Game Preview - Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers - Game 5 - 9:30PM CST
by UofTOrange on May 12, 2009 10:10 AM CDT
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In the spirit of the troll thread, let's have a little fun. No one thinks the Rockets will win this game. Not even Rockets fans that say they think they'll win really BELIEVE it will happen, not deep down. Can the Rockets win? Of course, this Lakers team, other than Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, is not mentally tough. So, in that spirit, let's do this from a Lakers troll fan standpoint. (Also, everything I've seen says Odom is likely out tonight)
Point Guard
Brooks/Lowry vs. Fisher/Brown/Farmar - Aaron Brooks? Come on now, the Lakers gave him Game 4. They are a respectful and thoughtful team and knew the Rockets needed that win to keep up this moral victory of a season. The Lakers are professionals and know that good karma will help them. Derek Fisher is a fantastic defender, and a champion. Do you really think Aaron Freaking Brooks could beat him? EVER? Of course not. The Lakers are going to win this spot so badly that Phil J might even start Shannon Brown just to be fair to the Rockets.
Edge: Lakers
Shooting Guard
Battier/Wafer/Artest vs. Bryant/Vujacic - Shane Battier, you have been warned. Kobe's not going to take your dirty tactics anymore! You've hit him in the face 11 times now with that stupid face guarding ploy. Kobe is a fast healer though and you can't tell. Your jersey pulling, flopping antics will not stand! Kobe might go off for 87. Even in Game 4 you can tell that Kobe just shut it down. He wasn't wasting anytime finding Battier when he was shooting. Rest assured that Kobe will be playing 36 straight minutes tonight on both ends of the floor until the dirty Dukie is shamed. Clearly Shane can't guard him, even Kobe has said so himself. I don't know why he got that technical in Game 2, it's not like he wasn't be truthful. Did you see what Battier said?
"We have a free mentality," said Battier, who outplayed Bryant in Sunday's wipeout. "Every shot that everyone takes is a free shot. If it goes in, great. If not, we tried. We have nothing to lose. No one expected much out of us. We expect an effort out of us, but we're going to take our shots, play hard and take our chances."
That's loser talk, from a guy that can't hold Vujacic's jock, much less Kobe's.
Edge: Lakers
Small Forward
Artest/Battier vs. Ariza/Powell - Artest is just a thug. And I know thugs, I grew up in East St Louis and live in Mississippi now and my parents are from New Orleans. Like I said, I know thugs. He's not even a good player. I could score if I launched 30 shots a game too. The guy can't even dribble, it's pathetic. Though, I have to say, I wouldn't say that to his face, he's cut guys for less. Trevor Ariza is too athletic with too high of a ceiling for this to go the Rockets way. Ariza shot 50% in Game 4, just showing that Artest doesn't care about defense anymore.
Edge: Lakers
Power Forward
Scola/Landry/Cook vs. Gasol/Odom?/Powell - With Odom likely out, mostly because my boys don't need him, The Spanish Inquisitor is going to dominate that other European guy. All Landry can do is dunk and get garbage rebounds, Powell can do that too, the Lakers just don't need it. Scola is a greasy punk, I guess he's a decent shooter, but come on, the Lakers aren't scared of him, they are leaving him wide open DARING him to shoot it.
Edge: Lakers
Center
Hayes/Scola vs. Bynum/Gasol/Mbegna - No Yao means it's Bynum time! Seriously, the guy is hurt, but he still goes out there like a champion and warrior. If he's not in the Hall of Fame at the end of his career (unlike Yao Ming I might add) I'll let you have my apartment above the garage. I'll keep paying the rent for you. Basically, it's not happening. Chuck Hayes had a nice game, but come on, we're going to foul him so often that people are going to the hospital for laughing so hard at his free throw shooting.
Edge: Lakers
Prediction: LAKERS 136 - rockets 73, no reason to double the Rockets up, the Lakers have more class than that
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" I grew up in East St Louis and live in Mississippi now and my parents are from New Orleans."
LOL…typical Lakers fan
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ESPN's Accuscore
gives us 17% chance of winning. 17!
Last game it gave us something around 25%. Just sayin’…
sometimes I wonder why ESPN even bothers...
they predict that LA is going to win every game.
If forced to take money line
I would take Lakers
But if forced to take the spread, I would take the Rockets.
Keepin it real.
