Bad omen for Odom?

Why does Jerry West have the Larry O'Brien Trophy in his hand

...cause Havlicek brought it to Boston last week...David Stern understands history and marketing

So to benefit a children's charity, Odom produces a shirt with "sucks" on it - insulting a whole city of people - ummmm. Any parents out there want to chime in?

If being up 2 - 0 sucks, I'll take it.

Sucking at 4 - ? will be even better.

lamar odom is a putz

Umm yeah...Boston sucks since 1946? That's the same ill logic that "Yankees suck" t-shirts follow.

Odom's t-shirt looks like it was made in someone's basement... and it's not even remotely clever.

I don't know what the mark-up is with that $20 price tag, but he really should use some of his profits to invest in better design personnel.

The t-shirts absolutely right given that the Celtics havn't earned any of those wins. They've been constantly lowerin shoulders, throwin elbows, and the refs have been calling perhaps the most biased finals series in the history of this sport. This combined with the theatrics of Peirce is a disgrace to this great sport of Basketball. A rivalry is built on fundamental respect, but there's no way to respect a team like this. Boston fans ought to be ashamed.

OK I'm getting a little tired of Lakers fans talking about the officiating so here is a history lesson for you. Game 4, 1987, the famous Magic baby hook that gave the Lakers a one point win in Boston. In the 4th quarter of that game, Boston was called for 14 fouls. The Lakers were called for 1 and that with Jabar elbowing away. I don't remember Lakers fans complaining then about the officiating. All they talked about was the great 4th quarter fight back and Johnson's winning basket. That was the game when Red had to be physically pulled away from the head ref and the locker room looked more like Wrestle Mania than anything else. The Lakers were beaten badly in game 2 by a more physical team. maybe that will change in game 3 but stop throwing tantroms like two-year-olds already.

I remember in baseball before 2004 all we Red Sox could do was say "Yankees Suck." The truth is, we were the ones who sucked. The Yankees won 27 World Series between 1918 and 2004 to our 0. This "rivalry" was like "Bambi vs. Godzilla." We knew we were the ones who really sucked, but we needed something to cheer about, so we bought the Yankees Suck t-shirts. I still have mine. After 2004, we could start cheering and, more importantly, praising our own team instead of slagging someone else's team. At least based on these first two games, it is the Lakers who suck but who knows what will happen after the series is over. The Lakers should worry about postively cheering their team, instead of saying someone else sucks.

amehta823, i didnt read any of your comments when the lakers got twice as many fouls as the spurs. like that last gift...in a certain game that even the NBA later said it was a foul. You sound like a sore looser! and very little of a man.

#5, hye es ape?

Boston fans ashamed? (insert crying baby noise here) I think the words you are looking for are excited, pumped, proud and ready. Get over it. It's called pro sport.

You, "sir" (or ma'am) are a fool. The Celtics haven't earned any of those wins? I agree that the officiating hasn't been great, but watch the games again with a friend of yours with a fully-functional brain... the calls have not been one-sided at all. And despite your incorrect terminology, "theatrics" are, in fact, a part of basketball, and have been for decades.

Spit out those sour grapes, your team isn't done yet!

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

amehta823: You whine like a Zen Master, or a soft Spanish center. Kobe pushes off on every play, Radmanovic took 6 steps on his 4th quarter dunk, and Odom is perhaps the sorriest, most overrated "power" forward I have seen in a long time. He should go back to the Clippers. This is the NBA Finals, with grown men playing for a championship. Ask Kurt Rambis if he has a problem with physical play. The answer will be, "No, I wish the Lakers played played that way, instead of being a bunch of Euro-sissies plus Kobe." Now go to your Pilates class and make plans for Sunday night.... there won't be a game to watch.

Thanks amehta823. Likewise, Lakers fans should be embarassed to count you among them. It's funny that you just beat the Spurs, the floppingest, cheap-shotting-est team in the NBA, yet you complain about the Celtics. Maybe because we're beating you and the Spurs didn't? The Celtics have played clean, hard basketball. If you want to get a few calls, I'm sure you'll get them tonight. Here's a tip, though: they don't call fouls when you sit around tossing up fall-away jumpers.

Get a clue. Also, Paul Pierce may be a little eccentric, but he's no disgrace. That title would go to Kobe the Cheating Husband / Rapist. Enjoy telling your kids how great is, LA must be proud.

amehta823 - Thank you for providing my comic relief for the morning. Now I can get through the rest of my day with a smile on my face knowing that there are still delusional homers out there who will say anything to take the focus away from the fact that their team has been soundly outplayed.

I'm a Boston fan. I'm not ashamed. Sorry.

That trophy should go to the refs if they keep handing the Celts the game.

If Boston sucks then LA is downright awful. When was the last time LA won anything in any sport? The Angels? Oh wait, aren't they really in Anaheim. LA SUCKS!

This is so ridiculous. I can't wait to see all the Laker fans tonight drinking lattes & capuccinos. Not this lad, I'll be wearing my lucky daisy dukes that say "Irish Sizzle" across the rump. Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk says Leon Powe and the C Squad...holla!!

Joey, armheta, et al.:

43-16, the advantage the Lakers had over the Jazz in Game 2 at home. OH MY GOD IT WAS FIXED!!!!!!!

