Artest just admitted that he used to drink Hennesy during games hahahahaha
Nba 2009-2010
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AI back with Phillies..Artest was always mental
Really pity the Nets. Wonder how they're gonna motivate themselves especially in games where they fall behind (most games)
Really pity the Nets. Wonder how they're gonna motivate themselves especially in games where they fall behind (most games)
Umm they are called the 76ers....
Yeah..I know. Just that I have a friend staying in Philly, but she keeps calling it Phillies and it kinda stuck to me using that name
crazy game the lakers one
Kobe baby! Has an underwhelming game, yet pulls that piece of brilliance out.
He's not human
Dollar beer night tonight at Arco Arena because the organization didn't want the place to look empty on national tv.
In other news, the Kings are finally back on national television.
In other news, the Kings are finally back on national television.
Washington and Sacramento how the feck did that get onto ESPN
Hell if I know.
No complaints from me though.
No complaints from me though.
Dollar beer?
How's the news this morning?
How's the news this morning?
Dollar beer?
How's the news this morning?
All accounts from the stadium were that this was one of the most boisterous crowds to start a game in a while. They stopped serving beers at halftime though. Also you can't really hear it on tv, but by all accounts the Arco Thunder was back.
The thing that would suck about dollar beer night is waiting in an endless line, because you can only get two at once
Yeah there were definitely complaints about that. People were standing in long lines as early as about an hour before the game. And of course the cups were extra small and you could only get two. But apparently you could get soda for a dollar as well so everyone was able to get in on the action.
Evans v Jennings Round 1: Virtually a draw. Both players are pretty feckin amazing trading clutch plays at the end until Evans had the ball last.
Up 35 points against the Kings in the 3rd quarter, easy win for the Bulls right?
Setting the over-under for the firing of Vinny-Del Negro at 18 hours after this post. Get your picks in.
Setting the over-under for the firing of Vinny-Del Negro at 18 hours after this post. Get your picks in.
Well over, they play tonight.
But I tuned in during the middle of the comeback when we went to the bar last night and couldn't believe it.
I had the Bulls on an accumulator, but the Redskins fecked that up
Well over, they play tonight.
But I tuned in during the middle of the comeback when we went to the bar last night and couldn't believe it.
I had the Bulls on an accumulator, but the Redskins fecked that up
Is an accumulator the same as a parlay? Because I don't know why you'd want to parlay anything with the Redskins.
On a side note, if you have time check out this game thread from Blog-a-Bull. I think this one starts some time near the beginning of the fourth quarter. It's like a chronicle of a meltdown in progress.
Open Game Thread #26 OVERFLOW: Bulls vs. Sacramento Kings - Blog a Bull
Because I picked 5 favorites and an underdog, being the Redskins at 7.10... worth a gun.
Pay woulda been nearly 300 bucks with a 2 dollar pay.
Pay woulda been nearly 300 bucks with a 2 dollar pay.
Really good espn.com article by Bill Simmons about trades that make sense and such.
Bill Simmons: NBA trades should happen at a furious pace - ESPN
Would anyone like Gilbert Arenas at a steep discount? That's what I thought. (Check the sidebar to the right for my buddy House's sad take.) The way he's played this season, he might have to change his nickname from Agent Zero to The Chalk Outline.
Bill Simmons: NBA trades should happen at a furious pace - ESPN
Would anyone like Gilbert Arenas at a steep discount? That's what I thought. (Check the sidebar to the right for my buddy House's sad take.) The way he's played this season, he might have to change his nickname from Agent Zero to The Chalk Outline.
As usual I'm going to bring this back to a Kings discussion. While I respect Bill Simmons's opinion on basketball, I strongly disagree with his stuff about Evans and Martin. And I'm absolutely sick of the national media's crap about Evans not being a point guard. If Evans isn't a point guard, who the hell has been playing point guard on this team this entire season? So I have to counter that particular section of Simmons's article with this one:
This Madness Must*Stop - Sactown Royalty
All these national guys are checking the boxscores and seeing that Evans has semi low assist numbers sometimes or is taking a lot of shots. They don't seem to consider the possibility of Evans being a "hybrid" type of guard or the fact that everyone in the Kings offense likes to pass the ball.
