*NBA THREAD* Abe will be missed (2 Viewers)

[ShaHBucks]

More Cousins technicals or Laker wins?

:softball:

More team assists for the Lakers or shots for Kobe?

More wins: 76ers or Lakers

No trolling but I'd take the 6ers

I'd have to agree, mostly because they play in the East.

Down the stretch, I don't think Kobe can reign in his desire to put up points against bad teams. Whereas I think every Sixer will be all-in on the tank.

I'm not totally certain of which of your scenarios leads to more losses, but I think it might be option 1.

The irony... Kobe is actually doing whats best for the Lakers right now.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Todd Fuller, aka the Man Drafted Before Kobe.

I'm old enough to remember that run of bad drafts. I clearly recall being at the dinner table when they took Foyle and yelling "NOOOOOOOOO!!!" and my parents consoling me. It's a hard road we've traveled.

Rather have Fuller's contract than Kobe's at this point. Dubs win?

Finally!

 

[SoCalBroncoFan]

You know what would be awesome? The Lakers suck all year on tank mode and end up with the third worst record. During the lottery, 3 teams move up, pushing the Lakers down to the 6th pick, at which point Phoenix gets their 1st round pick.

Epic!

 

[Todem]

Rockets looking dominant early. Dwight with a beastly game. Rockets defense has stepped up to a new level.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Best backcourt in the East (and 2nd overall)

Excited for tonight's backcourt duel, Cliff? Gonna be interesting to see if the other three guys can raise their game to Garrett Temple's level.

 

[Sammy3469]

How many nationally televised games will the Spurs throw this year?

OU has to be 6.5 or so, right?

 

[Kraft...]

How many nationally televised games will the Spurs throw this year?

OU has to be 6.5 or so, right?

Lots of TV shots of Duncan and Manu on the bench, pretty funny to see as the blow out was transpiring

 

[Freelove]

Good spot for the early-season Popping of the stars, IMO. Away, on the home court of a red-hot opponent where you're going to be a dog anyway, against a team you're likely to be facing off against for seeding/playoffs later in the year. Roll over, and if you lose, so what? And if you win, lol.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Good spot for the early-season Popping of the stars, IMO. Away, on the home court of a red-hot opponent where you're going to be a dog anyway, against a team you're likely to be facing off against for seeding/playoffs later in the year. Roll over, and if you lose, so what? And if you win, lol.

Yup. I blame that one on the NBA and the networks. They shouldn't be scheduling teams on the tail end of back-to-backs for national TV appearances. Even if the teams don't rest players the quality of play is gonna suffer. Wizards/Pacers on Wednesday night on ESPN was Exhibit A. Ugly, ugly basketball.

 

[jfranco77]

Vonteego Cummings.

Went to Pitt! I remember watching him live!

 

[Todem]

Over/Under on how many times Lebron uses the word's process and relax this season?

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Vonteego Cummings.

Went to Pitt! I remember watching him live!

We had Chris Taft for about 10 minutes too.

 

[Sammy3469]

Good spot for the early-season Popping of the stars, IMO. Away, on the home court of a red-hot opponent where you're going to be a dog anyway, against a team you're likely to be facing off against for seeding/playoffs later in the year. Roll over, and if you lose, so what? And if you win, lol.

Yup. I blame that one on the NBA and the networks. They shouldn't be scheduling teams on the tail end of back-to-backs for national TV appearances. Even if the teams don't rest players the quality of play is gonna suffer. Wizards/Pacers on Wednesday night on ESPN was Exhibit A. Ugly, ugly basketball.

I'm not sure they can really avoid it though since they basically have games every night. I also assume (hope?) Pop sometimes does it just to spite everyone.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Good spot for the early-season Popping of the stars, IMO. Away, on the home court of a red-hot opponent where you're going to be a dog anyway, against a team you're likely to be facing off against for seeding/playoffs later in the year. Roll over, and if you lose, so what? And if you win, lol.

Yup. I blame that one on the NBA and the networks. They shouldn't be scheduling teams on the tail end of back-to-backs for national TV appearances. Even if the teams don't rest players the quality of play is gonna suffer. Wizards/Pacers on Wednesday night on ESPN was Exhibit A. Ugly, ugly basketball.

I'm not sure they can really avoid it though since they basically have games every night. I also assume (hope?) Pop sometimes does it just to spite everyone.

