from an entertaining column linking Rocky III quotes to the NBA season: "You got your shot, now give me mine!" To the Houston Rockets ... not only did they belong in the playoffs, but they could have given the Spurs a legitimate Round One scare if thei guards caught fire. Put them in the East and they could have advanced to the Conference Finals with a few breaks. And just for the record, Rudy Tomjanovich gets my vote for Coach of the Year -- he loosened the reins, handed his offense over to Cuttino Mobley and Steve Francis, relied on fast breaks and isolation drives and somehow chiseled out 45 wins in the impossibly tough West. How many coaches would have completely changed their style like that? Amazing job. full article: http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/010419rocky.html ------------------
Bravo! ------------------ HEAD KNIGHT: We are now... no longer the Knights Who Say 'Ni'. KNIGHTS OF NI: Ni! Shh! HEAD KNIGHT: Shh! We are now the Knights Who Say 'Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- zhiv'.
Finally, Rudy gets some respect for completing changing his coaching style to get the most possible out of a team completely different than what he's been used to for the past 8 years. ------------------
He also mentions Sir Charles: (22) "Mick? MICK!? Mick? A nuh-nuh ... a babdndnmdsh sdhshshs! Mick ... dgdgdgsgsg. Ahhhhhh ... ahyudgdgdgd ... please don't ... dhshshshaha ... we got more to do ... gdgsgsgah ARGGGGGGGH!!!! ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!! ARRRRRRRRRRHHHH!!!!!!" The funniest moment of the movie -- Stallone gunning for the Best Actor Oscar and wailing incoherently after Mickey's death -- goes to the funniest person of the 2000-01 NBA season . . . none other than Charles Barkley, who turned TNT's postgame show into Must-See TV on Wednesdays and Thursdays. There were so many classic moments with Chuck, Ernie and Kenny that we don't have nearly enough space to list them all here. Good times ... good times. (By the way, was there a more stunning turn of events in movie history than Mickey dying right after the first Lang-Balboa fight? Nineteen years later and I'm still blown away by this one. People in the movie theater were reeling when this happened; nobody saw it coming. Mick? Mick? Mick?) And dogs Jazz: (24) "There is no tomorrow! There is no tomorrow!" To the Utah Jazz ... you have to admire these guys, don't you? Stockton & Malone are a combined 115 years old and they missed three games between them; they also combined to average 34 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds a game and paced the Jazz to another 50-win season. They won't go away; they're like VD. But what is this all about?: (28) "When this is over, a lot of folks are gonna owe you an engraved apology." To the 76ers ... anyone questioning the Ratliff/Mutombo deal right now is completely insane. One guy's a power forward who blocks shots; the other guy is one of the three legitimate NBA centers on the planet. End of story. (29) "Presidents retire. Generals retire. Horses retire. Man O' War retired. They put him out to stud. That's what you should do." To Patrick Ewing and Hakeem Olajuwon ... we could see the salad forks sticking out of their backs all season. Hopefully MJ and Barkley will take note -- sometimes you just need to know when it's time. Well the rookies deserved this one: (43) "I pity the fool! I pity the fool!" To the 2000 Rookie Class ... even Michael J. Fox's team in "Teen Wolf" wasn't this bad. Kenyon Martin looks like a taller Kenny "Sky" Walker, but with a limp. The league sent out a search party for Stromile Swift last week. Dermarr Johnson might need about 10 years of seasoning in the CBA. Joel Przybilla and Chris Mihm should be driven around in the back of a hearse. The Fizer-Crawford combo in Chicago brought back memories of Brad Sellers, Stacey King and Kyle Macy. "Moiso" is French for "coma." The list goes on and on ... only Mike Miller and Darius Miles looked remotely capable. Yikes. (Has there ever been a season where David Stern announced, "You know what? We're not giving out a Rookie of the Year trophy this season. Next year's winner will get twotrophies!" This needs to happen.) And no Rockets in the top 15: (48) "Yeah I'm high now ... flying high now ... highhhhh ... highhhhhhhh!" To the top 15 players in the league this season ... Third Team: Paul Pierce, Gary Payton, Dirk Nowitzki, Vince Carter, David Robinson. Second Team: Jason Kidd, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Karl Malone, Dikembe Mutombo. First Team: Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Chris Webber, Tim Duncan, Shaquille O'Neal. ------------------ We can reach our destination, but it's still a ways away.
notice how this god of quotes doesn't have a small forward on his 1st or 2nd team. take note achebe and crisco. the small forward position is the least important position, especially with zone!!!! as the big men take over that position. HeyCrisco HeyBe [This message has been edited by heypartner (edited April 19, 2001).]
