The Hawks are a classic case of peaking too early. I doubt they survive the next round.

from his twitter. thought the bio was funny/sad

These things always take me back to Herb Score. Score first thought that his eye had popped out of his head. Gil McDougal, the player who hit him told his teammate Hank Bauer, “If he loses his sight, I’ll quit baseball. The game’s not that important when it comes to this.” This was the beginning of a Georgia boy…

The way I’ve always thought of it is that the rim is a wall extending infinitely in to space. If a shot ball is within, or mostly within that wall, it cannot be touched because it needs to have a chance to drop — otherwise it’s basket interference.

I think the basket interference concept exists more because of what could happen if the defensive player did it and it just gets applied to offensive players as well. It’s different than the airball because the ball was “outside of the cylinder”, meaning that there was a 0.0% chance the ball was going in.

Can someone explain this rule to me? Never understood it/feel like teams should get credit for a ball put in the basket this way since the “offender” has gained positional advantage, similar to being well-positioned for a rebound. Conceptually, how does this differ from catching an air ball and helping it into the…

Like the other guy said, it’s a relic from the era where one giant dude could just stand near the rim and tap in half the shots.

We could at least send the Rockets home and let these two play again. Go start a White House petition.

It’s why I can’t see them getting to the Finals even if they get out of this series. Seven against the Spurs, then play Houston, then have the legs to chase Golden State around, with an eight-man team? Nah.

He thinks he is good at using the media to motivate his players ie after Game 3 he talked about not making big speeches but the players said he eviscerated them in film study. The reality is he is a joke. I hope Ballmer hires Brooks and moves this team to Seattle where they will be the jewel of the Emerald City and…

Half the shit he complained about were good calls. The Griffin travel was a travel. Just because he gets away with it 90% of the time doesn’t mean it’s no longer in the rule book.

Seriously. He’s one the whiniest coaches ever. He always has an excuse. And his team takes after him.

Watching the Clippers flail around and complain after every single play is draining to watch, even though this was one of the best games of the playoffs. Sure the refs sucked, but when Chris Paul acts like a gunshot victim after every play with contact and Matt Barnes stomps his feet like a 5 year old after every…

Doc Rivers on the refs after the game “you know I don’t complain much...” I stopped listening after that.

Only the Clippers could lose on a made basket.

That Rondo trade went from “man, I hope he re-signs in the offseason” to “THANK GOD HE’S GONE” real fast.

In the past, the in-season moves the Mavs have made never seemed to pan out as expected during that particular season, but it usually ended up being a winning move the following season, so I liked the trade because I thought for sure Dallas would test but fall short this season, re-sign Rondo and gear up in the off…

I’m not ready/emotionally stable enough to see father time consume Dirk’s NBA career.

Funny, we could say the same about you, Houston.