Comments on: 19 and Counting

By: Kurt

Kurt — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:17:26 +0000

Rockets preview finally up. Had to work at my kid’s preschool today.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:34:15 +0000

well the results are in. rudy fernandez has been diagnosed with…nothing more than a few bruises. im glad hes ok, its great news. but wow…all this trouble over a couple of bruises. methinks the stretcher and neck brace were a little excessive and even a little paul pierce-like…

By: exhelodrvr

exhelodrvr — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:24:49 +0000

The Dude Abides,
Just a little bit of an exaggeration on Mbenga; and take into consideration the way he was playing last spring, not this year, when you talk about the Finals.

By: rubens

rubens — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:24:37 +0000

suddenly our bench doesn’t look that deep. can’t wait for bynum to return.

By: The Dude Abides

The Dude Abides — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:22:00 +0000

83. Bill Bridges – not even me. I did expect DJ to play this well, but I didn’t expect the rest of the bench to collapse. One of my pet peeves with Phil in last season’s Finals (besides waiting until Game 3 to have Kobe guard Rondo) was his playing poor Chris Mihm instead of DJ in one of the games we lost, when the outcome of the game was still up in the air.

That peeve extended into this season, as IMO this version of Mihm is clearly the worst player in the NBA. There isn’t one aspect of basketball other than rebounding that Mihm is better at than DJ, and rebounding is only an exception because DJ excels at blocking shots while Mihm excels at matador defense. DJ is better at man-to-man defense, defending the rim, catching and dunking, jumpshooting, FT shooting, running the floor, and steals/anticipation.

By: kwame a.

kwame a. — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:38:48 +0000

99-Exactly. Find stuff you enjoy, avoid stuff you don’t like, simple as that.

By: clutch824

clutch824 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:32:49 +0000

96
They always mattered…

By: Darius

Darius — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:27:33 +0000

RE Rudy, Ariza, and Fouls: I am very happy that Rudy is going to recover. Ariza made a bad play based off good effort. Intent? I’ll leave that to the people that can read minds. Fouls happen like this a lot. Just the other day, Big Baby neck tied Varejao on a drive in which Baby was ejected. Henry Abbott was at the game live and twittered about it as it happened. The funny thing is that he only spoke about it in terms of typical Celtics rough play and (as Reed noted) the pychology of standing up to the C’s when stuff like this happens. I truly respect Henry, but in this case (as with the Bynum foul) I think he’s taking a special interest in what the Lakers are doing vs. what happens all around the league. However, that would make him exactly like most media; the Lakers (like the Cowboys or the Yankees) sell and they inspire conversation and strong opinions. Us fans just have to turn our radar on and off as we see fit.

RE Kurt’s post: I see this two ways. On one hand, I agree with Kurt. Now is the time that our guys need to start playing better and finding their groove for the stretch run. Phil will still tinker, but it’s all about finding what will and won’t work for when the second season starts. On the other hand, I say the mistakes that cost us games that were once judged as less meaningful due to the date on the calendar don’t suddenly matter more because the weather is changing and daylight savings is in effect. They either always mattered or don’t matter much. We should decide on how important they are and whether they are true impediments to our title chances. What I’ve seen so far is that in the bigger games agains the top opponents, we’ve done well. We don’t win them all, but we win more than our fair share. So, I happen to think that we’ll be ready. I believe in our guys and think that they’ll be in position to play their best when the elimination games start.

RE Portland as a foe: I’ve seen it referenced several times that we’ve lost 7 straight to these guys. But we’ve lost 7 straight Road Games, not 7 in a row overall. That might not mean much to people (losses are losses) but I think a distinction is in order. One means we have a block on playing in someone elses building, the other implies that the Blazers are a much better team than ours is. I prefer the former.

By: aB

aB — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:18:27 +0000

Kurt……can you please put up tonight’s post. I’m over our loss to Portland. I’m more worried about the next two games.

By: Travis Y.

Travis Y. — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:52:46 +0000

Shaq has amazing quotes, but one that comes to mind is this, “Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one. I never knock a man for his opinion.”

Can’t agree more with anonymous. Don’t like it don’t read it, don’t empower them by making us want to read it and argue their point. That’s what a writer like Abbott is trying to do, sensationalize so other people can form an opinion.