Pgae Two is so much better than the negative idiots on the front . ------------------ Vice President of Executive Operations of the Sean Colson Fan Club http://bbs.babitze.com
That was some funny stuff. Man, comparing the Jazz to VD... that is exactly how I think of them. ------------------ President of the Anal Retentive School for Jerks Hey, I wanted to be president of something, and I swear everyone took every other presidential position already.
ehhh....malone and stockton combined for 115 years old??? no way man, i think thats wrong. ------------------
HP that may be the worst and most inaccurate thing you have ever posted. You said "the small forward position is the least important position, especially with zone!!!! as the big men take over that position." So, according to you, the SF position is least important in the college game too. Yet who was the College player of the year? Shane Battier, a 6' 5" SF, yes he played some PF, but he is a small forward. There is not ONE position more important on the basketball floor, they are all equally important. You base your offense on your best player, want to take a bet that if Rudy had Bernard King in his prime that he would have designed an offense around him? HP, you usually make good points, this one is simply ludicrous. SF, PF, C, PG, SG, whoever is your best player you funnel the offense through him. DaDakota ------------------ If you like RTS games, check out this one. www.frontierwars.com coming soon to a PC near you.
Battier is 6'8, and while he will most likely be a SF in the pros, he played mostly all PF in the tournament. Notice Duke's lineup? PG- Williams SG- Duhon SF- Dunleavy/James PF- Battier C- Sanders/Boozer Battier was great last year, especially come tourney time and the championship game, but lets not forget he did play PF almost exclusively and was run plays from that spot. ------------------ President of the Mo Taylor, Jason Collier, and draft Richard Jefferson fan club! Draftsource.net-- the premier source for draft info. Profiles, rankings, mock drafts, and more! ClutchTown.com
The Cat, It still proves my point, you run your offense through your best player. And if Battier is 6'8" then Fizer is 6'9". And, Cat, where is my dollar, don't tell me you are holding out on me. DaDakota Oh, and here is Battier listed as a SF in the coming draft.... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/news/2001/04/15/draft_prospects/ [This message has been edited by DaDakota (edited April 19, 2001).]
Top 15 my ass !!! Where's Francis then ??? He get's my nod over Gary Whiner Payton ------------------ Do not harm little children!
DaDakota, How many NBA championship appearances did Bernard King make? Number of Championship rings? I pulled research on a related topic and found that the SF is not known for leading teams to championships. Some will argue that Larry Bird was a SF, but Bird was a unique player who did anything and everything on the court. It is very doubtful that Battier will achieve the same levels of greatness as Bird did. http://bbs.clutchcity.net/ubb/Forum3/HTML/009852.html Mango ------------------ Get it right or just don't do it! Resistance is futile....you will be assimilated.
My point is that you go with your best player, regardless of position. You can't discount someone because they are special.....Bird was a SF, and he was the team leader. If your SF is the best player, you run things through him...PERIOD !! DaDakota ------------------ If you like RTS games, check out this one. www.frontierwars.com coming soon to a PC near you.
DaDakota, If Battier is a Bird clone, then he could be the best player on the Rockets. Anything less means that Francis would be the best player on the Rockets. Tell us on what NBA team(s) Battier could be the dominant/primary player. Could those team(s) expect to eventually reach elite (true contender) status with Battier leading the way at the SF? Mango ------------------ Get it right or just don't do it! Resistance is futile....you will be assimilated.
Looks like ESPN has been reading our posts about them. ------------------ ------------------ Hakeem: "Exit Suugar Lan"
Isiah was the last dominant PG to lead his team to a championship. Mango ------------------ Get it right or just don't do it! Resistance is futile....you will be assimilated.