I honestly think that the national media is trying to make up for their earlier panning of the Kings for taking Evans over Rubio by still maintaining that he can't play with Martin when they've played maybe 5 games together and those 5 games were the first 5 games of a rookie's career. Somehow everyone outside of Sacramento seems to think they can't coexist together while everyone in the organization who actually works with the two of them every day thinks the exact opposite, including Martin, who is on record as having lobbied the front office to draft Evans.
Edit: Not to take away from the rest of the excellent article.
He's certainly spot on about false attendance totals and basically how the NBA is becoming like the MLB with only a handful of clubs able to win the title ever year.
To be fair, I think it's been like that for a while, except not really reflective of attendance. Since 1980 (29 years), only 8 different teams have won the NBA title. Of course I think it's pretty silly for certainly players to be hot trade commodities simply because they have a large expiring contract.
I would like to see a system where the Allan Houston rule applies all the time. Cut any player you want and the salary won't apply towards the salary cap/luxury tax, but you still have to pay him all of it. Players would agree to it since they still get paid no matter what. I think teams would agree to it since it gives them extra flexibility and lets them recover from mistakes a little faster.
Actually I think the NFL should adopt that system too since that would stop players from trying to get monster contracts because they're scared that the last couple years might be cut. If it's all guaranteed they have nothing to worry about. If they get cut, sign for another team and they get to keep that last contract value plus a little more from their new team.
Cavs about to dish out a thrashing to the Lakers unless Kobe plays a magical final quarter.
i thought the cavs had a decent shot the lakers last year if they would have beaten orlando
Double overtime thriller at Arco vs the Lakers. Some things don't change. Including the outcome. And the emotional pain. That part is about the same too.
Edit: feckin hell, Kobe. Bothered by the broken finger still manages to hit two threes in the second overtime to put it beyond reach. As much as I want to hate the guy for rivalry sake, the guy still deserves every accolade he gets and probably even more.
Edit: feckin hell, Kobe. Bothered by the broken finger still manages to hit two threes in the second overtime to put it beyond reach. As much as I want to hate the guy for rivalry sake, the guy still deserves every accolade he gets and probably even more.
Like MJ said: "Right now, Kobe is better than I ever was"
Still not better than the King though.
Suns beat the Lakers and quite easily.
Rondo meanwhile is starting to perform consistently and impressively at a very high level.
Rondo meanwhile is starting to perform consistently and impressively at a very high level.
Kobe is not better than Jordan those of us who werent five when Jordan when in his prime know this
he is really close on the jumper , but miles away when going to the rim
and that winner again
he is really close on the jumper , but miles away when going to the rim
and that winner again
Let's not talk about that winner.
At comparable ages, Kobe was above Jordan in ability, athleticism, etc. I believe Jordan has said that Kobe has a better long range shot than he ever had, though Jordan was probably better going to the hole. It will be tough for Kobe to win six titles and he'll never match the MVP count. Some will say Kobe won three titles thanks to Shaq but Jordan doesn't win a single title without Pippen (or some other all-time great). The second threepeataBulls had three all-time greats: Jordan, Pippen and Rodman, and incredible rebounding machine and great defender, and one of the best sixth men ever, Kukoc. The Lakers have a current nucleus fairly close to that Bulls side but not quite possessing the overall quality (Gasol, Artest, Bynum).
Personally, if Bynum would play more like a big man and not some softee, the Lakers would be damn near unstoppable.
Personally, if Bynum would play more like a big man and not some softee, the Lakers would be damn near unstoppable.
Kobe is plagued by having relatively small hands for a professional basketballer, it hurts him in traffic. His shooting is stunning though, he has range from anywhere
That's not what that girl in Colorado said.
Kobe is still a sociopathic rapist. Jordan was so good, nobody cared that he was partially responsible for his own father's murder. That's the difference.
As for the strength of their respective teams, basketball is a team sport. Nobody can win alone, and in fact, the sooner a player realizes that, the greater he becomes. And Jordan was the reason that team was great. All those players (Rodman, Kukoc, etc.) wanted to go to Chicago and play with him. Kobe, OTOH, pushed great players away from the Lakers, and it took a couple of years to rebuild from the glory days of Smush Parker and Kwame Brown.
The only player he "pushed" out was Shaq.
Your post has Kobe hater written all over it.
MJ is so modest
Your face has Kobe's jizz all over it.
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