pretty much anytime i see him play thats how he's playing. who fucking knows with the lakers because 95 percent of the time he's the only one with the ball.Kelshara wrote:Bryant is not a point guardStragi wrote: Bryant is suppost to be the supporting cast fool. You don't setup a team around a fucking pointguard and win games.
Kobe said that those first 3 games were probably the best basketball the Lakers played this season. When the Suns figured them out and elevated their game, the Lakers had no response.Those first 3 games were great. He shot well and passed well and his teammates shot the ball well. In the last 3 games, they sucked.
Er, he won consecutive MVP awards and you're saying he gets no respect? /boggleWinnow wrote:2xMVP Nash: 31 pts, 12 assists (what does this guy have to do to get some respect? : )
Are you referring to his $100,000.00 blog posting? http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000970073680/Kelshara wrote:Wow heh some strange calls in this Spurs - Mavs game!
Edit: Wonder how much Cuban paid the refs for this one.
I really want to see the Suns and Mavs go at it in the WCF. Tonights Suns/Clippers game in Phoenis is huge. We need this one. Nash had a bad game (partially due to the Clipper's strategy and partially jsut some poor shooting) in game 4. As with the switch of Marion on Casell in game 3, the Suns say they've figured out how to defeat the latest Clipper defensive strategy. We'll find out tonight!Cartalas wrote:Winnow wrote:Grats on the Mavs win tonight Cart!
How about those Pistons?
Thanks Winnow im holding my breath its been a long time since the Mavs have seen the Western conf. finals.
Fixing the flaw
Stern unveils his new plan for postseason seeding
Posted: Monday May 15, 2006 11:07PM; Updated: Monday May 15, 2006 11:07PM
DALLAS (AP) -- Maybe this will make Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban feel better about his $200,000 fine from the NBA last week: Cuban's club has forced a likely change in the playoff format.
NBA commissioner David Stern discussed a new seeding system Monday aimed at fixing the flaw the Mavericks exposed this season. The Mavs won 60 games, but were seeded fourth behind the three division winners despite a better record.
That's why Dallas and San Antonio, both in the Southwest Division, are meeting in the second round despite having the two best records in the Western Conference.
Under the new proposal, the top four seeds would be slotted by record among the three division winners and the team with the next-best record. Had that been in place this season, the Spurs still would have been No. 1, but the Mavericks would have been No. 2. And they couldn't have met until the conference finals.
The team with the better record -- regardless of seed -- would also have home-court advantage in a series under the new system.
Stern said it was important to keep rewarding division winners in the new system, which still must be approved by the league's competition committee.
"I think if you're going to have a division structure, then give some credibility to that fact," Stern said.
Before Monday's game, Stern visited with Cuban while the outspoken owner worked out on a stair-stepper machine in the Mavericks' locker room. Cuban was wearing a T-shirt that read "Payback time" and told Stern the workout was his pregame ritual.
Last week, Cuban was fined for going on the court to complain about the officiating and for critical comments he made in a blog entry under the title, "How to improve NBA Playoff Officiating."
In the blog, Cuban called the current way officials are chosen for the playoffs a "huge problem." He went on to suggest the league rank referees based on their regular-season performance and use the minimum number of officials necessary in the postseason.
Stern said Sunday he didn't think there was merit to the idea.
"It's the kind of conversation I understand and it is an issue, but that's a conversation I would have privately with my owners," Stern said.
"Whatever the individual merits of a particular incident, I can't have 30 owners out there saying whatever they feel like saying. And I can't have 30 owners running on the court to berate the officials."
Stern also said the league would likely ban players next season from wearing tights underneath the shorts. Some players, including Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade, have worn leggings that extend all the way down to the ankles.
Stern squeezed in a parting shot at the tights before he likely outlaws the growing fashion trend.
"I think it's good that they look goofy," Stern said.
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After two timeouts, the Suns got the ball to Bell in the corner, and his 3-pointer over Daniel Ewing -- playing for the first time all night -- tied it with 1.1 seconds remaining. Although the Clippers had a foul to give, Bell caught the ball and shot it. Ewing said he didn't want to foul Bell to risk a four-point play.
Coach Mike Dunleavy said he understood Ewing's thinking.
But Cassell, on the bench at the time, saw it otherwise.
"We had a young guy in the game. It's not his fault that Raja made his shot, but we've got to know better in that situation," Cassell said. "We've got a foul to give, we've got to put Raja Bell in the fifth row with the popcorn man, but we didn't do it."
