Baron Davis (photo. Tim Tadder)Watching the Warriors’ postseason hopes evaporate in Phoenix, there was only one question on everybody’s mind: Why isn’t Baron Davis playing? After a pretty awful first half (2-for-13 FG’s), Baron was on the bench and never played in the second half. It was originally reported as a “coach’s decision,” but most people assumed it couldn’t have been that. After all, why would you bench your best player with so much on the line? So a lot of us assumed Baron must have gotten hurt. Which was strange because earlier on Monday in the Dime office we were talking about Baron’s remarkably good health this season; he played 80-plus games for the first time since ‘01-02, his third year in the League. Nellie didn’t offer much explanation for why Baron sat, only saying, “I gave Baron a much-needed rest the second half” afterwards … Even without their star, the Warriors gave it all they had. They actually led for most of the fourth quarter until the Suns rallied back, and the game was tied up with three minutes left after Stephen Jackson knocked down a triple. Phoenix regained the lead when Amare hit two free throws, then Leandro Barbosa stuck a corner three that was pretty much the dagger … Giving credit where credit is due, both plays were a result of Boris Diaw making the right pass to the right guy; it was a case where his natural way of being too unselfish actually paid off. On the play that led to Amare’s free throws, Diaw had Monta Ellis posted up, and while normally someone with that size advantage would go mouse-in-the-house and try to score, Diaw found Amare cutting to the basket. On the Barbosa three, Diaw drove and was right there for a layup had he wanted it, but he kicked it out to Barbosa instead … Remember when Derek Fisher hit the famous 0.4 Shot and led the Lakers in a sprint to the locker room before the refs could even think to wave it off? The same thing happened in Philly last night, only the Sixers were called back onto the court and what they believed was a win turned into a critical loss … The lead changed hands three or four times in the last 30-40 seconds of Cavs/Sixers, as Lou Williams and Devin Brown traded monster buckets. With five seconds left, Williams (21 pts, 3 stls) put Philly ahead by one, and of course the Cavs turned to LeBron (27 pts) to decide the game. Driving the lane — and taking at least three steps with the ball — ‘Bron got swatted by Sam Dalembert. The rebound fell to Brown, who put up a shot that missed at the buzzer and the Sixers thought they had the win. Thought. Apparently one of the refs had called a foul on Brown’s shot with 0.2 seconds left when Dalembert collided with him, so they brought everyone back and gave Brown free throws. He made them both and the Cavs stole the win … It was a big decision for both sides, as the Cavs were able to lock up the 4th seed (homecourt against the Wizards) with the win and Philly fell into the 7th spot (where they get the Pistons). Did Dalembert foul Brown? Yes, but it was one of those situations where you just don’t make that call … And did you watch NBA TV’s “Gamenight”? We could have sworn that Billy King, who usually wears a smirk when he’s talking anyway, took some extra pleasure in the Sixers getting screwed … Meanwhile, the Raptors waxed Miami and secured the 6th seed. Why has Rasho Nesterovic (20 pts, 7 rebs) been Toronto’s best player down the stretch? At least it’ll be fun watching Raps fans convince themselves Rasho might actually have something for Dwight Howard in the playoffs … The Hawks are officially not a Lottery team, thanks to the Pacers dropping another winnable game at Washington. The Wizards were without Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler, and DeShawn Stevenson got hurt early in the third quarter, but Roger Mason dropped 31 points to lead the way … The Wizards PA announcer told everyone right after the game that the Cavs had lost, meaning the Wiz still had a chance to earn the 4th seed. But then the players went into the locker room and saw the Devin Brown finish. It was like the series finale of “Playmakers” … The Spurs clinched the 3rd seed in the West with a win over the Kings, as Tony Parker DESTROYED Beno Udrih for 32 points and 11 dimes. That’s why Beno was the third-stringer under Pop and Tony was the All-Star … After the Jazz cracked the Rockets (Carlos Boozer had 21 points and 11 boards), Utah and Houston each got one game to decide who gets homecourt for their impending first-round series. Out of any series on the board, homecourt matters the most here, since the Jazz are nearly unstoppable