NBA Playoffs Thread 2008

[dakdakgoose]

umm... i hate to break it to you but almost every team gets to where they are via trades or free agency. as stated before the I am a Lakers fan and the Pau trade was the most uneven trade this year, the Garnett and Allen trades were actually pretty fair.

16 championships is not overrated. Pierce/Walker were actually able to get the Celtics to the Eastern Conference finals a few years back which is actually a lot more than what the Lakers did in the mid 90s with ceballos/jones/van exel etc.

edit: sorry i didn't realize that you were only 14, you probably don't remember those days, heh but yeah the Celtics are not overrated when you consider their history.

[T-M]

sorry i didn't realize that you were only 14, you probably don't remember those days, heh but yeah the Celtics are not overrated when you consider their history.

Being 14 DOES NOT make me unaware of those years. Yes, 16 Championships IS phenomenal, but after the '94-'95 season, the Celtics began to SUCK until this season.

[Oblivionite]

I'm sorry man but the Celtics are overrated.

People think they are so good when they almost got eliminated by the 8th seeded Atlanta Hawks.

[dakdakgoose]

what does overrated mean? what does suck mean? in 2002 the celtics made the Eastern Conference finals, made the playoffs 4 years in a row from 2002-2005, while that's not championship level its still not sucking in my book.

also if the Celtics are overrated this year and somehow win the championship, does that mean that every team in the league was overrated? all that matters is that they win series and so far that's what they are doing...

[blinkboy211]

Originally Posted by TwilightMan

A word to Boston fans: Unless you've been a Boston fan before the 07-08 season, Get OFF the bandwagon. Half of you probably are only rooting for them because they did so great this year. Most overrated team ever in the history of the NBA.

Dumbass. ALot of people root for Boston because they dont like the Lakers. I have always been a Boston fan and will always wish they had a white guy on their team. Yeah its overrated when you play an amazing regular season then even though almost losing to the 8th seed that dont lose confidence and is able to beat two other teams (expectially the number 2 seed) and get to the championship game. You dont need history to say this team is good. So what they have 3 amazing players that doesnt mean they are overrated. All this means is they wanted to win and got people that could help.

Originally Posted by TwilightMan

So they proved their a good team only AFTER obtaining two franchise players, which was relatively stupid for the GMs of those two franchises? (T'Wolves and Sonics)

I mean seriously, come on now. They ONLY became a good team with the arrival of Garnett and Allen. Before that, Paul Pierce couldn't do JACK with his team.

Pierce did some but the last few he wasnt able to do much because he was like Kobe in the east. He didnt have anyone else to take the pressure off of him. So he is trying to player harder than ever. Hell also you dont know how those two franchise players would play. They got two players and hoped for a winning season. Your only hating them because they went out and got good players.

Originally Posted by TwilightMan

Being 14 DOES NOT make me unaware of those years. Yes, 16 Championships IS phenomenal, but after the '94-'95 season, the Celtics began to SUCK until this season.

Uh they did make it to the playoffs. Even though East isnt that powerful they were still able to get there on the little amount of talent they were bring. So just shut up and let them play the series and hold that championship up. Oh and i knew you made one of the stupidest quotes when you said Gasol was going to murder Garrnet in the paint XD.

[blinkboy211]

I had to double post mainly to just say:

BOOYA. Boston is up 2-0 and playing nicely. I must admit the game ended closer than i thought it would but Lakers were whining the whole game about the refs when they should have shut up and played the game like they can.

[dakdakgoose]

i know a lot of people are gonna complain about the lakers normally getting all the calls, but anyone who saw the game can cleary see the way the refs called the game, dramatically affected the way the lakers play, they got zero calls, so they kept settling for jumpers because there's no point in driving just to get hacked and turn the ball over. Which was a stark contrast to the lakers going onver the foul limit under 2 mins into the second quarter.

but i'll leave it at that the lakers still got beat.

[Lycanthrope]

If the Celtics can get a win in either Games 3 or 4, its clearly over for the Lakers.

[T-M]

Oh ****ing well, the Lakers lost. Whatever, the Celtics aren't going to beat the Lakers at home the next three games, though.

[blinkboy211]

Celtics dont need to win the next 3 games. They only really need to win one then back home to play in a stadium that are close to unstopable in. The refs were not as bad as people make it to believe. I watched plenty of times where Lakers hoped for fouls but all that got them was the breeze from the missed hand.

[dakdakgoose]

the celtics don't need to win any of the 3 games as long as they can take care of the home court but 1/3 is what they probably want.

The refs were bad, sure you can let some of those go but when you call those exact same fouls against the Lakers on the other end that's what pisses people off. How about when Pau made that lay-up with the left hand off the lob and clearly got whacked across both arms by KG? all you could see was arm on arm contact if you were looking anywhere near the ball... no call... and leon powe gets 8 free throws in 2 minutes...

Like i said tho, the Celtics have been the better team these first 2 games, but i think they Lakers feel like they're getting a raw deal from the refs and they played like it.

[Lycanthrope]

The refs were not bad. That's always, ALWAYS the excuse for the losing team in big games.

[blinkboy211]

Well no duh they think they are gettin gthe raw deal the losing team is always going to think that way. The Lakers arent even playing their game and they are taking fouls. Lakers are not an amazing team when you play half-court or an aggressive style. Lakers need to run and thats their style and thats what works.

Lakers are going to complain even though they were outplayed. Allen is outplaying Kobe and Ronado is outplaying Fisher. So you might as well stop complaining and wait for anohter Laker lose in game 3.

[Lycanthrope]

Also, Odom, Gasol, and Turiaf haven't been playing well.

I called it, the loss of Bynum would affect LA.

The Lakers aren't getting to the line at all. Powe took more foul shots than the entire LA team. Paul Pierce is dominating, and the Lakers just aren't making shots against the best defensive eam in the league this year.

[blinkboy211]

You know what pisses me off most is that the Lakers are complaining. If your smart you need to say after game 2 is "Well we lost but we are returning home and we are going to be concentrating on those games and forget about this game."

That would have given me some respect but They had to whine. Jackson is made cause he is being outcoached by Doc Rivers. The refs were not as bad as they make it out to be.