tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post8684396820753179806..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: Dan ShaugnessyBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-42939835066715973152009-06-21T11:51:04.755-04:002009-06-21T11:51:04.755-04:00I think Shagnessy turned in his serious journalist...I think Shagnessy turned in his serious journalist card a few years ago when he started making up curses (ok maybe not making up, but profiting from) and picking fight with players. <br /><br />I know Boston and LA hate each other but it seems kind of disingenuous to just suggest the Lakers were lucky not to run into the Celtics this year, especially since the Celts would have had to win two more series just to go to the Lakers. It would have been a good Finals matchup but it did not happen, so there is no telling. <br /><br />Key players get injured and that is just what happens. You have to deal with it I guess and move on to next year. It doesn't seem like he wants to do that.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-48833473463140747272009-06-21T04:41:32.395-04:002009-06-21T04:41:32.395-04:00I don't think Kobe is Top 10, falling somewher...I don't think Kobe is Top 10, falling somewhere in that hazy Top 20 that really seems to have about 30 people in it. After reading this article, maybe it's just that Boston writers can't write anything that isn't homertastic. Between this guy and Simmons, it's like a broken record. The Celtics were better last year, I think most rational Laker fans thought the Celtics would win, and that the biggest hope the Lakers had was the Celtics being worn out from a couple really tough series. As Simmons is want to forget, most of the "experts" who picked the Lakers last year did so because they thought the match up was fairly even, but that the Lakers would be better rested. Rested guys who play mediocre D are still guys who play mediocre D. Bynum only played like 12-16 minutes a game this year, but if he'd been there as a 12-16 minute semi effective back up last year it sure would have helped. Even more, they needed Ariza, and every person who knows basketball even a bit knows that a team has to have one really good lock down defender for those scoring wingmen. Vlad Radmonivich isn't, and never will be that guy. <br /><br />Also, Gasol was nowhere near the soft player this year that he was last. He recognized that he would have to be in better shape and play tougher to win, and he did both these things. He's still no Garnett or Duncan, but he did pretty well these playoffs. <br /><br />When a writer resorts to columns that read like a envious fan wrote them, it's time to turn in the "I'm a serious journalist" badge.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086638597582394978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-11579884666650435002009-06-20T21:52:06.516-04:002009-06-20T21:52:06.516-04:00I think the title said it all. Dan Shaugnessy....
...I think the title said it all. Dan Shaugnessy....<br /><br />I think he said the article would sound homeristic because it was. I understand that many people are bitter because LA lost to Boston last year in the NBA Finals but this wasn't the same Lakers team. I would like to have seen the matchup between the two teams. First of course the Celtics would have had to get past the Magic and Cavs just to meet the Lakers. <br /><br />I don't think Kobe is a top 5 NBA player of all time but someone in the near Boston area has to give them props. I know they are rivals so it probably won't happen.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.com