Letters to the Editor
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It wasn't too compelling for me.
I didn't watch. And Stern is full of shit. I don't think it's a conspiracy either, but I do think he's full of shit.
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King, give the Bulls some credit
Did you even watch the 2 games the Bulls won?
Tuesday night's game was a masterpiece of ball movement and defense, which the Bulls won by getting Detroit into early foul trouble. They were NEVER behind the ENTIRE game. And frankly, I think that either of these teams could shut down any of the remaining teams in the West.
I hope the Bulls actually make history and end up in the Conference finals, then maybe, just maybe, you'll stop talking about the goddamm Western Conference for one minute and show that you actually know something about basketball and not just conventional wisdom.
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Stern & the Divine Right of Commissioner
I think it's worth noting how off the charts full-of-himself Stern has been in defending the league's (read: Stern's) decision on the suspensions. On Pardon the Interruption yesterday, Stern declared, presumably from his office suite on Mt. Sinai, "the rule says, 'Thou shalt not...[leave the bench].'
I'm disappointed that Kornheiser and Wilbon didn't call him on that. Someone, perhaps an owner not named Mark Cuban, should send a signal to Stern to let him know that the NBA is not a religion and that Stern is no deity.
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Simple question
Since I only watch NBA basketball on accident, I can't comment. I can't comment. But I can question. Is Raja ebonics for Roger?
You think there's something wrong with the NBA game? How about college? The game has drifted so far away from the basket that Greg Oden's dominance means nothing. They had to move the three point line back - because, at its current distance, the game could be won by a bunch of Jimmy Chitwoods as opposed to Odens or Hibberts.
I have trouble believing David Stern is wrong about anything. After watching Artest and Jackson maul half of Detroit, I think keeping eight foot humans away from fights is commendable. No?
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Sure it affected the outcome
The Suns had no inside option down the stretch and Nash looked lost without his main man to pitch it to. Stern's comments on Dan Patrick's show yesterday tell you what an arrogant douchebag he is. I hear there might be an opening at the World Bank soon where that is part of the job description.
Yeah, too bad the Bulls blew game 3, but the Pistons are notorious for taking a couple games off in the playoffs. Still the Bulls have looked as good as anyone in the past two games.
Count me as one who will tune out a Finals of Spurs v Pistons. No one is going to care outside of these two cities.
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hockey
Thanks for bringing up the hockey. I'll admit the Sabres are in a spot of trouble, but the NHL is due for a team to come back from an 0-3 deficit, so why not us?
is it just me or does everyone else freaking hate Ottowa and every god-forsaken Ottowa fan with their clean streets, polite policemen and their stinking deep friend beaver tales -- not to mention their complete inability to pronounce the letter "o". It's not just me, is it?
I mean WTF? who names their team after the branch of government that doesn't even have constiutiional power (as opposed to our sentae which has just failed to exercise it)?
Go sabres.
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D.L.
I actually thought it was kind of funny, in a Rappin' Karl Rove sort of way. Maybe, just maybe, there was a glimmer of recognition that this hard-and-fast rule is a tad unreasonable. Anyway, it made for a great soundbite.
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It's funny
Eight months ago, DStern was the best commish in sports (granted he only has genuine competition from one other league) but as much as people/fans knew the NBA was a dictatorship, we trusted the guy based on his record and gave him the benefit of the doubt in a kind of 'wink, wink, please don't put a hit on me' kind of way. Now all of a sudden after one lame decision, all the fans' (and random people who like to complain) skeletons come out and he's the goddamn antichrist. O RLY?
Stern screwed up w/ the suspensions. I disagree w/ them heavily, but I can understand where the league is coming from. The ball, the dress code and the early-season technicals were heavy-handed tries, but I can't really disagree w/ the reasoning. He's still the best commish in sports, who loves the game and tries to make it better.
Actually, this whole thing reminds me of the Thomas Jefferson line, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" (Ed Harris says it in 'The Rock').
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comment on the letter of Mikes Pace
Mr. Pace -
Here are a couple of links that might shed some light on "Raja:" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Bell
Perhaps you'd like to engage in a little less bigotry and ignorance. See also your comment about the "eight foot humans."
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DL
live a little. relax. i see no bias in my 'eight foot humans' line. just saying, big poeple in fights = danger. i hope that isn't offensive. whitey.
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Whee! One paragraph!
Now, please go back to your gay-love of NBA superstars. Again, just ignore hockey entirely. We don't want you covering it.
Go back to playing with Tinky Winky, and ranting once more about how terrible the calls are at any NBA game. Not one sentence about the Calgary/Detroit mash-up towards the end of the series, and nothing on the suspension of Pronger in the current series.
Give it up King. We get it. No money in hockey, so you won't write about it. When you do it's just to try and throw an insult at the fans who read your column hoping for a bone. Go back to whoring yourself out to the numbers, like a good ad-dollar bitch. Hockey's on the VS network, which isn't even carried in some markets, so there's fewer fans, so obviously there's fewer ad dollars. Now the NBA, that's just freakin' huge when it comes to money, and the amount of press, and the people who drool over it like a rabid dog over raw beef. You're always talking about underdog wins in other sports, but for some reason the fact Detroit wasn't picked by anybody to advance past San Jose and is now up 2/1 after a 5-0 shutout of the Ducks in the last game doesn't even get a mention.
Paid whore, nothing more. Now go cash your check.