A Sounders game would be fun to attend, but I want local NBA.

Oden will amount to very little. Look at how slow he already moves. Imagine three more years and a few more leg injuries and he will be more immobile than Yao without any offensive game.

He had some great dunks on Yao last night, and to see him crack a little smile while running up the court afterward made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. If he keeps improving like he has, in two or three years he’ll dominate the paint.

You are the people who started all the hype about a guy who has been injured his whole career, and only played one season of college ball. Then you rag on him because he didn’t come out and play like a vet. Give me a break.

I love having Greg on our team, and I think he’s going to have a great future.

…but mainly it’s because of MJ.

He’s a coaches’ coach, a player’s player. And a player’s coach.

He has a good team now. He’s developing young talent. His team is USUALLY a playoff team. And his “new” young team almost made it to the Finals a couple of years ago…if it wasn’t for a POP/TIMMY/TP/MANU.

He KEEPS IT REAL in his interviews. No cookie cutter statements.

He has MAD WINS, MAD PLAYOFF APPEARANCES, MAD 50-WIN SEASONS. He’s MAD!

He treats all players the same, from the stars to the pine riders, according to Mo Williams (He once ripped into AK47 in front of the team, that’s when he WAS the franchise)

He’s a former ALL STAR player.

He lost his wife a couple of years back. That was really sad. So, we know he’s been through some personal/emotional turmoil yet he persevered.

Growing up, I remember Stock and Mailman as actually the faces of a VERY good team. They were always in the CONFERENCE FINALS it seemed. But that’s where they would lose to a KEMP/PAYTON…or a HAKEEM…or a CLYDE THE GLYDE led squad.

*And MIND YOU, this was when the league WAS NOT WATERED DOWN (ie – If Mugsy pulled off a lay up in traffic, without hittin’ the deck, he earned an APPLAUSE)

And when they did beat a BARKLEY’D HOUSTON or a SHAQ and company…they had to face a JORDAN.

And that’s why he ultimately gets a free pass.

We understand why he didn’t get those championships.
We know very well. Just like every other team that’s faced the Bulls in the 90s.

Aldridge is playing like shit in the playoffs, but I think this article is for those ‘honeymoon’ players where they get all the free pass because of certain reasons (injuries, age, etc), but will eventually face the reality that they just did not accomplish what they are hyped to be. LaMarcus is a high draft pick, but he didn’t have the tremendous hype that other players generated. He was considered a very good player, but not a great one. And what he has done these past two seasons (except these playoffs) REALLY exceeded the expectations people had for him. He is clearly ahead of the curve. Compare this to a certain Blazer who was hyped to be the next >insert Hall of Famer center<, but is instead playing like Kwame Brown and is fouling the shit out of everybody, I think Lamarcus doesn’t deserve yet to be called out.

What’s LaMarcus aldrige’s excuse??? Dudes been jacking 20. Footers all series and playing like shit. For a “borderline allstar” dude is crapping his pants all series. Get on the block and play like you got a fuckin pair.

I’m not a fan of Byron scott, but he lost his 6th man (pargo) which was one of those “you don’t realize it, but this is a HUGE loss” type moves, then they SOLD their 1st rounder this year! Not byron’s fault…

First he blows he knees out getting off the couch. then his ankles give out the first game of his next season, then he cannot stay in control of his movements and racks more fouls than Napolean’s chicken farm; then he wraps legs with one of the most durable and dominant defenders over the last eighteen years and ends King Deke’s career…

The self-actualization box has not been checked.