A Perfectly Good Diary Questioning My NBA Fandom Regarding Boston and LA Ruined by Going Off Topic

I hate the LXkers and I hate the Spurs. I wasnt sure I could root for a team with Robert Horry and Bruce Bowen on it, then I saw game 1. Watching the Fakers eliminate that 20 point lead and win the game was simply gutwrenching. I hate the LXkers, I will root emphatically for them to lose…

Celts vs. Fakers… barf. Brings to mind an interesting question, though. We all know the NBA has been lining this matchup since last off season forcing the KG to Boston trade on Minnesota, then forcing the Gasol to LA trade on Memphis, then “refereeing” the games in a manner in which those teams are prohibitive favorites. But now that it’s about to happen, who do the refs give the calls to?

As far as your comp, check out this thing called a Commodore 64... I heard it’s really sweet.

and get a MAC worth the $

to go w/ whatever yuou buy :)

to root for hard fouls and debilitating injuries?

Both Boston and LA in the finals = THE WORST. I can’t stand either team. Never though I’d be hoping for a Spurs-Pistons matchup, AGAIN. I probably won’t watch much, but only because I’ll be visitng my mother. Unless I can drug her, basketball is simply not an option. Yeah, I’d watch if I could . . .

As for the computer thing, we recently ended up going through a local techie and got exactly what we wanted (with warranties). I’ve had an IBM, a Gateway, and a Dell, and this current no-name one tops them all. The best thing was that it didn’t come loaded with a bunch of commercial garbage; he loaded his favorite browsers, virus software, etc instead. It’s an XP machine; Vista never came into the conversation.

I will tell you, the more I watch the playoffs this year, the more I enjoy and respect the Celtics. Kevin Garnett is a PRO. He is one of the best PRO athletes ever. IT all matters to him and it shows through his play, his interviews and his interactions with team mates. KG is clutch and intense, which makes him cool and fun to root for in my book.

The more and more I watch the Celtics, the more I am forced to respect Paul Pierces game, too! Paul Pierce was NOT a player that I respected or liked very much. It is impressive to watch a player who has not been in these big situations before taking control of games like it is old hat to him. The other day Kobe had a quote about there ever only being two “killers” in this sport (he mean’s icy-viened stone-cold scorers in the clutch that you can’t beat, referring to himself and that other guy Air Jordan), but I have to tell you, watching Pierce exchange big clutch plays with LeBron James was an eye opener and I think that Pierce is a very elite closer in the NBA.

Since the Blazers aren’t in it, I would love to see the Boston Celtics win it all this year. KG’s work ethic and reputation deserve it… but KG’s work ethic and play will probably earn it all over again by the time it is through. The Celtics have earned my respect this off-season and I am rooting them on. Who cares about the past, about the history of teams that are in it now. I don’t, I definitely like Rip Hamilton more Isiah Thomas; I am not rooting on Magic Johnson to be the Spurs…there is no way I am rooting on Kobe to beat anyone. Magic, I would have.

These are different teams in a different era. Boston is a team made up of great NBA players who really didn’t get great opportunities on the biggest stage in their sport until now. I hope guys like KG and now ever Paul Pierce get to add the credibility of an NBA title to their career accolades.

Win-lose. I have no hate for beantown. I will even start liking them if’n they get those ‘Achers bellyaching.

I quit watching the playoffs when the Hornets lost game 7, since I despise the l*kers and have issues with players on the other teams (Bowen, Garnett, Sheed). As far as I’m concerned, basketball season is over and won’t start again until the Blazers’ first preseason game.

you like basketball, you have to watch the finals.

It just ain’t for nerds anymore.

with Vista but XP was available as well. I hated XP (my big computer still runs well with 2000) and Vista is not bad with 3 GB memory. Most of the complaints are about features you can turn off. It is a much more stable platform than previous windows versions.

And I am done watching this year as well. Next year can not come too soon.

No matter who it is. But game 1, 2, 3…nah.

if Brandon and Travis are catching any fish?

Go Pistons

A couple of guys in here have said as much, but I don’t see the anti-Boston sentiment. Essentially, how can you not love KG? He plays with the boyish glee and intensity that I wish more players would show.

If tweaking little numbers like Ghz and Video RAM to the Nth degree is your cup of tea, oe if you play all the latest PC games, then a PC will fill your days with all that you want. If you want to sit down at a computer and just go, reliably, as in I-only-restart-my-laptop-every-four-months-letting-it-sit-in-sleep-mode-when-I’m-not-using-it reliable, then you may want to look at a Mac. I’ve never purchased any anti-virus software and still leave my computer plugged into the internet 24/7 without one single problem (although I may have just jinxed myself? Ah, no worries.) Each time I sit down at a PC, I have to fight through all the garbage that comes with them to do almost anything that I do on a Mac worry free. To me, that’s so worth the difference in price tags for the unit itself.

I will point out one thing though. My father-in-law just got one recently after using PC’s for years (he’s an engineer type, and still has one around to fulfill his needs). He keeps calling and asking questions which show that he was trying to make things harder than they really were. I could spin this off into a theological concept at this point, but perhaps another day.

I work at (no longer for) a very large electronics company which shall remain nameless but is not Apple. They manufacture laptops as one of their products. Many of the very technically oriented people I know there have Macs as their personal laptops and boxes. Just sayin’.