons are pretty much the same.


Cleveland has a legitimate shot to win the series, and will take them to 6 games at the very least.


Ive got $50 to win $300 on the Cavs winning the East. Its gonna be sweet if that hits.

5/10/2007 11:54:46 PM

I'll bet $50 that Detroit takes out Cleveland in 4 or 5 games.

5/11/2007 12:08:44 AM