speaking of funny NBA ref employment. What do you think of that old fart Bavetta still reffing? Dude is the oldest looking 74 year old I have ever seen. He looks like 100... :: hell he looked 100 20 years ago... ::
REED Loooooves Dick Bavetta... You Can Watch a Game & NOT Even Realize Bavetta's Ref'ing, Which is How it SHOULD Be...Instead of IMPOSING Himself Upon the Game, as Joey Crawford Does, Bavetta Allows the Game to BE...He Makes Calls that are Warranted, but Never Makes the Game Itself ABOUT HIM... Crawford's a Temperamental CONTROL FREAK Who Holds Petty On-Court Grudges, Whereas Bavetta Exudes an Inner JOY for What he's Doing & is Always RESPECTFUL of the Athletes, Which they Reciprocate, In Turn...Ask a Player who his FAVORITE Ref is & he'll Likely Say Dick Bavetta... If Bavetta were a Boxing Ref, he'd Be Steve Smoger, Based on his APPROACH to his Craft... REED:mj:
There's a LEGITIMATE Chance 6 of the 8 1st Round Playoff Series Goes to a Game 7...Tomorrow, there's 3 Game 7's, an NBA Record... Can you Say "Competition"???... REEDopcorn:
REED WANTS OKC to Win the Series, but NOT This Way...Conley's Dinged Up & Now ZBo's Suspended???... Bullshit... REED Gets the Punishment Aspect of it, but Memphis is Basically SPOTTING OKC 20pts and 10boards, w/Out Zach Randolph... REED:shit:
Definitely DOESN'T Help the NBA's Perception of RIGGING Games/Series... Memphis LACKS Mainstream "Stars", so they're an EASY Target for this Type of Foolishness...As a Guy who LIKES OKC, this is Bullshit... REED:shit:
Just Saw the Clip...It was More of a Back Handed SHOVE than a PUNCH... Randolph Should've Been Assessed a Technical Foul, Perhaps even Ejected from Game 6, but a SUSPENSION for Game 7 is BEYOND the Scope of what he Actually Did... REED:hammert:
WOW!!!... REED was Prepared to PRAISE Dwight Howard for CARRYING his Houston Rockets to Game 7, Based on How he was BEASTING in the 4th Quarter...Rebounds, Put Backs, Left Hand Finishes, Free Throws, you Name it, Howard DID It in the 4th... REED Thinks Howard is a FAKE Ass Bitch, but Props where Props are Due...Dude PLAYED Like the Best BIG in the League, This Series, Which HASN'T Always Been the Case in the Last Couple Seasons... .9 Seconds Left, MOST of the Basketball World Prepping Themselves from a Game 7 btwn these Squads, then Damian Lillard DRAINS a Game Winning 3, to END the Series... WOW!!!... REED Isn't Sure he's EVER Seen a BETTER 6 Game Series... REED:cheer:
Even tho howard did the most in the 4th, i still blame him for the loss. Sorry, but if he hit his free throws when it mattered, this wouldnt be an issue.
Too bad that bum Beverly lost Lill on that last play. The Houston Rockets, a team built on two scrub point guards, and two diva fraud superstars. Good riddance.
TexMex is the Homey...Loooooooooooooooooooooooong Time Fightbeat Hoop Thread Contributor, as You & REED Know... Like REED, he's FRONT & CENTER w/his Allegiances/Biases, Which is How Shit SHOULD Be...Despite the Beverley Bickering, REED Actually Felt Sports Sad for TexMex, After Lillard Hit that Shit... Keep ya Head Up, TexMex...This was Your Squad's 1st Rodeo Together...They'll Be Alright... REED:love:
Rockets will be alright my ass. No team lead by Dwight Coward and Harden will ever win a ring. Those clowns don't have the mental toughness to go all the way. They better go back in time 20 years and bring the 94 Hakeem to 2014.
:: This is such crap. Sorry but if Asik didnt hold Aldridge on that Lin 3 he banked with 48 seconds to go, this wouldnt be an issue. You could literally say this about any key moment in the game. Howard was immense in the 4th.
Many star FA end up signing with big market cities and it ends up biting them in the ass. Just look at the Knicks, Rockets, possibly the Nets. I wonder how things would've panned out if Howard had signed with Warriors, Spurs or even the Blazers.
Why the fuck is Atlanta shooting 3s when they aren't making them? Get some easy 2s you fucking morons.
Westbrook consistently mishandling the ball and being out of control. 5 TOs all liveball in the half keeping it close
