since the '08 collusions...

[poop]

it has now been (barring KG's injury last year) Three consecutive Lakers-Celtics Finals.

congrats stern/nba, you got what you wanted.

enjoy those titles your teams 'earned', lakers and celtics 'fans'.

everybody else is tired of this shit and hope you both lose.

go choke on a boner.

goodnight :wakeup

[21_Blessings]

KG to Boston = bigger and more obvious collusion.

At least West played puppet master from behind the curtains :lol

[BadOdor]

Lakers/Celtics abuse the system by collusnio, Spurs tanked for duncan.

lol butthurt spur fan.

[21_Blessings]

lol Spurs giving the Bulls Rodman for nothing

lol collusion

[thispego]

KG to Boston = bigger and more obvious collusion.

At least West played puppet master from behind the curtains :lol

ROFL! Yeah kg for al jefferson is reeeeeAaallly collusion!

Bostons trades were legit. Pau to the lakers for potato chips was the biggest farce the NBA will ever see. Enjoy your *chips! :toast

[LnGrrrR]

enjoy those titles your teams 'earned', lakers and celtics 'fans'.


Uhm... ok? :lol

[LnGrrrR]

KG to Boston = bigger and more obvious collusion.

At least West played puppet master from behind the curtains :lol

You're a fucking tool. :lol Go ahead and make a poll asking which trade looked more lopsided at the time it was made. The Celtics at least gave up a serviceable big in Big Al... who did the Lakers give up again?

[LnGrrrR]

Really though, did the OP think that Celtics and Lakers fans were going to take some sort of stand? "No! We refuse to celebrate these tainted championships! The league must take a stand!"

GTFO :lmao

[mogrovejo]

You're a fucking tool. :lol Go ahead and make a poll asking which trade looked more lopsided at the time it was made. The Celtics at least gave up a serviceable big in Big Al... who did the Lakers give up again?

The Celtics gave Big Al +

the Wolves lottery pick they owned that they used to draft Kevin Love +

2 more first round picks +

a good young role-player in Gomes +

a huge expiring in Blount +

a couple of young players with upside.

This was a heck of a trade for the Wolves. Not even comparable to the Gasol deal.

[HarlemHeat37]

Another disadvantage for Boston is that they actually had to suffer through 2 lottery years in a row to collect the assets, one of them a horrible year where they ended up getting the #5 pick, lower than expected IIRC..

The Lakers missed the playoffs ONCE, and they didn't even end up using that lottery pick for their deal..in fact, that lottery pick(Bynum) has been useless to them in regards to their playoff runs..

So when you look at what the Celtics gave up and what the Lakers gave up, it's night and day..kind of ridiculous..granted 2008 Garnett is better than Gasol by a decent margin, it still sucks for Boston..

[Mel_13]

The Celtics gave Big Al +

the Wolves lottery pick they owned that they used to draft Kevin Love +

2 more first round picks +

a good young role-player in Gomes +

a huge expiring in Blount +

a couple of young players with upside.

This was a heck of a trade for the Wolves. Not even comparable to the Gasol deal.

Your conclusion is correct.

In exchange for Garnett, Minny received:

Jefferson
Gomes
Theo Ratliff (and his huge expiring contract)
Sebastian Telfair
Gerald Green
1st round pick used to select Jonny Flynn (returned to Minny from Boston)
1st round pick used to select Wayne Ellington

[Capt Bringdown]

I predict there'll be some meaningless drama/media circle jerk about PJ retiring during the offseason.
And the Lakers will again land some ridiculous prize.

[pauls931]

I predict there'll be some meaningless drama/media circle jerk about PJ retiring during the offseason.
And the Lakers will again land some ridiculous prize.

Like Kobe leaving and picking up LBJ?

[Muser]

People are still crying about this? Let it go...

[ginobili's bald spot]

Oh noes! OP is "tired of this shit"! :lmao:lmao Newsflash faggot, Lakers and Celtics fans really don't give a fuck. Neither does Stern or anyone else because idiots like you will continue to watch the NBA and serve the role of our bitch. Meanwhile we are going to continue to run the league we're supposed to run and you can't do shit about it. Stings don't it? Burrrrns.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

I wasn't aware Pau Gasol and KG are why San Antonio has been face fucked by Dallas and Phoenix the last two years.

[TampaDude]

I wasn't aware Pau Gasol and KG are why San Antonio has been face fucked by Dallas and Phoenix the last two years.

^ this

Quit whining, folks...

[samikeyp]

If anyone saw the season SA had before Duncan...you would know that they didn't have to tank...that was a legitimate suck! :lol

LA and Boston didn't break any rules. They availed themselves of the system in place and made their teams better. Have we as sports fans become so spoiled or jaded that we have to automatically assume that foul play was in order every time a rival does something that our team didn't? I don't care for the Celtics and I really don't like LA but if the Spurs or Suns or Mavs made those moves, those fans would not be whining. Sadly, LA and Boston fans would be.

[BUMP]

21 Blessings just being the idiot he's supposed to be.

The Wolves gave away an aging KG when they realized they couldn't compete to get his salary off the books, while getting a better offensive talent in Al, Telfair, Ryan Gomes, Ratliff's expiring, two 1st round draft picks. KG is just a shell of the player he once was


:rollin

[rasho8]

Meh. I havent watched the playoffs in the past 2 weeks. I wont watch the finals. I could care less who wins.

That said, Spurs fans need to stop whining. We didnt even PLAY L.A., so how did the collusion hurt us?

[TheManFromAcme]

Meh. I havent watched the playoffs in the past 2 weeks. I wont watch the finals. I could care less who wins.

That said, Spurs fans need to stop whining. We didnt even PLAY L.A., so how did the collusion hurt us?


:toast

You sir, have common sense