2009 NBA Playoffs Thread (Money Gripp Blog Thread)

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:21 pm

Howard suspended and Lee is out.. Gotta love them elbows.

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:30 pm

I don't know if y'all noticed, but Ben Gordon had something like 25 to 30 bloopers last night.

Again, y'all just ain't ready for the bloopers.

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:41 pm

eternalreflection wrote:
Money Gripp wrote:What a fucking moron!!!
its not easy to do, and not something you really practice since it comes up like 1/50games or so

1 in 50 huh? Does math have to be included in every single one of your posts?

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:07 pm

Bulls/Celtics series is insane. Pierce's 360 shot last night was

. Funny thing is that it wouldn't be nearly as good if the Celtics were completely healthy.

I didn't get to watch the Rockets/Blazers game last night, but I wasn't surprised that the Blazers won. They really sacked up when they were 4 down late in the game, I really respect how gritty they are. The series is still over Blazers fans, and no, the pressure is on your team not the Rockets.

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:57 pm

What a bad call. Especially after the no-calls last night. Showin out for Stern. Bullshit.

Good thing Haslem wasn't in the game for that first mele. He would have thrown punches.

Beasley is a fake thug faggot.

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:55 pm

a note on TNT playoff commercials:

is Sprite endorsing young people committing suicide, as long it's done by two youths slamming into each other and exploding into liquid? what's so refreshing about non-existence?

also this new Popeye's spokeswoman is annoying as shit. shut up, lady. you dont even know me, and therefore have no idea what chicken i can resist and what chicken i cant. this ad is the worst.

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:11 pm

also i dont understand why there is even discussion about that rondo foul. it was a basketball play. no wind up. so what if miller bleeds easy. its not a flagrant.

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:25 pm

naturalborn103 wrote:
eternalreflection wrote:
Money Gripp wrote:What a fucking moron!!!
its not easy to do, and not something you really practice since it comes up like 1/50games or so
1 in 50 huh? Does math have to be included in every single one of your posts?

it was an estimation, estimations work best with numbers not vague phrases sorry you hate numbers so much

also i dont understand why there is even discussion about that rondo foul. it was a basketball play. no wind up. so what if miller bleeds easy. its not a flagrant.

its close, no intent but well intent isn't everything and he did hit him in the face, its technically a flagrant that might not get called given game situation, if it was in the 3rd quarter of a reg season game I think he gets a flagrant called

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:25 pm

djjeffresh wrote:also i dont understand why there is even discussion about that rondo foul. it was a basketball play. no wind up. so what if miller bleeds easy. its not a flagrant.

do you know what the definition of a flagrant foul is? that was unnecessary and excessive (hitting him in the face with no intention of getting the ball or even more accurately, complete knowledge that he wouldn't get close to the ball at all)

rondo even admitted as much

"brad miller is 296 pounds. (the rest i'm paraphrasing) i had do whatever it took so he couldn't get off a good shot, i'm a little guy"

he open-fist slammed him in the face. he did not go for the ball at all, and the ball was an entire brad miller arm length away from rondo whose FULL extension got him brad's face.

it was a flagrant. that said, i am not upset or care much ONE bit that it didn't get called. i, for one, do believe foul calls should be handled differently in the waning moments of a game

i also don't sympathize b/c miller still should've manned up and made his free throws and he's a faggot just like peja for refusing to play for the pacers

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:32 pm

Reason wrote:it was a flagrant. that said, i am not upset or care much ONE bit that it didn't get called. i, for one, do believe foul calls should be handled differently in the waning moments of a game

This is pretty much my stance. I guess the only problem is it sets a bad precedent i.e. you might as well smack somebody in the face if it means winning the game and take the chance that the refs won't call a technical.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:39 pm

Try as I might, I just can't bring myself to care about this Heat-Hawks series.

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:42 pm

Money Gripp wrote:Try as I might, I just can't bring myself to care about this Heat-Hawks series.

I'm with you on this, it just hasn't been entertaining, mostly since none of the games have been close

hope Paul can make this game interesting

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:03 pm

Reason wrote:he open-fist slammed him in the face. he did not go for the ball at all, and the ball was an entire brad miller arm length away from rondo whose FULL extension got him brad's face.

come on now.

he fouled him. sure. did he make a play on the ball? no. he fouled the guy hard in the final seconds of the game. was it excessive or unnecessary? that's where the argument lies. it wasnt a punch. and like stu jackson said, they were looking at "wind up and follow through" and therefore ruled against a flagrant. this is the correct ruling in my mind. it was a hard foul. boom.

im surprised that barkley disagrees.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:33 am

The Hornets just need to put up the white flag. They're only down by 8 but Paul is the only one who is playing with any sort of intensity.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:40 am

'Melo is shredding the Hornets D like so much paper.

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:57 am

well Denver Dallas could be good

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:58 am

J.R. Smith is one of the most fun players to watch when he has his shot going. Swishing 25 foot 3's.

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:05 am

they are talking about Paul being hurt, did that happen tonight? I haven't really paid attention to the game

if so get him out of the game, its over and well no reason to potentially get him really hurt

crazy that Paul and Melo both played the entire game

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:09 am

eternalreflection wrote:they are talking about Paul being hurt, did that happen tonight? I haven't really paid attention to the game

if so get him out of the game, its over and well no reason to potentially get him really hurt

He had a bad knee but he was getting banged up all game. He took a couple nasty falls as well.

The Nuggets have really designed a nice blueprint for shutting down Paul - show hard on him when he gets to the top of the key, cut off his driving lanes even if it means leaving other guys open, and rough him up a little.

