ON BEHALF OF KENTUCKY WELCOME RYAN HARROWS

I'm not sure how tuned into college basketball you people are. There was a freshman last year named Ryan Harrows for NC State. You might not know him (yet) because he wasn't the star of the show. This is an example of NC State, not knowing what it has...or should I say had. Harrows is going to transfer next year and has narrowed it down to a few schools. One of these schools is Kentucky.

Well Mr. Harrows, I can say on behalf of Kentucky fans everywhere, PLEASE, do yourself and all of us a favor, get your ass to Kentucky. Kentucky will probably win it all next year. You can be the focal point of this team. Calapari has an amazing track record for taking point guards that are good, and making them NBA ready. For some of you asking yourselves, "who the hell is this kid?" watch this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT-BbVFvfRQ

He's about 5'11 and can almost tomahawk from the foul line. The guy is sick and hopefully a future Celtic. The schools have been narrowed down to Kentucky, Louiville, St. Johns, Georgia, and Texas. Seems like a no brainer if you ask me. Do the right thing Ryan, make us proud.

Celtics vs. Heat Preview

Every Celtics fan wanted this deep down. Everyone in the world wanted this. Heat vs the Celtics. This will be an all out war. It will be heart wrenching and fun. Everyone wants to see the Heat lose, but I think actually being the ones to beat them will make it all the more better. I'm going to break this series down assuming Shaq will not play a single minute.

Overall: The Heat are probably a more talented team on paper. The only problem for the Heat is that the game is played on a court, by players, not on paper, by analysis. The Celtics have been pretty dominate on the wing with Pierce and Allen, but look for that to drop a little bit for the most part of this series because James and Wade are some of the top wing defenders we have. I'm going to actually give them and advantage here with few little disclaimers. 1. The only one stopping Ray Allen is Ray Allen. If he's shooting well it really doesn't matter, he's gonna get his. You could be the best wing defender in the world it won't matter. Also, the fact D Wade will chase Ray Allen all over the court for a whole series will effect his offense. I'm giving Wade an advantage in this match up for the obvious reasons, but Ray has the little advantages that over a long series will add up. Wade will score 30 points at least twice. But so what. Ray Allen will have two nights where he can't miss. They'll balance out. Lebron vs Pierce, well, of course Lebron is a more skilled basketball player. But for the most part pf Lebron's career, Pierce has gotten the better of him. We aren't talking about a couple games here we are talking about a lot of games and a handful of big games, Pierce just flat out out balls Lebron. I'm not sure why, or what it is about Pierce's game that bothers Lebron but Pierce has his number. Lets give Lebron the advantage here anyway for the sake of science. Not by much though. Lets move on to Bosh vs Garnett. You have to give a huge advantage here to Garnett. Why you ask? Am I a biased idiot who just picks my favorite players. No, look at the facts. Who's a better offensive player. Bosh. No doubt Bosh has a bigger offensive arsenal. It's not a drastic advantage but it's decent enough. Who's a better defender? Duh. And that advantage is very drastic. Garnett is one of the leagues best defenders where Bosh is one of the leagues worst. By the stats, Bosh is the third worst at his position on defense. What does all this mean exactly? Well, Garnett's defense is strong enough to take Bosh out of the game for the most part, but Bosh's defense isn't strong enough to remove Garnetts offense. Which leaves Bosh a useless waste of space. Also, the way the Celtics play defense, like a team, Bosh will have to worry about weak side help, J.O. and friends, swatting their big as hands at everything he puts up. And my last point on this topic, Bosh is a pussy. I know, it has nothing to do with basketball right...no wrong...it has a lot to do with it. Bosh doesn't like getting hit. It makes him take stupid jump shots. Remember this next statement when you watch the series. "Chris Bosh will start off as the confident, finess, post player we know him as in game 1, and as the series goes on he'll turn into a jump shooter that become irrelevant."

Moving on to the center position. Well, assuming J.O. plays at the same level, we have the advantage there. I think we even need to go ahead and exploit it. (God help Miami if Shaq even plays a little bit) I don't think it's a stretch to say Krstic has the advantage over any center they throw out there. Which brings me to a point I always make over and over again when talking about playoff basketball. Miami is a running team. Running teams don't win in the playoffs. Their inability to slow down the game when they need too will doom them against the Celtics. They have no one to throw the ball down low too and say, here big guy, get us an easy two. The Celtics don't really have that either unless Shaq plays, but they have another guy named Rondo who can control the pace of the game in other ways. Speaking of Rondo lets talk about the point guard match up. One of the main reasons I think the Celtics will win this series is the way Rondo has played so far in the playoffs. If he even comes close to what he did in NY, who's gonna stop him? Mike Bibby? The Heat have 3 gaping holes that Rondo exploits, and the reason the Celtics will win this series.

1. Lebron and Wade both have problems playing off the ball, partly because they are used to having the ball all the time but mostly because they don't have a point guard who can distribute the ball well and feel the game. This will hurt them.
2. They have no true big man so it allows Rondo to go deep in the lane and then create open looks for a Ray Allen, or a paul Pierce. (Some silly idiot is reading this and saying but Lebron or Wade can do the same thing. And yes, your right, but the whole idea is to have the play made FOR your best scorer, not BY your best scorer.)
3. Closing time. Lets be real. We've all seen the numbers. Crunch time has been a big problem for the Heat all year. I think there 1/17 or some crazy stat like that in the final 24 seconds of a game and being down by 3 or less. This is a point guard problem. You need a guy who has been calling the game, knows the feel of them game, knows who's hot, who's not, and someone who can make a good decision. The Heat don't have this because they don't have a real point guard. Instead they same here you go Lebron, go make one. Such a cop out. Run a fucking play. Or don't and keep losing.

Game by Game

Game 1. Celtics win 92-88. I believe this week off will help them. Doc will be better prepared. They'll have the in's and out's down. Of course this is the Heat's home floor so I think they'll lead for most of the game and then they'll blow it in the final minutes because of what we just talked about. Final minute execution.

Game 2. Heat win 101-92. They'll have to win one of the home games or they'll be a joke.

Game 3. Celtics win in some kind of lop sided blow out.

Game 4. Celtics take care of it again riding a hot Paul Pierce. (Seriesly, look for Paul to have a huge game 4. 29 points)

Game 5 Heat make it interesting sending the series back to Boston.

Game 6. Celtics close it out winning by 15 points. Proving the Heat still have a long way to go.

P.S. I really miss Tony Allen.....the guy took the Boston defensive mindset to Memphis and it worked. He's awesome. I love how the Celtics D, is spreading throughout the league, Perk for the Thunder, Allen in Memphis....Tom for the Bulls.....Doc must feel like a proud father.

The Answer: I CAN HEAR PINS FALL ON THE FLOOR AT MSG

I'd like to take this moment to give my final rebuttal to Social whatever (yes whatever, or social fuck as I called it last time. It wasn't a dis, I just don't give a shit to know the name)

Your guys rebuttal to me first started personal. Well, to respond to that, don't all emotional buddy, theres always next year.

Now on to bball, and I'll make it quick so I can go back to my real life. We had some talks about the past last time. I guess theres no need to go there because our history is the best in all of basketball. I mean denying that is just denial right, so we can all agree to leave the past out of it.

We talked about the present and the future and thats where we can stay. You and all of Knick fans every will say we ALMOST beat you in game one and two with out billups. Let me explain something to you though I guess you guys have been losing for so long that it feels like a win when you come within 2 points...it's not. I't still a loss. Both times. And sure, with Jared Jeffries on the floor you almost won twice. So does that make the series competitive...NO. It's 3-0. It's not. I'm not sure how much basketball you watch but this is that playoffs. Every win is a grind. The playoffs are about grinding out W's. Thats it. There are rarely blow outs...oh wait...sorry, besides the other night. But for the rest of the league. Look around. Look how the Hornets beat the Lakers in game 1 without David West. I mean it happens. Playoffs are all about closing out games that are close. And I want to say sorry from the bottom of my heart because really you have nothing. You guys were never close. Spin it in your head like you were, but look at the facts. We've beaten you the last 7 times we played. Your down 3-0 in the series. And you got blown out on the epic homecoming to the Garden. You guys are not even remotely close. Which brings me to the future.

