hollinger ranks celtics third in east

Just read this gem in today’s ESPN.com Hollinger chat:
Chris (Nevada)
Best in East in order 1) Magic 2) Celts 3) Cleveland. Tell me im correct
John Hollinger (3:07 PM)
I think it’s basically a dead heat between Orlando and Cleveland at the top; I have to pick one of them eventually but will take my sweet time. Boston [...]

listen up, danny ainge

I really wish Danny Ainge would shut his piehole. I was confused for a little while about what the hell was going on with all these Rondo trade rumors and now I’m more convinced than ever that Danny is just trying to put the Celtics in the best position to re-sign Rondo without having to [...]

nba musings: lakers in 5

NBA Finals Game 5
Lakers @ Magic 99-86

I was afraid, but not surprised, that this would be a short series. Kobe and Co. wanted this bad and the Magic just weren’t ready. A few thoughts, bullet-style:

It amazes me how pundits continue to put words in Kobe’s mouth. This morning, I heard a morning show honk say [...]

nba musings: if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything

NBA Finals Game 4
Lakers @ Magic 99-91/OT
If I start talking about this game, I’m going to end up swimming way out deep into hater lake without a life raft and I really don’t want to do that. I’ll let these pictures speak for me.

Don’t like that? How about this?

Come on Magic, don’t let me do [...]

nba musings: live by the 3

NBA Finals Game 3
Lakers @ Magic 108-104
I’ll keep this short and sweet. The Magic shot an UNGODLY percentage and only won by 4. Kobe was gassed. Like Paul Pierce game 7 gassed. I expect the Lakers to win the next two and head home for the parade they’ve been planning since this time last year. [...]

nba musings: ka-booooom!

NBA Finals Game 2
Lakers v. Magic 101-96/OT

Kaboom. That is the sound of the Orlando Magic’s balloon of hope deflating.
Rotations. A word Stan Van Gundy likes to play loose and fast with. I admire rotation adjustments. They’re critical to success. But, at some point, you really can’t be playing every combination of guards on your roster. [...]

nba musings: die by the 3

NBA Finals Game 1
Lakers v. Magic 100-75
This game was a classic “die by the 3″ game. The Lakers defense was part of it, but the Magic also missed a ton of wide open shots. Simply put, the Magic are who we thought they were. The key to me was how the Lakers controlled Dwight. When Dwight [...]

nba musings: i’ve seen the future without the nba and it is bleak

Random NBA thoughts in no particular order:
This stretch between Sunday and Wednesday with no NBA has been brutal. I don’t know what I’m going to do during the off-season this year. It’s going to be long and painful. Sigh. Thankfully tonight, ESPN Classic is airing Game 4 of last year’s finals. I still can’t believe [...]

nba musings: on the brink

Cavs v. Magic 112-102

They won by 10. But… nobody blows a big lead like the Cleveland Cavaliers. I honestly feel sorry for their fans. I can’t imagine never being able to be comfortable for an entire game no matter how many points up my team is.
It’s strange seeing the Cavs as the underdog and the [...]

nba musings: the hype machine will bite you

Cavs @ Magic 89-99
I have mixed feelings about these games.

On the one hand, I really did want someone to knock the Cavs on their ass. They were just way too pleased with themselves this year between the pre-game picture pose crap and the starters dancing on the bench to Rick Astley at the end of [...]

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