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
by Gils_Keloids on May 12, 2009 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Like I said
If forced by gunpoint to take the spread, I would take the Rockets.
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
by Gils_Keloids on May 12, 2009 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
That guy is a turd
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
by Gils_Keloids on May 12, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Awesome.
I always make my money by betting against Bayless. I’m putting 300 on Houston covering the spread.
"I am from one of the top 15 cities in the world. Buffalo, New York." - TrentEdwardsHoF2018
Don't blame me if you lose though
Gambling is bad.
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
by Gils_Keloids on May 12, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Told ya
Gambling is bad.
Whoops. Wrong again.
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
by Gils_Keloids on May 13, 2009 3:06 AM CDT up reply actions
Predicting the Lakers to win every game and thinking that the Lakers will go 82-0 are two completely different things.............
It’s like rolling dice and betting that you won’t roll a 6. If you could get 1-1 odds every time you would be a winner and you should always make the bet, but that doesn’t mean you will never roll a 6.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so good luck Houston.
Aprende epsañol y esto tendra mas sentido para ti.
You're little summary
is wrong. April 9, 2009 should be changed to May 12, 2009 and Yao should not be listed as a starter. It should be Hayes.
Watch out!
The Rockets are 4-0 without Yao against the Lakers! Im just saying.
This is the type of lineup that won 22 games in a row
Or whatever 14 (without Yao), so I don’t understand why the media is selling them so short.
I know the Lakers players respect them, though, so it’s media that doesn’t respect the Rockets.
"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson
by Gils_Keloids on May 12, 2009 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
only difference between that line up and our line up now..
Ron Ron wasnt there, we had bobby jackson and rafaer alston as our two small pgs. So looking at our line up compared to that one, ABZ and kyle lowry play the better pgs then the vets jackson and alston, and Crazy pills is crazy pills. But i agree though, that the rockets are heavily overlooked. But honestly i wouldnt have it any other way. let every team overlook us and then get hit straight in the mouth when they least expect it.
Check out today's BS Report with Bill Simmons...
Jeff Van Gundy is on there and both guys seem to like what the Rockets are doing a lot. It’s not only about how bad the Lakers are, although they do talk about that too, but also how the Rockets new speedy pick and roll offense is just the type of offense that may be the key to shutting down this team
"[Lebron James] reminds me of a new and improved version of me" - Ron "Crazy Pills" Artest
by ClutchCityCrazyPills on May 12, 2009 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Hello
I thought this was a Rockets place to go and you are going to tell us about this match-up? First Yao in injury spot and starting line-up and the Lakers sweep your match-ups. Maybe you should check things out better because this story belongs on a Lakerblog, or actually in a garbage somewhere because you obviously do NOT know the Houston Rockets. We all can appreciate a joke which this story must be right!! Now go share your bull**it with the Lakers fans.
Woooooosssssshhhhhhh
That was the sound of the joke flying over your head.
i cannot speak for roxie, but i certainly understand that it’s a joke. i just don’t think it’s a particularly good joke. i appreciate satire more than most people. kurt vonnegut and mark twain are heroes of mine. and maybe that’s why i can’t get behind this faux-trolling. because it’s really, really poor satire.
by the grawlrus on May 12, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Great work...
Clearly you aren’t serious. Otherwise I’d think it hilarious that you bring this elitist garbage to a sports blog. The lack of capitalization and otherwise poor use of punctuation and grammar add to the effect nicely. Vonnegut himself might appreciate the irony if he weren’t dead and three sheets to the wind in heaven (not that I wouldn’t be.)
please. the fact that you were assigned slaughterhouse-five in your eleventh grade english class doesn’t give you the right to tell anyone what kurt vonnegut may or may not have appreciated. read more of him. it’ll do you some good.
punctuation? grammar? look! it’s the pot calling the kettle black:
Vonnegut himself might appreciate the irony if he weren’t dead and three sheets to the wind in heaven (not that I wouldn’t be.)
and capitalization? c’mon, man. that’s a personal choice, and, i think, an acceptable one. the choice of whether or not to write something – something that will forever be in the archives of the world wide web, mind you – well is a different kind of choice altogether. sports blog or not, i don’t think bad writing should be rewarded.
by the grawlrus on May 12, 2009 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions
And let me be clear
We’ve had WAY more good Laker fans here than bad ones, and I appreciate that
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I have to admit...
