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Y'all can call in the Infantrymen and silence the Gunz!!!

I'm calling this one for KOBE & the LAKERS!!! Sorry Majority!

Ahhh, it's back to work for me!

MUHA! MUHAHA! MUHAHAHA! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Yea, The Lakers' performance was Magic while the Magic's performance was Lacking. Looks like Orlando was hooked on some phony analysis assuring them that the Lakers cant guard the 3-ball/Stop Howard. Wrong on both counts. This was easily Kobe & the Lakers best game so far in the post-season. Still feel sorry for my bwoy Dwight. He looked like Dampier without the head-band (or Bynum without the knee brace or Kwame Brown without the corn-rowz ). Lets see what rabbit Mr. Stan of Gundy can pull out of his shrinking hat. Yea, its The MAMBA baby!!! How can anyone deny the Holocaust after this kosher performance??

JeSoul:
Lol. Did I mention your name? shey na guilty conscience dey worry you

Ok ok ok, enough of all this scurrilous Lebron slapping AH AH! Have y'all forgotten how many seasons MJ played before even dreaming of a title. Give the dude a breather. He's only 24 nah! Also, whats up wiv all these ambiguous analysis. Abeg make everybody pick a side for the finals and stick to it jor, make we know who dey for who. Oy, looks like most of y'all already did that with A-40, JeSoul, Chiogo, Moonie et all behind the MAGIC and C2H5OH, Ethanol, Alcohol and rooting for the LAKERS. Well, amma have to line up behind the MAMBA for this one. Hehehe, i guess like they say Alcohol always has company!

Someone shoulda told Dahntay Jones to wait until the 4th quarter to aggravate Kobe (*nibble, nibble, nibble* ). Lets see what'll happen tonight!

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=148652.msg3936695#msg3936695 date=1243479310]I really can't see the Cavs beating Orlando 3times straight so sorry folks ain't no Lebron vs Kobe this year i remember i predicting eons ago on this thread that the Cavs would be in deep trouble if the Magic went past the Celts[/quote]Yea, you were spot on with THAT one. But you also predicted Portland would edge Houston eh? Guess we win some, lose some And hey, dont perish the thought just yet of a Kobe-Lebron finalz (at least Mr. Stern hasn't). The Cavs just need to WIN tonight at home and then somehow WIN at Orlando and then WIN at home again (Hehehe, somebody SLAP me ).

I guess its adios LAKERS-CAVS FINALZ (Sighs ). Lebron should leave that team jor!

The Cavs are getting outgunned night after night by the Magic. King James right now trusts his subjects as much as car salesmen. You can literarily see he's reluctant to pass the ball and for good reason. Cf Howard, who can afford long vacs on the bench while his cohorts handle their business. Do the Cavs even have a bench?? Lebron should spend the next off-season shooting free throws in the dark 8hrs a day. If you are going to get fouled so often, it's a freaking priority!!!

chiogo:
Huh? I know not who Ariza is. oh, that spanish boy playing for the team I hate. ok.
But seriously, what do you mean by vintage?

LOLL, just means i borrowed a phrase u used previously (was something like "the bobo sabi travel eh?"[quote author=A-40 link=topic=148652.msg3918089#msg3918089 date=1243217462][b]Are you high on Reggie Miller?? [/b]where did you get that from??[/quote])

Hehehe, would that be Reggie Miller Light OR Reggie Miller Regular??

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=148652.msg3918089#msg3918089 date=1243217462]@drucheGod
Ariza has probably been their third best player after Gasol and Kobe[/quote]Oh, NO DOUBT! I was chiding the incorrigible Nuggets not knocking Trevor in any way.

