[GH0STrider]

Originally Posted by Azyiu

Sorry for being away for a few days.


Bill Lambier as the Bulls' next coach? It is not entirely a bad idea, after all that guy led his WNBA team to two titles. For old time rivalry's sake though, why would you want a Piston to coach the Bulls? Really, I probably wouldn't want KC Jones, Larry Bird or any former Celtics to coach the Lakers either. Maybe it is just me, but it feels "wrong" in a way.

yeah but losing feels much more wrong! I would take pretty much any coach that could make the bulls win at this point. How bout that game the other night against the bucks?? 151 points! damn that was a fun game to watch. I've never seen so many shots go in or two teams score like that. (and no i don't want the golden state warriors or nuggest often).

Originally Posted by Azyiu

And Finally we got the division title AND home court thru the west!!! Winning the division or not is no big deal, but given the health of the Lakers; we are better off having home court for as long as possible.

I hope you guys get bynum back for the first round. the nuggest could be a tought first round match-up. Pray to god your lakers bring on the defense cause I don't think you can out score them easily.

Originally Posted by Azyiu

Hey, I read Bill Simmons' latest article and he brought up an interesting point about D-Wade. Is he the next Penny Hardaway? Check these out:

Games played by Penny Hardaway, first five seasons: 82, 77, 82, 59, 19.

Games played by Dwyane Wade, first five seasons: 61, 77, 75, 51, 51.

Playoff games played by Penny Hardaway, first five seasons: 3, 21, 12, 5, 0.

Playoff games played by Dwyane Wade, first five seasons: 13, 14, 23, 4, 0.

(In other words ... uh-oh.)

well the playoff stats don't count. Your team has to get into the playoffs and be good enough to advance for you to play a substantial amount of games. But I think d-wade's case is different. The past two seasons he never took the time to fully recover. Also his skills aren't diminishing at the rate penny's did...

Originally Posted by Azyiu

The Suns are getting ready for the playoffs... and I bet Marion is enjoying playing down in Miami. After all, he still get paid the same for missing the past 10 plus games AND the playoffs... I bet Suns fans hate him guts for kind of screwing the team's chemistry. The same goes for Devean George in Dallas. If I were Mark Cuban, I would probably hate George for refusing to be traded to the Nets, thus costing Cuban an additional $11M to get Kidd AND another first round exit. Like I said before, Dallas made a trade solely for the sake's of making a trade, and it is going to fail!

If the mavs make it out of the first round it won't be a fail. Wait to see what happens there before you judge. I think kidd's effect in the playoffs is really what dallas was trading for. If i was cuban I would have told george he was out either way and to just take the trade. It's not like he really helps that much. He's a greedy role player... and Marion- psh... that asshole is laughing all the way to the bank.

Originally Posted by Azyiu

Well, enjoy the playoffs, I know you will enjoy it more than I do... after all, we DO NOT get every game in the first two rounds at all... WTF?! If I am not wrong, I think we only get THREE games per week during the entire frigging first round of the playoffs!!! Damn right, THREE frigging games a WEEK!!! So I am just go to watch whatever I can catch, and hope the Lakers get to the WCF. Or else I don't think I will get to see them in action much at all. It sucks, you know? It is like you know your high school sweet heart still looks cute and hot after all these years, and she is now moving next door to you, but you just have different schedules and never really see each other at all.... or whatever...

Dude you have to subscribe to nba league pass or something man. these playoffs are going to own. You don't want to miss anything. I'm scheduling my job around the playoffs.

[kung_fu]

I can't wait for the playoffs! I'm currently subscribed to more sports networks then I have ever been. I don't want to miss any playoff action. The playoffs give me the chance to see a lot more Western conference teams. Usually the only Western conference games I get around to watching are Suns games. Speaking of the west, I feel really bad for the Warriors not being able to get in, that would have been interesting. Go Raps!