I feel like your last two game previews have been cop-outs. Just sayin, cuz I liked them better when you did legitimate analysis, rather than lamenting the Rockets had no chance in game 4 and then troll-time 09. Oh well
by clutchcitywillreturn on May 12, 2009 12:43 PM CDT reply actions
well, what's left to say?
The Rockets have played the Lakers four games in a row now. The only change from Sunday is that Odom might be out.
Here’s a more serious preview then:
If the Lakers figure out how to play some interior defense and stop Brooks and Lowry from getting to the basket, then they will win the game. If Ron Artest figures out how to hit a jump shot for the first time in a week, then the Rockets have a good shot at winning. If Brooks goes cold, the Rockets lose. If the Rockets force Kobe to shoot 30 FGs again without getting to the line, then the Rockets will win handily. If the Rockets kick the Lakers’ asses on the boards again, then the Rockets win. And if the Lakers come out shrugging their shoulders at defense like they did Sunday, they have no hope.
The small lineup the Rockets are putting out there – both in the frontcourt with Hayes/Landry/Scola handling the 4/5 positions, and in the backcourt with the Lowry/ABZ combo at 1/2 is giving the Lakers fits. And it doesn’t help that their big guys – Odom, Gasol, and Bynum – just aren’t getting it done defensively. The Rockets’ speed and rebounding ability are exploiting the Lakers’ few weaknesses and challenging them at their strengths.
But this game (and this series) is wide open. LA has its homecourt advantage back, but that could easily change tonight. And, despite the odds being put out there, nobody has a clue what will happen. It could be another double-digit blowout for either side, but it could also be another hard-fought matchup.
I don’t expect the assignment of Crawford to matter much, simply because Yao isn’t around for the refs to hate on.
What the hell?
Whats with all the logic and deep thought going on?
Is Joey Crawford really an official for this game?
David Stern’s not hiding anything anymore is he
That's fair
But ya, it’s Game 5, what else can I say at this point? I promise I’ll do a complete real break down for Game 6.
www.TheDreamShake.com Co-Founder and Writer
Hahahaha
no hate from me… I was just commenting on the fact that I enjoyed the breakdowns during the Blazers series and was looking forward to a little more. I agree though, you do tend to run out of things to say, but the matchups are completely different now than games 1-3. You never broke down the Rockets minus Yao
by clutchcitywillreturn on May 12, 2009 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Well
i understood it was a joke, just not too good a one but, and in case someone misunderstands, i thought most Rockets fans could not ever hope to think like a laker fan, so, you really are good, how many other personalities do you have??
From a clearly Lakers point of view, great Story. Would love to see a real breakdown, will the other personalities allow that.LOL Have a great day. And cheering on my Rockets no matter what.
I be just stupid me think.
I always thought Argentina was in south america.
You hadn't heard?
I massive shift in the earth’s crust landed Argentina in Europe.
"I am from one of the top 15 cities in the world. Buffalo, New York." - TrentEdwardsHoF2018
I thought Argentina was the capital of Portugal
"[Lebron James] reminds me of a new and improved version of me" - Ron "Crazy Pills" Artest
by ClutchCityCrazyPills on May 12, 2009 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions
HAHAHAHAHA
Lakers by 63? ROFLZZZZZZZZZZ LOL LOLERZZZZ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….OMG, did you give Kobe a reach around with that? Seriously, the chick he raped says he goes for that kinda thing! Do yourself a favor: go to Orbitz.com, buy a one way ticket to LA, take a taxi to Kobe’s house, ring the doorbell, get on your knees and say “AAAHHHH!”
Stop running from the truth, Rockets in 7 beeotch. :-)
I agree the Rockets have a shot at this series but...
If they do, they have to win tonight and then in Game 6. I just don’t think they can take a game 7 against the Lakers. However, I think if they win tonight, they take the momentum they need to win in game 6.
"[Lebron James] reminds me of a new and improved version of me" - Ron "Crazy Pills" Artest
by ClutchCityCrazyPills on May 12, 2009 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I didnt think the Rockets could take a game 7 in LA either
but after the way this series has gone so far, anything could happen if it gets that far. The NBA is where amazing happens. The Yao-less Rockets winning a Game 7 in LA would be considered Amazing, so i think it could happen. The best scenario for the Rockets though would be to in it in 6.