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=148652.msg3917752#msg3917752 date=1243210634]Right here!!! I don't know where the Kobe hateration is coming from but the Black Mamba was loaded with venom last night his clutch-free throws where splendid and he just carried the Lakers on his back in the 4th i think home fans need to learn to stop booing Kobe because he feeds off of that and keeps them quiet with a three-point bomb
Y'all need to do something about Bynum he needs to learn to stop fouling about.Ariza is a gem where did y'all get him? Farmar was his erratic self and Gasol had a decent game[/quote]Dat Ariza bobo sabi thief eh? (Vintage: Chiogo). He is a long-armed robber, and should be treated as such by the Nuggets; including but not limited to not throwing your precious inbounds in his general direction in the last seconds of the game. Do they even review their own tapes  . Kobe needs a lot of help from the rest of the team (and so does Lebron); he could barely give the courtside post-game interview for sheer exhaustion. Hehehe, y'all still on Bynum's case? GET OVER IT ALREADY. Don't see him getting any better or more consistent than he is, at least not in the current post season.

The Cavs are still matching the Magic point-for-point. Another wire-to-wire game on the block eh?

C2H5OH:
Look at this sorry Hornets fan thinking 121 to 63 will repeat itself.  Are you lousily expecting the Lakers to roll over and spread their ass cheeks wide to get butt raped like the sorry Hornets did?  Not going to happen in this series.

DAAYUUUM! Easy on the expletives bro! [size=4pt]_{that was just COOOLLD!}[/size] LMAO!

Wheeew! Can somebody say MVP! 3x? Lebron may have just salavaged the series for the CAVS. But again, the Magic clearly know how to beat the Cavs. I'm still sticking to my earlier prediction though and its ultimate culmination there-of [size=8pt]Lakers-Cavs finalz baby!!![/size]
For now, I'm off to the CENTER OF SPACE!!!

Another topsy-turvy game. Looks like the safest way to play is to not be up at half-time (or you end up losing). Save all that energy for the last quarter or so, loll. At this rate, the pundits and analysts will run out of humble-pie in no time . The Nuggests mean serious business; they very easily coulda been 2games up. The Lakers should be afraid, very afraid.

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=148652.msg3899272#msg3899272 date=1242880780]And the Cavs take their 1st loss well all i would say is i tried to tell y'all to be wary of the Magic

Lebron hit 49 and it still wasn't enough and from what i gathered he went out limping which could spell trouble for the Cavs[/quote]Exactly! Someone tell me how on earth the Cavs lost that game (at home for crying out loud) T'was a tale of two halves though. The Cavs clearly won the first but lost the game, presumably to fatigue. But I got to hand it to the Magic; they seem to know something about the Cavs that the others dont (i never seen Lebron cramp before, ever!). They definitely had the last laugh, raining 3s like lumbermen, and overcoming that huge deficit even with their centaur-like center sired on the bench. I still believe the Cavs will edge the series though, in 6 or maybe 7 (dont ask me how i know, because i dont know but i just know ).

chiogo:
Ooh, I forgot to reply this - thanks Doc. But seriously, I gotta start thinking of MCAT freshman year?? that's crazy!! Here I was thinking freshman yr would be all about fun. I kinda grew up in a 'medical' home, I should be able to handle it, LOL.

Chiogo, I think you slightly misconstrued my post. I was merely trying to point out the fact that the MCAT is only 1 portion of your application, but not the beginning. It's the largest piece of the pie but not the first slice. There are several other pieces, chief of which is your CGPA. That's the part of the application you can start working on from Day 1. You pretty much cant do anything bout the MCAT till your junior year, so focus squarely on your course-by-course grades for now. Oh, and do have fun in your freshman year lol (didnt we all? ), just dont compromise on them grades. Bon chance, la petite docteur!

Moonstone:
Of course I'll say hi - Do I have a choice? I miss y'all already LOL! - awwwww, it's already fun - no light and all, LOL! It's just cool and dandy and so different.
The head-rooting trip to naija is to figure out what I want to do with myself for the next year.
She's welcome.

Sharp, Sharp! you don reach . Gone are the days when travelling to Naija was a bi-daily affair. And Oh, how I miss the reverberating cycle of sudden loss of power supply, returning a few hours/days/weeks later to the jubilant cries of "UP NEPAAAAA" . Enjoy yasef, but look out for your plasmodium-bearing lil friends.


