Celtics Fan, You Should Have Married Your Childhood Sweetheart

I know you want it to be like the first time you locked sweaty hands in 7th grade with Suzie B. Kute, but I'm going to put it to you as bluntly as I can: 2008 Lakers vs. Celtics ain't 1987; not 1985; not even close. Celtics fan, I know you're still jazzed-up from the "Beat LA" victory in game one, [read more...]

Seriously? Doug Collins

The Boston Celtics are dealing with the pesky Detroit Pistons in a tough series. The Los Angeles Lakers are on the path to yet another championship. Now Doug Collins could become the Chicago Bulls head coach within the next couple days. We're apparently turning back the clock to the 1980s now. All we need is CBS to start doing games [read more...]

Dig on Doug, Dude

Let me begin with a caveat – Doug Collins is not (yet) the head coach of the Chicago Bulls. Sure, I'm a realist. I know these stories saying that "the deal is in place" don't come from nowhere; I'm prepared to accept that Bulls GM John Paxson and the excitable Mr. Collins have an agreement in principle, and that in all [read more...]

How the Lakers Will Fare in the Western Conference Finals

For the Detroit Pistons 1989-1990 capped off consecutive runs that ended in Chuck Daly's team holding the Larry O'Brien Trophy. For the Chicago Bulls 1989-1990 marked consecutive seasons losing to Detroit in the Eastern Conference Finals. After that season, after losing 4-3 in the Eastern Conference Finals to the Pistons Bulls head coach Phil Jackson' team understood the leader's message and [read more...]

Spurs Win and A Brief Conference Finals Preview

So I get out of the Rush only to find out that the San Antonio Spurs won game 7 in New Orleans. Excuse me while I puke in the corner. This next part will be posted on www.411mania.com later this week, but here is a brief preview of the NBA Conference Finals. (1) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Detroit PistonsCeltics in 7: Until [read more...]

Celtics Step Up

LeBron James and Paul Pierce has the kind of classic playoff duel that harkens back to the days of Bird against Wilkins. Because of Pierce's superior supporting cast stepping up and James missing key shots, the Celtics survived another seven game series. Despite the Celtics inability to play on the road, they've managed to win two series and will now [read more...]

Game 7’s to Decide Who’s for Real (Celtics vs. Cavaliers)

There is no greater phrase than "We go to game 7." All the predictions go out the window at this point because no matter what, anything can happen. For the Boston Celtics, they might be the team under the most pressure of the four teams. The acquistion of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce should have at least made the first [read more...]

I Guarantee….

Guarantees aren't what they used to mean. Back in the day before people like Chad Johnson routinely guaranteed Bengals' victories, the guarantee used to mean something. It took some actual guts and moxy for Joe Namiath to guarantee victory over the heavily favored Baltimore Colts. The AFL (That's American Football League) needed a shot in the arm. Namiath and his [read more...]

Sources: Bulls promise not to fire D’Antoni until Valentine’s Day

I don't know if it's a match made in heaven, but it sounds like there is a love affair brewing between Suns' head coach Mike D'Antoni and the Chicago Bulls. It is Splitsville in Phoenix -- apparently both parties agreeing to "see other people" -- and D'Antoni is on the prowl after a disappointing exit in the NBA [read more...]

Wost Pick Ever?

It was 24 summers ago, in June of 1984, that the Portland Trail Blazers made the biggest mistake since Japan provoked the United States into World War II. Equipped with the second pick in the best NBA Draft class of all-time, Portland decided to select University of Kentucky center Sam Bowie instead of future NBA Hall-of-Famers Charles Barkley, John Stockton, [read more...]

High gas prices can’t shut down Pistons on the road

A possible looming recession doesn't appear to be affecting the Detroit Pistons' attendance -- leading the NBA at the turnstiles for the fifth time in six seasons -- and the motor city's bad boys didn't run out of fuel during a back-and-forth playoff series where the Sixers surprisingly put a little gunk in their carburetors before the Philly economy car [read more...]

Does Detroit Really “Know What It Takes?”

"We've been here before." "We know what it takes." Those are the words out of Detroit right now. The first part is partly true. Detroit was here in the 2005-2006 playoffs against Cleveland. They appeared beaten but willed their way to a series win in seven games. But "we know what it takes?" Like last season about this time Detroit players were saying [read more...]

This Season’s NBA in Many Ways Resembles Another in the Distant Past

Every NBA pundit tells us that this season's Western Conference teams are like no other in NBA history. Should Denver win tonight at home against Memphis, every playoff team in the West will have won 50 games. Golden State, the 9th-place team in the West, ends its season tonight at home against the Seattle SuperSonics. Should the Warriors win they [read more...]

Guide to Christmas Shopping

For Carlos Beltran - Seeing as he's set to make about $60 billion over the next few years, I would say that your best bet would be making something instead of buying something. Maybe a personally created mix CD, or a self-edited compilation of your personal home movies, complete with excessive slow motion, many star wipes and a soundtrack courtesy [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Seventh Heaven

Well, I suppose I should have kept my mouth shut about these NBA playoffs. A week after declaring this year's version the worst I'd ever seen, we saw two of the best games in playoff history. First the Lakers amazing win over the Spurs in Game 5 out West. I know I talked about it last week, but I cannot stress enough how big [read more...]