NBA 2008-2009 Season

[Heavencloud]

Bulls Celtics game was really fun to watch, was rooting for the Bulls just because they're the underdogs Was glad that game went on so long, the Cavs - Pistons series had to be the most boring games in playoff history...not even fun to watch whatsoever. I couldn't watch any of those games more than 5-10mins.

[Stee]

Rockets are about to get out of the first round and McGrady isn't playing....lol.

I feel bad for the guy

[Dimmauk]

Cops take ex-NBA star Jayson Williams to hospital

By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 45 minutes ago


NEW YORK (AP)—Officers stunned a drunken and agitated Jayson Williams with a Taser at a swank Manhattan hotel Monday morning after reports that the troubled ex-NBA star appeared suicidal, police said.

Police were called to the hotel in Battery Park City in lower Manhattan around 4 a.m. after a report that the former New Jersey Nets star was suicidal, authorities said.

When officers arrived, there were empty bottles of prescription drugs strewn around the disheveled hotel suite of the 6-foot-10 Williams, police said.

Emergency Services Unit police, an elite team trained to deal with emotionally disturbed people, responded and stunned Williams with a Taser, handcuffed him and took him to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

Williams played nine seasons in the NBA with the Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers before retiring in 2000.

He was convicted in 2004 of trying to cover up the shooting death of his hired driver Costas “Gus” Christofi at his mansion in Alexandria Township, N.J., in February 2002.

Williams was acquitted of aggravated manslaughter, but the jury deadlocked on a reckless manslaughter count. A retrial is pending. Williams has been free on bail since the shooting.

His wife filed divorce papers this year claiming he was abusive, adulterous and had a drug problem.

Williams’ manager told the Daily News of New York outside a Manhattan hospital that the athlete was on the mend.

“Jayson is doing fine. He said he was fine,” Akhtar Farzaie told the newspaper. “All of us are here to be by his side as friends.”

Williams graduated from New York City’s Christ the King High School, one of the country’s biggest producers of college and pro basketball stars.

He was a first-round pick in the 1990 NBA draft and went on to become a valuable Nets star. He was named an All-Star and ranked second in the NBA for the 1997-1998 with 13 rebounds per game and a league-high 443 offensive rebounds.

An injury forced career-ending surgery in 2000.

[Yangsing]

haha

[Kajii]

wtf lol is that real? lmao

[Stee]

At least he beat him in turnovers lol

[octopus]

Wow, hornets, way to lay down and die at home...

[Akiyama]

No kidding. A 58 point loss? Jesus christ.

[GRT]

is that like the biggest blowout in the history of nba playoffs?

[Stee]

Yeah it is.....lol Hornets

at their home floor too

[Deejay]

I think it's a sign that Byron Scott will be losing his job at the end of the season. It's pretty obvious that the players have given up on him as a coach and are just going through the motions. It sucks to see such a talented player like Chris Paul stuck in such a crappy/cheap organization.

[Kajii]

gg Utah

[Yangsing]

Paul is probably rethinking that contract extension

[GRT]

didn't byron scott get coach of the year last season?

[Akiyama]

This Chicago/Boston series has been wonderful.

[Rhinox]

Bulls are lighting up the celtics. hope it continues

[Rhinox]

Ray Allen Fouled out with 5:30 left and down by 3 wow

[Stee]

How many overtimes are we going to go into today? bets anyone?

[Headspace]

Bulls goin' to da finals.

[Akiyama]

This series has been wonderful.