Meanwhile, there were serious cracks and crevices tonight in the collective Hull of the Lakers. Even though Kobe came through for them late, they did not win that game. The Nuggets had it gift-wrapped and sent Carter to deliver. And If I were Melo, i'd prolly want to wring his ears and then punch his nose or at least dp one of them. I shoot 70%, scoring 39 in the process, and hold an un-double-teamed Kobe to only 40 points (hehehe) and y'all cant simply inbound your friggn BALLS EH?! Game 2 is a goner. Phil J's gonna make some serious adjustments. And then, It wont even be this close.

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=148652.msg3886854#msg3886854 date=1242689101]All of you saying Cleveland would sweep Orlando should just stop it!! that ain't happening the series is not even ending in 5 it has 6 or 7 games written all over it and if there is one team that can really Bleep up Cleveland its Orlando i want to see how this Cavs team would react when they are pushed they are still the favorites sha but i wont put it past Orlando to beat them[/quote]Yea, they beat the Cavs 2ce in the regular season (both at Orlando) and they are the only other team (besides the Lakers) with whom the Cavs have a losing record. They also presented LeBron with his greatest ever (including highschool, grade school and preK) career loss. But, this Cleveland team is on a ROLL right now, while Orlando is dealing with issues on and off the court. The atmosphere in the Cavs' dressing room can best be exemplified by this duo from Philly; (I dedicate this to Mizz JeSoul for showing me how to back it up with video evidence, lol)

[flash=400,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/fVKjC_simy8[/flash]

JeSoul:
we have a dokitor in the house people now we know who to suck up to in case we're ever in need of a raise 

Now, now, it is noteworthy, that in Naija we have an abundance of human resources including different kind of dokitas, any kind of which I could be. We get the witch-doctors (Ayamatanga, Willy-willy & the likes), native doctors (Babalawo, ndi-dibia, etc), even con-doctors (insert your own esoteric references) and then some medical doctors (in that order of patronage and perhaps perceived potency ). And as per the raise, HAHAHA, suffice to say that if I was a year older/not legally single, i would probably be receiving a lot of tax return MULA$$$ and/or medicaid.

JeSoul:
     2 little yrs . . . some of us have been refugeed for much much longer   

btw about embedding a youtube video:
here are directions as gotten from a fellow NLder:

Loll, considering I spent the better part of the previous 22 in the Green-White-Green zone, It's not surprising 2years seems like edon2tey.

Thanks for the uploading tips! I'll give it a try and prolly dedicate my first successfully uploaded video to U .

chiogo:
There is an aspiring Doctor over here. Maybe Dr Uche can teach me a few things, lol.

Ok, first you have to decide which of the above-mentioned dokita-types you wanna be (hehehe j/k). You already on your way gurl. While I did not study here in the states, I spent a year tutoring/mentoring nursing/medical school applicants and one thing I can tell you for sure as you start college is that work on your application to medskool starts right on your first day in college and not with the MCAT. There are loads of other stuff to keep in mind, but hey, this thread is about basketball sebi? lol

JeSoul:
_{hmmm silently wondering which kin government job the Dr cashed in on where he can vacay for upwards of several weeks?}    I'm in the wrong profession.

Hahaha, Not quite! It's only the second week i'm off. _{though I know it seems like we known each other for years already} . Several weeks I wish!!! Oh, and it's nothing different from what other Drs do, doctor stuff

JeSoul:
Not quite to Rondo, more like he borrowed Derrick Rose's playbook  and is devouring it ferociously. Rondo didn't get more of the triple dip but he didn't stink out the joint like this other fella I know 

Oh, but he did stink out when it mattered most, hehehe

Moonstone:
I just saw the scores and I have to say Sorry to my dear Celt-girls. Don't worry - we were not expecting either of our teams (except Lakers) to make it far into the finals. Now can everyone start helping me support Cavs?

YAYYYY, ! LAKERS-CAVS FINALS BABY!!!

Moonstone:
I completely agree. I won't even lie. Bynum is not consistent. All the shout about him is because he does it once in a while.

