no, i don't know, because winning championships is rad no matter how it happens
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 May 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
but if you want a team that maybe goes six games in the conference finals at some point be my guest, more for the rest of us
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 May 2010 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
you're a yankees fun aren't you
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha no i'm not. let me be really real with you--when the celtics traded for ray and kg there was a little bit of that hand-wringing: "aw, we brought in ringers, wouldn't it have been more fun if we had gotten lol greg oden and built a winner out of him and like al jefferson and ryan gomes shooting baseline jumpers" and whoever else we had at the time. but it didn't take long for most reasonable people to appreciate and enjoy watching pro basketball played at a really, really high level night in and night out, and by the time the c's were embarassing the lakers in the nba championship this wasn't even a point you could make.
so like, i know what you're thinking. but you're wrong :)
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 May 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
oh for sure, this is my thinking now, before The Ringer has ever donned a Bulls jersey. could def see it getting wiped away by the end of the 1st game of the new dynasty, let alone the 1st title.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
The Lakers are not one dimensional at all, and certainly less so than the Miami Dwaynes and the Cleveland Mo Williamses.
― Let Amare go ham like he was all you can eating it (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
shh don't ruin my storyline
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
We were totally fine with Pau joining the team a few years ago. Just sayin'.
― Let Amare go ham like he was all you can eating it (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
"I figured LeBron out, dude. I think you define a player by defining what is most important to them in one word.
"MJ -- Winning. Hands down, all he wanted to do was win. And that's over-used for a lot of athletes, but not him.
"Kobe -- Greatness. Yes he's going to win some, but only because he wants to be considered great and that will be a by-product at times. But you'd also see him shoot his team out of a game; jack 3s when he should press the issue and get to the paint. He didn't mind losing a few games if people came away saying 'Kobe is great; look what happens when he doesn't shoot.'"
"LeBron -- Amaze. I think he just really wants to amaze people. Which is why he spends 10 minutes before the game throwing underhand, left-hand half-court shots. Why he celebrates amazing dunks and blocks, but isn't working just as hard to win. I know the Cavs aren't great without him, but he's got PLENTY on that team to win rings with."
Is that totally fair? Probably not. But just for fun, let's extend Chris' game ...
Russell, Magic, Bird, Duncan, Walton, West and Havlicek: Winning.
Wilt: Numbers.
Oscar and Barry: Perfection.
Shaq: Fame.
Kareem and Elgin: Pride.
Moses: Rebounds.
Malone and Garnett: Work.
Barkley: Fun.
Cousy, Stockton, Isiah, Pippen and Nash: Team.
I think that's pretty otm. Question for me is, which one applies to Wade? Guess that's yet to be determined.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
duh of course you were, it's the Lakers, it's LA.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I would have to say "Competing," as in you have to knock him out to beat him?
Dude has played at a high level through so many injuries. He's not as purposefully flashy as Bron, and I don't think he has the giant sense of selfness that Kobe has.
― Let Amare go ham like he was all you can eating it (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Meaning what, sir?
― Let Amare go ham like he was all you can eating it (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
All that I know is that 55 year old secretaries be pointing out flaws in defensive schemes during the regular season out here. LA is a pro hoops town, man. They LOVE some NBA out here.
― Let Amare go ham like he was all you can eating it (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Meaning like NYC it's win at all cost, no excuses.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
And what possible excuse could there be? Dude, its PROFESSIONAL sports. C.R.E.A.M., son.
― Let Amare go ham like he was all you can eating it (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
BTW, as a life-long Orioles fan, I would be totally fine with the Earth opening up and swallowing Yankee Stadium WHOLE. Giant patch of green in the South Bronx. Awesome.
I would worry about Jigga and his head gear, but he's got some means, so he would find something else to wear.
― Let Amare go ham like he was all you can eating it (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
MIAMIMIAMIMIAMIMIAMIMIAMI.
btw,
yeah their roster at that point would bewadeboshlebron/stoudemire etcmario chalmersdequan cook& that's itprofit???
wadeboshlebron/stoudemire etcmario chalmersdequan cook
& that's it
profit???
the profit would be 4 -- 5 straight championships.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 14 May 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Shaq: Twitter
― max, Friday, 14 May 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Keith Van Horn: Video Game Covers
Wade/Bosh/Lebron would be some scary, scary shit. You and I could fill out the starting 5, and they'd still take 50 games.
alright, 45, but they'd still make a run in the playoffs.
