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Official 2005 NBA Playoffs thread! Now with 100% less Kobe!
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FrenchMovieTheme
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i would put AI on my all-madden team
Watching these playoffs I realize how very few announcers I can enjoy that are out there. John Thompson only has a job so he can suck off players he use to coach.
"If you give Allen someone else who can score he'll adjust his game"
Really? Because Philly has tried that with Stackhouse, Glenn Robinson, Van Horn and now Webber and none of them worked.
And who else is there? Kerr? Spurs homer. Jack Ramsey? Captain Obvious. AL Michaels? Go back to football. Mike Torico? Is that you Orin? There's like a handful I can listen to now. Kevin Harlan, Tom Tolbert and Doug Collins.
"If you give Allen someone else who can score he'll adjust his game"
Really? Because Philly has tried that with Stackhouse, Glenn Robinson, Van Horn and now Webber and none of them worked.
And who else is there? Kerr? Spurs homer. Jack Ramsey? Captain Obvious. AL Michaels? Go back to football. Mike Torico? Is that you Orin? There's like a handful I can listen to now. Kevin Harlan, Tom Tolbert and Doug Collins.
FrenchMovieTheme
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marv alberts and doug collins are the only true top-notch announcers around. tom tolbert is fucking terrible
bill walton is a hilarious announcer, but i don't hear him very often anymore.
bill walton is a hilarious announcer, but i don't hear him very often anymore.
Cloudy said:
He is going to come back to LA to piss you off Konex.
I could see Shaq going to a better team if he doesn't win this year. The problem is always going to be his contract though. Who knows what he will do, but he is a free man after this season and can do whatever he wants.
Edit: You can't compare Philly fans to Detroit. They are up 3-1 and they are still cheering when someone gets hurt? Zero class. Even if that weren't the case, the brawl just shows they are the worst fans in the country.
Cloudy said:What other team has the cap room to eat $30 mil a year while remaining "better"?
PS: He's under contract for next year btw...
He is under contract but I think he has the option to leave after this one.
You have to be crazy to think that half the teams in the league are not going to do everything to get Shaq after this season. Will he leave Miami? I have no idea, but I could see him leaving if someone could offer him something better.
Look at those names you listed. Stack is a career loser. Robinson fell off the map. Van Horn...let's not talk about journeyman token whiteboy Rick Van Horn. How he's still collecting an NBA paycheck is beyond me. I got more fucking game than Van Horn. And C-Webb is a hollow shell of former choke-aholic self. Are any of those guys names that spring to mind when you think of championship-building?etiolate said:
John Thompson is right. Philly ain't had shit to help out AI yet, and it's questionable if they ever will. His career will end with no rings. But it doesn't mean he ain't one of the best guards ever. If he had Shaq this year, he might well be rewriting scoring records as we speak. I mean, for a small guy like him who gets nothing buy heat, he could use another notable player to help split the load. PEACE.
Whoa! First I'm hearing of this. I thought The Heat was waiting to exercise that option on his contract. I love Shaq, but I don't know if he's worth the money right now. But to his credit, he single-handedly brought Heat basketball to a whole other level. If you're down here in Miami, you know what I mean. Since Day 1 of that trade, there has been endless Shaq love, and the championship talk was in full swing. Wade and the role players have been the ones to step up this year, but it's no question that Shaq is the reason for this great boost in confidence. We could probably do well next year without him, but that would be an insult IMO. For what he's done in just this season, I think he deserves to leave on his own terms. Even a hobbled, end-of-career Shaq is still an incredible bonus to this team and this city. Viva La Shaq!!! PEACE.Cloudy said:
FrenchMovieTheme
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seattle end this sham of a series tonight please
i would enjoy seeing a suns-sonics matchup in the conference finals, but i'm not sure that will happen since the sonics are going to run into an unstoppable juggernaut in round 2
i would enjoy seeing a suns-sonics matchup in the conference finals, but i'm not sure that will happen since the sonics are going to run into an unstoppable juggernaut in round 2
bionic77 said:
You're missing the point. Even if he was a free agent, NO other team could offer him anything close to his current salary because they'd have to be $30 million under the cap to do that, which is impossible. The most any other team could offer him would be a starting salary at ~12 million a year.
FrenchMovieTheme
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i bet it pisses you off that the hawks would be an instant playoff team and the lakers will miss the playoffs 
FrenchMovieTheme
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I bet it pisses you off that the Lakers will make the playoffs next year and the Niners are going to be moved to CFL.
FrenchMovieTheme
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there's no travelling in the nba bish! you knew... you KNEW!!!!!
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Kings inside help defense stunk this whole series and tonight as well. Slow, slow slow slow. Even on that Ray Allen layup, Miller and Peja were just watching the ball.
And it takes Adleman 5 games to figure out Evans(WHO IS NOT A ROOKIE) on Allen and even then it's by accident. I have no idea what happened to Mobley. He got injured, but I never saw the play.
Kings inside help defense stunk this whole series and tonight as well. Slow, slow slow slow. Even on that Ray Allen layup, Miller and Peja were just watching the ball.
And it takes Adleman 5 games to figure out Evans(WHO IS NOT A ROOKIE) on Allen and even then it's by accident. I have no idea what happened to Mobley. He got injured, but I never saw the play.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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Incognito said:
"I made the same assumption and look how I ended up."
bionic77 said:
Because Bojax is still on his original contract he signed years ago, but I think there is an option on it for the off-season. They might wait it out and see or pay up to keep him longer. Depends on what moves they make, I think Cuttino is gone and I think they are looking to made a trade if they can get a big name.
Pimpwerx said:
Hmm.. Two of those players listed play for the Mavs...
Stack a career loser?
http://www.nba.com/games/20050502/HOUDAL/boxscore.html
Ok. You're right.
The Chosen One
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Wow, Kwame Brown turned out to be a total bust. Probably the biggest bust in recent memory.
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