I agree. I won't even deny, LOLL. His performance in the post-season has been off-and-on-and-off. And he has been appropriately vilified by all and sundry. But I'm sure Phil J has coached long enough to realise Bynum is doing much better at home than on the road and will appropriately modify his line-up as and when needed.

Moonstone:
Thanks girl! Make what mark on Corporate America? As I'm typing this - I'm waiting for my flight to Lagos.

Aww, I'm envious and jealous. Haven't been to the homeland in almost 2years. Have a safe trip to and fro and bring back whatever delicacy is in season; be it Sheri mangoes or roast agbado, akara and akamu or kuli-kuli and ekpa

Moonstone:
For now, I need to get my head rooted

Hmm, tell us more about this head-rooting trip to Naija. Does it involve any wine-carrying business as well??

Moonstone:
Dr. Uche - congrats to your sibling as well.

Cavs vs. Magic? Maybe Cavs will lose one, two _{or three games} . I don't expect them to sweep Magic and I'm praying that they will actually win these series. With that mutant that goes by the name of Howard, I hope Mo, James, Delonte West and Ilgauskas can put him under control.  

Tanks you! A-yam very very greatfool. LOLL. Here's her e-appreciation as well.

With the way the Magic struggled against a decimated Celtics team, I cant really fathom how they will deal with the clinical efficiency of the Cavs, but we shall see. May just turn into a shooting contest after-all

P.S: does any1 know how to upload a video on here like from youtube or some other site?

chiogo:
Thank God it's sunday? LOL. .congrats to ya sibling. I haven't graduated yet oo. . .hold it. JK, ofcourse I'm gonna graduate.

Yes o, for me everyday's a holiday (for a few more weeks at least ) and tanx! she sends her virtual regards as well.

JeSoul:
Chiogo, na you biko! valedictorian! very nice girl. Continue that shine sista, they ain't seen nuthin yet btw, which college r u looking at?

Havard, Harvad or Harvard


Meanwhile, we had a couple of very similar and anticlimactic game 7s with few/no lead changes and identical blow out end-margins.
Go fishing, Houston Celtics!!!

JeSoul:
This is a strange feeling . . . to be silently hoping for a quiet, dignified loss lol. LeBron vs Kobe is written in the stars.

How can the STARS be written in the stars? Tautology eh? (j/k)

JeSoul:
A-40, let him read it well well. Bynum is on a I-show-up-every-3-4 games-schedule where was all that gra-gra in game 6? lol

Apparently, he's been leaking his secrets to Rondo (or perhaps they mutually decided to play flop-tag and twas Rondo's turn in the game 7s ). _{Oh where's a 3ple double when U need 1} , LOL


To Orlando, ma bwoy Dwight and the Magic Fans in the house, this is for YOU;

Eeeeeveryone knows I'm in
Over my head
Over my head
LALA LALALALA,,,,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpiEEl_5pmA

Hey Sports Fans, TGIS!

I've for good reason been MIA.

Busy celebrating my sib's grad with SCL.

Congrats to the Grads; Chiogo, Moonstone, ETC.

It's GAME TIME! Still banking on a LAKERS-CAVS finalz FYI!

chiogo:
It's may 14th, I gotta drop some love for my sweetie.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESOUL!!!!!!!!   

May today mark the beginning of even greater things in your life
I wish you all the good that life has to offer - Success, happiness, good health, and longevity.
May you outshine those around you today 'cause you got it like that! 

Happy birthday!!! Party like a rock star!!!!   
Don't forget to blow out your candles!!

BON ANNIVERSAIRE Madame JESOUL!!! (My favorite sparring buddy ) et j'espere que tes jours sur le monde sera plus que Methuselah's (also Pardon the French, actually sounds much better when spoken and BTW, your screen-name sorta looks French). Looks like everyday is a birthday up in this threazzle! so who's next


@Moonstone
I really liked that Fingerlicking gig. On seeing the place from the outside, my initial instinct was to 180 and bolt, but i'm glad i didnt. It had the feel of a typical Naija Buka (i even swatted at a few flies) but the food was actually good and not pricey at all (I had Isi-Ewu and Pounded yam/Egusi! hehehe). They even had the shayo holy trinity (Gulder/Star/Palmy). Will surely be BACK!


