Reason to really hate the Celtics now.

by joejoeEnglish94bulls4ever on Aug 8, 2007 1:50 PM CDT Comment 71 comments

One full name all Bulls fans dispise, Reginald Wayne Miller!

Now there is talk that Reggie Miller wants to make a return to the NBA and the team rumored are the Boston Celtics who now seem to be this years version of the 2006 Miami Heat. Or should I call them the Miami Mercenaries? I guess you could say that about any team/ Player in the NBA to some degree. But more so with the 06 Heat. It's becoming a bit New York Yankee like to win a ring by whoring out. But Hey like I said thats they way things are these days. This just seems like maximum whorage by the Celtics if they sign Miller.
Not that Miller would improve the Celtics considering this age, time away and lasting images are of him getting his ass blocked by Prince in 2004. Atleast thats my lasting post-Jordan memory. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Spi-4_6Ugdg

If the Celtics bring Miller in then it could only add to my new found dislike for the Celtics who at one time were my second favortie NBA team based on Legacy, Uni's and Logo. It's no secrect they just might be our new found foe next to Cleveland who I do think will become more of a rival like the Knicks to the 90's Bulls. I think those trains are about to run on the same track sometime in the near future. If Boston lives up to it's billing they should be in line with Cleveland as the old circle on the calendar mama said to knock you out match up. It should be an interesting Eastern conference.

''Boo his ass when he checks in, boo his ass!''

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welcome to 2007, man from the past

Please take my future-gifts of penicillin, and this cellular doodad.

by hscs on Aug 8, 2007 1:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

wtf are you talking about?

by joejoeEnglish94bulls4ever on Aug 8, 2007 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I BEG YOU NOT TO BE FRIGHTENED!

You are in the year 2007, Time-Adventurer. Perhaps your flux capacitor has leaked radiation, and left you stricken with amnesia.

by hscs on Aug 8, 2007 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Your very obnoxious.

I will never read anything you type again with one ounce of consideration or care. Your just a waste of a read. I really can't converse with someone who can't even drive a car or drink a beer. This is the last coment I will ever direct towards you. Your Dead to me. You just don't exist as a functioning mind. It's clearly undevoloped. Just by stating the word penicillin I know you must be of the age of 14 or under and drugged by your mother and the fucked school system that pruduces an assclown like yourself. Now go ask your mom to take you to the dermatologist and don't ever comment on my diary again or I will contaminate your drinking water with my piss. I hope a tornado distroys your computer.

by joejoeEnglish94bulls4ever on Aug 8, 2007 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know what would be even funnier?

If PaxJax was the guy writing under both names.

Need new sig

by bullshooter on Aug 8, 2007 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What happened to that guy?

Did he kill himself?

by joejoeEnglish94bulls4ever on Aug 8, 2007 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think so

I'll ask just to be sure.

by hscs on Aug 8, 2007 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It gets better and better.

Need new sig

by bullshooter on Aug 8, 2007 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thats PJ?

I was going to say, are there really that many assholes on here?

by joejoeEnglish94bulls4ever on Aug 8, 2007 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The best part

is how your spelling goes to hell when you get upset. It's not a very masculine quality...

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by bullshooter on Aug 8, 2007 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha, I just noticed that

Pretty funny

"My jumper's so smooth it will seduce your girlfriend." -1958ChiTown

by NittanyBull on Aug 8, 2007 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I must say this is very entertaining

JoeJoe is right on most of his points....although he also might be having a mental breakdown. That's what the off season can do to a man.

Is it me or does Lebron walk like a duck?!

by GranvilleWaiters on Aug 8, 2007 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's the funniest thing

said yet.

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by bullshooter on Aug 9, 2007 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Assclown?

by EdNealy on Aug 9, 2007 9:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

heh

MICHAEL
At least your name isn't Michael Bolton.

SAMIR
Michael, there's nothing wrong with that name.

MICHAEL
There was nothing wrong with it. Until I was about nine years old and that no-talent assclown became famous and started winning Grammys.

SAMIR
Well, why don't just go by Mike, instead of Michael?

MICHAEL
WHY SHOULD I CHANGE IT? HE'S THE ONE WHO SUCKS.

by Petor on Aug 9, 2007 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks!

I had to go to YouTube and see that all over again.

The Future is bright!

by Goostafer on Aug 9, 2007 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

(copied from another thread)

I think Ainge's 'plan' is to avoid more tax penalty. So he can only sign guys to the vet minimum (which doesn't get taxed, as I recall)...and that's fine if they were trying to fill out spots 12-15 instead of 4-8.

But Miller can't play anymore, so in his case it doesn't matter. It does matter when they're signing Scott Pollard instead of a more productive big.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 8, 2007 2:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I wonder what Garnett will do

when he looks around at his teammates and realizes he's the young 'un of the bunch.

