Author Topic: The 2008-09 NBA thread (Read 34439 times)

ChrisPitch · « **Reply #285 on:** May 30, 2009, 12:43:27 pm »

Thank you Lakers for not only once again making it to the NBA Finals, but also for sparing me the anxiety of having to deal with a Game 7 during my first Phish show in five years.

Thank you Kobe for proving that you in fact are the best player in the league as you easily outshined Denver\'s superstar, who proved as soft as a deflated basketball.

Thank you Luke Walton for big minutes off the bench.

Thank you to Denver\'s fans for spending time making your hair into mohawks only to see the curtain fall on your team while they got their ass kicked at home.

Thank you Los Angeles Lakers!

Now win the **** title!

Go Lakers!

Drew_Kingsley · « **Reply #286 on:** May 30, 2009, 03:15:16 pm »

Quote from: leith;232073

The Lakers play like this in the Finals and I don\'t care what Jerry West says Orlando is not beating them.
Oh and the Cavs if they somehow survive will not have an answer for the team we saw tonight either.

The Lakers played like champions last night, but playing like that several games in a row has been the problem throughout the playoffs. But still, Kobe has the supporting cast to make sure that his team walks away with the trophy.

Lakers over Orlando in 5
Lakers over Cavs in 6

leith · « **Reply #287 on:** May 30, 2009, 11:50:33 pm »

Waaaahhhh!
I lost.
I don\'t wanna talk about it.
LeBron left the building w/o talking to reporters.
:lol:

ChrisPitch · « **Reply #288 on:** May 31, 2009, 12:43:51 am »

Heh. Apparently, MVP stands for May Vanish Promptly.

Lakers in 6.

Go Lakers!

Vassillios · « **Reply #289 on:** May 31, 2009, 06:04:48 pm »

Let\'s see what mr. howard is made of.

Drew_Kingsley · « **Reply #290 on:** June 01, 2009, 09:46:33 am »

Definitely a "tactical error" by LeBron to not talk to reporters (and, even worse, to not shake hands with the Magic). I understand where he\'s coming from, and if he was usually a soft-spoken guy, it would be less of an issue. But, as the face of franchise, LeBron needs to be a leader in every circumstance.

The Magic went 3-1 against the Cavs in the regular season, a fact which most people wrote off as erroneous going into the Eastern Conference Finals. So I guess it\'s worth mentioning that Orlando took both meetings with the Lakers in the regular season. Though, in the interest of fairness, Orlando won the two games by a total of nine points and the two teams haven\'t played since January 16.

Should be a competitive series. I feel obligated to stand by my "Lakers in 5" prediction (just in case I\'m right), but I don\'t really believe it anymore.

leith · « **Reply #291 on:** June 04, 2009, 10:59:37 pm »

Orlando is over matched. Lakers keep playing like this and the Magic are gonna get swept.

Spacey · « **Reply #292 on:** June 05, 2009, 07:24:04 am »

Your Lakers are nasty and have proved it to me more and more as the Playoffs went on.

Cheers

Vassillios · « **Reply #293 on:** June 05, 2009, 11:06:48 am »

How about that stone cold Kobe face?

Make way for king Kobe

ChrisPitch · « **Reply #294 on:** June 05, 2009, 01:29:02 pm »

And that\'s why Kobe is the best player in the league. 18 in the third quarter! Are you kidding me?

No slouching though. Gotta take a 2-0 lead back to Disneyland.

Go Lakers!

leith · « **Reply #295 on:** June 05, 2009, 09:28:14 pm »

Quote from: ChrisPitch;232725

And that\'s why Kobe is the best player in the league. 18 in the third quarter! Are you kidding me?

No slouching though. Gotta take a 2-0 lead back to Disney World.

Go Lakers!

fixed.

Jerry West is gonna eat his words picking Orlando.

Personally I think he just did it to motivate Kobe but I really don\'t think Kobe needs any more motivation than last year\'s Finals defeat.

ChrisPitch · « **Reply #296 on:** June 06, 2009, 11:23:03 am »

Good catch Leith. A Mickey Mouse post in more ways than one.

Go Lakers!

leith · « **Reply #297 on:** June 08, 2009, 01:49:16 am »

2 more games to go.
The Lakers are coming home for a Victory Parade not more games.

Drew_Kingsley · « **Reply #298 on:** June 08, 2009, 08:48:52 am »

Quote from: Dave Solomon, New Haven Register

That recurring facial expression seen on Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant ? called a scowl, but more of a grrrrr ? has to be the most rehearsed demonstration of passion ever perpetrated on the sporting public. Did you see that scowl once last year during the Boston championship series; once during the Lakers? three championship seasons; once, just once, in his entire career prior to the last week and a half? Now, all of a sudden he cares so much more, he?s instinctively gritting his teeth?

I don?t think so.

But anyway... this was the turning point between a close series and a sweep. The Magic ran an absolutely perfect play to win the game and couldn\'t cash in. Maybe the Magic steals one in Orlando, but Lakers in 5 if not a sweep.

ChrisPitch · « **Reply #299 on:** June 08, 2009, 11:40:42 am »

I used to work with Dave Solomon at the New Haven Register. In our sports deparment\'s fantasy football league, he once traded Marvin Harrison straight-up for Tony Banks. Need I say more?

Oh yeah, I almost shat myself at the end of regulation last night, but it was well worth it.

Go Lakers!