You guys obviously have a very long way to go. You have two amazing players to build around. But lets face it, you guys are so far away its crazy. You guys haven't even competed in this series. If you guys get swept, it will be back to the drawing broad. Now hold up, since I don't want you to respond to this let me make all your excuses for you, and then reply so we can save times.

Billups is hurt - get use to it, he won't resign next season

Ama're is hurt- if your on the court....you can play...don't be a pussy.

We are a brand new team still trying to learn each other- Have you looked at the Celtics. 5 new players at the deadline.

Garnett plays dirty- So?

You guys cheated- If you don't cheat you don't try.

You'll get beat by the Heat. Nah...we won't, but either way you'll be watching it not playing in it.

Listen, I'm sorry to Knick fans everywhere that your team sucks. And when you do get good...its will be in the wrong era. Bulls aren't going anywhere. The Heat aren't going anywhere. The Thunder are the future. I can honestly say that this current Knick teams core will NEVER win a championship. I really believe that. Not because you guys won't ever be good enough. Because Honestly, I love Carmelo, I think you could build around him. I think they will, but sorry, never gonna be better than the teams I just named.

So in conclusion of this entire ordeal, since the series is all but over. Not yet for the Knicks. We already new that. But what we learned from this series is they have a long way to go. And at least you'll be able to say you lost to the champs. Peace.

The Answer Gets An Answer

During the entire Knicks vs. Celtics playoffs series, The Campus Socialite (Knicks) will square off against Dueling Couches (Celtics) in a trash talk showdown. We’re taking this rivalry from the courts to the blogs.

Remember when our own Answer ranted about this

“Ummm so I just got done reading this little battle between DC and Camp Social Fuck and I’m checking into the game here. Now I’m not doing it because I have some long rant and rebuttal to their stupid fucking article about the 90′s, I actually only have one thing to say (and I’ll take this moment to say a few other things.)” More

Well the Campus Social Fucks responded:
First was a response by someone called “The Answer” which ironically only left me with questions, like who allowed this clown to actually publish something on their site, and why everything he says contradicts itself to the point that I don’t know what the hell this dude is trying to accomplish. My time spent on replying to “The Answer” will be limited simply because I have better shit to do. In response to you calling us “Camp Social Fuck”, that sounds like the most awesome place ever, and being that you probably can’t afford a lawyer I am going to go ahead coin that phrase, and make a t-shirt out of it.



Then on to your actual commentary about the game I will say the following; I find it funny that you feel Rondo (can’t shoot), Jeff Green (bum), and Big Baby (mush) lead you to a level of confidence in the future. The fact that you are counting on a draft pick and the hope of a free agent, doesn’t sound very promising either.

To your points on defense, and the Knicks lack there of, we have held your Boston Celtics under 100 pts two games in a row. I think our defense has been decent enough. And to demonstrate how contradictory your ignorant arguments are, you first mention how D’Antoni will be fired, and then say how we wont ever win a championship because of his game plan. Good point dude. Well thought out.

You compare the Knicks to the Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks don’t have Melo or Amare, they have Josh Smith. Relax on that comparison kid.

The Knicks were by far the more effective team in the half court offense, it was Boston’s offense that all came from their running game. If you have watched the Knicks in this series or prior to the playoffs, you would know that with the addition of Melo and Billups we have transformed them from a running team to a more half court offense. Which makes your statement about how the knicks running style offense will never win in the playoffs, irrelevant. Lastly, RAY ALLEN might be the best shooter ever, but he was only open because Garnett tripped Toney Douglas, and the ref didn’t call it because you blew him before the game.

Im out.

- Drew

The Answer: I Want In This War!!!

Ummm so I just got done reading this little battle between DC and Camp Social Fuck and I'm checking into the game here. Now I'm not doing it because I have some long rant and rebuttal to their stupid fucking article about the 90's, I actually only have one thing to say (and I'll take this moment to say a few other things.)

Dear Knick fans...mark my words. YOU WILL NEVER WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THIS TEAM. Thats right I said it. Somebody had to say it. Am I a hater? I don't think so. I like to think of myself as the most biased realist Boston fan there is. Your right about one thing, this is our least year of this run. Maybe we can squeeze next year out to. But to say we will be back to the 90's is just plain stupid. Rondo is locked up for 5 years. If I'm a big time free agent and I'm looking for a big city to play in, who will I join? Theres a handful of cities to go to but only one that has the best distributor in the game. So trust me, Rondo, Jeff Green, the Cavs lotto pick, Big Baby, and some big free agent, I like our chances. But as I digress I want to get back to the point.

Amare' is awesome. Melo is maybe the best scorer in the world. But I'm so sorry to report, defense wins titles. Not fucking scorers. Now your coach, (who will be fired after this season) doesn't give two fucks about defense. You can call Melo's foul at the end of the game dumb and the reason you lost. You can call Melo's 3 pointer hail mary a stupid shot and the reason you lost. We can't point out 20 plays throughout the night that give you guys the loss. But lets look at the facts. Boston and New York both had an opportunity for a game winner. Boston capitalized, Knicks did not. But not on offense...ON DEFENSE. Theres a good reason Melo chucked up a hail mary. There was no where else to go. We won that game on a defensive stop. Now lets back track 12 seconds before. Let me explain the facts here real fucking simple so you retards don't miss anything. I'll speak slow so those of you with PhD's in the room can understand what I'm saying: If Ray Allen, the best shoot EVER is wide open for a game winner, thats bad defense. And thats the reason you lost. BAD DEFENSE. This will continue to happen, over and over again.

Lets break down the Knicks for a second and your not so bright future. You have Melo. Arguably one of the worst defenders in the whole league. You have Amare, arguably one of the worst defenders in the league. You have a coach who doesn't care about defense.

Diantoni's strategy is get the best shot you can in the first 7 seconds of the shot clock. Run, Run, Run until the other team can't stand. Let me make the point that in the regular season the strategy works and works well. But do some research instead of making bold ass claims. Look at our last 10 champions, Lakers, Celtics, Heat, Spurs, Pistons combine for the last 10 rings. All HALF COURT TEAMS. For those of you who don't get this concept I'll make it simple for the basketball idiots reading. Up tempo teams, such as the Knicks, Hawks, 76ers, never win in the playoffs. They have one gear...5th. Half court teams usually have a point guard who has all gears and can slow the game down. If you can't play in the half court, your team isn't built for the playoffs.

So Knick fans, buckle up for the next 8 years. Great regular season, early exits from the playoffs. Take that to the bank. If you wanna dismiss what I'm saying your not being realistic. The Atlanta Hawks are a great example of your future. Look at them. Look at their roster. It looks good on paper. They play great basketball. They've had the same team for years and never get out of the second round. Why? Because they don't know how to slow down the game and get easy buckets.

So in conclusion, stop living in the past. Let the 90's be the 90's. And if your bringing up the 90's in this fight well, don't. We don't like attacking unarmed armies, because bringing up the 90's is like saying, well, we got nothing on you now but remember back in the day. Oh yeah by the way, if you really wanna live in the past, you really wanna go there, don't do it with the Celtics. Cause all we say then is 17 rings bitch, how many you got? Thats what I thought. Lets focus on the future, which I just showed you isn't going to be all that great either. So really the moral of the story is keep your mouth shut and take whats coming to you. And heres to another 20 years for shitty Kicks basketball.

LEBRON IS A BITCH WE KNOW...BUT REALLY?

I've been wait for a moment of silence to write this article. Lebron really dodged a bullet here somehow and he's lucky...but I can't let this pass. If someones being a bitch, gotta make him honest and call him out.

"At small forward, from St. Vincent St. Mary's High School, number 6 Lebron James."

This piece of shit doesn't come out.

In case you have no idea what I'm talking about. Last week when Miami made a visit to Cleveland, during the player intros Lebron didn't come out when he was called. He didn't show up until it was time for tip off.