Gain some perspective, please.

Kobe Bryant is like Big Brown. A front running jerk who blows it when it counts.
Not to mention his attitude stinks like a big brown poop on the sidewalk. A big brown poop on the sidewalk that Phil Jackson steps in on his way to the game and then has to wipe his sandals off and then gets so upset he smokes a joint and completely forgets his game plan. Yup, thats what I hope. What?

amehta823, did you really watch the game? The total fouls are 28-21, it's only a difference of 7 fouls. If your Lakers were fouled during the act of shooting, they would have gone to the free throw line more. Stop whining, start thinking realistically that your Lakers just got stampeded!

Why is anyone complaining about this? We have t-shirts that say we hate L.A., Beat L.A., L.A. Sucks, Kobe sucks, etc. and we're calling them classless for these??? Come on Boston fans, we have to be better than this. If we can give it, we have to learn how to take it too.

This is about the Finals, not the doggone t-shirts.

Derek Fisher... Brent Barry... NO CALL!

SHUT UP YOU WHINEY LAKER FANS!!!

Q: What is the difference between a Laker fan and a puppy?
A: A puppy stops whining after a beating!

CELTICS IN 4!

The NBA sure has you guys worked up with their Game 1 & 2 gifts. I guess that's what happens after 17 years of your team sucking loudly. And, to those of you disputing the foul officiating, tell it to your own, Curt Shilling and Bill Simmons.

Schilling - "I wondered aloud, a few times, how in the hell calls weren’t being made against the Celts on a ton of plays in the paint where there was some serious pugilism being committed. There were a ton of ‘non-calls’ in my incredibly amateur opinion."

Simmons - "They were given an ongoing boost by favorable officiating (that's an understatement)... the Lakers seemed frazzled by lopsided officiating... For Game 2, they had a valid excuse … an unspeakable 38-10 free-throw disparity that I won't even attempt to defend."

Dude! If 38-10 was actually the total fouls called then by all means it's gift by the NBA. The actual fouls were 28-21. The Lakers fans cried to make another Lake.

I wasn't aware Schill and Simmons (whom I loathe--he is the stereotype of a whiny Boston sports fan that I hate to see perpetuated and he writes for that terrible network) were the final say in this matter.

There was no large discrepancy in Game 1. The discrepancy in FTA was large in Game 2--about the same as Game Two between Utah and LA. The overall discrepancy was substantially lower than in Games One and Two between Utah and LA.

Why was the NBA wrapping up gifts for your beloved Fakers? The hypocrisy is hilarious. Home teams often (not always--see Celts vs. Cavs) get to the line at a higher rate. Perhaps I would understand the wailing from LaLa land if you guys weren't among the largest beneficiaries of this phenomenon (and this goes back to your Three-Peat and even earlier).

WAAAAHHHHHHHHH! WAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

Keep crying you Laker wusses. Maybe if your team didn't play like a bunch of wussie school girls (sorry wussy school girls for comparing you to the Lakers) you might actually get some calls.

Why don't you Laker wussies whine about Fisher tackling Brent Barry?? Oh, that went your way.

When you get your @ss kicked, whine about the refs!

LAKER WUSSIES MAKE ME SICK!

In my opinion those Lakers are the best club since the Pat Riley teams. Pat was an attractive man with a handsome head of hair. Speaking of hair, the afro was a great look and highly under rated. Does Sam Cassel frighten anyone else but me? The man's an alien. Just a thought; Kelly Clarkson and Ruben Studdard sing the National Anthem together! There wouldn't be a dry eye in the house. BTW, Anyone want to buy a house?

The Celtics' fans defensiveness when it comes to the ridiculous officiating speaks volumes. They all know the series really should be 1-1.

All of you boston fans are sad. Last year your arena was empty and the only time it was even to close full was when Kobe came to town and your fair weather fans chanted MVP. Laker fans are Laker fans regardless of the circumstances. Laker4Life and not just when they are up.

thank you big 3!! i dont mean allen, kG and pp..i mean the refs. they are the real big 3 in this series...

Nice ploy, Gary. "We'll make accusations, and then if you defend against them, they must be true because you're defensive!" I guess you said the same to fellow Lakers fans after Game 2 with Utah, admonishing them that the series ought to be 1-1. Right?

I guess the refs allowed Powe to go coast to coast at the beginning of the 3rd quarter while the Laker players stood there and showed him the way to the basket.

That play sums up a losers effort.

The Lakers have overachieved this year.

Be happy with it.

Sore losers and their theories sound pathetic.

What if David Stern wants to prove you wrong, and lets the Celtics sweep?

I hope you read my earlier email.

Get those crying towels ready.

I guess the refs allowed Powe to go coast to coast at the beginning of the 3rd quarter while the Laker players stood there and showed him the way to the basket.
That play sums up a losers effort.
The Lakers have overachieved this year.
Be happy with it.
Sore losers and their theories sound pathetic.

And get those "Lamar Sucked and Cost Us The Title" T shirts printed.

What if David Stern wants to prove you wrong, and lets the Celtics sweep?

I hope you read my earlier email.

Get those crying towels ready.

Does Boston still suck??

Yes, frontrunner Melanie, they do.