El Justo
Deity
i remember going to a game at the old spectrum in the 80s as a kid with my parents and Doc and Bird fought at center court. no kidding 
2012 NBA Playoffs
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I know plenty about basketball history. That was then, this is now. Nobody but the old-time Celtics fans really think of the Sixers like that anymore.
And, like Azale said, Russell-Wilt wasn't a rivalry. Rivalries have to be two-sided, and Chamberlain's teams got annihilated by Russell's every time except once.
El Justo
Deity
you're picking nits as usual.
addit: if you took a second to read my original post, you'd have seen that i noted that it was old school. and if you're a historian of the game like you claim to be, you'd be familiar with the battles. who cares if they were 30 years ago?
addit: if you took a second to read my original post, you'd have seen that i noted that it was old school. and if you're a historian of the game like you claim to be, you'd be familiar with the battles. who cares if they were 30 years ago?
"lovin' this old-school rivalry" implies that it was a rivalry Back in the Day that has either endured or been reignited by modern events, i.e. it is a rivalry now just as it was a rivalry then. Since that's what every single other person who posted about it in this thread thought you meant, I think it's a pretty reasonable thing for me to assume.
If that wasn't what you wanted to say, perhaps you should get better at that English language thing so as to better communicate those ideas in your head.
If that wasn't what you wanted to say, perhaps you should get better at that English language thing so as to better communicate those ideas in your head.
El Justo
Deity
onto the ignore list you go bye bye tool
bye bye tool
El Justo
Deity
garnett called sixers fans fair-weather 
and he's sort of right. the sixers have a sort of apathetic fanbase and only show up in force when they're winning or for big opponents. i can't really put my finger on it personally, but garnett surely isn't wrong when he says that.
now, philly is a good hoops city, always has been imo. the Big 5 college teams are popular and there are some old gyms in town that are still used. but fans just don't back the sixers during the lean times (which have been rather plentiful over the last decade or two). take the eagles and flyers as another example. they always sell out (or almost always), even during down times. phillies? rollins was absolutely right when he said the same thing back in 2008. phillies fans are the ficklest of the bunch imho. the bandwagon has swelled to unrecognizable proportions over the least several years. the one great thing this has produced, for MLB teams with no hard cap restrictions, is a huge bump to payroll.
anyhow, yes, sixers fans are fair-weathered
and he's sort of right. the sixers have a sort of apathetic fanbase and only show up in force when they're winning or for big opponents. i can't really put my finger on it personally, but garnett surely isn't wrong when he says that. now, philly is a good hoops city, always has been imo. the Big 5 college teams are popular and there are some old gyms in town that are still used. but fans just don't back the sixers during the lean times (which have been rather plentiful over the last decade or two). take the eagles and flyers as another example. they always sell out (or almost always), even during down times. phillies? rollins was absolutely right when he said the same thing back in 2008. phillies fans are the ficklest of the bunch imho. the bandwagon has swelled to unrecognizable proportions over the least several years. the one great thing this has produced, for MLB teams with no hard cap restrictions, is a huge bump to payroll.
anyhow, yes, sixers fans are fair-weathered
Archbob
Ancient CFC Guardian
Pacers are being LeBronned.
Hibbert's Pathetic, he should be scoring 40 pts every night against Miami's small lineup.
Hibbert's Pathetic, he should be scoring 40 pts every night against Miami's small lineup.
Sucks that all we an talk about is how dirty this series has been and the LeBron going supernova is going to get ignored.
Pittman getting multiple games, maybe gone for the remaineder of the playoffs (not that it matters, if they really wanted to punish the Heat the league should force them to play him 48 minutes for the next 3 games), Haslem and Hansbrough will probably get fined but I doubt they miss any games.
Pittman getting multiple games, maybe gone for the remaineder of the playoffs (not that it matters, if they really wanted to punish the Heat the league should force them to play him 48 minutes for the next 3 games), Haslem and Hansbrough will probably get fined but I doubt they miss any games.
The Sixers are supposed to save us from an unwatchable ECF?
El Justo
Deity
sixers are admittedly hard to watch at times. but they're playing with house money. so have at it
just heard on the philly radio waves that AI will be in attendance tonight suit him up!
just heard on the philly radio waves that AI will be in attendance tonight
suit him up! That crap may back-fire on them... and quick. Haslem said afterwards that 'he went for the ball'
.If he meant that thing on Hansboro right between/above his shoulders... yeah.
The elbow thrown is just
... a no-playing throw-away player that the Heat could afford to lose the rest of the series. No class.
Archbob
Ancient CFC Guardian
Haslem's Foul was fine. That was a case of "you hit my guy, I'll hit yours". Both him and Hansborough should be fined, but not suspended. Pittman needs to be suspended for the rest of the playoffs.
Archbob
Ancient CFC Guardian
Its similar to baseball where if a pitcher hits your guy with a pitch and you hit him with a pitch. 1 game wouldn't be excessive though.
Either way, I think Heat close in 6.
Either way, I think Heat close in 6.
Archbob
Ancient CFC Guardian
Haslem gets 1 game, Pittmen gets 3. I think Pittmen should have gotten more. Artest got more, but then he has a history.