Ainge should call up Oakley, too. Oakley wants to make a comeback.

by KT on Aug 8, 2007 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh, please

he's an 'intimidating presence'! Especially if you owe him money.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 8, 2007 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I meant 'oh, please'

as in 'I hope they do it for entertainment purposes'

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 8, 2007 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or if you steal one of his groupies

Just ask Jeff McInnis.

by Big D on Aug 8, 2007 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually

the Yankees haven't won any rings by buying outside talent. They make the playoffs, but they don't win the WS. Those teams from the late '90's were built around home grown talents for the most part. Jeter, Rivera, Pettite were NY draft picks and Posada, Bernie Williams, and whoever they have at 2nd were, too, IIRC.

Need new sig

by bullshooter on Aug 8, 2007 2:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Well they sure try to buy them

these days.

by joejoeEnglish94bulls4ever on Aug 8, 2007 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

well

the strategy has sort of shifted after all these years of no WS rings...aside from clemens, the yankees are veering towards homegrown talent. Cano, Cabrera, Wang, Petite, Jeter, Chamberlain and Phil Hughes are all yankees from the start. They could trade half of those players and get bigger stars in return but have so far have not. Its the red sox that have started spending a lot more money lately and trading minor league prospects (Dice-K, Gagne etc..).

by Sambossanova on Aug 8, 2007 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yankees still by far #1 in Payroll

2007 MLB Payrolls

Rank Team 2007 Payroll 2006 Payroll Change

1 Yankees $195,229,045 $198,662,180 $(3,433,135)
2 Red Sox $143,526,214 $120,100,524 $23,425,690
3 Mets $117,915,819 $100,901,085 $17,014,734
4 White Sox $109,680,167 $102,875,667 $6,804,500
5 Angels $109,251,333 $103,625,333 $5,626,000
6 Dodgers $108,704,524 $99,176,950 $9,527,574
7 Mariners $106,516,833 $88,324,500 $18,192,333
8 Cubs $99,937,000 $94,841,167 $5,095,833

Is it me or does Lebron walk like a duck?!

by GranvilleWaiters on Aug 8, 2007 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

A lot of outside talent

Yeah, but I guess you're not counting Paul O'neal, Darryl Strawberry, Scott Brosius, Roger Clemens, David Justice, David Cone, Roberto Kelly, Tino Martinez, Chuck Knoblauch, Mike Stanton, Dwight Gooden, Chili Davis, Kenny Rodgers, Wade Boggs, Cecil Fielder, Ruben Sierra

Is it me or does Lebron walk like a duck?!

by GranvilleWaiters on Aug 8, 2007 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

last comment bout baseball

Most players for major market teams arent from their own system. I was just merely stating that the Yankees are trying to change their philosophy of accquiring big names in favor of nurturing their own prospects and getting a more rounded team that fits well together. Plus they are trying to cut the payroll. And the main people of the championship teams throughout were bernie, jeter, mariano, maybe petite and maybe cone. Not to say the others didnt contribute (couldnt have won w/o them) but it was a different makeup than what they have had the past 5 years or so.

by Sambossanova on Aug 9, 2007 2:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

my time device works too!

The Big Lead's correspondent ought to brush up on mid-90s basketball, and mid-90s Jesus complexes, because Dennis Rodman has appeared on stage with Pearl Jam plenty of times before last weekend.

by hscs on Aug 8, 2007 2:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

something everyone should know, I guess

this is tailor-made for your own blog, may it rest in peace.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 8, 2007 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

ooooooook

so my diary has gone to shit. So has this blog. JoeJoeEnglish94Bulls4ever is getting deleted. You win. Don't wana talk basketball then Im out. This place sucks it's infested with 5th grade bs. To fuckin jaded and imature to act with some respect. Do I fucking respond to comments with insults and spelling corrections? No. This place blows. It's sad what it's turing into. Asshole beehive with Queen Matt as the fucking leader you pencil dick piece of shit twat cunt. Not one of your have ever had sex with a woman. - Truly Steve!

PS Matt your face looks like a whore's vagina. Your beath smells like ass and cigarettes. Your blog, "Blog-a-Bull is in many ways the assclown central of basketball blogging"- Your a douche bag Matt! I can see you jerking off to Pau Gasol right now.

by joejoeEnglish94bulls4ever on Aug 8, 2007 4:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

so long, old friend.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 8, 2007 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Idle threats?

I expect yer next diary (replete with a poll) to appear by this time tomorrow. Please don't disappoint me.

