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• Ken Posted: Feb.5 at 9:31 am
  I will grudgingly concede that LBJ deserves this.

• Eboy Posted: Feb.5 at 9:32 am
  “The Pistons took down the Heat in a battle for Eastern Conference mediocrity supremacy”. That’s about as accurate as you can get. Oh….Lebron is just horrible.

• Ken Posted: Feb.5 at 9:33 am
  In all seriousness, superstars looking at the Knicks as a chance to pad their stats reminds me of the Clippers of old, when guys like DRob and Shaq would go into their games looking to score 60, 70 points. Oh wait, the current Clippers are kinda like that…

• Boing Dynasty Posted: Feb.5 at 9:39 am
  I guess its worth it for JO getting banged on from time to time, when he gets to host block partys like last night. I feel like that dude Powell’s soul was crying after getting his shot punched on back the back plays, the second including the always embassasing collapse to the floor followed by a whole lot of sh!t talk from JO. Maybe close out the win tho next time Raptors? No? Oh, okay then.

• Gerard Himself Posted: Feb.5 at 9:40 am
  Speaking of the Warriors, I wrote a huge blog about Don Nelson, check it out.
  Yes, I am a whore.

• Boing Dynasty Posted: Feb.5 at 9:43 am
  SB, for enough NBA tinged lyrics to last you till the playoffs, peep Duo Live ft Joell Ortiz, Red Cafe, MOP – “Shootin”. It also features one of the most hilariously ignorant verses of all time by the one and only uncle munda.

• TADOne Posted: Feb.5 at 9:49 am
  Jermaine O’Neal is auditioning for the screenplay “Escape from Toronto part 2: The Bosh Years”.

• The Last Kings Fan Posted: Feb.5 at 9:52 am
  I will now smile every time my school calls a meeting for LPC. Thank you shaq.

• TADOne Posted: Feb.5 at 10:09 am
  Whatever a Josh Powell is, he got his sh*t thrown by JO last night.

• riggs Posted: Feb.5 at 10:11 am
  saigon got ripped by joe budden…album? hahahaha

• Boing Dynasty Posted: Feb.5 at 10:13 am
  Indeed, theres no crying in basketball(mr davis), but i would have let young josh slide, had a tear slipped last night.

• Mendel Posted: Feb.5 at 10:15 am
  The Real LINE of the night: D,Antoni says, loosly pharaphrased, “Yeah LeBrons a good player. But were not playing against LeBron were playing against the Cavs and we only lost by five points due to a couple errors and not getting a stop”

• Michael Posted: Feb.5 at 10:17 am
  wow..regardless of the opposition, we are lucky there are two guys in the league capable of performances like these. as for Lebron, barring some catastrophe i cant see a scenario where he doesnt wind up as statistically the greatest player ever.

• Syk Posted: Feb.5 at 10:18 am
  I was at the Raptors/Lakers game last night and it was just crazy. The JO block, then the Powell block and then JO coming back with another block and trashing talking Josh was a great sequence of basketball. One thing I do want to point out is that Gasol was an absolute beast against the Raps. They didn’t have an answer for him at all. If Kobe didn’t take so many bad shots in the 3rd and passed it inside to Pau, I’m guessing Pau could have easily had 45. Oh yeah, Lebron’s line last night was NASTY!

• Eboy Posted: Feb.5 at 10:39 am
  Oh yeah…..amongst all the fantastic NBA games and happenings last night…..no one’s mentioned the fantastic choke job Duke pulled off against Clemson. Yes..it was a great night!

• Boing Dynasty Posted: Feb.5 at 10:49 am
  Syk, Luke Ridnour could beast the Raptors in the paint.

• The Seed Posted: Feb.5 at 10:54 am
  “After all, this is the same system that produced the two sham Steve Nash MVPs. Shouldn’t the Knicks be angry the League’s stars look at the them as the team they are going to try and set records against?” Great Article and line, Kobe and Shaq-Miami want there MVP’s back Steve “one hit wonder” Nash.

• Ben Osborne Posted: Feb.5 at 10:59 am
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• EC Posted: Feb.5 at 11:01 am
  Nash is a fraud and Lebron and Kobe are sick

• B. Long Posted: Feb.5 at 11:16 am
  Rasheed Wallace has Basketball Alzheimer’s. It’s like when your grandpa forgets where he’s at and start’s punching his male nurse and cursing about the Koreans.

• Ryan Jones Posted: Feb.5 at 11:16 am
  That’s 39.3, 7.7, and 7.0 over the last three games… but I know Line of the Past Six Nights doesn’t have the same right to it.

