Photo. Gary LandIf you’ve been following our 1-on-1 tournament since the beginning, than you won’t be surprised to see Brandon Roy still kicking. The last two rounds of the fan-vote-driven tourney have been a source of mild controversy surrounding B-Roy, who assisted by some loyal Blazers fans, cruised past Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony on his way to the championship bracket. While we listened to the A.I. and ‘Melo backers and checked for anything shady (we even brought in Dime’s 1-on-1 expert to get his opinion), the vote was pretty clean; it was simply a matter of Roy’s fans coming through and showing their support.
So here we are. We’ve seeded each division’s winner 1-6, with the top two (#1 Kobe and #2 LeBron) getting a bye into the next round. The rules: Straight 1-on-1, make it-take it, games to 11 (by ones and twos), all hypothetical. Vote in the comments section to determine the Western Conference winners:
(3) Kevin Garnett vs. (6) Brandon Roy
(4) Tracy McGrady vs. (5) Gilbert Arenas
Conference finals voting:
Garnett 35, Pierce 22
LeBron 54, Billups 3
Arenas 30, Wade 27
Kobe 151, Ellis 19
McGrady 95, C. Paul 75
Roy 123, Carmelo 45
April 4th, 2008 at 9:41 am
hahns says:
kg and mac
April 4th, 2008 at 9:43 am
chyeeah says:
kg, t-mac
April 4th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Prof. TX says:
Garnett
McGrady
April 4th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Celts Fan says:
KG and TMac
April 4th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Juanito says:
Roy instead of Carmelo? That’s so wrong I’m not even voting
April 4th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Jim says:
Even though I don’t know how Roy almost tripled Melo, I’ll take him over KG.
TMac
April 4th, 2008 at 10:26 am
TWolves Convert says:
KG and TMac
April 4th, 2008 at 10:30 am
K$ says:
who cares
April 4th, 2008 at 10:38 am
JCUB says:
KG
TMac
April 4th, 2008 at 10:48 am
GEE...DIMERS! What is your occupation?...OWWOOPH OWWOOPH OWWOOPH! says:
Apparently some people do care. With that said.
Roy’s run is over because of a bigger and agile enough K.G.
We all know a healthy none injured Tracy is right up there with Kobe and LeBron. Defense wise 1 on 1 Tracy would lock Gil down.
KG
T-Mac
April 4th, 2008 at 10:48 am
godfreyallstar says:
kg
tmac
April 4th, 2008 at 10:51 am
dave says:
this is easy.
kg
tmac
April 4th, 2008 at 10:52 am
GEE...Kimbo Slice is the new Mike Tyson says:
What else is interesting is that K.G. could very well face LeBron in the playoffs at some point.
Also, with the seeding right now, I think Tracy would go against Kobe.
Of course you got the team involved but still I am sure some plays will provide a glimpse of what many would love to see for real…a 1 on 1 tourney.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Mike C says:
If anybody says Roy will beat KG in a one-on-one, he should be banned from posting. No matter how disciplined you are on defense, there’s just no way you can guard somebody 5+ inches taller than you when they back you down each and everytime. Period.
KG
T-Mac
April 4th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Kyle says:
KG T-MAC
Roy over Melo though? Not too sure about that one still…
April 4th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Big V says:
KG and T-Mac.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Tom G says:
KG and T-Mac
Roy over Melo, not this year.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Jim says:
I accept my ban from Mike C. See you in November.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:43 am
gooser says:
KG and Tmac
April 4th, 2008 at 11:49 am
GEE...Kimbo Slice is the new Mike Tyson says:
LOL @ post 18!
April 4th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Constable Goon says:
How the hell did B. Roy beat Melo…
Anyway; KG and T-Mac
April 4th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
DT says:
KG
Gil
April 4th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
jeremy says:
kg
hibatchi
April 4th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
CB says:
KG and Agent Zero
April 4th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Brown says:
Garnett
McGrady
April 4th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
LD says:
KG 11-4
TMAC 11-8
April 4th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Andray3000 says:
KG, t-mac
April 4th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Marcus says:
KG
Agent zero
April 4th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Mike says:
(3) Kevin Garnett vs. (6) Brandon Roy - KG. As others have said, Roy shouldn’t have gotten past ‘Melo. KG takes this one pretty easily.
