D Fisher. The guy can hit a shot w/ .4 seconds left. The guy left a great gig in Utah, for his daughter’s illness. You feel for him, he’s one of the great clutch point guards that’ll probably help the Lake Snore, I mean show, get another ring. Yet I don’t care if you are Kobe, Lebron or even the over-passionate, yet always entertaining KG, you call the call the refs missed tonight! That’s the series. Spurs down 3-1 and have to play 2 of those on the road if they want to get back to the finals.
I told myself after the Nash incident last year and the mafia pocketed ref i wouldn’t blame losses on refs but how can I not? This was such an obvious call, that leaves me scratching my head pondering maybe I should give up my love for the NBA and switch to NCAA, where everything is more consistent. You have 2 seconds and change on the clock, Brent Barry shots a game tying shot, only to have an elbow to the head, with totally obvious contact and yet no whistle. The dude is a 36-year old veteran and he didn’t get the call. Lets reverse this. If it was Kobe shooting that shot, would there be a foul called? If Ginobli shot it, and acted with his European flopping skills, would there be a call? My Magic 8 ball is telling me, all signs point to yes for both scenarios. This is ridiculous. I hate blaming the refs but how can we ‘love this game,’ when the NBA would rather show us ‘NBA CARES’ videos than correct the ref problems that are inherent in every single playoff game so far in the post season?
-Aaron ‘Frustrated NBA Fan’ Goldstein out
The talk around the NFL is centered around whether or not Brett Favre will remain retired, or if he will decide to play again. If Favre does come back, will he be able to start in Green Bay, or will the Packers release or trade him?
Personally, I think Favre will come back, but will not take another snap for the Packers. It will be another case of watching Michael Jordan playing for the Washington Wizards, Emmitt Smith playing of the Arizona Cardinals, and Joe Montana playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.
In other words, if Favre does come back and play for another team, it will not hurt his legacy, but it will be difficult to see him in another uniform. I mean, could you imagine Favre staying in the division wearing a purple jersey?
The talk has heated up recently with the injury to Chien-Ming Wang (Yankees) getting hurt running the bases, and Hank Steinbrenner addressing the media demanding that the NL get the designated hitter. I don’t think the DH rule needs to change based on a pitcher not being prepared to run the bases without getting hurt, but I do think the rule needs to change.
The baseball purists would likely want the designated hitter out of the game in both leagues, making managers and pitchers earn their money. Then there is the other side of the coin where the average fan would want the DH in both leagues to promote more scoring.
I honestly don’t care if they give the National League the DH, or if they take the DH out of the game all together. However, I do think they need to change it one way or the other. It is just embarrassing that the two leagues don’t play by the sames rules. I can’t think of any other professional sport where one set of rules applies to one conference, but not another conference. Imagine in the NBA if they had the Eastern conference get to shoot free throws when they were fouled, but the Western conference teams were not allowed to go to the charity stripe unless they played an Eastern conference team in their building. How much since would that make?
Bottom line, they need to make both conferences in MLB play by the same set of rules!
Since the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics are meeting in the 2008 NBA Finals, it got me thinking what the matchups would look like if you assembled the all-time greats from each franchise.
Lakers Starters
PG Magic Johnson
SG Kobe Bryant
SF Elgin Baylor
PF Wilt Chamberlain
C Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Lakers Bench
G Derek Fisher
G Byron Scott
G Jerry West
F Glen Rice
F Elgin Baylor
F A.C. Green
C Shaquille O’Neal
C Vlade Divac
Celtics Starters
PG Bob Cousy
SG Larry Bird
F Kevin McHale
F Kevin Garnett
C Bill Russell
Celtics Bench
G John Havlicek
G Danny Ainge
G Ray Allen
F Paul Pierce
F Antoine Walker
C Bill Walton
C Robert Parrish
This is just bad basketball and something that reminds me of the dirty years of the NBA, back when Bill Laimbeer wrestled w/ Charles Barkley in ‘90. Normally, you are suppose to root for the team that knocks your team out of the playoffs, yet after the cheap Steve Nash shot last year and the current move he did to David West’s back in tonight’s game, I just can’t do it.
Check out that link at about the 20 second remaining mark. All the players on the court know that David West has a hurt back in this game, just like Kobe has a hurt pinky/back right now. Yet, Robert Horry is the only one that blatantly pushes his elbows into it on a blind-sided pick. Such a cheap shot for a player that really is one of the most clutch to ever play the game and will more than likely end up in the hall of fame.
Luckily, the Hornets fans have 3 days rest for West’s back, but why is this legal? If this is legal in the sport and you don’t get a foul called, why hasn’t anyone on the Jazz taken out Kobe’s back or better yet jam his pinky worse than it already is?
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