Who are you going to root for now? (1 Viewer)

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I'll be pulling for the Hawks or Bulls to win it all.

Cant root for:
Lakers - obvious reasons.
Grizz - D.Miles bullshit.
Mavs - cry baby bitches... but I guess it would look better for us if they go on to the Finals.
OKC - Oden vs Durant and still bitter they left Seattle.
Celtics - hate Garnett... but like Rondo and Ray.
Heat - big 3 bullshit.

 

[Tortimer]

There is nobody left I can root for. Maybe Hawks a little but they are not going very far. So, it is sort of a waste to even root for them.

 

[PapaG]

Bulls in the East; Mavs in the West.

 

[illmatic99]

Maybe Miami because I like DWade and James.

Don't really care if they win or lose, though.

But I am rooting against Durant and OKC. I think most Blazers fans will.It's sort or a vindication for me if Durant fails.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I'm probably going to spend more time with my 1 y/o girl, and prepare for the little guy coming this summer--at least until draft time. I don't want to see the L*kers or Celtics win, I hope that the Heat get swept (which sucks that they're playing the Celtics), I don't have a warm fuzzy about Rose and Westbrook are already being touted as if they've done something...I respect Durant a lot but like BeerBoy I hate to think that this should be happening in SEA, not in Oklahoma.

MEM would be an ok story, but I don't think they have the horses and I don't like thinking about what Wallace did to us and the league. There's literally no one on MIA or DAL that I would like to root for, unless maybe Beaubois comes back or Peja catches fire. ATL is a bit fun to watch, but it's brutal watching the "fans" at the Omni or whatever it's called now.

Guh. If I HAD to pick someone to root for, I'd say maybe ATL or CHI over OKC. If that's not happening, then . But I'm sure it'll be entertaining basketball.

 

[santeesioux]

Meh, i just stop watching and caring about basketball after the Blazers are eliminated until the draft usually.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Meh, i just stop watching and caring about basketball after the Blazers are eliminated until the draft usually.

This.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'll watch the rest of the NFL draft today and tomorrow and then I'll go into hibernation until both the NBA and NFL get their CBA/lockout issues resolved. Fun times.

 

[Stevenson]

Meh, i just stop watching and caring about basketball after the Blazers are eliminated until the draft usually.

If there is a lockout, is there a draft?

 

[tlongII]

I'm just rooting for some good games.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Like Brian, I'm going to spend more time with my 4 month old son (if that's possible; we're attached to the hip). While I pretty much stop watching basketball while we're out, I'll hope that Dallas wins it all just to ease the sting of having lost to them.

After that, I like the Hawks or the Thunder just out of sheer jealousy.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

If there is a lockout, is there a draft?

Yes. The current CBA expires after the draft.

 

[crowTrobot]

Definitely for a Thunder/Bulls finals - sitting on a bunch of 2007 & 2008 unopened NBA wax with Durant, Westbrook, Rose rookie cards : )

 

[Mediocre Man]

I am rooting for the green team in spring football

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I am basically cheering for who would piss off the laker fans the most.

So

Miami Heat: I want LeBron > Kobe just to shut laker fans up.

Celtics: I hate KG but would like Shaq to equal Kobe. Would really piss off laker fans

Grizzlies: Would be funny to all those who bashed me for bashing the ZBO trade were he to win a ring and be finals MVP. Just a personal vindication.

 

[BrianFromWA]

the sad thing is that if LBJ beats K*be, all the bandwagonning clownshoes who claim he's Basketball Messiah just b/c they bought the most popular K*be jersey and is on TV a lot (note: NOT real L*ker fans, who have their own issues ) will shift their arrogance, ignorance and allegiance to "King" James. It's really a no-win.

 

[HailBlazers]

TV OFF.

The game has been disgraced and dishonored by ticky tack superstar treatment and conflicts of interest

 

[Rastapopoulos]

San Antonio! I've got at least one more game.

Other than that... basically anyone from the East. If the Heat get past the Celtics then it's theirs to lose, I think, although they better not let it stay close in a Finals against the Lakers. Bulls aren't going anywhere this year, I don't think. They might not even get past the Hawks (Hinrich's revenge!).

 

[B-Roy]

No one. I might catch a few games here and there, but I don't care who wins.

 

[Shooter]

Dallas, of course.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

dont care, but i want okc to lose

 

[Nikolokolus]

TV OFF.

The game has been disgraced and dishonored by the Blazers utter inability to hit an open jump-shot, play good pick and roll defense, rebound and get back in transition

Fixed

 

[VenomXL]

Usually the underdog in a series.

Probably the Hawks overall.

 

[KevinJBonn]

Normally I'd switch over to hockey to ween myself off the teet of sports viewing for the summer, but the Penguins are already out. I might have to do something crazy like buy a L*ker jersey and sit at Buffalo gap cheering for them just to piss people off. or I might have to actually do something productive.

 

[LJ Ginger]

Dallas...other than Barea and Cardinal, I like most of the Mavs and they're my second favorite team in a distant 2nd behind our beloved Trailblazers!

 

[Sedatedfork]

I'm not really going to watch. Maybe I will check out a game 7 if it gets interesting. If the Heat make it to the Finals I will probably keep an eye on the Finals. Mainly though I want the Blazers to be the team that knocks off the Lakers and if it can't be the Blazers, then I hope it is somebody who has been there before or Chicago. Chicago winning would be kind of interesting to me since LBJ thought he would take the easy way out and didn't go to Chicago where he could have been the man and Chicago still takes down the big 3. I would rather see the Spurs beat the Lakers than OKC do it. I don't think the Mavs match up that well with the Lakers at all. Bynum will destroy Chandler. Artest and Co. will not let Jason Terry get the shots he got against the Blazers. I just don't give the Mavs a chance. If at the end of the day the Lakers win it all then I can at least be content that the Blazers have a shot next year of being the new up and coming team that shocks the Lakers. I'm not a baseball fan so I basically will just be paying attention to the NBA draft until college football starts or the NFL labor issues are over.

 

[BBert]

I will root for whoever is playing the Flakers or the Meat. That is, if I even watch. Which I probably won't. Unless I'm bed ridden or something. If they play each other, I'll be praying for an asteroid strike.

 

[barfo]

I'll save my limited root stock for next season.

barfo

 

[Sedatedfork]

I'm not really going to watch. Maybe I will check out a game 7 if it gets interesting. If the Heat make it to the Finals I will probably keep an eye on the Finals. Mainly though I want the Blazers to be the team that knocks off the Lakers and if it can't be the Blazers, then I hope it is somebody who has been there before or Chicago. Chicago winning would be kind of interesting to me since LBJ thought he would take the easy way out and didn't go to Chicago where he could have been the man and Chicago still takes down the big 3. I would rather see the Spurs beat the Lakers than OKC do it. I don't think the Mavs match up that well with the Lakers at all. Bynum will destroy Chandler. Artest and Co. will not let Jason Terry get the shots he got against the Blazers. I just don't give the Mavs a chance. If at the end of the day the Lakers win it all then I can at least be content that the Blazers have a shot next year of being the new up and coming team that shocks the Lakers. I'm not a baseball fan so I basically will just be paying attention to the NBA draft until college football starts or the NFL labor issues are over.

I just want to point out how I don't know anything about basketball.

 

[magnifier661]

I just want to point out how I don't know anything about basketball.

Well before the series started, I bet you were in great company. I doubt anyone ever expected Dallas to do this well. I even said I think Dallas would go all the way, but deep down inside, I felt I was being stupid. So probably 99.9% of the posters and fans around the league probably all agreed with you.