The NBA Thread (Warning : Scores!)

 

Rumour is that Elton Brand (also now a free agent) is gonna re-sign with them and have a sweet backcourt with the addition of Davis. Kaman's a decent post presence maybe it will give them the boost they've needed for a long time. The Staples Centre's forgotten team might be moving up. You're right though, if you lived in LA and you had to choose your team it would be pretty hard picking the Clippers hey? I'm not sure what kind of territorial lines are drawn over there but I'm sure there's some fans who have their reasons for supporting them...

Kaman's better than decent. Had a really good year. If Brand comes back as good before the Clipps will be good. Not Celtics good, prolly not lakers good-but playoff good

That said, Baron Davis clearly has the Aids so who knows

lol gotta laugh at this. Check the thread titles on a Warriors forum I'm on

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 Rim Shaker!
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 Biggie & Heavy D
 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2knx7_notorious-big-heavy-d-nba-jam-sessi_music

 Biggies Verses

 'Not even Stan the man could withstand the lyrical punch
You nibble on my double dribble or alley-oop and monster dunk. (Ah hah, ya heard this?)
Dig in the trunk Mark Jackson even Bill Paxton
Give me my props at the lyrical waxin (ya heard)'

'I'm stripping like Scottie Pippen giving the serious butt kicking
Breaking bones like Karl Malone yeah I'm flippin'
Or Isaiah, say ya prayer when I step inta your lair
Leave the lane clear; I'm well feared like Lambier'

'One in the chamber like Chambers,
Getting' that close range like Danny ainge nobody is stranger
Than the Biggie Smalls, the Brooklyn thumper
With the wicked jumper you like the way I freak the double jumper'

''Rebounding, Outstanding, no one surrounding
I'm screwing and doing like I was Ewing
The only one soaring and scoring is Jordan (Ah heh ah heh)
He must of had his wheaties this morning'

Come on Elton Brand-fk Baron over and sign that contract!!

Sonics are staying in Seattle!

Well, the name, logo and colours anyway...I wonder if they'll get another team to take it on.


In related news, who wants to start guessing what they'll call the new franchise in Oklahoma City.

A quick google has found me a Bison and a Bullfrog as 2 state animals. I'm going with Bisons...

Just checked wikipedia too and their existing sports teams have got to have some of the dodgiest names ever! Aside from the ones that are exactly the same or similar to other city's (Blazers, Stars, Lightning, RedHawks lol) there isn't much good. The Yard Dawgz? Please!

Nice! Some fucking NASTY dunks in this clip. Brings back the memories. Kemp was the man.

summer league kicked off today. Interesting to see Oklahoma City already running round considering they don't have colours or even a name yet. Funny to hear the commentator calling em the Bombers though

I was gonna make a joke to that effect in my earlier post about the potential team names. Gold!

Elton Brand has put one of his LA houses up for sale. Surely this doesnt mean.....


!!!

(lol i fkn wish)

 Not really NBA news but my NBA 2k8 seasons is falling apart.

 I am 6-7 playing with Phoenix. Lost a few heart breakers. Golden State beat me on a Harrington 3 point play (biggest travel ever), Cleveland beat me in double overtime.

 League leading Lakers up next too!

 Sick game tho Cheers Quazz

 

 

i was thrashing that game for the first half of the year. awesome to play isn't it?

took the suns all the way with three nba 1st team players.

welli fkd that last post up lol

Looks like Brand is goin to Philly(a big fkn SUCK SHIT reaching out to Baron Davis hahahaha) and we signed Corey maggette. Just the exact type of player we DON'T need

fk i hate being a Warriors fan

 

Show me the money!

You'd feel just as bad being a Clippers fan I'm sure!

i reckon we'd be tied with them in the stakes of who it sucks to support most.At least the Clippers are in LA though. We have to overpay cunts for them to even think of coming to Oakland, let alone stay.

True.

I wish Jay Z would buy us and move us to Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Warriors would be dope

The Hornets announced today that All-Star point guard Chris Paul has signed a contract extension.

 

4 years at 65 million


In NBA Value, he's worth every cent

i can just picture james teasing you from a distance mate. he'd be pretty stoked right now.

ha yeah no shit. But then I'd remind him he goes for the Nets

fk I'll never forget that on msn

"Quaz i need an NBA team to support, any ideas" we went through a few until he decided on the Nets. Why? Well 2 reasons. One-Because Jay Z part owns them. But the main reason? Tony Saprono

Clearly an NBA Purist lol

good reasons though.

god i love how fkd the Clippers are now. Suck shit Baron you worm.

The Toronto Raptors just signed an Aborginal bloke!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3483725

The Toronto Raptors signed Nathan Jawai, the first indigenous player from Australia to be drafted by an NBA team, to a two-year contract on Friday.

The 21-year-old was selected in the second round, 41st overall, by the Indiana Pacers in last month's NBA draft. The Pacers traded his draft rights, along with Jermaine O'Neal, for point guard T.J. Ford, center Rasho Nesterovic, forward Maceo Baston and the draft rights to center Roy Hibbert.

The 6-10, 280-pounder earned rookie of the year honors last season in Australia's National Basketball League, where he averaged 17.7 points and 9.6 rebounds in 30 games for the Cairns Taipans.

He will play for the Raptors in the Las Vegas summer league, with the first game scheduled for Saturday.


Good on him hope he does well. On a team as bad as the Raptors I'm sure he'll get some minutes! 

 

 Have you guys seen him?

 Can fkn play!

 They called him baby Shaq last year in the NBL. He won Rookie of the Year and All Star game MVP

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Sweet. Love it, maybe the Boomers can get some wins with some more experienced worldly players...

Yeah, have seen him play. He is good. Great for the NBL is not even on par with 6th man in the NBA imo though. It's like the Aussies in the Premier League. Even our best are lucky to see regular first team starts. Having said that, I'm just about to prove that White Men Can't Jump, Run or Even Breathe Whilst Moving in my mixed basketball game tonight.

I don't think he will now-not playing behind both Chris Bosch and Jermaine O'neal

He could be a backup centre to Parker or Nesterovic maybe.


How can Muresan not be number 1 in that list? He is way more freaky looking than Cassell!

lol parkers a shooting guard/small forward and nesterovic will be backing up Oneal playing centre


But hey good on him, a lot of 2nd round picks never even get signed

O'Neal at centre? That's a stretch for them...

how? he's 6'11 and has played centre for years at Indiana


oh and Marcus Camby just went to the Clippers for a furture second round draft pick

a salry dump for the Nuggets and clearly the Clippers clearly panicked thinking they've not got a shot at any of the unrestricted free agents

If a 3 of Melo Camby and Iverson cant get passe the first round, how will one of Baron Camy and Kaman

Haha I got everything wrong there didn't I,  thinking back I knew Parker was a guard but I was doing a quick glance at the Raptors roster to see where Jawai might fit in and I saw a C next to Parker. That stands for Captain not Centre eh...

I figured O'Neal would do a better job in a forward position too having said that I got no idea how he matches up as a centre either, I just figured he's be a little undersized as far as NBA centres go.

The Clippers look interesting now, Camby is a monster! I get your point about the Nuggets not getting anywhere with such a combo but remember that throwing some big stars together doesn't automatically equal wins. The Nuggets in particular seemed to suffer from a clash of talent, I'll admit it was a major improvement this season where they started deferring to each other more and working together better but not long enough to gel properly. There are exceptions, in particular the Celtics but I'm sure that the atmosphere surrounding that team is different. Storied franchise, a long run of losses. The Clippers might just be in a similar position, now they have assembled a new squad from around the league and should be hungry to throw off their long standing rep as the minor team in LA and get it back to where it was a couple of years ago.

lol 6 11, 120k is undersized?

and i  still don't think the Clipps will touch the Lakers-Not with Bynum back.

Who i like in the West though is New Orleans. Chris Paul is only going to get better(a scary thoughyt) and they just signed Posey, who showed how valuable he is in the Finals and could be just the piece they need to tip them over the edge

 Why did Boston let Posey go or was it a cap thing? The guy is a flat out winner. When Miami won the Finals he came up with 5 or 6 series changing plays as well, charges, steals, shots. Can seriously play.