Game 1 100-92 Rockets
Game 2 111-98 lakers
Game 3 108-94 lakers
Game 4 99-87 Rockets (kind of)
Series tied 2-2
by TexasHoosier on May 12, 2009 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions
It has been awhile since we've seen an amazing upset in the NBA...
Probably since Golden State took out Dallas (still laughing about that one). Law of Averages says we’re due.
"[Lebron James] reminds me of a new and improved version of me" - Ron "Crazy Pills" Artest
by ClutchCityCrazyPills on May 12, 2009 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Seriously, you forgot the biggest issue of all..............
Motivation:
The Lakers strategy of lulling the Magic/Cavs/Celtics into a false sense of security has so far gone off without a hitch. By successfully losing two games (on purpose) they have convinced the rest of the league that they can be easily beat. Suckers. The Cavs/Magic/Celtics will come into the finals against the Lakers (who else) with no sense of urgency and will be pounced on by the Lakers who have been playing possum all along. Again, suckers. Of course getting no rest (really rust) is an advantage as well. We all know a well rested Eastern conference team is toast. Suckers.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
by pslakerfan on May 12, 2009 5:16 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
PS.........136-73????
You know you can’t drop 73 points on the Lakers in LA. Come on man get real……
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
by pslakerfan on May 12, 2009 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
What an idiot......
NBA teams do not lose on purpose you moron. THEY GOT BEAT YOU DUMB BITCH.
by HtownRockets on May 12, 2009 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Let me get this straight ...
the Lakers got blow out in Houston this past Sunday on purpose so that they could trick the rest of the NBA into thinking that they really suck, when they really don’t? I think you are giving the lakers too much credit. The’re just not that good. If they do manage to make it to the championship game (which I doubt) the Cavaliers will crush them. Kobe can’t even hold Lebron’s jock so far in these playoffs. Cleveland has looked unbeatable, the Lakers not so much.
Wow.......
Dim-witted Rocket fans with a Napoleon complex actually took your post seriously?!
They’re so dumb they didn’t even understand the whole concept of this thread?!
Embarrassing!
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Man I thought everyone would get my post........
Sorry, just trying to be funny guys.
"Don't I know you from somewhere"?. "Nah, that ain't me, I'm from Buffalo" - Axel Foley
I thought it was hilarious...
You’ve been taking some grief in recent threads…not sure why really, but glad you’ve kept plugging away anyhow.
.
by dallastros_fan on May 12, 2009 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions
dammit
how could yall believe this? I’ve seen pslakerfan’s posts before so I know that he is a sane, rational-thinking person. a laker fan doin satire of a laker fan. well played sir.
That’s your Rocket fans for you, TF2K. Sometimes you don’t even need to insult them for them to show their intelligence (or lack thereof).
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
p.s. ...
I have to hand it to the Rockets for their inspired play this past Sunday. It was great seeing the Lakers get their asses kicked. If L.A. lost Kobe and Pau Gasol for the year to injuries they would immediately quit the league. What do the Rockets do? They keep playing and winning games. Just food for thought.
pps
You and your fellow houston fans are in denial! Rockets in 6 they say… what a joke. Whether you like it or not the Lakers are a better team than Houston. They are stronger than they were last year when they made the finals. I wont deny they have a bad “were entitled to a championship” attitude, but regardless they are a superior team! Even with T-mac and the Yao they might push the series to 7 games, but your dreaming if you think the only reason they ‘might’ lose is because of their long injury list. They just don’t have the depth or experience to beat the Lakers in the playoffs; that’s all there is to it. Better luck next year…
I always thought that when you actually contend for and win championships you get to walk around with that “entitled to a championship” swagger.
I don’t think you get that when you don’t get in to the playoffs or are beaten in the first round so Houston fans wouldn’t know ANYTHING about that.
It’s always easier to hate something you don’t understand.
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions
perhaps i was a bit harsh...
it’s not a bad attitude, but it can get them in trouble when things don’t go their way…
not true...
They could not win a championship without Kobe, but there depth is still scary. Gasol, Odom, Bynum, etc…
All of those players are effectively starters
There depth is the most overrated part of the team. Kobe, oddly enough, might be the most underrated
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or better yet ...
the Lakers would petition the league to suspend the season until their players were healthy enough to play again. Yeah, thats the ticket. Petition the league. You can’t expect a Laker team that’s not at full strength to play can you? Wouldn’t be fair. Ha Ha.
