Comments on: NBA Finals Poll

By: melissa

melissa — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:59:48 +0000

GO SPURS GO!!
I GUESS IT CAN BE BORING WHEN YOU KNOW WHO IS GOING TO WIN!!

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 23 May 2007 01:47:47 +0000

I dont know about you guys, but this tandem of Jackson and Van Gundy sucks…

By: caleb

caleb — Wed, 23 May 2007 01:38:21 +0000

I know it’s irrational, but I feel a dramatic sense of relief.

I don’t believe in karma, or any paranormal phenomena – but this lottery almost makes you want to believe. Teams with decent organizations and long-suffering fans – win. Teams that tanked and disgraced the game – lose. Boston, that means you.

What could be better?

Even though I live in Atlanta now, I sort of wish Phoenix had gotten that pick – such a fun team to watch, would have liked to see them get a boost. At least the Hawks should be watchable now.

Isaiah ought to see if he can sucker Atlanta out of Josh Smith – you’d basically be getting Kirilenko at a rookie salary. Billy Knight is actually under the cap and could take on Curry’s salary.

By: Vicks

Vicks — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:39:25 +0000

Portland gets Oden

Bulls get number nine.

By: mase

mase — Tue, 22 May 2007 21:39:45 +0000

troll,
after reading your brilliantly, poignant,’op-ed’ if you will, i’ve decided to recind. your use of the word ‘tard’ is what sold me. please keep informing the masses!

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 22 May 2007 20:17:56 +0000

And since we are doing polls these days, I saw one on the Newsday site at this link.

http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/ny-spknix0522,0,1551320.story?coll=ny-sports-headlines

Here were the options.

How would you fix the Knicks?
How would you fix the Knicks?
Draft a combo guard who can score
Invest in Eddy Curry
Shop for a power forward who can complement Curry
Trade Nate Robinson
Be realistic
Bring in Jerry West

#3 and #4 were the top answers with 33% or so each. Unbelievable, considering we have one of the best and most promising power forwards in the league already.

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:28:38 +0000

I still think “the Big Chocolate Turnover” would make a good sobriquet…

By: Vicks

Vicks — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:09:25 +0000

On Truehoop today:

>>”My 9-year old daughter calls Eddy Curry, “Chicken Curry.” A good nickname on many levels.”

By: Mike K. (KnickerBlogger)

Mike K. (KnickerBlogger) — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:16:57 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, I do like watching good defensive teams play, but I think troll’s tone was a bit over the top. There is a joy in watching a team like the Spurs execute, but it’s a much different joy than watching either a team like the Suns or Warriors.

Take baseball. Personally I love watching pitcher’s duels (mostly because it speeds up the game), but you just don’t react the same way to a 1-0 game that you do from a monstrous upper deck home run. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying a slam dunk or home run, and absolutely over time these things become boring (when they are too commonplace). Nonetheless there’s a dark cloud over this series, maybe due to the Suns-fight debacle, the loss of two of the league’s two most exciting teams at the same time, or the lack of the top seeds (Mavs, Suns, even the Rockets?).

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 22 May 2007 12:48:18 +0000

Well, I will dissent. I love watching the Spurs play. Tim Duncan is probably one of the top ten players ever to play the game. To me he is a pleasure the watch. His defense and rebounding is fun to watch. And no joke, I love it when he nails that eight foot bank shot. That’s a great shot. He is so smart as a player, in almost everything he does, and his passing out of the post is phenomenal. I watch him and think of all the things Eddy Curry Fingers will never be.

Also, Manu has just been playing phenomenally, especially the last three games. He is auch a great player. No team in the league has a better duo than those two. I love watching him play too.