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May 08, 2011

Forget it Jake, It's the NBA
— Dave in Texas

Not the worst sore loser cheap shot I ever saw in the playoffs, but definitely top ten material.

ALSO: I bloviated about "the worst cheap shot ever" on twitter and Adam Baldwin corrected me.

I hate being corrected. Particularly when I'm wrong, and also, it's the friggin NBA. Nobody pulled a gun, so it wasn't the worst ever. My bad.

Ron Artest just emailed me to say "I didn't even choke that bitch."

Enjoy retirement Phil. You've more than earned it.

Here's the McMahon slam by Charles Martin that Adam was referring to..

No guns though. Far as I could tell, it's old video.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 04:43 PM | Comments (168)
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1 I just want to see Jayne Cobb use "Piffle" conversationally. or Animal Mother. I'll take either.

Posted by: JasonF at May 08, 2011 04:47 PM (i4hDn)

2 Short Bus BasketballÂ®

Posted by: boned to the bone at May 08, 2011 04:47 PM (0ba8c)

3 I'm ok with putting ten bodyguards on the court even though it may slow down the game a bit.

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at May 08, 2011 04:48 PM (BgUOV)

4 52%

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 08, 2011 04:48 PM (VCKeB)

5 Rambis Vs. McHale was worse in 1984.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at May 08, 2011 04:48 PM (A0VTZ)

6 When did John Malkovich become GM of the Lakers?

Posted by: Wink at May 08, 2011 04:48 PM (aZVHl)

7 Whack his pee-pee.

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at May 08, 2011 04:51 PM (BgUOV)

8 I love Chuck and not just for the hot babes--Baldwin's great in it too.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 08, 2011 04:52 PM (Y1DZt)

9 I always say....without the athletic ability most of them would be in prison. I always so that, I do.

Posted by: Tami at May 08, 2011 04:53 PM (VuLos)

10 That's fkn assault, straight up.

Deliberate foul with the intent to injure. But just watch, the NBA will puss out and suspend him for a couple games. Maybe.

Posted by: NC Ref at May 08, 2011 04:54 PM (/izg2)

11 Not even close to the cheap shot laid on Rudy Tomjonivich (sp?) of the Houston Rockets back about 1980 or so.

Posted by: Jprs at May 08, 2011 04:54 PM (PfiUw)

12 Gutsy!!

Posted by: Tom at May 08, 2011 04:54 PM (MWXXs)

13 So Odom had a v nasty, v public meltdown. And now he gets to go home and stare at that beast Kardashian sister.

What an unfortunately life he leads.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 08, 2011 04:54 PM (VCKeB)

Is there a sport on Earth comprised of more thugs than the NBA? Seriously, it's like the Gangland Games out there.

And fuck ESPN for putting 8 dunks on their Top Ten Plays. Blow me!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 08, 2011 04:55 PM (zgZzy)

15 He deserved to be ejected for that, but the guy he knocked down totally flopped and milked it. I notice he only stayed down on the court until the other guy went into the tunnel. It didn't hurt him that bad.

Posted by: KSgop at May 08, 2011 04:56 PM (1B8Ua)

16 Looked OK to me. What's the big deal?

Posted by: Duke Blue Devil Gerald Henderson at May 08, 2011 04:57 PM (/izg2)

What?? No cheerleaders in bassaball?

Posted by: beedubya at May 08, 2011 04:57 PM (AnTyA)

18 Wow. I've always hated the Lakers anyway. Thug fan base and thug players. *spit*

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at May 08, 2011 04:59 PM (YxBuk)

19 Adam Baldwin @DaveinTexas Piffle! Of course they get cheaper. See Kermit Washington v. Rudy Tomjonavich, or that douche Packer that slammed Jim McMahon. F-ing A right! My uncle STILL despises the Packers organization with a passion, because of that despicable cheap shot on McMahon. At the time, we (the Bears) were the defending champs and still one of the best teams in the league. So it's akin today of someone last season running with Drew Brees as he threw a pass, standing next to Brees to watch the play, then after the receiver makes the catch, picking up Brees and slamming him into ground on his throwing shoulder and messing up his shoulder, putting him out for the rest of the season. That is a MF-ing cheap shot.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 08, 2011 04:59 PM (NITzp)

20 Jerry Sichting Vs. Ralph Sampson

Posted by: Delta Smelt at May 08, 2011 04:59 PM (A0VTZ)

21 So Odom had a v nasty, v public meltdown. And now he gets to go home and stare at that beast Kardashian sister.

There's no accounting for taste.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at May 08, 2011 05:00 PM (YxBuk)

the smackdown on Rudy T was a reflex action on seeing someone running at him.. Washington was and always will be a great guy.

