NBA Playoff Thread

Lakers and David Stern in 6.

 

I don't know how many more times I can watch the Cavs sleepwalk through a playoff game. Is it THAT hard to act like you give a shit for even two straight games?

 

Ray Allen the best shooter to ever grace the hardwood? Ray Allen isn't even the best shooter to wear a Celtics uniform, much less of all time.

 

Yeah, because talent-wise, it's such a lopsided matchup that the ONLY way the Lakers win is if "the REFS!!!!!!" fix it, right?

The earlier Miller and West references took the words right out of my mouth. I tried to be gentle earlier with the question regarding Allen's 10 greatest highlights, since a Miller or a Jordan would have a much more impressive highlight reel (and yes, so would a Bryant).

Dudes need to start specifying "Ray Allen might retire as the (STATISTICALLY) best shooter in NBA history."

Good for him. Not a Hall of Famer. Especially when both Garnett (slam dunk choice) and Pierce (a strong "maybe") have been more distinguished on the first team he was on that actually won something.

 

Who said it was a lopsided matchup? The difference is that if the Suns want to go to the Finals, they're going to have to do it without any help from the zebras. Kobe and Phil? Not so much. If a couple games are left to be decided by calls, the Suns have no chance. If you can't admit that, you're in denial. If you don't think David Stern is wet-dreaming for a Cavs-Lakers final, you're nuts.

 

Did you happen to see the Oklahoma City series?

But hey, love those NBA conspiracy theories. Big, bad David Stern is why the Knicks and Lakers are in the Finals every year, while poor smaller markets like Utah and Detroit have never sniffed the championship round.

Whatever will Orlando do in the east, with the refs against them? How many titles have the Suns had stolen from them by the big, bad referees?

WHEN will a market like San Antonio get the NBA Finals appearance it has earned?!?!?!!?!?!

 

OK, you win. Kobe Bryant doesn't get any favorable calls. Neither does LeBron. John Salmons is just as likely to draw a foul on a drive to the basket as either of those two. The NBA has no interest in getting its stars to the Finals. Stern would have had no problems with a Milwaukee and Oklahoma City Finals. Tim Donaghy made all of that stuff up. Getting late, gotta get to bed.

 

Steve Nash had a pretty good fourth with one eye. Can we stop with the conspiracy bullshit, if the Suns lose it's because the lakers are better. This just in, good players in every sport get the benefit of the doubt, doesn't mean the fix is in.

As a Canadian and a Nash fan I hope they win. i doubt they will, not because of some conspiracy but because the Lakers are better.

I would love to see one day the 30 for 30 that shows how Stern has fixed all these games with no leaks coming out. The amount of people it would take to fix a game and not have someone come out with something would be incredible. Is there not a disgruntled ex NBA employee that might have something to say? Not one, in the 25 years Stern has been "fixing" games.

 

The Lakers will not win this series in five. Not sure what NBA y'all have been watching, but there's no way L.A. is THAT much better than Phoenix. Not saying the Suns will win (but certainly hoping so), but Phoenix matches up quite well with L.A. Series will go six or seven games.

Oh, and Paul Gasol is a ******. Use your imagination. Plus, Bynum is a *****.

 

Phoenix can and will win the series if it steals one of the first two games at Staples Center.

And as currently configured, this isn't a Suns team I'd particularly mind seeing in the Finals. Good dudes all around. No past-their-prime mouths like Shaq, and no "Dudes who think they're relevant when they're not" like Raja freaking Bell.

Just a collection of veterans who, yeah, are probably due.

 

I don't believe David Stern ever fixed a game. I do, however, believe he's pushed this way or that way on a few occasions. Ever since game 5 of the 2001 ECF, I've seriously questioned the neutrality of the commissioner and the officials.

 

I'm interested on how he does this with nothing ever coming out about it.