2008 NBA Playoffs Open Thread

by tyger1147 on May 9, 2008 8:13 PM CDT

I got reamed a new one by the evil and dictatorial ~~friendly~~BullsBlogger last night for having the audacity to even mention something about a playoff game and/or player. "SHUT UP YOU IDIOT!!!" he said. I cried, thought of committing suicide, returned, and attempted to make a snarky comment that would send everyone laughing. I failed miserably.

All that said, I sit here about to watch the Lakers and Jazz (I'm really starting to hate the Lakers) play and thought we might want a dedicated thread for the next month and a half.

Yay!

Poll

Who's going to win the "CHIP"?

Lakers

17 votes

Old Jazz

3 votes

New Jazz

5 votes

Spurs

4 votes

Celtics

3 votes

Pistons

2 votes

Magic

0 votes

The LeBrons

0 votes

34 votes | Poll has closed

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As long as the Celtics are in contention, I'll be rooting for the Lakers

I’ve always hated the Celtics and love the idea that they seem to be so close to a run of championships only that the Lakers look to be even better over the next few years.

We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.
Ronald Reagan

by snley on May 9, 2008 8:24 PM CDT reply actions

The Lakers are incredibly young.

Fisher and Kobe are sort of old, but who else is?

A number of them have been around awhile (or seem like it because everyone talks about the Lakers), but they’re still pretty young overall.

by tyger1147 on May 9, 2008 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions

I go to school in the Northeast,

and I couldn’t agree with you more. I am rooting for every team that plays the Celtics (or any Boston/New England team in any sport.) If I get one more Celtic’s fan asking me how the Bulls did this year, I’m going to snap. Go whomever plays Boston!

"Worker bees can leave.
Even drones can fly away.
The Queen is their slave."

by jpchi on May 10, 2008 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions

Kyle Korver!

I sold him a cellphone accessory once! Y

by tyger1147 on May 9, 2008 8:41 PM CDT reply actions

kudos to you for the quotesy, caps-locked potato (or corn) product

but a real BaB playoff thread would immediately state who the ‘right’ team to win it all is.

by hscs on May 9, 2008 10:28 PM CDT reply actions

which one of the choices is the new orleans hornets?

i wish someone had told me that sportsnation had replaced rationality with caps lock.

by MarketMaker on May 10, 2008 11:08 AM CDT reply actions

I root for LeBron, proving my Boston hate

Is it because I didn’t notice KG’s uber RAWR I PLAY THE GAME HARD, THUS BURNING MYSELF OUT ANNUALLY IN THE PLAYOFFS for the past few years while he languished in Minnesota? Or that Ray Allen is a shell of himself, yet somehow they are a “Big 3 (when Rondo has replaced him as the 3rd most important player)? I find Kobe far less irritating, as his jersey popping is quite comical, and no worse than LeBron trying to break the rim with every dunk and looking like you shot his mother after each play.

This is the Lakers’ season. They have played the best down the stretch, their offense is simply on fire, and I doubt Boston (or wack-ass Detroit) has the defensive capability to shut down a well-oiled machine like the Lakers when they aren’t fighting like little girls.

Rusty Longley v 2.0

by Ozzie Montana on May 10, 2008 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions