[BIRD33]

They were better off keeping Nelson out of the whole series.Neither he nor alston could get in rhythm and you could tell it bothered Alston a lot.Van Gundy made some good moves but definitely a few mistakes.

[Anhil8tor]

Kobe, Kobe, Kobe.Why was Redick covering him a majority of the series?Adam Morrison is finally a champion.


The big rumor is Shaq to Cleveland for Ben wallace and some other trash.Phx is giving up and dumping salary.I think it would be a hilarious move.The NBA trade is the most entertaining in all of sports.

I bet shaq would bust ass to get back to the finals. If shaq gets to cleveland.. they win it next year.

[BIRD33]

They would still need one outside shooter to be consistent otherwise I'm not sure shaq alone would fix the problem but he would seriously help.

[Vitamin E]

LeBron and Kobe share best player in the league honors depending on the night but I'm not sure Kobe could have led the Cav's to a title with that supporting cast.That said I think Phil's steady hand is what kept the Lakers in control pretty much the whole year especially when Bynum went down again.


I want a picture of you in a favre jersey because you know you'll be cheering your little heart out for brett!

This is worse than when the Timberwolves wasted their 3rd overall pick on this pansy.

[BIRD33]

Laetner averaged 19 pts his first 4 seasons in the NBA.Eric Montross and Hainesboro couldnt average 19 if they stacked them on top of each other.


I laughed when I read the charlotte bobcats are thinking of taking Tyler at the 12 spot and someone referred to the bobcats as "a.k.a. Carolina Graduate School for Basketball Crappiness". Tyler thinks he's going higher then 12 since he's "opened a lot of peoples eyes" in the combine.Yea sure.


anyway Favre is now going to be automatically the most important Minnesotan on earth.Good luck with that.

[Vitamin E]

Laetner averaged 19 pts his first 4 seasons in the NBA.Eric Montross and Hainesboro couldnt average 19 if they stacked them on top of each other.


I laughed when I read the charlotte bobcats are thinking of taking Tyler at the 12 spot and someone referred to the bobcats as "a.k.a. Carolina Graduate School for Basketball Crappiness". Tyler thinks he's going higher then 12 since he's "opened a lot of peoples eyes" in the combine.Yea sure.


anyway Favre is now going to be automatically the most important Minnesotan on earth.Good luck with that.

Laettner had a supporting cast of Doug West, Micheal Williams and Sam Mitchell. It wasn't until the 'wolves added J.R. Rider until there was a second scorer on the team. Scoring 19 points is a decent stat until you realize how many points were scored in 'garbage time' when the other team had started sitting their starters.

Adding Favre to the Vikings just adds confusion and delays the Sage/Jackson decision for one more year.

[WoolyGoat]

Yea KG never did any of that sneering crap.


Phillies should have took 2 of 3 against the Sox if the Ump does his job and replays that Dobbs home run.

Mets are real good.Thank god they solved their closer issue.That was the only problem they had.

it's not the fact that he's sneering, it's the fact that he's suddenly got this brand new unique/weird/contrived underbite face now. where the hell did it come from?


Phils < Sox, sorry.


that popup to Castillo was embarrassing.

[WoolyGoat]

anyone read Simmons' column?

[BIRD33]

it's not the fact that he's sneering, it's the fact that he's suddenly got this brand new unique/weird/contrived underbite face now. where the hell did it come from?


Phils < Sox, sorry.


that popup to Castillo was embarrassing.

He's totally contrived.

Maybe the sawx can make the world series this year and test themselves against the world fucking champions.

Mets are in a tail spin.To lose on that pop up and then have your best pitcher get shellacked is hilarious.Manuel will be done by the all star break like I said 4 months ago.




I did read the simmons piece and I agree somewhat but Kobe did play better defense this year starting at the olympics which got passed on to his teammates.I also don't think Gasol needs the ball more on offense.He's good but he's not a 30 point scorer by any means.

Kobe is not better then Jordan or even in the top 10 players of all time.If he is he's 9 or 10.Jordan could pour it in and played waayyy better defense.

Simmons is right about Kobe not having any friends on the team.Odom is borderline retarded, Gasol seems to be freightened of him like most of the team.Fisher seems like the only guy who isnt scared of him and I don't even see him liking kobe that much.Him hopping up and down at the buzzer was so planned and it looked just like the way Jordan jumped after that buzzer beater over cleveland.


The below is my favortite part.I actually felt bad for a kid who will some day own the lakers when I was watching it.I swear I thought the kid was mentally handicapped or something when he was making his speech.If you havent seen it it was the highlight of the finals.


Storyline B: OK, this has nothing to do with anything ... but I can't stop thinking about Joey Buss. Granted, there's a chance I would have been just as tongue-tied on national TV at age 19. But who thought it was a good idea to have him speak extemporaneously in front of a worldwide audience? How did he become the "alternate governor of the Lakers," and what does that mean? Are people in Southern California frightened that two of their governors are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Joey Buss? Did they throw him out there to answer the question, "What would have happened if Fredo had gotten control of the Corleone family?" Did they bring him out to make the Maloofs feel better about themselves as overmatched legacy kids? Has he ever been discreetly stared at by a bunch of country club workers and had one of them say, "Fifty bucks says the Buss kid picks his nose." Do I have to retire the Unintentional Comedy Scale now?

Where was Jerry Buss? Where was Jeanie Buss? How did this happen? How can I get more Joey Buss in my life? And why didn't I know about him before Sunday night? More importantly, when are they putting the Buss boys in charge of the Lakers????? I vote for right now. Like, today. This moment. Please. I am begging you. This would be like a cross between the Hank Steinbrenner Era and "Tommy Boy." I never thought there would be a silver lining with a Lakers title, but dammit, there was

[WoolyGoat]

loved the Tommy Boy / Fredo Corleone comparisons

[BIRD33]

Laettner had a supporting cast of Doug West, Micheal Williams and Sam Mitchell. It wasn't until the 'wolves added J.R. Rider until there was a second scorer on the team. Scoring 19 points is a decent stat until you realize how many points were scored in 'garbage time' when the other team had started sitting their starters.

Adding Favre to the Vikings just adds confusion and delays the Sage/Jackson decision for one more year.

#1 take a look at the '92 draft.Who would have been a better pick?Its slim pickings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_NBA_Draft


#2 He averaged over 16 for the first 6 years of his career including his time in Atlanta.Nothing to do with JR Rider.He played almost 20 years in the NBA and averaged 12 ppg.Not terrible.

#3 Even I was surprised to learn: "I’ve got a beautiful wife and a beautiful family. I’ve got three kids: a 12-year-old girl, a 10-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy."

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interesting list sprewell, horry and pj brown were quality picks.
that stiff matt geiger is on the list. i forgot the sixers tried to trade iverson and geiger to the pistons just before the year they went to the finals.

[BIRD33]

I can't remember who they were trading to the pistons for.

Geiger had balls to think he was good enough to block a trade.

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i think it was grant hill.

[BIRD33]

I think Hill is right.He hurt his ankle right after that I believe.There was nobody not on the trading block when Larry Brown was coach.