in Salt Lake and sub-.500 on the road … Absolute craziness (and NO defense whatsoever) in Milwaukee, as the Bulls beat the Bucks 151-135. Lots of guys put up numbers, but none better than Bucks rookie Ramon Sessions, who finished with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 24 assists! Are we looking at another point guard controversy with the Bucks? First it was T.J. Ford and Mo Williams, now Mo and Sessions. The youngster might already have the favor of the other Milwaukee players since, you know, he seems interested in passing them the ball … And in what was almost assuredly the final home game of the Isiah Thomas Era, the Knicks lost to the Celtics. On a night when none of the Celtics’ stars played (KG didn’t even show up), when everyone played generally bad basketball, and when one of New York’s few bright spots (Wilson Chandler) might have blown out his knee, there was still an overall fun and easy-going mood in Madison Square Garden. Why? FREE FOOD! All concessions at MSG were free on Fan Appreciation Night, and if you’ve ever seen 19,000 people being greedy at the same time, you can guess what kind of madhouse it was. We saw dudes toting as many as FIVE personal pizzas. One guy had three bags of popcorn and two handfuls of candy, while others loaded up on ice cream, hot dogs and pop. It was both awesome and gross … With the Big Three sitting out (the crowd booed when it was announced that Pierce was inactive), James Posey decided to bring out the ratchet and get to firing. Posey was 5-for-12 from the field, and 11 of those attempts were beyond the arc. He was seriously just jacking crazy shots, hoisting up 25-footers like he was in a gym by himself … After player intros, David Lee got on the mic to thank the fans. “I know [this season] hasn’t gone the way any of us wanted,” Lee said … The Celtics locker room was packed with media types before the game, although it cleared out pretty soon after people realized Garnett and Pierce weren’t available. We did get to talk with Leon Powe, Tony Allen (BLASTING Gucci Mane on his headphones while he did medicine-ball exercises), Sam Cassell (clowning Brian Scalabrine’s J. Crew shirt) and Big Baby, who’s just hilarious. Big Baby’s locker was positioned where he could see out into the hallway, giving him a view of the Knicks City Dancers locker room entrance. Being interviewed by a couple of reporters, Big Baby blatantly stopped listening to one guy’s question mid-sentence, craning his neck to look out into the hallway. Then he nudged our man Austin and asked, “You see that girl’s butt?!?” After a little harmless admiration, Big Baby turned back to the other reporter. “What was I talking about?” he said … On another Knicks-related note, one of our guys was in an upstate New York mall over the weekend when Fred Jones rolled into the Apple store. According to our source, Fred seemed to be waiting for anyone to recognize him, and when no one did, he went up to one of the Apple TV displays (it’s like accessing the Internet on a big-ass TV) and got on YouTube. Then he pulled up a Fred Jones highlight mix — that’s right, a highlight of himself — and was talking real loud to no one in particular, saying stuff like, “Man, who is that guy? He’s dunking on EVERYBODY!” That’s just…we don’t even know … We’re out like Baron …
April 15th, 2008 at 3:24 am
AB_40 says:
Fred Jones needs love haha that’s just dumb. Hope he plays in some rucker tournament this summer and dunk on people that willget him some recognition
April 15th, 2008 at 3:38 am
knoc says:
poor freddie hahaha thats hilarious though
April 15th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Shawn says:
What about Lebron’s coast to coast dunk?
http://ezinearticles.com/?LeBron-James-Dunk-or-How-to-Increase-Vertical-Jump&id=645242
April 15th, 2008 at 3:50 am
DPGC says:
“PG Ramon Sessions, who finished with 20 points, 8 DIMES and 24 ASSISTS!”
cmon now, fix that
April 15th, 2008 at 4:02 am
Bank says:
5th
April 15th, 2008 at 5:17 am
Borgs says:
If the Jazz win their last game in San Antonio on Wednesday, they’ll most likely obtain home court in a series against the Spurs (3rd vs. 6th), not the Rockets. If they lose, they’ll give up the home floor to the Rockets, a la 4v5 in round one, ‘07.
Question: Why don’t you make the Sam Dalembert foul call? A foul is a foul is a foul. We can’t have referees arbitrarily deciding when is and isn’t an appropriate time for the correct call - otherwise we get things like LeBron breaking the rules with impunity in the waning seconds. I know you don’t want THAT to happen. Unless I can’t read, of course.
