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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG7_gceIFL4 and a seasons worth of drama comes down to one final week of action. It has been a wild and wacky ride.


The Generals have confounded the critics and exceeded expectations. But tonight they have their hands full as the bulldogs and their owner Chrisbale comes calling at the coliseum. Considering the difference in DMI across the board it leaves me with just one question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzN3qO-qc8U


In Reno it is time for the river card to be dealt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BujoaQmfKHQ

Clogs clinch HCA with a win tonight as the climb back to II is almost complete. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CgzoN5eRdk


Is deronimo going to turn out of their talespin??? Of course the blasters hope they can wait one more night to do so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD5ofrSNDFA

Ah it appears Yeet and Chopsaki are heading down the line, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NjwcsHbcDE

While Sparty and the claws seek to continue their efforts for at least another season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY

Last edited by Coach Lambini at 5/27/2017 11:05:29 AM

Welp, that didn't work

But you still control your destiny. My boys could still get the first round HCA but 3rd looks most likely. They gave it a good run, had the focus called but abstained on the pace and in the end talent won out.

Last edited by Coach Lambini at 5/27/2017 10:58:41 PM

The boring NBA playoffs and super exciting NHL playoffs have hurt my buzzerbeater team big time. Have been focusing on my hockey manager game way more than basketball. 3 weeks in a row of at least 1 missed lineup has my team in really poor game shape and I lost a few winnable games to boot. Not to mention I missed a few weeks of final training on Emerson.

I really don't want to face off against runnin guns for a playout with his new 7 million dollar roster, but I don't think Sparty can finish 2-0 and I only need to win 1 more to seal the playoffs. I think I will be right where I deserve and would have been anyways.

As my old friend John "The Freak" Renshaw used to say, the NHL playoffs are the most intense thing in sport. Personally I am only so much into the puck though when the Hurricanes had their runs back in the early-mid 2000's I did get into it, then again we all got into it, I will always think of the Barney Fife Meme where the Canes flag is attached to the squad car antenna. As for the NBA playoffs I have successfully avoided them, though I will have to break down and catch some of the finals because that is essential must see TV.

Though to be real honest modern sport has just become too much about the money and the posturing, the NBA much like the NFL has become too much about making it all about the offense. Lambeer and the rest of the Bad Boys would have ground Bron Bron and the incomparable Mr. Curry etc into pate back in the day because back then, no blood, no foul. Back then they called it playing defense, today they would probably call it assault. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN YOU MEDDLING KIDS.

Actually that is unfair, today's NBA is a era I think will go down as a golden age. The NFL on the other hand jumped the shark, last seasons insane Superb Owl notwithstanding.

Then again thanks to you tube one can relive those days of yore, at least until the copyright Nazi's come calling.

Therefore I strongly encourage all to partake in this as though there are many many fine documentaries that the Sabol family had their hands in, this in my view is the Citizen Kane of the genre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r87l44_AGc4&t=1397s

I'm a hockey and soccer fan and will watch pretty much any game that I can in those two sports.

I'm a Patriots, Celtics and Red Sox fan. I could care less about games if my teams aren't playing.

But to me the NBA is moving towards wrestling territory. It's an athletic event, but not much of a sport. The star treatment makes a lot of games a joke. Guys like LeBron are talented enough. They don't need the coddling they get from the refs.

Players get calls because their talent does lead to getting the benefit of the doubt. Always has. always will, your Celts of the 80's are a great example. Though when it came down to it the whistles stopped going their way when they finally ran into teams that were of a higher pedigree. Great as Bird, DJ, McHale, Parrish etc were Magic, Big Game James and Kareem were just a little bit better. But in the end both teams at their peaks were playing the game on a completely different level compared to their peers. And this finals match up reminds me a lot of that, but much like those great Lakers-Celtics battles it really helps that these are the teams who not only have the best talent but who also have the most charismatic personalities of their time.


In legitimate contests of skill chicanery only occurs when gambling becomes part of the equation, see Tim Donaghy, or see the college point shaving scandals that have surfaced over the years. Unlike the blue collar ballet or as I like to call it "Masterneck Theatre" a loss of legitimacy would lead to the ruin of the game, again see Donaghy. Rasslin on the other hand is based upon who can do the best job of getting themselves over as personalities as opposed to ability.

The NBA's issue is that the game suffers from a lack of parity, But is that gerrymandering or is it just these two teams have built a better mouse trap, I lean towards the following.

Last edited by Coach Lambini at 5/29/2017 9:09:10 AM

Kept thinking today was Monday and never set my lineup. This is bad

Boy, did I ever blow my chance. Looking more like one and done.