2009/2010 NBA Thread

[theburninator77]

Lakers in 1... Joey Crawford is officiating and we all know he has Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson and Jerry West stuck up his ass pulling his strings.

[jrtdot]

This was hilarious

I thought it was a very intense defensive minded game. Of course game two will be different as I cannot see Ray Allen getting 5 fouls again, and I expect at least a 30 point game from Pierce.

[ROZAY]

Lakers in 1... Joey Crawford is officiating and we all know he has Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson and Jerry West stuck up his ass pulling his strings.

I think a little bit of credit has to go to the Lakers for coming out in game one and showing the toughness that they lacked in the 2008 Finals. They didn't back down, they didn't shy away from getting physical, and against a team like the Celtics you can't afford to let them beat you up, especially in games like this. Yeah, there were a few calls that were questionable, but I wouldn't say that determined how the game went. The Celtics actually went to the line more then the Lakers last night, but at the end of the day the C's defense (especially in the 3rd quarter) just wasn't up to par as it usually is. That, and Gasol dominated the Celtics front line. Everyone's saying that his play will be the difference in this series, and I think he's already got off to a great start. Definitely much better then any of his efforts in 08.

[DMN in the House]

No way Pierce goes for 30 with Ron Ron playing like he did last night. Artest is batshit insane, but he's hungry for a ring, and didn't let Pierce get to his spots. If that doesn't change, and drastically, Boston is done.

Queensbridge in the house!

Fuck Boston.

[naiwf]

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/13480247/ferry-quits-as-cavs-gm-as-team-enters-pivotal-summer

So Mike Brown is out as coach. Danny Ferry is out as GM. Is LeBron next?

[Trey]

All signs point to Thibs becoming the next Bulls coach so as a Bulls fan I'm 58very excited for that at least.

[jrtdot]

Monty Williams is going to be the next head coach for the New Orleans Hornets.

And yes in response to DMN, I totally agree with you, I really do hope Ron Ron plays well against Pierce again. I was just being a fatalist in that Pierce usually has a great game after a shit one.

[sahyder1]

Great first half for Ray Allen. It's a shame that the Celtics got careless with the ball late in the 2nd quarter there.

[theburninator77]

Congrats to Ray Allen on changing history... these refs are still shit though. Kobe shouldn't have 4 fouls... Sheed shouldn't have 3 fouls and Glen Davis blocked Andrew Bynum cleanly.

[theburninator77]

I love it when referees with the worst viewpoint on a foul call the foul...

[theburninator77]

Man Glen Davis just drew 6 fouls on the Lakers entire frontcourt but the refs don't blow the whistles... not surprised.

[theburninator77]

Kobe should have fouled out at 2:07 in the 4th.

[naiwf]

This series is going at least 6 unless Kobe breaks his leg. The officiating will make sure of that.

[Fait Accompli]

So, I wasn't the only one who saw KG tapping that ball out of bounds in the 4th when the refs decided he didn't?

[jrtdot]

Probably the worst officiated game of the year.

But kudos to Ray Allen for making history. Though they should have lost this game

[theburninator77]

So, I wasn't the only one who saw KG tapping that ball out of bounds in the 4th when the refs decided he didn't?

Everyone but the referees... horribly officiated game both ways.

Lots of phantom calls on both sides and just really put a bad taste in my mouth for the game.

Granted I'm happy with the outcome, and I think the Celtics still would have won even if the officiating were better, just like in Game 1 even though the officiating sucked the Lakers still would have won. But really the NBA needs to start cracking down on the referees when they suck it up like this.

I saw Tony Allen and Sheed do some fair share of fouling with no calls... KG and Pierce too.

Bynum grabbed Nate Robinson while he was on the floor, totally not going for the ball but didn't get hit with an intentional.

Kobe obviously fouling out with 2 minutes in the game, but you can't have a star foul out in the Finals I guess...

[naiwf]

STAT says he will opt out of his contract if a deal isn't reached by June 30th. I don't think that's a great move for him as an individual, and Phoenix really needs to do something other than give him a max deal since he's still a defensive liability and the "4" is a huge position in the Western Conference.

[livid]

Avery Johnson and the Nets have agreed to a verbal deal, making Johnson the new Nets coach.

I think it's a pretty good move. He's not Coach K but he's still a fairly big name and is a pretty good coach to boot.

[jrtdot]

I loved Avery's intensity when he was the Mavs coach, I just remember watching him during timeouts he'd always be unhinged and pissed off at something

[MyKILLv2.0]

I agree. I thought Avery did a very good job with the Mavs. It isn't his fault Dirk fades when the pressure is on. With that said, did he REALLY have to go to the Nets? Couldn't he have been in the running for a better gig? But anyways, good pick up for the Nets. Now if only they could land one of the free agents this off season.