****OFFICIAL 2012 NBA PLAYOFFS THREAD****

[dirk digler]

Great sports weekend with the draft and now the NBA Playoffs starting today

First Round Matchups Today:

76ers vs Bulls
Knicks vs Heat
Magic vs Pacers
Mavs vs Thunder

Sunday:

Jazz vs Spurs
Celtics vs Hawks
Clippers vs Grizzlies
Nuggets vs Lakers

[Ultra Peanut]

those are pretty high standards imo

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Born and raised in KC. Chiefs for life. I bleed red and gold. There's nobody in my family that's not a Chiefs fan except my wife she's a Cowboys fan. She's from Arizona though nobody here supports their hometown teams lol. After I graduated college I moved to Arizona for my job and met her. A house divided ever since

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by okcchief

Im not concerned with the Lakers in the least. I just think Artest is a classless punk and don't see how anyone can defend him. You respect him for not being fake? Great! He's a piece of shit and makes no apologies.

No, he's just Ron Artest and there's nobody like him.

Perkins definitely tries to bait people and punk on them. I don't claim to know his whole career so show me an example where he has tried to injure a player. There is a difference between being physical and throwing a full force elbow to get someone off of you. If he was fighting for a rebound it excusable. He was trying to hurt someone.

If Stern thought Artest was really trying to maliciously hurt Harden rather than the unthinking reflex action that it actually was, he would have been gone a lot longer than 7 games.

I know all I need to know about Artest by his actions and the crazy look in his eye. He's mentally ill and shouldn't be on the court.

Are you rattled enough by Artest that you're imagining crazy looks in his eye now?

I never said Kobe was a model citizen, and I don't like him, but I respect him as a basketball player. I don't know the elbow you're talking about, but if he's trying to make a play it's completely different than what Artest did.

Show me examples.

See, now I know you haven't followed these two players' careers closely enough. Unlike Ron Artest, Kobe Bryant has been suspended multiple times for hitting maliciously hitting people in the head in his career. The incident I was talking about was the elbow to the throat of Mike Miller a few years ago that was already discussed in the thread. If you hate Ron Artest for supposedly being a dirty player and a despicable human being, I'm pretty sure you should hate Kobe Bryant with a passion too considering his history (both on the court and in real life). The major difference with him, of course, is he gets primarily positive media coverage as NBA star. Artest doesn't.

[KC native]

Yes, the Spurs get the Clippers. Spurs will take the series 4-1. Might even see another sweep after all the rest.

[In58men]

Playing hard all day.

It's a physical sport.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by okcchief

If you are worried about personal attacks on a message board stop trolling or stop being a sensitive ****. You have to respect me for speaking my mind right? Or does that only apply to Ron Ron? What a hypocrite.

Oh, I'm not worried about personal attacks. You can say and believe whatever you want (even if it's something ignorant of the facts like with Artest/Kobe). It's just odd that you're getting so emotional over my innocuous comment about yesterday's game.

[okcchief]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Oh, I'm not worried about personal attacks. You can say and believe whatever you want (even if it's something ignorant of the facts like with Artest/Kobe). It's just odd that you're getting so emotional over my innocuous comment about yesterday's game.

Again, I see no examples of others dirty play because it's not the same.

Do I have to know Artest to know he's diagnosed as bi-polar, constantly acts violent, and makes a media campaign to change is image actually changes his name to World Peace. This is a sane person? Yet, when he's obviously wrong he can't even say I lost my head, and I shouldn't have done it. He will never change because he never admits he's wrong.

Artest doesn't rattle me. I just think he's garbage. You are the only person I've seen defend him, and it just amazes me.

trollin trollin trollin

Happy Mothers Day KC ****.

[okcchief]

Originally Posted by Inmem58

Playing hard all day.

It's a physical sport.

Of course it is. I have no problems with players getting physical during a play. This was before the ****ing ball was inbounded. If he's going for a board and elbows Harden then that's just playing hard.

If he fouls somebody hard, or fights for position getting a rebound etc I have no problems.

[MIAdragon]

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

those are pretty high standards imo

Well if you call yourself the king......

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by okcchief

Again, I see no examples of others dirty play because it's not the same.

Did you watch the video? Do you have any idea about Kobe Bryant's history at all? Apparently not. In the future, stick with things that you actually know.

Do I have to know Artest to know he's diagnosed as bi-polar, constantly acts violent, and makes a media campaign to change is image actually changes his name to World Peace. This is a sane person? Yet, when he's obviously wrong he can't even say I lost my head, and I shouldn't have done it. He will never change because he never admits he's wrong.

Artest has admitted fault about things many times, most pointedly about his going into the crowd in Detroit. But again, you wouldn't know that if you hadn't followed his career (and it's becoming increasingly clear that you haven't).

Artest doesn't rattle me. I just think he's garbage. You are the only person I've seen defend him, and it just amazes me.

Right, you're only imagining crazy looks in his eyes and lashing out at people on message boards who comment about his good game. But yeah, totally not rattled at all.

Happy Mothers Day KC ****.

You too.

[MIAdragon]

This officiating is garbage

[kstater]

Wade kicks a guy, foul on Pacers.

[MIAdragon]

Originally Posted by kstater

Wade kicks a guy, foul on Pacers.

Its been like that all game long.

[okcchief]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Did you watch the video? Do you have any idea about Kobe Bryant's history at all? Apparently not. In the future, stick with things that you actually know.


Artest has admitted fault about things many times, most pointedly about his going into the crowd in Detroit. But again, you wouldn't know that if you hadn't followed his career (and it's becoming increasingly clear that you haven't).


Right, you're only imagining crazy looks in his eyes and lashing out at people on message boards who comment about his good game. But yeah, totally not rattled at all.


You too.

I'm in my phone and can't view the video. Ill watch it later. I never pretended to know everything about the Lakers and Artest. I think about five incidents and a few interviews tell me all I need to know about him. I don't care to know more. The incident in Detroit turned me and many off the NBA for a few years.

So all you are doing is saying Kobe is just as dirty as Artest? OK. Why do you like the Lakers again?

I see why you like Artest. He's the bi-polar poster child. Everyone needs their champion.

This is going in circles. You are the only person I've seen that defends Artest 100% but I know that's because you are a slave to the media. I'm sure it has nothing to do with being an argumentative **** that always has an unpopular view to make himself seem smarter.

I'll leave it where it lies and not respond to your trolling. I'll just read and laugh.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Is KCC black? Because the only people I know that defend Artest or any thug or thug behavior are black people.