 

 

yeah strictly a cap thing. New Orleans offered not only more $$'s per year but a 4 year deal compared to the Celts 2 year

Considering most of the dominant centres in the league right now are over 7 foot in my opinion, yes. I can't see that dodgy knee doing him any favours posting up either...

On the money about NO though, definitely getting stronger while other teams who have traditionally been tough in the West are fading away. Portland will be interesting this season as well.

besides Ming, what dominant centres?

All NBA 1st Team Centre- Dwight Howard (6 11)

All NBA 2nd Team Centre-Amare Stoudamire (6 11)

Lol and my zeppelin of 'knowledge' just keeps crashing and burning like the Hindenburg. They're who I had in mind...I could of sworn both those cunts were over 7 foot! Ah well...

 I am pretty surprised Stoudamire didn't make the Dream Team!

 They took Boozer ffs :snooze:

 

nah stoudamire pulled out

 Ah that makes sense now.

really looking forward to watching the USA team. They've pretty much been together for near 3 years now and have a gun team.Whilst no team will ever dominate like the OG Dream Team, they really have no excuses now

this just in, the Warriors acquire Marcus Williams from the Nets for a future protected pick

Really happy with this! Had big wraps coming out of college 2 years ago but never got to play behind J Kidd and then Devin Harris. We desperately needed a pure point guard to back up Monta and we've found one who's both very young and talented

Can't believe how different we will be this year

sorry for the triple post but this is massive

According to a report published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Childress said he agreed to terms Wednesday morning on a three-year contract with Olympiakos of Greece that is worth far more than $20 million initially reported.

"It's official, I just signed," Childress said by phone Wednesday morning from Athens, where he and agent Jim Tanner will be until Friday. "I think it was . . . a situation where I didn't know who to expect coming in, coming over to Athens. But it's a great city and a great organization. They do whatever they can to make you feel at home."

Childress will have the ability to opt out of his contract following each year of his contract, making a return to the NBA an easy scenario.



This is huge news and shows how much the game is changing. Childress is a very good young player and he's just left the Hawks to play in Athens because no one can offer him close to that sort of money. 20 mill, over 3 years and the club pays 100% of his taxes! These could have massive ramifications across the NBA

Just resigned Monta Ellis for 6 years! Fk Yer!!!!

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whilst I'm not sure anyone actually checks this thread, i feel its important to keep the fucker up to date


Artest is on his way to the Rockets


for Bobby Jackson, Donte Green and a future pick


If Ming, Macgrady and Artest stay healthy, look out(but i doubt they will)

 On ESPN they were talking about the impact of Childress leaving the NBA for Europe. Apparently Ben Gordon is considering it as well. They were saying that the European clubs pay players taxes, buy them houses etc, and with the Euro so strong against the greenback it's extremely financially tempting.

yeah-and the clubs pay the players taxes! Thats massive. And with Gordon, he was bor in England i think so he wouldn't even be an import

A few Euro NBA players(Kristic, Nachbar etc) have signed in Europe too. Its a growing(and somewhat alarming for the NBA) trend

i care mate. even though i can't watch any games ever.

can not wait to build our house and get foxtel to the MAX!!

heaps happy to find out a dude here at work is right into the NBA too. Wouldn't have picked it with a name like Habib

omg lol. Steve Nash and Baron Davis in a movie together

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6aolr_nash-davis_people


Nash seriously pulls off one off the best robots and moonwalks I've seen!

 Nash rocks it!
 

lol seriously wouldn'y have picked he'd have that in him

Thought I heard something about the Euro league not having salary caps either?
Surely their trade and salary cap regulations would be less bloody confusing than the NBA's too!

i think its no salary cap and it's 2-3 imports

Lebrons saying he'd play there for 50 mill a year

Woah! Speaking of players going to Europe...the Italian team Premiata Montegranar has signed none other than the Rainman: 38 year old Shawn Kemp! If he still has it he'll be dunking on motherfuckers in Italy. :slayer:

Edit: Just read Rodman has signed in Europe too! :smash:

the only thing Kemp still has is 13 kids

RIP Kevin Duckworth. Died yesterday, just 44 years old. 2 Time all star, a Trailblazer fave

Monta Ellis oout for 3-4 months with a sever ankle injury


AND SO IT FUCKING BEGINGS

I don't mean to be a cunt but I lol'ed a bit. Poor Warriors just can't get a break hey?

well we can

IN MONTA'S FUCKING ANKLE

stuipid sport/league anyway- i hate it

And a Drug Habit

Sounds like I have a lot in common with this guy.

It's official! the new Oklahoma City franchise are called the Thunder!

Lame ass name for sure!

And the logo is terrible. Typical futuristic style that's was all the rage in the NBA like, 10 years ago. Remember the Sonics vs. Bulls finals era Sonics logo or the old shitty Pistons one with the horse? OKC bringing it back! Thumbs down! It's so poor that it simply has to be a initial mockup for the naming launch, I can't seriously expect that this is the final version!

(http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0903/nba_thunder1_300.jpg)

PS. Where is the Thunder anywhere on that logo? Some thundery clouds or something would've been cool. Decent graphic designers must be hard to find in Oklahoma, even Noddy could do a better job!  :E

Still reckon they should've been the Bison! Or the Outlaws, beautiful PC right there a group of predominatly black males called the Outlaws!  :E

shoulda been the bombers

Wonder what happens now to our NBA approved mascott, Thunder?

Yea, that's what I was thinking.



If my mate gets back to me soon, I may be going to see Detroit play the Celtics at The Garden in November!!

That would be sweet. A lot of history there. Championship stadium and all probably be worth getting onto a tour before the game too to see all the memorabilia. I couldn't think of a better stadium to check out apart from Madison Square Garden or Staples Center.

Just cause I'm a Piston's fan, I'd like to get to The Palace as well. But my mate assures me I don't want to go to Detroit cause there's nothing there.

coming out now that Monta lied about how he fkd his ankle. rumour has it he came off a motor bike

seriously guys, get on the warriors hey. so fkn rewarding being a golden state fan

20th of Nov - Detroit at The Garden. Now I just have to wait till the 29th of Sep for tickets to go on sale....

:excited:

Nice!

was so awesome seeing the Warriors play at the Oracle. Everyone in Warriors Jerseys and what not. So cool

Tickets booked! My seat at the game...

http://www.seats3d.com/nba/boston_celtics/sec_9_9.html?price_plan_selected=& (http://www.seats3d.com/nba/boston_celtics/sec_9_9.html?price_plan_selected=&)

nice

one month to go!!!


though not expecting much this year. Mind you, good to see Baron since moving to Hollywood is doing Jenny Craig adds

fucking awesome!

Warriors just signed Dan Dickau. This changes everything. 55 Wins this season

 :lol:

huge Rumblings Mullin may be shown the door. If that fkn happens I'll seriously consider switching teams and following fkn netball or something

 :lol: My dad likes netball (and not for the ladies in lycra) - but he also collects slide rules and likes deep house at age 59.

Love the old guy though  :biggrin:

be cheaper buying GD/GA etc bibs than jerseys at least

yea, should be great - im pretty excited about it (just have to get my leave approved now)

putting serious consideration into parting ways with the Warriors. Love the team but fkn hate the owners and management team who in the end, my jersey/hat/shirt $$$ go to. Think I've just about had enough. My heads saying I've had enough, but my heart still loves them. It's like a fucked up relationship!

Sounds like about time to lock the two of you in a house together and broadcast it to the public, with hilarious consequences...

Could imagine it's annoying - obviously the management plays a huge part in selections and management etc, but are there enough fan numbers to push for a change in the management? Dare say if your unhappy with it over in Aus, then there are a fair few unhappy in the US too. And then do they have the fan numbers (and therefore their cash) and then owner's cash behind them to see them bottoming out and come back to make a run at the title in a few years with some new management?

Luckily Detroit seems to do pretty well under Joe D's management (albiet with the frustration of making 8 Conf Finals for 1 Championship Title win).

Oh there's a heap unhappy over there. Fans have been calling for Cohan to sell the team for years but nope. He still makes fkn money from them . We are a small market team. Always have been, always will be. They appeal to the die hard Bay Area basketball fan and not many else. That'll never change

I'm in talks with a couple other teams. It's a weird feeling-not sure i can do it

What will they have to offer to make you sign? :E

like any avid NBA follower, I'm open to blowies and wristies. But really, a management team that wants to fkn win. That's the main thing to me

Two words (only when said at The Palace) Deee troit.

yeah another mate of mine said the same thing


Not gonna happen

No bandwaggoning here

What bandwagon? Only won one title in around 20 years. They have been pretty solid though.

