[Anhil8tor]

whoot!

[BIRD33]

Karma's a bitch.

[Anhil8tor]

Gas will be going up all summer. T. Boone has said oil will be as high as $75 a barrel before the year ends. Mark it down.

[quint]

and this is good because?

[BIRD33]

He sells oil.A disaster will eventually impact him directly and he will ask with a straight face "why me?".

[snarg]

it seems your fans are not around
how about a comment on the laker/nuggets series
thanks

[Anhil8tor]

He sells oil.A disaster will eventually impact him directly and he will ask with a straight face "why me?".

Same will happen to you my friend.

[BIRD33]

Same will happen to you my friend.

It won't be because I'm rooting for disaster to hit others.

[BIRD33]

it seems your fans are not around
how about a comment on the laker/nuggets series
thanks

Umm my #1 fan is right here.You.


Nuggets have the better starting 5.Lakers have a legend and two gay post players.Its all on Kobe.

[WoolyGoat]

the officiating in the game last night was horrid.

gasol elbows nene in the groin/gut, falls on top of him, and nene gets fouled out.

[BIRD33]

Its the leagues fault.They've made the officials so paranoid about stopping rough play and potential fights they can't think straight.Shit that should be no calls are now called every time.

Heres where I'm kind of perplexed at the state of the game right now.How bout the league rescinding tech's the day after like they did to howard?Isnt a great thing about sports the unpredictable nature of the whole event from the final score to the calls that could go both ways?The fact that the league office is now overriding calls made during the game is crap to me.Bad calls are a part of sports and once they're made you should have to stick by them.Whats next, reviewing three pointers at half time to see if they were behind the line?Oh yea thats already happening.I'm fairly sure the NBA has plans to clone david stern's brain and install it on some robotic referee's for the 2025 finals.Technology is great but human error is part of what makes life interesting.Like snargs parents not aborting him.

[WoolyGoat]

all the ticky-tack fouls make the game very difficult to watch, the play gets so choppy. not to mention the last 3 minutes of a game, which seem to last 45 minutes with all the time outs and commercials. i'd love to see the time-outs somehow changed. i also think the advance-the-ball-to-halfcourt rule is stupid too.

[WoolyGoat]

the NBA has a lot of cleaning up to do, but you wonder if they're just going to look the other way and get fucked the way MLB did.

[BIRD33]

all the ticky-tack fouls make the game very difficult to watch, the play gets so choppy. not to mention the last 3 minutes of a game, which seem to last 45 minutes with all the time outs and commercials. i'd love to see the time-outs somehow changed. i also think the advance-the-ball-to-halfcourt rule is stupid too.

Something like all timeouts in the last two minutes are 30 second ones with no commercials would suffice.I think the NBA will never change it because the last two minutes have the most eyes glued to the tv and commercials.

I like that you get the ball at half court after a TO.Think how many exciting game winning shots come about because of it rather then throwing the ball the length of the court with less then 3 seconds to go.

[BIRD33]

the NBA has a lot of cleaning up to do, but you wonder if they're just going to look the other way and get fucked the way MLB did.

You talking steroids?They have a pretty good drug testing policy.People were getting thrown out in the 80's for coke when MLB players were popping greenies by the bottle.I don't think steroids are conducive to playing basketball anyway.You need to be lean and quick and unless you are a center strength isnt a huge factor.

Can you name anyone you think might be juicing?I can't really come up with one.

[WoolyGoat]

You talking steroids?They have a pretty good drug testing policy.People were getting thrown out in the 80's for coke when MLB players were popping greenies by the bottle.I don't think steroids are conducive to playing basketball anyway.You need to be lean and quick and unless you are a center strength isnt a huge factor.

Can you name anyone you think might be juicing?I can't really come up with one.

that's not what I meant.

for years and years, baseball looked the other way with regard to steroids...now they're fucked to the point where literally every single player in the league is a suspect.

the officiating in basketball seems to me like it's worse than ever, and not really getting better. I just wonder if Stern will fix the situation before it's too late or if he'll just carry on like nothing is wrong.

[BIRD33]

Stern is all over it because of the Donaghy scandal but its not like he can make them officiate better.Theres a lot of old refs who were always shitty but I think we notice it more because a lot of good ref's have retired and were stuck with some losers as the tenured guys.The Ref's constantly looking over their shoulders waiting for the league office to throw them under the bus can't help.

[WoolyGoat]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sto...ortCat=nba

You might argue this happens every playoffs: We bitch about bad calls or choppy games and nothing ever changes. But this spring feels different for two reasons. First, the NBA can't seem to replenish its officiating ranks. 1937, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1955 ... those are the actual birth years of 13 current referees. In professional sports, athletes slip from the ages of 34 to 39 unless they extend their stay with PEDs. In the NBA, in which officials are required to run or jog for 150 minutes and make split-second decisions on hundreds of plays, we're expected to believe that the aging process doesn't apply. And if you believe that, I have some Bernie Madoff stock tips for you.

[BIRD33]

Dick Bavetta is the agreed on best ref in the league and he's 69 so I'm not sure its all about age but I'm sure for some its a factor.One of the NBA's youngest Ref's is the one who got sent to prison for fixing games.I prefer ref's who've seen more.If they would evaluate them and fire the weak ones no matter what age I'd be fine with that.Ref's rarely get fired once they reach the NBA.

Stern is probably on the verge of a nervous breakdown at the thought of a Orlando\Denver finals.The Cav's win last night wasnt totally convincing.Their outside shooters shot well and that was the difference but they've gone missing at times throughout the playoffs so its no guarantee they righted the ship last night.I think LA is in a better place since they seem to play well every other game so they can lose tonight and then play well game 7 in LA.

[Anhil8tor]

You know whats a good idea? raising taxes. We don't quite pay enough.