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:21 am

Money Gripp wrote:
eternalreflection wrote:they are talking about Paul being hurt, did that happen tonight? I haven't really paid attention to the game

if so get him out of the game, its over and well no reason to potentially get him really hurt
He had a bad knee but he was getting banged up all game. He took a couple nasty falls as well.

The Nuggets have really designed a nice blueprint for shutting down Paul - show hard on him when he gets to the top of the key, cut off his driving lanes even if it means leaving other guys open, and rough him up a little.

gotcha, yeah they did an incredible job on him, he had a ton of TOs and shot just 41% from the field

in the regular season matchups he faired much better, a lot of TOs but still very effective, might just be a bad 5game stretch from him

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:38 am

I hope you guys saw the Hornets "Gone Fishin'". It was the Jet, Lil Wayne, and Chris Paul carying some fish and then in the foreground Reggie Bush doing push-ups with Kim Kardashian on his back.

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:45 am

Reason wrote:
djjeffresh wrote:also i dont understand why there is even discussion about that rondo foul. it was a basketball play. no wind up. so what if miller bleeds easy. its not a flagrant.
do you know what the definition of a flagrant foul is? that was unnecessary and excessive (hitting him in the face with no intention of getting the ball or even more accurately, complete knowledge that he wouldn't get close to the ball at all)

rondo even admitted as much

"brad miller is 296 pounds. (the rest i'm paraphrasing) i had do whatever it took so he couldn't get off a good shot, i'm a little guy"

he open-fist slammed him in the face. he did not go for the ball at all, and the ball was an entire brad miller arm length away from rondo whose FULL extension got him brad's face.

it was a flagrant. that said, i am not upset or care much ONE bit that it didn't get called. i, for one, do believe foul calls should be handled differently in the waning moments of a game

i also don't sympathize b/c miller still should've manned up and made his free throws and he's a faggot just like peja for refusing to play for the pacers

He might of had a better chance too if he didn't for a finger roll.. like stated above he is 296 pounds, go up hard!!!

stupidregister · Post by **stupidregister** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:25 am

I thought you have to make a play on the ball in order for it to be considered a "basketball play." Clearly he didn't make an attempt to block the shot or even slap his arm because the pathetic finger-roll had the ball so far out ahead of where Rondo was he couldn't possibly have made a play on the ball. So like he said, he did whatever he could to stop the play, which included smacking him in the face and pulling his head back. Ergo, it was a flagrant foul.

Is there any doubt that NBA officiating is by far the worst of the major sports? Why is the league so fucking arrogant and smug about this aspect of their game? It annoys me to no end. Stop pretending like your league is perfect and train these motherfuckers the right way. This bullshit has got to stop.

Also, does anyone really believe this series is over tonight? It just has to go to Game 7, it's in the cards.

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:46 am

stupidregister wrote:I thought you have to make a play on the ball in order for it to be considered a "basketball play." Clearly he didn't make an attempt to block the shot or even slap his arm because the pathetic finger-roll had the ball so far out ahead of where Rondo was he couldn't possibly have made a play on the ball. So like he said, he did whatever he could to stop the play, which included smacking him in the face and pulling his head back. Ergo, it was a flagrant foul.

Is there any doubt that NBA officiating is by far the worst of the major sports? Why is the league so fucking arrogant and smug about this aspect of their game? It annoys me to no end. Stop pretending like your league is perfect and train these motherfuckers the right way. This bullshit has got to stop.

Also, does anyone really believe this series is over tonight? It just has to go to Game 7, it's in the cards.

While by definition that could be called a flagrant, are you really going to tell me they should of made that call?? He should of went up hard.. The other game when it went into OT Miller grabbed Allen from behind and literally threw him on the ground at the end of regulation with no call... Also, I just want to know from a Chicago fan view, do you think those last two fouls on Ray Allen where good calls?

stupidregister · Post by **stupidregister** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:02 pm

naturalborn103 wrote:While by definition that could be called a flagrant, are you really going to tell me they should of made that call?? He should of went up hard.. The other game when it went into OT Miller grabbed Allen from behind and literally threw him on the ground at the end of regulation with no call... Also, I just want to know from a Chicago fan view, do you think those last two fouls on Ray Allen where good calls?

Personally I think if Miller would have fallen a little different or played it up, he woulda got the call simply because the refs are fucking numbnuts. If it was a big guy hitting a little guy the same way, there's no doubt it woulda got called and if they were in Chicago, it probably woulda got called too. I think it was borderline but I don't think there's any way you can said he made a play on the ball, that's why I think based on the rules it shoulda been called. It all happened too fast for him to attempt to block him, Miller was already way past him, the only thing he could do was wack him.

I think the Tony Allen call on Gordon's 3 was wrong and if you read my posts earlier, I stated that the calls against Ray were horrible.

somebody cool · Post by **somebody cool** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:15 pm

stupidregister wrote:
I think the Tony Allen call on Gordon's 3 was wrong and if you read my posts earlier, I stated that the calls against Ray were horrible.

how was the tony allen foul on gordon wrong/bad? it was really stupid on tony allen's part, but it was definitely a foul

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:17 pm

somebody cool wrote:
stupidregister wrote:
I think the Tony Allen call on Gordon's 3 was wrong and if you read my posts earlier, I stated that the calls against Ray were horrible.
how was the tony allen foul on gordon wrong/bad? it was really stupid on tony allen's part, but it was definitely a foul

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:20 pm

according to Ron Artest, Brandon Roy is better than LeBron and Kobe

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:23 pm

an-also wrote:according to Ron Artest, Brandon Roy is better than LeBron and Kobe

You saw that?!!?!?!? That was AMAZING.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:24 pm

For those who haven't seen it:

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