Jun
16
2009
Quackster
I would like to thank a friend of mine, Marcus, who recently graduated from UC Irvine MBA for giving me the inspiration for this post. Actually, he’s always utilized this moniker in place of his real name to represent his online presence in our fantasy basketball league, but I have finally some time to put a reasonable post together.
Indeed, the Lakers are Kobe’s Lakers. He is the unquestioned leader and he believed that running “his” team would lead to the championship. Today we find that it is true, though I’m not so sure a healthy Boston Celtics team would necessarily foster the same result. The Lakers of 2009 are quite different from the Lakers 0f the early 200o’s. Obviously, one major difference is the leader of that team was Shaq. Kobe was only playing second fiddle at that time. That is important because the Lakers of old were a team of Phil Jackson’s image, the triangle offense, with Shaq in the middle, Kobe playing the versatile guard and Derek Fisher running the point.
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no comments | tags: Bill Russell, Cavaliers, Celtics, Derek Fisher, Dwayne Wade, Heat, Jerry West, Kobe Bryant, Lakers, Lamar Odom, Lebron James, Mike Kupchak, Paul Gasol, Phil Jackson, Quackster, Shaquille O'Neal, Trevor Ariza | posted in Basketball
Apr
21
2009
Quackster
Courtesy of steveo51582 from Webshots.com
We all know who is going win the east right? If the picture is of any hint, Lebron will reach the NBA Finals this year. He’s such a beast of a player. Its almost as if he were playing among children (and mind you these are grown men he’s playing against). Lebron is definitely the King for the foreseeable future after number 24’s reign is over (I wonder who that is?). Let’s check out the Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs and determine which games are exciting as well as whose predicted (by yours truly) to win. The scale is going to be from least excitable game to most:
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1 comment | tags: 76ers, Andre Iguodala, Ben Gordon, Bulls, Cavaliers, Celtics, Derrick Rose, Dwayne Wade, Dwight Howard, Eastern Conference, Hawks, Heat, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Kevin Garnett, Lebron James, Leon Powe, Magic, Paul Pierce, Pistons, Quackster, Ray Allen, Stan Van Gundy | posted in Basketball
Jan
10
2009
Quackster
I’m sure you’ve noticed as certainly I have. The Celtics seem to be losing games left and right just as fast as Chris Paul dishing dimes. They’ve lost 7 of their last 9 games with the latest being to the formidable Cleveland Cavaliers. Though they are a worthy opponent, some of Boston’s losses have come against lowly teams such as the Warriors, Bobcats and Knicks. It is as if they are content with the championship title they have. Continue reading
no comments | tags: Bobcats, Cavaliers, Celtics, Chris Paul, Danny Ainge, Kevin Garnett, Knicks, Kobe Bryant, Michael Vick, Pau Gasol, Paul Pierce, Phil Jackson, Quackster, Rajan Rondo, Ray Allen, Warriors | posted in Basketball