Welcome back to part two of Playoff Happy Hour. Playoff Happy Hour was brought back by you the fans. We are making strides to become more interactive here at PnR, so the comments are welcomed. A few changes, I am actually drunk for this Happy Hour, the thoughts will be more developed, and they will be more organized. Lastly, I may not even fashion 60 ideas, so Happy Hour may end earlier or later than expected.
Random
1. Lamanna's family has a typewriter plugged into a modem. Therefore, for a majority of the summer, I will be posting on my own. However, he does call/text me with thoughts (mostly on Memphis recruiting).
2. Speaking of Coach Cal and his Tigers, they are the only Pro hoops team in Memphis. Memphis picked up 6'7 small forward Wesley Witherspoon today. Witherspoon joins an already stellar class.
3. Not NBA related, but this article on the courage of Chris Lofton is worth a read. Lofton played the whole season while dealing with cancer/recovery. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?id=3376961&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab7pos1
4. Also related to the college game, Kentucky picked up a commitment from a 6'4 8th grader. http://leagueathletics.com/Page.asp?id=7223&org=KINGJAMESSHOOTINGSTARSSOUTH.COM . Much like a South American baseball player, the kid's age is unconfirmed (he may be 15!!!).
5. I have always been on the Eric Gordon hate train, but after watching Joe Johnson pimp all series, I have come to believe that Gordon may have a similar career. They play a lot alike.
6. In the 2002 NBA draft Drew Gooden went 4th and Carlos Boozer went 35th. Great collective scouting job by NBA teams.
7. My favorite part about NBA Live is that it is really no big deal to start a dynasty with Mike Dunleavy Jr. or Josh Childress as your franchise point guard. In a perfect world, every NBA team would have 4 guys between 6'6 and 6'9 running around and a 6'11 stick of a center who just has great athletic ability and no chance of defending a real post player.
8. I told Sawk that Philly just set their fans up for a huge let-down next year. Expectations will be too high and they will shit the bed.
9. Early reports have Kobe winning the NBA MVP..... I like it!
Cavs-Wizards
10. How many of Delonte West's tats are gang related? I'm setting the over-under at 73%.
11. I hate to admit it, but it takes me three possessions every Cavs game to realize that West is the "white" guy bringing the ball up and not Wally Szczerbiak.
12. Speaking of which, Wally showed up for a postseason game for the first time since his college days at Miami (OH).
13. My favorite play in all of basketball is when LeBron posts up at half court and the Cavs give him the ball and let him go to work. Triple-Double for the King..... I love him!
14. My favorite part of the whole game today was when ESPN kept cutting to shots of Darius Songaila's jersey on the bench folded out over a chair as if it were a tribute to a player who had recently died (Songaila was suspended, not dead).
15. Sawk was cryin about how Bron Bron and the Cavs get all the calls, and to an extent he is right, but they needed to give them some calls considering the way that they were being mauled by the Wizards. It seemed as though DeShawn Stevenson had ordered advance copies of GTA IV for all of his teammates to play before the series in an effort to get them pumped up. I really believe that DeShawn is capable of committing any crime known to man, and some that haven't been discovered/considered yet.
16. DeShawn, shave the beard baby, you ain't no Baron Davis.
Dem Hawks 'n at
17. Al Horford rules. I said it last post and it needs to be said again, what a P-I-M-P.
18. Marvin Williams has impressed me this series. The kid has already contributed more than I ever expected him to in the NBA. I pictured him hanging out with Darius Miles and Shawn Kemp after a failed 3 year stint in the league. He looked good tonight and can make some tough shots.
19. J-Chill, you know we love that afro baby!!!
20. Also, J-Chill's afro isn't the only thing that is smooth about him. The kid can play and really will be a valuable asset if this Hawks team can ever make the leap to contender status in the next few years.
21. Childress is joined by a whole cast of good characters from the Hawks. Who doesn't love Josh Smith and Joe Johnson?
22. You can blame Doc Rivers all you want cough*Bill Simmons*cough, but you have to admit that the Hawks have come to play. Rivers can't guard Joe Johnson, he can't make Ray Allen make open jumpers, and he can't keep PDub out of foul trouble.
23. What is the biggest difference between Ray Allen and Jesus Shuttlesworth? With the game on the line Jesus cans one of those important jumpers that Ray missed. Likewise, Shuttlesworth would have converted one of the 3 shots that Ray missed on the same possession. Lastly, Shuttlesworth has illegitimate children, while Ray Allen is a good guy with strong character. I feel as though there is a positive correlation between illegitimate children and game winning shots.
24. I just spent 45 minutes looking for a Jesus Shuttlesworth jersey.... Sadly, I came up empty-handed.
25. I think that you could put Jason Kidd, Ray Allen, T-Mac, KG, Melo, Amare, Steve Nash, and Vince Carter all on one team and they would still choke in the playoffs. That being said, I see the Celtics taking game 7 and maybe even still making the NBA Finals.
26. I loved when Josh Smith rubbed Ray Allen's head at the end of the game as if Ray were a child. It could have been a sincere gesture, but I am thinking/hoping that Smith was mocking Ray.
27. Around the 5 minute mark, Atlanta had 44 bad possessions in a row, and I was certain that they had blown the game. Then out of nowhere, they stopped the Celts and J-Chill made a sick driving layup to cap a 9-0 run and give the Hawks a 6 point lead.
