NBA Finals

[primetime]

Now that I had a few days to recover, here are my thoughts on the NBA finals.

First, congratulations to the Boston Celtics. They deserved to be World Champions because they showed they wanted it more. I hate everything about the Celtics, which includes their players, coaches, fans, ownership, city, anything affiliated with the Boston Celtics franchise. Hell, I hated watching their home games because all of that damn green hurts my eyes. If it was money, it would be different, but since it was the Celtics, I wanted to puke.

I hope everyone does realize Paul Pierce was never hurt. He tweaked his knee, but nothing serious. He did in fact play a hell of a series and outplayed Kobe Bryant.

The one thing about the Celtics was they played hard in every series. No matter what happened to them, they managed to outwork the Lakers. That's why they deserved to win this series. They were indeed the better team. Hate them. Will never like them. But I respect the fact that they were the better team and deserved to win.

As for the Lakers. You just woke a new giant. True Laker fans knew we were going to need Andrew Bynum to win a title. Hell, we were surprised we made the Finals this year. I had the Lakers at conference finals at best. They were still two wins from a title. The thing that hurt them against Boston was front court play. Gasol is not a center. He was our "bandaid" center until Bynum got back. He was not meant to "bang" in the post. Now, with Bynum coming back next year, the Lakers will have their true center (Bynum), a very good power forward (Gasol), a forward at his natural spot (Odom), a veteran point guard (Fisher) and the BEST player in the game (Kobe). The team is YOUNG and got a lot of experience from this playoff run. You could very well be looking at a dynasty.

The Lakers bench is very good, but need to get better. I think the Lakers need to get a "wily old veteran" to come off the bench to help the front court. Look at Boston. They had James Posey and PJ Brown come into the game and never lost a beat. If the Lakers can get that, they will be fine. They also need to play better defense and be a little more physical. The West will still be a great conference, but I think the Lakers are poised to rule.

The Celtics won, so now evil has returned to the throne. Beware Boston, the Lakers are going to be the ones to knock you off your perch. Or someone from the Western Conference...

 

[jaba]

I think it's time to give lamar Odom his walking papers, Prime, and he can take Vlad Rad with him. I'm tired of hearing about how much potential Odom has...he's probably the hardest guy to match against in the league when he's on his game, but he cant be counted on when L A needs him. Odom gives the lakers feast or famine, and he brings the famine too many times in tough circumstances when we need him to come through.what did he have, 5 fouls and zero points in 3 quarters in one finals game? Time to show odom the door, even for a lesser talent with more consistency....I've been hearing about Ron Artest....great defender, which we need, but a bit of a head case, which hopefully Phil Jackson can work with. We cant be stupid and panic and blow up a finals contending team, but we need defenders, and we need em quick...

 

[Tickle Fiend]

Now that I had a few days to recover, here are my thoughts on the NBA finals.

First, congratulations to the Boston Celtics. They deserved to be World Champions because they showed they wanted it more. I hate everything about the Celtics, which includes their players, coaches, fans, ownership, city, anything affiliated with the Boston Celtics franchise. Hell, I hated watching their home games because all of that damn green hurts my eyes. If it was money, it would be different, but since it was the Celtics, I wanted to puke.

I hope everyone does realize Paul Pierce was never hurt. He tweaked his knee, but nothing serious. He did in fact play a hell of a series and outplayed Kobe Bryant.

The one thing about the Celtics was they played hard in every series. No matter what happened to them, they managed to outwork the Lakers. That's why they deserved to win this series. They were indeed the better team. Hate them. Will never like them. But I respect the fact that they were the better team and deserved to win.

As for the Lakers. You just woke a new giant. True Laker fans knew we were going to need Andrew Bynum to win a title. Hell, we were surprised we made the Finals this year. I had the Lakers at conference finals at best. They were still two wins from a title. The thing that hurt them against Boston was front court play. Gasol is not a center. He was our "bandaid" center until Bynum got back. He was not meant to "bang" in the post. Now, with Bynum coming back next year, the Lakers will have their true center (Bynum), a very good power forward (Gasol), a forward at his natural spot (Odom), a veteran point guard (Fisher) and the BEST player in the game (Kobe). The team is YOUNG and got a lot of experience from this playoff run. You could very well be looking at a dynasty.
The Lakers bench is very good, but need to get better. I think the Lakers need to get a "wily old veteran" to come off the bench to help the front court. Look at Boston. They had James Posey and PJ Brown come into the game and never lost a beat. If the Lakers can get that, they will be fine. They also need to play better defense and be a little more physical. The West will still be a great conference, but I think the Lakers are poised to rule.

The Celtics won, so now evil has returned to the throne. Beware Boston, the Lakers are going to be the ones to knock you off your perch. Or someone from the Western Conference...

New Orleans and Portland are young too. New Orleans is ready now and Portland will be in a few years. And who knows where LeBron or D Wade will be in a few years.

 

[primetime]

The difference between the Lakers and the Hornets/Blazers is they don't have Kobe Bryant. They will be tough no doubt with the Blazers being the biggest challenge, but Andrew Bynum makes a huge difference. Oden has to adjust to the game, Bynum is already getting better.

The Hornets have Paul, but again, their frontcourt will not be able to contain the Lakers or Blazers frontcourt. And...no Kobe Bryant.

The Western Conference will be dominated by Lakers/Blazers because of their youth, with New Orleans just outside of them. The West will be hell again and the East will be represented by Boston. Next year is going to be real interesting...

 

[Heeko]

I wouldn't underestimate or overlook a team called San Antonio. They are always dangerous based on experience alone.

Boston is not a lock in the east. They no longer have to "prove" their massive off-season dealings was the right thing.