Official April NBA Thread - Playoffs coming sooooooon!

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135. Lamar Odom
Remember the SNL sketch about the Time-Life series for videos of family dysfunction, when every vignette (Thanksgiving, Easter, birthday, etc.) ended with Will Ferrell suddenly flipping over the dinner table and screaming, "That's it, [bleep] this, I'm out of here!" From January to March, after watching Kobe go one-on-three one too many times, I kept waiting for Odom to do this – just flip over the press table and scream, "That's it, [bleep] this, I'm out of here!" Instead, he went on the DL with a fake injury. Wise move. I wouldn't want to be his bong right now.



God! that's classic stuff there!
 
DaddyZ said:
30. Jalen Rose
Provided an insane amount of comedy over these past few months, including these classics:

"There's always going to be criticism when your name is Jalen. You have to wear a bulletproof vest and be ready for it."
– Jalen on himself

"Was it for Richard Jefferson?"
– Jalen after hearing that Carter had been traded to New Jersey

"I'm a GM in fantasy basketball and I'm a GM on PlayStation, so on PlayStation I probably would have got a little more, but this is real life, so I don't know."
– Jalen on the Vince Carter trade

"He probably was a little tired from All-Star Weekend. While he was running up and down the court throwing it off the backboard, I was laying on the beach drinking a fruity drink with an umbrella. So I probably gave myself an unfair advantage on that one."
– Jalen explaining why he outplayed Carter two days after the All-Star Game

"I've got to stop this. My entourages are getting entourages."
– Jalen on the trouble of finding tickets for everyone when he returns to Detroit

(And my personal favorite ... )

"Like I told the guys earlier, once he turns 21 and is able to drink, it's over."
– Jalen after LeBron scored 56 on the Raptors


HAhaha...Jalen is crazy...
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:lol Yeah, Jalen's been a great quote...but he isn't even close to the best quote on this team. Coach Sam Mitchell takes that crown with ease...he might be the best quote in all of sports.





Pimpwerx said:
BTW, it's been an absolute travesty that Shaq hasn't won the MVP almost his entire career. He's always been the difference maker on his team. He did some amazing things for that shitty Orlando franchise, and it's obvious now that he carried the Fakers. He's been totally robbed, as opposed to the Jordan idol-worship of the 90's. :(
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I don't know...Duncan's been every bit as important to the Spurs has Shaq's been to the Lakers (and now the Heat) during that same span. On the other hand there was no equal to Jordan in the 90's, save perhaps for Pippen during that ridiculous season in '94. Having said that, Shaq should certainly have more then one MVP...I always thought he had at least two. Christ, he's tied with Karl Malone in the MVP race :lol...that's just ridiculous.

We should do a seperate thread one day for players who have been completely robbed of MVP trophies. Bonds was assfucked out of two MVP's by Terry Pendleton and Jeff Kent.




Pimpwerx said:
Tonight's been a gangland whiteboy stomp by the Grizz. I think Miller threw one down over Wade early in the game even.
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:lol :lol :lol

Look on the bright side...at least they didn't bury your team by 31 points in your own barn. :lol I think Gasol had like four dunks on his own, two of 'em with no one inside the fucking semi circle, nevermind the paint. Just ridiculous.






Ninja Scooter said:
this better be the LAST goddamn win of the season for us. These clowns are going to fuck themselves out of prime draft position. I want Raymond Felton or Jarret Jack and won't settle for anything less! Fuckers can't even tank a season correctly!
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It's been hilarious seeing the Warriors fuck themselves out of prime draft territory for the past month. :lol All this false euphoria, only to do what they've done ever year since 1991...suck.
 
Cloudy said:
If the Cavs don't beat the Bucks tonight, the Nets will take the 8th spot...
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you seem to not notice that the wizards are on the verge of tanking as well.
 
Pimpwerx said:
EDIT: BTW, it's been an absolute travesty that Shaq hasn't won the MVP almost his entire career. He's always been the difference maker on his team. He did some amazing things for that shitty Orlando franchise, and it's obvious now that he carried the Fakers. He's been totally robbed, as opposed to the Jordan idol-worship of the 90's. :(
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No doubt Shaq is a great player deserving of the MVP he recieved, but you also have to remember he has not played at a 100% every year of his career and he lost a few seasons to injury as well.

