NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day.1. Sports by Brooks: The New York media isn't so thrilled about recognizing another Boston championship.
2. Dime: What's the missing piece for the Lakers?
3. Winston-Salem Journal: Has the trade that brought Kobe Bryant to the Lakers been misconstrued over the years?
4. Sactown Royalty: Now Ron Artest is 99% sure he'll stay in Sacramento.
5. Jones on the NBA: The curse of 17 did in the Lakers.
6. The Sporting Blog: Should the Celtics really have been running up the score like that?
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6-19-2008 @ 7:59AM
Dino Mourtos said...
This was the worse NBA Finals I have ever seen. If this is where the NBA game is at, I cannot wait for the start of the College Season! Nobody boxed anybody out, no one challenged shots, a wide-open pick-up game with 20 point swings, day in and day out! If this is basketball that these talented individual acrobats played, the NBA game is finished. Coaches that are clueless, and players that just run and shoot are not what makes this game interesting. By the way, did anyone ever tell Kobe Bryant that it is OK to catch the ball and quick-release a jumper without dribble, dribble, dribble! Duh.....I played the game for 25 years. The media spoke of good defense, and all I saw was sloppy passing and poor shot selection coupled with an absence of fundamentals by both teams! No wonder we get our butts kicked in international play!
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6-20-2008 @ 11:07AM
NBA fan said...
I think Dino Mourtos watched a different game. First off, those were not the worst Finals ever. Not even close. Sure, those were not the best Finals ever, but they weren't bad and I enjoyed it.
And are you questioning the Celtics'defense? I agree about Lakers' defense and the poor coaching job Phil Jackson did, but you can't be serious about questioning the Celtics' defense. They played shutdown defense.
Funny how you say that you can't wait about college season, which is where you see lots of sloppy passing and poor shooting selection. But I disgress.
Also, you say that we get our butt kicked in international play. Well I hope you realize that most of the players who beat Team USA are NBA players (Ginobili, Scola, Oberto etc) so shut up please. Not to mention that this year's team is going to be one of the best in history, so I hope you will stop complaining.
You sure you played basketball for 25 years? Yeah right, maybe in the church league.
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