Hoops

Stern's dream comes true: Lakers v Celtics

Lakers vs Celtics??

Nah guys Sterns wet dream finals was back in 05

When the two most interesting to watch teams

The Spurs and Pistons ground it out in 7 games

after 7 games combined the 2 teams score 23 points and Timmy D got another ring and FMVP and to kiss sterns ass again

The real question is does the Jazz's pick this year have an illegitimate son?

You know i took a pee once in 1985.

Jazz drafted Karl Malone that same year...

I took a pee this year too, jazz have a pick in the draft...freaky....

Oh. My. God.

This Laker team has Dynasty written all over it. They will need to find a replacement for Fisher in a few years which will be surprisingly difficult. But the core of Kobe, Gasol and Odom will be nasty for some time.
Boston have this year, maybe next. They will definately need an injection of youth at the 2 guard with Ray declining before our eyes. Pierce and KG will play at this level for another 3 years but they need a third player, otherwise its too much for those two alone.

"How do you explain give away trades like Gasol and Garnett from lowly unpopular teams to 2 most popular teams ?? hmmm"

dude- how do you explain it? And don'y just say Stern did it, explain some method for him to control the decisions investers and owners made regarding the structure of their product, their team.

What possible influence could stern have on them?

Try to be a little specific if you can, just saying "coz he's the boss" aint gonna cut it. It will just make you into a conspiracey nut, and the truth aint out there.

"How do the refs not call foul in Game 4 of Lakers - Spurs and how to explain the big leads Spurs and
Pistons had that just disappeared ??? "

Both teams started to play shit. End of story. It happens you know.

"how about the NBA wanting to make Wade a star in 06 when he could draw a foul if the opposing team looked at him the wrong way (ask the Mavs)!!"

Now this is a case of stern wanting less D and more O. He made rule changes and tried to enforce them on a big stage. It back fired when we all saw what the rules produced, lots of free throws. It was a whole league thing, not Stern the boogey man targeting specific teams/players.

At the time i really thought it was a foul on Barry and he should of at least got the chance to shoot two.

Do me a favour though and try to picture how it would of gone down if it was Kobe who caught that inbounds pass...
He would of done one of two things.
1/ ham up the contact a bit more, perhaps falter back and lose the dribble so the refs are forced to make the call or..
2/ Get tough and plow through fisher to get the open look. (most likely)

Barry is at fault here, he made a good fake then half played it out. He needed to commit to either the foul or smashing through. He let the ref choose a no-call, blame on him.

As for the whole refs being the fingers of stern thing- Kobe shot like 2 free throws against the spurs...

Watched the piston get eliminated and have to say, Rasheed is the most frustrating player to watch. He is fantastic on a low block. Post moves to die for. Then he blows a two ft uncontested shot...
It must just be a fitness thing where he cant play down there all game, saves it for crunch time. His def of KG on the block, denying him the entry pass time and again- awesome.

I've not seen a lot of KG, but from what i saw, he is a jump shooter and fall away shooter. Great passer from the high post or in transition. Can get his shot anytime he wants, the problem is the shot isn't high percentage. Maybe 50/50 which is not acceptable for stars at crunch time. In the finals when Kobe is scoring bucket after bucket (or getting to the line)down the stretch, the celts will live or die by KG's jumpers and with Gasol's reach, i don't like the percentages for Boston...
(also- Kobe gets fouled on drives etc, KG won't get to the line with a spin/fall-away jumper.)