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Originally Posted by kung_fu

I can't wait for the playoffs! I'm currently subscribed to more sports networks then I have ever been. I don't want to miss any playoff action. The playoffs give me the chance to see a lot more Western conference teams. Usually the only Western conference games I get around to watching are Suns games. Speaking of the west, I feel really bad for the Warriors not being able to get in, that would have been interesting. Go Raps!

that's pretty crazy the warriors did not get in. They won 42 games last year and made the playoffs. they win 7 more games this year and miss out. If you told them that at the beginning of the season I don't think they would believe you.

Although if you look at the two squads that were fighting for 8th in the west(denver, golden state) I think denver will be much more fun to watch. They both score a ton of points but there is a difference in how they do it. Golden state takes A LOT of jumpshots. Where as denver does a little bit of everything. they get to the rim and are very explosive too.

So as sorry as I am that we won't see the warriors in the playoffs (cause they were a boat load of fun to watch last season in the playoffs) I think we will still see some quality basketball from the nuggets. they will have their hands full with the lakers though. I think they will be knocked out in the first round for the 5th year straight.

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Originally Posted by GH0STrider

Golden state takes A LOT of jumpshots.

You can say that again, I watched the game against the Suns the other day. I know that Phoenix is known for their speedy offense, but my god maybee I just don't watch a lot of Westcoast ball but it seemed like there were a lot of fast shots taken in that game. That shotclock was in no danger of running out. It seems to me that in the East, point guards seem to take their time and usually aren't as fast all of the time (unless hoping to catch the other team off guard with some quick transition baskets) and as a result, their seem to be more shot clock violations.

Again, I gotta say how pumped I am this year at watching tons of East and West playoff ball. But first, the Raps have to take care of the Bulls tonight. I'm hoping we get to 42-40, as 41-41 just looks so much worse going into the playoffs. The record definately shows that the Raps are inconsistent, but I'm hoping for good things in the playoffs. While Bosh was injured, we got a lot of minutes out of Rasho Nesterovic. He's going to be key in stopping Dwight Howard.

[Azyiu]

Originally Posted by GH0STrider

yeah but losing feels much more wrong! I would take pretty much any coach that could make the bulls win at this point. How bout that game the other night against the bucks?? 151 points! damn that was a fun game to watch. I've never seen so many shots go in or two teams score like that. (and no i don't want the golden state warriors or nuggest often).

That was a street game, I tell you

Originally Posted by GH0STrider

I hope you guys get bynum back for the first round. the nuggest could be a tought first round match-up. Pray to god your lakers bring on the defense cause I don't think you can out score them easily.

Sure, the Nuggets can score a ton, but on the defensive ends they are equally inept the other way around. And no, against the Nuggets we won't try to run with them, that's not how we won most games. The Nuggets run alot of one-on-one for AI and Melo, and they love to bury you in fast breaks. I think both Kobe and Fisher, or even Luke are more than capable to handle their own man. The rest is down to rebounding and not turning the ball over. As long as we control the ball and tempo, the Nuggets cannot run thus they cannot do what they love to do.

I don't think Bynum will be back at all in the playoffs. I'd rather see him all healed and rested up for next season. There is no point in rushing back and get hurt again. He still has at least 10 years in him. So just get healed up first, big guy.

By the way, if you are opposing coach and if the game is close in the closing seconds, a note to you... always foul Odom and send him to the line! If anyone on the Lakers who can't really handle the pressure, that would be Odom. Just look at his eyes if the game is close in the final seconds... he almost always have this "don't give me the ball" look on his face. And I've seen a few too many missed shots from the line in such situation. Other than that (like it is not bad enough ), he is a scary third opinion and is an above average rebounder.

Originally Posted by GH0STrider

well the playoff stats don't count. Your team has to get into the playoffs and be good enough to advance for you to play a substantial amount of games. But I think d-wade's case is different. The past two seasons he never took the time to fully recover. Also his skills aren't diminishing at the rate penny's did...

I know, but I thought that is a pretty interesting coincident there. So we will see how he bounces back in year # 6. I enjoyed watching him and I hope he ain't going to throw us a Penny Hardaway the rest of the way...

