2009 NBA Playoffs Thread (Money Gripp Blog Thread)

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:05 pm

^ Trying to explain the greatness of the NBA playoffs to eternalreflection is like trying to explain to Hal from 2001 why Salma Hayek's titties are one of the most beautiful things in the Universe.

DO NOT COMPREHEND.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:06 pm

Birdman - giving hope for every skinny white-trash tattooed guy who has had a drug problem.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:10 pm

Money Gripp wrote:
deepfriedjellol wrote:as a bulls fan who only talks about basketball with other chicagoans so as to not embarrass my city in a national setting, we have been steady whining for close to ten years straight. (if we do up a bulls blog, thats the blog name just to clarify)
to stand up and rip off your shirt because we squeaked one by is just as annoying as watching noah consistently not have control over his body parts

enjoy the win, but put away the FAGGOTs and the YALL SLEEPIN and the caps lock.
you just jinxed us. celtics in 5.
Now you sound sane and rational. Are you sure you're a Bulls fan?

Obviously my comments weren't directed at you. Collateral damage unfortunately.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:11 pm

Billups has been incredible thusfar, and they're only up by 2. Not a good sign. This series should be pretty damn entertaining.

deepfriedjellol · Post by **deepfriedjellol** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:13 pm

jamrage wrote:
Money Gripp wrote:
deepfriedjellol wrote:as a bulls fan who only talks about basketball with other chicagoans so as to not embarrass my city in a national setting, we have been steady whining for close to ten years straight. (if we do up a bulls blog, thats the blog name just to clarify)
to stand up and rip off your shirt because we squeaked one by is just as annoying as watching noah consistently not have control over his body parts

enjoy the win, but put away the FAGGOTs and the YALL SLEEPIN and the caps lock.
you just jinxed us. celtics in 5.
Now you sound sane and rational. Are you sure you're a Bulls fan?
Obviously my comments weren't directed at you. Collateral damage unfortunately.

im drugged up currently and im wearing a shirt

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:18 pm

jamrage wrote:Billups has been incredible thusfar, and they're only up by 2. Not a good sign. This series should be pretty damn entertaining.

'Melo is playing like shit. If I was George Karl I'd grab him by his jersey and say "Look, motherfucker, you're the most talented forward on the floor. Wipe the stupid grin off your face. Stop taking dumb shots, making dumb passes, and play up to your talent, fucko".

But that's probably why I wouldn't make it as an NBA coach.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:22 pm

deepfriedjellol wrote:
jamrage wrote:
Money Gripp wrote:
deepfriedjellol wrote:as a bulls fan who only talks about basketball with other chicagoans so as to not embarrass my city in a national setting, we have been steady whining for close to ten years straight. (if we do up a bulls blog, thats the blog name just to clarify)
to stand up and rip off your shirt because we squeaked one by is just as annoying as watching noah consistently not have control over his body parts

enjoy the win, but put away the FAGGOTs and the YALL SLEEPIN and the caps lock.
you just jinxed us. celtics in 5.
Now you sound sane and rational. Are you sure you're a Bulls fan?
Obviously my comments weren't directed at you. Collateral damage unfortunately.
im drugged up currently and im wearing a shirt

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:23 pm

FLY BIRDMAN FLY

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:27 pm

I love the Birdman.

WHITE POWER

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:45 pm

Marks, you don't want none of Kmart.

Good idea for the Nuggets to beat the shit out of Paul I think. Dude is wafer thin, and if he isn't being aggressive the Hornets are done.

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:47 pm

The Rapping Coffin wrote: -ER is right that only a few teams have a chance to win each year. BUT having 16 teams in the playoffs is valuable for a couple of reasons.

1) 94 Rockets. Happened once, could happen again. The best team could take a little longer to get healthy, or get better through a big trade.
2) The future of the league learning to be great.

Jordan hanging 63 on the 86 Celtics. KG against the 97 Rockets. The Bad Boys vs the 1984 Knicks. AI's first playoff appearance in 1999. I could go on and on...

