Not every team deserves Oden or Durant
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Exick So much for the C's deserving a top 2 pick. 5th! haha. One, two, three, four, fiiiiiiiiif! -
ygbfkm Al Horford.....welcome to Boston!
It's been said before, and I'll say it again: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Serves the Celtics fans right.
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Atma Brother #1 HAHAHAHA!
FREE PAUL PIERCE.
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Jason Tanking Karma dominated--it was the worst possible outcome for the three teams who tanked the most. No sympathy here for Ainge or Doc, but I feel bad for younger Celtics fans--the past twenty years have been pretty rough.
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Atma Brother #1 I feel bad for younger Celtics fans--the past twenty years have been pretty rough.
Really though? I mean they made the playoffs 4 straight years from 2001-2005. They made the Eastern Conference Finals and the Semifinals during that run.
The Celts got nothing on the Warriors in terms of suckitude. And Warriors Nation doesn't have their strange sense of entitlement or complain like they do. Hey, when it comes to Warrriors brand of basketball mediocrity is excellence! The same goes for Clippers fans.
Danny Ainge was the worst thing that could've ever happened to the Celtics though. He doesn't have a clue. That and overrated their youth.
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Jason Well, you had the deaths of Len Bias & Reggie Lewis plus Bird & McHale breaking down prematurely. And those recent playoffs teams weren't great--the '01 conference finals run was a complete fluke, and they went 36-46 in '03-04.
BUT, yes--things have been abysmal for Warriors fans up until three months ago (so bad that a couple random fans once created a web site calling for the "recall" of the owner).
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Atma Brother #1 Bias and Lewis are very sad and unfortunate stories.
4 straight years of playoffs though- I'll take that any day.
Any idea where I can find any "Recall Cohan"
leftover t's?Also, I can see a "We Believe in Paying Taxes" t-shirt line really taking off next year at Warriors games.
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Jason We Believe in Paying Taxes--nice. Sadly, I don't think I ever witnessed a real-life Recall Cohan t-shirt.
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Yi Jianlian - “Een Joor Face!”
Published 5/22/2007 by Extra P. at The Extrapolater
8.8%
Published 5/22/2007 at Sportszilla and the Jabber Jocks
... ems, they could be a darkhorse contender, because his interior presence could largely make up for the fact that the Sonics seriously lack perimeter defenders. With Durant, they could have three elite offensive players on the court at the same time, causing massive matchup problems for opposing teams (like how do you guard not one, but two 6'10" swingmen who have 25-foot range and can take the ball to the hole).
But almost as important as the on-the-court impact would be the off-the-court impact. Nationally, the Sonics would reappear on the NBA radar as more than just a franchise on the move. Locally, people would actually be looking forward to this season, not viewing it as one elongated send-off to a team they don't think they'll miss. The Sonics would see a spike in ticket sales, merchandise, and most of all public interest, and at this point the only thing that's going to save them (besides a lack of viable alternatives to Seattle) is a groundswell of support.
NBA Draft Lottery thread
Published 5/22/2007 by Matt <info@blogabull.com> at Blog a Bull: Front Page Posts
Lottery day links
Published 5/22/2007 by Casey Holdahl at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
... . Or he does, I can't really tell. Bill Simmons comes up with some kind of formula to prove that his beloved Boston Celtics deserve the second pick in the draft . When it comes to the Blazers, Simmons notes: ... considering the Blazers were consistently competitive from 1976 to 2001, can you really argue that their fans have "suffered" that badly because they limped through a few bad seasons with some bad guys? Probably not. Yeah, I think you can Bill. They've certainly suffered more than Celtics fans. And seriously, is there a bigger group of whiners out there than Boston sports fans? (By the way, if you've always wanted to write like Bill Simmons,
NBA Draft Lottery tonight
Published 5/22/2007 by Lil Dice at I Heart KG
... Bill Simmons on the karma rankings of each team in the lottery:
Blizzard: Dreams, Lottery, and other nonsense.
Published 5/22/2007 by Pacifist Viking at Pacifist Viking
... And since it's becoming the trend for cities and fanbases to whine
Lottery Thoughts
Published 5/22/2007 by Seth <info@postingandtoasting.com> at Posting and Toasting: Front Page Posts
2007 NBA Draft Lottery Live Blog
Published 5/23/2007 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
Let's Go Buffalo (and Jo Noah)
Published 5/23/2007 by BenGo07 at Thank You Isiah
... boards that have
David Stern Hates Philadelphia
Published 5/23/2007 by Brian at Depressed Fan
Because the Western Conference wasn't stacked already
Published 5/23/2007 by kambrothers at Lakers Blog
... , when the Blazers snagged the first pick, followed by Seattle at number two. That means in one form or another, Greg Oden and Kevin Durant are about to make the Pacific Northwest about much more than rain, lush green space, and concern for global warming. About the only thing that kept the E.C. from risking permanent fiefdom (at least as measured by number of quality teams) was Atlanta sneaking up a spot to number three, robbing Phoenix of the opportunity to steal their pick and beef up an already quality squad.
