http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/a...es/3504a53.jpg Wouldnt ever completly give up on this guy and the Lakers.

Man you can never give up on Kobe and Phil. Can't ever count out guys who've won multiple rings... LOL did anyone see the Lakers-Cavs score the other night? It was like 80-25 or something like that at halftime. Lakers nearly doubled them up in points for the game

Yeahhh, that game was horrible. But people always have to watch out for the Lakers. It's unfathomable to me that Phil Jackson is currently going for his FOURTH three-peat. One is an amazing accomplishment. Four???

Phil is the man... yeah, a 4th 3-peat... that's almost a joke to think about. Unbelievable.

Since that Heat @ Cavs game, cavs are like 1-21 and the Heat are 21-1 lol

it's just a PR nightmare. the day after he said in a press conference that he was just reposting what someone else wrote. what a cop-out. I mean whatever, I don't really care. but if I were a cavs fan I would probably be heated(no pun intended).

It was definitely a cop out, but I don't have a problem with his tweet at all... and in the NFL I have no problem with any comments from the Jets or Rex Ryan or anything like that. Everyone is always so politically correct, I enjoy seeing athletes who aren't. It's one reason I love Ron Artest so much... He's a dude from the hood and he does and says what he wants. Plus, he's one of the few guys in the league who cares more about defense than anything, and damn he plays some great D.

Lol.. almost like a modern day Dennis Rodman..remember him? Always looked forward to seeing what color his hair was going to be in every game. Or how many technicals he could achieve during a game. Gotta give it to him though the guy could play some d as well, and was by no means a media darling.

I just read an article that backed up Rex Ryans allegations of Tom Brady trash talk. In the last game if you watch the film after the first couple of scores you can clearly see Brady jawing in the direction of Rex. Of course the media put off as strategy antics or self implicated tactics of distraction.

Oh man of course I remember The Worm. Rodman was awesome haha, I'll always remember those battles he had with Karl Malone in the Finals. Rodman was just insane, what a character he was. Did you see (or hear) his recent interview with a radio station where he called in half drunk while getting a blowjob? Hahaha something only Rodman would do.

Media wants to label every little thing a distraction or some kind of mental game or strategy. Rex just says whatever he is feeling and sometimes you can tell he isn't being totally serious. Like he said how this game is all him VS Belichick, lol by the way he said it i could tell he was just playing with the media after the week before they made a big deal about him saying that the Jets-Colts game was personal between him and Peyton. All ESPN tries to do is polarize people and create conversation, I hate once in awhile.

Yep he was on Celebrity Rehab on Vh1. I watched it, and you could tell Rodman totally didn't give a shit about being there since it was court-ordered. It baffles me why anyone would marry Rodman (oh...wait....$$$$$) cause its pretty obvious he doesnt care about anything anymore. They showed home videos in that Celeb Rehab and Rodman was ridiculous with women. He had girls over at parties and would just demand they go to the bedroom and blow him.

Loved Rodman as a player though... Such an instigator with a temper, but the dude could rebound like none other. Always respected his game cause he was undersized and hustled his ass off and earned everything he got. Man, I miss those Bulls teams. My brother has their intro music on his Itunes and listening to it took me back some years. I miss Jordan, he is the definition of champion.

[QUOTE=Dirty;985357]Yep he was on Celebrity Rehab on Vh1. I watched it, and you could tell Rodman totally didn't give a shit about being there since it was court-ordered. It baffles me why anyone would marry Rodman (oh...wait....$$$$$) cause its pretty obvious he doesnt care about anything anymore. They showed home videos in that Celeb Rehab and Rodman was ridiculous with women. He had girls over at parties and would just demand they go to the bedroom and blow him.

Loved Rodman as a player though... Such an instigator with a temper, but the dude could rebound like none other. Always respected his game cause he was undersized and hustled his ass off and earned everything he got. Man, I miss those Bulls teams. My brother has their intro music on his Itunes and listening to it took me back some years. I miss Jordan, he is the definition of champion.[/QU

Lol..no wonder his wife was pissed in the show. Still though you never know whats truth and whats not. The true extent of whats gimmick and the his character behind closed doors. I guess it wasnt just an on the court crazy persona..Ehh well I try not to set in judment of anyones shortcomings..He made the game entertaining thats for sure.