@JeSoul
the place of which you speak should be the Galleria in downtown houston (unless of course, Houston is replete with over-priced malls). Things dear for that place no be small. Trudged along with my sis earlier in the week for some pre-graduation shopping and I saw a leather jacket for 3000 bucks . I asked the clerk if wearing it would make me invisible. He replied that it would depend on what else i was wearing. LOL. He obviously didn't get the joke.


And, So the Mavericks are out (Stale gist huh?). Conspicuosly absent was Mr. Mark Cuban, thousands of miles away recieving an (apparently) pre-scheduled award. HEHEHE. He for show up for Denver, make them de-oxygenate that him big mouth.

Moonstone:
Tell me about it! I'm so excited to see their game tomorrow.

Onyinye coulda helped you but she's missing in action.

thanx! A friend to me sis just hooked me up with a place spicy-ly called 'Finger-Licking' I do hope the place turns out to be as good as it sounds, hehehehe. Naija Lemz here I come! See y'all ballerz in the wee hours!!!

JeSoul:
Man without a team, it has it advantages, you root for no one you don't get disappointed  

It also helps you see through all the partisan fanaticism. I probably would support a team if I lived in a city/town with one. Sadly, I live in a non-NBA town in the tristate, an hour from the closest NBA homecourt and so, for now, I choose to root for individual players (Kobe, LBJ, KG, CP3, Dwight, etc etc) . As for the teams; Well, I do not always choose teams, but when I do, I prefer DOS EQUIS

Moonstone:
I was asking if Rondo stole your wife oooo! Or your gf? Who? You hate Rondo for some magical reason and i wanna know that reason.

Nah, I'm cool wiv Rondo (NOT!!!)

There's serious wahala in orlando. Franchise player Vs Team Coach = Disaster 100% of the time.


BTW, any kind soul from Houston in here? which nice joints dey this town abeg?

Moonstone:
OMG! Did y'all see Howard dissing Van Gundy yesterday? After the game? There's fire on the mountain in the Magic Kingdom ooooooooooo!

WOW! when? in the post-game interview or courtside?

Moonstone:
Come, Dr. Uche - Did Rondo steal your wife? This your unresolved anger against him is beginning to raise questions o!

Which wife? Abeggy, go find your own player-husband. Leave Rondo for omo-Jesu jor

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=148652.msg3863514#msg3863514 date=1242237331]@drUche.God
Jesoul is not a dude and between the Cavs would not sweep the Celts[/quote]I guess the irony was lost on you on both counts man. But she did get it, right Jesoul?

bawomolo:
rickyjenn makes appearances in the manu forum. he would be back when the NFL season starts.

The magic deserve to lose. Why do they refuse to give the ball to dwight howard? This series would still go 7 games though.

HEHEHE, they chose to LIVE and DIE by jumpers. You can't 3-point-shoot your way through 7 series.

JeSoul:
You are forgiven. Go and sin no more

I go try lol, but what is my penance?

JeSoul:
I don't doubt he will grow into a solid player _{I doubt Oden will} but hallucinators should refrain from ascribing to him the status reserved for tried & proven players who have shown in the past their presense is series-altering.

but Oden and Kwame Brown both still grew into solid players. SOLIDLY ROOTED ON THE BENCH

JeSoul:
Come self which one be your team? You be Laker slave or Cavalier zombie? I will enjoy my fling with the Cavs during the finals, after that the stand is over and back to my men in green.

I tend to lust after single players not whole teams But seriously, I have for so long dreamt of this dream finals, even scheduling my leave to co-incide, it better happen. It's gonna be a generational-shifting series; like Magic Vs Jordan OR Jordan Vs Kobe, now Kobe Vs Lebron. I'm torn between the two jare. It's like double-dating 2 equally, very hot women. Kobe needs to win a Shaq-less ring and Lebron has broken almost every record in the books, more than deserving of a trophy. I guess i'll just sit back and enjoy the (hopefully 7game) series

ikeyman00:
dr its a lie, these are no apprentice, they are men at work, read what they said

I no talk sey dem be apprentice o! And Trained artisans no be 'abuse' by the way!!!