• Bryan Posted: Feb.5 at 11:19 am
  So Lebron had to score fifty and drop a triple double to barely beat the knicks that doesn’t bode well for the cavs chances (sarcasm directed at the people who said that about Kobes 61)

• Zee! Posted: Feb.5 at 11:19 am
  Duke vs UNC next week. Niiice. And last night was insane. That’ll always be the knock on KB24, is that he never was a passer, just a cold blooded scorer. But I ask you all, who would you start your team with if you were a GM?

• TADOne Posted: Feb.5 at 11:23 am
  Zee, thanks for opening Pandora’s Box.

• Eboy Posted: Feb.5 at 11:24 am
  Shia has no self-respect left as his team is continually ass-r*ped by team after team and superstar after superstar, soiling their already poor recent history with more and more embarrasment. Someone post a r*pe hotline number for him.

• Zee! Posted: Feb.5 at 11:26 am
  @TAD Well we already know who MVP is. So there’s no debate there. Might as well ask the unanswerable question.

• Eboy Posted: Feb.5 at 11:29 am
  Too easy………….Kevin Love.

• Ryan Jones Posted: Feb.5 at 11:42 am
  BTW, Holly’s continued refusal to do Post Ups after LeBron goes off is getting to be a problem. Her negativity is really unfortunate.

• Z Posted: Feb.5 at 11:45 am
  I’d start my team with Ty Thomas. He’s been having tremendous upside potential (TUP) for the last 3 years. His potential is basically exponential at this point. I think it’s safe to say that he can potentially have as much potential as anyone in the history of the L when it’s all said and done. Ceteris paribus and all, he definitely has a case.

• JamesPH Posted: Feb.5 at 11:54 am
  Who’s better? Lebron or Kobe? Kobe or Lebron? Cha-chiiiing! iid say i know why kobe changed from 8 to 24, because he’s more than jordan (or lebron), even the number speak for itself.. tru dat!

• Darksaber Posted: Feb.5 at 11:54 am
  he, thought Holly was off entertaining friends, Ryan?

• JoeMaMa Posted: Feb.5 at 11:58 am
  Shannon Booher is a sham writer.
  Steve Nash has two MVPs. He put up crazy numbers on a team and won lots of games.
  Steve Nash is probably a better writer than Shannon Booher.
  Trash talk his hair, or his constant licking of fingers. But hating on his TWO MVPs is pathetic.

• Darksaber Posted: Feb.5 at 11:59 am
  lots of near trip.doubs last night. Wade was also close enough (loved how Prince fouled Wade on the last play at halfcourt, froze, then realizing refs didn’t call it, berated the closest ref and forgot his defensive assignment. Great move, Tay)

• tenorca Posted: Feb.5 at 11:59 am
  I love that the Warriors can beat the Celts, Hornets, and Suns yet get dominated by the Bobcats and Grizzlies. They make no sense at all.

• B. Long Posted: Feb.5 at 12:04 pm
  @Tenorca:Have they ever?

• Darksaber Posted: Feb.5 at 12:04 pm
  imo, a fifty point triple double is one of those platinum type seldom achieved statlines. Along with a quad.doub. And 20 rebound or 10 block games. Dont care about the opponent, its the bloody nba. That was amazing.

• Z Posted: Feb.5 at 12:05 pm
  If it’s possible to be a a first ballot HOF and overrated at the same time. Well, that’s pretty much Steve Nash. Soon people will think he was as good as Zeke, Stockton, GP (I left Magic out intentionally because nobody is crazy enough to suggest that).

• Zee! Posted: Feb.5 at 12:06 pm
  Z it’s all about the TUP baby

• Jukai Posted: Feb.5 at 12:06 pm
  Instead of trying to debate in any reasonable way, I’ll just say Shannon Booher is a racist and doesn’t like white people and that’s why he thinks the way he does of Steve Nash.

• Jukai Posted: Feb.5 at 12:08 pm
  What the hell is up with this Z? You crazy talking now. Nash is nearly averaging a double double (and will at the end of the year) in this BS hosh-posh offense that Kerr set up. What the hell does the man have to do to get superstar status, 20 assists a game?

• tenorca Posted: Feb.5 at 12:19 pm
  B. Long: You’re right, of course. Most teams would’ve tried to keep the unit together who caught fire, upset the Mavs, and held their own against Utah in the playoffs two years back. Not the Dubs though. No. They traded JRich for a guy that still doesn’t get much PT, miss the playoffs by a game or three, sign young guard with penchant for riding sissy-scooters, then bring in a redundant lineup of shot happy swingmen. And now they suck all over again. That didn’t take long.

