*NBA THREAD* Abe will be missed (6 Viewers)

[EYLive]

Worst dunk contest ever?

They need to take points off for each miss.

 

[bryhamm]

Worst dunk contest ever?

yes.although the finals are decent.

 

[Abraham]

Dunk suggestions:Make the first round like x games skateboarding. Put ten or twelve minutes on the clock and let them all go out there and take turns. Highest two scores count. Top half move to semis. In the semis, allow Each contestant 8 chances to make two dunks. Top two scores count. Contestant can use as few as two and as many as eight attempts. Top two move on. Finals. : set one rim at 10' and one rim at 11'. Eight attempts total. First two made dunks score.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Only thing that sucks worse than this dunk contest is this Nick Cannon character. Best part is the commentary by Chuck & Kenny. No one knows who these dunkers are.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

They got it right having a draft for the Rising Stars game.Ought to do the same for the NBA All Star game.

 

[Britney Spears]

Worst dunk contest ever?

Bad, but not the worst. The 2nd year Nate Robinson won was terrible.

 

[the moops]

Channeling Abe here.LAL gets Jordan, Rondo, filler from ATLLAC gets Pierce, GarnettATL gets HowardBOS gets Bledsoe, Horford, filler from LACIt's fun to play around with the trade checker

 

[Abraham]

Channeling Abe here.LAL gets Jordan, Rondo, filler from ATLLAC gets Pierce, GarnettATL gets HowardBOS gets Bledsoe, Horford, filler from LACIt's fun to play around with the trade checker

I had one similar. Clippers get Garnett Hawks get BledsoeKings get Josh smith and rondo Celtics get jordan, boogie, an Ty Evans

 

[Vicktimized]

Who are the top 5 picks right now?

Ben mcklenoreAlex LenNerlens Noel Cody Zeller Anthony Bennett. Shabazz close to this group.

Noel, McLemore and Marcus Smart are the top 3 easy IMO. I like Otto Porter and Victor Oladipo to make a move up the draft board too. And Shabazz, Bennett and Zeller will go pretty high, though I'm not as high on them as the other five.

 

[JZilla]

The skills competition is a fun half hour of TV when you DVR it and skip all the bull####

 

[sports_fan]

Channeling Abe here.LAL gets Jordan, Rondo, filler from ATLLAC gets Pierce, GarnettATL gets HowardBOS gets Bledsoe, Horford, filler from LACIt's fun to play around with the trade checker

I had one similar. Clippers get Garnett Hawks get BledsoeKings get Josh smith and rondo Celtics get jordan, boogie, an Ty Evans

Garnett isn't going to waive his no trade clause.

 

[Zaxxon]

Channeling Abe here.LAL gets Jordan, Rondo, filler from ATLLAC gets Pierce, GarnettATL gets HowardBOS gets Bledsoe, Horford, filler from LACIt's fun to play around with the trade checker

I had one similar. Clippers get Garnett Hawks get BledsoeKings get Josh smith and rondo Celtics get jordan, boogie, an Ty Evans

Garnett isn't going to waive his no trade clause.

Losing does a lot to change a guy's mind. If you tell him he can go to a team with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin(and his buddy Chauncey) where they are tracking to have home court in at least the first round of the playoffs, who knows?

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Only thing that sucks worse than this dunk contest is this Nick Cannon character. Best part is the commentary by Chuck & Kenny. No one knows who these dunkers are.

"The plane! The plane!" F'n Charles. Best part of the night.

 

[Zaxxon]

Only thing that sucks worse than this dunk contest is this Nick Cannon character. Best part is the commentary by Chuck & Kenny. No one knows who these dunkers are.

"The plane! The plane!" F'n Charles. Best part of the night.

Charles seemed to stop mid-sentence after the conclusion of the dunk contest when he was complaining about the stars of the NBA ducking out on it. He and Kenny were talking about the cast of nobodies that appear in the dunk contest these days and seemed to lose his steam which makes you wonder if someone was in his ear asking him to calm it down. I fully agree with them though. Naming a dunk contest winner from recent years seems a lot tougher than it used to be.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Only thing that sucks worse than this dunk contest is this Nick Cannon character. Best part is the commentary by Chuck & Kenny. No one knows who these dunkers are.

"The plane! The plane!" F'n Charles. Best part of the night.

Charles seemed to stop mid-sentence after the conclusion of the dunk contest when he was complaining about the stars of the NBA ducking out on it. He and Kenny were talking about the cast of nobodies that appear in the dunk contest these days and seemed to lose his steam which makes you wonder if someone was in his ear asking him to calm it down. I fully agree with them though. Naming a dunk contest winner from recent years seems a lot tougher than it used to be.

