Jazz: Utah is done

[Asif Ali Zardari]

Look at their schedule:

Hawks Toss-up
Bobcats WIN

@ Bucks LOSS
@ Cavs Toss-up

@ Bulls LOSS
@Knicks LOSS
Pistons WIN
@Thunder LOSS
Grizzlies LOSS
Knicks LOSS


@ Rockets LOSS

@ Spurs LOSS
@Mavs toss-up

I see only 2 probable wins there.

[irishock]

[Thebesteva]

We must haves it....the 8th seeds and then....our prrrrrrrecious

[HarlemHeat37]

Utah is pretty ty, tbh, as I've been saying for the past few years..they have benefited from a weak bottom of the West the past 2 seasons..

Dallas would have been in pretty decent shape had they banned Mike James and OJ Mayo from clutch time minutes, tbh..

[Clipper Nation]

[rayjayjohnson]

narutoluva reaching tbh

[ElNono]

Utah is a middle-of-the-road team that is severely missing Mo Williams. They have basically no respectable backup PG right now. They'll weather the storm and they'll be 1st round fodder, per par.

The fact the Lakeshow is praying for a limited team like Utah to fall down says a lot more about the Lakers than it does about Utah, tbh

[Mugen]

Like I mentioned last week, Gaara basically confessed to Naruto in every way possible without actually doing a confession. And it was arguably one of the best confessions in the entire series. So what does he do this week?

He one-ups himself! Not only does he declare his "friendship", but he makes Naruto think...REALLY think about what his "friendship" is with Sasuke. If this was a shoujo manga, it'd be like telling the female lead "All he does is hurt you...but I love you!"...but instead, this is just to mean "bonds"(YEAH...SUUUURE it does).

It's like as if Kishimoto is telling us, "You know, that confession from Sakura was so incredibly bad, I'm going to have Gaara make ANOTHER confession after the initial confession he made that completely made Sakura's confession look like . See? I can write a good confession scene when I feel like it!"

"I think of you as a friend."

Yeah, Gaara...I bet you do. Oh, and did anyone notice? Naruto was moved. Startled. Even had a big "!" when Gaara said that. What can I conclude from this?

Naruto is more accepting of a relationship with Gaara then he is with Sakura or Hinata.

And you know? I don't see anything wrong with that.

[Mugen]

after reading the chapter and analyzing the akatsuki leader's objectives, i gotta say i'm impressed by his business model. He's not just going to go out there and pwn everyone. He's actually going to gather allies, form armies, make money, and gradually build himself up into a viable business. Eventually, because he's got his little united nations of little ninja countries backing him, the akatsuki will end up on near equal footing with any of the five great ninja villages. Kinda like how bill gates built up microsoft from the ground up and turned it into a near super monopoly with ridiculous profit.

Meanwhile, orochimaru's chilling in caves still trying to keep up a facade of power although all he really has left is one bargaining chip(sasuke), a non-existant village, and ummm...kabuto. He had a business plan too...only it was a horrible failure because of fraud and mismanagement and ended up profiting him and him alone while leaving everyone else involved to suffer horribly when it failed. And even then, he ended up getting burned by his own short-sighted planning. Kinda like how enron was pretending all was well, while in reality, they were losing billions and their leaders were dumping its stock like crazy while encouraging employees not to panic because nothing was wrong at all. Orochimaru's ambition has little chance of being achieved, because he's got people on his ass already, little actual means to achieving it besides taking over sasuke(hey, even enron had a last grasp of possibly surviving before ultimately being shutdown)...but then what? He's still going to have people on his ass and it's just him and kabuto...and i suppose any sound that survived the invasion of konoha.

So what's my point?

Akatsuki can realistically achieve their goal because they seem to have sound strategy and a leader with a good head on their shoulders. I'm sure they'll build themselves up to the point where the goal is feasible and they're actually in high standing.

Meanwhile, i easily see orochimaru ending up like enron's ceo kenneth lay...

...dying alone on some mountain.

Sorry, if no one understands any of this crap. I just really liked that business model the al came up with.

[Juggity]

Look at their schedule:

Hawks Toss-up
Bobcats WIN

@ Bucks LOSS
@ Cavs Toss-up

@ Bulls LOSS
@Knicks LOSS
Pistons WIN
@Thunder LOSS
Grizzlies LOSS
Knicks LOSS


@ Rockets LOSS

@ Spurs LOSS
@Mavs toss-up

I see only 2 probable wins there.

If it means knocking the Lakers out of the playoffs, I'm cool with Pop throwing this game

[baseline bum]

[benefactor]

[racm]

baseline bum: Is that lakaluva taking it from Kobe

[Kai]

Oh my Allah

[NRHector]

oh

[NRHector]

baseline bum: Is that lakaluva taking it from Kobe

is kool aid taking it from Lakaluva

[racm]

I got a G to bet that you mother ers didn't think I would clown myself.

King Kobe going to beat Jordan this year while you Mavs and Suns and Spurs s cry about it.

It's still the Lakaluva forum, I don't give a if the username changed.

[NRHector]

IBTL

[benefactor]

Don't quote the pic...it's funny but not something I want to see over and over when I click the thread.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Mugen with the goods

[baseline bum]

A bitter Asian male muddling his way through life. But damn if I don't look sexy doing it.

[timtonymanu]

[Clipper Nation]

Naruto Chapter 134

Author: Masashi Kishimoto | Artist: Masashi Kishimoto

Chapters: 535 | Updated: Mar 31 2011 | Status:Ongoing Regular

Tags: Adventure, Anime, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen,

Summary: Twelve years before the events at the focus of the series, the nine-tailed demon fox attacked Konohagakure. It was a powerful demon indeed; a single swing of one of its nine tails would raise tsunamis and flatten mountains. It raised chaos and slaughtered many people, until the leader of the Leaf Village - the Fourth Hokage - defeated it by sacrificing his own life to seal the demon inside a newly-born child, whose origins are as yet unknown. That child's name was Naruto Uzumaki.

[Halberto]

So glad I'm on not at work. Good tho

[timtonymanu]

I didn't think he was capable, but Naruto can freestyle too. I didn't think he had any street cred, but then he goes and busts a rhyme like he was Jay motherf'in Z. Just goes to show you that Naruto must've grew up in the 8 mile section of Konoha.