Laker fans rooting for Celtics, want a rematch...

[RAcker]

I love how confident Celtics fans are, but some of you are bordering on delusional.    Lebron tanked the series on purpose (obvious to any impartial NBA fan) against Boston for whatever reason and the Magic are just not that good, along with the Suns.  

Beating the Lakers was tough in 2008, I'm not sure why you guys pretend now that is was an easy series. Without a miracle comeback from down 24 points in game 4, that series would have been 3-2 Lakers after game 5, and who knows what then?  Posey and House hitting threes were the keys to you winning game 6, two players that are now gone.

The Lakers have Bynum back (somewhat healthy) this year, and a significant upgrade in Ron Artest.  Those of you who think this will be a cakewalk are in for a rude awakening.  Of course the Celtics still have a chance to win, but that chance is not any greater than it was in 2008, and it may be even less.

Basketball is a skill game, not a wrestling match, please stop with the "toughness" argument.  The only person that Perkins intimidates with his angry scowl is his mirror.  Now if you want to say that you play aggressive, swarming, defense, fine.  But don't talk about toughness as though the players are in fear of each other.  That just sounds dumb.  No one in the NBA is physically scared of anyone.  Can we all agree on that?  Toughness is about mentality, not about physical strength.

All that said, as an NBA fan, I look forward to a great series.  

This may be the funniest post I've ever read for multiple reasons.

[omen1078]

The funniest posts will be all the Celtic gloom when you guys are losing.  I've lurked on your boards before and this new found confidence is actually very shallow.  Not a month ago you guys were ready to trade Ray, Sheed, Pierce, and [dang] near everybody else.  

And for the guy who brought up 9-2 in finals?  It's 2-2 since 1980.  Holding onto championships earned in a time when NBA players had to work two jobs in the off-season just to stay afloat doesn't mean anything.  It's 2-2 in the modern era of the NBA.  This next series can be a tiebreaker.

Its too bad, though, that the city voted "most racist in America" doesn't have a Bird or McHale to root for these days.  How exactly does that work in Boston? Someone inform me. Do you just pretend Scalabrine is a real player?  Do you give black people a pass when they have on a Celtic uniform?  Not gonna lie, watching Boston fan have to root for people they secretly hate is kind of entertaining, especially after all the racist smack they ran on the Lakers in the 80's.

Trolling (by way of attacking the city of Boston and Boston fans) is not permitted.

[omen1078]

Here is more detail on LeBron for those actually interested in the truth.


THE PLAN:
Force your team to win the game (which they can't) but do just enough to make it look like it's not too obvious you're throwing the game, but when momentum is on the line, throw it.

Executed PERFECTLY. Watch the tape.

Game 5
LeBron comes out dishing, not attacking at all. But they were at home so his teammates were actually getting it going. His only option was to get off the ball, totally uninvolved, so that his team would not be able to surge off him and make the game too close.

What does he do? Watch LeBron in Game 5, he spent more time standing in the corner away from the action than I've ever seen him spend in any game.

Many NBA experts have already said the same thing, not only was he standing around off the ball more than ever (what does an elbow injury have to do with that?) but when he did get the ball, he would swing it to a sometimes completely surprised teammate who was in no better position to create a shot than LeBron was when it left his hands. This play is not due to an injury, this is more than that.

With an injury, you're taking the shots, but they just aren't falling. By the way, did you notice in Game 5 when he did take shots they were Vince Carter-esque: Fading back for no reason (which he never does) and missing by a foot?

 

THE PLAN: Ok, everyone is suspecting you. What do you do? Make sure you stuff the stats so that it's not too obvious, but when it counts, make sure Boston gets the momentum play.

EXECUTED PERFECTLY

Game 6
LeBron comes out with a few dunks to quickly quell the notion that something is "up."  Ok, he's going to try to play it cool tonight. LeBron starts driving to the basket in the first half to show that he's being aggressive. But what happens on 50% of the drives? He gets tied up, stripped, etc.

This almost never happens to LeBron. He was fumbling the ball so much on drives, what does that have to do with an elbow? Sure, credit the Celtics defense, but LeBron was clearly not going as hard as he usually goes when driving to the hole. He was simply leaving the ball out there for people to strip.

In the second half, Boston starts to pull away. Every time the Cavs had an important possession, LeBron would throw the ball away. One play in particular, he threw a cross-court pass to Anthony Parker coming off a screen, who was clearly coming out to the top of the court, but LeBron threw the pass to the corner. There was no way Parker would have gone to that corner. That was the most clear example of throwing the game of the night. That was not a turnover on accident. Watch the tape, I don't care what anyone says.

