FACIAL!

LeBron James slams it in over Dirk Nowitzki

Bruce Bowen is praised on best fan sign ever.

A Spurs' fan was spotted at the NBA finals game last night with possibly the best sign of all time. Sorry I couldn't find a picture of it just yet, but I just found it too important to not post. It's actually on the 'Spurs' championship video' I recently posted, at the very end. It read, to some extent, '70% of the world is covered by water, and the rest is covered by Bruce Bowen.' The truest statement I have ever heard.

This is from the Spurs "unofficial" Blog, and I put this up because I couldn't have said it any better myself: "I love that Bruce Bowen held Lebron James to 32-90 in the Finals. 32-90. And he did it while playing over 40 minutes a game, committing a total of only 7 fouls and never once giving anyone any reason to question the cleanliness of his play." That by itself speaks volumes. I know Tony Parker won the Finals MVP, but I would have loved to see Bruce get the award. I know it wouldn't have been possible, but he epitomizes everything that the San Antonio Spurs are by how his hard work gets practically unnoticed by everyone except for the NBA purists. Bruce Bowen, I salute you and Lebron you got BOWNED.

Da Spurs

Courtesy Big Shot Bob

The Dreaded 2-3-2

I just want to take a second to talk a little crap about the format of the NBA Finals, which is 2-3-2. Meaning that the home court advantage team gets the first two games at home and the last two, if the series goes to seven games. So, is this really home court advantage? Personally I wouldn't want to be the home team because if home court stays true, the home team will be facing an elimination game during game six.

Every other series in the NBA playoffs is in a 2-2-1-1-1 format. In this case, if home court stays true, the only elimination game the home team will face is game seven. So, why does the NBA do this. There are several theories, but the only one that is valid is the reason of the sports media. When the format is 2-3-2 they only have to make two trips from city to city.

I think this is total crap. For example, I believe one of the main reasons why the Dallas Mavericks lost the NBA Finals last year to the Miami Heat is because of the format of the series. Everyone won their respective home games... (games one-five) and then the Mavs faced an elimination game in game six. We all know that game five of an NBA playoff series is the most crucial when the series is close and especially when is is tied 2-2 and in the NBA Finals this (game 5) is not on the home team's court like every other series. But I guess we have to cater to the worthless media. I know it's tough for them to travel... Another one of David Stern's brilliant ideas.

Amazing

HAHAHA... Great article from the AOL Fanhouse...

Final Finals Showdown: Gooden's Neckstache vs. Manu's Bald Spot

It may not have the cachet of LeBron vs. The Rash (or even Frenchie/Larry), but the stylistic war upon us will always hold water in this league of style.No one on the globe knows what to make of Drew Gooden's Bizarro Moustache, his businessless party in the back. Most mock it, many stare at its hypnotic magnetism. I'm here to say it's fricking rules.

On the opposite side of the battlefield we have the naturalism of Manu Ginobili's growing bald spot. Where Gooden is daring and abstract, Manu is a realist. Lord knows he's beloved enough in Bueno Aires to get the fresh hair of Argentine boys transplanted to his dome, but he's opted to stay true and display the male pattern baldness with confidence. Kudos for the honesty, for sure.

But the spot is more fairly matched up against Sheed's divot -- Manu simply can't compete with the awesomeness that is the neckstache. Major victory for Cleveland here.

SORRY TO COPY THE WHOLE PEICE, BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING...

GO SPURS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SI Covers

Lets compare last week's Sports Illustrated cover to this week's.

Last week...

This week...

Now... Obviously, both of these covers and inside articles on Lebron and Duncan are in praise of some great basketball players, but I just want to take a moment to discuss them. The one on Duncan is four pages long and the one on Lebron is nine pages long. Hmm... maybe this means something. Oh yeah... and a whole half of a page in Duncan's article has a insert about Lebron. Wow. I know no one in the country wants the Spurs to win another championship (outside of San Antonio), but does the media really have to be that biased and subjective. So, it's "present vs. future" is it? More like good vs. bad the Spurs vs. Lebron or the best in the West vs. any horrible team out of the East. Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers have no chance, and I mean no chance to beat the Spurs in a seven game series. Spurs in five.

TIM DUNCAN IS GOOD AT BASKETBALL

Wow... a Spur is actually on the front of SI... the most underrated superstar in modern NBA history, Tim Duncan. I am sorry, I know Lebron is the man and has given the NBA an extreme boost going into the finals because all of the sheep / tool NBA fans want to see the face of the league do well and win a title, but getting through the Eastern Conference is a cake walk. I know the Pistons are a very good team, but they were just horrible in the series with the Cavs and didn't show any playoff experience.

The story will be different when the Cavs face a real team in Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs, who have beaten the Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, and Utah Jazz to get to the finals. All of these teams would probably be the NBA Finals if they were if the Eastern Conference. There is no way, and I mean no way, that the Cleveland Cavaliers would be the finals if they were in the West. The Spurs experience, talent, and physicality will prevail over the one-man show in the Cavs.

THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL BE OWNED BY THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS.