OT "--//--

When asked whether he was still considering a run for the presidency, Mr. Giuliani said Â“yes,Â” with the caveat that heÂ’s not doing so Â“right this minute.Â”

Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at May 08, 2011 05:00 PM (08Pe8)

23 But it wasn't gutsy.Like me.

Posted by: Presnit Gutsy Hussain McGutsysgutson at May 08, 2011 05:01 PM (gqqCJ)

Wow. I've always hated the Lakers anyway. Thug fan base and thug players. *spit*

Oh, cmon, you don't like seeing all of those band wagon douches with their Laker flags on there car in LA?

Posted by: Delta Smelt at May 08, 2011 05:01 PM (A0VTZ)

If you want to be on ESPN's Top 10, make sure that ESPN has a piece of your game. Ever notice that all of sudden, more and more soccer plays and getting into the Top 10. Ever notice that ESPN is now broadcasting the English Premier League (or Leage of Premiere or whatever the hell they call it).

And not a hockey clip in sight. Funny how that works.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 08, 2011 05:01 PM (zgZzy)

26 I just want to see Jayne Cobb use "Piffle" conversationally.

Whilst wearing that hat knitted for him by his mother.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at May 08, 2011 05:01 PM (YxBuk)

27 There are few things in life as beautiful as watching the Lakers choke. Also Phil's press conference was a fantastic bit of hahahaha suck it losers! It's even funnier because he's involved with what'sherface that runs the Lakers.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 08, 2011 05:02 PM (sf+iw)

28 OT -- Interesting... Via Michael Yon: Last Will of Osama bin Laden American Thinker: Did Naval Burial Ceremony for Bin Laden Curse Jews and Christians, and Confer Pardon and Paradise on the Muslim Mass Murderer?

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 08, 2011 05:02 PM (NITzp)

29 Oh, cmon, you don't like seeing all of those band wagon douches with their Laker flags on there car in LA?

They're the ones I know to stay away from in case they get road rage-y.

Laker fans: Loot and riot when they win; loot and riot when they lose.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at May 08, 2011 05:02 PM (YxBuk)

uh, their car.

I'm starting to spell like a Laker fan.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at May 08, 2011 05:02 PM (A0VTZ)

31 Hey, Bynum...that wasn't very Zen. Now go to the locker room and meditate on what you did.

Posted by: Phil Jackson at May 08, 2011 05:03 PM (AnTyA)

32 Warren Sapp blindsides Chad Clifton

Posted by: JohnAuston at May 08, 2011 05:03 PM (0+8tx)

33 "When you're talking about the Lakers, you're talking about excellence..."

Yeah, no, not all.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at May 08, 2011 05:03 PM (YxBuk)

34 Laker fans: Loot and riot when they win; loot and riot when they lose.

Can't we all just get along???

Posted by: Rodney King at May 08, 2011 05:04 PM (/izg2)

35 I'm starting to spell like a Laker fan.

Needs more apostrophe's.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 08, 2011 05:04 PM (sf+iw)

36 Fuck the Lakers. Send them to Oakland like they did the Raiders. Make them Oakland's problem. They're used to and embrace the thuggery.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at May 08, 2011 05:04 PM (YxBuk)

37 @37
About the only thing that could change that if either the Rangers or the Bruins made the Cup...

The Bruins are looking pretty unstoppable right now, although Patrice Bergeron suffered a concussion in the last game.

ESPN jumped the shark a long time ago.

Posted by: Y-not at May 08, 2011 05:06 PM (pW2o8)

38 That is a MF-ing cheap shot.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 08, 2011 08:59 PM (NITzp)

In all honesty, IIRC he even became a pariah in Packer land after that shit.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at May 08, 2011 05:06 PM (fVsul)

Was that gutsy?

Posted by: Tickbeard at May 08, 2011 05:07 PM (Epj2t)

40 And not a hockey clip in sight. Funny how that works. Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 08, 2011 09:01 PM I went to the NHL page on ESPN last night and one of the "Top Stories" was "Rangers' Avery supports NY Same-Sex Marriage". That's considered "hockey news" for ESPN. I actually went to the comments page and saw the expected pro-SSM bilge and spent about 30 minutes responding and correcting some ignorance. I went back this morning to see if there were any further responses to my comments, only to find that ESPN had sent 30 comments down the memory hole, where I and a couple other pro-SSM commenters were debating (1) the issue of redefining marriage, (2) the fact that marriage law is not "unconstitutional" and (3) the fact that marriage is not a "right", but even if it was, homosexuals are not denied the "right" to marriage, to which former Gov Jim McGreevey can attest (example I gave to back my point). But, interestingly enough, ESPN vamoosed 30 comments of that back and forth conversation from their site.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 08, 2011 05:07 PM (NITzp)

41 Ever notice that ESPN is now broadcasting the English Premier League (or Leage of Premiere or whatever the hell they call it).

