YOU CAN PICK YUOR NOSE BUT YOU CAN'T PICK YOUR FRIENDS NOSE:

As in the words of John Lennon:
you can shine you're shoes
and wear a suit
you can comb your hair
and look quite cute
you can hide your face
behind a smile
one thing you can't hide
is when you're crippled inside
you wear a mask
and paint your face
you can call yourself
the human race
you can wear a collar
and a tie
but the one thing you
can't hide is when you're
crippled inside
well now you know that your
cat has nine lives babe
nine loves to itself
but you only got one
and a dog life ain't no fun
mamma take a look outside.
you can go to church
and sing a hymn
judge me by the color
of my skin
you can live a lie until you die
one thing you can't hide
is when you're crippled inside.

Ladies Man

{Caption}

"Terry, say 'Hello!' to my little friend!"

Lakers Today... Lakers Tomorrow... Lakers Forever.

GO LAKERS!

C'mon Jet! Do I have to drag you everywhere?

Pick this!

Farmar blows by Jason Terry on the drive, but feels so bad he decides to bring him along for the ride.

Jordan Farmar dribbles in front of Jason Terry while proclaiming, "Let's see you hit a 3 with a finger up your lip! Can't do it, can you?!"

Im beginning to not like the 3 or 4 new threads a day strategy. It's really hard to keep a conversation going and people end up posting twice..At least if you do it, you should send a simple "courtesy" message that a new thread is up..I know I think you said once that it's something you won't do, but really how hard is it to just say "A new thread is up"? Other sites do it, and it's nice.

The threads are actually not getting as big as they used to...I honestly don't see the real point in making multiple new threads if most of the people are just going to continue their conversation from the previous one.

Vman,

I'm not sure I'd like to see it.

I haven't seen enough good play from Adam Morrison to feel confident that he would excel at that role.

What do we play for? RINGS!!!!!

Lakers Today... Lakers Tomorrow... Lakers Forever.

GO LAKERS!

In all seriousness, ignoring the advice of our beloved Michael Cooper, why on God's green Earth would we start Adam Morrison right now?

It makes absolutely no sense to me.

What do we play for? RINGS!!!!

Lakers Today... Lakers Tomorrow... Lakers Forever.

GO LAKERS!

Jordan Farmar: Taking the Idea of Being Like Fisher a Little Too Literally

Fishing was Terry-ble Today

Farmar to Terry: Don't Gimme No Lip

I Told You Chewing Tobacco Wasn't a Good Idea

Wow! I Never Saw a Loogie of That Size. And It Says Spaulding On It!

Zen, now that that mention it I can't believe I'm a grown a@@ man playing this caption game. Thanks for opening my eyes.

Jet: Jordan, you are an exaggerated D-Leaguer at best.
Farmar: Yes-I know. I'm only here because our ownership was dumb enough to think Kobe could win another title without a good bench. We all know Boston is going to win again anyways.
Jet: Yes-exactly...you doing anything after the game Jordan?
Farmar: Nah..just sniffing Kobe's undies, that's about it..
Jet: Cool, my ugly niece need's a date to her prom

Answering a question on the previous thread:

I'm totally frustrated by the MVP talk, myself. I just wish the criteria were the same from year to year. The year Dirk won it, it was supposed to be the best player on the team with the best record, even if he didn't have that great of a statistical year. When Nash won it, it was supposed to be the dude who "made his teammates better." Now people are throwing around DWade as a candidate.

I know it's just my own paranoia, but it feels like these guys are changing the rules every year just so they don't have to give it to Kobe. Dirk won it over him in 2006 because of their respective teams' record, despite the fact that Kobe had his 81 point game that year and dragged the Lakers into the playoffs when they had no business being there. Now everyone's pimping DWade? Seriously?? WTF happened to team record?

When Nash went back-to-back, the thought was that Nash had just as good a year, and so deserved it. In other words, since the reigning MVP didn't lose it, he should keep it. Where are those people now? Wouldn't you say Kobe's year this year is at least as good as last year, if not better? The truth was, that was the only way they could keep it out of Kobe's hands that year, too.

LeBron might have had a great year, but Kobe is the reigning MVP. He's had at least as good a year this year. When they have played heads up, Kobe has gotten the better of LeBron, and did it with a dislocated finger in one game. Kobe has a better all-around game than LeBron, and has led his team to more consistent success.

All those years Jordan one, did ONE SINGLE person talk about how Jordan had "more help" than the other candidates?? Since when did having a better team around you make you less valuable to your team's success? Oh, right - the year that it was the only way they could keep Kobe from winning it.

I guess theres more than one way to GIVE SOMEBODY THE FINGER

zen,
I think I posted on one thread, but it got moved to the next, so don't blame the threaders....maybe they do it cuz they want to keep that one conversation alive....just roll with it....
?
caption for the picture...."Where's the foul"..on Terry......obviously it's a violation to try to impede your opponents progress by grabbing his fingers with your teeth.