April 15th, 2008 at 5:31 am
YOUNGFED says:
Fuk I really didn’t wanna see Philly in the Playoffs the give the Pistons problems. “Dammit Man!” - Ludacris
Who the Fuk is ROGER MASON? Good game son.
BIG BABY silly as hell.
Damn Fred fuk if they don’t know you. YOU GOT PAPPPPEEERRRR!!! In the end they will remember your name.
Also Come on guys Lebron look just like DONKEY KONG, yall can’t tell me other wise. lol
April 15th, 2008 at 6:12 am
spanish says:
nah man, if jazz, suns, and rockets win on wednesday:
3 jazz
4 suns
5 spurs
6 rockets
http://sportsline.com/nba/story/7164305
jazz up in 3, winning their division w/better winning percentage among all teams. then it’s a three way tie, with phoenix taking 4 because they got the best winning percentage among them, san antonio, and houston. then we go to the two-way tiebreak, with san antonio winning because they split with houston, but they’ll end up w/the better divisional record. we don’t just do one tiebreak and call it a day; each time a new team is appropriately seeded, we’ve gotta do another tiebreak among or between the remaining teams
April 15th, 2008 at 6:21 am
spanish says:
actually i’m wrong. people smarter than me interpret the rules differently, so yeah, posted for nothing, i hate my life and i’m a failure who can’t comprehend stuff correctly
http://blogs.sltrib.com/jazz/
April 15th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Hollowhustla says:
It’s not that Dalembert didn’t foul Brown, but the whistle came AFTER the buzzer & light. The baseline official blew his whistle, raised his arm to call a foul, then waved it off. Sam, no doubt fouled, but the call was made after the fact. The Sixers were ROBBED! LBJs dunk was nasty!!! LWill & TYoung are going be something special in Philly for years!
April 15th, 2008 at 6:34 am
YOUNGFED says:
I can hear the announcers now.
Lebron “DONKEY KONG” JJJJaaaammmeesssss!!!! lmao
April 15th, 2008 at 6:44 am
YOUNGFED says:
TOP 5 Funniest Looking in the NBA List:
1.) Dekembe (Amistad) Mutumbo - “Give Us, Us Free!!”
2.)Shaq (Google Eyes) Oneal
3.)Delant (lucky charms) West. Dude look just like a Leprecan.
4.)Tayshaun (Skeletor) Prince
5.) Lebron (Donkey Kong)James
Let Know if I missed anyone….Holla!!!
April 15th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Amar says:
if the jazz are so bad on the road, what does that say about teams like the celtics, pistons, warriors, magic, nuggets, suns and rockets - some of the teams off the top of my head that the jazz have road wins against? Dime, you are better than that. Utahs road record is deceptive because they are a young team with no strong veteran leadership. as a result, the jazz have losses on the road to the twolves twice, the bobcats, heat, knicks, nets, bulls, and the kings. thank got the jazz arent going to face any of those non-playoff teams in the playoffs!!! there’s you sub-50 percent right there. you know what is a smaller number than the road wins utah has over the top 10 in the league? the fraction of 4 over 41. that is how likely the jazz are to drop a home game. give props where they are due.
April 15th, 2008 at 6:55 am
K Dizzle says:
Damn. 151-135 . Sessions had 20-24-8?Is that a typo? Who was he matched up with? Chicago so Hinrich. 3 points 6 assists no boards? How your team get 151 and you only get only 6 assists? Better been hurt.
Why you guys droppin a load on Beno? No Ron-Ron, no Kev Martin, no Miller. You really didn’t expect anything from dude with the top 3 players gone. Heartless. The issue should be how San Antonio barely beat the Kings.
Man, I’m prayin for that Suns-Spurs 1st rounder.
Also lookin forward to see what Washington does to Cleveland
by the way, Big Baby just made it onto my fave players list and someone in the Apple need to give Freddy a hug
KB24 - MVP
April 15th, 2008 at 7:09 am
Kobeef says:
The Warriors didn’t win because they weren’t trying. They played Kosta Perovic for most of the first half for crying out loud. To be honest I agree with that move - they need high draft picks.
The call in Philly was criminal - the sixers were in the locker room and had to come back to lose - on fan appreciation night.
Hawks make the playoffs!
April 15th, 2008 at 7:11 am
todd says:
“You see that girl’s butt?!?”