Coincident? I remain skeptical.

Posted by: Mallamutt at May 08, 2011 08:58 PM (OWjjx)

Doesn't always work.

Posted by: Australian Rules Football at May 08, 2011 05:07 PM (73tyQ)

42 So I did some niche sport watching today. I have a fondness for the underdog sport trying to get attention. I watched some: supercross - crazy jumping moto racing. The bikes aren't big enough to put any visible ads on -- so the whole sport is mainly just an ad for the bikes. And the riders careers are super short cause they take headers off motorcycles all the time. It's rare they make it pass their mid-20s and are still competitive. Tiny little aggro dudes flinging their bodies around the track. Angry little west coast motorized jockeys. NLL - indoor lacrosse. It was on Versus as I was flipping around. Hockey on astroturf, complete with hockey fights. The goalies wear more pads than hockey goalies -- no idea why. They look like sumo wrestlers.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at May 08, 2011 05:07 PM (QcFbt)

43 Bynum's laid this same shove-a-guy-in-the-air move on at least two other players. He collapsed Gerald Wallace's lung with it a season or two ago.

And Rudy T didn't get cheap-shotted. He ran up behind a guy to escalate a fight and got rocked for it.

Posted by: oblig. at May 08, 2011 05:08 PM (xvZW9)

44 Someone actually WATCHES the NBA?

I guess that's why they call us morons.

Who in their right mind would waste their time watching thugs run up and down a court?

Go down to the "hood" and watch. It's free and you might score some crack.

It's also better BB.

Posted by: Kemp at May 08, 2011 05:08 PM (JpFM9)

45 Yea, you would hardly know that the NHL Playoffs were going on if you relied up ESPN for the news. About the only thing that could change that if either the Rangers or the Bruins made the Cup... Posted by: Mallamutt at May 08, 2011 09:04 PM The only time I watch ESPN anymore is to watch NFL and college football. The whole network and all the anchors' egos have just gotten too big for their own good. They're insufferable to watch. So I don't bother anymore. VS and NBC have been doing a decent job with the NHL playoffs so far. And the only thing I can't stand about the NHL Network's coverage is that they play Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" commercials seemingly every damn commercial break.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 08, 2011 05:10 PM (NITzp)

46 supercross - crazy jumping moto racing.

Oh man I love supercross. I always expect the races to start with some guy going "here hold my beer".

Posted by: alexthechick at May 08, 2011 05:10 PM (sf+iw)

47 Isn't Bynum dating some rich white trash skank whose mother married a rich lawyer who eventually died and then mom starting doing white trash things like marry a former washed-up olympic athlete who is so used up he had to get plastic surgery to hold on to his faded looks? And then they used Daddy's money to get a reality show and one of the daughters did a porno with some guy that "accidentally" went viral on the internet? Forget what her last name was, Hilton or Kardashian or something. Yeah rich white trash loser take your pick.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at May 08, 2011 05:11 PM (fVsul)

48 Isn't Bynum dating some rich white trash skank

That's Odom.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 08, 2011 05:12 PM (sf+iw)

49 That's Odom.

Posted by: alexthechick at May 08, 2011 09:12 PM (sf+iw)

Oh I digress, wait till next week I guess.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at May 08, 2011 05:13 PM (fVsul)

I've never seen a team play as uninspired as the Lakers did in this series. They looked like they were more interested in which one of them was going to score boning rights to Kim Kardashian than winning a third consecutive NBA title. Also Kobe Bryant's skills appear to be deteriorating at an exponential rate. Lean years will soon be returning to Lakerland.

Posted by: Ernie McCracken at May 08, 2011 05:14 PM (FUEui)

51 OK, here's what I don't get about basketball rules. How can you "have position" if you're in the air?

Posted by: AmishDude at May 08, 2011 05:14 PM (73tyQ)

52 I love all the failed/struggling indoor arena sports. Arena football, indoor soccer, indoor lacrosse, arenacross.. All those empty seats in all those arenas when no basketball or hockey team in in town .... it's too tempting for the budding sports entrepreneur. And the arena owners would love it if a 3rd arena sport took off. Every year there's new teams and new leagues as old teams and leagues fold and relocate. Nobody makes any money, but they keep trying. My favorite is indoor stock car racing. Some crazy dude came up with little man-sized nascar cars you can drive around a hockey rink. Of course, when I say I love these. I don't love them in the sense of actually attending any events or giving them any money. But I like to know that they are out there trying to invent the next American pasttime. And the more absurd (indoor nascar) the better.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at May 08, 2011 05:14 PM (QcFbt)

And Rudy T didn't get cheap-shotted. He ran up behind a guy to escalate a fight and got rocked for it.