I also have to take comment at some of your comments. When Orlando was going to the playoffs and the championshipp they were not shitty, in fact that was one of the most talented lineups I have ever seen. They had in their primes Shaq, Ho Grant (people forget he used to be a really good power forward), Penny Hardaway (in his prime before the injuries), and Nick Anderson (who was a great player before he missed 100 FTs in a row in the finals). Then remember he got absolutely spanked by Hakeem in the finals, and the Rockets were definitely a inferior team to the Magic talent wise. Not exactly the mark of the 'greatest' player of his generation.

He also was a underachiever in LA until Phil got there and he was once again playing with a stacked lineup in terms of talent.

No doubt Shaq is one of the greatest, but you definitely have to temper that by remember he has played alongside some of the greatest and has not always taken advantage of that.

Duncan has led less talented teams further then Shaq has, so to me Duncan is still the best player of this generation. You can look at the Lakers without Shaq, but this isn't the same team and it has no coach, Duncan's team is garbage without him and this is one of the better teams he has fielded. He just isn't as likeable as Shaq so he doesn't get the press or acclaim that Shaq does.
 
you seem to not notice that the wizards are on the verge of tanking as well.
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Cavs don't have the tiebreaker with either Philly or NJ, trail the Wiz by 3 games and their remaining sched is a bit tougher. Unless the Wiz lose every game and the Cavs, Nets and Sixers catch fire, they'll limp in...
 
bionic77 said:
When Orlando was going to the playoffs and the championshipp they were not shitty, in fact that was one of the most talented lineups I have ever seen. They had in their primes Shaq, Ho Grant (people forget he used to be a really good power forward), Penny Hardaway (in his prime before the injuries), and Nick Anderson (who was a great player before he missed 100 FTs in a row in the finals).
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Penny Hardaway in his "prime" was good for 5 turnovers a game. Anderson was not much more than a jump shooter. That orlando team was not all that talented. Not like you're putting it. I'm not arguing for more MVP's for Shaq either though.

Cloudy said:
Unless the Wiz lose every game
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Allright, you must not pay much attention to the East, you say that like it's unlikely to happen.
 
Penny Hardaway in his "prime" was good for 5 turnovers a game
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Go look at the top 10 in turnovers this year and I bet half the guys on there are top 10 in the league. The best players handle the ball a lot and thus make more mistakes. Penny in his prime was amazing. Why do people forget that injuries killed his career not the absence of Shaq...

Allright, you must not pay much attention to the East, you say that like it's unlikely to happen.
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I watch a bit of every game on most nights. They aren't gonna lose to Charlotte, NY or Milwaukee :p
 
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And for bionic77

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Bowser said:
Holy shit, VC had 45 points!!!

Carter's had 21 30+ points games with the Nets!
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Giving Toronto fans even more reason to hate his ass. :lol If I'm not the only Vince fan left in town, I'm pretty damn close. Jersey don't have a hope against the Heat if they slip into the playoffs, but a returning RJ and a couple off season pieces (Donyell Marshall would be a great pick up, plus I think they need one more big body down low) will make them a dangerous team next year. If Kidd's still happy there anyway (and I assume he is, haven't really heard for sure though).

And bionic has a point...before Shaq won his three rings, NO ONE was calling him the most dominant player in the league. Nope, all people talked about how was how he'd ended every playoff season of his career via the sweep. :lol Rockets, Bulls, Jazz twice and the Spurs all swept Shaq's teams the fuck out of the playoffs like they were little more then lint. Then he wins a few rings and suddenly he's Superman, baddest motherfucker in the league, best player ever blah blah...whatever. Results-based thinking just drives me nuts...now KG's worth is being questioned because the rest of his team aged five years over the summer? Gimme a fucking break. Just surprised SI or Slam haven't done followup covers for Bron yet, calling him the biggest sophomore bust since Sam Bowie.