Okay Lebron..."Where were you?" asked an ESPN analyst.

"I was in the bathroom, am I aloud to do that?" He said while looking away from the camera.

First of all, I can honestly say this. I played poker for a living for 3 years of my life. I routed Casinos to find the best games every single night to make my living. I retired making 86 dollars an hour. I did 48 hour sessions. You do the math. Sorry for the tangent, and I promise I'm not rubbing this in to anyone who longs for that lifestyle. I'm just pointing that I was very very successful. So take my word for it as a 76 percent winner every time I sit at the poker table.

LEBRON IS A FUCKING LIAR.

I was in the bathroom. Like, couldn't he think of another excuse? He knew he'd be asked. I'm sure his coach and "team lebron" (notice the no caps lebron lost his privilege to capitalize his name) had a meeting and talked about this. I retired from poker to become a filmmaker and more notably a film script writer. So transitioning from one career to another, here's what the conversation probably went.

lebron: Coach can I talk to you for a second

Erik: Sure LB, whats up

lebron: it's kinda private, can we talk in your office

Erik: Sure come this way.

Erik and Lebron walk to his office and enter. lebron closes the door behind him.

Erik: Whats up?

lebron: well tonights game got me a little nervous.

Erik: Oh don't be nervous, just play our game and we'll be fine.

lebron: No, not that, the introductions. There gonna boo me. Boo me loud. Someone might throw something. Me and my advisor team feel I should skip player intros.

Erik: Oh Lebron, I'm not sure if thats a good idea. Your gonna have to answer for that.

lebron: I don't wanna get my feelings hurt.

Erik: Really?

lebron: yeah. It might effects my game.

Erik: okay. Well what will you say to the media when they ask?

lebron: I don't know.

Erik: Well you can't exactly say you were in the bathroom.

lebron: OH MY GOD thats a great idea. Gee thanks coach this is the best idea since I decided to go on tv and tell everyone I was coming here.

Erik: Wow...maybe your right. Or it's as good as when I told the public our team was crying in the locker room.

lebron: people will believe me right?

Erik: Sure. Why wouldn't they? You gotta go you gotta go right.


Okay let me end this right now before I bored the shit out of everyone. I think he should have gotten more back lash for this than the decision. At least the decision was for charity. He was just plain scared. Thats the only explanation. I really have nothing more to say in the matter I just didn't want this to go unnoticed.

By the way. Miami got their ass kicked.

The Answer Says FUCK YOU ESPN!

Thats right. Fuck ESPN because they are brain damaged. I know I'm going to beat a dead horse with the whole Celtics trade, but I had a revelation last night while watching the game that really blew my mind. If you've read any ESPN articles in the last week about this trade, or watched any sports center, the biggest criticism about the trade is that the Celtics lost their size. Well first of all, simple math shows you that we gain sized. Last time I checked Perk was 6'11 and Krstic is 7 foot. Gained an inch there. Dont need to be a math wizard to figure out that one. Nate Robinson is 5'8 and Jeff Green is 6'9, gain a foot and an inch for all you retards out there that work for ESPN. So I'm not sure how this little debate got started, but simple arithmetic proves this to be null and void.

Then I thought some more...Maybe the Celtics play smaller because Perk plays bigger than he is. I still don't understand it but I guess I see where they are coming from. But if you watched the game against the Bucks, you saw something amazing. Something I almost wet my pants over. Sure the Celtics can play small. They slide Green to the 4 spot and move KG to the 5 to close out the game. I'm a fan of the line-up kind of like the James Posey days. But they can play big. Really fucking big. Bigger than any team in NBA. Why you ask? Because Jeff Green can play two positions, but so can Paul Pierce.

Last night at one point in the game the C's had a line up of Rondo, Pierce (SG), Green (SF) Garnett (PF) and Krstic at Center. Green gives people problems on the wing because he's so tall. Paul gives shooting guards problems because he's so tall. So now we have a 6'9 Paul Pierce playing shooting guard against an the league average of 6'4, and Green playing small forward against the average of 6'6. We gain 1 inch at the SF spot and 5 inches at shooting guard. Thats a big line-up. Imagine when Shaq comes back. Then we are freakishly large.

Think of all the variations of that line-up. We can put West in a pg and Troy Murphy in at center, then we have a 3 point shooting line up. We can put Rondo in a pg, baby at PF and KG at Center and have a small yet running line-up.

The combos are endless. The Celtics got anything but smaller. I'd say they got bigger, but more importantly, more versatile. Besides, Nate and Perk are hurt. So they are worthless anyway.

This will be the end of my trade talk. Fuck you ESPN and anyone who says we got smaller.

I'M BACK

The NBA has been insane these past couple of weeks. Obviously we have all been distracted by a move that hit really close to home, sending Perk to the Thunder for Green. I haven't spoken since. I was shocked, mad, confused, betrayed, any negative word you can think of I felt it and more. The ball sack on Danny Ainge.

Now that the smoke has cleared, I've seen two games, I can calmly, and clearly analyze what the hell just happened.

First of all, the down side...Lets all be honest and not biased for two seconds and admit what we lost. We lost maybe the toughest on court presence in the NBA. We lost the best Dwight Howard defender in the NBA. We lost a great rebounder. We lost one of the backbones to our defense. We lost an attitude and approach to the game that can't be defined by statistics. When I think of the Celtics mentality and how they play the game, first I think of Garnett, and then I think of Perk. You cannot and will not replace a guy like that. A lot of the league will fear us less. Let me quote a few people around the NBA. "When our starting five is in tact we've never lost a playoff series." Doc Rivers. "I would have to say Kendrick Perkins is the toughest defender I face in the league." Dwight Howard. "Had they had Perkins in game 7, we'd be talking about banner 18 instead of the LA's 16th." John Barry. I could keep going. but why? We get the picture. I really think this will haunt the Celtics one day for one reason or another. If we don't win it all, what do you think everyone will blame it on? It's a pretty cocky move by Danny Ainge. But lets look at it from a GM's point of view and a guy who has to think about more than just this year.

First of all, and a lot of people don't even know this, Perk was offered a 22 million dollar contract by the C's earlier in the year and rejected it. That means he was leaving after this season anyway. Wanna know how I know that? Well because that was the max amount of money the Celtics could pay him. Why would he change his mind later when other teams will be offering him 15 million more? So Danny Ainge is thinking like he's in a Carmelo situation on a smaller scale. Get what you can get for him right now and don't look back. Smart move Danny, but you need to convey this to the public a little better because more people don't know this, they just think your a heartless prick. Secondly, Perk is starting to be a little injury prone. We have a team already harassed by injuries. Cut the dead weight. Get healthy. Smart.

Thirdly, Perk is an offensive liability in the last 5 minutes of a game. We, because Rondo is as well. We need a center who can shoot the jump shot. We got it. So I'm actually looking at this trade center for center, Perk for Krstic. Your basically trading defense for offense. And for a team defined by defense it didn't make much sense at the time. But when you think about it, it does. If anyone watch the Jazz game last night, I notice Garnett being a littler crazier than usual. He had Al Jefferson on "tilt" at the end of the game. What did big Al do, demand the ball, then traveled. Garnett was inside his head. He's in everyones head. But last night I noticed him turning it up a notch. Before the big 3 era, Ray Allen was a defensive liability, Paul Pierce couldn't even spell defense. Then Garnett came in, and in one offseason these defensively challenged players, are playing all NBA defense. Why? Garnett makes you. Because defense isn't so much a skill as it is an approach. An attitude. So if the land of Celtics fans think Krstic is going to come in, put on the green jersey and stand around on defense, your out of your minds. Garnett would never let that happen. In fact, I bet in 6 weeks people will be saying, "Wow, I never knew Krstic as a defender but he's surprising me." Don't be surprised at all. Expect it. Because I'll tell you one statement you'll never forget, Perkins, is Perkins, because of Kevin Garnett. Before KG, Perk was a fat high school kid who didn't understand the concept of receiving the ball in the post, and going straight up with it. I think Krstic will be just fine. Will he have that attitude like Perk, hell no. But guess what, we were the best team in the NBA without him right...so why not add some low post offense. Nice call Danny, you run your team like this is NBA2k11, and I respect that.