Really??

Posted by: beedubya at May 08, 2011 05:14 PM (AnTyA)

And then they used Daddy's money to get a reality show and one of the daughters did a porno with some guy that "accidentally" went viral on the internet?

I hear she was a real pig in it. She got pissed on ...and liked it.

Posted by: beedubya at May 08, 2011 05:16 PM (AnTyA)

55 They looked like they were more interested in which one of them was going to score boning rights to Kim Kardashian than winning a third consecutive NBA title.

Posted by: Ernie McCracken at May 08, 2011 09:14 PM (FUEui)

Don't be stupid. They ALL have boning rights to Kim Kardashian.

Posted by: FUBAR at May 08, 2011 05:17 PM (1fanL)

56 OK, here's what I don't get about basketball rules. How can you "have position" if you're in the air?

He doesn't. Offensive players driving to the basket can be stopped by an opposing player as long as the opposing player has stopped and squared his body in front of the offensive player. In other words, the defensive player is the one that has to be in position.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at May 08, 2011 05:17 PM (fVsul)

My favorite is indoor stock car racing. Some crazy dude came up with little man-sized nascar cars you can drive around a hockey rink.

My BiL is an airline pilot. He loves it. He keeps trying to talk me into it.

Posted by: beedubya at May 08, 2011 05:18 PM (AnTyA)

58 McSorley/Brashear back of the head two handed hassan chop!

Posted by: Unclefacts Luxury-Yacht at May 08, 2011 05:18 PM (6IReR)

NLL - indoor lacrosse. It was on Versus as I was flipping around. Hockey on astroturf, complete with hockey fights. The goalies wear more pads than hockey goalies -- no idea why. They look like sumo wrestlers.

A lacrosse ball has the same weight and consistency of a baseball. NLL players can shoot it at over 100mph. They need the equipment, trust me.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp, Lacrosse Player, Coach at May 08, 2011 05:20 PM (zgZzy)

60 Watching the local Dallas news following the game, I heard that brooms were being confiscated at the venue entrance.

Not just real brooms, mind you, but even signs with brooms drawn on them.

Does this happen in every NBA facility, or just in CubanLand??

Posted by: TXMarko at May 08, 2011 05:21 PM (zYx/c)

61 Alert: 40 minutes until Christina Hendricks returns to Firefly.

That is all.

Posted by: Buddy Bizarre at May 08, 2011 05:21 PM (SDKsy)

62 I go to NBA games cause the rap music gives me a woodie that I can get rubbed in the locker room.

Posted by: Jesse Jackson at May 08, 2011 05:21 PM (JpFM9)

63 I hear she was a real pig in it. She got pissed on ...and liked it.

Ew.

Who would have thought the scuzball dad would have been the most upstanding person in that family.

They make my skin crawl.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 08, 2011 05:21 PM (VCKeB)

67 Alert: 40 minutes until Christina Hendricks returns to Firefly.

BOING!!!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 08, 2011 05:22 PM (zgZzy)

65 The NBA is the greatest sport ever created!

Posted by: Tony Kornholer at May 08, 2011 05:24 PM (zgZzy)

66
Zidane

*headbutt*

Red card

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 08, 2011 05:25 PM (M8E6y)

67 @65 Ok, but how come when I've seen outdoor lacrosse (I've caught some NCAA games on ESPN) the outdoor goalies have drastically fewer pads than the indoor goalie? And don't the outdoor guys have bigger sticks, so the ball is probably going even faster outdoors? Plus I'm pretty sure the indoor goal is actually smaller than the outdoor goal. (I'm obviously not a lacrosse expert.) So - smaller goal plus much larger pads indoors. Why is that?

Posted by: Clubber Lang at May 08, 2011 05:26 PM (QcFbt)

68 75 This may be a great subject for the ONT - which ESPN personality is the most annoying asshole there.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 08, 2011 09:28 PM (OWjjx)

Keefums retired the title.

Posted by: Unclefacts Luxury-Yacht at May 08, 2011 05:28 PM (6IReR)

69 This may be a great subject for the ONT - which ESPN personality is the most annoying asshole there.

Past or present? Because you know the answer if it's past.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 08, 2011 05:30 PM (VCKeB)

70 I wish the NBA was struggling, but the ratings are actually up pretty sharply. LeBron James is a prick, but the tv viewing public has rewarded his behavior handsomely. TNT ratings are up 30% for the 2nd round, ESPN's were up 20% for the 1st round.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at May 08, 2011 05:30 PM (QcFbt)

71 Dallas shooting (not counting 3 point attempts) 58% Dallas 3 point shooting (20-32) 63%!!!

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at May 08, 2011 05:34 PM (zpByr)

72 What Bynum did what shite. Laker GM should be actively shopping his sorry ass right now. If it were me, that would be the last time he'd represent my team....