JeSoul:
you're tempting me mr d-to-tha-u-to-tha-G  

OMG!!! i am tempting Jesuol forgive me Lord and spare me thy wrath!

JeSoul:
lol, dude you're talking in circles. Whether it be physics or philosophy he has still played badly - bottomline.

dude, you running in circles. Who's debating this overflogged dead horse?

JeSoul:
He played fantastic in the 4 last reg season games, he seemed better than fine . . . guess he conveinently developed the mental problems somewhere in the mountains of Utah?  

LOLL, I heard a lot of sh*@ goes down in the said mountains of Utah but still, how can you compare the last few, dreary, drudgy, pointless games in the regular season to the intensity of the playoffs (apples and pine-apples eh?)

JeSoul:
I am certain you are a mischievous fella in the image of a certain Rikkyjen _{(where's his indiana behind btw?)}
 Come back with ur bynum in a month and I'll re-evaluate his status in the finals  

As flattering as the name sounds, you shooting the wrong deer. Come back with your otondo RONDO in the next game (not in a month) and we'll take it from there.

JeSoul:
. . . issookay, Lebron is due for his first championship anyways. I will be angry during the series but root for him the rest of the way.

LAKERS-CAVS FINALS BABY!!!

Moonstone:
I hope Celts beat Orlando though. If that happens, I know my boys have a chance at the final. Orlando on the other hand can kill Cavs defensively.

Ahhhh, Mbanu Biko! the horror of the Celts meeting the Cavs in the finals. Please, we wanna see a competitive Eastern Conference finals. Enough of the SWEEPS already!!!

JeSoul:
Missed the game but I'm sure Bynum has a nairaland ID and has been reading my disses and decided to finally show up . But one good game does not cover a multitude of sins shey the injury is gone abi? . . . that is until the next time he plays like a bum?

Pretty plizz, I asked for fuzzy theories not misrepresentations. I never insinuated Bynum was STILL injured. Here's what I actually did say,

[quote author=dr.ucheGoD link=topic=148652.msg3858905#msg3858905 date=1242154526]BTW, the real reason he's not playing is because he came back from injury a few games to the end of the season and has not gotten back into the rhythm of the team[/quote](Key words is BACK), and not that he's still injured. However, he is still yet to hit his stride with the team. Everyone and their (your choice of relative), including Bynum himself acknowledges his problem is not physical but mental, so puhh-leeasse, reach further into your bag of theorems and let's have something more creative .

JeSoul:
And one sin does not erase a multitude of good deeds. Rondo still be the man. We are rotating players time to shine, it was Starbury last night (finally!)

Hahaha! This has Rondo written all over; one good series can not cover a gazillion seasons of mediocrity!!! and as for Mister Marbury, the only star we see is the one he tatooed on that his BIG HEAD

ikeyman00:
biina

oboy hahh wether na shop or not these are talented professional

unlike the ones here that love to talk like this,oh i cant come back to nigeria cuz emmm my precious field hasnt be tapped

eyaaaaaaaaa oooo

hah

Talented? Probably. Professionals? Mba nu. These are trained artisans, trying to make a living by learning a technical trade. Kudos to them all the same for making the best out of sordid situation. My brother, not everyone can come back and do this o, different people get different plans, some are realizable with the state of the country while others are not. What is more important is for the Nigerian State to provide the opportunity for more people like these to get the training and support they need, creating more jobs in the process and reducing poverty.

Okada riders make a modest living wage but they (together with their passengers/victims) also make up a majority of the trauma admissions at Igbobi Orthopedic hospital in Lagos State. These accidents are not usually fatal but can maim an individual so bad that he/she can neither ride that okada nor do any meaningful physical job in the future. So think well before venturing into such a risky profession.