You know I love everything that you write because it’s the TURTH. I would rather hear the truth from a FAN than from some other cat who think he knows what he’s talking about. Thank you for every piece that you’ve ever written on Beans and thank you for the pieces that are to come.

All MJs and Pippens hard work wnet down the drain.

Oh well my bulls may end up being the Boston Redsox.

Curse of the MJ!!!!

Been riding them since they made the trade for KG. Everybody except for Mizzo thought I was crazy.

Also what is knew with the celts not being favored in a series. Only series that I know that folks expect them to win was the ATL series.

Yeah they are struggling in the playoffs, but big deal so did the first lakers championship team (2000 playoffs) with Shaq and Kobe.

Lakers will win games one (then everyone in the media will scream doom and gloom, cause phil is 40-0 win winning the first game of a series). But the celtics will steal a game in LA (to ensure that they win 3 games on the road in this years playoffs) and go back to Boston done 3-2. They win the last 2 at boston.

So Celts in 7.

Now I am torn in this series. One I would like Garnett to win for all those years he has put in. A adopted chicago kid (in us chicago folks eyes) and a player who wasn’t considered the second best PF in the league (even though Duncan is a Center, but I will call him a PF) cause Dirk was making the playoffs every year becuase he had a better surrounding cast. Plus I would love for him to win so that these fools in Dallas can have sleepless nights knowing they could have had Garnett for super soft Dork….ummm I mean Dirk. (even kobe for dirk this past summer) Plus a brother like doc rivers could get some credit. These good ole boys in the media make it seem as though he can’t even tie his shoe.

At the same time I would love for Kobe to win just to rub it in the medias face. All those folks who said he couldn’t do it. All those folks who said he was selfish and still guilty because of what happened in colo. Same with those ignorant hate filled fans who will be rooting against him because of what happened in Colo (cause you’ll probably know some folks who will be rooting against him cause they still think he got away with rape).

D@MN I wish Garnett could have went to the lakers. Kobe and Garnett…..Dang!!!

Anyway the last time when I didn’t care what team would win and was rooting for both teams was when the bears played the colts. The fact that 2 brothers had a chance to be the superbowl winning coach was all that mattered to me.

Anyway I might have to put something on this. Messed around and didn’t put anything on the Pats and Giants………even though I picked the giants man.

Anyway whats the over under on how many games luke walton or rajon rondo will cost their respective teams!!!LOL!!!

I say luke 3 games and Rondo 2!!!!

Go Lake Show.

I think its easy for a lot of us to take the safe approach in choosing the lakers as the favorite in the nba finals and look at the game through the eyes of their widely criticized and fearless leader. But I grew up a basketball purist and I want to be the first to say I don’t think the lakers can get done. I think we underestimate what this one time historical all white blue collar team now represents as an all Black franchise with a Black coach. Just as Kobe is praised for his great work ethic and obsession of trying to get out of the MJ shadow. Trust me when I say that there are other dudes that work just as hard that don’t get no pub that want it just as bad. And they go by the name of the “Boston 3 Party.” Yes Mr. Shuttlesworth has been struggling and its easy for us to say KG is to unselfish, but all this franchise has done all year is excel and achieve. They have done nothing but defy the odds and all the critics without the assistance of the bogus calls of the referees. I think it was a little harsh to say that KG is only focused. That man puts his team and his dreams on his back every night. And I know its easy to love anyone who doesn’t have a Kobe Bryant personality, because honestly thats why a lot of us don’t like him as a person. But he is not the only one who has recently arrived or uses his inner-demons fuel his car. They all play the same game with the same socks and the same shoe laces. They all grew up at the park spending long nights at the office dreaming of this one moment. You dam right its all about the intangibles. Their bench is as good, and as deep in young players, and talent as the lake show. Pound for pound the lakes are more impressive but a lot of them dudes real rap is kinda soft. I close by saying in Paul we trust. He has not let us down yet and I will not go without giving that man the proper pub and respect. To tell the “Truth” that man is a problem. He put the book bag on and went to school on Bron Bron and Detroit. And the good part about his game besides the fact he attacks the rim as fearless as Kobe is he also plays D.

~Everything that make sense on paper does not materialize the way in which it should. Ask my man Mr. Big shot and the rest of those 2004 NBA Champions who arguably beat one of the most impressive laker teams I have seen in my halfa tenure

Always a pleasure,

Vince Leon aka little brother black maybe

I’m glad you mentioned the Ray Allen thing. And Kobe likes Bruce Bowen. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

To Christopher Cason from the city of wind…thanks for stopping by and reading this post, and by all means come back and see us sometime.

No one realizes how dedicated this guy truly is and it’s a shame. Like Scoop told Kobe-after he won the ASG MVP in Philadelphia and was booed- “In ten years.” It’s sad to know that we are watching excellence and still have individuals hating because of silly biases and misperceptions.

About this series, I truly believe we are about to see a side of Kevin Garnett we haven’t seen before. His hunger is matched by Kobe’s, but the Lakers are the deeper team and I expect them to win in 6.

I like the Lakers too. Mostly because of KBB — and those 3 factors you identified. I think you’re on the money.

Anyway, this series is very likely to take on a heated competitive air quickly. The players on both teams know the history of the league and of their respective franchises. Bill Russell is not removed from the picture. Magic is not off in the distance - neither is Kareem. These folks are right there — and they’re on the phone calling up these players telling them that this is the PINNACLE of NBA basketball. There is nothing bigger in this sport than the Celtics and Lakers.

This is a legacy series and the way this series is played is going to define a lot of these players - for better or for worse. The hype alone will elevate this series to a level you would not see if Detroit were playing the Spurs…or if any two other teams were meeting. Some franchise rivalries are so enduring (30 championships between the teams) that even if they haven’t played on the grand stage for 21 years, it changes nothing.

I know that Bill Russell wants to beat the Lakers as much as he wants his next breath. I know Magic wants to beat the Celtics just as much. How can a player of Garnett or Pierce’s stature spend time in that circle and be unaffected? Kobe is going to bring it - no question - no worries about that…but Garnett has to be a player he hasn’t been — a physical, demand-the-ball, at-will scorer in crunch time. He won’t have to do it every night, but he or Pierce are going to have to step up and match Bryant.

The process of matching the best player on the greatest state while wearing the greatest uniforms in the sport (while playing under the retired jerseys of Russell, Bird, Parish, McHale, Cousy, Havlicek, West, Jabbar, Johnson, Worthy, Chamberlain, Baylor and so many others) must call a player to another level. If this doesn’t do it — check your pulse.

This isn’t just another series. It will be intense because it has to be. Too many guys are playing for our collective memories for it to be anything less. You’ll see.

And you know I love bringing OUR stories straight out of North and West Philadelphia!

This had me going back. I had to link LONS What’s Next.

I’m looking at the Philly News announcement Kobe was going pro. Remember the pic when he had the shades and the baldy?

This is the difference between the game you see on TV and what’s really real.

Good work.

Pooh told me about his last tryout with the Lakers it was in the midst of the Three-Peats - how Phil Jackson came at him like he was a rookie, it was then that he realized that the League was political and that he was better off overseas.

Larry Brown was his coach in Indiana and the next season he was in Philly, I was hoping that he would bring Pooh over with him but it wasn’t to be.