Posted by: Dick Turpin at May 08, 2011 05:35 PM (R+4Tu)

The receiver of the headbutt took a dive.

Bullshit. He took a sucker punch he didn't expect and went down. I'm sure there was a bunch of rolling around and other drama moves, but he just got surprised. Actually, Zidane pulled off a typically stupid pussy-ass Euro-French move that cost his team the world cup. Ha.

Posted by: NC Ref at May 08, 2011 05:37 PM (/izg2)

74 Fifteen yard penalty...giving him the business....

Was drinking beer tonight with two Lakers fans who didn't realize they picked up the name from their origins in Minnesota. Kids today. Pfft.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 08, 2011 05:37 PM (0vDuM)

I think it's cool he made the shot and wasn't hurt.

As for the NBA possibly wrist-slapping Bynum, no way. He'll get a long suspension and huge fine.

Posted by: Beagle at May 08, 2011 05:37 PM (sOtz/)

76 Currently - yes

Hmm, I'd have to think about that one.

Stuart Scott (if he's still even on). He always rubbed me the wrong way. Smarmy ass.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 08, 2011 05:38 PM (VCKeB)

77 Wilbon would be my current asshole of ESPN.

Posted by: Unclefacts Luxury-Yacht at May 08, 2011 05:39 PM (6IReR)

78 Yeah, but McMahon was an asshole.

Posted by: Fartnoise at May 08, 2011 05:43 PM (bCxgV)

79 I went to a basketball game and a European hockey game broke out!

Posted by: andycanuck at May 08, 2011 05:44 PM (Y1DZt)

80 Nothing like taking your shirt off after you've been ejected to let the crowd know about your latent homosexuality.

Posted by: booger at May 08, 2011 05:44 PM (9RFH1)

81 Wilbon can be ok, except when anything racial comes up and then he gets all high and mighty chest thumping racial grievance monger. Dude is one of the richest people in the world, but still loves to play the victim.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at May 08, 2011 05:45 PM (QcFbt)

Oh please not even close as a worst cheap shot...

Todd Bertuzzi/Steve Moore

Posted by: Deanna at May 08, 2011 05:46 PM (Vw8Qy)

83 This is par for the course with Phil Jackson teams. He usually has a designated thug/brute on the team but he welcomes this kind of play by any of his players.

I first witnessed this coaching "genius" in the 92 finals Portland vs Chicago. Nobody for the Bulls could guard Cliff Robinson so in game 3 Phil decided to have Stacey King and Scott Williams use all 12 of their fouls body slamming him to the floor every time he drove to the basket.

He won't let his star players engage in this behavior but he always has thugs on his team who main objective is to try and frustrate/injure opponents' best players.

Stacey King, Scott Williams, Rick Fox, Ron Artest, Matt Barnes are all punks. Odom and Bynum aren't designated thugs like these other guys but in a blow out loss, they got the nod from Phil.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 08, 2011 05:46 PM (54F2e)

84 People still watch the NBA? Huh. Interesting.

Posted by: Papa Editor at May 08, 2011 05:47 PM (6neGz)

85 I wonder what Singletary was saying to Martin in that one shot.

Posted by: Tami at May 08, 2011 05:49 PM (VuLos)

86 The McMahon play was disgusting,no way they let one of their pretty boy Qb's get hurt like that today.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 05:49 PM (4wf6R)

87 Stacey King, Scott Williams, Rick Fox, Ron Artest, Matt Barnes are all punks. Odom and Bynum aren't designated thugs like these other guys but in a blow out loss, they got the nod from Phil.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 08, 2011 09:46 PM (54F2e)

HEH! Jackson uses these guys like Newman's character did with the Hansen triplets in Slapshot

Posted by: beedubya at May 08, 2011 05:50 PM (AnTyA)

88 Did you see how I waited until he wasn't even looking at me? Gutsy.

Posted by: Andrew Bynum at May 08, 2011 05:50 PM (FcR7P)

89 94 He also likes to cry to the press whenever he isn't getting the calls his ay.He has an awful lot of championship rings though.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 05:51 PM (4wf6R)

90 Worst cheap shot ever? Mike Tyson/Holyfield's ear

Posted by: USA at May 08, 2011 05:52 PM (YZISw)

91 I'm thrilled that the Lakers were swept,Phil has a reason for "retiring" now.Unfortunately they were beaten by total douche Cubans team.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 05:52 PM (4wf6R)

92 @ 94:I first witnessed this coaching "genius" in the 92 finals Portland vs Chicago.

I was there (Portland) too.

