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Boys of Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall
Published: 4/18/2011 11:40 AM
Last Modified: 4/18/2011 11:40 AM

Somebody make them stop.

Or at least hurry.

The NBA season is what, all but the Fourth of July weekend?

Couldn't they at least handle the best of seven marathons like the colleges? Lump all the games reasonably together instead of stringing them out?

Here's what happened over the opening weekend.

The showboating refs were horrendous. They missed a goal tending call in the Thunder win, cheating Denver big-time, and called an offensive arm-check on Anthony in the Boston squeaker.

As theorized here earlier, Perkins is doing nothing but throw around some elbows for the OKC people, a free throw lane bouncer. Four shots versus Denver in the opener, that's absurd. There's a cure for that. THROW THE BASKETBALL INSIDE!

It doesn't appear that the OKC coach knows quite what to do with a center.

The teams, ranked:

1. Miami.
2. Lakers.
3. The rest.





Reader Comments 10 Total
laz (last year)
the bulls picker, the bulls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Picker (last year)
Laz, yeah, not bad, probably a contender for number 3. But there's not a lot to go with that guard, is there. And over the course of how many, ten seven-game playoff series, he, along with the NO guy, Paul, is apt to wind up weighing 110. He is good. And young. Which puts him one-up on most of 'em.
DomoArrigato (last year)
What starts with Passion, and nine months later FINALLY comes to an eventual end that only pleases some, and is a disaster for others.

A woman's Pregnancy, and the NBA season.
Someone New (last year)
Miami, really??? You just proved you know nothing about the NBA...
The Picker (last year)
New, so who do you like against my Heat, huh?
Pick one team and it's on.
senor notas (last year)
The NBA season should end before the baseball season begins, or at least by Memorial Day. But wait. RUN! The owners wouldn't be able to make all that moolah to pay the salaries of the over priced no talent players.
Glenn616 (last year)
I agree with Someone New. The Bulls have been the best team in the East this season. Any of the top 5 seeds can win the West. However, until someone knocks them off, the Lakers are the team to beat this season.
The Picker (last year)
I thought all the NBA cared about was about improving the minds of America's youth.

Anybody notice that the league said officially that the call in the Thunder game was garbage, that Denver was robbed!
MexiMike (last year)
Because Perkins doesn't score often he isn't effective? Is that a serious statement?

Calling all former tough defenders from the NBA, your status and worthiness has been stripped by a Tulsa cartoon.

Sorry if Perkins' aggressive play is too much for your delicate pallet, Pick. Maybe you would be better off playing Cricket in a skirt?
The Picker (last year)
Hee Haw Radio, the Sports Animal out of OKC, is almost reason enough to dislike the Thunder. The instant experts don't even have 20/20 hindsight.
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