― Let Amare go ham like he was all you can eating it (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Pau Gasol: Trying to grow a beard
― max, Friday, 14 May 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Sheed: Hamburgers
Paul Pierce: Face Pubes
― Let Amare go ham like he was all you can eating it (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
praying for miami. bienvenido a miami, lebron james.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 14 May 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Dominque Wilkins: Windmill
Artest, Rodman: hairdye
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Daryl Dawkins: whambamthankyoumamslamiam
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Dave Cowens: floor burns
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Patrick Ewing: Steps
― Let Amare go ham like he was all you can eating it (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Shaun Kemp: booty
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
New Jersey Nets: Pride
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 14 May 2010 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Jay Williams: speeding
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Shaun Kemp: booty daddy
― Let Amare go ham like he was all you can eating it (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 14 May 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Pistol Pete: please don't hurt me, daddy
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
hey stupid question, but doesn't the prospect of a sign and trade make any team a possibility for lebron? i know miami, and chi and nets etc can also sign him outright but what's to stop him from saying, you know what, i wanna play for orlando with dwight and orlando ships lewis and some other contracts to make it work?
― heartbreakin' 2: electric boohoohoo ;_; (m bison), Friday, 14 May 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
i heard that's a possibility yeah
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
want to see this regardless of implications
― requiem for a wishburger (tremendoid), Friday, 14 May 2010 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
lebron 2 bobcats
― am0n, Friday, 14 May 2010 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
lebron to olympiakos
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 14 May 2010 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
lebron 2 yankees??
― max, Friday, 14 May 2010 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
just a rumor i heard
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/100514&sportCat=nba
― am0n, Friday, 14 May 2010 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
oh already postedddd
― am0n, Friday, 14 May 2010 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
not sure i really agree with much of that column
― contl;drizer (J0rdan S.), Friday, 14 May 2010 23:48 (thirteen years ago) link
the part at the end is especially *rolls eyes*
― contl;drizer (J0rdan S.), Friday, 14 May 2010 23:49 (thirteen years ago) link
eh im kinda with him on the "not cut from the jordan cloth" bit, but he's better than (or will be) dr j
― heartbreakin' 2: electric boohoohoo ;_; (m bison), Saturday, 15 May 2010 00:04 (thirteen years ago) link
probably/possibly, but let's not diminish how great dr. j was.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 15 May 2010 00:13 (thirteen years ago) link
if i were lebron james i would quit basketball and join ricky williams in zen-philosophy school.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 15 May 2010 00:14 (thirteen years ago) link
ricky williams is so tite 2 me
― heartbreakin' 2: electric boohoohoo ;_; (m bison), Saturday, 15 May 2010 00:16 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 15 May 2010 00:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Drake part was prob my least fav but obv the most noteworthy. I just like seeing the dudes shoot the breeze. First ep was more natural imo.
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Monday, 15 October 2018 03:10 (five years ago) link
Edie Falco went on Chuck D’s podcast "Shattered: Hope, Heartbreak and the New York Knicks", and let it slip that the Knicks brought back Gandolfini and Falco in a bid to lure LeBron. Who better than Jersey’s finest to recruit James to New York? According to Deadline, frequent 30 for 30 director Jonathan Hock helmed a ten-minute short that reunited the titular Sopranos. “We got those requests all the time back then and Jim Gandolfini, he did nothing. And somehow, he agreed to this thing, which I was shocked by,” Falco said. “I thought it was a prank when someone said Jim’s going to do it.”The short was shot in Gandolfini’s apartment, and posited that Tony Soprano had been in witness protection ever since his maybe-death in the HBO show’s final episode. Alas, as anyone who watched The Decision knows, LeBron did not wind up going to New York. “I couldn’t believe that it didn’t work,” Falco said. “Not so much because of The Sopranos. I just thought, it’s New York. How does anyone say no to New York, for God’s sake? But he did!”
The short was shot in Gandolfini’s apartment, and posited that Tony Soprano had been in witness protection ever since his maybe-death in the HBO show’s final episode. Alas, as anyone who watched The Decision knows, LeBron did not wind up going to New York. “I couldn’t believe that it didn’t work,” Falco said. “Not so much because of The Sopranos. I just thought, it’s New York. How does anyone say no to New York, for God’s sake? But he did!”
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 April 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
I've been to New York it's remarkably easy to not want to go there
― frogbs, Thursday, 29 April 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
it helps if you have a pretty good chance to win a Tony or be a Tony.
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 April 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
i am doubting that lebron has the level of acting necessary to star in a cartoonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCsEKvz2mxs
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:41 (two years ago) link
This has been on Wikipedia for more than a year. https://t.co/wp8slQbClD pic.twitter.com/SgYBxOLRY9— John M. Cunningham (@jmcunning) March 17, 2022
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 March 2022 20:33 (two years ago) link
jaymc.xls
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 17 March 2022 20:49 (two years ago) link
what a delight to see jaymc crossover from my main twitter to my hoops twitter account
― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, 17 March 2022 22:47 (two years ago) link
lol when I saw that tweet earlier I was like "I feel like I know this guy from somewhere...?"
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Thursday, 17 March 2022 23:11 (two years ago) link
How do you think I feel, being that I hadn't seen a pic of him since we were in high school
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 17 March 2022 23:58 (two years ago) link