Maybe Big Baby wanted to eat that, too. ha…ha… yeah yeah i’m not funny.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:44 am
Borgs says:
Amar,
You fight the good fight my man. Always sticking up for our Jazz, even when it’s not all that necessary. None of these generic blogs love or hate any particular team, and I’ve read long enough to be sure they know the score in the Dime office when it comes to the Jazz.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:47 am
GEE...Sit yo 5 Dolla #$% down before I make change says:
Houston up!
I’m really missing Yao right about now. Rockets need dude for real. They got to get back to the 22 streaking Rockets and not the Skip can’t score, Tracy has a horrid shooting percentage, and everyone else is banged up and ineffective Rockets.
Still no worries, but we will just say concern lol.
I don’t care the reason for real, in crunch time you need to have B.D. out there UNLESS he is hurt. ANY OTHER REASON is unacceptable. Plain and Simple.
I hope no one is falling for that fool’s gold San An is putting out there. People talking real greasy with Manu being out. Please know that as soon as dude gets back, then they are back to being the machine they were again.
Out of the guards wich one would you rather have injured so to speak? I would go with T.P., cause Manu has off nights, and to me T.P. is more consistent overall.
Philly should go totally nuts over that Cleveland game. That just wasn’t right on so many levels. Those refs should be fine or suspended or something. Andre Miller was real good for “just” kicking the ball in the air after the game.
Big Baby sounds like he just needs a plate of ribs and a strip club and he will be straight.
Fred Jones. Sad. Someone should have pulled up youtube somewhere else and been like “Hey this guy is garbage” I bet he would have lost it.
The Wizards and Nuggs remind me a lot of each other. I would love to see them play each other at this point with the Agent back. To bad they prolly won’t see each other till next year.
G.S. has to be hating the East right now where they could be in the thick of it. To bad the NBA doesn’t do the 16 best teams overall. Hmmm who wouldn’t make it in then?
April 15th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Borgs says:
spanish,
The Western Conference picture is so topsy-turvy that anyone could trip up trying to decipher the machinations. Don’t forget that there are people paid to illustrate to the Joe Publics like you and I how it all shakes out, yet they still can’t get it right. Don’t fret.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Celts Fan says:
Big Baby’s hilarious. I remember him giong on Best Damn Sports Show before the draft and walking out with a pink feather boa and clowning on everyone. Dude is not shy.
I never understood why Ramon Sessions wasn’t drafted higher. He did his thing at Nevada and fed Fazekas for many of his open looks, and the dude has some legit size (6′3″ if he’s listed right.) The Bucks have a good PG to mix up with Mo Williams. That’s a solid 1-2 punch at the 1 for the future.
Don’t think you should call that foul in the Philly game, but it WAS a foul. Can’t complain when they make the right call, even if they shouldn’t have called it…
To finish up the AI-no defense argument from yesterday, I’m pulling up a quote from one of you guys (whatisthis) from after I was gone for the day and putting the nail in the coffin:
“And i’m also trying to figure out how Iverson, a 5′11 combo gaurd is supposed to play consistant man up defense on gaurds 6′4 or higher (considering that is who he generally faces playing the SG position) or how AI at 170 lbs is supposed to body up against a B-Diddy on a regular basis? I’m just saying it is physically imposible for him”
You just proved my point. Not saying it’s fair or possible, just saying it’s how it is. I can’t dunk because I’m too short and don’t have any ups. That doesn’t mean it’s not fair (or not accurate) to say I can’t dunk, it just means there’s not much I can do about it, but it’s still true, which is the point.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:25 am
GEE...Sit yo 5 Dolla #$% down before I make change says:
Hey if the NBA did the best 16 teams playoffs format. ATL would be out and G.S. and Portland would be in.
Deservedly so too.
ATL and Portland would have been in a push for the last spot.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:27 am
GEE...Sit yo 5 Dolla #$% down before I make change says:
Take that back Atl and Portland would be out. G.S. would get Atl’s spot I think. I keep getting mixed up lol.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:30 am
GEE...Sit yo 5 Dolla #$% down before I make change says:
Yea Philly and Portland would have had it out for the last spot and Atl wouldn’t have made it at all.