Also they have the new crew coming through with Stucky, Affalo, Maxiell, Johnson, etc so it'll be a whole new team in a year or so. From what they're saying I'm hoping Stucky plays almost starter minutes this year too, roatating between 1 and 2.

they are an obvious team to follow. Have been very good for years. I know heaps of people that go for em

Not interested

who the fuck is affalo when hes not at home?

Not sure I understand the question? You mean who is he out of Detroit? Nobody I spose, but I like the whole superstar team instead of a team of superstars.

(and then to contradict myself, I love watching LeBron, Kobe, Garnett, etc :lol: )

pretty much that, is he a rookie or something?

Yea, had is first year last year with Stucky. Known more for his defence, but will hopefully become better at the other end too as he apparantly works pretty hard.

dud  :E

 :lol:

Warriors' Ellis gets 30-game suspension for accident

http://www.nba.com/2008/news/10/11/101108ellissuspended.ap/index.html (http://www.nba.com/2008/news/10/11/101108ellissuspended.ap/index.html)

30 is a bit harsh (especially considering it's a team imposed ban) but they were saying he wouldn't be fit before then anyway. Gonna cost him $3mill too.


These two bits were interesting with what you were saying the other day too Quaz..

yup, we are a fkn shambles hey

ok so now its come out that Mullin actually tried to sign Baron, and Davis had agreed to just 3 years at 39mill. Thats a real good contract for the Warriors. But no, it was vetoed by Rowel, then we signed Maggette.



That could just about end it for me


one fans spot on take of the whole situation if any one gives a toss. Not sure i fkn do anymore

http://www.fearthebeard.org/2008/10/13/its-hater-tuesday-and-robert-rowell-the-bell-tolls-for-thee/

MAGETTE OH MY!!!!



yes they were poo last night.

in fairness, 3 of their starters didn't play. Whatever though, it's not the players i loathe. It's management, in particular that egocentric  fuckwit Rowel

so all you bastards love nba and i don't mind it but i don't really have a team that i follow. i think this has stopped me from getting into it as much as you lot. seen as del is going to the states soon i was thinking i'd get him to pick up a singlet for me and then i'd start to follow that team. so what singlet should i get....


nothing too shit please!!

what are you favourite colours? any lucky numbers?

:lol:

??!! I can see your frustration Steve.


 :lol:

 Just watch some games and see who you like watching.

 Kobe, LeBron, Wade, Dwight Howard, Garnett, Pierce, Nash, Anthony etc etc

Warriors...

I get into it more than most and I don't have a team either so there.

How about the Oklahoma City Thunder? At least you'll get in early and can't be accused of bandwaggoning! :E

Too bad their uniforms (and logo) looks shit...

get on the Warrio... fuck i couldn't even finish that sentence while keeping a straight face.

what are ya say, 3 fave colours

I'm the same - i tried to follow my childhood team - celtics, but was accused of bandwagoning (mainly by Quaz :P) instantly due to the big 3 drafted last year, and then lost interest to be honest. i want a new team that i can start really supporting - someone random

for the purpose of choosing colours... hmm Black, Orange, Blue will do

gogogogo!

knicks are blue and orange, my knicks singlet also had black trim

:yup:

knicks eh -

couple more and i'll do an eeny meeny miny mo  :E

"the big 3 being drafted" This alone speaks volumes.

1-Paul Pierce, was in fact, drafted yes. But in 1998. Been there a while

2- Ray Allen and Kevin Garnet were also drafted. Not by the Celts though. Did get traded there mind you




plenty of room on that championship bandwagon though, everyone hop on!!



ps-i fkn hate the Knicks

Just go the Bulls because Red, Black and White are great colours together.

You could go for the Warriors but you would then just sit around yearning for the days of Rick Barry.

*bait is on hook, waits for fish*

you know what i meant, give an NBA noob a break - geez :moon:

i've just gone & picked one, Orlando Magic it is

lol if only i were alive then

Orlando are a good pick though Dan. Strong side and gotta love watching Howard. He's a monster

Rashard Lewis can only have a better year than last season too...certainly didn't live up to the expectations of his monster contract!

yer they def over paid to get him

His production pretty much went down across the board from the last 3 seasons in Seattle...could be attributed to being in a new team and not the primary offensive threat anymore as well I'd expect.

he wasn't the prime scorer in Seattle either though-that was Ray Allen

Yeah forgot about that. Even more of a slide then! :lol:

lol yeah thought you may have mate-Ray Ray was fairly handy as a Sonic lol

http://store.nba.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3264705&cp=2710386.2482948.2806587.2805418&parentPage=family (http://store.nba.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3264705&cp=2710386.2482948.2806587.2805418&parentPage=family)

chris paul road jersey?

must admit-I'm big on Jerseys with pin stripes

anyone into that slamball? they been flogging it on fox, looks pretty lame.

its entertaining the first time u watch it......for about 10 mins. Then its all very samey

Takin' it back to the Zo and LJ Hornets with the pinstripe look! :slayer:

i love the commentators "oh take flight dwight serving some dinner up"  :lol:

lol

best thing about it is Kenny Anderson being one of the coaches

 And john starks  :lol:

hahah thats right!

still soooooooooooo close to turning like bad milk on the Warriors. Such a hate love relationship right now

Write a list of positives and negatives :lol:

if i went on that I woulda been out aggeessss ago

i didnt mind the nuggets last year, but there a but of a bunch of underachievers too.


i like watchin AI.

can't believe they traded Camby away for pretty much nothing. The one dude on their team that actually played D

"Baron On GSW Upper Management: It's Not Good To Be Lied To"

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/54994/20081021/baron_on_gsw_upper_management_its_not_good_to_be_lied_to/#

fucking sigh

Yeah you gotta wonder about that one especially since it's glaringly obvious that D is their weak point.

  :lol:

 Far out man

thats EXACTLY the thing i just can't handle about the Warriors any more. Like him or hate him, Baron saved Golden State. And then the suits go fuck him over. Ridiculous

my call will be made before opening tip

The countdown is on - what is it, 4 days?

Who are the front-runners for other teams?


Tim, have you made a choice?

there's only one other team I'm looking at but I'm not prepared to divulge such information at this time

Just got my tickets in the mail!!!

*dances a jig*

 Just be like me and have 3 or 4 teams :lol:

 Hopefully Miami are better this year.

 Also lets go Suns!!!

 Also the Lakers!

 

fixed

i'm jumping on the nets train :thumbsup:

i used to be on there, untill vince carter was shit.

Jay-Z is the owner and good mates with Lebron James. Could maybe see him there in a few years....

ah nice:)

Devin Harris definitely looks like one to watch this season...one of the early contenders for Most Improved Player according to the experts...

would agree with that too. Can't stand the winey little bitch but has talent and is no longer 3rd wheel behind Dirk and Howard

On my front, Go Warriors


(sigh)

Couldn't do the change Steve?


Season kicks off today!

nope, just couldn't. Got home drunk n sketchy sometime Sunday. Turned the computer on and the first thing i checked? Warriors forum

spoke volumes

 :lol: good luck this season

Was just checking the coverage here - 1 game a week! Bloody hell. Have to wait till the 3rd Dec for a Detroit game.

Looks about 3 a week for Aus.


Here's a torrent site for anyone looking for games - usually has most of em
http://bt.davka.info/ (http://bt.davka.info/)

haha untill playoffs anyway..

Haha, yea. Who would have thought the people of Aus that watch NBA would care about the postseason?!

lol yeah cheers. Opening game we play the Hornets who have the best point guard in the league, in Chris Paul. Our PG? Demarcus Nelson, an UNDRAFTED rookie

Gonna be ugly. REAL ugly

 Oden did his ankle in his first game :lol:

 Off for MRI's

lol was wondering why he only played 12 mins

That really sucks man. I want to see that guy reach his potential. From what I can glean from interviews he's a pretty humble dude. He was looking good to dominate this season too.

 :lol: Bloody hell



I was going to say 'Who?'

