The NBA Thread

@dccomicsrule2011 said:

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@dboyrules2011 said:

Clippers stand a good chance of going to the finals they got Odom back again Billups is going to be healthy blake griffin is only gonna get better They stand a good chance

Lol are not going nowhere The Lakers ,Spurs and OKC are better then the clip show.

We All have our own opinion.

We do but if that opinion is ridicules I am going to respond need I remind you the Spurs whooped the Clippers this season? Or have you forgot just because you are a fan of The Clippers does not mean they are going anywhere I like KD much more then I like Lebron But I will be the first to admit Lerbon>KD.

Its not the same team They acquired Odom And Billups is gonna be healthy

Billups is as old as dirt and is coming of injury we do not even know how he will play and Odom?? Odom really? we live under the same roof you know how I feel about the washed up sack or thrash. And even if Billups is still the same they are still not better then SA, the real LA and OKC

Who says he washed up he just didnt want to play with Mavs

Billups is gonna play the same way he played before he got hurt Garnett played the same

1. Odam did not do sh!t with LA in the playoffs against Dallas in the 2010/2011 season the dude is wahsed up.
2. Billups Is not Garnett do not compare the two one is a top 30 arguably top 20 player the other is not even in the top 100 and again how do you know how big shot is going to play the dude is older then durt with knee injury that spells disaster for geezers in professional sports.

We'll See

J-Kidd heading to the Knicks and it appears Jason Terry is going to sign with Boston. There goes the Mavs backcourt.

Crawford was a decent pick up for the Clippers

T-Wolves have signed Brandon Roy.

Ray Allen is going to the Heat. His return to Boston next season should be interesting.

Time to beginning rebuilding Boston.

Deron Williams and Joe Johnson will make a nice back court.

@_slim_ said:

Reportedly Steve Nash has accepted a sign and trade deal to the Lakers

yes but he also made a little girl cry V_V and made her stopped liking him.

nice going nash, i hope youre happy -_-

That kid better get over it, this is a business.

Lakers are trying to get Jodie Meeks from the 6ers.Ryan Anderson went to the Hornets.

Does Nash going to LA make them the favorite in the West? Or to win the championship?

Everyone seems to think (around where I am) that LA having Nash, now puts them over the top of other teams in the West. I'm not sold just yet, it helps them, especially in PG position. But to say they're the fav to win the west, better yet a championship. I don't know.

Steve Nash is what he is. Mike Brown may help some, but it's not like the Lakers have had lock-down defenders at the point. Nash's playmaking skills will help L.A. a lot more than his lack of defense will hurt them. That being said, I still think Oklahoma City is still the team to beat in the West.

pretty random but

i still keep hearing all of this Lebron James "witness" or "shuttin up the haters" crap even though its been like a month

now im not saying Lebron sucks, dont get me wrong. hes talented. but honestly imo if The Heat faced the Lakers or Spurs they wouldve lost. more importantly, if Derrick Rose didnt get injured, it probably wouldve been Chicago in the finals

anyone else agree or disagree?

any thoughts or predictions for 2013?

Give credit where credit is due. Lebron is the best player in the NBA. Everyone said he couldn't finish, he couldn't close, he wasn't a leader, and even made fun of him as good as he is for not having a ring. Well now he won a championship. The idea that the Bulls would have been in the finals with D.Rose in nonsense, because a Miami Heat STOMPED The Bulls the season before with D.Rose and he was MVP that year. I also don't think the Spurs or Lakers would have faired better against Miami. The Lakers could barely beat Denver and they don't have a single all-star, and OKC even with all their holes was able to take the Spurs out.

Let's see how 2012's Dream Team will fare....

Let's see how 2012's Dream Team will fare....

Lakers got Howard... and they managed to keep Gasol. Nice.

@_slim_ said:

Lakers got Howard... and they managed to keep Gasol. Nice.

Agreed

Yeah, that was a good move by LA. The Lakers almost always find a way to make a deal benefit them greatly. Orlando, on the other hand, got shafted, lol.

Orlando did get the short end of the stick, but they got plenty draft picks over the next couple of years, and some decent players in the trade. But yeah, they rebuilding process has begun for them, next season is gonna be rough.

Iguodala will fit in well with the Nuggets.

Iguodala to the Nuggets is a good move for both sides. I like the team they've put together since Melo left.

I agree with all you said about the Magic, but they had better deals on the table. The possible trades with the Nets and then the Rockets/Lakers were both better for what Orlando wanted/needed to do. After all of that maneuvering, they still got stuck with Turkoglu's bad contract.

Does anybody remember Manute Bol?

One of the greatest shot blockers of all time... which was pretty much all he did.

=]

I miss AI.

@Gambler: Long time to reply huh :P What do you know of the pistons?

John Salley smoking Doofy Dust... that n!gga was trying to say Julius Erving was better than Michael Jordan in ESPN First Take...

@LordMaverick said:

@Gambler: Long time to reply huh :P What do you know of the pistons?

I dont have high expectations for them this year or the next couple to be honest. They gotta unload Maggette. Glad Maxiell came back for his final year though. Dude has the longer arms I've ever seen lol.

