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I was there too...right up front, on Keefs side of the stage... as I recall, they were being pelted with apples and oranges..only other time I have ever seen that happen was with Joan Jett

I haven't played Madden in about 10 years, jeez those graphics are amazing.

I was going to say something similar and explain that is the exact reason I do not like the Warriors...at all. I hate their style of play. They are great at it, and obviously have great success, but it isn't fun to watch as other teams attempt to emulate it. It really kind of hurts the game. When the 3 point shot first came to the NBA, I loved it. Each team had a "sniper", not 5 or 6. I loved guys like Bird (obviously), Reggie Lewis, Steve Kerr etc etc You knew their names. Shooting the 3 was something you did out of necessity, not your go-to offense. True, players have gotten better at them as time goes on...but it hurts the rest of their game. The more threes that teams shoot, the more they make, but the more they miss too. It used to be exciting to see a guy like Chuck Pearson nail a three pointer to put a game away, but now it just kind of makes me numb. In game 7 of the Celtics/Heat series, Jimmy Butler (Heat) passed up an easy, uncontested 2 point shot to tie the game up with about 10 seconds on the clock. Al Horford (Celtics) was giving him a clear path for a layup. Instead, Butler pulled up and took a three to go for the win. He missed it. It basically cost his team a trip to the finals.

Jalen Brown could be that guy...I think he is a much more intense competitor than Tatum, but he is more of a streak shooter...and his ball handling skills are kinda iffy at times. He was better in the regular season, but became a turnover machine in the playoffs.

I feel like I've explained my love for the Celtics too many times on these pages to go through it all again...but in a nut-shell, my family was always more of a basketball family than anything. Before the Buffalo Braves were even an idea, my father, uncle, older brother were all Celtics fans. I was born at the right time to be a huge Braves fan. Loved that team, loved the game, and still do. When the Braves left town, I was crushed, I hated the Celtics then, too. But, i was suddenly a huge NBA fan, in Buffalo, with no team to root for. It was about two seasons after the Braves left, my family got cable. All of the sudden I had the choice of A) no basketball, all the B) the terrible Knicks, or C} all the Celtics games. My brother, who was pretty much my best friend as a lad, was 8 years older than me. He had been a huge Celtics fan in the 1960's, dropped them for the Braves, and picked them back up when the Braves deserted Buffalo. It didn't hurt that the Celtics were great then. So, I take a lot of ***** for being a Celtics fan...but it makes perfect sense to me. For the record, I am not a fan of the city of Boston, or any other sports teams (any level) from that area. It is purely a basketball thing. The ascertain that the Celtics somehow were responsible for the Braves leaving town is silly. Buffalo (probably every bit as bigoted a town as Boston) didn't support the team like they did the other two teams in town... they would have ended up just folding either way. The orange section of the Aud was mostly full of big-boned kids who drank a ton of Dairy-lea milk to score those free tickets. And this situation, as short-lived as it was, didn't hurt anything:

Tatum had a really good playoff, until the finals. He isn't an elite player, not yet anyways. I like him a lot, but he just hasn't developed that killer instinct yet. Maybe losing in the finals will help him get to the next level,,,he's still very young. You are correct, he was pressing too hard. Very young roster, without a ton of consistent scorers. I agree on the flopping point...both teams were doing it way too much...I do think Golden State got away with a lot more. As I said to my friend while watching a Celtcs/Heat game, the NBA is either the worst officiated pro sports league, or it has the dumbest rules. Celtics will be back in the thick of it next season. They had a mostly lousy finals, the better team won, no doubt. But that is a really solid roster, in need of one more legit secondary scorer. Udoka coached his ass off this season. I keep hearing people say he was "outcoached" by Kerr...perhaps...but I don't think it was coaching. It was experience and talent.

This is a very legit point you bring up...in today's game, what used to be a 10-0 run, is more like an 18-0 run. A struggling team can fall behind by 20 in a flash, and unless they start draining threes, the game is close to over. The opponent is hitting 3's, while the team that is down is either struggling, and gasing themselves out to catch up scoring 2 pt baskets, or falling further into the abyss because they keep missing 3's. I love the playoffs, because my team was in the finals, I was pretty glued to them... but it really wasn't a great playoff season for the NBA. I think one game went into OT with Phoenix and Dallas (?), and the Celtics beat the Nets on a buzzer beater...but there really weren't many fantastic T finishes. The western conference games were really dull.