WNBA is terrible. I feel bad that women can't get paid much professionally and nobody cares about their games, but it's just so boring and uninteresting to watch. I'm sure we couldn't, but I always feel like my high school team would have had a decent shot at beating a WNBA team.

they need to lower the rim so they can dunk imo.

I know two women who can dunk / could dunk personally. One was my cousin who played division I ball before she ruined her knee, and the other was this 6'3" behemoth I had to guard in a game because our center fouled out.

Quite possibly the best dunk competition I've ever seen. These competitions are so hit and miss but everyone showed up tonight. I though Griffin was the worst out of all 4 though.

I went to middle school and am going to HS with this girl who will probably be in the WNBA. She starts for my HS, Berkeley, which is one of the top teams in the country, and she's just a sophomore. She led the team in scoring in their NorCal finals loss as a freshmen last year.

Fem groups would be all down their throat if they did that.

Dirty or anyone else that knows. Who is this kid playing on the bulls? his number is number 1. He is as good as they are making him out to be? I don't even watch/keep up with NBA period but I saw someone talking about him. I don't even remember his name.

Yep, I think most people agree Blake didn't deserve to win it. There was simply no way he was going to lose though. He's the poster boy, the human highlight reel shown on TV every night, and he was dunking in his hometown. None of his dunks were even that impressive. People went nuts when he dunked over the front end of the car... Really? Lol, that's not impressive. But people expected to be going crazy and they weren't going to leave without going nuts so they can tell their kids someday they saw Blake Griffin win a dunk contest.

Ibaka probably had the best dunk. The one from the foul line. Jordan, Dr. J, countless others, etc were always in front of the line, but Ibaka took off behind it and it was pretty nice. I thought McGee was really creative and had some tough dunks as well and probably should've taken home the trophy.

Okay I'm pretty clueless when it comes to B-ball. What teams do these guys play for? Blake Griffin? Ibaka? and McGee?

blake - la clippers
ibaka - okc thunder
mcgee - was wizards
derozan - tor raptors

the only star of the bunch being blake. he's probably the best rookie since lebron.

Basically what eric_generic said but I'll follow up a little bit and say that Ibaka, DeRozan, and McGee will never be all-star players. They are just your average type of players. Griffen is the best rookie since LeBron james and is going to be an all-star every year for a long time. Even if you don't follow basketball or sports much, everyone will know Griffen's name eventually. He's gonna be a mega-star type guy

as a lakers fan, I'm extremely pleased with this deal:

OKC sends krstic and j. green to BOS for perkins and robinson.

remaining BOS frontline players: shaq, j. o'neal, davis, garnett, krstic, and green(borderline).

chances both o'neals are healthy for playoff run: 0.1%

chances BOS becomes much weaker defensively: 100%



if we get a finals rubber match, I really like our chances.

Yep, agreed. When I saw this trade I was shocked and called Boston fucking retarded for doing this. They lose one of the best defensive centers in the league. Perkins isn't a stat guy, but he's a beast down low and gave Boston the opportunity to play with a big lineup. KG and Perk in the post were the best defensive combination of big men in the league. He was a fan favorite and did everything he was asked, I was shocked they got rid of him.

The more I looked at the trade, the more in made sense to me... well, the more i see why they did it i guess. Perkins is coming off a major injury. He's gonna be a free agent and apparently the money he wanted isnt anywhere near what Boston could afford or was willing to pay. So he was likely to walk in a few months and instead of getting nothing in return, at least Boston was able to manage to get a solid young player in Green. Boston is an old team and eventually in a few years it's gonna be Rondo-Green-Big baby as the core. They also got the Clippers 2012 first round pick but its top-10 protected which means they don't receive the draft pick if it's a top 10 pick. They have been the best team in basketball without Perkins and have beat the elite teams without him as well. So I'll back off saying they are retarded but this definitely hurts their championship chances for this season. Lakers now have a huge advantage inside. What I really don't understand is Boston trading Erden and Harangody to the Cavs for a 2nd round pick. Erden was giving them solid minutes off the bench and they just got rid of Perkins. So this makes zero sense to me, who are they gonna get in the 2nd round better than Erden and harangody? They gave away two young big men for nothing.