• Sparker Posted: Feb.5 at 12:20 pm
  if it was all d’antoni, chris duhon would be averaging 19 and 11, be in contention for his first mvp and leading his team towards a deep playoff run in a real conference. you nash haters are becoming a serious bore

• Z Posted: Feb.5 at 12:20 pm
  Jukai, he’s got superstar status on lock. He’s just not back-to-back MVP worthy. That’s not a knock on him, very few people are. However, that does make him overrated.

• k1d Crush Posted: Feb.5 at 12:21 pm
  hey lebron is better than aaron brooks… hey lebron is better than the whole houston rockets…

• WhaHuh Posted: Feb.5 at 12:22 pm
  The stars really came out last night. Kobe, LeBron, Mayo, Carmelo, Harrington, Gasol, Jackson and Durant all had 30+ point games

• kane Posted: Feb.5 at 12:23 pm
  haha screw that gay kid crush!!!!! aaron brooks could probably dunk over lebron!!!

• k1d Crush Posted: Feb.5 at 12:24 pm
  you look gay from the back with that blue sweater…

• Jukai Posted: Feb.5 at 12:25 pm
  Z: I agree he’s not back-to-back MVP worthy. Really, I do. What pisses me off is the thought process which was that he didn’t even deserve the one. The dude -CLEARLY- deserved one of them… he only got the second MVP pretty much because there was no one freaking else to give it to (really weak year in terms of super stars in basketball).
  To me, Nash is a top-ten all-time point guard. Of course, once Chris Paul and Deron Williams mature, he probably wont be anymore… but sometimes I feel Nash would have been better off only winning one MVP, therefore people wouldn’t be so god damn pissed at him for it.

• Jukai Posted: Feb.5 at 12:26 pm
  Also, everything Sparks said.

• kane Posted: Feb.5 at 12:27 pm
  haha y u looking at me!!!! i’m taken!!!!!! and u look gay wit a white shirt

• Todd Spehr Posted: Feb.5 at 12:29 pm
  Shannon, thank you for the Fat Lever reference!

• Todd Spehr Posted: Feb.5 at 12:32 pm
  But the Nash “sham MVP” comments, not so hot. You can cry about the system all you like – do we penalize Oscar Robertson for having inflated statistics in a different paced ’60s? – but the bottom line is YOU STILL HAVE TO DO IT. Nash did it.

• Z Posted: Feb.5 at 12:33 pm
  Jukai, no one to give it to?! The year where Kobe went for 35(!)-5-5 and LBJ 31-7-7 ?!

• Z Posted: Feb.5 at 12:36 pm
  We’re ‘penalizing’ Nash for not deserving two MVPs. This has nothing to do with inflated stats.

• Jukai Posted: Feb.5 at 12:39 pm
  Z, I woulda given it to Lebron. But apparently the criteria for MVP has changed somewhere along the line… It has to do with a winning team, not the most important player. I mean, Kareem got one and didn’t even make the playoffs… now that would never happen. The criteria was what it was: who made their team better while having a good record. Lebron and Kobe didn’t have that.

• Jukai Posted: Feb.5 at 12:40 pm
  Kobe was averaging like 30 shots a game and his team still sucked. I don’t think I woulda given that to Kobe.

• JoeMaMa Posted: Feb.5 at 12:52 pm
  co-sign everything Jukai said.
  Including this: Steve Nash is very good. MVPs or not, he’s a winner. It’s incredibly tough to win a championship, but his teams have always been players come postseason.
  Oh yeah, and he won two MVPs. HA!

• Bryan Posted: Feb.5 at 1:12 pm
  Just trying to show you the irony of your Kobe hate Eboy. No need to get testy.

• Keith Posted: Feb.5 at 1:15 pm
  No post up? Okay, I’ll do a review of the Magic – Clips: The NBA needs to implement the relegation system and now. The Clips were that bad. Outright disgusting. My eyes were offended.

• Eboy Posted: Feb.5 at 1:16 pm
  I laugh at things like this Shia……perhaps the rest of the world should take that same attitude.

• DruWil Posted: Feb.5 at 1:33 pm
  @Jukai: “The criteria was what it was: who made their team better while having a good record. Lebron and Kobe didn’t have that.” How stupid is that sentence? The Cavs and the Lakers own the top records in their respective conference… If you take LeBron and Kobe out of their respective teams, I dont they will be contenders. To me, that is the definition of MVP

• Zee! Posted: Feb.5 at 2:12 pm
  Not to be a hater, but there is news surfacing that Bron didn’t really have a triple double. These people need to get a life.
  http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/13411347

• Exile Posted: Feb.5 at 2:13 pm
  You guys have a short memory. Nash was leading the NBA revolution during his two MVPs. Sure, the experiment ultimately folded in on itself… But it was a fun ride and brought out some great ball… even if it couldn’t reach championship level. At the time, he was the MVP. Now… maybe an upper tier point guard.