Clyde "The Glide" Drexler = Greatness

Posted by: Fartnoise at May 08, 2011 05:52 PM (bCxgV)

93 Release the Overnight Open Thread.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at May 08, 2011 05:52 PM (qIHlG)

94 Hard to pick the biggest douchebag on ESPN. They're all superior liberals. Anybody ever read Mike Lupica when he's not writing about sports?

Posted by: FUBAR at May 08, 2011 05:53 PM (1fanL)

The Lakers show what they're really made of.

Sadly typical of what this three-step league has deteriorated into: nothing but big shorts and taunting.

On a positive note, who really gives a shit about the NBA anyway?

Posted by: -Shawn- at May 08, 2011 05:54 PM (Fwyiw)

96 What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Tonya Harding's Thug at May 08, 2011 05:54 PM (MWXXs)

On a positive note, who really gives a shit about the NBA anyway?

Posted by: -Shawn- at May 08, 2011 09:54 PM (Fwyiw)

A whole bunch of Morons I used to think were cool.

Posted by: FUBAR at May 08, 2011 05:55 PM (1fanL)

98 92 Yeah,he sometimes seems like an okay guy.Clearly an Obama lover though.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 05:55 PM (4wf6R)

99 Steven A.Smith used to be on ESPN all the time.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 05:56 PM (4wf6R)

100 110 Wilbon and Kornhole always had him on.Since he came out against the Zero?Not so much.Coincidence?

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 05:57 PM (4wf6R)

101 And Rudy T didn't get cheap-shotted. He ran up behind a guy to escalate a fight and got rocked for it.

Uh, no. RT was trying to get in to break things up. Every man on both teams knew what kind of guy he was. That's pretty obvious from the clip that shows him slowing down and putting his hands (palms, not fists) up in a defensive posture as the punch comes in.

http://tinyurl.com/nc8ftt

Posted by: slug at May 08, 2011 05:58 PM (cPuUo)

102 OT - FNC is playing video and audio clips from 9/11 and the aftermath. Oops, I think it just ended.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at May 08, 2011 05:59 PM (YxBuk)

103 Oops. Right-wing hate crime in NYC.

Posted by: FUBAR at May 08, 2011 06:00 PM (1fanL)

104

On a positive note, who really gives a shit about the NBA anyway?

Posted by: -Shawn- at May 08, 2011 09:54 PM (Fwyiw)

A whole bunch of Mormons I used to think were cool.

Posted by: FUBAR at May 08, 2011 09:55 PM (1fanL)

Fixed.

Posted by: Karl Malone, being a jerk at May 08, 2011 06:02 PM (PHxOH)

105 @DaveinTexas Piffle! Of course they get cheaper. Using 'Piffle': Gutsy.

Posted by: t-bird at May 08, 2011 06:02 PM (FcR7P)

106

I have always hated the Lakers anyway, and this cheap shot gives me one more reason. Artest is a crybaby sore loser almost as bad as Al Gore.

Posted by: DRayRaven at May 08, 2011 06:02 PM (ttVyJ)

107 OT - FNC is playing video and audio clips from 9/11 and the aftermath.

You live in LA. What do you know about it?

You've forgotten about it. Or so I've been hear.....

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 08, 2011 06:03 PM (VCKeB)

108 Gutsy call by those referees.

Posted by: sifty, applying for Death Star 3 custodian at May 08, 2011 06:04 PM (2dbd9)

109 I first witnessed this coaching "genius" in the 92 finals Portland vs Chicago. Nobody for the Bulls could guard Cliff Robinson so in game 3 Phil decided to have Stacey King and Scott Williams use all 12 of their fouls body slamming him to the floor every time he drove to the basket. Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 08, 2011 09:46 PM Well, to be fair, that's how the NBA was played in the 80s and 90s. Remember the Bad Boy Pistons and the Jordan Rules, the NY Knicks with Oakley and Mason and Starks, the Miami Heat-NY Knicks series, Chicago-New York series, etc. That was par for the course back then. The NBA nowadays is made up of a bunch of pansies who flop and cry foul if they're breathed on wrong. They never would have made it in the NBA of the 80s and 90s.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 08, 2011 06:04 PM (NITzp)

110 75 This may be a great subject for the ONT - which ESPN personality is the most annoying asshole there.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 08, 2011 09:28 PM (OWjjx)

Anytime Mike Lupica is on The Sportswriters...although Woody Paige can give him a run for his money.

Posted by: jas at May 08, 2011 06:04 PM (ZM2Bn)

111 *hearing....

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 08, 2011 06:05 PM (VCKeB)

112 2007 game 4 Phoenix Suns vs. That Dirty San Antonio team, Robert Horry hip checks Steve Nash into the expensive seats....that was way worse. There has been some bad blood between the better teams of the Western Conference over the last 6 yrs or so. I also remember a vicious clothesline by Raja Bell on Kobe.

