Popovich pops off on Grizzlies' controversial swap

[Medvedenko]

Gasol could have helped out Atlanta and they had some expiring contracts.

Washington and Golden State looks like they could have done a deal also.

The more I look at team salaries, the more I think Memphis could have received a better deal. At the very least, they could have received a high first round pick or a promising young player in return. Crittenton is under contract through 2008/2009. So they were willing to take on a contract for a so-called promising player.

Look, of course the Grizz could have received a better deal player wise, no doubt. That's not what this was about, as it went beyond talent for talent. It was a pure business decision. So who cares if he wanted to deal with the Lakers....maybe Pau had some say that we don't know. Oh, I just re-read what Pop wrote.... HIM

[LA24]

...the shallow and self centered, plastic, team and fanbase that is LA was on clear display.

More haterism.

[Medvedenko]

Ok, I'm done and getting off my soap box. What Pop did was classless and a clear pussy move. I expected D'antoni to pull a stunt like this.

[Vinny Del Negro]

Cry me a river tankers. You guys had "David soft as a marshmallow Robinson" and tanked it to get Duncan. Pop replaces Mike D as the biggest whiner in the league. Lakers already did y'all a favor by blowing up their team the first time around. Just goes to show you guys can only win by default or cheating like how you did when you tanked the season to get Timmy.

Your giant font and general obnoxiousness adds relevance to your argument. Sometimes small markets have to tank because other teams won't give them free franchise-cusp players. In exchange for kwame brown's contract. PS tanking != cheating. It's an inherent weakness in the nba's draft system. Blame sternboy.

[slayermin]

The Grizz probably hired the asswipe GM on West's reccomendation too...

"West is staying through June 30 and will advise Heisley on his replacement and a new coach and in a draft that could deliver 7-foot center Greg Oden or college player of the year Kevin Durant. Then he said he would be open to working as a consultant."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2840564

"A native of West Virginia, Wallace also has worked for Portland, Denver, Los Angeles Clippers and the New York Knicks. He was a draft consultant for the United States Basketball League."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2908136

[slayermin]

The difference is Phil wouldn't whine about it to the media.

Phyllis whines as much as anyone. Stick around and I will try to find you some quotes.

[DazedAndConfused]

Phil is the an hesis of Pop. They couldn't be more different.

[ChumpDumper]

@ you guys seriously going at it over this nonissue all night.

[Cry Havoc]

Ok...I just got back home from a night out and I read that Pop's being a little regarding the Pau trade. What a ing little punk...hahahaha..... Serioulsy, he first calls the league office to get Kobe suspended on the hit on Manu and now makes this assinine comment....

Where the was Pop and his bull morals and integrity when the Lakers dealt Shaq to Miami, or when we traded Caron for Kwame....

This is far from the most obsene poor sport and sour grapes I have heard in like forever. Concentrate on your own team Pop and maybe just maybe you can beat the knicks in regulation. I'm choked, that a guy that I thought I respected comes up with the bull of all bull . I feel sad for you spurs fans......

As opposed to, you know, attempting to discredit another team's championship run, like your coach has done. Man, you've got some class over there to be calling us out for stuff.

[johngateswhiteley]

I'm glad we can converse like this...I miss our little get togethers. Oh, and the discussion of tanking...who cares, spurs weren't the first and won't be the last. Where was Pop when Vince Carter was traded for nobody...didn't see him crying then and trying to organize a trade committee. You know why, because it didn't really affect him. This goes beyond the championship and who's the better team. I bet he's the first to call Stu Jackson and Stern when any problems arise....see Playoffs versus the Suns. Where was he spouting how unfair it was for the sun's players for getting suspended. Where was his intergrity there.....

i'm inclined to agree with you. that being said, the Spurs are still a better team than the lakers.

[Newton]

So anyway, I've been lurking here for one of a long time, and I still don't know what SPAM means. I'd like some help on this one. Thanks.

[slayermin]

Phil is the an hesis of Pop. They couldn't be more different.

"I know there's a lot of pressure on the refs when they come here, because Mark has them review the tapes and send them into the league," Jackson said. "And these guys are nervous Nellies when they come in to referee in this building. But they have to do a better job than they're doing. That's not acceptable."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2323199

"A mud-wrestling contest," Phil Jackson called the first game of the most intriguing series, his Lakers against Yao Ming's Rockets.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/colum...-oconnor_x.htm

"I don't even have to look at the calendar to know that it's spring coming on summer, with Phil complaining about the officiating," Van Gundy said. "It happens like a rite of passage every spring. And it's interesting. His team shoots more free throws (than opponents), I'm going to guess probably 80 percent in his career. But it's those ... Lakers always getting screwed.

"And I'm really surprised at some of you guys that are probing journalists. If he was a fisherman, he'd have you guys mounted on his wall. He throws the bait out there and then you guys scurry over there and throw your mouths on there, so he can hook you with this whole idea of physical play, Eastern Conference, Jeff Van Gundy mentality.

"Yeah, really. Shaq is a finesse player compared to Yao. And Karl Malone and Kelvin Cato, who's more physical? And you have the Patron Saint, Rick Fox, who never touches anybody. And then you've got Bryant who is bigger and stronger than Mobley. You've got a guy nicknamed `Glove' for a reason. And then you've got the flopper, Fisher, bumping and grinding. So who's the more physical team?

"If you guys would probe a little bit, we're the ones trying to run a little bit. We're the one who scored more than 100 points when we played in the regular season. The only physical team in this series is them.

"Basically, what he's trying to say in his own way is, `You have no right to compete against us. The fans and the media and TV want the Lakers in the Finals, and I expect the league to accommodate us.'

