Ripper

Except that isn't the case in any other violent crime. If you plan to go kill a guy, go over his house and do it, it is a completely different sentence than if you guys get in a fight and his is killed during it. Dude is still dead. Only in one case, its first degree murder and another is manslaughter. Thats just law dude.

Don't want to be a whiney fan, but am I the only one seeing some issues with the officiating in this game? Lakers playing very well...no doubt...but seriously.

Add Kwame to the list of nothing happening to him.

I think the most important thing that people are missing about that shot is that they covered him one on one. GREAT Shot. IF there are two or three guys on him, which there usually is at the end of the game, HE SHOULD PASS.

So....Kobe screams at the ref, throws his fist in the air, does it again and hits Raja Bell in the back and doesn't get a tech. Boris Diaw gets pushed into a crowd and he gets one. Kay. ANyway. The Lakers are running with the suns. Not Smart....I hope they keep it up.

I love my suns, don't get me wrong, but I might have to punch tim thomas if he keeps doing that Tony Yayo shit every time he hits a shot.

THIS IS A FUCKING GAME.

Jesus there is some retardation going on in here. I am not going through all these pages, so I will assume someone pointed out that there is no possible way that illegal immigrants are taking more money out of the economy than what they are putting back in so we will leave it there. Ripper - Still doesn't give a shit about illegals.

I honestly don't care one way or the other about hate crime legislation, but intent is a determining factor in basically every crime. ANd honestly, if a kid spray paints a smiley face on my house, thats a crime. But if a person was to spray paint "Get out NIGGER" on my house, I personally would want them charged a little more harshly. That whole theory gets thrown out the window in violent crime...to me anyway. But 2nd degree murders do get less time than first degree murderers and it all comes down to intent. Thats when I get trapped in any argument against hate crime legislation. Its not really any more or less different than the way every other crime is looked at.

Good first win for the Lakers (yeah...I am late). I honestly am impressed with what Phil is doing. He is using the old school Knicks theory of "If we take every second off the shot clock, the other team can't get as many possessions" I still don't think the Lakers can win this series. But I tells ya, everyone acting like the Lakers have been disrespected is funny. This was the only series that people were basically saying the Lakers could win. Then after game one, everyone was acting like it was some sort of fluke that Phoenix won by 5. Lakers won by six and all of a sudden they are the greatedst and the SUns suck. Commentators are funny.

Heaven's a Lie was probably the last song I paid any attention to from Lacuna Coil, mostly because the male vocalist refuse to realize who all the vocal talent in the group belongs to and it kinds sucks the kickass out of most of their songs to me.

Everytime I have seen him fight I have just noticed how piss poor of a sprawl he has and it has me thinking that most could take him down pretty easily and his ground defense always looks like crap to me. Maybe its just the fights I have seen with him.

My position has always been that if people actually look at the stats and ignore all the proproganda that goes into reporting, they would see that race has absolutely jack shit to do with crime, education or values. Everything actually based upon economics. The poorer people will be in poorer neighborhoods where access to a life of crime is greater, the education system will be less than adequate, and the value system will take a backseat to survival. Blacks were locked into a certain place economically for years and bout 40 years ago, the glass ceiling was SOMEWHAT lifted. There are more and more wealthy or middleclass blacks with every generation. Its the natural flow of things. Give it another 50-60 years and blacks will be economically on par with other groups within this country.

Yeah, pretty fucked up the guy goes straight and loses a year, but if he hadn't been a pothead before this wouldn't have been the 4th strike.

Seriously, I have probably watched more Suns games than anyone that doesn't have on a uniform, and I have to say that while Nash was given too much credit for Amare's progression, he is completely responsible for Marions offensive numbers. And for people that doubt that, remember that Marion has NEVER played without a allstar caliber pointguard. From Kidd to the UNDERRATED Marbury, to Nash(with a Joe Johnson era in there a while there) he needs people to set him up. He is a great cutter towards the basket and can score once he has the ball, but Nash makes him a good offensive player.

Once again...I just don't buy this shit. All of a sudden when it comes down to getting the kids, he suddenly became a pedophile. She KINDA accused him of MURDER for christ sake people. In a voicemail, to Denise and only Denise, he said that her accusations where bullshit. I don't think he was trying to win in the public opinion on that one. Once again, Charlie is a fucked up dude. But I just don't buy most of this bullshit. I hate when all of a sudden when it comes to divorce and who gets what, somebody starts claiming "This one time he said he wanted to rape a nun and give her aids and he tried to actually do it one night".