And you know what? The league would probably do it! Do you know why? Because the Lakers matter. One of the elite franchises in the league with one of the leagues franchise players in one of the NBA’s most impotant cities? Of course they would do it!
Where are you again? Oh, that’s right. You’re in Houston.
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions
We are not! We’ve got Doctors to handle that sort of thing.
Was watching Urban Cowboy the other day. Wow. Texas is just hemmorrhaging culture, isn’t it?
After we finish the Rockets in 6 you can always pack Pappy, Billie Joe, Cletus, Clem and Jeb in to the Double-Wide………….. err, I mean “house”…………… hook ’er up to the truck and follow the Laker bandwagon on to the finals!
I’m sure you know how to do it. It’s not like the Rockets have done much in the playoffs since ’95.
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
i should clarify...
well said DJ bento! Only_a_lad or Only_a_chump IMPOTENT is probably not the right word for the most potent offence in the league!
Wow. Running out of steam, OAL? What’s next from you? “Uh-uh! I know you are, but what am I?”
Are we hurting your feelings Pee-Wee?
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions
lol
I thought “only_a_chump” was sub-retard level insult. I commented as such.
You, however, have just been using the same schtick for the last week: “OMG u guis rockets sucks o hard rffafl”/ “lololol texanz r hix lol” Gets boring.
Really? That’s the way I write? Perhaps that’s the way it looks to you.
You know, they can help you with your dyslexia. i didn’t realize I was making fun of someone with a “learning disability”. I’m sorry.
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I was just mimicking
the quality of your writing. The style is imitated as well – I think the “insufferable asswipe” in your writing comes off very well in my satire. I can pull it off in my own writing, anyways.
I beg to differ. I think my writing is interesting and quite witty. I think you know that but because you think I’m an “insufferable asshole” (quite classy for a mod, I must say…. you might want to take a look at CelticsBlog to see how mods should act), you’ll say that my writing is sub-par or derivative. Compared to the illegible drivel and idiotic “Rockets Rock!”, “Lakers Sux!” posts you must go through day after day, I’m a goddamn Hemmingway. But it’s ok. It’ll be our little secret.
Just like your dyslexia.
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Compared to the illegible drivel and idiotic "Rockets Rock!", "Lakers Sux!" posts you must go through day after day,
Hell, I’ll agree that the vast majority of posts here have nothing interesting. But I’m willing to forgive rockets fans writing stupid things on a rockets site.
I’m a goddamn Hemmingway.
Not really. Most of your stuff is barely-disguised versions of my imitation. You have occasionally said something mildly interesting, and that’s why you all you’ve gotten are warnings.
(quite classy for a mod, I must say…. you might want to take a look at CelticsBlog to see how mods should act)
As Dave has said many times, “classy” is overrated.
No, unfortunately “classy” is usually needed by people in a position of power.
You know, “classy” wouldn’t exactly be the term used when it comes to my “warnings”. It’s interesting how you and the others can talk trash but when someone comes back at you in an intelligent manner and apparently hurts feelings with his words that I get “warnings”. Regardless of whether it’s a Rockets site or not, don’t give what you can’t take.
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions
it's a subjective thing
talking trash is fine – PSlakersfan and Gils_Keloids are more than happy to remind us that the Rockets suck – but you seem to cross the line with personal attacks without prompting.
Without prompting? Really?
Did calling you Pee-Wee hurt your feelings? Come on, with the junk you’ve tossed out? Please.
Pot, meet Kettle. Kettle, meet Pot.
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions
hey, I'm not talking about "pee-wee"
that was just lame. I’m talking about comments you’ve made in other threads.
Ok. I’ll try to tone it down. I wouldn’t want to get kicked off for doing what every other Rocket fan does.
Like 30 seconds ago when I got called a “dumbass” by UofTOrange, who apparently is a “co-founder and writer”.
Yes, it’s just me.
It’s always nice to have one of your own people blow your argument right back into your face directly after you put it out there, isn’t it?
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Stop acting like a child
And I’ll stop treating you like one
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Oh, and this isn't a newspaper website
It’s my site. I will call it like I see it everytime
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You can't act like a dumbass
And then expect someone to be classy to you. It’s really as simple as that
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It’s interesting how you jump in with insults when the conversation didn’t even involve you and I’m being told by your mod I’ve been warned previously because of the insults I’ve written.