Thunder were the ultimate winners these past few days. Not only did the Jazz and Nuggets fall from the West contenders, but they improved sooo much with Perkins. They have the cap room to sign him too and probably will IMO. Now they have a guy who can play tough defense and rebound against teams like the Lakers. Ibaka can play power forward, which is where he should be. He won't be undersized anymore and can really use his athleticism. I love this move for OKC. They are gonna be contenders for a long time.

Other trade thoughts:

Deron Williams goes to the Nets. Good move for Utah. He was gonna walk after next season and the Jazz saw what happened to the nuggets this year with Carmello trade rumors taking over the team all season. They weren't gonna keep him and weren't gonna be a championship team anyways, so they flipped him to the Nets for two good, young players and some draft picks. Great move in my opinion. For the Nets, it's super risky. They gave up a lot of potential and if they can't sell Deron on moving to Brooklyn and he doesnt sign long-term, then they are in huge trouble. But I like that the Nets are finally making big time moves and trying to be relevant again.

Carmello goes to the Knicks. I like it for both teams. The Nuggets obviously weren't gonna sign Melo and really didn't seem to have much leverage, but they got A LOT in return. I don't know the contracts of everyone they got or if they plan to keep Felton and Lawson (I assume not) but I rally like Gallinari's game. 7 footer who is young, great from long range, and has an under rated game going to the rim. Draws fouls and is good from the line. Nuggets have a ton of free agents coming up, it will be interesting to see what they do but they got some young talent in this deal and now JR Smith can really shine. He is a great offensive player and will thrive now that Melo isn't taking half the possessions. For the Knicks... Yes, they gave up a lot but they are getting a top 10 player. Aside from just the stats he brings, it will definitely help lure another star player to New York if the new CBA allows for it. I am saying right now that CP3 is going to New York. Knicks will eventually be a force but it'll take a few years. Bulls, Heat, or Celtics will get matched with them in the 1st round of the playoffs though, so that #1 seed is important in my opinion, and I think the Heat are gonna get it. Bulls get the 2, celtics get the 3.

Sorry for the novel, had to drop some hoops thoughts

Celtics will be champs this year. I hope so.

Derrick Rose. I might not be the best person to ask because I'm biased as he's my favourite player and I've been following him since he was in HS.

But I would buy into the hype. He's in the mix with the elite PGs in the league (Rose, Rondo, Paul, D-Williams, Westbrook, Nash) and in many people's opinion is the MVP this year. He was already a very good player before this year but he's now just taken off and improved so many aspects of his game this year.

best pgs in order

cp3
westbrook
rose
d will
nash
tony parker
rondo

I'd probably go:

CP3
Rose
D-Williams
Rondo
Westbrook
Nash

Just saw lebron hit one from 55 feet out to beat the buzzer in the 3rd. It was to no avai l as I just finished watching the rest of the game but it was intense in the 4rth. The Heat tried to come back but The Cavs held on. Im not a Heat fan so whenever they lose is a good night for me. Still anyone making a shot from 55 ft is something to see.

Can't believe the Cavs won. LBJ still got a triple double though haha.

Prediction: This will go down as the greatest moment in Cleveland sports for this century.

yeah the crowd was more into it than any game ive seen this year...college or pro.

An insane as this initially sounded that's actually a pretty good prediction. Cleveland is such a ****ty sports city. One of the worst in America right now. They have nothing going for them in any sport now that LeBron is in Miami. I was happy to see them win tonight, this was basically their championship.

LeBron seems to make a ridiculous percentage of shots from half court. He just makes it look so easy. Also since we are talking about the Heat, I'll say that Chris Bosh is a bum. He is so lucky he was a free agent at the same time as LeBron because there's no way he deserved the maximum contract. He's so soft inside and doesn't protect the rim or play great defense. He'll have a great scoring game every once in awhile but almost every night it seems like I'm seeing something like 5-15 shooting.

Bosh is hit or miss to me as well..im hardly impressed with anything ive seen from him. Whether its lack of focus or ambition he just doent perform to what he's hyped to be.

I mentioned this earlier but to me Derrick Rose is the most exciting to watch this season. Plus he has a teamate named Boozer..how cool is that? Seriously though Rose has my vote for MVP this season. Im a hardcore Kobe fan but I give credit where its due.

