Congrats NBA, you've lost yet another fan(warning long rant ahead)

ROFL @ this thread.

ZERO credibility. If the calls would have favored Celtics, this thread wouldn't exist.


pd: suicide watch maximum alert for this guy if the lakers win the series. Metal detectors before he enters class/work etc...

The funny thing is this was created due to the Lakers simply winning the game. However, I think the funniest part of all this is that he actually thinks anyone gives a damn.

I'm done with the NBA also. Steve Nash isn't coming back. No legit players left. **** the NBA.

I am eating my Subway footlong sandwich with great joy..

How can someone hate Kobe Bryant so bad that when he is about to be successful he's on the brink of suicide.
Did he f*ck your wife?sister?

I wish these clowns would actually watch games from their golden era and realize how common 70+ FTA games were, how so many flagrants were "soft" in the 90s due to the bad boys era, and realize how many touch fouls were called amongst other things. And can someone PLEASE dig up footage of all the uncalled handchecking that went on last night (and goes on all the time in the playoffs?). The most physical era in the NBA was actually the 70s. And rules eliminated REAL, physical handchecking in '79:

[QUOTE]1978-79
Clarification added to prohibit hand-checking through “rigid enforcement” of rule allowing a defensive player to retain contact with his opponent so long as he does not impede his opponent’s progress. [/QUOTE]

In the 80s, I've seen handchecking get called all the time. Commentators pointing out on replays how the guy was not allowed to handcheck etc. SI published an entire feature article in the 80s because NBA defense was perceived as a JOKE. Poor help defense, no zone, less and less physicality, and so on. That's how everybody thought of it at the time. Handchecking was still allowed in the backcourt however to pressure the ball handler, but they eliminated that altogether in '94.


The same BS complaints people have now, people had back then. I saw old timers from the 70s on half time segments making fun of how you couldn't guard Jordan because of all the favorable rules for him (isolation, lack of physicality etc). I'll gladly upload video of couple of them talking about this because I think I saved it somewhere. And the same "handchecking" complaints were going on in '93, in fact here's an NY Times article:
[QUOTE]Published: March 28, 1993
The increase of flagrant fouls and violence between players in today's National Basketball Association is a direct result of the elimination of the defensive hand check from games. Physical contact has always been a part of modern professional basketball. But when the N.B.A. abolished a defensive player's ability to use the hand check as a way of slowing down the offensive player he was guarding, players began finding new ways to keep their opponents from going to the hoop. As a result, the hip check has replaced the hand check, as frustrated players try to limit their opponents' scoring chances.

It is time for the N.B.A. to reinstate the use of the hand-check.[/QUOTE]


Celtics committed some really stupid fouls last night. Most of the bad calls came from non-shooting ones (but put teams in bonus early), which is what was really annoying. Fouls that had no impact on the play were being called by that douche known as Joey Crawford. I doubt anyone thinks the officiating was one sided (Celtics shot more FTs and were the more physical team), just the frequency of bad, unnecessary calls was terrible. If anything, it's the refs trying to control the series because they know there is some bad blood between the teams and don't want things to get carried away as the series progresses. But back to the point of "eras". This dude claims to be watching NBA for 20 years and THIS is the game to make him quit of all the ones? The officiating was poor, but I've seen hundreds of games from the 90s, 80s and the 00s worse, big playoff games like this one too.

[QUOTE=Fatal9]I wish these clowns would actually watch games from their golden era and realize how common 70+ FTA games were, and how so many flagrants were "soft" in the 90s due to the bad boys era, and realize how many touch fouls were called amongst other things. And can someone PLEASE dig up footage of all the uncalled handchecking that went on last night (and goes on all the time in the playoffs?). The most physical era in the NBA was actually the 70s. And rules eliminated REAL, physical handchecking in '79:



In the 80s, I've seen handchecking get called all the time. Commentators pointing out on replays how the guy was not allowed to handcheck etc. SI published an entire feature article in the 80s because NBA defense was percieved as a JOKE. Poor help defense, no zone, less and less physicality, and so on. Handchecking was still allowed in the backcourt however to pressure the ball handler, but they eliminated that altogether in '94.


The same BS complaints people had now, were what people had in 1993. Here's NY Times article from 1993:


Celtics committed some really stupid fouls last night. Most of the bad calls came from non-shooting ones (put teams in bonus early), which is what was really annoying. Fouls that had no impact on the play were being called by that douche known as Joey Crawford. I doubt anyone thinks the officiating was one sided (Celtics shot more FTs and were the more physical team), just the frequency of bad, unnecessary calls was terrible. If anything, it's the refs trying to control the series because they know there is some bad blood between the teams and don't want things to get carried away as the series progresses. But back to the point of "eras". This dude claims to be watching NBA for 20 years and THIS is the game to make him quit of all the ones? The officiating was poor, but I've seen hundreds of games from the 90s, 80s and the 00s worse, like big playoff games like this one too. Guy has been butthurt since January of '06 and if Kobe wins again, I don't think he's gonna be able to take it anymore.[/QUOTE]


I'm wondering if he has a similar rant here after game two of the 08 series was over.

Boston 38 ft
Lakers 10 ft

On a more serious note...


[B][U]Congrats raptorfan_dr07, you've lost:[/U][/B]

* a little bit more of your peers' respect
* 30+ minutes of your life typing a letter to a metaphorical "NBA" that can never read any of this
* the ability to ever again say "hey, at least i never wrote a 1,600 word essay on a message board"

The NBA, on the other hand, loses a Raptors fan. I think you got the short end of the stick here. Not them

So I had Wendy's today. Pretty awesome.

Double Stacker, Fries, Coke, Vanilla Softee.........satisfied. :pimp:



Also, we don't have In and Out Burger here in NY, so therefore, it doesn't exist.....

Read the whole thing... I have to agree. It's rediculous nowadays, the inconsistency and, as you worded it, "pussification".

I'm have Buffolo Wild Wings!

Didn't read. Looks like a bunch of...


:cry: :cry: :cry:

TC has got a few fair points from a generalized point of view, but there's no justification for coming out and ranting that long.

On a side note, for those who live or have been to Chicago here, ever been to Hot Doug's? It's a small hot dog place, line is always huge during lunch hours but for 3-4 bucks you get a very good size hot dog, chili fries, and a fountain drink. I miss that, wish I still lived at Chi-Town.

Granted, it is nice to live near L.A now and have full access to In-N-Out =]

Some of Ray Allen's foul calls were questionable, but the Celtics just got owned.

Also, in general, comparing the total # of fouls called between 2 teams isn't a good indicator for which team was more favored by the refs...

Morton steak house for dinner? Dang, I wish, I had Bill Gates's bank account.
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