[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SketchFactor Yeah I'm a basketball fan.. though admittedly this was my worst season as far as actually being able to watch games and keep up with the league. Damn Halo 2! =) I used to be a fan of Karl Malone but then he kind of turned into a bad guy. I used to want he and Stockton to finally get a ring but now I think it's funny that he jumped ship and did a sweet 1 year deal with LA to clinch a ring on his way to retirement and got denied. Doh! Growing up in Florida, I was and still am an Orlando fan at heart. Damn those guys just can't seem to get it all together... Hopefully T-Mac sticks around and we can make up for the worst-trade-ever-constantly-injured-let-down known as Grant Hill. I liked Shaq back when he was in Orlando... but then he got stupid with his rapping and acting and attitude. LA deserved to get beat down. They've been too arrogant and really only got to the finals due to a few breaks here or there. Shaq is just BIG, I don't consider him a great talent. We already know he's lazy as hell since he won't even bother trying to improve his free throws. Now Kobe on the other hand is a bad ass though that whole -blam!- thing has made me have second thoughts. It will be interesting to see what happens to LA now... I hear talks of people leaving and moving around. The end of the LA dynasty has finally come. I've always been a fan of Rasheed Wallace and he's always been one of the most underrated players in the NBA. His tendency for fouls and a hot temper kind of over shadowed his skills. It's nice to see him finally get a ring. [/NBA rant] [/quote] That's pretty damn cool Sketch. If I was given 100 guesses about your interests, basktball [b]wouldn't[/b] have been one of them Karl Malone's popularity has declined this year, but for two reasons: he jumped onto a team that is already a contender, and his game isn't what it used to be. Nobody likes to see a 40-year old man try to jump into another player in hopes of going to the free-throw line. No no no... No worries; in the draft this year, you have the number 1 pick, so expect to see some help for Tmac this upcoming year (I recommend Okafor, and not Highschool Howard) Cool, another Kobe fan. Those are hard to find... And yes, although Rasheed is a little annoying sometimes, I'm glad to see him get a ring. It was always fun to go to the KeyArena and see him get those technicals :) The memories...