...or one game suspension for Farmar for "unnatural"
movement, akin to Kobe and his infraction last year.

Morrison hobbles...don't put him in that pressure situation....

pinkalink,

Don't worry about what Charles or Kenny say...They change their minds from week to week...If Lebron has a triple double, Lebron is king..If Kobe scores 50 and the Lakers win by 20, then all of a sudden he is the king..

They are always about who is playing well at the time..Im not sure what you call them..

BK,
Thanks for taking the time to respond though..I know you are a busy guy.

zen-

No problem. Hopefully this helps you understand our perspective.

Over the years, we've had people complain about threads being too long, too short, too many comments, not enough comments. Too many new posts, not enough new posts. Thus we do what we think is best based on what we think creates a vibrant, entertaining, and informative website, something we judge in part based on the commentary we get on posts, and from the traffic overall on the site.

While sometimes it gets frustrating when people ignore the topic as presented by the thread (c'mon, at least give us one or two thoughts before moving on! (haha)) it's par for the course. We don't force people to talk about anything in particular. It's organic, and one of the reasons the site is fun to read. We have a lot of smart, informed basketball fans here, and if they think of something good, who are we to say they shouldn't change the subject. But again, not everyone stops to comment. And even those who do often like something new to read or think about.

Bottom line, you can't please everyone, no matter what you do.

As for notifying people when there's a new post, I do it when I remember, but as my wife will tell you, memory is not my strong suit.

BK

Pinkalink,

"AK/BK, can u address what Kenny and Charles said last week on TNT where they said... that if Lebron and Kobe switched places.. the Lakers would win 70 games. can you just give your thoughts on that idea that if lebron and kobe switch places, the lakers would be even better."

I have no idea which team would be better if these guys switched teams. Neither does Kenny nor Charles. Nor does anybody, because it's a complete hypothetical impossible to "prove." And an irrelevant hypothetical at that, because it ain't gonna happen, nor does it have jack to do with how either improves their present teams Thus, I don't really care, nor have I ever given any thought.

I'm not trying to be dismissive of your question (I realize you didn't originate the topic), but to be honest, I've always felt the "If Player X and Player Y switched teams, which would be the better team?" question is really stupid (unless it's just fun bar debate). In particular, it's stupid if you're using that criteria topick an MVP (which I'm pretty sure Kenny and Charles had been doing). It has absolutely nothing to do with how either guy ACTUALLY PLAYED, which should be the basis of judgment.

Seriously, think about how illogical this is. Letting your vote be swayed by the IMAGINARY results of whether LBJ would click better with LO, or if Kobe could run a better pick and roll with Big Z? Who cares! What does that have to do with anything relevant? It blows my mind that people would give so much credence to criteria equivalent of those "body switching" movies from the 80's, with Kobe as Judge Reinhold and LeBron as Fred Savage.

I don't mean to rant, but this is one of my big pet peeves come MVP time, because it's an inexplicably common discussion point.

AK

zen - Your post about new threads getting in the way of conversations between people who comment here is weird for two reasons:

First, someone already twisted the K Bros arms weeks ago about letting everyone know about a "new thread" and they've been doing it.

Secondly, this isn't a forum. Each new post by the KBros is an article, not a thread. If you want to have a conversation with someone, go to a MESSAGE BOARD or FORUM and start a thread for that conversation. If you want to use the comments section for a reason other than what it was designed for, you can't then complain about it. That's like going to a movie theater to read a book and then asking them to turn down the volume and turn up the lights so you can read.

Jon K,

Honestly, I think you should just try to figure out which player had the season that best exemplifies "MVP" in your mind (everyone's criteria is unfortunately not the same), lay out a case, and stand by your decision. In a nutshell, that's how voters should do it.

I've always felt that a lot of nonsense happens because people are afraid to truly attempt justifying their choice, so they come up with B.S. rationales (like the "body switching" question) that do more to shoot down someone else than actually support a case. And aside from that criteria often being irrelevant, going there is totally unnecessary. All joking and team loyalties aside, it's not particularly difficult "justifying" Kobe OR LBJ. They're both obviously worthy. Or Howard or Duncan maybe even Wade. As long as you're selecting someone reasonable, it's not a big deal, so man up and make a case.

I just hate seeing people focus as much on irrelevant criteria as how they ACTUALLY PLAYED AND AFFECTED THEIR TEAMS, which should the #1 (and only) criteria.

AK

AK, Fan of the Mamba

thanks for replying.

Fan of the Mamba, i think you're right, the caves and lakers do have different systems. and now that i think about it, i don't think lebron would make the lakers better than they are.

and AK, thanks for your thoughts.

The NBA is a trash sport. But let me see you again in six months for a cleaning and followup exam.