"We were thankful that they sent three men of integrity to referee the game (Saturday), and now we will see who the league sends in here tonight. When Phil asks the league to jump, we'll see how high they jump. And that's all I've got to say."

http://www.majorwager.com/forums/mes...l-jackson.html

[Tek_XX]

The Lakers and the Celtics are back, a job well done Stern.

[Findog]

SPAM = Spurs Peak After March

[Man In Black]

Stupid ass lakah fans. If you had ing bothered to investigate , you'd see facts like this:

Injuries decimated the Spurs, none more so than that of Robinson, who returned from back problems only to suffer a broken foot. The former MVP appeared in only nine games. Chuck Person was even less fortunate, missing the entire season following back surgery. Charles Smith missed 65 games with an arthritic right knee and Sean Elliott missed 43 games with tendinitis in the right knee. The loss of those four players, each among the top six scorers from the 1995-96 team, prompted the steepest one-year decline in NBA history, from 59 wins to only 20.

Ok, so let's parallel that to today's Lakers so that even the dumbest of you loudmouths can understand. Let's say Bynum is Robinson and he plays 9 games. Then one of your primary scorers with range in Chuck Person is say, Derek Fisher and he misses the entire season, now Pau Gasol misses 65 games with a bad back, and Kobe Bryant misses 43 games. You replace them with DJ Mbenga, The high flying Trevor Ariza, Jordan Farmar at Point, bring in Vujacic at SG, and then a veteran PF like say PJ Brown. HOW MANY GAMES IS YOUR TEAM GOING TO WIN THEN? If that's your team...is it tanking?

Do you even know which player led the Spurs in scoring that year?


















That's right...Dominique Wilkins.

In the absence of many of his regulars, Popovich relied on a veteran crew that included free agent signees Dominique Wilkins and Vernon Maxwell and the familiar backcourt duo of Vinnie Del Negro and Avery Johnson. Wilkins, one of the top scorers in NBA history, led the offensive charge with 18.2 points per game. During the season he became only the 38th player to appear in 1,000 NBA games and surpassed 26,000 points, moving into seventh place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.

SO...MedvuufusedLALAmaj(d)iklessboyFan...Is it tanking, and knowing full well that not having the worst record means you actually have LESS of a Shot to get that pick...how does tanking ensure that you get it?

[MajicMan]

Stupid ass lakah fans. If you had ing bothered to investigate , you'd see facts like this:

Ok, so let's parallel that to today's Lakers so that even the dumbest of you loudmouths can understand. Let's say Bynum is Robinson and he plays 9 games. Then one of your primary scorers with range in Chuck Person is say, Derek Fisher and he misses the entire season, now Pau Gasol misses 65 games with a bad back, and Kobe Bryant misses 43 games. You replace them with DJ Mbenga, The high flying Trevor Ariza, Jordan Farmar at Point, bring in Vujacic at SG, and then a veteran PF like say PJ Brown. HOW MANY GAMES IS YOUR TEAM GOING TO WIN THEN? If that's your team...is it tanking?

Do you even know which player led the Spurs in scoring that year?


















That's right...Dominique Wilkins.



SO...MedvuufusedLALAmaj(d)iklessboyFan...Is it tanking, and knowing full well that not having the worst record means you actually have LESS of a Shot to get that pick...how does tanking ensure that you get it?

Charles Barkley even said it and he played against you guys. I think he should know if guys are giving it their all or not and sometimes it's just so en obvious. Don't insult people's intelligence by saying otherwise. It's almost on par with the "Al Queda" bull the Bush administration shoves down our throats. Anybody with a clue sees through the bull . en tanker cheaters pointing fingers.

[Man In Black]

Damn Maj , I had you pegged all along. You are less.
You must have had a LOBOTOMY to be this stupidly dense.
Pic of MajicMan below:


Unreal.

[Princess Pimp]

The Lakers and the Celtics are back, a job well done Stern.

rather than seeing the Spurs getting "dynasty status" because they aren't yet.

[Man In Black]

rather than seeing the Spurs getting "dynasty status" because they aren't yet.

There's another one or the same with a different login...

Hey...About Larry Bird's Celtic Dynasty...how many times did his team's go back-to-back?

Did you have a lobotomy as well?

[MajicMan]

Damn Maj , I had you pegged all along. You are less.
You must have had a LOBOTOMY to be this stupidly dense.
Pic of MajicMan below:


Unreal.

Tanking is less.
Trying to hurt and injure the other team's pg in a playoff series is less.
Never defending your le is less.
Getting owned by the Shaq/Kobe Lakers is less.

[slayermin]

Fixed.

Tanking is less.
Trying to hurt and injure the other team's pg in a playoff series is less.
Never defending your le is less.
Getting owned by the Shaq Lakers is less.

[Man In Black]

Hey Majic...how many back-to-backs does Larry Legend have?

Not only do you not know hoops...you're still less.

[Whisky Dog]

see Playoffs versus the Suns. Where was he spouting how unfair it was for the sun's players for getting suspended. Where was his intergrity there.....

There was no integrity issue there as the Suns players were punished because two of their own violated the rules. The assistant coaches also ed up by not remembering how stupid Amare is and holding his dumb ass back.

[MajicMan]

Hey Majic...how many back-to-backs does Larry Legend have?

Not only do you not know hoops...you're still less.

The same number as your IQ, the same length as your , the same number of balls you have, 0.........

[Man In Black]

Wow...You actually spelled IQ right. If one investigates even further, you actually spelled every word there, correctly.
Hey did you know the repeating dots at the end of the number ins utes a sequence of upward growth and as it stands....in just 1 second, I've already passed you in both intellect and brass.

Damn, I didn't think anyone could possibly be this dumb, and then I read you and you're a winner or is it loser, does it matter really? I mean, you're you!!!