Wouldn't be surprised at all if he watching catching #### for it. IMO, keep the events the same, but make it an all around competition with the stars. LeBron, Durant, Melo, Irving, Kobe (although he'd be ####ed on the passing portion) and Donuts compete in each event. That is something everyone would want to watch.

 

[Zaxxon]

Only thing that sucks worse than this dunk contest is this Nick Cannon character. Best part is the commentary by Chuck & Kenny. No one knows who these dunkers are.

"The plane! The plane!" F'n Charles. Best part of the night.

Charles seemed to stop mid-sentence after the conclusion of the dunk contest when he was complaining about the stars of the NBA ducking out on it. He and Kenny were talking about the cast of nobodies that appear in the dunk contest these days and seemed to lose his steam which makes you wonder if someone was in his ear asking him to calm it down. I fully agree with them though. Naming a dunk contest winner from recent years seems a lot tougher than it used to be.

Wouldn't be surprised at all if he watching catching #### for it. IMO, keep the events the same, but make it an all around competition with the stars. LeBron, Durant, Melo, Irving, Kobe (although he'd be ####ed on the passing portion) and Donuts compete in each event. That is something everyone would want to watch.

I fully understand why you would include Donuts but why would he be the only Houston Rocket? Give the fans what they want.

 

[No. 16]

The two round 3 point contest is BS and the East vs West format sucks too.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

First time since I was 10 I think that I watched 0 of Allstar weekend.

 

[wadegarrett]

Kyrie Irving is a bad, bad man.

 

[Abraham]

Bledsoe for millsap rumor. That would be interesting.

 

[Dought Man]

Hopefully James white's performance is rock bottom for nba all star saturdays. Need stars. If james white did a 520 upside down, no one would even care. No buzz when the audience doesnt know who the dunkers are.

 

[Kev4029]

Bledsoe for millsap rumor. That would be interesting.

And it makes a lot of sense too. Millsap is so much better than any of the bigs off the Clippers bench, but I imagine it would result in more of Griffin at center which isn't ideal. For the Jazz it gives them a PG for the future and it would help them build their future core of Bledsoe, Favors, Haywood and possibly Burke and Kanter.

 

[Balco]

Bledsoe for millsap rumor. That would be interesting.

And it makes a lot of sense too. Millsap is so much better than any of the bigs off the Clippers bench, but I imagine it would result in more of Griffin at center which isn't ideal. For the Jazz it gives them a PG for the future and it would help them build their future core of Bledsoe, Favors, Haywood and possibly Burke and Kanter.

Jazz have a lot of young talented players, but they seem to be lacking a go to guy.How are the clippers backup guards? It seems like losing Bledsoe would be a pretty big blow.

 

[wazoo11]

Has ESPN given MJ's birthday more air time than Billy Hunter's scandal?

 

[Kev4029]

Bledsoe for millsap rumor. That would be interesting.

And it makes a lot of sense too. Millsap is so much better than any of the bigs off the Clippers bench, but I imagine it would result in more of Griffin at center which isn't ideal. For the Jazz it gives them a PG for the future and it would help them build their future core of Bledsoe, Favors, Haywood and possibly Burke and Kanter.

Jazz have a lot of young talented players, but they seem to be lacking a go to guy.How are the clippers backup guards? It seems like losing Bledsoe would be a pretty big blow.

With Bledsoe both Foye and Mo Williams would be expendable for the Jazz. I would guess that Billups and Crawford would split PG duties behind Paul, which wouldn't be perfect but it would work for 15 mpg in the regular season and 8 or 10 mpg in the playoffs.ETA: The Clips have the best PG situation in the league.

 

[Abraham]

Agreed. This is a reasonable trade for both teams. Doubtful that Bledsoe becomes a top 5 pg, but he will be a big upgrade for Utah if this deal goes trough.Makes a lot of sense for the clippers too. Griffin, Jordan, and millsap down low makes for a lot of options and depth.

 

[Britney Spears]

All-star intros are on right now. Anyone know what is with the little patches the players have? They look like Boy Scout achievements or something?I have the sound really low (kid and wife napping on the couch), but I don't think they said anything about them.

 

[EYLive]

All-star intros are on right now. Anyone know what is with the little patches the players have? They look like Boy Scout achievements or something?I have the sound really low (kid and wife napping on the couch), but I don't think they said anything about them.

I think they're logos from previous all-star appearances.

 

[EYLive]

Bledsoe for millsap rumor. That would be interesting.