Jeff Green. Haven't liked what I've seen from you so far, but hell, we know the deal. What Jeff Green is, is the future. Because one day Ray Allen, KG, and Paul will be too old to play. Everyone knows we will go through a down period...or will we? In Danny Ainge we trust. I love the Rondo, Green, Big Baby, era getting ready to come up. 2012 pick of the clippers (which will prolly be useless unless Griffen gets hurt next year) and we'll have cap room to sign a big name free agent. I don't wanna start any rumors. But if I'm Dwight Howard I'm either going to LA and being the man, or Boston where I can play with the best set up man in the league.

So when the smoke clears I love the moves by Danny Ainge. One key for this all to work is for Shaq to be healthy, and it would be nice to get Jermaine back. Troy Murphy is a great pick up because he a 6'10 guy who can shoot the 3. But guess what, we're not done. Theres one roster spot left, I'm sure we'll see it filled in the next couple of days.

The Return Of The Answer and Of Course His AI Love

I have two things I'd like to discuss. The Miami Heat...And Allen Iverson. Which ironically could the answer to each others problems.

Let talk about the Miami Heat. We know the suck. But why? How is it humanly possible the 3 of the 5 starters of team U.S.A., gold medal winners aren't much better than a 500 basketball team.

Lets start with D-Wade and Lebron. These two will have no problem finding their rythem. No problem fitting in. But Chris Bosh is in serious trouble. Talk about sacrifice. He may have sacrificed his entire stock to maybe win some rings. He's used to being the focus of an offense. Now he's the number three guy. This entire endeavor proves Bosh is a huge bitch. Sure offense can come and go, but defense and rebounding should always stay with you. Bosh really isn't good at either. Bosh is going to be the best role player in NBA history when this team finds it's rhythm. The Heat will be great. Too much talent not too. But Rome wasn't built in a day, and championship teams weren't built in a summer. The Heat are no exception.

But Bosh isn't the problem. Lets face it, Paul Millsap wouldn't be the answer. although he is incredibly lucky. But downgrading for less talent to try and spread the ball would be a step in the wrong direction.

It's not about what the Heat have, or what the Heat suck at, but it's what they don't have. Let's start with SIZE. Look at the last 10 world champions.

2010 Lakers (Gasal, Bynum)
2009 Lakers (Gasal Bynum)
2008 Celtics (Perkins, Garnett)
2007 Spurs (Duncan)
2006 Heat (Shaq)
2005 Pistons (Wallace)
2004 Pistons (Wallace)
2003-2001- Shaq

See the pattern. In the modern game you need a big man. Not just a big man, but a dirty, rugged, asshole of a big man. Everyone on this list is a bitch to play against. Whats my point? Joel Anthony isn't going to get it done in a play-off series. The Heat are like a really talented Hawks team. Great in the regular season but will get their ass kicked in the playoffs. Big men are so important when trying to go deep in the playoffs. They get easy buckets. They rebound. And they bang up the opposing teams big men. It's a known fact you can't win in all without at least one decent big man. The lakers have 2, Celtics have 4, and the Magic have the best one. The Heat wont make it very far.

But lets say Lebron and friends are just that good.

Remember when Derek Fisher went to meet with Pat Riley this summer? Yeah, well it was more important to sign him than Bosh. And I'll tell you why.

2010 Lakers (Fisher)
2009 Lakers (Fisher)
2008 Celtics (Rondo)
2007 Spurs (Parker)
2006 Heat (Payton)
2005 Pistons (Billups)
2004 Pistons (Billups)
2003-2001-Fisher

Get the picture? With the exception of Payton, all these guys, theres 4 PG, yes 4 in the last 10 years, they are all floor generals. They all had a Big 3 or some version of it to manage. The PG is the most important position. WTF did Pat Riley think was going to happen with his wack ass PG's. I don't think a shitty PG has ever won a ring. I mean with these egos, you need a PG to spread the ball. But lets look at whats happening to the Heat this year.

The 3 teams that beat them

JAZZ William
Celtics Rondo
Hornets Paul

It's not irony that the 32 best PG in the game shredded the Heat. It makes sense. Think about it.

Lets talk about Iverson.

It's ashame one of the best players in NBA history has to finish his career in another country. Sure he's an ass. But you mean to tell me the fucking Bobcats are too good for AI.

How bout the Heat? Wouldn't that be frightening?

The Answer's Celtics vs. Cavs Preview: Game 5

C's vs C's...LeBRON vs Rondo ...Game 5, ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW!

Let me start by saying that whoever wins tonight will have a huge upper hand in this series, and I think tonight will pretty much decide the winner. So, yes it's a big game. I'm sure a lot of opinions are flying around as to what, or who, is the key to tonight's game. Though there are many, there is one major factor, this will decide the outcome.

Paul Pierce.

Yes. Not Rondo. Not Lebron. The Truth. Why do you ask? Well that answer is complex so allow me to explain. It was pretty hard to hide for the last 48 hours of shit talking going on between Rondo and Lebron. Lebron says he wants to guard Rondo, and that's the only way to slow him down. (notice how he didn't say stop, just slow) and Rondo responded basically by saying he doesn't give a shit who's guarding him. His game won't change or be affected. These are true statements.

Lets first point out that Lebron is an amazing defender. He will definitely slow Rondo down. But this is a huge, huge mistake by the Cavs, and the advantage of the Celtics for having so many offensive weapons. This is why Paul Pierce is the key to tonight's game. The Truth has been pretty much wasting space this entire series. He's been a non factor as far as points are concerned. Well, Lebron, congrats, you just woke a sleeping giant. If Lebron guards Rondo, that leaves Anthony Parker on Pierce. Thats a mismatch. A big one. Pierce has 3 inches on Parker and can shoot over him anytime he wants too. You're going to see a lot of Pierce shots from the elbow tonight. And think about it like this. You're in the weight room, you're lifting a dumbbell that's 60 pounds. Then you walk over and grab one that's 20 pounds. Gonna feel pretty light huh? Almost feel like you could throw it across the room? Yeah that's what Pierce will feel like at times during this game. He's had maybe the worlds best on ball defender guarding him all series, to be replaced by Anthony Parker. Parker can't stop Pierce. He just can't So Pierce needs to be ready, and able to knock down contested jump shots all night. That's the key to tonight's game. Once Pierce gets going, it's a wrap.

I still expect Rondo to have a big game in the assist column.

Tonight is where we find out who's got the heart of a champion and who's gonna be bitches about this. It will be a very close game. It could come down to the final shot. A lot of people think that Lebron won't get tired chasing Rondo around for 42 minutes. They must be blind. Rondo is faster than Lebron. Lebron will be tired. That will be a major factor coming into the final minutes because in those final minutes Lebron can't let Parker guard Pierce. It's too risky to allow a mismatch like that happen in the final 5 minutes of a playoff game.

We most likely will see Moon gets some quality minutes this game. That's cool because he sucks pretty bad so they are more than welcome to play him. I could care less.

So in conclusion, Paul Pierce needs to have a big game, and hopefully tonight Jack gets killed on Lost. Win win for everyone.

FUCK CHICAGO

I'm really really pissed about whats going down with the Bulls. The Bulls are expected to announce sometime this week the firing of Vinny Del Negro. WHY? WHAT THE FUCK?

I'm saying it now that the Bulls have the worst GM in history. He's an asshole. And a piece of shit.

Lets make this quick and go over the facts.

Last season the Bulls went 41-41 and made the playoffs. Looking very promising. They took the defending champions to the limit. They were a good team lead by Ben Gordon and John Salmons.

Now lets fast forward to this season. Take away superstar Ben Gordon, explosive scorer John Salmons, and very gritty defender and excellent blocker Tyrus Thomas, and the team still goes 41-41 and makes the playoffs.

