Finally Satisfaction
The Shamrock Headband —
... The amazingness continues. There is a ton to say, but for now let's be brief and try to enjoy the moment. The Celtics made the Finals tonight by doing exactly as we would have hoped - by playing their way, and not backing down an inch. It was how they played the entire regular season, a terrific display of defense, toughness, and resolve. Now if we only knew what to make of it. Beating Detroit in six seems like a hell of an accomplishment. But if you read Simmons today you would think it's all for naught. And he's got a point. But everything is deeper than what Simmons wrote ...
Nothing can pre-empt the Lake Show
The Lakers Nation —
ESPN: I have some good news and some bad news for you.
The good news? We’re one more Boston victory away from an improbable Celtics-Lakers matchup in the NBA Finals that, under normal circumstances, would have me so giddy I’d be walking around Los Angeles randomly re-enacting the McHale-Rambis clothesline on unsuspecting pedestrians.
The bad news? Nobody is beating the Lakers this season. Not Boston, not Detroit, not anybody. They have the best team, the best player and a Hall of Fame coach. It’s really ...
Daily Links 5/31
CelticsBlog —
... days of finals delirium Soak it up and give it up LOY's Place The Boston Celtics are your Eastern Conference Champions Comments from the other side - Pistons game 6 Celtics 17 It's kind of surreal - Celtics going to the Finals NBA.com Series live blog Celtics win, return to the finals ESPN Celtics snatch series clinching win away from Pistons Lakers Celtics series page (no one is picking the Celtics to win) Nothing can pre-empt the Lake show Pierce shoots Celtics to first Finals appearance since '87 ...
This Week in Bloggernets: Ready for No. 500
Red Sox Monster —
... ) -- I don't like it one bit, but Bill Simmons makes a decent case that the 2007-2008 Boston Celtics look an awful lot like the 2003 Red Sox. *Puts on ear muffs.* ( Page 2 ) -- I think it's safe to say this light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel blog entry about Eric Gagne is a reach -- and entirely tongue-in-cheek. ( ...
Simmons: 'Nobody Is Beating the Lakers'
FanHouse —
... , the artist formerly known as the Boston Sports Guy, sounds less than optimistic regarding his Celtics' chances against Los Angeles in the Finals. In a Friday column (published just after the Lakers iced the Spurs, but before Boston clinched on the road), Simmons summed up his prediction (via ...
“When Did They Flip You?”
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans —
... I thought long and hard about how to approach the latest Bill Simmons column. If you haven’t read it… spare yourself. The man who gained national fame has the world’s biggest Celtics fan has written this: ...
Celtics Blog To The Sports Putz : You’re Not One Of Us
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... OK, it wasn’t nearly that pithy. But after ESPN’s Bill Simmons made the reasonable observeration, “Nobody is beating the Lakers this season. Not Boston, not Detroit, not anybody. They have the best team, the best player and a Hall of Fame coach. It’s really that simple”, Green 17 of ...
Boston Celtics: These Are The Good Old Days
Josh Q. Public —
... getting caught up in all the nostalgia of it. All the pageantry of it. Life’s rich pageantry of it. While you’re doing all that, don’t overlook this here Celtics team. This new style Celtics team. And on the cool check in. Center stage on the mic. And we’re puttin’ it on wax. It’s the new style. Four and three and two and one. When I’m on the mic, the suckers run. Suckers have been running from these Celtics all season. Dollar Bill Simmons says nobody is beating the Lakers. Not ...
Meet the Los Angeles Lakers
CelticsBlog —
... . But back to Gasol. He runs the floor better than most, will hit the offensive boards hard and, even though he is not a great defender, can bother opponents with his long arms. Unfortunately we don’t know how good he is. Realistically Gasol was never as bad as his 0-12 playoff record in Memphis indicated. Meanwhile, I wouldn’t call him "the best young center in the league" as Bill Simmons recently did. Did I miss Dwight Howard’s retirement announcement? Do you mean to tell me the Lakers would not be reeking havoc if Howard and Gasol switched teams and Kobe ...
That's what I kind of thought
Bucks Diary —
... are picking the Lakers. That implies its going to be a one sided series tilting decidedly West. Even Billy Simmons seems to be picking the Lakers (although he's also still clinging to his assinine "Ewing Theorem" or whatever the hell he calls it when a team purportedly -- but not actually -- gets better when it loses its best player). ...
The Finals: A Survival Guide
CelticsBlog —
... or social discussions is not good for your survival. You know the people of whom we speak. These people have not watched a regular season game all year but are now experts in all things Kobe and Fakers . These are dangerous people. We suggest the following immediate response should one of these engage you in ...
About those “NBA Finals”
Tremendous Upside Potential —
... over Simmons’ ‘The Lakers are unbeatable’ column. And they should be. If national writer from Chicago with a profile as big as his wrote that before the Bears played the Colts in the Super Bowl, I would have been furious, too. Even worse, his follow-up column was ...
