It probably will not happen.. Howard is 2 Tech’s away from missing a game- thanks to the same Joey Crawford that makes a shit call to every team that isn’t named Lakers or Cavs.
Howard could miss a game 6 if it comes down to it!!!

He was called for pushing Ben Wallace underneath, and upset with the whistle, he said something on his way to the bench that referee Joey Crawford didn’t like and was T’d up. Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy had warned his star to keep his composure because the league automatically suspends a player for one game after he receives his seventh technical foul in the playoffs.
“I didn’t say anything to Joey Crawford,” Howard said. "The response was to the other team. I didn’t say anything to Joey Crawford. I’m not stupid enough to get in his face an

just sayin

I like Rafer as an AND1 player, but that’s about it.

you’ve successfully brought out the dumbass contingent.

Listen up. Rafer is terrible. He’s overpaid, he makes bad decisions, and his defense has declined as he has aged. The reason he has started for so many decent teams is because (1) the Rockets couldn’t find anyone better and (2) coaches and GMs tend to be generally spineless. They want to go with the safe player. Sure, Rafer isn’t really that good, but you know what you’re getting with him.

Ultimately, the reason I hate Rafer is because he always seemed to be the player I’d end up screaming at the TV over as he continued to jack up horrible shot after horrible shot. In a lot of ways, he’s like Artest. But at least Ron’s defense lives up to the hype. And his off-the-court escapades are better.

it’s already been said by jameer nelson that, if the magic pass up the cavs, he will be ready to play. from what i understand he’s already conditioning again, which would bump rafer to the bench.

is that Dave and Lee seem to place a disproportionate amount of blame on Rafer indicated by one of Lee’s posts earlier…

Anymosity, yes, he personally screwed over the Rockets for multiple years

I mean, the problem with this type of thinking is that it’s pretty clear that Rafer wasn’t really the guy screwing over the Rockets. This has been Yao and TMac’s team, and if you want to “personally” blame any player, it’s got to be on those two guys. Anyone who watched the Rockets knows that Rafer is a limited player. He got the ball up the court, generally got the team into the offense, couldn’t/didn’t penetrate/finish at the rim, was a decent catch and shoot three point shooter with terrible shot selection at times. There are plenty of PGs in the league better, but while Rafer was on the team, he was the best we had, and for whatever reason, Lee and Dave think he deserves a decent amount of scorn. Whatever. It’s their blog and it entertains some people to read about how much Rafer sucks.

The fact is that this team played better when Rafer was playing the point than any of the guys we’d brought in over the last few years. This year when TMac went down, the team needed a PG who was a more consistent scorer, and AB provided that. AB grew up quite a bit this year and I’m excited about his future with the team. I do think that if he can get a bit more controlled going through the lane, he could be pretty comparable to Tony Parker, but he’s got to become a better and more crafty finisher for those comparisons to have any legitimacy. Anyhow, Go Rockets!

Who says that the Lakers are going?? It is not over yet!

We’re the Artest to Rafer’s Kobe.

They’ve just played lazy the whole night. Williams hasn’t closed out on Rafer, everyone but Lebron has just been standing around on offense since the 1st, and it just seems like the only thing that’s kept them in the game so far has been the whistle.

and continues to jack up shots. Shots that are now contested.

our boy Rashard with the clutch three. Ballsy shot, too.

awful no-call. awful

Lebron about three degrees to the left from absolutely stealing that game.