I like the best 16 teams better. Of course then what is the purpose for divisions and conferences and stuff. Still I know the collective heads of the NBA could figure out something.
This is just messed up for Golden State and Portland for that matter.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Juanito says:
Playmakers…lol! I remember that finale…screw ESPN for not bringing it back
April 15th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Octopus Jonny says:
Ramon Sessions has been KILLING IT since they started giving him minutes in Milwaukee.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:06 am
GEE...Sit yo 5 Dolla #$% down before I make change says:
Juanito I am with you. ESPN went soft for not bringing it back.
Gooding use to crack me up being so hard in that series.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:17 am
ZXoom says:
How could you forget Sam ET Cassell off your NBA funny looking list.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Philander says:
Fred Jones is just a loseer, what a jabroni. That’s the best he can do with his time? How about improving his flawed game? Idiot…
April 15th, 2008 at 9:34 am
BxBaller says:
Fred Jones for MVP!
April 15th, 2008 at 9:34 am
B-Love says:
I was on a cruise back in 1992 and Mark Macon was on board- played 3 on 3 with him and his boy every morning and, I kid you not, he wore the same tshirt with a picture of his basketball card on it EVERY day. His boy was cool at least…
April 15th, 2008 at 9:46 am
control says:
Celts is 100% correct with his assessment of AI.
The guy isn’t a good defender at all. He gambles all the time, and gets a few steals from it, but for everytime that he gambles and gets it, he gambles and misses it four or five times. Even assuming that every single one of his steals results in 3 points, and the other team only converts half of the open baskets they get, it’s still a losing trade off. The guy is as helpless as a kitten anywhere in the paint as well.
Of course, people aren’t going to look at it like that, people want to be entertained, so they will always want the flashy steals instead of solid defense from someone like Shane Battier.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Icy says:
Yo You dime? Get your facts straight. Jazz can still be as high as second! Spurs could fall all the way till 6
http://blogs.sltrib.com/jazz/
April 15th, 2008 at 10:09 am
word says:
yea thats BS if you blow the whistle after the buzzer it should not count, that is ridiculous and unnecessary dumb ass ref.
i guess I’m the only one that thinks its a joke about how stupid Carmelo is to drive drunk, if the tests show he was, won’t he get suspended during playoffs and fuck shit up for his team (which are clearly headed for a first round exit anyways but still). Kenyon, AI and Melo need to get their shit together, I bet there’s some nice ass in Denver but you wonder if the reason they were so wack this season was cuz of going out too much, they stay in a club getting drunk, and clearly that shows they don’t have as much respect for the game as most players.
and the Bulls game made me dizzy they were running back and forth non stop, like they had never heard of D.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Dennis Castro says:
I was heated after that Sixer game. First of all Ilgauskas gave Dalembert a push into Devin Brown on that last play. If it wasn’t for that, Dalembert would have fallen over into him. There’s no doubt that should have been a win for us.
Lebron gets A LOT of calls, especially extreme borderline ones. If the Cavs want to make any noise, Delonte West has to step up and start scoring the rock. He’s too passive in that offense. Why isn’t Joe Smith getting more PT too, i’d much rather have him in there than Ben Wallace.
WTF happened to him anyway? It must have been all about the papes, Jeru style.
That story about Fred Jones is hilarious. A scrub in the NBA gets mad when no one notices him. Kind of like the tree in the forest question:
If you’re in the NBA and no one notices you, are you really in the NBA?
April 15th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Celts Fan says:
someone tell Melo he can afford a limo (or to pay one of his boys to stay sober and drive) if he wants to party.
that fred jones thing is hilarious. I’d think it’d be pretty cool to be filthy rich and still be able to walk among the people unnoticed. Ask LeBron how easy that’d be for him. Fred can at least leave his house and not have to bring a team of security guards.
mark macon wearing a shirt with his own basketball card on it?!? that’s AMAZING.
btw, ESPN didn’t bring back Playmakers cuz the NFL basically told them, “this makes us look bad and your contract to show NFL games is expiring pretty soon. we’d hate to have to find someone else…”
April 15th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Nick Barnes says:
“TOP 5 Funniest Looking in the NBA List:
1.) Dekembe (Amistad) Mutumbo - “Give Us, Us Free!!”
2.)Shaq (Google Eyes) Oneal
3.)Delant (lucky charms) West. Dude look just like a Leprecan.
