Houston would be a much better team if Stevie Franchise would set up the offense like Van Gundy wants to instead of dribbling the 24 clock down to 2-3 seconds and then throw up a fade away 3 pointer!!
he freaking pisses me off especially that San Antonio game a couple of days ago!!
he freaking pisses me off especially that San Antonio game a couple of days ago!!
shaq's retirement in 2 years will afford him the opportunity to partake in kazaam or freddy got fingered sequel
or mebbe he'll go into the mma circuit and fight bob sapp
or mebbe he'll go into the mma circuit and fight bob sapp
Yes... because Shaq'll be retired.. In all honesty, I live in Houston, love the rocketes and like Yao much more than Shaq (in fact I hate Shaq for his cockiness) but I admit that Yao is not at Shaq's level. Sure it may be because of size but who cares, he is has the biggest impact of any player in the league.
I think Yao will be great, and in the long run, better than Shaq, but he will become a center much like the old Rockets great Hakeem... a soft touch, great mechanics, great team player, and very reputable player... not some bully who uses his mouth and weight to intimidate (sp?).
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Rematch was earlier tonight--I didn't catch it on TV, but both centers scored a lot of points!! Yao scored 33 points, but Rockets lost.
I'm not even a basketball fan (for a couple of years) and I think he's pretty much dead on. What am I jealous of?
Face it, Shaq's a 380 lb. fatass with a 6 year old's attitude. He's dominant in large part, due to the fact that he's bigger than most offensive linemen. Throughout his career he's gotten just about every call he could and yet, he still complains when someone else gets one once in a while. Takes pussy swings at the back of guys heads (and sucks too badly to even connect) etc.. Which one of those things is incorrect? Or am I just jealous of something?
Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Yes, Shaq gets away with lots of calls! Just look at how players defend him by bear hugging him! Clearly that's a play on the ball and isn't a flagrant!
You know what stands out in my mind? One of the games in the Lakers/Sixers finals. They were showing Shaq backing Mutumbo into the basket in a slow motion. Every time Shaq would drive his fat ass into him, it would lift Mutumbo clear off his feet. I remember Walton had a clever comment about that. He said: "You know how you guard him? You take the NBA rule books, tape it to the front of your jersey, and when Shaq drives it through your chest, maybe that will be a foul."
Shaq gets away with quite a bit more than he takes. However, he wouldn't take half as much if he'd get off his fat lazy ass and learn how to shoot free throws. If he doesn't like the way he's being defended he should do something about it. Obviously, it doesn't seem to bother him that much.
Your loving defense of the big tub of goo is touching, however misplaced. Please just be quiet.
Oh, by the way, when did wrapping up on a guy to send him to the line become a flagrant? Eh, maybe they've started calling them differently in the years since I've stopped watching.
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i love the lakers, but i'm really starting to hate shaq. he must be the most arrogant prick in the nba.
edit: oh yeah, go lakers!
edit: oh yeah, go lakers!
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Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Yes, Shaq gets away with lots of calls! Just look at how players defend him by bear hugging him! Clearly that's a play on the ball and isn't a flagrant!
You know what stands out in my mind? One of the games in the Lakers/Sixers finals. They were showing Shaq backing Mutumbo into the basket in a slow motion. Every time Shaq would drive his fat ass into him, it would lift Mutumbo clear off his feet. I remember Walton had a clever comment about that. He said: "You know how you guard him? You take the NBA rule books, tape it to the front of your jersey, and when Shaq drives it through your chest, maybe that will be a foul."
Shaq gets away with quite a bit more than he takes. However, he wouldn't take half as much if he'd get off his fat lazy ass and learn how to shoot free throws. If he doesn't like the way he's being defended he should do something about it. Obviously, it doesn't seem to bother him that much.
Your loving defense of the big tub of goo is touching, however misplaced. Please just be quiet.
Oh, by the way, when did wrapping up on a guy to send him to the line become a flagrant? Eh, maybe they've started calling them differently in the years since I've stopped watching.
Have you read the rule book or even been told some of the rules? If you foul someone and it's not a play on the ball (which a bear huge to the chest obviously is), it's a flagrant. I believe the default flagrant is 1 and not flagrant 2, can't remember exactly.
That said, backing someone down is not against the rules if the defender takes part in initiating contact. You quoting Bill Walton is hilarious and makes baby Jesus cry.
you do know that you can start a new thread when discussing a different game right??
this thread was from FEBRUARY 11.
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