At least the gods repaid your faith Quaz  :lol:

lol. Blazers will still be better than us(and at least it wasn't Odens Knee again

Love this pic of Pierce just before getting his ring and the banner being raised. Shows how much it meant to the cunt

(http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/2008/news/features/rob_peterson/10/28/ringceremony/pierce608.jpg)

Yea, that's pretty good to see. Glad Garnett and Allen got one too

Now Al Harringtons asked to be traded


"weee''reeee a happy team at Golden State......"

Oh god  :lol:

yup, when it rains it fkn pours. That said, if we could get a real point guard for him, I'd be wrapped as it'll free up playing time for Brandon Wright. He's a beanpole, but a skilled one


Ton of games on today btw

Warriors lose a close one

and a big Fuck You to Don Nelson. Seriously, a 7 man rotation? The kids aren't gonna get any better unless u play them u senile cunt


That said, real nice game from Maggette. I feel a jersey comin on

 :lol:


great game tonight!!! Welcome back NBA!!  :biggrin:

oh and today we announce the 2 year extension of Nelson. Yup awesome

Is the Warriors team song sung to the tune of Benny Hill? :p

Anyone other than Mullin left at GS that you like Quaz?


Shouldnt jest though - Michael Curry is a first time head coach and karma always seems to get me back in the end. Be interesting to see how he goes though. With him and the young guys, should make for an interesting year at Detroit.



I'm going to have to tiptoe around again to not find out scores befre I can download games.

hmmm plenty of players I like. Monta(pre moped) Beens, Jax and if Maggs keeps playin like that, he'll become a fave. It's the front office that are fucktards. I know we say "err wish they got the aids and died" sort of thing a lot. Generally, it's in good humour. With these guys i mean it

 :lol:

David Lee (NY) for Harrington is one rumour floating around the Warrior's camp. Considering the way Lee filled up the stats table in their opening game vs. Miami you could do worse Quaz.

I'd be ecstatic with that trade mate. The has huge trade value round the league and can really play.Thats what the Warriors want tho. The knicks are offering Eddie Curry. Fuck that for a joke

Warriors go down to Toronto in Canada in overtime


gay

holy shit we won a game. Beat Jersey in Jersey

sorry Timmy n James

At least you're not last. Look at the Clippers...sweet justice for you I'd expect.

yes and no. Now that the truth has come out about how it went down, i feel for Baron. He'll always be one of my all time fave Dubbs

(glad i didn't burn his jersey)

take on Memphis in Memphis today. The Griz have 3 rookies in their starting 5 so I'm almost hoping they knock us off to show Don Nelson youth can play


fuckwit



*edit* wow huge trade. The Pistons get Iverson, For Billups and Mcdyse. Very interesting

that is a pretty big trade.

another awesome move by Dumars. Not cos it lands Iverson the player, but more so his expiring contract. Frees up a ton of $$ for the Pistons to throw at the big crop of huge name free agents coming up

My god we suck.

 :rofl:

 That's awesome. Weez hates Billups and loves Iverson (has an Iverson Nuggets Jersey) . Del loves Billups and the Pistons.

 Just another reason i don't have a concrete team really.

 

Came into work to hear that - huuuge. Didn't even know Iverson was considering a move.

Not sure how I feel about it. I like Iverson and am glad to have him at the Pistons, but am obviously sad to see Billups and McDyess leave. Reckon McDyess is pretty close to bowing out and they have plenty of big men they want to develop. There was always going to be a change with Billups eventually too if Stucky starts living up to his potential. Also for what Quazz said about freeing up $$ helps and with Curry trying to give the younger guys more time on the court, it was going to change the dynamic of the group, so if you bring in an Iverson, now's the time to do it.


Yea, pretty happy with it  :biggrin:






ps. Welcome to the Pistons camp Drew - I know what jersey to get you at least :lol:

the next crop of free agents is ridiculous. Lebron, Carmello, Bosh, Wade fk even Kobe can opt out if he wants. Very good move havin a ton of cash

*dreams*

lol yeah that sucks, might make detroit abit more exciting to watch tho.


 Billups blows and with that *ding* im off the nugget train...

Looks like AI doesn't want to extend his contract past this year and is looking forward to be being a free agent at the end of the year too.

Also there are some unconfirmed reports that McDyess doesn't want to play for the Nuggets and may choose to retire instead. Reading a report from a Pistons reporter today and he also mentioned that a couple years back, Dice said he would finish at Detroit or retire.

Iverson's pretty much at the tailend of his production any way. It's slowly been declining on recent seasons and being a small point guard over the age of 30 the trend is generally a big decline in numbers. His knees, etc. are having issues recently and as he ages his main weapon (his speed) will decline hurting his scoring options as he's primarily a slasher.

Billups is in much the same boat I guess but he brings a bit more defence to the plate which Denver need.

As Quaz said, purely a money move from a Detroit point of view and very smart. I think they will both fit into their new teams nicely.

the  only problem is, Iverson isn't a PG. Yes he can play the position, as he's quick and small, but he's never been a pure pg. Will be interesting to see who distributes the ball in Detroit

That said, it's rare that such a big trade works well for both side

 Didn't McDyess play for Denver back in the day?

 I remember him being an absolute gun then doing his knee or am I mistaken?

 

yeah, and he was going to be real good. I mean he's still very solid, but the knee injury robbed him of his explosiveness. He may end up back at Detroit though. There's conflicting story's. Rex Chapman has said they(denver) can't wait to have him but most think he'll be waved so that he can re-sign with Detroit

Reckon the majority of it will fall to Stuckey. Their only pure PG behind him I think is a guy called Will Bynum - they may just share it around when Stuckey isn't on the floor.


edit: Just saw that Detroit has 6 of their next 7 on the road with a 4 game trip West. Let's see how well they do with that after adding AI after the start of the season.

Stoudamire has been sporting the firing range goggles during games...

(http://www.azcentral.com/i/sized/E/A/5/e298/j350/PHP48EC2B33D55AE.jpg)

yeah he has to wear em for the rest of his career

 Cos he is such a gun? *boom tish*

Pass first guard? :E


 :lol:

we play Denver today though i don't think Billups is playing. That said, don't think it'll really matter


also playin games to day for the AM crew are Miami, Detroit and New Orleans

they're workin for him. 3 Quarter time against Indiana, and he has 41 points......

ooooh yeah. go you suns

finished up scoring 49

not bad. he's such a good ambassador for dulux!

lol lead them in assists and boards too. Pretty handy game

OH HOO FUCKING RAY

down by 14 in the first quarter at home, Nelson decides to throw in 2nd year Warrior Brandon Wright for some real minutes. Has a 16 point, 6 rebound, 3 block half

I hope Don Nelson has a really nasty stroke

Woah, TONY PARKER dropped 55 points, 10 assists on the Wolves...jeebus! Granted it went to a double overtime (against the Wolves! Spurs really are slipping) but that's a pretty good line.

Shoulda checked the torrents before NBA.com! AI's first game as a Piston and I caught the score - but didn't think the game would be up for a while.

Not going to read any more though..


On another note - I caught the shithouse coverage on channel Five of Celtics vs Houston last night. It was an NBATV game with the quality of something you'd download, some average comentators who talked for 30mins before showing other game highlights, then their feed cut out (apparantly at the US end) and they were showing the outside of the building while the game was on (twice), channel Five felt the need to have their own (shit) hosts in between timeouts, quarters, etc and then the game cut out with 4 minutes to go. Fuckin quality.


Saw the Hornets (new?) jersey in some game highlights - like it.

holy shit the Warriors won. for the first time, B Wright gets some serious minutes(32) and what does he do? 20 points, 13 boards, 3 blocks.

Fuck yeah!

Nice

downloaded and watched 2 nets games so far... going well :E

ha yer, rough start for you guys, I mean fk, even we beat ya!

then they beat detroit!



good to see spurs going down hard early..

Hope the Harrington trade happens soon. Get rid of him. Looks like a Ninja Turtle

Not a great start for Detroit and AI, and with a 4 game West trip it may be more struggles. But hopefully after some below-par performances from the bench and some poor shooting overall, they can get it together soon. Can already see the advantages Iverson provides to the attack other than his shooting, with Rip and Prince getting more open looks while the defences focus on AI.