So let me get this straight, you take away 3 of the 4 most productive players on you're team, and what did you expect? Are you a fucking moron? This has to be a personal manner because this team should have been much worse. But instead stayed the same. I think Del Negro did a great job and should find a job soon. Fuck the Bulls from here on out.

The Answer's Celtics vs. Cavs Preview

A LOSS IS A LOSS, BUT A MORAL VICTORY!

Saturday nights loss in game 1 of the CAVS CELTICS series hurts. Thats why it takes two days to write something about it. But it's not all bad. In fact, dare I say it. it's the most promising loss I've seen yet.

What did we learn?

First let me say that one loss is not a big deal. Second, the goal is to steal home court and win 1 in Cleveland, that mission is still not failed. Third, if you're heartbroken because you expected a sweep, you're a fucking idiot because this series is going 6, most likely 7 games which brings us to lesson 1.

1. Lesson 1, this series will be a war that goes 6 or 7 games. Every game will be close. Every game will be chippy. Every foul will be harder than the last one. Every game will be exciting. This is playoff ball.

2. Lesson 2, the Celtics can beat the Cavs. The Cavs can beat the Celtics. No team has a significant upper hand in any one category. The Cavs have Lebron. He can control the game. Scoring, passing, defense, controlling pace, can be the best and most productive player on the court. So what. The Celtics have Rondo. He do all those things. But here is the difference. No one can slow Rondo down except Rondo. When Rondo was in control of the game, the Celtics were winning. When he was on the bench was the only time the Cavs can cut into the lead. For the Celtics to win this series, they will have to do it at the point guard position.

3. Garnett vs. Jamison is a serious mismatch. The Celtics need to exploit it, the Cavs are trying to hide it. Theres not a doubt in the world that Jamison can score. But can he score against Kevin Garnett?
The answer is NO. He can't. Can he stop Kevin Garnett from scoring? NO he can't. Lets just say Jamison is not known for his defense. This is a big advantage for the Celtics and they need to use it. KG looked very 'young" on Saturday night giving us an off the dribble throw down that made us think of vintage KG. Hope to see more of that.

4. Shaq sucks. He does. When we go small, and they leave Shaq in the game, time to speed the pace up. Simple as that for you're simple ass.
Doc needs to see these things. Not me. But I do see them. So I'm telling Doc what to do.

5. Rasheed gets one more game. Then he needs to be benched. I saw him go to the hole a little more in game 1. You can see playoff Rasheed coming. But the time limit is game 2. If he doesn't break out then someone should break his leg.

6. Ray Allen needs to be involved early and often. If Ray Ray can get hot, and stay hot, he's very hard to defend. You can always go to him when the Cavs make a run. A 3 pointer really hurts if you think you're making a run.

7. Paul Pierce needs to be a closer. Paul Pierce truly believes in his mind he's the best basketball player in the world. I like that. He's clearly not. But still gotta hand it to my boy for staying true. But when you make those claims, you gotta be their in the final hour. When you're youngest player (Rondo) plays out of his mind, gives you a chance to win the game, you need to demand the ball in the final minutes and close the game out. I'd rather Paul start off slow, and finish strong, that start off the game 4/5 and finish 1/12. I want to see "The Truth" tonight.

8. Lebron's elbow problem is not a problem, but an advantage for Cleveland, don't let it be a distraction. Lebron can shoot jump shots.
But lets just say he's no Reggie Miller. Lebron's strength is going to the hole because no one can stop him. With the hurt elbow, he's not as confident with his shot, so he's driving more. He's shooting a higher percentage. A blessing for Cleveland.

9. Delonte West can ball. Watch out for him.

10. Mo Williams can shoot.....but that's it. It's such a mismatch against Rondo. It has to be exploited.

11. Team defense. The first have of game one was the best team defense I've ever seen from the Celtics. Point blank period. Can we get this all the time?


In conclusion, for the Celtics to have a chance they will have to win one in Cleveland, it should be tonight. You don't want to go down 2 zip to the Cavs. The one thing working against us is that it's supposed to be Lebron's year. Lets ruin it. Please. I hate him.

WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

I have two major issues on my mind right now. I'm a big basketball fan. Celtics fan to be exact. My beef right now is with professional basketball all together. I need to watch every Celtics game. I need too. Simple as that. Am I the only one here? People are you with me? We need our basketball. Whatever team you're a fan of. We need it. It's no secret. Sports are like our modern day gladiators to get philosophical. But I'm not here to do that. I'm not here to get deep. It's real fucking simple. I'm pissed, I'm about to get you pissed, I'm trying to start a revolt. Heres the problem...given the need for our basketball they televise games so that our addiction can be fed. Take my situation for example. I'm a Celtics fan. But my job requires me to live in Washington DC. I go where the money goes. Not where the Celtics go. As much as I'd like to live in Boston and watch on local Comcast stations I can't do this. But thank you NBA league pass. Great invention. 200 bucks, I never miss the game. And they give me local announcing. I love it. Worth the money.

But...don't get it twisted friends...we are being taken advantage of. And we shouldn't stand for it.

Now everyone with a league pass raise you're hands. Okay, so vibe with me for one second and let me paint you an image, a situation that you yourself have been in. You sit down to your computer to watch the game and you find out, oh, it's on television. My league pass doesn't run while the game is nationally televised. I mean thats bull shit, but I get it. People let me defend this for a second. It's a legal thing. You can't compete with TNT, ESPN, ABC. These stations most likely have a clause in their contract with the NBA that says just what we are talking about. No compete clause. Theres my name for it. Now as much as we'd like to complain, we can't.

But wait a mother fucking second...

The audacity. The audacity of the NBA. What the fuck is NBA TV? Are you out of your fucking mind? Listen, I get it. Create NBA TV. Flood the market with you're talk shows. I personally don't like the talk show crap because I know more than they do so you aren't getting my money for NBA TV. Now, for the problem, why is my League pass game blocked when a game is on NBA TV. When a game is on NBA TV, I can't watch it because I would have to pay? Why? Fuck you? I gave the NBA money. I paid. I should be able to watch all the games that aren't on national TV. Thats Bull shit. The NBA is double dipping. You can play you're game on stupid fucking NBA TV, but let me see it on my league pass. So can I get an movement started here. The fuck NBA TV movement. Seriously, on the side of this BLOG should have a petition against NBA TV. CLICK HERE TO BOYCOTT NBA TV.

Thats it for them. Now lets talk about the WNBA.

I won't waste much time on this I just wanted to point out something so funny. If you look at the WNBA trailers. Like trying to get you excited for their up coming games. 60 percent of the highlights they show are from NBA games. Is that fair? Lets start another petition. CLICK HERE IF YOU THINK THE WNBA SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO USE ONLY THEIR OWN HIGHLIGHTS DURING ADVERTISEMENTS. We can't just band the NBA highlights because if you don't band everything then they would just use college highlights. And on down the list. This should tell you something about you're sport when you can't even get enough highlights to put together a 45 second trailer based on you're entire league. For god sakes they even make curling look cool for 45 seconds. Curling! The WNBA should be ashamed.

FUCK THE WNBA AND FUCK NBA TV!!!

LETS GET REAL BOSTON

I've been doing a lot of soul searching when it comes to the Boston Celtics. For two years we've had the team to beat. We were the champs, then we were the defending champs without our best player and still taking teams for a ride. Then this year came and we were smoking teams at the beginning of the season. We had one of the greatest starts in NBA history. Then the Cavs and the Magic took over the East, Boston started losing players, then games shortly after. We coasted into the trade deadline with a losing record in 2010. We talked a bunch of shit at the trade deadline about trading Ray Allen (highest shoot percentage since the all star break) and only got Nate Robinson. Losing to the Nets put a sour cherry on top of this whole mess.

So I got to thinking...how the fuck can I walk around and say we can win it all? Well I have an answer that makes sense to me, if you don't like, you can go fuck yourself and stop reading this article right now. But if you want some good insight on why I see number 18 in my sights, please continue reading.