Ok, but it's getting obvious again that LeBron is fading, its time to show a little fight. What does he do? Come down two straight possessions and hit two straight 3's to pull his team back. That elbow sure did look bad on those perfect shots! Riiiight.

Now if you noticed, LeBron's body language after those shots was totally bizarre. What do you expect from LeBron after plays like that? Firing up his teammates? "LETS GO!" etc, excited, "We can do it!" right? No. Not at all. Actually LeBron looked extremely nervous, his hands were [dang] near shaking, like he was thinking, "That might have been too much, we are really close now."

Watch the tape. What do you do next time down the court? Turn it over. Because if you really want to win, you got to make the next play, or at least attempt to. But if you turn it over and Boston scores, the momentum and game quickly shifts back to Boston.

Mission Accomplished.

Also, did LeBron look like he was upset to any of you after the game? Not to me, not at all. He spoke the words he was supposed to speak, but there was no feeling behind them.  Remember how mad he was after the game last year? He didn't even shake the Orlando players' hands. That's the type of competitor LeBron is, think about it folks.

Also, interesting that before his press conference, he called for his "team" of advisers to meet with him in a closed-off locker room. I wonder why? Probably feeling some nerves after what he just did, and needed some advice on how to approach the media, what to say, etc.

[Mr October]

The funniest posts will be all the Celtic gloom when you guys are losing.  I've lurked on your boards before and this new found confidence is actually very shallow.  Not a month ago you guys were ready to trade Ray, Sheed, Pierce, and [dang] near everybody else. 

And for the guy who brought up 9-2 in finals?  It's 2-2 since 1980.  Holding onto championships earned in a time when NBA players had to work two jobs in the off-season just to stay afloat doesn't mean anything.  It's 2-2 in the modern era of the NBA.  This next series can be a tiebreaker.

Its too bad, though, that the city voted "most racist in America" doesn't have a Bird or McHale to root for these days.  How exactly does that work in Boston? Someone inform me. Do you just pretend Scalabrine is a real player?  Do you give black people a pass when they have on a Celtic uniform?  Not gonna lie, watching Boston fan have to root for people they secretly hate is kind of entertaining, especially after all the racist smack they ran on the Lakers in the 80's.

Oh c'mon. Seriously? Racism? LA doesn't know anything about that, right?

Lets stick to basketball.

Bring us evidence of LA's greatness. I see a big talented team in purple in gold, and yet also stocked with a bunch of mentally soft players who can still loose their focus in Gasol, Odom, Bynum, Farmar, Vujacic, etc.

[angryguy77]

Here is more detail on LeBron for those actually interested in the truth.


THE PLAN:
Force your team to win the game (which they can't) but do just enough to make it look like it's not too obvious you're throwing the game, but when momentum is on the line, throw it.

Executed PERFECTLY. Watch the tape.

Game 5
LeBron comes out dishing, not attacking at all. But they were at home so his teammates were actually getting it going. His only option was to get off the ball, totally uninvolved, so that his team would not be able to surge off him and make the game too close.

What does he do? Watch LeBron in Game 5, he spent more time standing in the corner away from the action than I've ever seen him spend in any game.

Many NBA experts have already said the same thing, not only was he standing around off the ball more than ever (what does an elbow injury have to do with that?) but when he did get the ball, he would swing it to a sometimes completely surprised teammate who was in no better position to create a shot than LeBron was when it left his hands. This play is not due to an injury, this is more than that.

With an injury, you're taking the shots, but they just aren't falling. By the way, did you notice in Game 5 when he did take shots they were Vince Carter-esque: Fading back for no reason (which he never does) and missing by a foot?

 

THE PLAN: Ok, everyone is suspecting you. What do you do? Make sure you stuff the stats so that it's not too obvious, but when it counts, make sure Boston gets the momentum play.

EXECUTED PERFECTLY

Game 6
LeBron comes out with a few dunks to quickly quell the notion that something is "up."  Ok, he's going to try to play it cool tonight. LeBron starts driving to the basket in the first half to show that he's being aggressive. But what happens on 50% of the drives? He gets tied up, stripped, etc.

This almost never happens to LeBron. He was fumbling the ball so much on drives, what does that have to do with an elbow? Sure, credit the Celtics defense, but LeBron was clearly not going as hard as he usually goes when driving to the hole. He was simply leaving the ball out there for people to strip.

In the second half, Boston starts to pull away. Every time the Cavs had an important possession, LeBron would throw the ball away. One play in particular, he threw a cross-court pass to Anthony Parker coming off a screen, who was clearly coming out to the top of the court, but LeBron threw the pass to the corner. There was no way Parker would have gone to that corner. That was the most clear example of throwing the game of the night. That was not a turnover on accident. Watch the tape, I don't care what anyone says.