And it makes a lot of sense too. Millsap is so much better than any of the bigs off the Clippers bench, but I imagine it would result in more of Griffin at center which isn't ideal. For the Jazz it gives them a PG for the future and it would help them build their future core of Bledsoe, Favors, Haywood and possibly Burke and Kanter.

Jazz have a lot of young talented players, but they seem to be lacking a go to guy.How are the clippers backup guards? It seems like losing Bledsoe would be a pretty big blow.

With Bledsoe both Foye and Mo Williams would be expendable for the Jazz. I would guess that Billups and Crawford would split PG duties behind Paul, which wouldn't be perfect but it would work for 15 mpg in the regular season and 8 or 10 mpg in the playoffs.ETA: The Clips have the best PG situation in the league.

As former Clippers, bother Foye and Mo were better shooters, with Mo being a flat out better PG. Bledsoe is overrated as a PG. His jumper is improving but it's still pretty below average. He creates off of this athletecism, not his vision or b-ball IQ. Good defender, but too many commits too many TOs.

 

[Britney Spears]

All-star intros are on right now. Anyone know what is with the little patches the players have? They look like Boy Scout achievements or something?I have the sound really low (kid and wife napping on the couch), but I don't think they said anything about them.

I think they're logos from previous all-star appearances.

Huh, that's kind of cool. These are definitely some of the less dorky looking outfits in a while.

 

[Britney Spears]

All-star intros are on right now. Anyone know what is with the little patches the players have? They look like Boy Scout achievements or something?

I have the sound really low (kid and wife napping on the couch), but I don't think they said anything about them.

I think they're logos from previous all-star appearances.

Huh, that's kind of cool. These are definitely some of the less dorky looking outfits in a while.

I take that back.

 

[lbouchard]

James hasn't committed a foul in 250 straight minutes? Such a stupid "achievement". Can't think of a stat that shows more blatant favoritism.

 

[Abraham]

I don't think I've ever seen jrue holiday play til tonight.

 

[Abraham]

1. I like seeing Chris bosh look stupid. 2. Why is Alicia keys singing about New York in Houston?

 

[Abraham]

Awesome footlocker commercial with harden and humpheries.

 

[Popinski]

Just tuned in and it was halftime. I can't figure out why the TNT crew was laughing so hard at Kevin Hart's jokes.

 

[sporthenry]

Awesome footlocker commercial with harden and humpheries.

I guess Kris is struggling with alimony or something. Not a good look for him. Never understand why these guys don't play half this hard the whole game. Then they wouldn't be losing and the game would be better. And did Reggie Miller just cite Bleacher Report? Isn't that the equivalent of using Wikipedia on a thesis?

 

[EYLive]

Kobe's forcing his balls into Lebron's mouth for 5 minutes.

 

[Moe.]

Awesome footlocker commercial with harden and humpheries.

I guess Kris is struggling with alimony or something. Not a good look for him. Never understand why these guys don't play half this hard the whole game. Then they wouldn't be losing and the game would be better. And did Reggie Miller just cite Bleacher Report? Isn't that the equivalent of using Wikipedia on a thesis?

Miller is an idiot. Wright Thompson is the guy who wrote the article, he doesn't write for bleacher report. Miller is so bad at his job.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Hey LeBron, get that WEAK #### OUTTA HERE.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Kobe's forcing his balls into Lebron's mouth for 5 minutes.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Kobe's forcing his balls into Lebron's mouth for 5 minutes.

Maybe LeBron will get his revenge on Kobe in the Finals this year.ool

 

[Shrugs]

I doubt LeBron will even be playing the game at 34, let alone owning the best player at the time.

 

[Shrugs]

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2183379/kobereturns_medium.gif

 

[sporthenry]

I doubt LeBron will even be playing the game at 34, let alone owning the best player at the time.

 

[Premier]

Hey LeBron, get that WEAK #### OUTTA HERE.

Hopefully Lebron whispered to Kobe "hope you get a good player in the lottery" during that stupid display.

 

[matuski]

Hey LeBron, get that WEAK #### OUTTA HERE.

Hopefully Lebron whispered to Kobe "hope you get a good player in the lottery" during that stupid display.

I bet LeBron wishes he thought of this sick burn.

 

[BassNBrew]

Bosh looked like he didn't belong on the court last nite.

 

[Abraham]

Bosh looked like he didn't belong on the court last nite.

Trying to dribble and shoot threes and run the break. We get that it's an exhibition, but no one turned on the TV hoping to see Chris Bosh take over.

 

[encaitar]

RIP Jerry Buss.As much as it's fun to rip on the Lakers, this guy has been a great thing for the league and and even better thing for LA. NBA is the only game in town and a large part of that is due to Jerry and the great decisions he's made over the last 30 years.