Lets start with the competition in the east. The Cavs, the Magic and the Hawks. The Hawks are a dangerous team. If you were going to buy an NBA team right now, it would be the Hawks. They will be champs in the next 4 years, or at least contending...but not this year. Why? They beat the Celtics 4 times. Explain that. Okay I will. Theres the regular season ...then there is the playoffs. If you don't know the difference, you don't watch basketball. I would say the two are the most different in Basketball than any other sport. Rotations become short, guys minutes go up, some players just play okay in the season, and big in the playoffs. It's a known thing. Can I explain it? No not really. It's a mental thing. So back to the Hawks. They run. And they run and they run and they run...guess what...when you run in the playoffs...you lose. Tell me the last running up tempo team to win it all? Hold on I'll wait while you think. Okay. Got an answer yet? Thats what I thought. I sent you on a wild goose chase. There is no answer. For those of you who don't understand why running teams can't win a 7 game series, it's simple. Fast break teams leave their defense out of position. Your not gonna blow teams out in the playoffs. You need to get multiple stops. So the Hawks (Leading the NBA on fast break points) don't have a playoff defense. The Celtics, Cavs and Magic all have point guards who can control the pace of the game. They slow it down, speed it up, slow it down again. Thats playoff ball, and I think the Hawks could lose in the first round. Not to mention they are young.

The Magic. They are better than the Cavs. Why? Dwight Howard can be guarded by Shaq. He's too athletic. This would be a great series, but won't happen because one of these teams will run into the Celtics and will lose. And I'm going to tell you why. Forget the regular season and all thats happened, lets look at the numbers and see why these teams won't beat the Celtics in a 7 game series. Perkins is the NBA's best defender against Dwight Howard. Thats the numbers. Dwight scores the least amount of points on Perk, has the lowest shooting percentage against the Celtics, and gets in the most foul trouble. Dwight Howard said himself that Perkins is his toughest match up in the league. I think match up will be the difference in a 7 game series, I really do. And as for the Cavs, same story for King James. His lowest scoring average is against the Celtics.

Celtics already beat the Cavs in a 7 game series.

So what makes me so sure that the Celtics are going to show up in the playoffs?

Come on people. This is a team waiting for the playoffs to start.

Q. How many finals MVP's are in the Eastern Conference and on a contender?

A 1 His name is Paul Pierce

Q Of the three teams who has the best point guard

A Celtics, Rondo

Q of the 3 teams who has the most playoff experience?

A Celtics

Q Of the three teams who has the least to lose?

A Celtics. Everyone has pretty much written them off. So they are playing with house money.

Q In the playoffs you need to win on the road....guess who has the best road record in the NBA

A. Yeah...the Celtics.

Q Who knows how to win a championship?

A This is a dumb question I'm just trying to bring home my point. Knowing how to win is huge. Cavs haven't done it, Magic haven't done it, Celtics have done it. This means something. If it comes to a last shot, who will be more poised.


Now that the East is settled lets talk about the west. I don't really give a shit about the west I just wan to look cool when i'm right in April because if you think the Lakers are coming out of the west you need to watch a Denver Nuggets game. This team is going to give people a lot of problems. But I'm afraid they can't beat the Celtics in a series either. Denver just doesn't have their killer instinct yet. But after they lose to the Celtics they will learn something about the killer instinct and in it next year. Just like the Lakers. Get your ass kicked by the Celtics, and just copy what they did. Sounds like a good plan.

Congrats Celtics...2010 nba champs
Congrats Nuggets...2011 nba champs.


P.S. I don't give a fuck about the regular season anymore. We are gonna be a 3 seed. Lets just get healthy. So don't ask be about what happened in last nights game, because my answer is it doesn't matter til April.

The Answer Rants About The Celtics

It's interesting to see the C's fresh out of the all star break. Last night their defense looked great. There offense was spotty. First things first, lets talk about Ray Allen who was on fire.

He's been struggling the most of the season. Last night in a post game interview when asked about the trade rumors he said "I knew coming into the season that come trade deadline my contract would look attractive." There is a lot to this statement. I never really thought about it. I thought the trade rumors were messing with his head in the past few weeks, but seems Ray has been thinking about this all year. He didn't feel safe. He is nearing the end of his career. Most trade situations would send him to a non contender that is trying to make cap room for next season. If I'm Ray Allen, I would not want to pack up my family when I'm 35 years old, with a sick child, and go play for a rebuilding team that will dump me next year. Sure, Ray is a pro. These rumors and thoughts shouldn't effect his game, but they do. And they did. It's not the rumors, it's the logic of the situation. It made sense to trade him. So last night, after deemed safe, he hits his first 10 of 11 shots, on the road, against the best team in the league. So after the game I spent a lot of time thinking about this and came to the conclusion that we will see the old Ray Allen again. Sure, he'll slump again. But he's going to be there.

Kevin Garnett is looking more and more like KG every game. Last night he fumbled the ball twice being careless and playing frantic. Did that bother you? Because it excited me. Why? He's playing frantic. He's playing young at heart. What do young players do? They make mistakes. Stupid ones. So what. Last night we saw him fight hard for loose balls. Do his turn around jumper and nailed it with a defender all over him. He threw down an insane dunk. (we saw some spring in the legs which we haven't seen in a while.) He fouled Pau extremely hard which I thought was going to be a flagrant. He pulled down a clutch rebound in the final minute. So a lot of good things from last night. Is he the way we want him to be? No. But he is on his way. We are starting to see him shine through. Remember these players are different in the playoffs. The last time we saw KG in the playoffs, well, we won it all. Enough said.

Perk and Rondo continue to be effective and amazing. Nothing needs to be said about them. Paul is going to be Paul until the day he hangs it up.

Rasheed, this is the key to the team. We need this guy to play better. Straight up. He needs to post up more. Every time he posts up he scores. I never want to see him shoot a three again. Ever. Unless it goes in.

All in all I think everyone freaked out during our losing slump. Teams go through slumps. We are just so used to winning that when we lose, we ask ourselves, whats wrong. Nothings wrong. Just a slump.

Now you can say if Kobe played we would have lost. Guess what...Kobe didn't play, and we won. We can play the what if game all we want. If you look at the stats guys like Kobe and Lebron, their numbers against our time are always below their averages. The Lakers are still the second best team in the west without Kobe.

As far as tonight is concerned, don't be shocked if we lose. Back to back road games are tough for any team. We are playing with house money tonight. If we win, that's great, if we lose, no big thing. The game I'm really looking forward to is the Nuggets. I said last year I think the Nuggets come out of the west. Well I'm saying it this year too. This team is a really good. They have a very strong bench and obviously Melo. (MVP) That's a big game for us. They just beat the Cavs, their the team to beat. If we beat them, then we are the team to beat, and we play the Cavs next Thursday. If we can beat the Cavs and the Nuggets I'd say we are back, regardless what happens in-between. We have a very tough schedule coming up.

As far as Nate is concerned. I wont be to focused on it. We traded one shooter for a younger one. They both suck at defense. The one thing Nate has is he can handle the ball. This means Daniels can play off the ball, which I expect him to put up some points now. He didn't even take a shot last night. He has to put some numbers up. Our second unit reads like this:

Robinson
(T) Allen
Daniels
Davis
Wallace

Thats better than some starting units. Nate completes that unit very nicely so I expect the bench to be more productive.

Rebounding. Come on guys. Rebounding is about effort. When we won it all we were 3rd in the league in rebounding. Are team isn't that different. Simple as that for your simple ass.

All in all I think the next 10 days could turn it around for the Celtics, or make us except we are no longer contenders. Hopefully Doc is preparing them for this.

The Answer Says Ray Allen Has To Go

This is the saddest article I'm ever going to write. I hope this never sees the light of day, but it will, because I'm right.