Cloudy said:
Cavs don't have the tiebreaker with either Philly or NJ, trail the Wiz by 3 games and their remaining sched is a bit tougher. Unless the Wiz lose every game and the Cavs, Nets and Sixers catch fire, they'll limp in...
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Heh, Nets and Sixers are both on fire...think they've both won like 9 of their last 11. Funny enough they meet on the last day of the season...could be the game that decides their playoff fates. Meanwhile the Wizards (like the Magic) have been decimated by injuries in recent weeks.
 
levious, a quick correction:

Penny never averaged more than 3.4 TO's/gm outside of his rookie year (3.6/gm), and usually averaged significantly less than 3.4 TO's (2.8 in '96 and 2.5 in '97 despite being the primary ballhandler). He just didn't try to do too much with the ball, unlike a lot of players today (see: Iverson, Kobe, Wade); he was a much steadier player who imo could have put up gaudier #'s had he no compunction. :P


Probably the best post-up guard outside of Jordan in the 90's, btw. He was incredible. Wasn't that great of a decision-maker or passer out of the post, but offensively, he couldn't be stopped.
 
Pippen picking on a fat man with AIDS? Really impressive. And that Shaq/Dudley play is the funniest posterization of all times, made even funnier by Dudley's reaction afterwards (he got up all pissed and chucked the ball at Shaq's back as he was running back down the court)

as for Shaq and MVP's, really he only had one really 100% dominant season, which was 2000 when we streamrolled the NBA to 67 wins and Shaq deservedly got his MVP (which should have been unanimous, if not for some douche voting for Iverson). Before that (which was before Phil) he and the whole team were really underachievers, and after that season was when Shaq started coming to camp out of shape and had little nick/nack injuries throughout the season that kept him from really dominating. Of course he turned it up in the playoffs, evident by his 3 Finals MVPs, but the regular season MVPs are given for playoff performances. I can't really think of which MVPs were "Stolen" from him (Iverson in 2001, Duncan IIRC in 2002). What you are seeing now is how great Shaq can be when he comes in focused and in shape from Day 1. FUcker owes us a refund!
 
DMczaf said:
How about Jordan picking on a small white guy?

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Round and round he goes! :lol
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Hah, that was awesome. :D The best part is that Jordan caught him TWICE like that, one right after the other-- the first was on a pass he faked into the post with one hand, which he bit on, and then, he turned around and was intent on D'ing up MJ and went for the steal, and Jordan just waved it around his head, which is what you see here. Probably one of the funniest sequences of all time when you see it in its entirety. :P
 
Heezzi said:
Why doesn't Ben Gordan start?
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They tried it earlier in the season and he stunk up the joint for some reason. He's been great off the bench and Skiles decided not to mess with a good thing...
 
Loki said:
levious, a quick correction:

Penny never averaged more than 3.4 TO's/gm outside of his rookie year (3.6/gm), and usually averaged significantly less than 3.4 TO's (2.8 in '96 and 2.5 in '97 despite being the primary ballhandler). He just didn't try to do too much with the ball, unlike a lot of players today (see: Iverson, Kobe, Wade); he was a much steadier player who imo could have put up gaudier #'s had he no compunction. :P
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Oh, I wasn't quoting a stat, just pointing out the fact that he coughed up the ball in pressure situations, including 10 in one game in the finals.

Certainly a very talented player, but he never put his game together, why can't you remember that Cloudy?
 
levious said:
Oh, I wasn't quoting a stat, just pointing out the fact that he coughed up the ball in pressure situations, including 10 in one game in the finals.
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Really? Wow...I don't recall that, nor would I expect that of him. He was a very steady player who had a good handle, protected the ball well, and generally made good decisions.


Wait, was it against Houston in the Finals? If so, I think I remember hearing about it...
 
I didn't want to make a new thread about this and I figured since you guys like basketball:

Illinois vs UNC - Championship Game
ESPN Classic, 8:00 PM
 
Loki said:
Really? Wow...I don't recall that, nor would I expect that of him. He was a very steady player who had a good handle, protected the ball well, and generally made good decisions.