Yeah, I think ultimately the way to avoid it is to have fewer back to backs by rearranging the schedule and starting the regular season after two weeks of preseason, if that.

Or less extreme- just don't do it on Thursday nights when the TNT game is usually the only option or close to that. I was forced to watch some of that Browns-Bengals game last night, for God's sake.

 

[Sammy3469]

Good spot for the early-season Popping of the stars, IMO. Away, on the home court of a red-hot opponent where you're going to be a dog anyway, against a team you're likely to be facing off against for seeding/playoffs later in the year. Roll over, and if you lose, so what? And if you win, lol.

Yup. I blame that one on the NBA and the networks. They shouldn't be scheduling teams on the tail end of back-to-backs for national TV appearances. Even if the teams don't rest players the quality of play is gonna suffer. Wizards/Pacers on Wednesday night on ESPN was Exhibit A. Ugly, ugly basketball.

I'm not sure they can really avoid it though since they basically have games every night. I also assume (hope?) Pop sometimes does it just to spite everyone.

Yeah, I think ultimately the way to avoid it is to have fewer back to backs by rearranging the schedule and starting the regular season after two weeks of preseason, if that.

Or less extreme- just don't do it on Thursday nights when the TNT game is usually the only option or close to that. I was forced to watch some of that Browns-Bengals game last night, for God's sake.

They can certainly make those 2 games be non-back-to-backers (or be the initial game of a back-to-back). The rest of the schedule, I'm less concerned with

 

[jfranco77]

Vonteego Cummings.

Went to Pitt! I remember watching him live!

We had Chris Taft for about 10 minutes too.

Shame he got injured in the NBA. I always thought he could be good.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Even though it's just a Nike commercial and they're probably the two most overexposed players in the game already, I still loved Episode 2 of the BGCP3TVinHD campaign. The "Scared Straight" thing is particularly good, especially the Jabari Parker guest spot. Starts around 2:30.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Best backcourt in the East (and 2nd overall)

Excited for tonight's backcourt duel, Cliff? Gonna be interesting to see if the other three guys can raise their game to Garrett Temple's level.

Should be a good one. My early projections have Lowry going for 30/5/10, Derozan with 35/8/5 and Wall and Shirley Temple combining for 15/2/2.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Even though it's just a Nike commercial and they're probably the two most overexposed players in the game already, I still loved Episode 2 of the BGCP3TVinHD campaign. The "Scared Straight" thing is particularly good, especially the Jabari Parker guest spot. Starts around 2:30.

LOL. What's Milwaukee?

 

[TobiasFunke]

Best backcourt in the East (and 2nd overall)

Excited for tonight's backcourt duel, Cliff? Gonna be interesting to see if the other three guys can raise their game to Garrett Temple's level.

Should be a good one. My early projections have Lowry going for 30/5/10, Derozan with 35/8/5 and Wall and Shirley Temple combining for 15/2/2.

Interesting projections. Here's mine.

 

[Village Idiot]

Cavs lose to Nuggets tonight.

I'm going for the ultra rare reveerse Gunz of the reverse Gunz here.

Thunder with 8 possibly 9 players tonight if Lamb can play vs. the Grizzlies? Oof.

 

[mcintyre1]

Anthony Bennett couldn't see the scoreboard or coach's hand signals before he had LASIK surgery

 

[Moe.]

Cavs lose to Nuggets tonight.

I'm going for the ultra rare reveerse Gunz of the reverse Gunz here.

Thunder with 8 possibly 9 players tonight if Lamb can play vs. the Grizzlies? Oof.

They were granted some sort of injury exception and allowed to sign Ish Smith. So there's that.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Anthony Bennett couldn't see the scoreboard or coach's hand signals before he had LASIK surgery

 

[Freelove]

Best backcourt in the East (and 2nd overall)

Excited for tonight's backcourt duel, Cliff? Gonna be interesting to see if the other three guys can raise their game to Garrett Temple's level.

Should be a good one. My early projections have Lowry going for 30/5/10, Derozan with 35/8/5 and Wall and Shirley Temple combining for 15/2/2.

Interesting projections. Here's mine.

Isn't it a little early for playoff projections?

 

[Kev4029]

Cavs lose to Nuggets tonight.

I'm going for the ultra rare reveerse Gunz of the reverse Gunz here.

