NBA Basketball 2008-09: The Thread

[LMP]

Yeah they were a bit short, and it showed. Eventually we'll get a game between these 2 with everybody in the lineup...4 game series this year.

Yeah, that'd be great. Boston would probably win in 6, but it'd be entertaining, at least.

 

[CTU2fan]

^ I just realized how that came out, I was thinking 4 game regular season series...but I could see a 6 or 7 game playoff series if they met.

 

[LMP]

^ I just realized how that came out, I was thinking 4 game regular season series...but I could see a 6 or 7 game playoff series if they met.

Oh, okay. Either way, it'd be awesome... as long as Orlando won.

 

[CTU2fan]

Haha not so much

Portland not so impressive last night @ Boston. Celtics were basically able to run on them at will. And Greg Oden looks slow, I mean really slow, words like plodding and lumbering came to mind. Ponderous. Cumbersome. He looked OK as a halfcourt defender, and I think his offensive game will develop some, but he was getting beaten down the floor by Perkins pretty consistently.

Oh and Brandon Roy is pretty good /obvious.

 

[cobl04]

What do people think of this Dirk Nowitski bloke? Who's he play for? My mate loves him but every time he brings him up he cops shit.

And how come California doesn't have a team?

 

[phanan]

Huh? California has four teams.

Nowitzki plays for Dallas.

 

[thetitans2k]

Raptors fire Sam Mitchell, but they still get hammered by the jazz.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

roy is a stud.

 

[CTU2fan]

I've been watching Ray Allen shoot for almost 15 years, you'd think it would have gotten old by now. Nope. He didn't have a great year last year but this year he looks more like the old Ray Allen...if he can keep it up I could see him passing Reggie Miller for the 3 record.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Soooooooo Derrick Rose missed practice today because he was slicing an apple in bed and rolled over onto the knife and cut up his arm.

Rose injured. You gotta hear how. | Full-court Press

He's an idiot. But he's also the baddest motherfucker to wear a Bulls jersey since His Airness. So things even out. They always do.

 

[lazarus]

"Slicing an apple in bed" doesn't exactly fall under the heading of Bad Motherfucker in my book.

Slicing a baby in bed? That's bad. Tapping a model in bed? Also bad.

But eating apples? Guy sounds like a bit of a pussy. If you're gonna do the fruit thing, it needs to be hotties in skimpy outfits feeding you fucking GRAPES.

 

[lazarus]

Also, I googled "feeding grapes" for an image to put with that, and this came up:

http://www.powerjuice.nl/images/vacation_usa/sheik_arno.jpg

Note the website name. I don't think we need any more proof that NSW has a Scandanavian lovah.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

"Slicing an apple in bed" doesn't exactly fall under the heading of Bad Motherfucker in my book.

Slicing a baby in bed? That's bad. Tapping a model in bed? Also bad.

But eating apples? Guy sounds like a bit of a pussy. If you're gonna do the fruit thing, it needs to be hotties in skimpy outfits feeding you fucking GRAPES.

Have you seen the guy play? When I say he's a bad motherfucker I'm talking about ON THE COURT. In a little over a month he's already established himself as one of the most exciting young players in the game. He's a walking highlight film.

YouTube - Derrick Rose Breaks Andre Miller's Ankle HD 720p

(I love Stacey King's commentary on that clip, btw. He cracks me up.)

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

vinny the black... keepin' it classy.

YouTube - Vinny Del Negro yells at Quentin Richardson taking a three

 

[thetitans2k]

He just yells "shot". Not a big deal.

 

[speedracer]

He just yells "shot". Not a big deal.

In Richardson's ear. Before the shot is launched. It wasn't a defensive call.

Sure, 99.9% of pro athletes wouldn't be affected by it. Still douchey in my opinion.

 

[Got Philk?]

Larry Hughes' defense might have been affected by it.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

He just yells "shot". Not a big deal.

a coach screaming in an opposing player's face as he's shooting? yea... no big deal. you're right. highly classy. my bad.

 

[No spoken words]

vinny the black... keepin' it classy.

YouTube - Vinny Del Negro yells at Quentin Richardson taking a three

Wow, somehow I had not seen that before. That's so fucking bush league.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Hell yeah. That's Bulls basketball for ya. Low blows and cheap tricks. We bring guns to knife fights.

 

[No spoken words]

Hell yeah. That's Bulls basketball for ya. Low blows and cheap tricks. We bring guns to knife fights.

And few playoff appearances post MJ.

 

[No spoken words]

Larry Hughes' defense might have been affected by it.

This was funny, now that I re-read it.

 

[Got Philk?]

This was funny, now that I re-read it.

I aim to please.

 

[Hewson]

Wow, somehow I had not seen that before. That's so fucking bush league.

Its bush league when a player (ARoid) does it, its way beyong when a head coach does it.

 

[U2ME3]

The Detroit Pistons window has......closed.

 

[Hewson]

The Detroit Pistons window has......closed.

They can't win on Sunday for some reason (they're 0-6 on Sunday, bettors take note) and not too bad the rest of the week (14-5), but clearly Denver got the better of the Chauncy/AI trade.

 

[phanan]

Celtics/Lakers is coming...

 

[Hewson]

If the Celts don't have a letdown Tues vs. Philly, they'll head to LA on a 19 game win streak, should make for quite the Christmas day game.

 

[dan_smee]

If the Celts don't have a letdown Tues vs. Philly, they'll head to LA on a 19 game win streak, should make for quite the Christmas day game.

Great game, esp since the Lakers are on a 0-2 streak, and down with 6 to go against memphis....

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Great game, esp since the Lakers are on a 0-2 streak, and down with 6 to go against memphis....

sorry to bust in like this, but i have a sixth sense about people mentioning memphis

but the grizzlies fucking suck. that is all.