haha yeah. at least he hit that long three to somewhat redeem himself. I feel like I can actually see the blunt particles in Sheed's cuticles, even from the TV angle

yeah Simmons despises Sheed, Doc, and Tony Allen. That reminds me I have to go read his running diary from last night.

those have been awesome

Canibus=CanIBitch

Him and LL went at it for awhile about 12-13 years back. He raped LL. Canibus is alright, but he really gets annoying after awhile because it's always the same gimmick with him.

If I was still into sports betting, i would bet almost everything I own on Lakers to win tonight. Ive bitched about the conspiracies before, but I would be astonished if LA doesnt get nearly every call tonight, as it is definitely in the league's best interest for this to go 7 games. Aside from an epic LA collapse, they will win tonight by at least 8.

And Canibus = stream of consciousness.

yeah pretty much. but I'll say it again, for every evidence of conspiracy in the NBA, there's two pieces of evidence damning it.

think about it. there were 4 second round playoff series' this year: 3 of them ended in sweeps. an NBA Finals hasn't gone 7 games in god knows how long.

but you're probably right, the Lakers will get all the calls tonight. I just think that has as much to do with Kobe and Phil as it does with an NBA conspiracy.

Well, the refs can only control so much. There were alot of sweeps because teams were simply over-matched. With a golden oppty to send this a 7th game, in Hollywood no less, I would be astonished if this was called straight up.

I dunno, Phoenix got a lot of calls in that SA sweep, and pretty much all of those games were close. But in this situation, I think you're probably right. LA wins tonight barring a complete and total collapse.

also, this is interesting:

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/16743/ray-allen-leads-the-series-in-complaints

edit: damn page break, I responded to your comment on the previous page BigHans

that stat isnt right, Kobe bitches almost every time he's whistled.

All of em bitch every time they're whistled. Every time there is a foul called, the player being called acts like it's the first time he's ever fouled someone and gives the ref a "How could you call that bullshit?!?!" look

Hey, who would be the first, second, and third team greatest players that you guys ever watched?

Mine:

First Team:

Center: Shaq. As much as it pains me, he was the best player in the league for about 5 years.
PF: Duncan - 3 Titles, pretty obvious
SF: Bird - Duh
SG: MJ - GOAT
PG: Magic

2nd Team:

C - The Dream
PF: Barkley - One of my top 5 favorite players of all time
SF: Pippen - I'll put Lebron here once he wins a title
SG: Kobe
PG: Isiah

3rd Team:

C: The Admiral
PF: The Mailman - always hated him, but his stats don't lie
SF: Lebron
SG: Reggie - probably a little biased, but don't care
PG: Stockton

My Lifetime?
First Team:
C- Shaq
PF- Karl Malone
SF- Bird
SG- MJ
PG- Magic

Second Team:
C- Hakeem
PF- Timmy Dunk-Dunks
SF- Nique Wilkins
SG- Kobe
PG- J-Kidd

Third Team:
C- David Robinson
PF- Barkley
SF- Yea yea Lebron
SG- Clyde "The Glyde" Drexler
PG- John Stockton

Very similar to yours, hans

If I was being objective I might have put Wade ahead of Reggie as Third team SG, but what can I say, Im a huge Reggie fanboy. Any reason you put Malone ahead of Duncan? I was never a big Clyde Drexler fan.

Well, I think both are very similar to each other, and maybe it's because malone fed off of stockton so much, but malone was much more consistent

Malone was a scoring machine, but I think Duncan is a much better clutch player and leader. Really their games were entirely different.

Personally I see a lot of similarities. But hey, whatever.

I'm more of a football/baseball guy anyway, but I do pay attention to basketball a lot as well.

Football is still my number one, basketball and baseball are about equal for me.