Incidentally, I never hated Reggie Miller. He never took down the Bulls, even with more help from the officials than Jordan ever got. I always found him to be the most amusing kind of jerk. And if the Celtics hire him, it will keep him off TNT, something for which we can all be thankful!

Deng 4 MVP, 2008!

by corey williams corey benjamin on Aug 8, 2007 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I once saw Wynona Rider do this for the USO

What is a "beath," and why does Matt's smell like rectal smoke?

by jpx7 on Aug 8, 2007 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

is this my early birthday present?

.......All hail Matt.

by SRQman on Aug 8, 2007 5:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

But how

do you really feel?

by sue369 on Aug 8, 2007 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Please don't go

by Big D on Aug 8, 2007 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Matt's "beath" sure does

smell like ass. You beathing son of a gun, you

"My jumper's so smooth it will seduce your girlfriend." -1958ChiTown

by NittanyBull on Aug 8, 2007 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh no!

Kevin... er... I mean joejoe, please don't go!

by leeac on Aug 8, 2007 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for spellchecking that

and when you get your GED, please come back.

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by bullshooter on Aug 8, 2007 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who knew that

JoeJoe had Tourettes.

by EdNealy on Aug 9, 2007 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Come on man.

It isn't all that bad.

There is only one douchebag here. And really, every site needs one douchebag to make the remainder of the posters look good. The internet douchebag is kind of like that one token fat girl who is always out with the gaggle of blond hotties at any bar in Chicago.

by 1958ChiTown on Aug 9, 2007 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

and that douchebag is...

You. I'm sure an Adonis like yourself has no time for the "token fat girl" (in text anyway), but the misogynistic comments really aren't necessary. You don't have to impress your buddies with wisdom like that here, or at least save it for a dot-com chat with Bill Simmons.

by hscs on Aug 9, 2007 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I concur

fat girls need lovin', too.

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by bullshooter on Aug 9, 2007 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I appreciate your sensitivity to the matter

Chest Bump!

by hscs on Aug 9, 2007 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ok, you got me, I admit it, I confess, I can't

hide the terrible truth anymore, I can't go on living a lie, I can't lead this double life, I must admit the dark secret that has been plaguing me since I was a youth, it's all so true, so damned true and undeniable: I prefer beautiful, fit girls over fat ones.

Whew. I feel much better now.

by 1958ChiTown on Aug 9, 2007 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think the bigger point

is that nobody cares what you prefer.

I, for one, prefer that everyone draws attention to strapping young men in basketball shorts.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 9, 2007 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know that, because you are a kind and

generous soul, you feel compelled to defend hscs against his tormentors, but you'll note that he is the one who joined the battle here by calling me a douchebag and a "misogynist."

I think it's only fair that I should be allowed one post to mock his precious PC sentiment.

by 1958ChiTown on Aug 9, 2007 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think you called him names first.

although not 'him' in name, it wasn't very subtle.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 9, 2007 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I said it was a misogynistic comment

And dividing women into two groups (fat chicks and blond hotties) is really a missed opportunity to use the far more insightful and evolved scale of 1 to 10, or better yet, how many beers it would take. The fellas at the cafeteria table are going to be disappointed.

by hscs on Aug 9, 2007 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I prefer

the bitches and ho's/skanks delineation myself. Takes all the guess work out. How do you do fat chicks? Do you use BMI or something?

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by bullshooter on Aug 9, 2007 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Matt, is there something you're not telling us?

;)

by KT on Aug 9, 2007 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know what they say...

"...If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So from my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you..."

--Jimmy Soul

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by bullshooter on Aug 9, 2007 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You should be proud.

You actually drove JoeJoe insane. I'll miss him constantly replying to himself.

by EdNealy on Aug 9, 2007 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're thinking of colossus

but I'd group them in the same closet...

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by bullshooter on Aug 9, 2007 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Back to basketball...

Somehow, Boston's potential acquisition of yet-another guy who can only jack up set shots and provide no defense doesn't scare me. People keep comparing this Boston exercise to Houston when they got Barkley. I think another good comparison is the 03-04 Lakers: they brought in hired guns Karl Malone, Gary Payton, Horace Grant, of course, the Human Highlight Reel Part II, Stanislav Medvedenko.
They got to the finals and lost to the Pistons, but Malone and Payton never really found their place on the team. I could see that happening to Ray Allen and, if it happens, Reggie Miller/Oakley/Scottie Pippen/Manute Bol/Ghost of Pete Maravich or any other corpse Danny Ainge happens to sign.

Oh, and to fit in: someone's a douchebag, baseball is great/sucks and JoeJoe [insert opinion here].

by Old Skool Sloan on Aug 9, 2007 10:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Malone was hurt

and Kobe sabotaged that team in the finals. Otherwise, they win. How is that a good scenario for the Bulls?