The Nuggets bought out McDyess' contract too. With what he said about preferring to retire than play anywhere else than Detroit, let's hope he takes a pay cut and waits the 30 days he has to and comes back. Pretty hopefull though considereing 19 teams have already asked about him.

I'd go to Boston if i were him-most chance to win a championship


We lost by 20, at home to the fkn Kings yesterday. Hope it's a strong draft

 What a bitch move if he does that!

 I downloaded Lakers v Houston. Kobe was amazing! Two huge blocks. Was dishing crazy passes and a sick alley oop.

lol why's it a bitch move? It's pretty common for veteran players these days. Think Brent Barry did it last year with the Spurs. Traded-Waved-Wait-Re sign

 Kind of screws the nuggets over don't you think.

 I heard John Barry saying he gives Brent shit all the time for doing it :rofl:

ummm not really. The buy out is at a massively reduced cost. Rather than the 15 mill they were gonna have to pay him, they agreed on 6 mill and cya later. Good cap saver

 Fair enough then.

 Double post - anyone know of a decent torrent site. The games I have grabbed from DavkaBT have been shit quality.

 Preferably one with an RSS feed

 Found this one http://www.hd-t.org.  The games are all 2 gig ish though.

wasn't del getting decent quality games before he left?

Yea, I was getting em from bt.davka.info . The occasional one was average, but the majority I got were ok. The ones I've downloaded from there this season have all been good - better than the broadcast one I saw on pay TV here.


On the McDyess thing too - he would apparantly need to come back to Detroit at a massively reduced price also. I think they said about 1.8m a year. (I'd take it though, they could use my awesome passing skills)

yeah cos they sacrificed his salary, for Iversons. That will be the case everywhere though, all the big teams he'd likely go to (Detroit, Celts, Cavs, Spurs) are all capped out, so he'd have to sign for the vet minimum. That said, he just made 6 mill for getting waived so it won't come down to $$$

Yea, that's why I've got my fingers crossed he meant what he said about finishing his career at the Pistons. Gives them a more solid rotation with the big men and he has games where he's knocking down shots from all over the court.

he'd make the celtics even scarier.....

Blockbuster today-Warriors v Timberwolves. Let's see who sucks less

was called off after 10 OT locked at 10 all

lol thing is, it actually fkn did go to OT! Happy with a win. Happy with another solid game from B Wright

Pistons finally scraped a win in with AI - only against the Kings.

Warriors hosting em next Steve - with the Pistons game not together yet, it may be close. Stuckey missed the last game too, not sure if he'll be right.

had the joy of watching the nets get beaten by indiana last night. gonna have to watch the second half ot the pistons game again cos i fell asleep last time, i wanna see a win!

Pistons by 20

 :lol:

AI with 40.

we're just so weak at guard right now which is the place we're always been strongest. Nice to see Biedrins leading the league in double doubles though. People don't realise that, yer, he's been in the league for 5 years now,but he's still only 22. Our future in the front court looks real good with him, Wright and Randolph

And we lead the league in blocked shots-go fkn figure

Brad Miller missed 14 of 16 for the Kings lol. Terrible effort. I can just imagine him going 'alright, let's shoot another one they're gonna drop eventually!' No surprise they lost!

Amir Johnson has been in the league 4 years and he's only 21 too.

yeah but compared to Biedrins, he's shit

could be because the opposition are having twice the number of attempts though.

god i wish i could watch just a game here and there. fucking annoying.

nah. It's cos our frontline has been 7ft, 6'11 and 6'11. That'll change though when maggette returns

Jesus H Christ how was Dwight Howards triple double today.


30 points
20 Rebound
10 blocks!!


thats fkn massive

 and he's been playing the in the D-League

handy.

well there goes that. Up against a big Pistons front court we start 4 guards and biedrins

your a fuckwit Don Nelson


on another note, anyone else think Tayshun Prince looks like a black Keyser?

Same gangly frame too

(http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/v/nba/players_l/20081111/3621.jpg)

hahaha. yes!

haha yer, so does i reckon!

Photoshop a hat on stat so we can get a good comparison shot! :E

But yeah, bit of a resemblance...

Lakers were well off against the pistons. Iverson / Wallace / Prince handy 3 some..

Top 50 Basketball Commercials of All-Time

http://www1.naismithlives.com/node/199

wow, how's Anthony Morrow's game for us??  No doubt you just asked "errr who??" well yer no shit. Undrafted rookie, put up 37 points on 15-20 shooting against Baron and the Clippers.  Highest ever point total for an undrafted rook

Has one of the best looking stokes I've ever seen.

 Have Dl'd a few Lakers games so far, they are looking very deadly.

 Good to see Shaq playing well also :)

yer the lakers look real good(fuckers)

good win for us just now over the Blazers. Undrafted rookie, Anthony Morrow backs up his 37 point game by top scoring again with 25. Lol awesome

nets finding abit of form :slayer:

yeah Devin Harris(who was the main player they got for Kidd) is playing real well. Still a little Bitch though

Wow Golden State and New York are clear league leaders in Points For so far this season. Alas they are also clear league leaders in Points Against. If they could only play defence they'd be up there lol.

How's ESPN's Daily Dime, they copped so much flak yesterday over the fact they featured Pau Gasol's 18 point first quarter (game high 34...his only double digit stat) as the day's best, overlooking Chris Bosh's 40-points, 18-rebounds, 4-assists effort. Today they put Dwayne Wade's lesser line (40-points, 11-assists, 5-blocks) on as Wednesday's best. ???

I love the site but half those writers are so far up the Laker's ass it's not funny. You never hear shit about Toronto, I really think most of them want the Canadians to piss off for good.

Speaking of Canadians, the penalties following that Phoenix-Houston fight were pretty funny. Nash gets done for running in and doing nothing violent yet McGrady pushes him over and gets zero.
The best was Alston and Barnes both getting 2 games when Barnes only pushed him yet Alston threw full punches that connected! Great message they're sending...

yeah the news stations only ever concentrate on the big teams. Bosh's game was nuts and he's proving why he'll be the 2nd most sort after free agent in 2010 after Lebron


2 big Rivalry games today. Phoenix Lakers and Pistons Celtics. Both should be great games


but in all seriousness, fuck all that. The NBA is all about Anthony Morrow right now lol

del's going to that pistons v celtics game isn't he?

come on celtics! 50 point win would be nice. :lol:

hahah. Yeah I'm glad when i went and saw the Warriors play, they won

 http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=htwkRYa0gOk

 Tyler Hansbrough. Can play! Love this dunk, apparently the first time since high school that massive dude has been dunked on.

lmao the Celtics smoked Detroit to the tune of 18 points  :lol:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

sorry del.

Not a bad move for the Warriors picking up Jamal Crawford from the Knicks. Better than the previous rumour of Eddy Curry!

OKC (Sucky) Thunder have fired their coach too after a lovely 1-12 start in the new town. I can't really see much changing with a new coach anyway, there isn't much to run with there other than Durant.

yer its an odd move by us. I mean to replace a dude averaging 12 ppg who doesnt want to play for you, with a 20ppg player is huge. But another guard? Means just more bs lineups from Don Nelson

At least he can fill in admirably for Ellis while he is out injured and when he comes back they should fit together in the backcourt.

which pushes Jax to SF and Maggette to PF


*sigh*

I thought Jackson's preferred position was the 3? Magette's in trouble though lol.

the thing is, he's not. He's been playing the 4 heaps the last few games after he destroyed Aldridge from Portland. We're generally running a lineup of 4 guards and a centre. It's fkn shit

 Watched LA V Suns today, fuck the Lakers are good.

 

yeah real good. Bynum's return has made a massive difference.

so we take "small ball" to Philly. Maggette starting at the 4. What happens? Dalembert gets 12 boards in the first quarter, along side Brands 12 points and 7 boards. Yup awesome. Down by 17 at the half, Nelson finally fkn decides to play our young bigs Randolph and Wright. They help level the score but we still go down.

You are a fuckwit Don Nelson

Pistons knocked em off!! Not a good indication though - they're still all over the shop.

With Bynum, reckon they're the team to beat this season.


