*NBA THREAD* Abe will be missed (5 Viewers)

[Britney Spears]

Who is Kobe shutting down now? Because wade and Lebron are doing whatever they want

At the risk piling on, LA looks much better with Kobe on the bench.

 

[tommyGunZ]

So Kobe is in his 17th season and has 30,000 points and 5600 assists. Whereas Lebron is in year 10 and has 20,000 points (youngest ever to reach that milestone) and already has over 5000 assists.

Raise your hand if you don't think Kobe plans on playing until he is 50 so he not only gets the scoring record but also adds about 10,000 points to it so it's safely out of reach.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Kobe is....uh.....hmmmmm......off.

 

[Britney Spears]

LOL Chuck

 

[tommyGunZ]

If the Lakers weren't turning the rock over, this wouldn't even be close.

 

[Abraham]

If the Lakers weren't turning the rock over, this wouldn't even be close.

Unfortunately turnovers are part of the game.

 

[tommyGunZ]

If the Lakers weren't turning the rock over, this wouldn't even be close.

Unfortunately turnovers are part of the game.

Yeah, and the Lakers haven't turned it over 16 times in a half in probably 20 years.

 

[Britney Spears]

It's fun watching LeBron marking Kobe.

 

[Britney Spears]

It's fun watching LeBron marking Kobe.

...and there he gives up a triple.

 

[Abraham]

13 missed shots and six turnovers.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

I was so excited to see Kobe's lockdown D tonight. Guess he only had two games in him.

 

[tommyGunZ]

uh oh

 

[tommyGunZ]

MAMBA TIME!

 

[timschochet]

Incredible defense by Miami. When they play defense like this they are extremely difficult to beat.

 

[Britney Spears]

Terrible shot for James there.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Terrible shot for James there.

You think? Early in the clock, but he was WIDE open. Not going to get a better look the whole possession.

 

[tommyGunZ]

MONSTER 3 from KOBE!

 

[Britney Spears]

Terrible shot for James there.

You think? Early in the clock, but he was WIDE open. Not going to get a better look the whole possession.

Ball movement had been working quite well in prior possessions. Lakers are terrible defending when the ball moves.

 

[Britney Spears]

He he.

 

[scoobus]

LeBron James is good at basketball.

 

[Card Trader]

8/25

 

[tommyGunZ]

Terrible shot for James there.

You think? Early in the clock, but he was WIDE open. Not going to get a better look the whole possession.

Ball movement had been working quite well in prior possessions. Lakers are terrible defending when the ball moves.

Miami was 2-29 in the first half when the Lakers were able to get in there half court defense. Either way, if that falls, it's a dagger. Just ####### agree with me already Brit!

 

[Good Posting Judge]

2 TO's for LeBron. That is just insane.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

8/25

Rest of team: 23/47Luckily for Kobe, Lebron didn't guard him all game. Embarrassing to watch him continue to clank bad shot after bad shot after bad shot throughout the game when the Heat have no answer for Gasol or Howard down low.

 

[drummer]

8/25

2/50/14/74/74/70/14/85/11

 

[drummer]

8/25

Rest of team: 23/47Luckily for Kobe, Lebron didn't guard him all game. Embarrassing to watch him continue to clank bad shot after bad shot after bad shot throughout the game when the Heat have no answer for Gasol or Howard down low.

2/50/14/74/74/70/14/85/11

 

[Dought Man]

Kobe and Lebron both had 25 field goal attempts. One man scored 39, the other 22. Kobe is a better scorer though. Lebron is more of a 5 on 5 player...cerebral. Not a great scorer.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

So who did Kobe guard?

 

[Popinski]

So who did Kobe guard?

No one.

 

[Premier]

Reaching a new low when Tommy is in here yapping after Cavs/Bucks wins.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Is this the greatest photo in the history of the NBA?

 

[Hang 10]

Is this the greatest photo in the history of the NBA?

It took me a second to notice the shirt.

 

[Kev4029]

Final ASG voting is in, Lin missed the cut by about 45,000 votes but would have finished 5th in total voting in either the eastern or western conference above the 3rd front court player (either Griffin in the west or Garnett in the east).Backcourt: Kobe Bryant (1,591,437), Chris Paul (929,155), Jeremy Lin (883,809)Frontcourt: Kevin Durant (1,504,047), Dwight Howard (922,070), Blake Griffin (863,832)

 

[Abraham]

Lin isn't likely to get picked as a reserve, which is fine. But a top 10 vote getter not being on the squad seems bizarre. Harden will make it for Houston I'm sure so the host team will have a representative.

 

[Premier]

I thought Lin was going to get 50 gazillion votes or something.

 

[Abraham]

I thought Lin was going to get 50 gazillion votes or something.

He got ninth most in the league. That's not bad. Who did I bet? What email address do I send your $50 to?

