Guy Berger Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 stat geeks make their 1st round predictions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Online betting markets' current predictions for each series: Miami/Chicago: Bulls 55.9% favorite Spurs/Nugs: Spurs 85.0% favorite GSW/Dallas: Dallas 91.0% favorite Houston/Utah: Houston 70.5% favorite Lakers/Phoenix: Phoenix 91.0% favorite Raptors/Nets: Raptors 58.2% favorite Detroit/Magic: Detroit 92.0% favorite Cavs/Wiz: Cavs 93.0% favorite Predictions for championship: Mavs 32.0-33.2% Suns 17.0-18.3% Spurs 16.3-17.1% Pistons 12.0-12.7% Heat 5.6-5.8% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Bulls looked like they were going to choke this one away... they better hope that Shaq fouls out of a few more games. The Raptors' inexperience really showed in the earlier game. Given Carter's mediocre game they had a golden opportunity. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Darko is getting booed in Detroit. Strange -- we're not talking about a good player here... Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 how long would it take me to get my upper body lookin' like Dwight Howards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Anybody read Jack McCallum's book on the 2005-2006 Phoenix Suns? Here's amazon's summary: Sports Illustrated's chief NBA writer, Jack McCallum, only planned to spend the preseason with the Phoenix Suns as an "assistant coach" -- and then write a story about his experiences. Instead, he stayed on with the Suns throughout their exciting and controversial 2005-2006 season. Gaining access to everything from locker-room chats with superstar point guard Steve Nash, to coaches' meetings with maverick coach Mike D'Antoni, McCallum learned what makes this wildly popular, innovative, and international assemblage of talented players and brilliant coaches tick -- making Seven Seconds or Less an all-access look at one of the greatest shows in sports. Here's a review. Some highlights: p38 D'Antoni plays video games in the players' lounge p39 no one knows if Leandro Barbosa understands anything p54 coaches worry Marion has "gone into the tank" jealous that Nash won MVP [Guy: what a putz] p66 Nash asks D'Antoni if he believes the referee conspiracy theories (Bennett Salvatore always part of that conversation) p100 Mike D'Antoni, staunch democrat, listens repeatedly to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eDJ3cuXKV4. When he hears that Kwame Brown is being investigated for sexual assault says "was the assault on Boris Diaw?" p110 Diaw: "I do not date American women. I have them." p117 at Boston University Raja Bell was sent for anger management p118 Barbosa got his nut tangled in this sack, Iavaroni says "that's some third world shit right there" p119 Raja Bell's dad was kicked out of his 50+ league for busting some dude's nose p122 D'Antoni's worst nightmare is that a certain unnamed ref will show up for game six against the Lakers--lucky him they spot the guy in the restaurant (FWIW that game was reffed by Ron Garretson , Greg Willard , and Leon Wood) p128 Gentry calls Olowokandi a "pussy," someone from the league indicates they agree, then Gentry hides from Kandi p141 espionage! Suns get Laker intelligence from notes left in a hotel room and by listening in on practice p207 Kevin Tucker responsible for monitoring the players' nightlife--never worries about Shawn Marion p221 Nash has a shirt that says Good Bush/Bad Bush with pictures of a woman's lower abdomen and the president p265 Suns offense is, essentially, whoever Keith Van Horn guards gets to embarrass him, and it works (might have something to do with KVH being out of the league) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 DAMN... Kobe has 28 at the half. Suns playing AWFUL. Though if I'm the Suns, I've got to feel pretty good about Kobe dominating the Lakers' offense. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Magic Johnson: one of the greatest all time players, one of the worst all time analysts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 i got a 20 spot on the suns and i'm rooting for the lakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 The Nuggets looked pretty good in the opener versus the Spurs. Could be alot better series than I expected, and if this Game 1 is any indication, could go either way. Spurs seemed out of sync, and Iverson & Anthony seemed to be clicking effectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Magic Johnson: one of the greatest all time players, one of the worst all time analysts Give him the ball, not the microphone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 (edited) BARON DAVIS! Now, I know that realistically the Warriors will be lucky to win more than 2 games in this series, but that was fantastic. On the one hand, Dallas played like crap. One the other hand, aside from Stephen Jackson and Baron everybody on the Warriors played like crap. This could become a good series. Warriors vs. Nuggets conference finals! (not likely, I'll admit) Guy Edited April 23, 2007 by Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 damn i picked the spurs to win the title i hope i put the whammy on those chumps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 BARON DAVIS! Now, I know that realistically the Warriors will be lucky to win more than 2 games in this series, but that was fantastic. On the one hand, Dallas played like crap. One the other hand, aside from Stephen Jackson and Baron everybody on the Warriors played like crap. This could become a good series. The Mavs lost last night for the same reason they choked in the finals and for the same reason GS will upset the Mavs: when the Mavs panic, they revert to Nellie-ball. They SUCK at Nellie-ball, and yet this lesson still hasn't sunk in. It's gonna be a short post-season for my Mavs. Go Mavs.... but it's gonna be Suns all the way, baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 (edited) I picked the Suns just to jinx them. SS1's got the maloinks on Timmy Turtlehead and the Spurs. Big Al dusts off the ol' reverse-whammy for the Mavs. Edited April 23, 2007 by Noj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 anyone else want to join our pool? today is the last day to join Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Big Al dusts off the ol' reverse-whammy for the Mavs. Moi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 If phil starts farmar the enitre series it will be over in 4 games i thought the warriors would be tired from trying to make the post season the earlier the spurs are eliminated the better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Boozer having a great game... but it looks like Houston owns the Jazz. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) i thought the warriors would be tired from trying to make the post season Three days rest before game 1... After game 2, the games are every other day. Don Nelson uses a rotation of only 8 players, so that could end up hurting Golden State if the series goes long. Baron is quite injury-prone and he'll be playing 45 minutes per game. Guy Edited April 24, 2007 by Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Scott Skiles and Big Daddy almost got into a fistfight once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Is it too soon to stop talking about Shaq, DWade and company?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 (edited) Is it too soon to stop talking about Shaq, DWade and company?? Hopefully they'll be on vacation soon. Deng was fantastic tonight. Barbaro is having another great game. Guy Edited April 25, 2007 by Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 lakers couldn't even make a freaking lay-up vs the suns farmar looks like me out on the court.... totally lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 farmar looks like me out on the court.... totally lost The whole team looked lost most of the time. What an alley-oopfest. I haven't seen much of Miami recently, but after catching part of today's game, I can't believe that there are still some experts out there that think they can win it all. Tomorrow's the big day for the Mavs to put up. I expect a better game from both teams, and this time I'll be closer to "shock" if the Warriors win again. I just hope this ridiculously long space between games doesn't allow the W's to lose their groove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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