Chopper's translation. Remember, my Spanish is a little rusty:
We beat the 7th seeded Nuggets. . yeah, big deal. The hottest team in basketball that no one wanted to face? Play-doh to us. Yeah I'm happy! Happy no one took my head off! We made it into the next round and now I have a couple of days to get my neck adjusted. We still have to practice, but at least I’m not going to suffer the freaking cheap shots those no-talent Nuggets were laying on me.
I believe the first thing people want to know is about the boos in Denver. I also heard Karl’s comments about me. I don’t think all of this has been a direct aggression toward me, and I don’t take it personal. I can sum it all up very succinctly. . .pussy fans and a pussy coach. It's that simple. Don't boo me, boo your team that loses four in a row after losing only four in three months!
Likewise with regards to the comments that opposing teams were guarding in a more violent manner. Playoff games are more aggressive. Fortunately I'm a freaking stud and can take it. On that particular play where Carmelo Anthony was ejected, I attacked the rim by penetrating, knowing I was going to be fouled. When I saw three guys coming to guard me I thought to myself “Dear God, make me a bird so I can fly far, far away." They did not hurt me because I am "Super Manu". I stayed on the floor for a while to rest because I had been running the floor and was a bit tired. Dominating a game is exhausting, even for someone as amazing as myself.
As for the series, we were just simply better. Better shooters, better rebounders, better defenders, better looking. Coming off the bench to bring some energy to the game and to my team is not new for me. When Pop told me about it, I said to him that I'm a freaking all-star, damnit, but I'd do what's right for the team and that we'd discuss contract re-negotiations this summer. It's all about the blingity bling, and besides, this little move simply reinforces my image as a stand-up guy, so I figure, why the not?
Even though I was the top scorer in this series, it will be difficult for me to repeat this in the coming series. Heck, I could score 40 a night on any of the other teams in this league, but we here in San Antonio have this amazing play called 4-down. So, usually, it’s Timmy who will be playing at the top of his game, with Tony and myself alternating as the second fiddle. If Pop says "let the boys run", even better, no man can stop me. There’s new teammates, such as Glen Robisnon, and some of our other players, such as Rasho and Devin, have not been able to play due to injuries. We have a lot of weapons, so I sincerely hope we can add a third offensive play.
With Seattle we know each other very well. They started the regular season on fire, and people were expecting them to fade away, but they hung tough. We split the regular series 2-2. They have very good shooters, such as Allen and Lewis, and at the same time they have tough bigs, such as Fortson, Collison, Evans and James. Not likely that they'll beat us, but as Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears once said, "every once in a while even a blind squirrel finds the ocean."
Of the other playoff series I was able to watch a little bit of Miami NJ and Boston Indiana. I could not watch Chicago and Chapu (Nocioni) because he was playing at the same time as we were. But what ever happens in the Eastern Conference is not important to us. We have to be mindful of what happens in the West because we don't want to show up at the wrong arena for any road games. We have a lot of things we should be focusing on, primary among them is fighting over the best seats on the team's charter.
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Epic translation Edgar. I had not seen it before.