4.)Tayshaun (Skeletor) Prince
5.) Lebron (Donkey Kong)James”
YOUNGFED — Come on, dog! You just said Mutombo looks like a slave, Shaq looks like a black-face character and LeBron looks like a primate. Are you done insulting the race now bruh? DAMN
April 15th, 2008 at 10:49 am
YOUNGFED says:
Damn ZXoom Im slippin’ cause Sam “ET” Cassell would be #1 on the list. But I’d Go with Sam (Sharktagon) Cassell lol. “Transformers More Than Meets The Eye” lmao.
Also yall HATIN’ way too tough on Fred J he’s is far from a scrubb and would smash on half the league.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Austin Burton says:
I was so pissed that ESPN dropped “Playmakers.” I understand why they did it, but the NFL was being too sensitive. It wasn’t a show about the NFL; it was about people who happened to be pro football players. That’s like the Bar Association getting pissed off about “The Practice” or “Law & Order.” It’s not a show about any specific group of lawyers; it’s a show about people who happen to be lawyers.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Kobeef says:
Hey - nobody noticed Darius Miles is done in Portland? Maybe nobody cares.
I was a fan of Darius when he was in LA with Quentin and ‘Dre Miller. They didn’t work-out the way they were supposed to bu Darius put together some nice games back in the day.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:55 am
YOUNGFED says:
@Nick Barnes,
Come on Dude you thinking way too deep into that list cuz. Thats a huge reach there. What you Malcolm Next now. lol
Also that Black Face ish was left field like a mutha. Naw but on the real remember people it’s Jusssstttt Coooommmeeedddyyy.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Nick Barnes says:
Except it wasn’t funny…
April 15th, 2008 at 11:07 am
GEE...Sit yo 5 Dolla #$% down before I make change says:
AB yea I thought NFL was trippin on that. Didn’t Ray Lewis even get a little sensitive about the show. It really touched a nerve with a few players and NFL. That show was really good though.
Melo really messes up about 1 time a year. It’s like he can’t go a full 82 without doing something utterly stupid. Wonder what it will be next year?
A.I. does ok on D. I would take him over Nash and a list of other guards that is for sure, and yes I mean on D. At least dude will get steals and willing to gamble and put his hand in a face. You got other guards that be on some whatever ish and just want to run the break the other way.
Then again every player has a weakness. D is his but he does aight to me.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:09 am
GEE...Sit yo 5 Dolla #$% down before I make change says:
Yo Kobe is leading in Tech fouls this year right? Anyway him getting techs could play a roll in the playoffs. He has been complaining and going at refs more than ever this year to me, so look out for that come playoff time.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Celts Fan says:
Austin, got some great news for you. Apparently Howard Schultz is suing to get the Sonics back, saying the owners broke a clause in the contract saying they had to make a “goodfaith effort to keep the team in Seattle,” and that the emails that have surfaced from when they were “trying to keep the team there” where they were already talking about OKC like it was a definite are proof positive they didn’t have any intention of keeping them there and therefore, that they broke the contract. Seems like he’s got a great case. Hopefully he can get the job done, cuz the whole situation is a travesty…
April 15th, 2008 at 11:27 am
YOUNGFED says:
Nick GTFOH…Dude you are trippin’ hard son, you probably see racism in your coffee. At home, like why it gotta be black, poutin’ and shit. lol
Nick Barnes aka Malcom Next aka Martin Luther Feind (Lmao)
Naw just fukin’ wit you dude but really chill out cause ain’t nobody else seeing what you are. But then again you are a Visionary. SMH
April 15th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Austin Burton says:
Yeah, I read about that. And while I am grasping to that straw pretty tightly, Pat (our bitter Philly fan) keeps trying to kill my hope by saying it’s just an empty move by Howard so the Seattle fans won’t hate him anymore. Which I can actually see being the case.
Either way, maybe he’s got something legit and a miracle will happen.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:31 am
YOUNGFED says:
It’s over Austin let it go bro…..let it go.
Naw but real talk:
“Keep Hope Alive” -MLK
April 15th, 2008 at 11:35 am
for real says:
@ Celts fan - # 35.