 :lol: Yea, that'd be right hey :lol:

Wasnt much fun watching them go down like that, but still heaps good to be at the game. Lost a bet with my mate too that saw me running in my underwear at 4am Saturday morning in -10C weather. I could only see about 5 other Pistons supporters from where I sat, but I made myself heard when necessary :p

In their defence they did come off a b2b with the Cavs the night before and 2 days after they finished an 8 game stretch in 15 days where they were only at home once (against Boston). Add to that the changes in lineups with the trades. Was a pretty average game all round though - didn't think the Celtics were spectacular. Detroit started strong and my mate was a bit worried, but I knew the Celtics would come back. Good to see the younger guys go at it in the last quarter though and some big dunks. Maxiell had a huge put-back. Seems that since the playoffs started last season, they lose more than they win when I watch :peculiar:


Caught the Mavs playing the Knicks at Madison Square Garden on the Sunday too. Was a good game, with the Mavs winning in OT after the Knicks had led the whole game :lol:

Pistons went down to the T Wolves today i see mate;)

Was a drubbing too. 26 points. With home court.

Yea, no excuses there. Shit I wasn't even watching.





Oh and Dice, come back!! Dec 3 is just over a week away...

Edit: HE IS!!! His agent just confirmed it :boh:

Warriors down by about 30 to the 1-10 Wizards


Yup, awesome

Looks like they need to take notice of these coach sackings going on hint hint.

Lol. Read this from ESPN yesterday.


No mention of wanting to coach a team into contention...shows his priorities!

he's a fuckwit and we just extended him for another 2 years!!!!


next up, we have Boston at the Garden. Hoo fucking ray

Watched the Pistons Lakers game from a while ago last night (needed to see a good win...) - and while I knew he was, bloody hell does Bynum look the goods. Didn't realise he was 7ft and he moves so well. With Gasol, him and Odom, they've got a pretty damn good rotation. Ariza isn't a bad 4th big either when needed.

The backcourt is bloody dangerous too, even off the bench if Farmer plays as well as he did last season - and all the others.

lol he's a small forward

Tough lost for my Dubbs today. Went down in close one at Boston. Maggette and Jackson combined for 64 points but alas not enough. Complete bs small ball line up in the final quarter and down we went. Up next, the Cavs in Cleveland. Lebron just may crack the ton

Also where else did people get their torrents from?
bt.davka.info is good, but there's not many Pistons games on there usually.


Coulda sworn I saw them using him next to Odom or someone in the game? Might be getting my positions mixed up though - is it still a SF if he's playing with a centre as the othe 'big'?

nah thats PF. For Odem to be a C, they're runnin a small lineup

Curry called a 1 hour practice on Thanksgiving because he thought the team needed more practice time since the AI trade as they haven't had many, and AI didn't turn up! He's gonna be fined and miss the next game.

lol its started.

:lol: Yep. Funny that he was making a joke about his past 'practice' comments when he got signed too.  :lol:

Heat beat the Suns in Shaq's first game against em Wade smashed it....

Watchin Lakers v Dallas (both lookin the biz)

gave up 82 points in the first half to the knicks. THE KNICKS!


no fucking comment

Double double for your old mate Harrington too. Oh and the little matter of a NY record 22 assists from Duhon and a monster from David Lee with the first 30 point/20 rebound game since Ewing in '94. A few other team records thrown in there too...

Amazing game for those stats, unfortunately none of them were for your team...

Neeellie Ball! :icecream:

I seriously hope Nelson has a stroke. Don't want him dead. Just physically unable to coach ever again

What would be the difference? :E

Anybody? Tried that one Spanks mentioned a while back, but they seem further behind on the games and have less.


Also, someone put this nice torrent up on bt.davka.info - '84 Finals game 2 Lakers vs Celtics (http://bt.davka.info/torrents/14act3/08.12.01-NBA%201984%20Finals%20Game%202%20Los%20Angeles%20Lakers@Boston%20Celtics.torrent)

hmmmm well i guess if he died we wouldnt have to pay him. So yer, DIE FUCKWIT!!!!

Yeehaw! The Lakers have lost another game finally!

Thanks to a big fourth quarter collapse and a dramatic tip in buzzer beater by the Pacers lol!

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=TuMVxDPRrkk

Pistons vs Spurs recorded on Tues and I watched it last night - they won one that I watched finally, but the f*ckin recording cut out with 2mins to go again! :smash: Gotta remember to tape the show after as well.

Pistons are getting their defence a little more sorted now which is good. Stuckey is gonna be a pretty good PG I reckon - should really be starting but the only problem is who would you take out?!

 Would you have Stuckey's babies?

Possibly..

Ex Warrior Troy Murphy getting it done. Typical

Just watched the top 10 dunks for November. That LeBron dunk at number 2 is huuge - when I saw it during the month without the voiceover, you can hear how hard he throws it down.

The Kenyan Martin one is massive too.

watchin Warriors at Houston on-line. Entertaining first quarter though the Quit Lightning play better D than us

Some more old games...

NBA 1984 Finals Game 1 Los Angeles Lakers@Boston Celtics (http://bt.davka.info/torrents/14act3/08.11.12-NBA%20Finals%201984%20Game1%20Los%20Angeles%20Lakers@Boston%20Celtics.torrent)

NBA 1995 Finals Game 1 Houston Rockets@Orlando Magic (http://bt.davka.info/torrents/14act3/08.10.27-NBA%201995%20Finals%20Game%201%20Houston%20Rockets@Orlando%20Magic.torrent)

NBA Playoffs 1993 - New York Knicks vs Chicago Bulls - G5 (http://bt.davka.info/torrents/davka/08.11.06-1993%20Playoffs%20G5%20Knicks-Bulls.torrent)

NBA Season 1990 - Chicago Bulls @ Denver Nuggets (11.24) (http://bt.davka.info/torrents/slovenia/08.11.08-1990.11.24%20Nuggets-Bulls.torrent)

NBA Playoffs 1996 - Utah Jazz @ Seattle SuperSonics - G1 (http://bt.davka.info/torrents/davka/08.11.14-1996%20Playoffs%20G1%20Sonics-Jazz.torrent)

NBA Season 1997 - Boston Celtics @ Golden State Warriors (02.19) (http://bt.davka.info/torrents/davka/08.11.15-1997.02.19%20Warriors-Celtics.torrent)

was nice to see nelson get ejected yesterday. Still lost mind you. Today it's the Spurs in San Antonio


Why do i do this to myself

yup awesome. 40 point loss. Could only manage watching up to half time as it simply wasn't basketball. Nelson has `100% lost this team

Ouch. I can imagine.


The Pistons vs Spurs was on TV the other week - cut out before the end. They won by 12. Downloaded the only available Pistons game I could find for the past few weeks, against the 76ers. Pistons lose by 5. So it's not every game I watch they lose - just the ones I get to see the finish. :peculiar:

Bloody went down to the Knicks yesterday by 12 too

No, I don't think you can. To put the Warriors into some sort of perspective here's our Coach

(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc216/jamesstreats/nelliebrew.jpg)

Bottoms up Don, u fuckwit

 :lol:

He had 12 and 19 against the Pistons yesterday too.



You using that NBA League Pass Broadband mate? Is it decent?

Yeah Lee's real good. I wanted him for Harrington, not fkn Crawford(Mind u Nelson wouldn't have played him. He's over 6'6)

And nah not the league pass mate. Dudes in a warriors forum I'm always on find links from all over the globe. They post em up every game. Pretty cool. I'll have the Oklahoma Warriors game running here at work today i dare say;)

You might actually win that one too. :teefthumbs:

On the flipside if you lose there really is no lower the Warriors can go.

we did. No jackson, No Maggette, won by 5. Though we were up by 20 at one stage. Brandon Wright starts, scores 15, grabs 6 boards-plays 1 min in the 2nd half! Fkn Nelson strikes again

Sweet. Good work!

I just loaded up today's Daily Dime on ESPN and was greeted with this awesome photo! Z Bo getting posterised!

(http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/1208/nba_g_dhoward_576.jpg)

Howard is truly a man amongst boys now

haha look at camby...



hey i want some of that purple stuff!!!

:lol:

that is monstrous

Bloody hell.

Read his blog the other day and he's not sure he wants to do the dunk comp this year. Said if he does, he wont be putting as much training into it.

Yeah i saw that. His reasoning's were fair enough though

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=RIvAJOhKPbY (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=RIvAJOhKPbY)



heres that dunk where lebron dribbles the ball once from the other end of the court..


haha.

haha

Lebron should do the dunk comp

he'd kill it i reckon. I don't think anyone in the league dunks as hard or with the power as Lebron


Oh does this mean u think he can play now Drew?

