Reported Temperature in Hell Today...15 Degrees

Waldini:

Did I rub my eyes right??? Did the Clippers win their series last night?? Wow....Do you realize that they have not won a series since the year we were all born.

Da Realist:

yeah, the clippers looked good in finally winning their first playoff series in 30 years. but they won't be taken seriously unless they beat big brother showtime next series. i have a feeling they know that, which should make it interesting. the clippers have looked good and they are playing pretty good defense but it's hard for me to ever bet against phil jackson unless the team he is facing is extraordinarily more talented than his own. if the two teams are relatively even, as these two teams are, then i will go with phil every time.

forget how bad the heat have looked because we all knew they were overrated. WHAT ABOUT THE SPURS? are they getting punked by SACRAMENTO??? they are letting bonzi wells (who, by the way, is only playing like this because he wants a new contract) to look like moses malone in his prime. mike finley is ok, but your boy nick van exel needs to just hang it up. "nick the quick" had his run, but once "nick" lost "the quick" , it was time for him to go.

tonight is the best night so far in the playoffs. lebron vs gilbert tied at 2-2. san antone tied with the kings at 2-2. and we'll see if the young lakers can close out a team on the road. should be somewhat interesting.

Gangsta D:

What is your aversion to the Bulls? No comments. Sean and I have this theory. We don't think you're a Bulls fan, you're just a Jordan fan. Nothing wrong with it, just admit it. The Bulls have a chance to knock off the Heat. I don't think they will, but they've outplayed them 3 out of 4 games. Where's your enthusiasm? Or is it just another case of the NBA being so watered down that the Bulls are within spitting distance of winning this series...

Waldini:

I agree with everything D has said. If that was my team, I'd be excited like crazy. But I think you and the other Bulls' fans (Jon James, McGee, AY[j/k], Todd Merriweather, etc) are Jordan fans not Bulls fan....which makes you as K-Mart called Tim Thomas a few years ago...a FUGAZI :-)

Da Realist:

i'm both, a jordan fan and a bulls fan. the bulls were 41-41. i saw quite a few of their games and there wasn't much to talk about. i'm not about to justify whether i'm a bulls fan or not, mostly because i don't have to. if the lakers star player was luke walton and they were coached by jeff hornacek, went 41-41 in a watered down conference and happened to be tied 2-2 against an overrated, defenseless #2 seed in the first round, i think you two would be doing the same thing i'm doing -- silently rooting them on.

don't worry though, i get calls every other night from fam in chicago that want to talk about the bulls and they feel about the same. we're happy for their success, but we still need some major changes to be considered a real threat for the championship. and to be honest, even though it's been 8 years, it's still hard to go from one of the most impressive championship streaks in history with one of the best teams in history (best player, best coach, 2 hall of famers, and one of the best defenses) to being excited about a .500 team tied 2-2 in the first round. we're happy, just...still a little hungover. we all (at least me and my fam) still got all the tapes and recordings and still watch them regularly so that makes it harder to let go of that glorious period. it's like going from dating jessica alba to courting brandy.

the lakers on the other hand, go from magic/worthy/kareem to nick/eddie/shaq to shaq/kobe to kobe. that's like going from jessica alba to salma hayek to halle berry to beyonce. you guys always have a superstar talent to anchor your team even in the lean years. even though the lakers are average, beyonce had an 81 point game and a 62 point game and numerous other similar scoring outbursts. so what if beyonce only has a 2.0 gpa at spelman, she's beyonce @*#&ing knowles!

Gangsta D:

Let's see, Sean and I went apeshit in '95 when we had Ced Ceballos, Van Excel, Eddie, Elden Campbel, and Jon Barry. Where's the superstar? But it's all good. i see your point. I'm just different. That's fine. We can't all be the same. If we were, strip clubs would suck.

Da Realist:

you just named 1 year. give me 7 more consecutively and we can all it even.

Gangsta D:

OK can't give you 7, but how about 5?

91-93 - Sedale Threat, Terry Teagle, & an old Worthy (3-6 in the playoffs)
93-95 - Eddie, van Excel, Anthony Peeler, Ceballos (no playoffs, 1 series win)
95-96 - Fat Magic (1-3 in the playoffs)

'92 - admittedly didn't go apeshit
'93 - went apeshit
'94 - went apeshit for the wrong reasons
'95 - went apeshit cause we overachieved
'96 - went apeshit when Magic arrived, not so much when I saw the fork sticking out of his back

Like I said, we're just different. I get emotionally involved no matter who's on the squad. That's just me. When Gary Hogeboom was the Cowboys QB, I really thought we had a chance to beat the Bears and was emotionally crushed when we were physically crushed.

Da Realist:

i think we're saying the same thing. you went apesh*t with other laker fans who you could relate to. to my family, i'm the same way. but dacommission is 2 laker fans and me. you probably talked about the lakers quite a bit last year, but i don't remember many blogs between us talking about them because they sucked with rudy t. you were probably having private conversations with sean and other laker fans about the state of your team that didn't include me. same thing here.