Boon

I'm saying the disparity is a large story in this series.

Stop shooting jumpers. Atlanta has ONE jumpshooter on the team. And the Celtics have been doubling him to take the ball out of his hands. So basically, every other guy on the team just goes to the rim, over and over and over and over again. they are going to get more freethrows. Obviously the Celtics are largely to blame for not taking the ball to the hoop more, but in six games for one team to be averaging 12 more foul shots a game is pretty ridiculous.

They have to get past Atlanta first.

Dwight's chart is old enough to have Tom, the guy who killed himself and Devon from Season 2, but updated enough to have Ryan at corporate and Jim as the #2. Just saying.

Some quick math has the Hawks taking 71 more free throws than the Celtics this series. 71. Let that sink in. Cs just can't win in Atlanta. They have no idea how to close out a game on the road.

"I'm just doing this thing where I use a slice of wisdom from someone else's life to solve a problem in my own life." "Seems coincidental." "And yet, I do it almost every week.

Nice to see the Celtics bench playing well again.

The Red Sox walk off again on the same play as last night. Vernon Wells can only make so many throws home I guess.

Just got back from that game. How pissed off must that guy be? Can't catch a break.

Yes, because Bill Simmons is our Malcom X. Was Avery Johnson's job safe before this so-called player revolt?

I'll give you Mike Gorman, who is only matched in Celtics homerism by Tom Heinsohn. But Donnie Nelson has been great when filling in, and what he's saying about the value of Garnett vs. the value of Paculia is true. He was the one arguing it should have been a double technical. Losing KG would have been devastating, while Paculia's biggest contribution of the series was when he got into KG's face. And I'm ignoring what's really happened? I don't know how I can say this any simpler. BOTH teams have been talking shit, taunting and committing dirty plays. The Celtics are not innocent. The Hawks are not innocent. It's not about which team started it, because unless you've been on the court for every single Hawks/Celtics game, you have no clue the entire story. If you can't concede that BOTH teams are playing with sub-par levels of class and professionalism, there really is no use arguing with you. Well deserved.

Wait a minute. Are you saying that announcers have a bias toward their home team? You've got to be fucking kidding me. How long have you been sitting on this information? Rather than dig up a dozen YouTube videos of all the dirty plays and trash talk committed by BOTH teams, I'll just say this. Horford and Garnett have been in each other's faces since they knew they'd meet in the playoffs back on April 12th. Bibby shot his mouth off after game one, Pierce shot his mouth off after game two and the floodgates opened. I'm personally glad these two teams have been at each other's throats. It's made what was expected to be a blowout series a lot more entertaining.

Joe Johnson was unstoppable. He made the best defensive team in the NBA look like assholes in the fourth. Hats off. Celtics couldn't hit their free-throws, got out ran and out rebounded down the stretch. Just simply outplayed. Please. You act like the Hawks have been upstanding citizens through the first four games. It's been a chippy series. Both teams have been mouthing off to each other and playing extremely physical basketball. The Hawks aren't this young, cute little baby-faced group of angels trying to beat the nasty, big bad wolf. They've been arrogant pricks, just like the Celtics. Get off it. It shows.

I was really pleased when House MD referenced Schrodinger's cat in an episode.

That was a great episode. I was wondering how they were going to get Cox to support Kelso- interesting take. And the intern knowing what Kelso was really all about. Great mix of humor and the emotion was not over the top. This reminded me of some of the great episodes from season 5.

I was pretty pleased to see Bibby laughing off the crowd as they were all over him tonight. He showed some nice veteran experience by handling the emotion of the game well. He ran his mouth, got shit on for it and handled the consequences. Most everybody else on the floor got caught up in the aggressive play and trash talk. Which is fun during the regular season, but I held my breath when Pierce left for the locker room.

Just another Boston team running up the score.

I don't know if you all talked about him or not, but the new lead singer for Journey is unreal. http://youtube.com/watch?v=ouRzPQur5vw

Josh Beckett scratched from tonight's start with a sore neck. David Pauley from AAA goes in his place.

