Scott and I are too lazy to post sometimes, so we started this thing where we talk on AIM about sports then transcribe the conversation. Issue one features a little too much talk about the NBA Finals then some insights by Scott into the crooked world of underwater basket weaving.

Scott: Hey Man.

Mitchell: I just ran our blog through the blog cuss test, and it turns out we cuss 56% more often in posts than the average blog.

Scott: Not me, lol. That’s you and Colin.

Mitchell: Yeah, we have to work extra hard there.

Scott: Unless damn and crap count, ha ha.

Mitchell: Good job getting our count up.

Scott: So how’s it going man? How was your vacation?

Mitchell: Good aside from the Fakers choking. Well, at least I can reconcile myself in the fact that Kobe still can’t win without Shaq.

Scott: Um, I think that’s a wait and see.
Bynum, a free agent here and there, so there’s still some growing.

Mitchell: Everything is a fact until proven otherwise. Like KG can’t win. That was a fact until he got traded to a built up championship team…

Typical Boston Sports Fans

SJ: Yeah, but give Boston credit. They put down the perfect fit of role players like Posey and Brown into the team and instilled a veteran laden attack.

MB: It was pretty damn annoying how ESPN jumped on the Fakers backs tho just cause the Celts did bad in round 1.

SJ: They struggled in round 2, also. Cleveland looked like vintage Spurs teams of the past defensively in that series.

MB: Yes well we do take pride in our defense because theres not much else we can take pride in.

SJ: Pierce played out of his skull in the Finals. Did he have a D-Wade series (everything drops) or is this the new and improved, fierce, and driven Pierce to stay?

MB: I think he was driven when he realized his career was almost over and he had done nothing so he demanded the front office make it easy for him to win.

Just like how Kobe became a team player after getting a good supporting cast.

SJ: Kobe is usually calm, cool, and collective, but in game six he looked lust, frustrated, and overwhelmed.

Was Boston’s D that good, or was LA that bad?

MB: Yeah, their D was that good against other teams besides LA. It was weird how Phil never used any timeouts in Game 6, though.

SJ: And how badly Jackson was outcoached in that series. It looked like he switched places with Rivers. I mean, Chris Mihm?

MB: Yeah, he did have scrubs in all series.

SJ: Mihm was a reach, though. Look, I have no problems if the Lakers value their bench, but Jackson got desperate with these crazy lineups he put out there. I think he panicked.

MB: I suppose he had to give Walton some time just so he could get enough experience as an athlete to become a broadcaster.

SJ: Ha ha. Walton was very mediocre.
Farmar was nothing special. Gasol was absolutely horrific in a few games. Yesterday, he looked like he had never been a star before. It was like he forgot to play. His passing was off.
His shooting was wild. He was turning the ball over. Just an all around horrible performance from the guy that supposedly changed the NBA landscape…

MB: Like every single Laker forgot how to dribble.

SJ: Chances the Celtics repeat next year?

MB: Yeah I think they can repeat, and I’d say they have a pretty good chance, too. They aren’t really losing anyone are they? And their big 3 are only a year older.

SJ: Age is a big factor. That, and health. Clearly, they have depth. Rajon Rondo is going to improve.

MB: I think he should play soccer.

SJ: Glen Davis should get more seasoning. Posey is still locked up. Cassel is likely gone. P.J. Brown should retire and go out on top.

MB: I say they resign Cassel, sign Sprewell who needs money, then they will have both of KG’s big 3.

SJ: Chances LA wins the West next year?
As good as the Celts signing Spree?
(aka: not good)

MB: They’re a great team, but chances are even lower for them I’d say, just cause the west has so many other good teams.

SJ: Was Boston that great, OR was the West just loaded with a bunch of good teams and no great ones?

MB: Yeah, Boston was 3 Hall of Famers great (contrary to what Colin may think).

SJ: Yeah, I think Paul is on the fast track to the Hall after that out of his skull series.
Two more very good years and I think he’s got it on lockdown. That performance won’t be forgotten when he retires and they retire his jersey in the TD BankNorth Garden. Is Ray Allen a HOFer though?

MB: Fringe.

SJ: Yeah, he’s borderline if he is.

MB: They retire everyone’s jersey in Boston. Up in their rafters, it looks like they’ve got a giant bingo board of numbers.

SJ: 17 titles don’t happen by accident. They’re within 7 of the Montreal Canadians.

MB: The only titles that happen by accident would be like curling titles.

SJ: Speaking of the Olympics…
Just kidding, everyone cheats now.

MB: You’re talking about track?

SJ: I’m talking track, amateur checkers, underwater basket weaving… is anyone clean anymore?

MB: Lets see, we’ve got a 3-time Super Bowl champ that spied, a home run king who has a blog named after him for his chemistry, a Tour de France title that is awarded to the only bikers who don’t fail tests, an NBA ref who says everyone rigs games, and a foul count that supports his argument…

SJ: So the consensus is everyone’s clean?

MB: For marketing purposes, anyway.

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