;)

if anyone wants a whole heap of old skool nba cards come into inbound ill give them to you for free

prob 200 in total from the 90's

any inserts?

whats an insert?

already gone 2 a new home sorry

 :lol: i dont think that was ever a question, but up untill last year in the playoffs every game id seen lebron play he had about 30 shots and only hit 4 of them and the cavs would go down by 20

Speaking of LBJ, ESPN's Daily Dime have followed on from yesterday's fantastic Dwight Howard picture with a great shot of a #23 throwdown in progress...

(http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/1209/nba_g_kingjames_576.jpg)

Looks like the Raptor down the bottom is hurrying to back away, and who would blame him! :lol:


Edit: And the Lakers went down to the KINGS! Hahahahaha.

That shot is awesome


Yea, that one in the top 10 from last month he just hammered down.

Here's a top 10 from last few seasons i think
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9-9TAoPPgKQ

number 7 and 6 are some favourites

Warriors Bucks today. Has all the makings of a classic



errrr

trade time!

Phoenix and Charlotte just completed one

Jason Richardson, Jared Dudley, and future 2nd round pick for Bell, Diaw, and Sean Singletary.

The Suns lose some D and pick up some Offence.

I would have about 2000 from 1988 to about 1995. Jordan and Shaq cards aplenty. Do you have any Jon Koncak cards?

i have shitloads too..

 Errrrr what.

 Diaw is a gun. That sucks.

lol serious? J-Rich is so much better than Diaw it's not funny. Go to the Suns board on realgm. They're dancing with joy

 Errrrr what.

 Diaw is a gun. That sucks.

lol serious? J-Rich is so much better than Diaw it's not funny. Go to the Suns board on realgm. They're dancing with joy

 Fair enough. I liked Diaw for the Suns.

 

both him and Bell have been horrible this year. The change of coach has really hurt them

Nash
J Rich
Barnes/Hill
Stoudamire
Shaq


fair line up

i'm very happy with that.

everytime i've seen diaw, he's been pretty average. then again, that's only about 4 games.

*hates on free to air tv*

both him and Bell have been horrible this year. The change of coach has really hurt them

Nash
J Rich
Barnes/Hill
Stoudamire
Shaq


fair line up

start downloading games mate :thumbsup:

start downloading games mate

i don't know how.

i don't know how.

awesome. thanks mate.  :xmasslayer: finally, sport to get hold of!

all i hear about with the nba atm anyway is on here, so i reckon i'll be aii. we're hardly using our d/l at the moment as well so i'm going to smash it this weekend. thanks again spank. :)

 http://bt.davka.info/

 or

 HD games here : 

 http://www.hd-t.org

awesome. thanks mate.  finally, sport to get hold of!

 The files are pretty big, anything < 1 gig is probably not worth downloading to watch on your TV. Also the games can take a couple of days to pop on the net so you have to avoid hearing the scores.

all i hear about with the nba atm anyway is on here, so i reckon i'll be aii. we're hardly using our d/l at the moment as well so i'm going to smash it this weekend. thanks again spank.

Caught the Raptors at Cleveland on Pay TV with Tim and Tony the other night - James with 2 steals and 2 huuuge dunks to start the game. Had about 6 huge dunks all up. Cavs smashed em. Heard bits and pieces saying he's playing maybe the best he ever has and he's always been good, but he's looking unstoppable atm.

He took the Cavs record for career steals in the game (at 24). They showed some of his 'youngest to' as well, but just looked them all up then. He's the youngest to:
- rookie of the year
- triple double
- 40 point game
- 50 point game
- 2,000 points in a season
- average 30ppg in a season
- all-NBA honours
- all-NBA first team
- all star MVP
- reach 1000, and so on to, 11000 career points


Can play.

Yeah he's a freak. Best player in the world now, and by quite a long way. Lebron.........d a y l i g h t........Kobe/Chris Paul

haha, yea.


Watched a couple of Nets games with Tim now and Devon Harris has really come into his own since his move from the Mavs too.

lost 11 of our last 13 games.

Where We Are Fucking Shit Happens

Probably beat the Pistons next time though *inconsistent*


Denver 2nd in the West. Detroit 5th in the East. Bit early, but still hoping this trade works out better for Detroit *fingers crossed*



Out of interest, who are the teams that others support on this board?

suns. :)

suns.

 A few :lol:

 Suns, Lakers, Miami

if the suns play the lakers?

 A few

 Suns, Lakers, Miami

if the suns play the lakers?

 Miami>Suns>Lakers

 In that situation I would barrack for the Suns.

 I just like having a few teams that I am interested in

yeah i always think of you as being a Miami man


who i go for (seriously one of the funniest scrubs clips ever)

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Watched the highlights of Cavs vs Wolves last night - more Lebron magic. Not just dunks, but finess moves, bouncing off bodies at the basket taking Jordan-esk shots, and a couple of beautiful no-look passes.


Curry has put Stuckey into Detroit's starting lineup the recently as I had hoped and it's paying off. He's putting up some good numbers - points, assists and steals.

http://www.shaqquotes.com/ (http://www.shaqquotes.com/)

Some serious gold in there.

http://www.shaqquotes.com/

Some serious gold in there.

 i dont know about paying off, there not exactly winning every game i reckon they will end up about 50%.

especially if miami hit some form they might struggle to make the playoffs.

 i dont know about paying off, there not exactly winning every game i reckon they will end up about 50%.

especially if miami hit some form they might struggle to make the playoffs.

we are an absolute shambles at the moment. From owner all the way down to the coach, we're a fkn joke.


Anyway, nice to finally win a game, even if it did take 50 points from Jamal Crawford to do it. Go warriors, meh

Yea, they're not exactly tearing it up - but he's heaps better at running the point than Iverson, Hamilton or Prince and he's keeping them all involved while still getting his. I foresee good things :p
(7th straight loss to Utah yesterday though)

6 coaches gone Steve - it's the new fad, maybe Nelson will be next?

a heap of Warriors fans actually think he's trying to get fired now that he got his 12mil extension. After the last game he said he's handing over all defensive duties to a couple of assistants "cos he's getting soft in his old age" and called in 19 year old rookie (whos played all of 20 games)Anthony Randoph into a meeting with his agent to say he should look for a trade cos he doesnt really fit with the warriors. Mullins said not gonna happen, so he's just burried him and Wright on the bench

he's destroying us

it's one of 2 things. He really is trying to get fired. Was extended for 2 years at 12 mil, he gets fired, he walks away with that. Or, he's truly going senile. Die hard Warriors fans are jumping ship left right and center atm. It's full on right now

Yea, they're not exactly tearing it up - but he's heaps better at running the point than Iverson, Hamilton or Prince and he's keeping them all involved while still getting his. I foresee good things
(7th straight loss to Utah yesterday though)

6 coaches gone Steve - it's the new fad, maybe Nelson will be next?

big call.

a heap of Warriors fans actually think he's trying to get fired now that he got his 12mil extension. After the last game he said he's handing over all defensive duties to a couple of assistants "cos he's getting soft in his old age" and called in 19 year old rookie (whos played all of 20 games)Anthony Randoph into a meeting with his agent to say he should look for a trade cos he doesnt really fit with the warriors. Mullins said not gonna happen, so he's just burried him and Wright on the bench

he's destroying us

Huh? He's on crack.

it's one of 2 things. He really is trying to get fired. Was extended for 2 years at 12 mil, he gets fired, he walks away with that. Or, he's truly going senile. Die hard Warriors fans are jumping ship left right and center atm. It's full on right now

big call.

ha awesome

http://www.firenelson.com/

Watched the Warriors get pummeled by the magic today. 113-81. Yup, that was fun

:awwteef:

wish i could see all magic games :(

Ouch Steve.

Feel your pain Dan. Can't seem to get as many Pistons games off that torrent site this season. There was another one that is heaps good called sports-scene.net that I thought I was signed up to, but I'm not it seems, and it wont let me sign up.

if i can find live Warriors games being streamed, every game, u 2 should have no problems

Well after you said about the guys on the forum hooking you up, I signed up to the Pistons one in the slim hope someone may post torrents or something up. I signed up for a day of that NBA Broadband thing to watch a game on Sunday, but cause it was 7pm here, every man and his dog is on the net and it was slow as, so it didn't load.