Pretty embarrassing. “It’s my site! I can do what I want!” You’re how old? 10? 11?
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions
As I told you in your 2nd warning
mocking the ridiculous is perfectly fine. You’re ridiculous, and you are thus mocked.
And if you don’t like it, I suggest you leave.
No, I actually like it here, but I’ll be done after game 6. The Rockets will be eliminated and there won’t be much need to be on a site where there’s nothing going on.
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Then stop acting like you don't
I’ve said a million times: Have fun, talk trash, enjoy yourself, be a fan of your team. You have stepped over that line 10ish times in just this thread.
www.TheDreamShake.com Co-Founder and Writer
Puh-leeze.
It’s supposed to be a “troll thread”. Didn’t YOU write it? You don’t even remember the basis for you own thread?! Add ANOTHER Rocket fan to htownrockets & Rocke who didn’t get it.
Wow.
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions
it isn't a "troll thread"
you’re looking for the thread about two posts down.
This preview was just satire.
Do you want to read through this before you type again?
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In the spirit of the troll thread, let’s have a little fun. No one thinks the Rockets will win this game. Not even Rockets fans that say they think they’ll win really BELIEVE it will happen, not deep down. Can the Rockets win? Of course, this Lakers team, other than Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, is not mentally tough. So, in that spirit, let’s do this from a Lakers troll fan standpoint. (Also, everything I’ve seen says Odom is likely out tonight)
Hmm……………… Who was right again?
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Did you miss this part?
So, in that spirit, let’s do this from a Lakers troll fan standpoint.
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions
no, we're in the comments section
beyond that, stop trying to hide behind semantics. As I said, you’ve been using this schtick for the past week.
Yes, and this is the comments section of the preview.
What it is, is that YOU want to use semantics. The trolling JUST to the written preview, NOT to the comments after. Was that explained in the body written? Did I miss that?
You’ve got to come with better than that.
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
If that was your goal, then I apologize
I’m not convinced it was
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It seems like your own mod didn’t even get the spirit of your thread.
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions
That's because it wasn't the spirit of the comments
It was the spirit of the preview.
I said I understand if that was your goal. However, you’ve been doing this on every thread you’ve posted on, so I’m not convinced at all.
www.TheDreamShake.com Co-Founder and Writer
So don’t be. I can’t convince you otherwise. We’ll move on.
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions
And I called you a dumbass for generalizing about every Rocket fan
It was completely warranted.
www.TheDreamShake.com Co-Founder and Writer
Is it generalizing if I call the Rocket fans who didn’t understand the basis for YOUR thread “dumbasses”?
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions
You are here on your own free will
And I can read tiger. I can tell when someone is being dumb, it’s not rocket science.
www.TheDreamShake.com Co-Founder and Writer
at the end of the day...
it’s not your fault your stuck in Houston lad. Take your anger out on someone else. I know life sucks, but you have to be strong. Hey if your really down you could always move to LA and enjoy life…
yeah but...
at least you would be able to support a decent team…
I support a team that is beyond "decent"
and one that kicked the Lakers’ asses for 48 minutes last night.
can't argue with that...
but un-fortunately you would have to do the same thing again TWICE.
yeah right.
C'mon man
Some of us are here against our will….easy on the Dallas shot!
by dallastros_fan on May 12, 2009 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions
You mean, he could move here like everyone else? You know, like all the people who leave whatever hole they’re from as soon as they can to come to LA? Even though they hate the people but can’t stay away?
Like that?
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Bill Simmons: This is a game 7
http://podloc.andomedia.com/dloadTrack.mp3?prm=1629xhttp://podloc.andohs.net/dloadTrack.mp3?prm=2864xhttp://query-origin.andohs.net/8000A6/content-root3.andomedia.com/origin/mp3/espnradio/sportsguy/simmons090512.mp3
@ about 51:00
It’s a pretty good interview between Simmons and JVG. Good stuff starts at about 31:00
they should watch film of LA vs Charlotte this season.
I'll snap yo neck like a twig if you sass me again. . .
You mean like watching the films of Houston vs. Indiana or Houston vs. Philadelphia? Do those work too?
by DJ Bento Box on May 12, 2009 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions
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