You Can Resume Breathing Now, There Will Be No Oden in Philly
Published 5/23/2007 by Matt P at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
The NBA draft lottery is FAN-TASTIC!
Published 5/23/2007 by Big Al at The Wayne Fontes Experience
... It was heartening to see some teams that outright tanked their seasons not get rewarded. CoughBostonCelticsCoughMilwaukeeBucksCough. In fact, when the Celtics got the number 5 pick, rather than the expected 1 or 2, I laughed. Quite heartily. It was even sweeter justice after reading Bill Simmons' column today...
Why The Celtics Draft Plunge Is Good For The Sports Guy
Published 5/23/2007 by Fun Sheriff at Lion in Oil
... But what about everyone's favorite writer Bill Simmons? He who flew to Boston just for the lottery. He who blamed himself for the Celtics not getting the first pick in 1997. You know what, it's probably a good thing for Simmons that his team didn't win. That's his shtick - the faux complaining, the agonizing, the losing. He thrives off of it, and more, he's great at it.
Karmic Payback’s a Bitch, Folks.
Published 5/23/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
Since You Brought It Up, Bill...
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Game #45 at St. Louis
Published 5/23/2007 by Randy Linville at Pittsburgh Lumber Co.
The Debriefing: If Vick's a Scumbag, So Are Preakness Organizers
Published 5/23/2007 by mjd at FanHouse
Draft Lottery : The Celtics (Deservedly) Got Screwed
Published 5/23/2007 by theassociation at The Association
Quick Picks
Published 5/23/2007 by Todd L at 120 Proof Ball
... #3 The Scream: The earth moving, the walls shaking, every dog in Europe curiously cocking its head to the side. Those were the aftershocks of ESPN's columnist and die-hard Celtics fan Bill Simmons after Boston landed at 5, dooming them to another decade of sucking. We just NOW stopped laughing at the thought of him and his father sobbing in one anothers arms. It's not that we don't like the guy... although he'd have you believe the Celtics karmically deserved a top two pick, we argue that their blatant tanking of the season merited a compulsive forfeiture of any choice they'd otherwise receive. We'll settle for the compromise of them picking in a slot where no player, albeit there will be some decent ones available, will have any kind of impact remotely close enough to take a up to playoff levels from the bottom of the cellar... especially after Paul Pierce forces a trade. O
Link-O-RamaIn April of 2004, I stumbled upon a new...
Published 5/25/2007 by Aaron at AaronGleeman.com
... Bill Simmons of ESPN.com had a good take on whether or not the Timberwolves "deserved" to get lucky in this week's draft lottery:Nobody deserves a stroke of lottery fortune less than Glen Taylor and Kevin McHale, the NBA's version of Bush/Rumsfield for 8-10 years. Of course, nobody deserves a stroke of lottery fortune more than KG, one of the few superstars with too much pride to ever bail on a sinking ship. ... But wouldn't it be nice to see KG play the David Robinson to Oden's Tim Duncan for the next 5-6 years?As usual, the Timberwolves failed to move up in the lottery and will pick seventh overall, with both Greg Oden and Kevin Durant set to join teams in their division.
Quick Picks
Published 5/31/2007 by Todd L at 120 Proof Ball
... #3 The Scream: The earth moving, the walls shaking, every dog in Europe curiously cocking its head to the side. Those were the aftershocks of ESPN's columnist and die-hard Celtics fan Bill Simmons' anguished wail after Boston landed at 5, dooming them to another decade of sucking. We just NOW stopped laughing at the thought of him and his father sobbing in one anothers arms. It's not that we don't like the guy, but he'd have you believe the Celtics karmically deserved a top two pick. We argue that their blatant tanking of the season merited a compulsive forfeiture of any choice they'd otherwise receive. We'll settle for the compromise of them picking in a slot where no player, albeit there will be some decent ones available, will have any kind of impact remotely close enough to take a team up to playoff levels from the cellar... especially after Paul Pierce forces a trade. O
Bill Simmons vs. The Celtics
Published 6/4/2007 by Jim
Bill Simmons as Bucks GM? Done.
Published 2/26/2008 by frank <info@brewhoop.com> at Brew Hoop: Front Page Posts
As expected, all was quiet on the Bucks trade front last Thursday, as the only real "news" was that the Bucks still weren't interested in Zach Randolph (thank you, Herb, Ron, Mike, Larry, et al). Either way, the worst kept secret in Milwaukee seems to be that, barring something quite unforeseeable, Larry Harris will be the designated scapegoat for the Bucks' disappointing 07/08, raising questions not only about what moves the Bucks should make this summer, but who will be making them (and whether the GM will really be calling the shots in the first place). While many Bucks fans have been wondering why an established GM-type would even want to ...
Quote: You're sitting there thinking, "that bastard rigged the grades so the Celtics would profit from his stupid scoring system."
Yep, it is what I'm thinking and I was thinking it before I even saw the score you gave the Celtics, Bill. Their high ranking of deservity was a foregone conclusion.