(4) Tracy McGrady vs. (5) Gilbert Arenas - T-Mac. I’m not sure how Gil made it this far; he’s good, but no where near this good. T-Mac wins this…unless he gets injured.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Kevin says:
KG and T-Mac
April 4th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
2 Easy says:
(3) Kevin Garnett vs. (6) Brandon Roy - Id love to see the Blazer fans spin this one. If he manages to win this round than this tourny should never happen again. Funny thing is people were complainin about LBJ and KB24 cruisin to the finals on their popularity and yet they dont have an issue wit this robbery. Oh well, for records sake Im saying KG
(4) Tracy McGrady vs. (5) Gilbert Arenas - To me this is a toss up and so Im picking Tmac based on his size and speed.
April 4th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
karizmatic says:
KG and Tmac….get B Roy out of there…he’s a great player but this madness has to stop!
April 4th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Michael says:
Kg, T-Mac
April 4th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
nick says:
no way melo should have lost to roy.
kg
t-mac, arenas can’t guard him
April 4th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
KB24! says:
kg
t-mac
April 4th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
BlazeMcHerbs says:
For the BRoy bitches that stanned out : KG will probably go flawless against him, he’ll finish him off and then play a competitive game against Melo. Have your Roy-crushes checked, yall crazy for letting him pass over Melo, no way in hell.
KG
TMac
April 4th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
the cool says:
kg and tmac
April 4th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
drewstar says:
KG and tmac.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
ML says:
KG
T-MAC
April 4th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
BlazeMcHerbs says:
Oh, and DIME, if B-Roy advances again, this is bullshit.
And I like Roy as a budding star, but he’s not beating KG.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Geoff says:
KG
T-Mac
April 4th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
cmos says:
KG & Gil
For the record tho, no way Gil gets past
DH in real life. Dwight is the best shot
changer & rebounder, and only needs one
stop anyways.
April 4th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
James says:
KG and Gil 0 if he is on
April 4th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
doc says:
Fuck that Melo and T-Mac
April 4th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
dagwaller says:
kg
gil
April 4th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
flyp says:
(3) Kevin Garnett
(4) Tracy McGrady
April 5th, 2008 at 2:14 am
karan says:
KG
Hibachi
April 5th, 2008 at 10:11 am
YOUNGFED says:
KG
TMAC
April 5th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Easy W says:
How the hell do people think that B.Roy (who is a good player) would stand a chance against Melo, or AI for that matter… Complete BS
KG
TMAC
April 5th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Smooth says:
that b-roy stuff was wack no way in hell was roy gonna beat melo, melo would of owned roy, what they gonna do now no way in hell are they getting roy past KG
April 5th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Smooth says:
(3) Kevin Garnett
(4) Tracy McGrady
April 7th, 2008 at 9:27 am
rodnets says:
(3) Kevin Garnett
(5) Gilbert Arenas
April 7th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Big Al says:
KG, T-mac
April 7th, 2008 at 10:59 am
MrICE says:
KG & T-Mac
only because both T-Mac and Gilbert are injury prone but T-Mac’s got height.
April 7th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
srb says:
Garnett
Gil
This would be SO much different if Gil had played this entire season and was scoring like 27 a game or something.
April 7th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
DH says:
Roy and T-Mac
April 8th, 2008 at 2:43 am
jamesinva says:
im a blazers fan so im voting for Roy. theres NOTHING wrong with that. besides the trail blazers havent been getting ANY love from anyone since…forever??? seeing things like this is something that does make blazers fans happy, something the rest of the nba and its fans cant seem to stand. anyways i dont give a F im taking :
ROY and TMAC
cant wait til portland gets everyting legit and healthy. and hopefully theyll win some championships. then the band wagon mo fos on LAs wagon will jump off and join portlands’
April 8th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Rob says:
Tmac KG
April 9th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Simon says:
T-Mac and K-gizzle