Today [the past couple days] in Sports Nonsense

WHOOOO HOOOO!! I can not believe it is going to be Spurs-Cavs in the NBA Finals. This is not what anyone expected, being that everyone thought it was for sure Spurs-Pistons. I do have to thank Lebron James for getting more people excited about the NBA, although I think that these fans are not the NBA purists who would have loved the great fundamentally sound teams of the Spurs-Pistons (some say dynasties... Spurs are one of the all-time greats)... [Five Quick Thoughts On Cavs-Pistons, Chauncey Billups Is Losing Money, And Nine Other Cavs-Pistons Points.... and from Need4Sheed: It's Over....Again, The Perplexing, yet Provocative, Playoff Potpourri: Cleveland does, indeed, rock]

OHHHH Stray-Rod [THE OBLIGATORY A-ROD/STRIPPER POST, A-ROD'S STRIPPER COULD USE SOME CLOTHES]

UFL and the fact that Mark Cuban is completely worthless [Pipe Dream, Cuban's Blog, Welcome, UFL. May We Suggest Some Franchise Names? (VERY FUNNY)]

Soccer Fix [And You Wonder Why No One Watches MLS..., Posh Spice, David Beckham Won't Be Reality TV Stars,]

Steve Kerr to the dark side [Report: Steve Kerr to Run Suns]

2007 National Spelling Bee [Samir Is Down!]

Today in Sports Nonsense

Coach Mike Brown of the Cleveland Cavaliers does a horrible job coaching in both game one and two of the Eastern Conference Finals. This is because his play calls, which he burns vital timeouts for, that consist of giving LeNike the ball 35 feet from the rim and going against five of the best defensive players in the league. Those timeouts that he burned would have given the Cavs a final chance at a three pointer to tie in both games. [Coach Mike Doesn’t Do His Job, Coach Mike is awful, or why Brown didn't order a shot earlier in the clock so they could've extended the game: Kwick Kav Kvetch]

Indy Ladies [YES, NO, NO, NO, YES & Fan, Start Your Interest! Please? ]

More on Hetero Brady Quinn [The Rules Have Changed]

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All of the old boxing geezers hate this new sport that is dominating them (note I like both boxing and MMA) [Lou DiBella Plays the 'Human Cockfighting' Card]

At first this appears to be Lebron throwing a ball straight at a fan, but most likely he is doing one of those And 1 Street Ball moves... PROFESSA! [LeBron Throws the Ball at a Woman Sitting Courtside]

Well TNT Fails Again

Ok TNT, I get it. I get that the play by Lebron at the end of game on of the Eastern Conference Finals was a big deal and we need to talk about it over and over and over again until we kill it, but here is one thing I just do not understand. Tonite, during the game two pre-game they (Barkley, Magic, Kenny Smith) failed to mention anything about that dirty play by Lebron James when he came down on Chris Webber with an elbow after a jump shoot.

So, let me get this straight. It's ok to focus on how "dirty" Bruce Bowen and the San Antonio Spurs are and the plays that they did in the series against the Suns, which are just as bad as what Lebron did to Webber, but when its Lebron, "the face of the NBA," they are afraid to even discuss the play. Maybe it's because Chris Webber took the shot like a man and didn't really complain about it while Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns whined like little babies and focused more on how the Spurs were being "dirty" (actually beating them down physically) than how they were playing the game of basketball.

Magic Johnson, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley are the biggest tools I have ever seen. They were so quick to talk about plays that Spur's players did (Bowen and Horry) and not Lebron, even when they were less than or equal to the dirtiness of what Lebron did, a "Kobe!" Now, I know the Pistons took it more like men then the Suns, but just because Steve Nash and Stoude-whiner complained more than they beat the Spurs doesn't mean that the media can not be objective and discuss something negative that the NBA poster-boy did (which should have earned him a suspension). WAY TO GO TNT. Extra note: Ernie Johnson was not the host tonite on TNT, it was some other guy, maybe he would have said something. Then again the NBA probably told them not to because it might have tarnished Lebron's image as the NBA's face.

Today in Sports Nonsense

The New New York Red Bulls Stadium [What a Messy Situation]

Cavs loss, Lebron stinks? [Marshall, Marshall, Marshall]

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More on that Steelers porn email [Steelers O-Line Coach Avoids Serious Punishment For Porn E-mail]

I don't think Michael Vick even know what exonerated means
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Does A-Rod have a problem?? [A-Rod Digs Deep Within]

LeDirk James

LeDirk James, oh oh... I must have meant Lebron James. I mean, I guess I have just been getting the two (Dirk and Lebron) confused lately because they both have been showing some similar characteristics, that being non-clutch. Last night, the Cavs were trailing the Pistons by two points in the last seconds of game one in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals and Lebron decided to pass the ball to Marshall for an open three when he was driving to a practically open basket. We all know that Marshall missed the basket and the Cavs ended up losing.

Today, Lebron has been getting bashed by the media for not taking the shot and being a clutch playoff player, he ended up with 10 points. However, we all need to remember that if Marshall had made the three we would all be talking about how non-selfish Lebron is because he would have ended up with a triple double, being that Marshall's shot would've been Lebron's 10th assist, and the Cavs probably would've won. Well... coulda, shoulda, woulda... Cavs lost and Ledirk James isn't looking so hot right now. Why couldn't Marshall take into account Lebron's legacy before the shot? Geez!