If Melo had to pay one of his boys to drive him around afer he’s been drinking, that dude would have to be on salary and work 365 days a year
April 15th, 2008 at 11:45 am
control says:
YOUNGFED, I ain’t intentionally picking on ya (I save that for knicks fans) but come on, you calling someone out for being racist? Your first post on this site was you calling me a kkk racist because I said SJack was a thug, you saying I was saying that only because he was black, not because the guy was bustin shots at a strip club at 3am.
Someone calls you out for something that definately could be taken the wrong way (more so than someone calling a guy a thug) and suddenly it’s “Jusssstttt Coooommmeeedddyyy”? Quit being so fuckin hypocritic and ease up on the retarded akas.
April 15th, 2008 at 11:46 am
jaceofspades says:
oh god fred jones thats just embarassing. why would you ever do that?
watched that sixers game and was cheering hard as shit in my living room.. lou williams and thaddeus were killin it down the stretch. only to have it taken away AFTEr the buzzer. dalembert lookin like he was crying after the block. cant blame him.. if there was no foul.. HE wouldve won us the game. good game.. extremely unfair call.
April 15th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
YOUNGFED says:
Control you been Bitter ever since then let it go. Nick wasn’t calling me racist he was saying I was making the race look bad for my list. BIG DIFFERENCE. Also once again it wasn’t just me that call you racist it was half of the Site some of are posting right now. It’s just comedy cause the list was a funny list dude.
Let it go son….let it go.
April 15th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Nick Barnes says:
YOUNGFED — I was saying you’re making it looks like you have some self-hate issues with the stuff you’re saying about the players. And the list wasn’t funny.
April 15th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
nick says:
i’m pretty sure the raptors organization are sending out a gift to the officals of the sixers/cavs game. because that call they made was one that shouldn’t have been made.
April 15th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
YOUNGFED says:
I get it Nick B but everyone here knows I’m love who I am sometimes maybe a lil too much. But come “black face” from google eyes…HOW. Why would draw that conclusion when the better one would be because he’s cross-eyed.
But it’s cool you got a opinion you should voice it I’m just trying to show you the errors in your thought process. I do like that you say whats on your mind on some real ish. So on that note That’s What’s Up dude.
April 15th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
GEE...Sit yo 5 Dolla #$% down before I make change says:
‘’I'd give it to Kobe,'’ James said. ‘’What he’s done this whole year, to carry that team to the No. 1 team in the West right now. He’s playing his best basketball all around. I’ve watched him the whole year. I saw it last summer when I played with him with USA Basketball and the sacrifices he’s made for the team and he’s done that with the Lakers.'’
Various polls done around the country have Bryant and Paul in a dead heat for the award with James coming in third or fourth. Two years ago, James finished second in the voting. Last year, he finished fifth. Bryant hasn’t won the award in his 12 years in the league, but this appears to be his best shot.
‘’I've been quoted millions of times saying Kobe is the best player in our league for the last five years,'’ James said. ‘’He hasn’t received the MVP. This is his year I think.'’
http://www.ohio.com/sports/cavs/17718089.html
April 15th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
YOUNGFED says:
BTW Lebron does look like fuking Donkey Kong. That shit is what it is. Just cause I’m black I can’t say that.
“Give Us, Us Free” been use by comedians everywhere its damn near trade mark.
So in conclusion if anyone to offense from the list.
Shake It Off son cause I ain’t appologizing.
Nuff Said I’m Out
April 15th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Steve M says:
“The Spurs clinched the 3rd seed in the West with a win over the Kings, as Tony Parker DESTROYED Beno Udrih for 32 points and 11 dimes. That’s why Beno was the third-stringer under Pop and Tony was the All-Star”
All I can say about that is..DUH. I don’t think anyone said Beno was the better point guard.
April 15th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
GEE...Sit yo 5 Dolla #$% down before I make change says:
DIME just wondering have you all ever had a coach on your cover. I am sure that probably wouldn’t be cool and all unless you had the coach and star players just curious.
Speaking of coaches. I hope someone can lure Paul Silas to coach a team. Dude was really good and I liked his style.
Is Rudy T. through coaching? He was another good one. Good he became known for something else other than “The Punch”.
I hope Mark Jackson gets on coaching too, he seems to have enough in him to hopefully have a team doing well.
I always wondered why John Thompson never gave the NBA a shot coaching wise. I think he could do a legit job.