Originally Posted by GH0STrider

If the mavs make it out of the first round it won't be a fail. Wait to see what happens there before you judge. I think kidd's effect in the playoffs is really what dallas was trading for. If i was cuban I would have told george he was out either way and to just take the trade. It's not like he really helps that much. He's a greedy role player... and Marion- psh... that asshole is laughing all the way to the bank.

Let's see how the Mavs fair against the Hornets. They went 2-2 in the season. I know it is just me, but Kidd's 37% shooting % will hurt his team big time eventually.

As for Marion, let's see how he is going to handle his extension talks with the Heat. I heard the Heat will only offer him around the $10M per season range. If I were him, I would take it. Seriously, I don't think I would offer him more than $8M per if I were a GM.

Originally Posted by GH0STrider

Dude you have to subscribe to nba league pass or something man. these playoffs are going to own. You don't want to miss anything. I'm scheduling my job around the playoffs.

See, this is the thing, man. Even if you HAVE the money to shell out, there is NO such league pass package available in HK, man. It sucks major balls!!! Well, a piece of a good news is that, I heard a TV station here will also carry at least one more game per week. So there are a total of FOUR!!! Man... I want to cry...

Back in the day when I was still living in AZ, I used to have the league pass thing, and that WAS awesome!!! I think I might have turned down a couple dates because there were great games on

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Originally Posted by Azyiu

I don't think Bynum will be back at all in the playoffs. I'd rather see him all healed and rested up for next season. There is no point in rushing back and get hurt again. He still has at least 10 years in him. So just get healed up first, big guy.

10 years? So what he is going to retire when he's 29? Dude that guy easily has another 15 years of ball. If he take acre of his body maybe even 20.

Originally Posted by kung_fu

Again, I gotta say how pumped I am this year at watching tons of East and West playoff ball. But first, the Raps have to take care of the Bulls tonight. I'm hoping we get to 42-40, as 41-41 just looks so much worse going into the playoffs.

My bulls took care of you tonight, haha. You guys gave up 19 points and 22 boards to Aron Gray. Come the fuck on. Aron is the slowest moving player in the nba man, he is a project to say the least. Your raptors are in serious trouble.

[kung_fu]

Originally Posted by GH0STrider

My bulls took care of you tonight, haha. You guys gave up 19 points and 22 boards to Aron Gray. Come the fuck on. Aron is the slowest moving player in the nba man, he is a project to say the least. Your raptors are in serious trouble.

We were playing guys who haven't seen action in a LONG time. Most of our starters saw less than 15 minutes, aside from Moon who still played considerably less than he usually does. Considering Sam Mitchel wasn't stopping the clock and calling many timeouts, this was most likely a conscious effort to rest players and get the Raptors bench ready to play if they are called upon in the playoffs. I've never seen so many smiles on the losing bench in a long time. I believe the Raps were giving you a "Better Luck Next Season" Present .

But seriously, better luck next season

[Azyiu]

Originally Posted by GH0STrider

10 years? So what he is going to retire when he's 29? Dude that guy easily has another 15 years of ball. If he take acre of his body maybe even 20.

Hey, don't get too excited... I was just saying 10 years randomly.


Hey, Kung Fu, so you are a Raptors' fan? That's cool. I think your match up against the Magic should be pretty interesting. D-Howard vs. Bosh, Hedo vs. Moon are likely going to be cool to watch. Hopefully both Rasho Nesterovic
and Andrea Bargnani actually show up and play...

[kung_fu]

Originally Posted by Azyiu

Hey, Kung Fu, so you are a Raptors' fan? That's cool. I think your match up against the Magic should be pretty interesting. D-Howard vs. Bosh, Hedo vs. Moon are likely going to be cool to watch. Hopefully both Rasho Nesterovic
and Andrea Bargnani actually show up and play...

+100000 for Bargnani. We need him to play at 100% for sure. He's been very inconsistent for us, but every now and then he has a great game and reminds us why we drafted him. I definately think it should be an interesting series, It'll probably take 6 games before the winner is decided.

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6 games? Dude the raps are a .500 club. They are about to be swept, 5 games at best. And Bargnani- some number one overall pick man. 10 ppg??? Ouch for toronto. I guess it's not all his fault. He needs to be played more than 23 mpg.