No matter how much fire the Celtics have, it won't be enough. Sorry Boston. But this team is not the best team in the NBA. Even if they are healthy. Even if they play perfect, they are not the best team. I thought the game against the Lakers was one of the best games I've seen from the Celtics in a long time. They came out with fire. They fed off the home crowd. Garnett looked scary for the first time this year. Paul Pierce was on fire. Rondo was doing what we now take for granted, which is dominate the game. Rasheed was making intelligent plays with the basketball. Perkins had a tremendous game. Eddie House hit his shots. Tony Allen game the best game of his career. So what is wrong? What happened. Why am I looking at this game and saying this is a good thing. Look at all those positives and we still came out losing. Sure, you can blame that we gave up a lead. But you really can't. It;s the Lakers. You aren't going to beat them by 15 points. Over the course of a game these things balance out. Like when they were beating us by 13. This was a simple case of Kobe hitting a ridiculous shot. That's it. Nothing more. Ray Allen played perfect defense. Ray Allen Ray Allen Ray Allen. In my last article I said I have nothing bad to say about you, I still don't, but guess what, the Celtic's need to make a serious move. Or we are out in the second round. I see one move that makes sense for two teams.

Ray Allen for Andre Igudola.

What?! Are you Fucking crazy? Maybe. Maybe not. But I'll tell you that the Celtics need a number one man. This is Paul Pierce. And they need a number two man and I think this is where the offense has trouble. Who is it? Well sometimes its Allen. Sometimes it's Garnett. Sometimes it's Rondo. The roles are unclear. I love Ray Allen but we need young, high flying legs in the play off. Andre Igudola is such a good number two man that he's the Sixers number 1. This trade makes sense for both franchises.

Celtics- they need to shake things up. We need to get younger. Simple as that. What are we losing in Ray? The best shooter of all time. You ask who's gonna take the last shot in a game. The same guy that's been doing it for the C's the past 11 years. Paul Pierce. I would rather see Paul shoot and miss than watch anyone else take the shot. I'm sorry but it's true. Giving up Allen for Iggy, we'd gain more than we lose. Iggy we gain a dunker. A power player who can play the 2 and the 3 spot. This is a very good player and would fit well in their schemes. I fully support this move. I love you Ray, but we gotta shake things up. If we make a second round exit, the off season will be a disaster trying to build a team at the same time everyone is doing it.

Sixers- Your thinking why the fuck would they trade their franchise player for Ray Allen? If your thinking that then your not thinking. They've made it widely known they are trying to trade Iggy for an expiring contract. There been a lot of T-Mac talk. Now that doesn't make any fucking sense, since T-Mac hasn't done a damn thing in 3 seasons while Ray Allen has been hitting game winners, and won a ring. So If I'm the Sixers, I take the Ray Allen contract over T-Mac. I think there is no question that the Sixers will move Iggy before the deadline, the question is where, and for who? This team is gonna rebuild next year and would to dump Iggy, and that waste of space Elton Brand.

I won't be mad if this doesn't happen, but I really wanna see a move made. We need something to shake this team up. Ray Allen is the only expendable piece. Lets see what happens.

The Answer's Rant On The Celtics

Sometimes you have to criticize the ones you love in hopes that they get better. So allow me to rip my Celtics to shreds just for the sake of venting because no one from the organization will read this. But they should.

But let me start with a quick and cool story about the Big Baby "Suck my dick" situation. So he told a fan to suck his dick. Okay. Dumb move. I thought the previous article written about this issue was spot on. Shut the fuck up Big Baby and play. Your not as good as last year. But I thought this was cool so I'm going to share it with you before I rip the whole team apart.

My girl friend is a Celtics fan. Naturally because I am. I think one of the hottest things I've ever seen is watching her parade around the house in her Perkins tee-shirt on Sunday morning and make breakfast. For some odd reason her favorite players are Perkins and Big Baby. So I say to her last night, Did you here what Big Baby did?" She replies with concern, "No, what happened?" I say "He told a fan to suck his dick" My sweet and innocent girl friend scrunches up her nose and says, "Why did he do that? What made him say that?" I said, "That fan called him fat boy so Big Baby told him to suck his dick. He's an idiot because he got suspended for a game." She freaks out. "What? Suspended? For telling a fan to suck his dick? That's fucking stupid. The fan called him fat. I would have told him to suck my fat dick. I love Big Baby. He can do no wrong." The point of this story is to show you how if my girl friend was in that situation she would have said "suck my fat dick." Yes, my broad is classy.

Now for the Celtics.

This team as it stands can't win a championship, and I'm afraid the future looks very grim in the years to come. Unless a change is made.

Lets start with Doc Rivers.

Doc. My question to you is this...do you know what the biggest snub of this year's all star game is?

No. Apparently you don't because in the final minute of the Magic game he was sitting on your bench.

Yup. That's right. Kendrick Perkins. Why is the NBA's most improved player, best defense against Dwight Howard, and highest shooting percentage in the league sitting on the bench. Oh I get it. So Rasheed can air ball the game winner. Good one. This is something I never want to see happen again. We brought Rasheed here to provide a spark off the bench. And give us length off the bench. WE ARE ABUSING HIS ROLE. I agree if that were a play off game he should be out there, but last night, that was a mistake. Perkins has been one of the most consistent players on your team, and he's on the bench in the final minute of a big game.

Rasheed. Post up more. I love that you can shoot threes. But the threat is more important than the shot itself. Make them honor your shot, don't make it your first option.

Paul. I am used to seeing Paul call for an ISO in the closing minutes of a close game. You did bang that 3. Good shot. But there were a few possessions where I thought you were a little gun shy. Please don't be. I'd rather lose on the counts of a Paul Pierce miss than a Rasheed Wallace air ball. Paul, we live and die by your final minutes in games. We won a championship that way. Please can we start doing that again.

KG. It pains me to write this. Your still in the top 5 power forwards in the league. But not what you used to be. Maybe I'm being hard on you because your not back in shape because of an injury, but still, I didn't notice the fire last night. The KG I know would single handily protect a 15 point lead. And Rashard Lewis would have ended up on his back shoot flagrant foul shots before KG lets him walk down the baseline for an easy game winning lay up. Make him earn it at the line after you throw him to the ground. KG, I blame you for that game winning shot. Yes. where was the help defense. I'm not sure but I don't care. That was on you.

Ray Ray. I really have nothing bad to say about you.

Rajon. I love you the most so your going to get the most heat from me. I'm sick and tired of watching you brick jump shots, and free throws. It pains me. Why? Because it's not like your just a good point guard. You are maybe the best point guard in the NBA. But you can't be trusted with the ball in your hands at the end of a close game. You can't shoot free throws. I'm trying to figure out how these skills in life have passed you by. The scary thing about you is, you can't shoot worth a damn, and I still think your the best. Imagine if you could shoot. You need to learn. All the great point guards could and can. You wanna be Tony Parker? Sure he's good. But he's not Steve Nash. You are the fastest player in the NBA. Best passer. Best defender (until lately) and you have a large Basketball IQ. LEARN HOW TO FUCKING SHOOT. YOU ARE OUR FUTURE. YOU HAVE RAY ALLEN ON YOUR TEAM. ARE YOU FUCKING RETARDED? THE BEST SHOOTER OF ALL TIME HAS A LOCKER NEXT TO YOURS, YET YOU STILL CAN'T SHOOT. This boggles my mind. Please learn.

I'm very afraid of the future. I think the C's could squeeze out a ring this year. They need to get back to 2008 defense though. But after this year if we don't pick up someone young in the off season then I'm afraid we will be the Spurs. Ray Allen should be coming off the bench next season. He would, and he should. Lets get younger. I want to see a young shooting guard on this team next year. That's what we need. Because Paul, KG, and Ray, how many years you think they have left? How many more productive years do you think they have left? How many more injury free years o you think they have left? We need to think about the future this off season. We have a young super star point guard on our team locked up forever. Lets build for the future as well as the present.

NBA Players Related To Rappers

Here is an extensive list from our friend The Answer comparing NBA players to rappers:
I thought it would be cool to compare NBA players to Rappers, vice versa. I will take into account accomplishments, attitude, age, and skill level in relation to their particular game. Please note, this is my opinion, I could care less about what you think. Some people may have their own comparison and say things like "Is he crazy?" Write you own article then. Moving on.

Starting with the most obvious, this one was already done for me.

Jay-Z - Michael Jordan.