Posted by: MostlyRight at May 08, 2011 06:05 PM (LaqL2)

113 Tengo te cheap shot aqui, muchacho.

Posted by: El Kilo at May 08, 2011 06:06 PM (le5qc)

114 124 Woody Paige is, at least, semi retarded.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 06:06 PM (4wf6R)

115 93

Oh please not even close as a worst cheap shot...

Todd Bertuzzi/Steve Moore

Posted by: Deanna at May 08, 2011 09:46 PM (Vw8Qy)

Chris Simon on Ryan Hollweg.

Posted by: jas at May 08, 2011 06:07 PM (ZM2Bn)

116 I also remember a vicious clothesline by Raja Bell on Kobe.

Posted by: MostlyRight at May 08, 2011 10:05 PM (LaqL2)

You misunderstand. Bell was trying to make a citizen's arrest.

Posted by: FUBAR at May 08, 2011 06:07 PM (1fanL)

117 128 124 Woody Paige is, at least, semi retarded.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 10:06 PM (4wf6R)

And, Lupica's not?

Posted by: jas at May 08, 2011 06:08 PM (ZM2Bn)

118 How about Albert Haynesworth, when he was with the Titans stomped on that Linemans head.I forget who he stomped on.

Posted by: ziptie at May 08, 2011 06:08 PM (mObhN)

119 The Lakers are like that hot girl in high school who got old and isn't so hot anymore.

Posted by: Bill Simmons at May 08, 2011 06:08 PM (UpreA)

120 We knew what you meant, lacey. Oh, did we know.

Posted by: Papa Editor at May 08, 2011 06:09 PM (6neGz)

121 131 You have a point.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 06:09 PM (4wf6R)

122

Harvey Martin on Jim Hart. And then his backup QB.

Not cheap.

Fucking AWESOME

Posted by: Dave in Texas at May 08, 2011 06:10 PM (Wh0W+)

123 136 131 You have a point.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 10:09 PM (4wf6R)

Unfortunately, most sportswriters are the same liberal douchebags found in other areas of journalism.

Posted by: jas at May 08, 2011 06:11 PM (ZM2Bn)

124 138 Hey, Ray Barone isn't like that.

Posted by: Everybody loves Oldsailor at May 08, 2011 06:13 PM (VAfwJ)

125 138 They may be even more liberal,in general.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 06:13 PM (4wf6R)

126 Just a thought I had while visiting the home page...........If Obama is gutsy is Mooshelle buttzy?

Posted by: dagny at May 08, 2011 06:15 PM (sZJTK)

127 140 Yup...look at the amount of attention has gotten for his comments about Donovan, and the amount of vile crap that was spewed at him falsely when he was interested in purchasing the St. Louis Rams. But, nothing was more disgusting than what ESPN did with "The Decision".

Posted by: jas at May 08, 2011 06:15 PM (ZM2Bn)

128 67 Alert: 40 minutes until Christina Hendricks returns to Firefly.

What am I missing? Is Firefly back on? Help, help.

Posted by: Leo Ladenson at May 08, 2011 06:15 PM (Srhra)

129 How about that cheap shot that Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini delivered to Duk Koo Kim?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 08, 2011 06:15 PM (yQWNf)

130

Watching Theismans leg buckle under Taylors weight was cringe worthy.Not a cheap shot but a hell of a tackle.

Posted by: ziptie at May 08, 2011 06:16 PM (mObhN)

131 The Lakers have forgotten 9/11 and that makes them do cheap shots like this.

Damn shame.

If you can't count on a bunch of criminals with millions of dollars and 4th grade educations to be good role models, who can you count on?

Posted by: sifty at May 08, 2011 06:16 PM (2dbd9)

132 142 Everytime I see that prick Adam Shefter(whateverthe fuck his name is),I remember what he did to Rush.You would have thought Dr. Mengele was interested in becoming an NFL owner.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 06:17 PM (4wf6R)

133 I hate basketball nearly as much as soccer and ice soccer.

Posted by: FlaviusJulius at May 08, 2011 06:17 PM (qIHlG)

134 Oh, and did you hear the latest Washington rumor?

Obama used Navy special ops forces to get Osama in order to stick it to his opponent McCain, the career Navy officer.

Sheesh.