Thunder with 8 possibly 9 players tonight if Lamb can play vs. the Grizzlies? Oof.

Doubt it. The Nuggets blow.

 

[mcintyre1]

Holy ####. Like, I know we've all made fun of Kahn before, but I think I lost sight of just how godawful he really was as a GM.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Interesting game plan from the Wiz. Send Pierce out to drop an elbow in Lowry's face. Guess they know they have zero chance if Lowry is playing.

 

[mcintyre1]

I knew the Wolves couldn't have a good season. Pretty sure Rubio just broke his ankle.

 

[thecatch]

Interesting game plan from the Wiz. Send Pierce out to drop an elbow in Lowry's face. Guess they know they zero chance if Lowry is playing.

Paul Pierce is done. That's about all he's good for at this point.

 

[JB Breakfast Club]

I knew the Wolves couldn't have a good season. Pretty sure Rubio just broke his ankle.

Uuuuuuuuuugggghhhhh!

 

[mcintyre1]

I knew the Wolves couldn't have a good season. Pretty sure Rubio just broke his ankle.

Uuuuuuuuuugggghhhhh!

Someone claims this is a closeup from the game (no way for me to confirm, but looks legit). Little stomach churning, fair warning. If that's true, he's done for the year, I'd think.

EDIT: ####. (pic warning)

Beat writer is saying he doesn't think its broken, but jesus, I don't see how not.

Team is claiming sprained ankle, to be evaluated tomorrow. Cynic in me is that they don't want to crush fans that quickly, sell a few more tickets if they can.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Wiz look as bad as Rubio's ankle.

 

[Premier]

Marcus Smart is dead too.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

OKC sure playing tough. That roster looks just terrible but they aren't nearly as bad as I thought they'd be.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Best backcourt in the East (and 2nd overall)

Excited for tonight's backcourt duel, Cliff? Gonna be interesting to see if the other three guys can raise their game to Garrett Temple's level.

Should be a good one. My early projections have Lowry going for 30/5/10, Derozan with 35/8/5 and Wall and Shirley Temple combining for 15/2/2.

Interesting projections. Here's mine.

Looks like I was a little generous thinking Wall and Temple would combine for 15 points.

 

[sports_fan]

rubio's ankle not broken

https://twitter.com/Twolves_PR/status/530917511597158400

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Interesting game plan from the Wiz. Send Pierce out to drop an elbow in Lowry's face. Guess they know they zero chance if Lowry is playing.

Paul Pierce is done. That's about all he's good for at this point.

http://gfycat.com/PowerfulNiceGander

Helluva elbow but just angered Lowry into a triple double.

 

[Bobcat10]

Arthur just launched Waiters who had some serious momentum going. Looks like he's ok though. Later, Art.

 

[JB Breakfast Club]

Arthur just launched Waiters who had some serious momentum going. Looks like he's ok though. Later, Art.

Deserves a suspension for that cheap shot too. Really dangerous.

 

[flapgreen]

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[Britney Spears]

Anthony Bennett couldn't see the scoreboard or coach's hand signals before he had LASIK surgery

Maybe they should check this stuff instead of having them hop around and asking them dumb questions when they are deciding who to draft.

 

[Raider Nation]

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Funny, but a guaranteed timeout for our GB Cliffy.

 

[Mr. Retukes]

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Funny, but a guaranteed timeout for our GB Cliffy.

I assumed that the thread title was cut off and that it meant to say "vagueness".

 

[Raider Nation]

I've grown to hate Mark Jackson. Any game he works, I watch it with the sound off.

 

[AAABatteries]

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Funny, but a guaranteed timeout for our GB Cliffy.

T&Ps to Jim Bob's penis

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

In the pantheon of Cavs to hate early, how about Kyrie and his 44 minutes without an assist last night?

Irving for Rondo straight up?

 

[Premier]

Aaron Gordon

 

[sports_fan]

Aaron Gordon

He was a beast last night. He made a few spectacular plays late in the 4th. They'd have lost the game in regulation without him.

 

[Freelove]

Listening to the Simmons/House O/U podcast right now. Got me wanting to try my luck. Bolding my high confidence choices for kicks.

DEN: 42.5 - Over (The Faried confidence thing, Danilo healthy again, a real SG, moving on from "McGee is a starter" narrative)

Nailed it.