Prick. – Evening Hardwood – June 18
Well, thank God THAT is over.
I can appreciate that the NBA (cough) wanted (cough) this matchup, but, in my opinion, the 2008 NBA Playoffs provided little zip. Unless you count a new-found hatred not seen in these parts since Reggie Miller. Has there been such a pompous ass built overnight as quickly as Paul Pierce? I used to like the guy, always felt for him being stuck on a team going nowhere, did a lot for the team in the community, never really bitched. Now, the team goes out and buys/acquires/is given (cough, hack) superstars to surround his pouty ass and all of a sudden he grabs the ego of Paris Hilton. I kind of laughed, in a good way, about the whole wheelchair thing, but his shit-don’t-stink attitude the rest of the way was Kobe-esque.
Did this attitude infect the team? I think so. Dumping a container of Gatorade on your coach, knowing it will pour on the floor WHILE THE GAME IS STILL BEING PLAYED was bush. Bringing family members down to the bench WHILE THE GAME IS STILL BEING PLAYED was bush. Running up the score was bush. While I’m sure he was caught up in the moment, I’m hoping Bill Russell sits these punks down and whips them back into shape. Being excited is one thing, being respectful of the game and your opponents is another. They will come crashing back down one day, and when they do, I hope teams that were sitting at home watching that stuff go down remember it.
Of course, one big Boston fan loved every minute of it.
As you were sitting back watching Kobe in these playoffs, did you find yourself looking for similarities between him and MJ? Either way, here is a little video to help you out.
While glee (and destruction) percolated on the East coast, grim reality is still being administered on the West. Clay Bennett continues to say his bad judgement of the political climate hurt his business decisions in Seattle and has forced his hand in moving the Sonics.
As much as I despise the Pacers (for point of reference: cheering for the Maple Leafs and/or Bryan Colangelo would be a more welcome fate), I do love Danny Granger. I keep waiting for him to mess up something so I can point and say ha-ha, but his idea of building a Batcave-like entrance to his home is epic.
Rick Reilly, Mike Wilbon, Mitch Albom, Peter King, Bill Simmons. All sportswriters that make over $1mill a year. Rick makes $3.5mill. All these years Doug Smith has been saying he makes peanuts. Pshaw.
Finally, imagine you jet down to Vegas for a weekend of joy with your buddies. You hit a club wondering if you’ll see some celebs. Sure enough, you see a guy that looks familiar. Big guy, well dressed, mackin’ on the ladies. When you wipe your eyes, you finally figure out who it is…..Charles Oakley.
Jun 18th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Just because the Lakers threw in the towel…no reason for the Celtics to do the same. Play hard for the whole 48 minutes.
I’ve seen parents, wives and children show up on the sidelines during the Super Bowl…I have no issues with that.
The Boston Celtics are still and will always be a class organization. Game 6 has not tarnished their image.
Emotions that night were at an all time uncontrolable high…KG, scream at the top of your lungs. Let the city of Boston hear your roar…AAAAAHHHHHHHGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!
Jun 18th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
The sidelines on a football field can’t be compared to the small space of that in front of the bench on an NBA court (except in Cleveland, maybe). You could fit 42 Oliver Millers on a football sideline. I have never seen anything like that yesterday. Twice the referees had to motion to the bench to move back. I’m all for excitement, but that showboating shit was just juvenile.
Wonder how pissed Adidas was that Garnett screwed up their slogan during the postgame interview?
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Jun 19th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Like Scott said, NBA players sit closer to the field of player than any other game I know of. Bowlers sit further away from the lanes than basketball players do from the court.
I’m LOLing at the Paul Pierce feedback loop. It’s bad enough when an article is talking about how Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison are so far behind him from that draft class’ alumni (are they?)… but to compare him to Kobe Bryant? There’s one guy in the world that would trade them straight up for one another, and unfortunately Paul can’t vote in this trade. But if we survived Antoine Walker getting a ring, we’ll survive Pierce.
And Nuff, don’t swallow the bait. The whole “class organization” shizzit based upon decades of history is absurd. The owners aren’t the same, the front office isn’t the same, the players aren’t the same. Hell, the uniforms aren’t even the same. You can claim that with the Spurs and their recent history since there’s some continuity there, but one has as much to do with the other as Ben Gordon has to do with Jerry Sloan. It’s just hyper-emotional fan fluff.
Jun 19th, 2008 at 8:50 am
There is nothing in sports that bothers me more than running up the score. You can steal signals, use drugs, intentionally injure eachother. These are mistakes made in the heat of the moment or to give yourself an advantage to win. Winning is everything in sports, so I can’t blame people, coaches and teams for trying. But running up the score is a whole different ball game to me. That’s when you’ve completed your goal of winning and you decide you need to stick it to the other team.
It’s why I’ve cheered against Mike D’Antoni’s Suns all these years and why the Giants beating the Pats in the Superbowl will be, to me, the most memorable Superbowl likely for the rest of my life.
Jun 19th, 2008 at 10:03 am
1. Playing hard the whole game should NEVER be questioned. Show-boating is another story altogether, but the two are not the same.
2. Stealing signals is a part of the game.
3. Using drugs is illegal.
4. Intentionally injuring eachother - the fact that you think this is better than ‘running up the score’ is probably the most assine comment you have made to date. However, you’re free to have your own opinion.
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Jun 19th, 2008 at 10:28 am
I agree Spudz, and admittedly I questioned my thoughts/feelings wondering if my new toilet called Paul Pierce was infecting my view of the game…until I saw more than a few blogs complain about Boston’s handling of the situation from non-LA supporters, just fans of the game.
2 days later I’m still pissed at how they acted. I can’t believe that Sam Cassell seemed to be the best behaved of the bunch.
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