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Could the Celtics win it in

Mathias Baden — Fri, 30 May 2008 13:06:10 -0500

Could the Celtics win it in four? Yeah. Will they? Who knows?

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

If I had watched any of the

Brandon — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:24:54 -0500

If I had watched any of the games, I might have been crying conspiracy after the Lakers beat the Spurs to advance to the NBA finals last night. But I didn’t watch, so I guess I can only assume that there was no referee interference in order to bring the marquee match-up that the NBA has likely been salivating over for years – the Lakers v. the Celtics – to fruition.

I read somewhere that the difference between the NBA and a lot of other professional sports leagues is that a good majority of NBA fans believe there is a conspiracy to put big-market, big-name teams in the finals at the expense of small-market clubs, and also that the fans still love the sport despite this conspiracy. I totally buy into that. I think the NBA has wanted the Lakers v. the Celtics since the Lakers started winning early in the season. But I guess that’s OK with me as long as the Celtics - one-time home of Larry "Legend" Bird - blow them away.

I don’t know what you’re

Brandon — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:58:06 -0500

I don’t know what you’re talking about with the snooze comments. Watching the Spurs and Hornets battle it out over seven games has been exciting, and it was a thriller to see Garnett and the Celtics go to seven games, too. This has been a pretty interesting year for the NBA playoffs.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Mathias Baden — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:47:54 -0500

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Yeah, I watch. And after the first 5 minutes or so, when the Hornets led 12-6, I was bored out of my mind by the lousy Spurs. There is nothing interesting about drawing fouls and taking open 10-foot jump shots. Here's to another snoozer, I mean Spurs playoff run. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Iverson vs. Carmelo, you

Mathias Baden — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:25:12 -0600

Iverson vs. Carmelo, you mean? Don't you think they'll fistfight for scoring ops? Anyway, because of the last fistfight, you won't see the two of them together for a while. But a month from now, look out.

You know, I really hate trades like that, where a team sheds a humungous salary or a bad attitude (or both) for basically nothing. The Chicago White Sox, for example, have been the recipients of a number of trades that went their way for no good reason.

Teams like my almost-beloved Wolves never catch any breaks. Geez, if they wanted an Andre Miller (old) or a Joe Smith (they must not know how mediocre he is), we could have given him any of our old or mediocre players. Or all of them, which is probably why we blew this trade for A.I.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

It's done. ESPN is reporting

bhall09 — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:48:59 -0600

It's done.

ESPN is reporting that Iverson is going to the Nuggets for Joe Smith (I am sure all the Wolves fans who wanted Iverson love to hear that), Andre Miller and two first-round pick in 2007.

I would have liked to see AI go to the Wolves, but a great deal for the Nuggets. They hardly had to give up anything. That is very nice for them.

Not to mention, the fact that I come from Denver, I really like this deal. AI and Melo on the same team. OUCH. Good luck scoring if you are anyone else on the team.

I agree, even though

Mathias Baden — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:00:40 -0600

I agree, even though Blount's been better lately. Smith was a heckuva second-round pick, eh?

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Get A.I. at almost any cost.

bhall09 — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:47:40 -0600

Get A.I. at almost any cost. Absolutely not to Camby.

Get rid of Hudson, Mike James, Mark Blount, Mark Madsen at any cost. Blow it up. Those guys cost way too much for what they bring to the table.

It wouldn't quite be starting over if you kept KG and Ricky Davis and Randy Foye. Craig Smith needs to play more. Foye needs to play more and I would even say (GULP) Marko needs to play more. Too bad we can't restructure his deal, because he would make a pretty darn good sixth-man right now.

As far as I am concerned, if it isn't KG, Foye, Davis, Smith, or maybe Jaric, they can all be traded.

Go get AI.

Marcus Camby of the Denver

Mathias Baden — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:35:55 -0600

Marcus Camby of the Denver Nuggets is the latest rumor. The Wolves are said to be interested. I have no factual basis for saying so, but reports on trades are always secretive and sketchy.

I vote yes for either of them. With the salary cap issues, I'm guessing that someone fairly expensive, like Troy Hudson or Marko Jaric, would be deployed from our ranks.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)