• Exile Posted: Feb.5 at 2:17 pm
  Here is where the Knick excitement quoitient of the re-build can hit a land-mine. You can be exciting as you want, but if you are the team people set-out to break records against… its no fun for the fans (of that team). Where is the New York slow it down, burn you down grit? NY can take comfort for a bit… At least Kobe didn’t hit them up for 81.

• Shannon Booher Posted: Feb.5 at 2:25 pm
  Boing — Yes, that Duo Live “Shootin’” is the lick.
  Zee — If I’m a GM, I start my team with J.R. Smith.
  Wow, I thought it was universally understood that Steve Nash’ MVPs were a gift. But really, where are all the Knicks fans at? Anybody tired of them being the league’s punching bag for stars?

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• tenorca Posted: Feb.5 at 2:34 pm
  I still say Kobe’s MVP last year was a sham. He should’ve won the first year Nash did. KG should’ve won it last year. And then there’s the Dirk MVP which was proven moot and pathetic during their loss. Also: Shaq only has one. The award’s been compromised is what I’m saying.

• Jukai Posted: Feb.5 at 4:25 pm
  DruWil: I’m not talking about this year. I was talking about years ago. Read up, man.
  Tenorca: I personally thought Chris Paul should have won last year. If Chris Paul was doing the exact same thing Nash was doing, why the hell didn’t he win MVP? That never made sense to me. If there wasn’t this grand thought process that Kobe deserved MVP for all his years in the NBA, Paul woulda taken it.

• Russ Bengtson Posted: Feb.5 at 5:50 pm
  Had Nash not won either of those MVPs, countless columns would have been written bemoaning the fact that Steve Nash, a guy who a) led his teams to 55-win seasons, b) shot 50/40/90, and c) led the L in assists—all on multiple occasions—never won MVP.

• DP Posted: Feb.5 at 6:03 pm
  I’m glad I’m not the only one who saw what westbrook did was kind of stupid. I mean, if dude is going to hold on to the ball that long and not feed durant, why not take the shot? Don’t wait to the last .4 of a second to give durant the ball on an impossible shot attempt. I know he is a rook, but it is simple: give the ball to KD!

• Tarzan Cooper Posted: Feb.5 at 6:03 pm
  eff steve nash’s fake-handed-to-him so-called legacy. what he was in dallas and what he is now is the real him. between that was him having the ball 95 percent of the time dribbling around not making a pass until a guy is open for a shot. he had good shooters and two of the best finishers in the game. could you imagine what chris paul would do with matrix and amare running with him on every possession?????

• Tarzan Cooper Posted: Feb.5 at 6:06 pm
  steve is no doubt an amazing shooter. and as far as 55 win seasons, that was the regular season. even thought they went to the west finals twice, they were never a real threat to win it all, and to think so would be outright foolishness

• Jukai Posted: Feb.5 at 6:57 pm
  Right, against the Spurs and the mob and David Stern and immense blood vessels in Nash’s nose, they really had no chance of winning in the post-season. Thanks for your constantly dumb commentary, Tarzan!

• Jukai Posted: Feb.5 at 6:58 pm
  And Chris Paul would be a far worse fit for Phoenix than Nash was! You think Marion and Amare would stay silent with Paul taking all those shots? They’d ring him out of town!

• Z Posted: Feb.5 at 8:10 pm
  I love Suns revisionists, somehow it’s a foregone conclusion that the Suns at full strength would have beaten the Spurs. Why? Who cares about ‘why’, it just is DAMMIT!
  Jukai, I know that you know NBA ball. So I know that you know that CP3 is pass-first. All the time. So I know that you know that CP3 would have fed STAT and Matrix everyday all day. Hell, he’s having us thinking that D-West is an all-star!

• Shannon Booher Posted: Feb.5 at 9:37 pm
  Who thinks D-West is an All-Star?

• Jukai Posted: Feb.5 at 11:21 pm
  Z, I mean, not to make excuses for my team or anything.. but the god damn mob was backing up San Antonio. It sure as hell wasn’t a forgone conclusion the Suns would have beaten anyone, but I hate how people come to the conclusion the Suns WOULDN’T have beaten the Spurs. That’s ridic.
  CP3 is definitely pass-first, Z, and in my mind he’s the best point guard I’ve ever seen since John Stockton… but he’s still got that killer instinct, that will to keep taking the shots when no one else is hitting. And hell, I’m all for that, his all around offensive game blows Nash away.
  That being said, Marion is the biggest b$*$h in the NBA and would definitely whine about CP3 taking all those shots. Nuff said.

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