Isiah is banned from talking to the Knicks, the Sonics are moving and you still have to go to college. Enjoy. Updated FA list from ESPN. P - Player option R - Restricted T - Team option Atlanta: Jeremy Richardson ®, Salim Stoudamire, Mario West Boston: P.J. Brown, Sam Cassell, Scot Pollard Charlotte: Derek Anderson, Othella Harrington Chicago: Ben Gordon ® Cleveland: Dwayne Jones, Delonte West ® Dallas: Juwan Howard Denver: none Detroit: Alex Acker ®, Juan Dixon, Lindsey Hunter Golden State: none Houston: Carl Landry ®, Dikembe Mutombo Indiana: David Harrison LA Cippers: none LA Lakers: DJ Mbenga, Ira Newble Memphis: none Miami: Blake Ahearn, Alonzo Mourning, Kasib Powell ®, Chris Quinn ® Milwaukee: Ersan Ilyasova ®, Michael Ruffin, Awvee Storey, Jake Voskuhl Minnesota: Michael Doleac, Chris Richard ®, Kirk Snyder New Jersey: Darrell Armstrong New Orleans: Bonzi Wells New York: Fred Jones Oklahoma City: Ronald Dupree, Mickael Gelabale, Robert Swift ® Orlando: none Philadelphia: none Phoenix: Linton Johnson, Eric Piatkowski Portland: Von Wafer Sacramento: Lorenzen Wright San Antonio: Robert Horry, DerMarr Johnson, Damon Stoudamire Toronto: none Utah: none Washington: none Players with Limited Salary Protection Lance Allred, Cleveland (no protection) Billy Thomas, Cleveland (no protection) Brandon Bass, Dallas (no protection if waived on or before 10/1, full thereafter) C.J. Watson, Golden State ($100,000 protected) Mike Harris, Houston (no protection) Coby Karl, LA Lakers (no protection if waived prior to opening day, thereafter $100,000) Adrian Griffin, Milwaukee Keith Van Horn, New Jersey (no protection) D.J. Strawberry, Phoenix (no protection if waived on or before 10/26, thereafter $200,000) Transactions thus far: June 30 Washington re-signs Antawn Jamison to a four-year contract. July 2 Miami signs rookie free agents David Padgett and Jason Richards. July 3 Dallas signs Gerald Green to a one-year contract. July 8 Toronto signs Hassan Adams to a two-year contract. July 9 Dallas re-signs J.J. Barea to a three-year contract. Sacramento re-signs Beno Udrih to a five-year contract. Toronto re-signs Jose Calderon to a five-year contract. Dallas signs DeSagana Diop to a five-year contract. Memphis signs Marc Gasol to a three-year contract. Miami signs James Jones to a five-year contract. Philadelphia signs Elton Brand to a five-year contract. New York signs Chris Duhon to a two-year contract. Indiana trades Ike Diogu and the draft rights to Jerryd Bayless to Portland for Jarrett Jack and the draft rights to Brandon Rush. Indiana trades Jermaine O'Neal and the draft rights to Nathan Jawai to Toronto for T.J. Ford, Rasho Nesterovic, Maceo Baston and the draft rights to Roy Hibbert. Philadelphia trades Rodney Carney, Calvin Booth, a first-round pick and cash considerations to Minnesota for a conditional second-round pick. July 10 Denver re-signs Anthony Carter to a one-year contract. Houston signs Brent Barry to a two-year contract. LA Clippers sign Baron Davis to a five-year contract. Orlando signs Mickael Pietrus to a four-year contract. Golden State signs Corey Maggette to a five-year contract and Ronny Turiaf to a four-year offer sheet. Washington signs Dee Brown to a two-year offer sheet. July 11 Dallas re-signs Antoine Wright; signs Keith McLeod and James Singleton. San Antonio signs Roger Mason Jr. to a two-year contract. July 13 Washington re-signs Gilbert Arenas to a six-year contract. July 15 Orlando signs Anthony Johnson. Denver trades Marcus Camby to LA Clippers for the right to swap second-round picks in 2010. July 16 Cleveland re-signs Daniel Gibson to a five-year contract. Boston signs Patrick O'Bryant to a two-year contract. New Jersey signs Eduardo Najera and Jarvis Hayes. July 17 Minnesota re-signs Craig Smith. Milwaukee signs Tyronn Lue to a two-year contract; signs Malik Allen. LA Clippers sign Kelena Azubuike to a three-year offer sheet. LA Lakers decline to match Golden State's offer sheet for Ronny Turiaf. Utah declines to match Washington's offer sheet for Dee Brown. July 18 Oklahoma city signs C.J. Miles to a four-year offer sheet. July 21 Orlando trades Keyon Dooling to New Jersey for cash considerations. July 22 San Antonio re-signs Kurt Thomas to a two-year contract. Phoenix signs Matt Barnes to a one-year contract. New Jersey trades Marcus Williams to Golden State for a conditional first-round pick. July 23 Boston re-signs Tony Allen and Eddie House to two-year contracts. Minnesota re-signs Sebastian Telfair to a three-year contract. New Orleans signs James Posey to a four-year contract. San Antonio signs rookie free agent Anthony Tolliver. LA