 

[Cliff Clavin]

I thought Lin was going to get 50 gazillion votes or something.

Even China won't vote that much for the worst PG in the west.

 

[Abraham]

 

[Gr00vus]

Ball movement had been working quite well in prior possessions. Lakers are terrible defending when the ball moves.

I was at the game last night so I don't know how much off the ball stuff they showed on T.V., but I was blown away by how hard all the other guys (except for Wade) worked to get LeBron open. In the 1/2 court set they would run multiple high pics to free him up and if that somehow didn't work they'd reset and just try the same thing again until it did. They really emphasized this when Howard was out of the game, resulting in multiple layups for James, usually right over Gasol.As bad as Kobe was, I think Nash played worse. His decision making was really poor last night. Some of that I attribute to the aggressive double teams the Heat were throwing at him, but much of it was unforced.Good game to watch last night regardless.

 

[D'OHtis]

Don't know what more Gentry could have done with this squad. The inevitable post-Nash slide was coming sometime. Glad it's coming now and not 2-3 years down the road if we kept Nash & continue to just be mediocre instead of very bad. Too many complimentary players. Suns need a few bad years to find a go to player.

Alvin Gentry and the Suns have agreed to "mutually part ways," according to a press release, and an interim coach is expected to be named in the next 24-48 hours.First of all, wow. Secondly, we can't say that it comes as a total surprise. Gentry's name has been mentioned by several when talking about coaches on the hot seat, and the Suns have had a miserable start to the season. Phoenix is 13-28 and last in the Pacific Division. Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the favorites for the interim coaching position are Elston Turner and Lindsey Hunter.

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[EYLive]

Lakers need to do some basic passing drills. There must be a YMCA somewhere that has winter clinics.

 

[EYLive]

At least I still have the Clippers kicking the crap out of folks (mostly bad teams though).

 

[scoobus]

Don't know what more Gentry could have done with this squad. The inevitable post-Nash slide was coming sometime. Glad it's coming now and not 2-3 years down the road if we kept Nash & continue to just be mediocre instead of very bad. Too many complimentary players. Suns need a few bad years to find a go to player.

Alvin Gentry and the Suns have agreed to "mutually part ways," according to a press release, and an interim coach is expected to be named in the next 24-48 hours.First of all, wow. Secondly, we can't say that it comes as a total surprise. Gentry's name has been mentioned by several when talking about coaches on the hot seat, and the Suns have had a miserable start to the season. Phoenix is 13-28 and last in the Pacific Division. Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the favorites for the interim coaching position are Elston Turner and Lindsey Hunter.

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Was inevitable with him refusing to play Wes Johnson

 

[Dought Man]

Don't know what more Gentry could have done with this squad. The inevitable post-Nash slide was coming sometime. Glad it's coming now and not 2-3 years down the road if we kept Nash & continue to just be mediocre instead of very bad. Too many complimentary players. Suns need a few bad years to find a go to player.

Alvin Gentry and the Suns have agreed to "mutually part ways," according to a press release, and an interim coach is expected to be named in the next 24-48 hours.First of all, wow. Secondly, we can't say that it comes as a total surprise. Gentry's name has been mentioned by several when talking about coaches on the hot seat, and the Suns have had a miserable start to the season. Phoenix is 13-28 and last in the Pacific Division. Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the favorites for the interim coaching position are Elston Turner and Lindsey Hunter.

Rotoworld.com

Was inevitable with him refusing to play Wes Johnson

Wes Johnson...continuing the legend of awesome Syracuse products in the NBA...

 

[Kev4029]

I thought Lin was going to get 50 gazillion votes or something.

He got ninth most in the league. That's not bad. Who did I bet? What email address do I send your $50 to?

Spoiler

Kev4029 @ aol.com

 

[Good Posting Judge]

So the Chinese will vote for Asian-Asians, but not Asian-Americans?

 

[Abraham]

I thought Lin was going to get 50 gazillion votes or something.

He got ninth most in the league. That's not bad. Who did I bet? What email address do I send your $50 to?

Spoiler

Kev4029 @ aol.com

Got it. Frankly he has been too pedestrian to have won the spot. At some point even the Asian market is going to get bored with 12 and 6. That said, i am surprised that harden didn't appear to fare better.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

So the Chinese will vote for Asian-Asians, but not Asian-Americans?

But Houston is going to make MILLIONS by overpaying for him.

 

[Abraham]

So the Chinese will vote for Asian-Asians, but not Asian-Americans?

But Houston is going to make MILLIONS by overpaying for him.

The worst point guard in the west got the 9th most all star votes. You tell me?

 

[Cliff Clavin]

So the Chinese will vote for Asian-Asians, but not Asian-Americans?

But Houston is going to make MILLIONS by overpaying for him.

The worst point guard in the west got the 9th most all star votes. You tell me?

What is the conversion rate of all-star votes to dollars?