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Figured I'd start this season's thread off with seemingly the way every NBA season starts, with AI bitching about god knows what
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...yhoo&type=lgns
Oh, and just for the record, F U C K the bobcats. I only buy tickets b/c you can go front row for like $10 & they deliver the food & beer to you & the arena is so damn quiet that the players can hear every single one of our verbal taunts
hahaha. I was actually thinking of going down to a Bobcats game to see the Celtics play possibly. I think it is only about 3 - 4 hour drive from here.Quote:
Originally Posted by etothep
Oh, it's cheap as **** & since nobody goes to the games, there's not even a traffic situation after the games either (as long as you don't go on a weekend). If they ever decide not to draft a dookie or tarhole with their first round pick I might even think of pulling for their sorry assesQuote:
Originally Posted by rschusta24
Haha awesome! It will be a nice easy trip for me then, just like when I go to Baltimore to see the Sox. I bet it is a lot like watching Celtics games back in the 90's. Can't wait!Quote:
Originally Posted by etothep
God the NBA regular season is the biggest joke in professional sports. Just a giant waste of time until the playoffs start. About 4 or 5 actual games of meaning during the entire season. Just pathetic.
Watching tonight's game on ESPN, they have Doris Burke doing the sideline reporting. That's a joke too, she needs to be the color commentator on every NBA broadcast. She outclasses everyone else and it's not even remotely close...she's in a league of her own, but they relegate her to the sideline because Jackson and Van Gundy like to flirt with each other the entire time. Doris Burke is the best, simple as that..and it's not even close.
Haha, that's the reason I always get from people for why they don't follow MLBQuote:
Originally Posted by KowboyKoop
So untrue though. MLB games have meaning because only 4 teams make the playoffs from each league. You have teams that are actually good/above-average fighting to the very end for a playoff spot. In the NBA, you already know 12-14 teams EVERY YEAR that are LOCKS for the playoffs. THe only drama is between teams that are BELOW AVERAGE that are playing just for the right to be killed in the 1st round. Watching below .500 teams make the playoffs is just pure stupidity. Cut the # of playoff teams in half for the NBA and things improve DRAMATICALLY. It would be damn exciting to see teams like New Orleans and Dallas and Houston battling for the playoffs last season. Instead, we get sorry-ass Indiana and Detroit and Charlotte battling for the playoffs, with Detroit "winning" the spot with their 39 wins. Just pure retarded.Quote:
Originally Posted by etothep
I'm not a fan of either regular season for what it's worth
Lets go bulls!!!
I know, just responding to the argument. I hear that a lot too...and it's insanely dumb. I'm not gonna say that baseball is the most exciting sport in the world, but to say the regular season doesn't have meaning...just bullsh*t.Quote:
Originally Posted by etothep
All that matters is where LeBron is going after the season.
Agreed. I feel like something has to be done even with the playoff format and size. Too many teams get in that really don't have a chance. I really hate seeing under .500 teams get in some how. If they were to change the playoff format, maybe the regular season will have more meaning.Quote:
Originally Posted by KowboyKoop
There is 6 Celtics players on the NBA All-Star ballot. Does this really seem right?
http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/th...ll-star-ballot
Nugs
Well it's about time. That teams needs a lot of help like the Knicks do.
That team is not in the same league of bad as the Knicks, imo.
But yeah, they are most likely missing the playoffs.
They will be when CP3 boltsQuote:
Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989
I think firing your manger after 9 games is just is ridiculous. Scott is a proven winner they should have **** canned him in the off season if all he was going to get was 9 games. Even stranger is the fact he was replaced by the GM. Basketball is about the only sport you'd see this happening in. On another note don't look now but the Bucks are in 1st place. I'm starting to fantasize about the playoffs.. Somebody stop me.......
Byron Scott's career coaching record: 352-355
He took a Nets team with a lot of talent (Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, and Richard Jefferson) to back-to-back Eastern Conference Championships, but he hasn't accomplished much since. I agree that firing him after 9 games is ridiculous, but the team was struggling, and management must've thought that they needed to make a move to avoid falling out of the playoff picture in the Western Conference.
On another note, Carmelo Anthony has become a big-time baller...