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by bullshooter on Aug 9, 2007 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Old, Hurt, & Bad at that point in his career

Is it me or does Lebron walk like a duck?!

by GranvilleWaiters on Aug 9, 2007 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You don't like blind item douchebag comments?

Crazy.

I'm waiting for the Pippen will be a Celtic rumor myself, but in defense of that Lakers team Payton and Malone had something left. Reggie Miller hasn't played in 2 seasons.

by hscs on Aug 9, 2007 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

agreed on that last point

This Miller thing is completely out of nowhere.

I always find it insulting to the league when retired players get hyped up by fans as comeback candidates, like they assume the talent level is that easy to be a part of as long as you have your fundamentals intact, instead of working legs.

Pippen, like Oakley, may have his name come up because he needs the money.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 9, 2007 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OK, you got me

Malone and Payton had more to offer than anyone the Celts can get. Now I'm even less scared of what the Celtics can do with Miller. Bottom line: I don't think they make the Eastern Conf Finals, but the addition of Reggie would add comic relief to the season. Especially for when Boston plays New York.

Side note: I wonder how Garnett's foul-count goes up having to play so much help defense? Do you think that could affect his offensive performance?

by Old Skool Sloan on Aug 9, 2007 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm less scared of the C's

not just because even if they get Miller he won't do much, but it appears that they're just grasping at minimum-salary straws (as I said above, it helps lower their luxury tax amount)instead of getting guys who can help more. Like a PJ Brown or something. Hell, even Malik Allen.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 9, 2007 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

ok here's the tax thing I'm talking about

finally found the actual passage:

When a player has been in the NBA for three or more seasons, and is playing under a one-year, ten-day or rest-of-season contract, the league actually reimburses the team for part of his salary - any amount above the minimum salary level for a two-year veteran. For example, in 2005-06 the minimum salary for a two-year veteran is $719,373, so for a ten-year veteran, with a minimum salary of $1,138,500, the league would reimburse the team $419,127. Only the two-year minimum salary is included in the team salary, not the player's full salary. They do this so teams won't shy away from signing older veterans simply because they are more expensive when filling out their last few roster spots.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 9, 2007 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hope so

It's tough to predict how those 3 players will perform. I think it would be tough to come up with a mashup of veteran 'star' talent who could theoretically play better together. Pierce and Allen have both played well with ball-hogging chuckers in the past, and Garnett is dynamic enough to fit just about anywhere. How the Celtics will perform defensively is the biggest unknown, and Garnett could get worn down eventually.

by hscs on Aug 9, 2007 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I may be wrong

but I just don't think they will be a huge threat to the Bulls. They have years of experience but that doesn't mean they will mesh right away. The Bulls youth are a year older and should be able to run circles around them.

by sue369 on Aug 9, 2007 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Allen Houston

wow, more old jump shooters coming out with "may return statements"

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2967380

What does this say about the young players in the league where old guys like this still think they could be useful just because they can still shoot? Maybe some more players should learn how to shoot.

by NY Chicago Fan on Aug 9, 2007 1:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Rick Barry thinks he can still play

I won't bother to find the quote. But he believes he can shoot jumpers and not have to play defense by hiding him in a zone.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 9, 2007 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Probably says more about the older players

It says that either they need the money (like the rumored Pippen comeback earlier this year), or that they can't find anything else to do with their lives that interests them (like MJ).

by Big D on Aug 9, 2007 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of washed-up players . . .

http://www.nba.com/heat/news/heat_sign_phardaway_070809.html

"MIAMI, August 9 - The Miami HEAT announced today that they have signed free agent guard/forward Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed."

by Big D on Aug 9, 2007 4:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I really liked Penny when he was with Orlando,

even taking into account the '94-'95 playoffs. I liked him with Pwhat happened tohoenix/NY also. I always thought it was a travesty, with his knee injury and all, to him. I mean, I remember eating cereal and reading up on Honeycomb cereal boxes as to why they called him "Penny."

I hope he gets in some good minutes and helps whatever team he's on, even if it's the Miami Heat.

"My jumper's so smooth it will seduce your girlfriend." -1958ChiTown

by NittanyBull on Aug 9, 2007 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I really liked Penny when he was with Orlando,

even taking into account the '94-'95 playoffs. I liked him with when he was with Phoenix/NY also. I always thought it was a travesty, with his knee injury and all, to what happened to him. I mean, I remember eating cereal and reading up on Honeycomb cereal boxes as to why they called him "Penny."

I hope he gets in some good minutes and helps whatever team he's on, even if it's the Miami Heat.*

"My jumper's so smooth it will seduce your girlfriend." -1958ChiTown

by NittanyBull on Aug 9, 2007 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs