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[Would you rather] jazz NBA Finals or Living in Dallas?

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by blathersby, Apr 26, 2008.

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Would you rather see the jazz win the NBA Finals or live in Dallas?

  1. I hate dallas but would rather live there than see the jazz win it all

    111 vote(s)
    65.3%

  2. I hate the jazz but couldn't deal with living in dallas for life

    33 vote(s)
    19.4%

  3. I love Dallas! I never want to leave!

    3 vote(s)
    1.8%

  4. I love the jazz! The flopping, the elbows, the hypocracy. I love it all! Go jazz!

    5 vote(s)
    2.9%

  5. Can I do both? Also, I molest animals.

    18 vote(s)
    10.6%
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  1. blathersby

    blathersby Member

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    Man, some crazy hostility here. Okay, lemme put my two cents in:
    Battier and Hayes aren't floppers. There's a great difference between drawing a charge and flopping. A flop is when a player takes some tiny amount of incidental contact and acts as if he was hit by a bus. Flopping is exaggerating some incidental contact. Drawing a charge is when you anticipate where a player will move and step in his way. You plant your feet and get him to run you over. Battier and Hayes are great at drawing charges. Scola is a flopper.
    Observe:
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    That said, I greatly disagree with you on utah. So does Hakeem Olajuwon, "MVPs do not need to flop." And as for them deserving a championship? They've tried to steal one. Twice.
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    Mmm... Nothing like a carl malone bear hug! I guess dragging a player back 10 feet wasn't a foul back then.
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    And while you may attack this one way or another, I didn't watch basketball for 7 years after that. Seven. Just like they did in the 2006 NBA Finals, the referees decided that.
    YES, Houston could've played harder. YES, someone on the Mavericks could have taken the ball to the rack and actually tried to draw a foul. But that doesn't excuse the fact that the games were decided by the officials.

    Look... I don't have a problem with the Mavs. I'm actually kind of frustrated with them now; that team had SO MUCH promise, and it was blown away by their owner (who I have always liked). To top it off, Avery always over coaches. But you're wrong here. utah is notoriously dirty. malone used to send players to the hospital regularly. And stockton undercut, threw elbows, etc. You think Bruce Bowen is dirty? Bruce Bowen is a freaking SAINT compared to the teams lead by jerry sloan for the past 20 years. And sloan was a Bowen-like player when he was playing.

    They flop, shove, maliciously throw elbows, complain about everything, and cheat (yes, cheat). They have the most classless fans I've ever seen (and I'm a Philadelphia Eagles fan).

    And, look, I don't like the city of Dallas. I lived there for four years (okay, denTON technically), but I spent a ton of time all around the metroplex. Part of that comes from the long rivalry between my hometown (Houston) and yours (I assume), and part of that comes from living there. I just can't stand the place. That said, I'd still rather live there than see utah win it all. Heck, even Dirk Nowitzki agrees with me:
    "I hate the city of Utah more than any other in the NBA."
     
    #41 blathersby, Apr 27, 2008
  2. ImmortalD24

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    Would rather live in Dallas.
     
    #42 ImmortalD24, Apr 27, 2008
  3. Zboy

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    The irony in this transition is just.....remarkable. Dirk and Manu fans have no right to whine about flopping.

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    #43 Zboy, Apr 28, 2008
  4. Shroopy2

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    There's plenty of contact that doesnt get called in game. Like Scola's "elbow" (elbow? more like WEAK right hand") but they have to stop play and get the refs involved cuz someone off of a touch wants to fly into the stands as though Hulk Hogan threw em out the wrestling ring.

    I appreciate no nonsense no excuses approach as anyone else, but its not working here.

    What the heck are you looking at? While the Rockets still did their part to lose, the clips plainly show flops.
     
    #44 Shroopy2, Apr 28, 2008
  5. Jeremiah

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    Apparently you weren't a Rockets fan in 1997.
     
    #45 Jeremiah, Apr 28, 2008
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    Excellent post, but I'm afraid you won't get through to redefined. His definition of a flop means going down after any contact, even if a Shaqdozer just ran through you. He thinks players should be strong enough to withstand that kind of contact without falling.
     
    #46 EbolaScola, Apr 28, 2008
  7. Zboy

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    #47 Zboy, Apr 28, 2008
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    your douchebaggery is unbelievable. you should change your username to douche doucherson.
     
    #48 txppratt, Apr 28, 2008
  9. IROC it

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    Number 1 is my life currently.

    Watching the Mavs struggle with the Bees is very pleasing, btw.
     
    #49 IROC it, Apr 29, 2008
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    i would rather give my left left nut than see utah win it all ever
     
    #50 RaferMadness, Apr 29, 2008
  11. Angkor Wat

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    Hmm, can somebody show me where the "Kill Yourself" choice is?
     
    #51 Angkor Wat, Apr 29, 2008
  12. Bigmarky

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    funny thing is, i enjoyed letting the jazz think they are gonna win by them getting in the finals then laughing as jordan pushed BR and nailing the jumper

    J.TIMBERLAKE
    WHAT GOES AROUND.......................
     
    #52 Bigmarky, Apr 30, 2008
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    What??? your a Rockets Fan? Then how come last year when while at the Game 7 vs. the Jazz DFW Clutchfans viewing party, you were rooting for the Jazz the entire game? That really ticked me off that you came out and supported the Jazz the entire time.
     
    #53 DFWRocket, Apr 30, 2008
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