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BalliSLife
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
1339 Posts
May 19 2009 05:50 GMT
#1781
On May 19 2009 14:01 Xeris wrote:
Although I don't want to make light of Brian Grant's disease (Parkinson's) I want to point out something funny from the article:

"It is a disease rarer still for a man so adept at coordinating and controlling every ounce and inch of his 6-foot-9, 254-pound frame that he put together a 12-year NBA career by battling Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone and dozens of other bigger, stronger opponents."

Ric Bucher literally lists two of the biggest+strongest players to play in the NBA in the past 30 years, and for SURE during the 90's when Grant was highly active and says "and dozens of other bigger, stronger opponents." I wasn't aware there were dozens of people bigger and stronger than Shaq.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=4174877

Feel really bad for him though, I liked him a lot and he was a great guy.



It doesn't say the other dozen is bigger than shaq but bigger than brian grant instead
Ya well, at least I don't fuck a fleshlight with a condom on and cry at the same time.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
May 19 2009 06:25 GMT
#1782
On May 19 2009 14:32 Xeris wrote:
denver a likable team? they're the most thuggish team in the NBA... Chauncey is their least-thuggish player and even he's pretty fuckin ghetto, he's just old so he doesn't show it anymore.

kleiza is afraid to get in the games with these guys =p

they are a fun team to watch, unlike the lakers on most nights
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
unknown.sam
Profile Joined May 2007
Philippines2701 Posts
May 19 2009 11:15 GMT
#1783
the lakers seem to lack true chemistry...
"Thanks for the kind words, but if SS is the most interesting book you've ever read, you must have just started reading a couple of weeks ago." - Mark Rippetoe
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13536 Posts
May 19 2009 13:03 GMT
#1784
It's because they don't have souls.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
May 19 2009 15:49 GMT
#1785
I said bench guards not fisher. Also, they're not going to bring over Gasol or Bynum to double on a posting guard. That would be insane.
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
May 19 2009 15:49 GMT
#1786
I mean posting point guard. It's not insane to do it vs Kobe and LeBron, obviously.
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14912 Posts
May 19 2009 16:14 GMT
#1787
i really hope denver rapes the lakers
XaI)CyRiC
Profile Joined October 2002
United States4471 Posts
May 19 2009 16:44 GMT
#1788
On May 20 2009 00:49 tonight wrote:
I said bench guards not fisher. Also, they're not going to bring over Gasol or Bynum to double on a posting guard. That would be insane.


I think Shannon might be able to do a decent job of battling Billups in the post, he's got good size and strength. I would guess that Billups would prefer to use his savvy and bag of tricks against a player as inexperienced as Shannon to draw fouls against him, as opposed to trying to muscle/overpower him in the post.

As for help, I don't see why they wouldn't double. The Lakers typically overload the strong side anyway, and I don't think Nene and KMart are such good shooters that the Lakers would fear leaving them open on the weakside and just closing out when the pass goes there.
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triangle
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States3803 Posts
May 19 2009 20:34 GMT
#1789
The game tonight is going to be extremely interesting, regardless of what happens.
Also known as waterfall / w4terfall
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
May 19 2009 22:07 GMT
#1790
On May 20 2009 05:34 triangle wrote:
The game tonight is going to be extremely interesting, regardless of what happens.


i smell rape.
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
May 19 2009 22:11 GMT
#1791
On May 20 2009 07:07 Xeris wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 20 2009 05:34 triangle wrote:
The game tonight is going to be extremely interesting, regardless of what happens.


i smell rape.

Does rape smell like bloody sex?

I have LA winning by 9~
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
igotmyown
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4291 Posts
May 19 2009 22:12 GMT
#1792
Didn't you smell rape games 1, 4, and 6 of the rockets series?
paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13197 Posts
May 19 2009 22:15 GMT
#1793
On May 20 2009 07:12 igotmyown wrote:
Didn't you smell rape games 1, 4, and 6 of the rockets series?


more like milking ticket sales

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CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
May 19 2009 22:25 GMT
#1794
On May 19 2009 15:25 oneofthem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 19 2009 14:32 Xeris wrote:
denver a likable team? they're the most thuggish team in the NBA... Chauncey is their least-thuggish player and even he's pretty fuckin ghetto, he's just old so he doesn't show it anymore.

kleiza is afraid to get in the games with these guys =p

they are a fun team to watch, unlike the lakers on most nights

denver is a very likeable team. anderson's return is a great story, and he's a good teamplayer and crowd pumper, and chauncy is fun to watch. i really hope they win, because i think they'll put up more a consistent effort against whoever comes out of the east.

im tired of watching teams trade blowouts
By the way, my name is Funk. I am not of your world
igotmyown
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4291 Posts
May 19 2009 22:46 GMT
#1795
Who covers JR smith when Kobe's out? If Nene can't handle bynum, they can put kleiza on him. Will the lakers bigs dominate kenyon martin/nene/anderson? What happens when the unstoppable object hits the immovable wall v.2009?

The lakers have a much higher chance of winning game 2 than game 1. Phil Jackson said he didn't have time to plan adjustments in practices.
iLoveKT
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Philippines3615 Posts
May 20 2009 00:54 GMT
#1796
lol Sacramento went from 1st to 4th.

Oklahoma got 3rd. Memphis got 2nd. Clippers got 1st.

Clippers gonna be dangerous next season yo. Griffin/Kaman/Cambey/Thornton/Baron? with Eric Gordon. Goodness.
Woo Jung Ho
XaI)CyRiC
Profile Joined October 2002
United States4471 Posts
May 20 2009 01:01 GMT
#1797
On May 20 2009 07:46 igotmyown wrote:
Who covers JR smith when Kobe's out? If Nene can't handle bynum, they can put kleiza on him. Will the lakers bigs dominate kenyon martin/nene/anderson? What happens when the unstoppable object hits the immovable wall v.2009?

The lakers have a much higher chance of winning game 2 than game 1. Phil Jackson said he didn't have time to plan adjustments in practices.


Both Shannon and Sasha are decent defenders, but you're right that J.R. is going to be a player the Lakers are going to have to be concerned about since he's had big scoring nights against them previously.

If Nene can't handle Bynum, what makes you think Kleiza, who isn't even a true PF, will be able to? That has to be a typo or something.

Most analysts seem to think that, while KMart is a great defender, his significant height and size disadvantage against both Gasol and Bynum, and his speed/quickness/length disadvantage against Odom, will give the Lakers a mismatch in the post. Even Nene has shown that he struggles against the Lakers size, as the Lakers have dominated the boards in each game. Anderson had some nice block numbers, but I don't think he has the size to stop either Bynum or Gasol in the post. He shines as a help defender.
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Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
May 20 2009 01:08 GMT
#1798
Lakers gonna blow them out by 19.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
Ra.Xor.2
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1784 Posts
May 20 2009 01:15 GMT
#1799
First 5 mins, Denver's already got 14, Lakers defense gonna get burned
#1 Flash Fan
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
May 20 2009 01:16 GMT
#1800
the lolknicks, will they pick lolcurry in the first round? i am afraid so
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
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