Being from Toronto (not a Raptors fan though), I've watched Bosh for years and I have to stick up for him a bit. His play this season isn't even remotely close to how good of a player he is or what he showed with the Raptors. I don't know what it is with Miami, but he was a stud in Toronto with no help around him. I'd go as far as saying he was a top 10 player in the league.

putting up stats on terrible teams hardly makes you a top 10 player. you need results to prove that(playoff success).

Ugh I hate that. You can't be held responsible for what the rest of your team does. It's a team game.

I don't really have a concrete basis for evaluating guys. I always hate the knock on guys for never winning a championship because it is a team game after all. I watch enough sports to be able to form solid opinions of guys. I've watched Bosh more this year than in past years, obviously Heat games are on TV way more than Raptors games. Like last night against the Cavs. How many times did Bosh get the ball right under the hoop and not be able to finish?? He would pumpfake and then get stuffed every time. He's just so bad around the rim this season. His rebounding is way down too, which I don't understand because he's the main rebounder on that team. Heat don't have many big men and I expected his boards to go up if anything. I feel like Bosh has always been a good player but a little over-rated. I always thought the Raptors under achieved when he was in Toronto. They had some brutal seasons and I thought their lineup was better than the records they had. It wasn't great, but good enough to be finishing above 30-40 wins in my opinion. I put some of that on Bosh and that's why I don't think he deserved the max contract and lucked out being grouped with LeBron. He is always left wide open at the elbow and he doesn't seem to be knocking down those shots consistently. He said 2 weeks ago he wanted the ball more in the post, but I haven't been seeing him do great things in the paint and around the rim. He's been getting pushed around down there. I think for the Heat to win the championship or even make it through the 2nd round of the playoffs that Bosh is gonna have to really step up with some big games. Cause he might be facing some tough defenders like Joakim Noah, Dwight Howard/Bass, and of coue best post course KG who is one of the best post defenders ever

He was like a poor-man's KG in Toronto. Not nearly as good in the post, but he's one of the best PFs from mid-range.

I have to think the pressure might be getting to him. Toronto is a solid market for basketball, but nobody in the States gives two ****s about the Raptors. Now he's gone into the spotlight alongside the best two players in the world, where the signings were tabbed as "The Big 3". He's a professional but that's still alot to live up to.

I really don't know why the NBA doesn't contract the Raptors or something. They've whispered about contracting a team or two before. I don't know their attendance or how much revenue they bring in but you are right, I don't think anyone really cares about the Raptors. I can't remember the last time they were on TV and they haven't been competetive in a long time. I think they made the playoffs a few years back in the early 2000s before Vince Carter became disinterested and lazy, but they always under achieve in my opinion. I mean it's the eastern conference, the bottom of it is pathetic. East has the big dogs at the top of the conference, but the bottom actually makes me laugh.

Cavaliers - 15-58
Wizards- - 18-55
Raptors - 20-53
Nets - 23-50
Pistons - 26-47
Bucks - 29-44
Bobcats - 31-42

And the Bobcats are only 1 game out of the playoffs right now lol. The bottom of that conference is just plain garbage.

Right now it's set to be Celtics VS Knicks in the 1st round. Knicks are more than likely going to get the 7 seed and Heat or Celtics will probably get the 2 seed. The 2 seed gets the Knicks, the 3 seed gets the 76ers. I'd probably rather play the 76ers than the Knicks. I wonder if the last few games of the season we'll see Miami or Boston tank on purpose to avoid playing the Knicks 1st round. Just a thought.

It's a mixture of underachieving, bad management, players just not wanting to play here, and bad luck.

I mean the one year they get the top pick, the candidates to go number one are Andrea Bargnani, Tyrus Thomas, Adam Morrison and LaMarcus Aldridge?

They had to massively overpay to get even Turkoglu to come here, and then when he does they catch him faking sickness and going out to bars on game nights. I think the main reason they have such a European flair is because people from America just don't want to play here. It's a running joke up here. "Who did the Raps get in the first round? Ed Davis? Cool. It'll be nice to get the first contract out of him before he bolts."

The fan support is here though. There's a pretty solid following even though they were always just mediocre.

I would be scared of playing the Knicks in the first round. Didn't think I'd ever say that.