None of these guys had a chance to win, and some got swept out of the first round. But this was the moment where the world knew they had arrived. Does Jordan have the hunger to win three in a row if he didn't get his ass kicked by the Celtics and Pistons in the previous 5 years? Can Derrick Rose do great things in 5 years without the playoff experience he gets this year?

One of the best thing about the NBA is watching the rise of great players. If you can't see the drama in that than this sport isn't for you.

Since your argument involves actual player development, emotion and entertainment for the fans instead of PER and John Hollingers number charts, ER's brain cannot compute this and thus hates the idea of a 16 team playoff format.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:15 am

Chauncey Billups is putting on a 3 point-shooting clinic.

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:17 am

where would the nugs be without billups. Melo is no showing right now

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:23 am

an-also wrote:where would the nugs be without billups. Melo is no showing right now

Yeah. He's made a lot of head-scratching plays. Sometimes I wonder if he's just that goofy/retarded or just smokes a lot of pot. The jury's still out.

And how bout the rough play in this game? The refs are letting most of it go (except when it's just blatant). Hats off to them.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:24 am

Now that was the type of play 'Melo needs to make.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:37 am

Chauncey Billups is playing out of his mind.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:39 am

HOLY SHIT

axel foley · Post by **axel foley** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:47 am

hi, i'm a die hard hornets fan

Shup Diddy · Post by **Shup Diddy** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:22 am

wow@niggas throwin bottles at a first round game

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:35 am

Shup Diddy wrote:wow@niggas throwin bottles at a first round game

Yeah, that was retarded.

jazzmatazz23 · Post by **jazzmatazz23** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:35 am

Billups as a rookie and Iverson as a rookie, who do you take to start your team?

jazzmatazz23 · Post by **jazzmatazz23** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:39 am

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hahahahahah @ Failblazers
That's hilarious.

that is the dopest one i have seen so far

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:09 am

jazzmatazz23 wrote:Billups as a rookie and Iverson as a rookie, who do you take to start your team?

as a rookie? what kind of relevance does this have right now in the playoff thread?

to answer your question, it's not even close. if you remember, billups wasn't even a relevant point guard till his 2nd year on minnesota. people thought he was a certified bust until that point. He was extremely disappointing for the first 3-4 years of his career.

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:58 am

Gregg Popabitch wrote:
jazzmatazz23 wrote:Billups as a rookie and Iverson as a rookie, who do you take to start your team?

as a rookie? what kind of relevance does this have right now in the playoff thread?

to answer your question, it's not even close. if you remember, billups wasn't even a relevant point guard till his 2nd year on minnesota. people thought he was a certified bust until that point. He was extremely disappointing for the first 3-4 years of his career.

i'm gonna go out on a limb and assume jazz meant for a whole career

like who do you take, AI or billups as a rookie knowing you'll have them for their whole careers

with that logic you can make a good case for billups who has won a title vs. AI who has not as well as billups who has not broken down to the point of being the 3rd best viable point guard on your team vs. AI who is getting outplayed by will bynum at this point

btw, on this note, eric and i both think deron williams will be better at 30+ than cp3

Orale Holmes · Post by **Orale Holmes** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:22 am

GO NUGGS!

Tweak Da Leak · Post by **Tweak Da Leak** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:46 am

w/ Iverson Pistons could've extended this series to atleast 6, Iverson toasts the Cavs

Tweak Da Leak · Post by **Tweak Da Leak** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:47 am

plus Iverson had his best year just 2 years ago, so to act like he's washed up is just not true

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:49 am

So there goes ER's theory about Paul being a good defensive player huh

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:51 am

an-also wrote:So there goes ER's theory about Paul being a good defensive player huh

lol its one game, and he's quite good

Chauncy isn't going to shoot 8/9 from 3 again, that is just pure luck

Tweak Da Leak · Post by **Tweak Da Leak** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:58 am

ive stated many a times that Paul is an average defender AT BEST. i think reason or somebody tried to flame me but if you actually watch him his man defense is pretty pathetic besides waiting for somebody to beat him and try to poke the ball out from behind

He is like Iverson in that his help defense is good because he can get into passing lanes, but still he gambles too much and isn't that good a defender at all.

but again you cant really judge his game by one playoff performance, chauncey was hitting shots from 3+ feet behind the 3.