Utah Advances
28. Most importantly, I have to note how excited I am for the series between the Jazz and the Lakers. My biggest reason for being happy is the fact that I can't wait to see the 3 or 4 times a game that someone gets lost in transition and Kyle Korver has to end up covering Kobe for a few seconds. That should be worth the price of admission alone.
29. Looks like T-Mac may never get out of the first round.
30. On a related note, it is being rumored (but not confirmed), that T-Mac and Luis Scola are holding the rest of the Rockets hostage in the locker room. Hopefully the situation comes to a safe conclusion.
31. Call me crazy, but I really like Ronnie Brewer.
32. Did anyone watch this series? I didn't.
33. WOW.... Thank God. ESPN.com is reporting that DeShawn Stevenson is on a direct flight to Utah in order to diffuse the situation mentioned in number 30. It looks like things are going to be OK.
34. People are saying that nobody from Utah can guard Kobe.... I say who cares? Nobody in the league can guard Kobe. I also would ask who from LA can guard Deron Williams? The only answer is Kobe, but Phil won't use Kobe on Williams until crunch time. I like the Lake Show, but I do think that Williams will have a big series.
35. Listen, Houston fans are going to have the same inflated expectations as Philly fans. Unfortunately for them, the West is so good that Houston won't finish any better.
36. Utah is freakin good at home.
37. The United States government is investigating DeShawn Stevenson in the JFK murder case. Does this relate to the Utah win? No, but I am too lazy to insert it into the blog at an earlier point.
38. Big Ted let it be known that he loves Utah and Jerry Sloan, but take that with a grain of salt because Big Ted was more wasted than Bob Huggins on game day (I woulda said on Saturday, but everyone knows that it is impossible to be more wasted than Bob Huggins on a non-game day).
39. It has just been confirmed that Roger Clemens and Mehmet Okur have been running an underage prostitution ring. More details to come later.
40. Back to basketball, how can you not love a guy like Carlos Boozer (it took me nine attempts to type that.... I love beer). As mentioned earlier, nobody wanted him in the draft and now he is a P-I-M-P. It is sad that the people of Utah were doubting him during the course of this series.
Last Call
41. Sawka, great call on Philly coming out to play.... moron!!
42. Floss, sorry those Pens couldn't pull out the sweep. Also, sorry I let the world know about your porn habits. I promise it will only happen 9 or 10 more times.
43. Stanecsworth, the level of Scottie Pippens goes like this (1 being the worst).
1. Dead man's Scottie Pippen
2. HIV Positive Scottie Pippen
3. Homeless man's Scottie Pippen
4. Teenage pregnancy Scottie Pippen
5. Prison Scottie Pippen
6. Houston Rockets' Scottie Pippen
7. Welfare recipient's Scottie Pippen
8. Regular Scottie Pippen
10000. Chicago Bulls' Scottie Pippen
So as you can see, Welfare Pippen is 4 whole levels ahead of Homeless Pippen. BIG DIFFERENCE.
44. Once again, congrats to all of the teams that have advanced and big ups to the Atlanta Hawks for still being alive.
45. This last one is just a list. Is it my favorite players? No. Is it the best players? No. It is just a list of 5 people who are livin the dream in the NBA Playoffs.
LBJ, Josh Smith, Deron Williams, Dwight Howard, Luke Walton. I'm going to put this starting 5 together on NBA Live and see what happens.
I stopped at 45 because all of my favorite liquors are 90 proof (45% alcohol by volume). Happy Hour has ended early.
Get buckets,
-NM
Saturday, May 3, 2008
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4 comments:
Just put something in about how Sam Cassell is ruining this team's karma. KG still doesn't want the big shot. Josh Smith=22, Twenty Freaking Two. I liked this team all season, but after watching this series what isn't to like other than Mike "I wish I was Rod" Woodson. He sucks. When he got the T to start the 2nd half, I was livid. I hate Doc Rivers, but I agree with what you said other than the lineup he put out to start the 4th yesterday. Cassell, Posey, Allen, PJ Brown, and Leon Powe. That isn't a typo. Marvin Williams is actually an NBA player, who knew? Josh Childress was awesome bringing the ball up the court, then getting boards. Rivers plays Cassell over Rondo, MORON. We have to root for the Hawks in Game 7, not just because they are awesome, but b/c we want LeBron to advance. He can't beat a team by himself. I also enjoyed during the broadcast last night when they said Stevenson didn't mesh with Jerry Sloan so they traded him for Gordon Giricek. That is high comedy.
--Floss
I could be wrong, but I think that it was PDub instead of Ray Allen to start the 4th. Either way, it is a bad lineup. On Cassell, he killed them the first couple of loses, but was fine in game 6. It is combo of things.... he is killing chemistry because he is gunning, but he is also gunning because there is no chemistry and noone else wants to ball (PDub both hurt and in foul trouble, Ray shrinking with every shot, and KG avoiding the rock like the plague). It is just pathetic that Ray and KG have no ability down the stretch.
I sure would like to meet the Teenage pregnancy Scottie Pippen.
I just wanna comment on Tim Duncan tonight. I only watched the 2nd half but I'm sure the 1st was similar. He looked so sad down the stretch, I almost felt sorry for him. Then I remembered that I hate the Spurs. My buddy had a nightmare last night that it was Spurs Pistons in the finals. He woke up with a cold sweat, and I don't blame him. If Duncan never scores more than 5 a game for the rest of his career, I'd be content. That being said, I still think the Spurs will win this series in seven. Hopefully this prediction will be as wrong as my Sixers prediction.
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