Clippers trade Brevin Knight to Utah for Jason Hart. July 24 Golden State re-signs Monta Ellis to a six-year contract and matches LA Clippers' offer sheet for Kelena Azubuike. Denver signs Chris Anderson to a one-year contract. New York signs Anthony Roberson. July 25 Charlotte re-signs Ryan Hollins. Utah matches Oklahoma City's offer sheet for C.J. Miles. Golden State signs rookie free agent Anthony Morrow. Sacramento signs rookie free agent Bobby Brown to a two-year contract. July 28 Golden State re-signs Andris Biedrins to a six-year contract. LA Lakers re-sign Sasha Vujacic to a three-year contract. Minnesota re-signs Ryan Gomes to a five-year contract. LA Clippers sign Ricky Davis. Philadelphia signs Royal Ivey. Toronto signs Will Solomon. New York trades Renaldo Balkman to Denver for Taurean Green, Bobby Jones, and a 2010 second-round pick. July 29 Atlanta signs Maurice Evans to a three-year contract. Philadelphia signs Kareem Rush to a one-year contract. July 30 Atlanta signs Randolph Morris to a two-year contract. Denver signs Dahntay Jones. Detroit signs Will Bynum. July 31 Charlotte re-signs Emeka Okafor to a six-year contract. Chicago re-signs Luol Deng to a six-year contract. LA Clippers sign Brian Skinner. August 1 LA Lakers sign rookie free agent Dwayne Mitchell. August 2 Orlando re-signs Adonal Foyle to a one-year contract. August 3 Philadelphia re-signs Louis Williams to a five-year contract. Cleveland signs Tarence Kinsey. Detroit signs Kwame Brown to a two-year contract. August 5 Miami claims Bobby Jones off waivers. August 6 Charlotte signs Shannon Brown. Houston trades Steve Novak to LA Clippers for the right to swap second-round picks in 2011. August 7 LA Clippers sign Jason Williams. Miami signs Yakhouba Diawara. August 8 Memphis signs Josh Smith to a five-year offer sheet. Atlanta matches Memphis's five-year offer sheet for Josh Smith. August 11 Detroit re-signs Walter Herrmann to a one-year contract. New Orleans re-signs Ryan Bowen to a one-year contract. Atlanta signs rookie free agents Thomas Gardner and Othello Hunter. Charlotte trades Kyle Weaver to Oklahoma City for a 2009 second-round pick. August 13 Atlanta signs Ronald Murray. In a three-way trade, Milwaukee trades Mo Williams to Cleveland and acquires Damon Jones from Cleveland and Adrian Griffin and Luke Ridnour from Oklahoma City; Oklahoma City acquires Desmond Mason from Milwaukee and Joe Smith from Cleveland. August 14 LA Lakers sign Josh Powell. Milwaukee signs Francisco Elson. Phoenix signs Louis Amundson. Sacramento trades Ron Artest and the draft rights to Sean Singletary and Patrick Ewing Jr. to Houston for Bobby Jackson, the draft rights to Donte Greene and a 2009 first-round pick. August 18 LA Clippers re-sign Paul Davis. Philadelphia re-signs Andre Igoudala to a six-year contract. August 20 Philadelphia signs Theo Ratliff to a one-year contract. August 21 Miami re-signs Dorell Wright to a two-year contract. August 22 Denver re-signs J.R. Smith to a three-year contract. San Antonio re-signs Michael Finley to a two-year contract. Boston signs Darius Miles. New Orleans signs Devin Brown. August 25 Dallas re-signs Devean George to a two-year contract. Phoenix trades D.J. Strawberry to Houston for the draft rights to Sean Singletary. August 27 Portland signs Luke Jackson and rookie free agents Steven Hill and Jamaal Tatum. August 28 Memphis signs rookie free agent Hamed Haddadi. New Orleans signs Sean Marks. August 29 Houston trades the draft rights to Patrick Ewing Jr. to New York for the draft rights to Frederic Weis. September 2 Miami signs Jamaal Magloire. Philadelphia signs Donyell Marshall. September 5 Cleveland signs Lorenzen Wright. Going overseas Juan Carlos Navarro (Spain) Anthony Parker (Greece) Bostjan Nachbar (Russia) Carlos Delfino (Russia) Primoz Brezec (Italy) Josh Childress (Greece) Jorge Garbajosa (Russia) Nenad Krstic (Russia) Carlos Arroyo (Israel) Earl Boykins (Italy) Dan Dickau (Italy) Jannero Pargo (Russia) Gordan Giricek (Turkey) Earl Barron (Italy) Andre Owens (Serbia)

Spoiler previews for the next three episodes: That last one looks especially fun, reminiscent of the Wizard of Oz parody.

Wasn't Braff demanding some high amounts of cash just to sign on to season 7? Something like $350,000 an episode? I can only imagine what it will cost to get him to do season 8, if he even signs on...

Red Sox had no business winning that game, leaving over a dozen men on and Manny getting tossed in the second. But the prospects delivered, some tough ABs late and patience, and they steal one from Texas. Crazy game.

I'd say 2-4 are the funniest, 5 is the most interesting.