He took a Nets team that went 26-56 in his first year and then took them to two straight NBA final appearances the next two years. That team was a laughing stock before he took over. I think you mean Kenyon Martin because Carter wasn't on the team when Scott coached. Then he took a New Orleans team that was 18-64 his 1st year and had them a game away from the finals three years later. Last year the team won 49 games. Byron Scott is an accomplished coach in the NBA who deserved better than what he got.Quote:
Originally Posted by PotatoOfCouch13
Brandon Jennings gonna start the going to Europe instead of college trend if he keeps dropping 55
Did I hear something today that a high school kid is going to Israel to play basketball? This isn't the same thing is it? Or was I just half awake.Quote:
Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989
There is a high school student playing in Israel next year, yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by rschusta24
But Jennings after he graduated high school played a season in Italy instead of college. It better prepared him for the pro game he claims and it hurts Stern's stupid one year in college rule.
Yeah. It is definately an interesting approach that a lot of high schoolers are taking. The only thing that hurts these kids that do so, is that if they fail in the NBA they won't have a whole lot to go back on, like a good education, but of course many 1 or 2 year college players that go into the NBA kind of have the same problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989
I was going to post a thread on Jennings - he proved that spending a year overseas, earning money (which you can't do in the NCAA) and gaining professional experience can work. I don't think its for everyone, because Jennings was an elite talent before he went abroad - you need to be seriously tough to do what he did.
And yes, Jeremy Tyler is skipping his senior year of high school to play for Maccabi Haifa in Israel.
The difference in both of those seasons? The arrival of Jason Kidd in New Jersey, and the arrival of Chris Paul in New Orleans. Without the prescence of a world-class point guard, Scott would've been out of a job even faster. The guy had 3 teams finish as the best team in their conference in 8 1/2 seasons coached, and has no ring to show for it. Yes, he deserved better than getting fired 9 games into the season, but he's hardly the best coach to get fired mid-season.Quote:
Originally Posted by MichelleWie
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_r...iami?eref=sihp
Haha, talk about wishful thinking. I'm sure they'd also like to trade for Chris Paul while they're at it tooQuote:
Word is the Miami Heat are trying to find a way to get LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Bosh all in the same uniform, something the players themselves apparently have talked about.
Dwight Howard might look good in a Heat uniform as well.
Looks like Michael Redd's career might be over. Not sure how to feel. He was a great player for along time on a bad team. The team never really had any success with him as the star. From a fan's perspective the attachment isn't their like it was with Allen, Big Dog and Sam. His contract has really became a drain on the team financially so I guess I feel strangely indifferent. One another note, Skiles with hospitalized with an irregular heart beat. Can't say I blame him after watching the Bucks for the last couple of years.
I like Van Gundy, I think he's funnyQuote:
Originally Posted by KowboyKoop
I'm a Knick fan but since living in DC the last 10 years I have followed the Wizards. Yes I'm a Met and Nats fan too.......life sucks
The Celtics are reportedly interesting in aquiring Nate Robinson and have made a trade offer. Interesting move. I don't like Robinson in terms of his attitude and I am not sure if he can help the Celtics, but his basketball ability is definately pretty good and can't hurt in terms the overall talent the Celtics will have. I am not sure how he will be able to handle being a backup though. We will see.
http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/th...quire-robinson
He'd be a great backup PG.
Haha! Jokes!Quote:
Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989
I'd rather stick with Eddie House; they're basically the same player, except Eddie's more of a shooter than Nate
Yeah I didn't really understand it in the first place, but from what I am hearing now, the deal for Robinson fell through.Quote:
Originally Posted by PotatoOfCouch13
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_437238.html
Greg Oden...a man with no shame
Oh that's just wrong Greg. Oh man hahaha.
Nuggets, Mavs, Cavs, and Lakers only teams to 30 wins so far
I think Shannon Brown is going to win the Slam Dunk competition, but then I'm a Laker fan so I'm somewhat biased.
I also can't believe that Kaman, Monta Ellis, and Josh Smith didn't make the all-star team. I thought for sure Kaman would because of the way the All Star team rule is written where it has to have 2 "centers."
Lol KamanQuote:
Originally Posted by 5dodgers5
Kaman is a favorite to win the most improved player this year. 20 and 10 guy this season. I fully support him over Gasol.