Not a bad night for Herr Mondschein.

Well, let's hope the home-friendly referring continues into games 3-through-hopefully-5.

Leon Powe went to the free-throw line more in 14 minutes than the Lakers did in the entire game.

Not directly playoff-related, but interesting (and quite sad) nonetheless.

"60 per cent of retired NBA players go broke five years after their NBA paycheques stop arriving"

Full story here.

The problem is, you're getting all of this money at the worst age. In your 20's, you're getting used to the fact that you actually have money to buy the shit you couldn't when you were a kid. Top of the line stereos, tvs, toys, video games, etc. It's like the backlash against your youth.

By the time you're in your mid-30s, you realize all of that shit didn't really matter anyway.

A few years ago I had a list of every muscle car I wanted to buy and restore, jersey to buy, soccer game on video to get, etc. Now, I realize collecting shit is pretty much a waste. Studies show that kids rarely pick up the same tastes/likes for collections as their parents, and that's the only valid reason to start a collection.

So the answer is yes, I'm selling all of my wrestling figures and Mitchell & Ness and Stall & Dean jerseys.

Just CHECKin:
Do NBA players really get an actual check at the end of the week or month?

Hmmm...let's talk about those jerseys. Whaddya got?

Kurt, it would be most likely be a wire transfer/direct deposit every two weeks.

Is there any point me getting up early to watch this tomorrow morning, as I did with the first two games, or is it a shoe-in that the Lakers will win the first game on their court with no real response from the Celtics? I've enjoyed the two games so far (unusually for me with basketball, as usually it's just berdunk berdunk berdunk berdunk score, berdunk berdunk berdunk berdunk score, but the way the Lakers almost did a Liverpool v Milan in the final moments of the last one restored my faith that basketball can be exciting).

I'm very pessimistic about this one. I suppose Boston have a better chance of winning the second or third match over there.

The refs are going to be in the tank for the Lakers tonight. I'm not saying that David Stern wants the Lakers to win it all, but I think that he wants a series, and not a Boston sweep. I still think Boston's going to go all out, however. But usually when a coach complains about officiating as vocally as Phil Jackson does, it gets results, and I think Boston will find that a lot of their physical play that wasn't called before--hip checks, shoulder-to-shoulder bumps--is going to get called tonight.

I'll let you know reed.

Right off the bat, tons of hockey (1967 Maple Leafs, Rocket Ricard Canadiens, 1972 CCCP, etc.) 1984 Kirby Puckett Twins powder blue, but no Pittsburgh/Boston/DC/Dallass teams - and only the Phillies from Philly.

It's worth watching the pregame intros and first quarter, rogin, to see the crowd heat. This crowd will be hot.

The Celtics will certainly be looking for the knockout.

jason voorhees wrote:

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I'll let you know reed.

Right off the bat, tons of hockey (1967 Maple Leafs, Rocket Ricard Canadiens, 1972 CCCP, etc.) 1984 Kirby Puckett Twins powder blue, but no Pittsburgh/Boston/DC/Dallass teams - and only the Phillies from Philly.

And I take it no LA Teams...

I did just sell my Magic Johnson, but only a Lyle Alzado Los Angeles Raiders.

jason voorhees wrote:

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I did just sell my Magic Johnson

WHAT???

Any soccer jerseys you're getting rid of?