Orlando vs LA

[Saltheart]

best ever my a$$. I can think of about 20 guys I'd want before him. never mind the whole league , just look at the lakers before him. He doesn'y even make the lakers best ever 5 guy list Which of these Lakers would you not pick over Kobe if you wanted to win championships? ....Magic , West , Baylor, Worthy , Chamberland , Goodrich , Jabbar in no particular order. Give me a break! That's just the Lakers who were better than him. If you look at the whole league all time greats , you got to put Kobe somewhere on the cheeleading squad cause he couldn't make 1st , 2nd or 3rd team all time great. I'm not sure Kobe is even one of the 5 best guys in the league now , never mind all time. Half the time these announcers got their heads up their you know what. It just wouldn't go over too big with the league if the announcers told the truth and said there just isn't one truly great player on either of the teams in the finals right now. For my money Turkoglu is the best player on either team right now and I'm not sure even he could have made the original Olympic Dream team. The truth is the whole league has very little talent at all right now so they got to build up who ever they have as great.

[Van]

Greatest ever...........................
IMHO....

LARRY BIRD....Effortless scoring, super smart player, not super physical.....

Anyway,,,,,Orlando is suffering from "Finals" jitters.
That's 2 games they had in the last minute and blow it.

LA wins again in OT.........What a shame.

[Saltheart]

Yep , Orlando had their chances and blew it. Any 1 of maybe 6 foul shots by Howard or Turkoglu puts the game on ice. Howard shot 6 of 14 from the line. In plain english...That sucks. I can get more than 6 of 14 in from the line and I'm 56 with an artificial hip. He should be ashamed of himself.

Another one that got me pissed was the way he let himself get manhandled under the basket in the last 2 minutes. If you mauled Cowens like they mauled Howard you'd be in a coma next trip down the court. That's why god gave basketball centers elbows. What a sissy!

Bend over Dwight , the Lakers are lined up behind you in the shower and you deserve it!

You mentioned Bird. He shot 89% from the line for his whole carreer and yet he practiced an extra hour every single day just shooting from the line. I doubt Howard has practiced free throws an hour in a whole week.

How about losing the 3rd quarter by 16 points! I agree they are just newbies with playoff jitters. Certainly didn't play like professionals. If you can't win with a 5 point lead and 1 minute left you just are not champions.

"The second place plack is on the wall in the ladies room"

[Van]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

best ever my a$$. I can think of about 20 guys I'd want before him. never mind the whole league , just look at the lakers before him. He doesn'y even make the lakers best ever 5 guy list Which of these Lakers would you not pick over Kobe if you wanted to win championships? ....Magic , West , Baylor, Worthy , Chamberland , Goodrich , Jabbar in no particular order. Give me a break! That's just the Lakers who were better than him. If you look at the whole league all time greats , you got to put Kobe somewhere on the cheeleading squad cause he couldn't make 1st , 2nd or 3rd team all time great. I'm not sure Kobe is even one of the 5 best guys in the league now , never mind all time. Half the time these announcers got their heads up their you know what. It just wouldn't go over too big with the league if the announcers told the truth and said there just isn't one truly great player on either of the teams in the finals right now. For my money Turkoglu is the best player on either team right now and I'm not sure even he could have made the original Olympic Dream team. The truth is the whole league has very little talent at all right now so they got to build up who ever they have as great.

Now he has 4 rings..........One for each of his BIG heads.