Posted by: Leo Ladenson at May 08, 2011 06:18 PM (Srhra)

135 142 Buckle?It snaps like a twig.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 06:19 PM (4wf6R)

136 _{no ont?}

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 08, 2011 06:19 PM (VCKeB)

137 149 Toughest 40 minutes of Obamas life,according to him in his 60 Minutes interview.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 06:20 PM (4wf6R)

138 Anybody see the lady college soccer player pull the other one down by her ponytail? That was all kinds of awesome.

Posted by: FUBAR at May 08, 2011 06:20 PM (1fanL)

139 Obama used Navy special ops forces to get Osama in order to stick it to his opponent McCain, the career Navy officer. Sheesh. Posted by: Leo Ladenson at May 08, 2011 10:18 PM Did he bother to thank Ronald Reagan for having the opportunity to use them in the first place?

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 08, 2011 06:20 PM (NITzp)

140 153 My cousin played Division 2 (I think,maybe 3)soccer.She was a good scorer,man those girls fouled her rough.

Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2011 06:21 PM (4wf6R)

141 Holy shit, that was a pretty amazing play by Datsyuk just now.

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 08, 2011 06:21 PM (5+pHf)

142 Speaking of cheap shots, I still hate Troy Polamalu.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 08, 2011 06:22 PM (0vDuM)

143 151, Damn Lacy, that was small font wimpy. Stand up and tell that man what you want, What, where, how? BIG FONT!!! Loud and proud....

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at May 08, 2011 06:22 PM (VAfwJ)

144 Back to stuff that is important... Obama IS gutsy... It takes hella guts to deal crack out of the White House.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7VVLKVYr3Q Is there anything he won't do to destroy the U.S. military???

Posted by: Kasper Hauser at May 08, 2011 06:23 PM (v0pFT)

145 Hard to tell on all those replays, but it looks like he actually made that shot while taking the cheap shot. Pretty bad ass.

Posted by: Rick at May 08, 2011 06:24 PM (L/O45)

146 You punk-ass bitches don't know from cheap shots.

Posted by: Woody Hayes at May 08, 2011 06:28 PM (MWXXs)

147

How about Albert Haynesworth, when he was with the Titans stomped on that Linemans head.I forget who he stomped on.

I think it was Dallas center Andre Gurode. Haynesworth should have been arrested for that. And no it's not OK because the guy was a Cowboy.

Posted by: USS Diversity at May 08, 2011 06:29 PM (RPYjQ)

148

9 I always say....without the athletic ability most of them would be in prison.

Let 'em play in the prison league. It's where they belong.

Seriously, for that type of offense, the offender's team should be forced to play shorthanded, as in hockey. Let them play 5 on 4, and also take away all credit from the offender's stats, so that if he made 8 of 12 shots, let it go in the record books as 0 for 12. Hit 'em where they live.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 08, 2011 06:32 PM (C9l9M)

149 Who was that fatass with the Tampa Bucks who went to the Super Bowl and cheaped one of their lineman on an interception? That was ugly and required rehab for the vic.
But the Rudy T punch is still the worst. Nearly killed the man an ended his basketball career.

Posted by: kdny at May 08, 2011 06:33 PM (ECt2r)

150 Jay- you have a point. The NBA has alot of this because their foul system makes it stupid NOT to foul.

Posted by: kdny at May 08, 2011 06:34 PM (ECt2r)

151 Hate crime!!!1!1!

Posted by: Poland at May 08, 2011 07:53 PM (qDPnZ)

152 Leave my people alone

Posted by: Eric Holder at May 09, 2011 04:34 AM (fWAjv)

153 Ah, bunch of Texan wusses getting decked by LA teams, nothing new.

Posted by: Nick at May 09, 2011 05:10 AM (w94J1)

154 Big men in shorts. Woody loves 'em.

Posted by: Cricket at May 09, 2011 07:04 AM (w/dFN)

155 It's THUGtastic! The NBA would die if it weren't for fat corporate white guys buying up the first 50 rows of every NBA arena.

Posted by: Carnoustie at May 09, 2011 07:09 AM (CDtZU)

156 Ah, bunch of Texan wusses getting decked by LA teams, nothing new.

What? Are you smoking Compton crack? This humiliating sweep at the hands of Texas' third-best franchise is just the icing on the Texas domination cake. Now all three teams have humiliated the pre-crowned champions in the playoffs. You don't remember the Spurs closing down the Craptastic Forum with a Made-Kobe-CRY 28-point blowout in 2003? MADE. THE. RAPIST. CRY! The Rockets even dethroned the heavily-favored Magic Lakers a couple times in the '80s.

I'd mention football, but that would just be humiliating for the Californicans (as if the Lakers' punk-ass, no-class exit wasn't humiliating enough.)

Now, just like it happens at the end of all the Lakers' runs, we'll watch all the Laker fanboys disappear from public sight for a few years until the next time David Stern makes another team trade the Lakers its All-Star for a bag of balls. (Who knows...he might make the Magic trade Dwight Howard to LA for next season! For a #2 pick and Bill Walton's kid!)

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at May 09, 2011 07:28 AM (1H47k)

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