MrChristo
You immaturely call me an idiot but don't explain why? I expressed my opinions and explained why I feel that way. That is an example of someone being intelligent. You do not have to agree with my opinion, but calling me an idiot displays a bad reflection on your character. I am disappointed in you.
MrChristo said:
Oh, and this is quite possibly the most rediculous statement I have ever seen. But anyway......
Malone was the 3rd scoring option for Lakers and 3rd best player. I think 90% would agree to this. Certainly Lakers organization has made it clear. So I suppose that is a fact. I think Parker is the 3rd best player and scoring option for Spurs and R. Wallace is as well for Pistons. So if you take out the 3rd best player for Lakers, why not take out 3rd best player for either of those teams? Sure doesn't seem like a "ridiculous statement" to me.
maverick2112 said:
Scott.....I didnt hear you saying this after games 1 and 2.......only after the drubbing in gms 1 and 2......
I said I felt game 1 was fairly officiated especially with Pistons not being called for a foul until half way through 1q and Spurs picking up 6 or so. It evened out at end with Spurs getting slightly more calls but no blatantly missed calls in game 1. Game 2 Spurs were slanted and I said so and I remember correctly I admitted that and pointed out "some" bad calls that went Detroit?s way as well. I don't see any bad calls going Spurs way in Detroit and Detroit is getting away with "blatant" fouls in Detroit. But what happens when they must come to SA? They will NOT be allowed to play that way and Spurs are almost unbeatable in SA. Detroit offense SUCKS if they can't create turnovers and Detroit cannot create turnovers without playing street ball. On top of that, Spurs play pretty good defense at home, wouldn't you say?

Spurs shooting horribly in Detroit (props to Detroit) and turning the ball over at high rate (props to Detroit) but both of those stats will turn around when they play @SA. What do Pistons do? Remember, Spurs did hang with Pistons for 3q's playing bad vs Pistons playing very good in game 3.
maverick2112 said:
You better be glad this isn?t on a neutral court.....otherwise Sa may be down 3-1......don?t see the Spurs coming back from 17-4 deficit on the road..............
I would like to see games played on neutral court if it means being officiated fairly for "both" teams.
Spurs have huge advantage with home court AND the way finals are played. Having both games 6 and 7 at home is unfair to Pistons and forcing Pistons to win 3 straight games against quality opponent is tough even at home. I just don't like the way NBA is runned and if it weren't for betting I prob. never watch it if Lakers were out.
maverick2112 said:
You keep saying this baloney.......who was injured on Milwaukee, who was hurt on NJ?? Don?t say Jason Kidd.....he played full minutes on all games...........Who was hurt on Indiana???......
It is not baloney. I can't dig up data because my computer currently has java disabled but I will get back to you on the top 3 players playing injured or missing against Pistons in last years playoffs AND 3 teams Pistons played this year. Media never talks about it but Pistons have had a free ride!
maverick2112 said:
Even though Malone was injured, do you really think it would have made that much of a difference, I mean the guy was like 40 yrs old and the Pistons almost swept....maybe if he played the whole series the Lakers would have won a couple of games but no way they win 4.......
For starters Lakers had no backup center, and no backup PF's. So if Lakers best PF and 3rd best player and 3rd best scorer can't play, it would be more devastating than Tony Parker not playing for Spurs and R. Wallace not playing for Pistons. That laker roster outside of Kobe, Shaq, and Malone was GARBAGE! Malone was still playing great as Laker. Defense and offensively. Maybe you think Brian Cook and Slava are outstanding centers and PF's? That is what Lakers had!

It was no contest. Top that off with Shaq being overweight and lazy. Defensively Lakers had nobody and offensively Lakers had only shaq. shaq played well offensively but got tired at end of 3/5 games.
maverick2112 said:
Its about time you start giving these Pistons some respect.........even though Wade was hurt he still played in gm 7 and the Pistons still won......
I respect them as NBA champions but I think they have had a free pass. I respected them enough to wager couple grand on them to win it all but that was mainly due to shaq not being healthy (pistons being fortunate). They are very good team with bunch of really good players. Just wish they could prove it to me beating healthy squads.
I thought Pistons would beat Heat with shaq not 100%. They looked BAD! Pistons tied 2-2 and Wade gets injured in game and Pistons lost. Now Pistons down 3-2 and Wade doesn't play. In game 7, Wade played extremely injured and only played 1 good half. What if he played 2 good halves? He was not very good in 1h which obviously helped Pistons. I also think Indiana would have beaten Pistons if Ron Artest was playing and Tinsely AND Oneal 100%. Not to mention R. Miller wouldn't be so tired from Boston series going 7 because he would not have had to carry team. If Ron Artest didn't get suspended, I was going to drop a big futures bet on Pacers. Now Pistons play Spurs in finals. Duncan is not 100% with 2 ankles, Ginobili is not 100% for games 3 and 4, and Devin Brown who was a solid contributor for Spurs and I think 4th scoring option is basically out of playoff rotation due to missing so many games. These are the facts! You can come up with your own conclusion but you know exactly how I feel!
Jalen45 said:
WOW!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? RASHEED WALLACE IS THE EQUIVALENT OF LAST YEARS MALONE?? YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND ACTUALLY WATCH THESE GAMES, INSTEAD OF READING BOX SCORES PAL. THEN GO AND APOLOGIZE FOR THAT STATEMENT AND CORRECT IT. ALSO, MALONE DOESNT EVEN MATCH UP TO TONY PARKER EITHER!!!
Read my reply to maverick if you want an answer. I never said R. Wallace is equal to Malone. I said take out 3rd best player for Lakers and take out 3rd best player for Spurs/Pistons. That is a fair comparison.