Ok, but it's getting obvious again that LeBron is fading, its time to show a little fight. What does he do? Come down two straight possessions and hit two straight 3's to pull his team back. That elbow sure did look bad on those perfect shots! Riiiight.

Now if you noticed, LeBron's body language after those shots was totally bizarre. What do you expect from LeBron after plays like that? Firing up his teammates? "LETS GO!" etc, excited, "We can do it!" right? No. Not at all. Actually LeBron looked extremely nervous, his hands were [dang] near shaking, like he was thinking, "That might have been too much, we are really close now."

Watch the tape. What do you do next time down the court? Turn it over. Because if you really want to win, you got to make the next play, or at least attempt to. But if you turn it over and Boston scores, the momentum and game quickly shifts back to Boston.

Mission Accomplished.

Also, did LeBron look like he was upset to any of you after the game? Not to me, not at all. He spoke the words he was supposed to speak, but there was no feeling behind them.  Remember how mad he was after the game last year? He didn't even shake the Orlando players' hands. That's the type of competitor LeBron is, think about it folks.

Also, interesting that before his press conference, he called for his "team" of advisers to meet with him in a closed-off locker room. I wonder why? Probably feeling some nerves after what he just did, and needed some advice on how to approach the media, what to say, etc.

Where did Nasa shoot the moon landing?

How did Bush plan 9/11?

You're not far off.....

[RAcker]

The funniest posts will be all the Celtic gloom when you guys are losing.  I've lurked on your boards before and this new found confidence is actually very shallow.  Not a month ago you guys were ready to trade Ray, Sheed, Pierce, and [dang] near everybody else. 

And for the guy who brought up 9-2 in finals?  It's 2-2 since 1980.  Holding onto championships earned in a time when NBA players had to work two jobs in the off-season just to stay afloat doesn't mean anything.  It's 2-2 in the modern era of the NBA.  This next series can be a tiebreaker.

Its too bad, though, that the city voted "most racist in America" doesn't have a Bird or McHale to root for these days.  How exactly does that work in Boston? Someone inform me. Do you just pretend Scalabrine is a real player?  Do you give black people a pass when they have on a Celtic uniform?  Not gonna lie, watching Boston fan have to root for people they secretly hate is kind of entertaining, especially after all the racist smack they ran on the Lakers in the 80's.

Oh c'mon. Seriously? Racism? LA doesn't know anything about that, right?

Lets stick to basketball.

Bring us evidence of LA's greatness. I see a big talented team in purple in gold, and yet also stocked with a bunch of mentally soft players who can still loose their focus in Gasol, Odom, Bynum, Farmar, Vujacic, etc.

We secretly hate the Celtics players because they are black? Wow.

Anyway, this troll won't be around if the Celtics take down the Lakers. Guys like MacOH at least have testicles enough to have adult conversation and disagreements without getting wacko and come back to admit when they were wrong.

As for the theory that LeBron was purposefully throwing games and that this is the only way the Celtics won that series, I cannot even dignify that ridiculous claim with a comment.

[Roy Hobbs]

The funniest posts will be all the Celtic gloom when you guys are losing.  I've lurked on your boards before and this new found confidence is actually very shallow.  Not a month ago you guys were ready to trade Ray, Sheed, Pierce, and [dang] near everybody else. 

And for the guy who brought up 9-2 in finals?  It's 2-2 since 1980.  Holding onto championships earned in a time when NBA players had to work two jobs in the off-season just to stay afloat doesn't mean anything.  It's 2-2 in the modern era of the NBA.  This next series can be a tiebreaker.

Its too bad, though, that the city voted "most racist in America" doesn't have a Bird or McHale to root for these days.  How exactly does that work in Boston? Someone inform me. Do you just pretend Scalabrine is a real player?  Do you give black people a pass when they have on a Celtic uniform?  Not gonna lie, watching Boston fan have to root for people they secretly hate is kind of entertaining, especially after all the racist smack they ran on the Lakers in the 80's.

And that's how trolls get banned.

[RAcker]

The funniest posts will be all the Celtic gloom when you guys are losing.  I've lurked on your boards before and this new found confidence is actually very shallow.  Not a month ago you guys were ready to trade Ray, Sheed, Pierce, and [dang] near everybody else. 

And for the guy who brought up 9-2 in finals?  It's 2-2 since 1980.  Holding onto championships earned in a time when NBA players had to work two jobs in the off-season just to stay afloat doesn't mean anything.  It's 2-2 in the modern era of the NBA.  This next series can be a tiebreaker.