Not a New England sports fan, only a Celtics fan. It was a great season, especially considering how it started. Golden State was obviously the superior team...it wasn't really in doubt after game 4. Curry is maybe the best shooter in the history of the league. Props to him. He carried his team to another championship. As for Larry Bird's status as a top 10 player... who cares? He was a great player. Two very different eras of NBA basketball. As Charles Barkley said after game 2, "in the era I played, Steph Curry would have been laid out on his ass". He's right. But Curry doesn't play in that era....he's as good an offensive player (and not terrible defensively either) as there is over the last 20 years. Bird is one of my favorite players of all time, but sure, somebody could probably make an argument that there were 20 players better than him in NBA history. It does not upset me at all. It's not something that is provable.

Ironic, coming from PPP's very own ditto machine

That isn't what the hearing is about...and it is a clear indication that you are nothing but a troll

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So, you found one "liberal" source who probably thought they were clever as ***** with the "summer rerun" line...probably wrote it days ago. No doubt, there are many more sources that found the hearing substantive. If you were really truly interested, you would have watched. As I, and others pointed out, there was new info presented. But, you with your "less mailable mind" aren't open to new information. Your biggest concern in all of this is whether anyone's opinions are swayed after the first hearing, it seems...not the content, or what was revealed. Coming to this forum for your "inquiry" will no doubt make you feel like all is well in your closed minded world. You and your "brothers" here talk about the cowardice of others...it makes me laugh. You throw your support behind some of the most cowardly politicians we have ever witnessed. Back to your incells...

Just give everyone a gun, right?

For a guy who proudly didn't watch it, you certainly have drawn some definite conclusions about what was presented. Good job.

This country is in trouble...

Yeah, good you #######s find this stuff so funny. You aren't inquiring...you are trolling.

So. I thought was just like a field trip to the capital, for all the MAGA-dirtbags? You #######s talk out of both sides of your mouth..."it was a nothing-burger...but Nancy Pelosi is responsible for whatever happened...even though it didn't happen". Just pathetic. Your ability to search, copy and paste bull#### is almost unparalleled. Trump met with Flynn and the other loonies, without telling his people, within an hour of his infmaous "Come on January 6th...it's gonna be wild tweet." It was also pretty odd to see the presidents daughter agree with Bill Barr's assessment that daddy's stolen election fantasies were "bull####"

He's a pathetic old codger

No, the would-be assassin called the police himself. The hypocrisy of the PPP Trumpers is on full display in this thread.... it really isn't stunning anymore... just kinda funny.

Schumers' words are responsible for this? Oh well, then maybe the Mango Messiah is in some hot water to?

I am honeslty not sure how I would deal with it. There are two instances I can think of, that have tested my fandom of the Bills. I prefer to like the guys on the team I am rooting for...I don't gotta love them, but I don't want to feel ashamed to root for them during a game. For instance, I really never liked Doug Flutie. Loated him before he was a Bill, always thought he was a jerk. But, he wasn't DeShaun Watson level jerk...I rooted for him when he was taking snaps for the Bills...and I admit, he was pretty fun to watch at times...but I still never really liked him. Ditto for LeSean McCoy. As much as I didn't really care for either (both probably the most significant players on their respctive Bills teams). my support for the Bills never waivered. In all seriousness, Dick Jauron probably had me closer to snapping than any player...:) The other instance, which was (and still is) harder for me to wrap my head around, is how to file OJ Simpson. My Bills fandom came of age when Simpson was in his heyday... I can't even imagine a childhood without OJ. Obviously, his infractions on decency did not come to light until well after his time in Buffalo, it still makes me a little melancholy knowing that one of my ultimate heroes as a kid, a guy who cemented a way of life (being a Bills fan) for me, was a total scumbag. I am much older now, but I would be lying if I said it still doesn't hurt me a little when I think about it. I am a bit of Bills memorabilia collector... I particularly love coming across items from 1972-1983. There have been times when I have come across great OJ Simpson items from that era... if I purchase one to add to my collection, I always have to rationalize it in my head... As transplanted Bills fan in Texas, what people always seem to know about the Bills, is that they lost "2 Super Bowls in a row" (I don't feel the need to correct them!), and OJ Simpson got away with murdering his ex-wife. It kinda sucks. As I said, not sure how I would deal with Watson in a Bills uniform...glad we don't have to worry about it.

But MAGA's think that law enforcement is in on some conspiracy, when it is convenient for their conspiracy theories. Our political system wasn't always this hopelessly dysfunctional, even when we have had heavy disagreement. When Clinton was impeached, as absurd as that situation was, elected Republicans and Democrats weren't threatening to burn everything down...and they cooperated with investigations.

Don't forget, Republicans had the chance to have a greater representation on this committee... but in their attempt to further promote their BS narrative that nothing nefarious happened on 1/6/2020, they declined.

It's a crazy carnival game because MAGA Republicans are making it that way...people who truly care about this country should be very concerned...we are losing the rule of law...

ESPN+ is a great deal...