Anyway soon those to be hired and fired will start!
April 15th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
GEE...Sit yo 5 Dolla #$% down before I make change says:
Notha thing
This is most likely you All NBA 1st team (well 4 of them)
G Chris Paul, Hornets
G Kobe Bryant, Lakers
F LeBron James, Cavaliers
F Kevin Garnett, Celtics
Question is who gets that last spot? Duncan, Dwight or Amare? Now that is a hard one.
I would say Dwight but Amare is close in my mind.
Who do you all give that final spot to?
April 15th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
IGP says:
Actually DMiles got traded for Andre Miller, so they never played together…I remember being drunk at like 3am and watching sportscenter and seeing the Clippers, a team I really likED getting Andre Miller, only to see my favorite Clippers Darius Miles being the one he got traded for. I was pissed haha
April 15th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Willis says:
The Spurs barely beat the Kings and Beno played like 25 minutes. Tony was busy carving up ham for Quincy Douby and Anthony Johnson to share with Beno. Also Kings had the lead with like 40 seconds left and Duncan fouled out. It was a good game and I wanted them to win so my boys could get 40 on the year.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
doc says:
In the Sixers game if they wanted to call that bogus foul they should’ve called that walk on Lebron.Baron gonna go somewhere else next year now.I wont miss D-Miles bum ass.And people say they should go to college while hes counting 48 million reasons why not to. And Younfed dont be scared of the Sixers now.And what the hell u was talking about yesterday.I wasnt even coming at you about Austin I was coming at Myrie for trying to talk offline for like a week.Anyway who cares about the seeds play who you play and stop bitchin.Seeds are for the MVP race,nothing more nothing less.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
chance says:
free food in msg? that’s probably the first night in YEARS that people who bought knicks tickets got their money’s worth
April 16th, 2008 at 2:44 am
What is this!? says:
LOL @ Celts…I respect you for responding. I usually agree with a lot of your post, but I can’t feel you on this. Yes, you say you are too short to dunk…but you are not a professional athlete (i’m under the assumption) and don’t have to defend people that are inches taller and larger then you night in and night out and have people expect for you to do so and hate on you for gambling at times. You still didn’t answer one of the most important questions out of my response, and that is who besides Bruce Bowen, Shane Battier or Raja Bell plays man up defense everynight? Who does it?
When I read others comments its almost like they act as if Iverson doesn’t even try. And that is just not the truth. This whole thing got started because “YOUNGFED” said that to him Iverson is the second best gaurd in the NBA…to him. He didn’t ask for anyone to agree with him. And some came at him with a bunch of nonsense about Iverson playing defense and making teammates better (what does that have to do with him being as great as he is?).Some agree with YOUNGFED, some won’t. I personally think that for all the praises Iverson has recieved over the years, that he will always be underrated because no matter what the dude does there is always someone asking him to do more when he has technically already achieved the impossible given his size. Steve Nash plays worse defense then just about anyone…yet that doesn’t stop people from keeping him at the top of their list. Thats all I was getting at… but whatever, we can just agree to disagree…
Now I watched the Philly/Cavs game and its whatever. If dude got fouled, then he got fouled. Calls go down like this on almost any given noght. And Philly really shouldn’t be crying about anything, considering the officials robbed the Nuggets when they visited Philly by not calling a more then obvious goal tend (everyone was talking about it) which changed the out come of the game. So, it is what it is. Wether they faced the Pistons or the Magic, they aren’t go anywhere anyway…so just be happy that you are in the East where you are able to make the playoffs being 1 game UNDER .500. SMH, disgusting…I feel sorry for the Warriors.
April 16th, 2008 at 2:51 am
What is this!? says:
word #33
I would hardly call any team that has 50 wins “wack”. The Nuggets aren’t my team (I like the way the team is built, but I don’t like the way they are coached)…but some of you take hatin to whole new level on this site at times. You ridicule these teams that are 16-20 games over .500 in the West, yet give these other teams in the East props for barely even being .500 teams? GTFOH. I don’t think they could beat the Lakers right now, but if they end up facing the Hornets in the first round, i’d take Nuggets for the “upset”….if you even want to call it that considering that there are only 7 games seperating seeds 1-9. Lets give it a rest already.