No he didn't. And seriously, the blacks in this country are doing just fine. No more or less fucked up when it comes to education and family values than any other race.

I can't argue with it. Of course, why would I of all people. And I am one to admit that Nash if florishing half because of his play and half because of Mike D'Antoni. But if Nash was the MVP last year with Amare, I don't see how you can say he isn't without him and putting up better numbers.

I can't argue with it. Of course, why would I of all people. And I am one to admit that Nash if florishing half because of his play and half because of Mike D'Antoni. But if Nash was the MVP last year with Amare, I don't see how you can say he isn't without him and putting up better numbers.

Arguably Nina was the real big villan of season one and she survived...two seasons more seasons in fact. Last night, they had Logan acting the way I would expect him to act. NOW it looked like character development. And seriously, Heller always tries to die for the good of america. It was expected. I wanted him to get out and shoot at the copter though and get gunned down. Thats how Heller was supposed to go out. I personally felt that Audry took the death a little too light at first, but then she reacted like I wanted her to. I liked her yelling for jack to shoot him. I loved this ep by the way. And I finally watched a preview this year(forgot to turn) and next week looks like I am going to love it.

You know, he did say that all of what she was saying was bullshit in the voicemails. I personally think that Denise is trying to win whatever she wants. I Charlie Sheen ain't the most stable guy in the world, but alot of her claims sound like bullshit to me.

I could have sworn it was Sutherland. i might want to see it now...although I can't buy Michael Douglas....action hero....

Okay, here is my wrap up for the first games. 1. Well...damn...the Lakers suprised me. See what people don't understand, if Kobe DOES get off, the Lakers lose....and they lose bad. If he does what he did in game one, which is force NOTHING and *gasp* play basketball, the games will be close...I mean the Lakers will lose but they will be closer. For everyone talking about how off Kobe was, Eddie House was off too, which changes the team when the bench hits the floor. Eddie House on and that game is a blow out. The Lakers came back with Nash getting LOTS of rest. 2. I don't know about the Artest suspension. Fine...sure, but it wasn't THAT bad. I think the combination of him being hit in the first quarter and him being Ron Artest got him this suspension. Its a shame too. Cause I was still thinking the Kings could take this thang. 3. Kenny never made up a nickname. He just took alot of them from Rucker Park and pretended he was a genius. Charles made him a analyst allowing charles to be the ass of the show now. 4. Ernie is the fucking man...he should never leave the show under any circumstances. 5. I hope Hubie Brown does all the Suns Lakers games because I LOVE him as the Analyst. He celebrates the little stuff in the game that most guys miss because they are waiting for a "spectacular" play. 6. The Heat could be in trouble if Scott Skiles gets off his ass and do some coaching. You have, what, 5 big men and you are letting shaq run wild. Dumbass. 7. Looks around....um....the bucks are going to give the pistons trouble....(runs). Seriously, they have the bodies up front, Rips hurt ankle is going to play a part in him being able to chase Redd all over the place and basically every Buck had an off game and Every Piston had a on game. This is going to be a interesting series. 8. The Clippers had better show up more than THAT. There is no reason that the Nuggets should have been in that game. I am routing for the Nuggets though because as I have previously stated...they are the Suns bitches. 9. That was a hoe ass foul to give indiana that game. I think the Nets take the next 4 though. You just got your "off" game for basically every Net. 10. Washington/Cleveland....I really REALLY think that Washington is going to win this thing now. Cavs celebrated too much for one game. I have a feeling Lebron is about to get McGrady'd(saying every other player on the team is going to feel satisfied and the team will end up losing the series despite his great play) Dallas will beat the Spurs if they meet in the second round. That is all.

Yeah, Billy was there routing when the Clips were battling the Jazz in 98.

Philly fans have never turned on Iverson. I agree the press has, but even the press that did heard it from the fans. Through all of the shit AI has pulled people here have stood by him. But what shit has he pulled? I don't remember him ever dogging it in a game, ever badmouthing the team, quitting on them....what has he pulled. Honestly, I have to say that Allen Iverson is probably the easiest guy in the league to be a fan of.