Jordan for now is the best player to ever live taking in to account personal accomplishments, team accomplishments, and his contribution to the game of Basketball. Jordan won 6 rings, made Scottie Pippen, and every one of his teammates the players that they became. I even give him a little credit for making Phil Jackson the coach he is. Jackson is by no means the best coach ever, but thats how he's viewed, largely due to Jordan. Jordan retired, tried something new, and came back.

Jay-Z, say what you want about Biggie, 2 Pac, Slick Rick, anyone. Whats the quote, "Men lie, women lie, numbers dont." Jay-Z has the most number 1 albums of all time. Not just in rap, in all of music. That huge for a rapper in a genre that is still very young and may be struggling with an identity crisis. Little fact, Jay-Z has never had a number one single. I know, weird right. It just means people respect the body of work. Both MJ and Jay-Z talk more shit than anyone in their respected professions. Jay-Z also retired. tried something new, and came back. Jay-Z makes everyone around him better as well. He made Kanye West. Whats the quote about Cam'ron? "The only time you went plat, my chain was on you neck and thats a natural fact." So since Jay-Z has shaped his career like Jordan, and talks about it all the time, it's only fair we give him the comparison.

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Now A Rant From The Answer

THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS RIGHT, JUST GIVE ME TIME

Being as everyone can agree, I'd say it's safe to say I'm the expert on Iverson. After my name is THEANSWER. If you can remember back in the off season I wrote an article titled "Whats next for A.I.?" In that article (which I believe you can pull up on the website) stated what I thought the 5 best moves, and the 5 mostly likely moves for Iverson were. Being a die hard Celtics fan of course I had The Celtics listed at number 2. Come off the bench, win a ring, retire as a legend. The move seemed the most logical, but unlikely considering the C's need height more than a 6 foot scoring machine. Of course Iverson coming off the bench was another issue.

At the top of that list was the 76ers. I said this in the middle of the summer. I bit my tongue when he signed with The Grizzlies. That move made no sense. But 'aint this about a bitch' look who's coming back to Philly. Why? BECAUSE ITS THE BEST MOVE. It always has been. Always will be. When the Sixers just let Andre Miller walk out the door, I was sure they would replace him with A.I. Lets face the fact gentlemen. The Sixers are similar to the Hawks 3 years ago. Young, Athletic, play up tempo (which doesn't win in the playoffs incase your scared of this years Hawks) and they are extremely inconsistent. The difference is obvious in the center position.

At the point guard position, where Iverson will start, Lou Williams, gotta love this kid. Fast, young, great vision, coolest release in the NBA, just a flat out baller, but he is still 2 years away from being a playoff point guard. Jrue Holiday, I'm not a believer yet, and if I was it would be like 3 years for him. So there is no question or doubt that Iverson fits right in. This will make the Sixers better. Dare I say it maybe even an 8th seed in the playoffs.

Theres something about basketball and sports in general that is mental. Basketball is all about energy. Think about it. When Paul Pierce is playing at home, 4th quarter, close game, he takes every shot at the elbow, and makes them all. Because he's feeling it. Same for Iverson. Iverson has not had a great career since he left Philly. He's never really fit in anywhere else. We haven't really seen the real Iverson in a while. I can't believe after all this guy has done, people are so quick to write him off having not analyzing his situation. Let me explain something here and now, when the starting line up is announced for A.I.'s first game back at home, the seasoned first sell out crowd will give him a 5 minute ovation (dont be surprised to see a delay of game called, yes it can and has happened). This will be the re-birth of A.I. He will feel at home. He will feel okay about taking 25 shots. He will feel great about being back at the place where he built his career. He will be there to finish what, and where he started. This will be a mental joint in the ass for Iverson, and the Sixers. But wait, not so fast, though I think A.I. will be great, I think this is a good move, I'll even go out on a limb and say he might be an all star, but this wont save Philly.

Sammy, the big boy, he fucking sucks. If the Sixers wanna make a real run at a playoff spot, then need to send Sammy somewhere else. Elton Brand sucks. They need Spieghts back. The big men for Philly all kinda suck. Iverson, Iggy, Young, thats more than half of a very dangerous starting line up. One thing Iverson brings also, and the Sixers have not had this since Iverson, is a closer. Every good team has one. Boston-Pierce, Lakers-Kobe, Nuggets-Melo, Suns-Nash, Hawks-Johnson, Cavs-Lebron, you need a guy who can take the ball in the fourth quarter, in a close game, and just say okay man, end it. Iverson, though he has not done this since his last time in Philly, can do this. Maybe one of the greatest closers we've ever seen. Surely he hasn't lost everything.

Now A Rant From The Answer

NBA RANT

YEA! I'm back. But I'm not happy about it. TheAnswer has come out of retirement because The Answer is being forced into retirement. I must say that I'm very unhappy with this Iverson situation. It was a dismal day for Philly fans to see Iverson go. It didn't work in Denver. It's didn't work in Detroit. It didn't work in Memphis. So you can almost guarantee you'll see Iverson back in Philly before the trade deadline. Thats where his home is. As much as I think AI needs to embrace his bench role, there's a starting position in Philly for him. Lou Williams is just not ready to be the quarterback of that team. Iverson may be the greatest player of all time "pound for pound," averaging 27 ppg for his career. Thats insane. He should suit up with a contender, shut his fucking mouth, get a ring, and go sit at the black jack table forever. But Iverson wants to win, and the problem is that he wants to be the reason. He's still trying to make up for that year he almost won it by himself. I think for Iverson the Denver situation didn't work because Melo (a top 5 player and only getting better) needs a point guard to feed him the ball. Iverson and Melo can't be on the same team. Whoever came up with that idea was an idiot. Of course Melo on his way up, Iverson on his way down, AI gets the blame. To seal the deal as soon as Billups gets there Denver is a contender. I truly believe that after Iverson left Denver, the rest of the story is only half his fault. Iverson should have never been on the Pistons. But if so, he should have started over Rip. Fuck Richard Hamliton. He sucks so bad. Thats a guy that belongs on the bench. Wouldn't you be pissed if a guy that wears a face mask was taking your minutes. So yea, of course AI got pissed. That was a bad situation from day 1. Now as far as this Grizzlies situation, he never should have inked that contract. He's not starting over Conley, or Mayo. Plain and simple. What happens to Iverson down the road we can only hope is good. AI, from you biggest fan, this is your last chance, don't fuck up.

Moving on.

I wanna talk about the Suns. Specifically Shaq. Yeah Shaq. Why you ask? He's not on the Suns anymore. Yeah I know, thats my fucking point. Last year Cleveland was was almost unstoppable. The Suns sucked. Boom, Suns lose Shaq and now they have the best record in the west. Cavs get Shaq and they are so much slower. Listen, I love Shaq. I really do. But the guy is over 300 pounds and 37 years old. Who though it was a good idea for him to be with an up tempo like the Cavs. I called it. They'll be a contender, but by no means a threat. The best thing that could happen to the Cavs right now is for Shaq to get hurt. This is Shaqs last season. Enjoy it. As far as the suns go, good for them.

How about the Atlanta Hawks. This team has got some fucking talent. Wow. minus a point guard I'd say everyone on the starting 5 is playing like an all star. Too bad when it comes down to play off's leadership, experience, and veterans, mean more than doing insane dunks.

Now before the Sixers get Iverson heres what they should do. They should rome the streets of Philly, and try and find a guy about 6'10 to 7'1 and give him a million dollars to stand in the middle for the rest of the year. Because that would be better than having Sammy Dalembert in the middle. This guy is the worst player I have ever seen. I remember when they drafted him. I said..Why? He sucks. 8 years later he sucks even more. I can't believe this guys makes around 10 million a year. Everytime I watch this guy play it makes me sick. How can one man, suck so bad, and have an entire organization fooled. What a fucking joke this guy is. Philly has some soul searching to do. Very young talented team, but Sammy sucks, and Elton Brand is just not what he was. He needs to get traded. I think they could make some noise, but not with that lackluster front line.

I'm calling it right now...Carmelo Anthony MVP this season....Rajon Rondo most improved, and all star team....Brandon Jenning rookie of the year.