Its too bad, though, that the city voted "most racist in America" doesn't have a Bird or McHale to root for these days.  How exactly does that work in Boston? Someone inform me. Do you just pretend Scalabrine is a real player?  Do you give black people a pass when they have on a Celtic uniform?  Not gonna lie, watching Boston fan have to root for people they secretly hate is kind of entertaining, especially after all the racist smack they ran on the Lakers in the 80's.

And that's how trolls get banned.

I knew that was coming.  Roy, this must mean we are racist bigots or something or that somehow we are all in on a conspiracy.   

[Redz]

The funniest posts will be all the Celtic gloom when you guys are losing.  I've lurked on your boards before and this new found confidence is actually very shallow.  Not a month ago you guys were ready to trade Ray, Sheed, Pierce, and [dang] near everybody else. 

And for the guy who brought up 9-2 in finals?  It's 2-2 since 1980.  Holding onto championships earned in a time when NBA players had to work two jobs in the off-season just to stay afloat doesn't mean anything.  It's 2-2 in the modern era of the NBA.  This next series can be a tiebreaker.

Its too bad, though, that the city voted "most racist in America" doesn't have a Bird or McHale to root for these days.  How exactly does that work in Boston? Someone inform me. Do you just pretend Scalabrine is a real player?  Do you give black people a pass when they have on a Celtic uniform?  Not gonna lie, watching Boston fan have to root for people they secretly hate is kind of entertaining, especially after all the racist smack they ran on the Lakers in the 80's.

And that's how trolls get banned.

I knew that was coming.  Roy, this must mean we are racist bigots or something or that somehow we are all in on a conspiracy.   

A simple "Celtics suck, Lakers rule" would have sufficed too.  The race card?  Ugghh

[CelticHooligan3]

What an obnoxious troll. I've been going to celtics games for a long time and have sat in many parts of the garden. Not once have I experienced any rascism. Not to say it's never there. It exists in all arenas I'm sure to a miniscule extent. But that is such an old arguement that lakers fans can't seem to let go. Bitterness much? What were those riots about in LA again? Let it go guys.. We know your upset over there in Cali cause we always beat you. But seriously get over yourselves. You guys don't even show up for games on time and leave early. It's more of a fashion show over there. No wonder your team is as soft as a llamas fur. Yikes.

[fairweatherfan]

And for the guy who brought up 9-2 in finals?  It's 2-2 since 1980.  Holding onto championships earned in a time when NBA players had to work two jobs in the off-season just to stay afloat doesn't mean anything.  It's 2-2 in the modern era of the NBA.  This next series can be a tiebreaker.

I know this guy's banned, but I wonder if he thinks the Lakers have 10 titles or 15...hmm...

[angryguy77]

The funniest posts will be all the Celtic gloom when you guys are losing.  I've lurked on your boards before and this new found confidence is actually very shallow.  Not a month ago you guys were ready to trade Ray, Sheed, Pierce, and [dang] near everybody else. 

And for the guy who brought up 9-2 in finals?  It's 2-2 since 1980.  Holding onto championships earned in a time when NBA players had to work two jobs in the off-season just to stay afloat doesn't mean anything.  It's 2-2 in the modern era of the NBA.  This next series can be a tiebreaker.

Its too bad, though, that the city voted "most racist in America" doesn't have a Bird or McHale to root for these days.  How exactly does that work in Boston? Someone inform me. Do you just pretend Scalabrine is a real player?  Do you give black people a pass when they have on a Celtic uniform?  Not gonna lie, watching Boston fan have to root for people they secretly hate is kind of entertaining, especially after all the racist smack they ran on the Lakers in the 80's.

And that's how trolls get banned.

awwww and I was just starting to have fun.

[angryguy77]

So I was taking a look into SS&R blog and had a really good laugh. They said

here’s [one] difference between Kobe and Paul [Pierce]: when Barnes fakes throwing the ball at each guy’s face, Kobe doesn’t move. Pierce would act like it actually hit him. In the knee.

And I had to remind them of this:




Man they make it too easy.

[j804]

http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/lakers/post/_/id/7223/why-the-lakers-and-their-fans-need-boston-in-the-finals#more


SMH

[twinbree]

And that's how trolls get banned.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO he was just getting warmed up. We could have asked him who killed JFK, where to find Osama, what'll happen in the Lost finale, whether the '85 draft was really rigged, which blackmail scheme was behind the homeless pilgrim Kobe photos etc. Oh we were so so so close