Things missing from this year's version of Lakers-Celtics
For the next three days right up until tip-off we'll continue to hear at exhausting length the history of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry along with accompanying highlights. Some of it will actually be pretty cool to see, but after the 90th emotionally reflective piece along with Stu Scott's eventual Laker-Celtics poetry jam-off, it'll get pretty damn stale.
In the spirit of keeping things simple, here's a look at what we'll be seeing in the 2008 version of the storied match-up versus years past:
Things that'll be missing from the 2008 Lakers-Celtics Finals
- Mustaches
- Mullets
- Irish power forwards
- Giant blowfish goggles
- Classic arenas
- Nut hugging short shorts
- Dennis Johnson's freckles
- Bill Walton's feet
- Simple pregame introductions
- 85% of Diane Cannon's facial dermis
- Johnny Most's unruly eyebrows
- Michael Cooper's socks
- Virginity
- 00
- M.L. Carr's rally jizzrag, errr, towel
- Gravel-voiced announcers
- Soul-Glo
- Hypercolor t-shirts
- This commercial
- And this commercial
And the things that won't be missing (after the jump)
- Air conditioning
- Nerd glasses
- Lame arenas
- Jack Nicholson's mojo
- Jerry Buss's Boogie Nights hair
- Hairy armpits (thanks Pau!)
- Blackness (from Lakers)
- Europeans
- Red hair (hello Scalabrine!)
- Man purses
- BeetlePierce
- Max Fischer
- Bob Ryan's sweet blazer/tie combos
- A drooling Sports Guy
UPDATE: Aside from everyone on the planet already handing the Lakers the trophy (which is just bizarre), one of our daily stops, Joe Sports Fan, rang in on this very topic. Great minds think alike, although we're kicking ourselves for the glaring kneepad omission. Anyway, make sure you check it out if you haven't already, really funny stuff.