@King Saturn said:

John Salley smoking Doofy Dust... that n!gga was trying to say Julius Erving was better than Michael Jordan in ESPN First Take...

This isn't just a stupid opinion in this case. It's just not true. Jordan is CLEARLY better than Doc.

@Gambler: lol they are my favorite team, specifically b/c they're my states team, i have hopes for them always

Is there a Better NBA Playoff Performance than Michael Jordan's 63 Points against The Celtics in Boston Garden ? 

@King Saturn said:

Is there a Better NBA Playoff Performance than Michael Jordan's 63 Points against The Celtics in Boston Garden ?

Magic in 1980 Finals against the 76ers. Kareem was hurt so Magic played center. He dropped 42 and he had 15 boards.

This. Plus Magic's team won the game

Beat you to the punch...

@LordMaverick said:

@Gambler: lol they are my favorite team, specifically b/c they're my states team, i have hopes for them always

Small World, they're my states team as well.

Ok does anyone think I'm insane? I bet a friend that the Timberwolves would make the playoffs this year.

@SensitivePsych0 said:

Ok does anyone think I'm insane? I bet a friend that the Timberwolves would make the playoffs this year.

Yeah, you're insane.

@SensitivePsych0: I hope you didn't bet too much.

@King Saturn said:

Is there a Better NBA Playoff Performance than Michael Jordan's 63 Points against The Celtics in Boston Garden ? 

Magic in 1980 Finals against the 76ers. Kareem was hurt so Magic played center. He dropped 42 and he had 15 boards. MJ had a better playoff performance than that too, In '97 against the Jazz in..Game 5, Mike had the flu and still had 38pts, 5 assists, and 7 boards.

@King Saturn said:

Is there a Better NBA Playoff Performance than Michael Jordan's 63 Points against The Celtics in Boston Garden ?

Magic in 1980 Finals against the 76ers. Kareem was hurt so Magic played center. He dropped 42 and he had 15 boards.

This. Plus Magic's team won the game

@King Saturn: when you are a ball hog like Jordan was then you can have 69 points......in a losing effort. They lost the game. they lost the series. The sixers team had 3 legendary players. The celtics had 3 legendary players. Dennis Johnson is not considered Legendary by any standard. Jordan didn't even try to make his team better at thattime. He played his position and it was all about Mike. Magic played(in that game) point guard AND center. His team won AND he hit the game winner. Mikes offensive game was great. Magics all around game was greater.

@King Saturn: when you are a ball hog like Jordan was then you can have 69 points......in a losing effort. They lost the game. they lost the series. The sixers team had 3 legendary players. The celtics had 3 legendary players. Dennis Johnson is not considered Legendary by any standard. Jordan didn't even try to make his team better at thattime. He played his position and it was all about Mike. Magic played(in that game) point guard AND center. His team won AND he hit the game winner. Mikes offensive game was great. Magics all around game was greater.

@King Saturn: now outside of Julius Erving, Daryl Dawkins and Bobby Jones are Not Legendary Players

I was just quoting what you said... or so i thought. i thought you were saying daryl dawkins and bobby jones are legendary players. I missed the NOT part.

They are not comparable dude. Jordan had the tougher feat than Magic because he handled the tougher team.

the Lakers were very vulnerable when they played that game. They were used to relying on Kareem, the 7' Hall of Fame, most points in league history Center. He was gone. You can't replace that....unless your Magic. Winning a play off game without Kareem is one thing. but winning a Finals game and playing center when you normally play point guard and grabbing 15 is better than Mikes one dimensional game.

@King Saturn: now outside of Julius Erving, Daryl Dawkins and Bobby Jones are Not Legendary Players

I was just quoting what you said... or so i thought. i thought you were saying daryl dawkins and bobby jones are legendary players. I missed the NOT part.

They are not comparable dude. Jordan had the tougher feat than Magic because he handled the tougher team.

the Lakers were very vulnerable when they played that game. They were used to relying on Kareem, the 7' Hall of Fame, most points in league history Center. He was gone. You can't replace that....unless your Magic. Winning a play off game without Kareem is one thing. but winning a Finals game and playing center when you normally play point guard and grabbing 15 is better than Mikes one dimensional game.

@King Saturn: Jordan's game went into double over time. So that is 10 more minutes of time to pad his stats. That's almost an entire quarter of playing time. also, jordan was used to shooting and scoring. that was nothing new for him. But Magic playing every position from point guard to center and scoring 40+ points and 15 boards in only 48 minutes is a better performance then scoring 69 pts in 58 minutes while taking 41 shots.

what I am saying is MJ was able to pull off a remarkable scoring run against a tougher team than Magic did... Magic played a quality Sixers team and dominated them while they had lesser talent than the Celtics of the 1985-86 season had. 

@_slim_: @0n1zuka: lol. It's a slap bet, and they got to be better than the jazz and a crappy mavericks team. Rubio, a shell of a shooting guard, AK47, kevin love, and pekovic should be enough don't you think?