Thursday, 03 June 2010 16:46
JaMarcus Barkus
Ever since the Boston Celtics closed out the Orlando Magic, the sports media has been hyping the NBA Finals for the anticipated Lakers – Celtics rivalry with clips of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant and Paul Pierce, and storied championship banners hanging from the rafters. Sports talk radio and ESPN delve into philosophical issues such as The Truth’s hypochondria or Kobe’s supporting cast’s resemblance to the Seven Dwarfs. Fenway Park chants “BEAT LA” with no regard for the Red Sox scoreboard as gangsta-gangsta badass, Ice Cube, raps in his 2010 Lakers Anthem that he’s “glad we playin’ Boston, put that ass in a coffin”. I appreciate your enthusiasm, Mr. Cube, but Celtics fans would much appreciate it if you refrained from preaching murderous epithets directed at their basketball team and went back to filming ‘Friday After Three Fridays From Next’. In preparation for the start of tonight’s series, sports analysts have given credence to Kobe’s intangible drive to succeed, the Big Three’s intangible wealth of experience, intangible team attitude, intangible thirst for vengeance, and intangible tangential tangerine tangents. Just get Stan Van Gundy to shut up for a minute and I’ll give you some insightful intangibles.
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