Wait, was it against Houston in the Finals? If so, I think I remember hearing about it...
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That was the only time he has ever been in the finals.

The whole Orlando franchise disgraced themselves in that finals (including Shaq), they all gave up after the Anderson choke.

Reminds me of the collapse the Lakers had against the Pistons. Everyone seemed to just give up after game three.
 
man washington needs to win a few and the pacers need to drop a few. i really don't wanna be playing indiana in the first round. don't wanna be anywhere near that team right now.



5 players in double digits, and duhon with 8. god i love tyson. 17 and 21 for him. double-double machine.
i can't believe we're playing this well without Curry and Deng.

CHANDLER AGAIN. Jesus.

18 and 21 for him. christ, what a monster
 
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bionic77 said:
That was the only time he has ever been in the finals.
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Duh, I know-- but he said "playoffs", not finals, which is why I inquired about it. :P


EDIT: Never mind-- looking back at it, he said "finals", and for some reason I read it as "playoffs". I'm getting stoopider as I get older... : /


I know that the Magic have only made one Finals appearance.
 
Loki said:
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Duh, I know-- but he said "playoffs", not finals, which is why I inquired about it. :P


EDIT: Never mind-- looking back at it, he said "finals", and for some reason I read it as "playoffs". I'm getting stoopider as I get older... : /


I know that the Magic have only made one Finals appearance.
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Remeber how Nick Anderson just totally exposed Jordan in the playoffs that year? Good times. I think Jordan was somehow responsible for Anderson missing those 4 free throws in a row(and thus the destruction of his career) in the finals.

Someone get a animated GIF of that steal!
 
bionic77 said:
Remeber how Nick Anderson just totally exposed Jordan in the playoffs that year? Good times. I think Jordan was somehow responsible for Anderson missing those 4 free throws in a row(and thus the destruction of his career) in the finals.

Someone get a animated GIF of that steal!
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Yeah, he exposed him so bad that Jordan averaged 31/6.5/5, including a couple of 27+ point halves (27 in the second half of game 2 and 32 in the first half of game 3 on 12-15 FG). :D
 
Loki said:
Yeah, he exposed him so bad that Jordan averaged 31/6.5/5, including a couple of 27+ point halves (27 in the second half of game 2 and 32 in the first half of game 3 on 12-15 FG). :D
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As I recall Jordan shot a terrible FG% in that series and it culminated in Anderson stealing the ball for the win from Jordan.

Jordan = fraud? I will let you decide Loki.

Something tells me you don't have any tapes of that series on hand...
 
DMczaf said:
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That is FAT Johnson.

Jordan killed the real Magic 5 years prior to that video.

I saw FAT Johnson in person in Cleveland when I was in college during that "comeback" so I know it was a fat and cheap imposter. I mean this imposter literally couldn't even run a fastbreak! That is like Jordan not being able to dunk, Pele not being able to dribble a football, or Shawn Kemp not being able to have babies.
 
bionic77 said:
That is FAT Johnson.

Jordan killed the real Magic 5 years prior to that video.

I saw FAT Johnson in person in Cleveland when I was in college during that "comeback" so I know it was a fat and cheap imposter. I mean this imposter literally couldn't even run a fastbreak! That is like Jordan not being able to dunk, Pele not being able to dribble a football, or Sean Kemp not being able to have babies.
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:lol :lol :lol

Just imagine if Magic stayed for one more year, Shaq, Kobe, and Magic holding them back!
 
bionic77 said:
As I recall Jordan shot a terrible FG% in that series and it culminated in Anderson stealing the ball for the win from Jordan.

Jordan = fraud? I will let you decide Loki.

Something tells me you don't have any tapes of that series on hand...
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Actually I do, which is how I knew those stats. :D He shot around 48% that series, iirc, which was terrible for him, yes.
 
kevm3 said:
Take Yao "pussy" ming out the game. His play is sickening.
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Yea hes played shitty tonight,but he cant do shit on D with 5 fouls.
 
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