Watching the Warriors Heat game. U G L Y! lol we have 78 points worth of scorers sitting on the bench injured. Still, we're playing the best D we have all year

stayin up late tonight (ie: now) watchin bulls v detroit... first game i have had a chance to catch and it isnt too exciting...

i wish they were showin the portland v phoenix game... the highlights i saw looked awesome... brandon roy sank 52, the game was pretty much bucket for bucket for the entire game too...

Don Nelson needs to die. Brandon Wright scores 10 of his 12 points in the 3rd quarter, and doesnt get a single second of court time in then 4th. WTF is that. Arrrgggggghhhh, fkn die!

I saw that one on ESPN over here. Cool game. Roy was in the zone big time...he just couldn't miss.

 Brandon Roy is on a mothafucking tear right now.

 

 

awesome player and yet another massive TWolves/Kevin Mchale blunder

Kevin Love for OJ Mayo is looking pretty sweet right now too lol.

Just finished watching the Pistons vs Bulls game. Finally got to see a game I didn't know the result where they won!

Khem may not think so, but it was a great game. AI injured at the half and Stuckey just took over. He was great, pretty much doing anything he wanted getting 15 of 24 for 40 points.


Sets up Christmas well for me :)

tbh i crashed out around 3/4 time...

:zzz:

lol we just be the Celtics by 10 after going into the 4th down by 8. Ridiculous

 :lol: Was Nelson off sick?

lol must have been! Our D has been 100 x better since he's handed it over to our assistant coaches. Next up, the Lakers


lol tough stretch

Ouch. Away game too.


Pistons only just beat the Thunder yesterday. Still looking a little shaky.

yeah went down by 17. Things quickly getting back to normal after beating the Celts

nice double digit win over the raptors today. Marco Bellineli is really starting to impress. Has averaged 15 points over his last 13 games

Pistons beat the Magic today without Hamilton. Nice to know they can still beat a decent team.

Howard with 18 boards!

Mutombo resigned with the Rockets until the end of the season - at 42 years old...

Had a Prothero NBA matchup yesterday - Nets @ Pistons. Rip wasn't dressed, Mcdyess had bruised ribs from the last game, Carter ejected in the 2nd and then Wallace left the game injured in the 2nd. Game was played at such a low intecity and dare I say it... pretty boring.

At least I got NBA Broadband working and the Pistons won.

back up a loss to Thunder with a loss to the T Wolves

yup, happy fucking new year

Pistons on a little streak, just took their sixth in a row, without Wallace, McDyess or Hamilton - albiet against the Kings. Stuckey with 38 and 7 assists.

Got this in the mail today

(http://i14.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/1f/4e/2f0b_1.JPG)

clearly fake



;)


Can't believe you haven't mentioned Stuckey was the East NBA Player of the week

 :lol:

I was actually going to in my last post, but realised that I talk about him in most of my posts about the Pistons :lol:

They're 13 and 3 with him starting this season - he's run the point on nearly all of those occasions too.

don't worry he's mentioned it to me

 He (stuckey) has been on fire by the sounds of it.

 Foxtel needs more NBA :(

 Only showing 2 games a week this season.

reckon i might get rid of the sport package, all i watch is nba and poker.

don't watch AFL?

not at all mate, i reckon all up last season i may have watched a half hour. and that was just because i was hungover and couldn't move.

blasphemous! that post, smite thy retinas

 :lol:

How far have the Celtics fallen since almost being on their way to a record win streak/season etc.

They have lost to some terrible teams in the last few games: Golden State (sorry Quaz), New York and now Charlotte (!).

Very, very surprising. The road games on a long road trip you can understand but at home!?

yer they're in a slump for sure. We play the Lakers today. Should be about as much fun as an anal probe

So when is Monta Ellis due back?

who cares

:lol:

i mean, i love Monta but 2 things. U don't sign a 66mil contract then fall off a fkn moped. Secondly, we have so many players like him now. While yes, he's the best out of the lot, the last thing we need is another SG, mascarading as a point guard that can't fkn pass

we're a mess, a shambles, and an absolute joke around the league right now

Lol... as discussed at Groove, anybody who has $66mil has absolutely no business riding a moped.

Fkn amazing how much things can change in a year in the NBA.

 Not NBA but :


 JULIUS Hodge has played his last NBL game for the Adelaide 36ers, with the club agreeing to the AWOL star's request to be released from his contract.

And Adelaide has agreed to the request, subject to certain conditions which relate to the popular American swingman's payments.

A pay dispute is believed to have prompted problems which culminated in Hodge missing last night's 106-99 win over Wollongong at the Distinctive Homes Dome.

But today the 36ers, through owner Mal Hemmerling, again reiterated Hodge had not only been fully paid, but advanced his payments for the rest of the 2008-09 NBL season.
With Julius Hodge failing to turn up to play and asking to be released from his contract, should the NBL ban him from returning? Have your say in the feedback box below and vote in the poll on this page.

"We're looking at our options," Hemmerling said.

"We've received a request from Julius' agent to terminate his contract and I'll accede to that request, with conditions."

Those would include recouping advanced monies which Hemmerling paid in good faith to compensate the lateness of a payment Hodge was due on December 15.

The initial payment problems stemmed from transfer issues between Hodge's bank in the U.S.

"I'm disappointed," Hemmerling said. "I've been brought up in business with your word is your word so I'm significantly disappointed.

"I met with Julius yesterday and we went through any concerns he had. We shook hands and it was all resolved.

"We then physically took him to the bank so he could see he'd been paid til the end of the season.

"We expected him to front (last night) after the handshake with me and our agreement."

Instead Hodge went to ground, refusing to answer phone calls as the club waited to see what had occurred.

Hodge was advised by his agent not to play.

"It's bitterly disappointing from my point of view," Sixers coach Scott Ninnis said, Hodge having already missed practice sessions and been late for others due to the ongoing payment issue.

"The guys did a sensational job last night. They didn't know at six o'clock whether he'd be playing."

Hodge's pattern of training tardiness and missing sessions altogether had been wearing thin on the playing group which had requested he inform them if he was going to be missing practices.

"It's almost a relief we don't have to deal with this anymore on a day-to-day basis," Ninnis said.

The coach added Hodge's public persona of the hard-working import was not always consistent with his behaviour.

"The players feel pretty let down," 36ers captain Brett Maher said.

"He came in with great fanfare but he didn't fulfill his end of the bargain."

Hodge, who played last year as a replacement for Mike Chappell, spent the off-season pursuing his NBA dream with the New Jersey Nets.

The 36ers cut under-performing Mark Tyndale as Hodge became available and Adelaide quickly pounced. The 36ers were 5-3 in the eight games he played prior to last night's win which brought the 36ers' record to 11-11.


 Really wanna hear Hodges side of the story, sounds like he may have a whiff at a contract with the NJ Nets, but that is only going on a comment on Adelaide Now about his Blog.

 Anyone know where Hodge's blog is?

Pretty piss poor really. Still, if I had a shot at an NBA contract I'd probably do the same.

Fuck me, he's been Adelaide's MVP this season by a long shot...just as we were coming into form gunning for a higher playoff seed too.

:(


PS. Mods maybe you can change this to The Balling Thread or something? Sure it's mostly gonna be NBA but when the Olympics were on there was some discussion and when World Championships are on next year there might be a bit. College games and NBL too possibly...just a thought...

 I was already thinking about doing that

Bingo bango. :clap:


What does everyone think of the Starbury/Celtics rumours? The last few losses have definitely showed they are missing some impact of the bench that someone like Posey or PJ Brown provided, but even it goes through who knows if he can still play at a decent level?

big risk. Everywhere he's played, he's been a cancer. He's just an absolute moron.

 I think the Celtics should take him.

 :E

 

 :lol:

Said to my mate when in Boston that I didn't think the Celtics would go back to back. Still a great team, but they didn't seem to have that killer instinct to just demolish teams even when the game was beyond doubt. (Still smashed the Pistons though :lol:)


That's poor form by Hodge too - possible NBA contract or not. You've been paid to do a job, so do it.

 Wade is a gun. Will go close to MVP this year I reckon.

your basing that on one game tho! how many teams will be able to beat them two or three times in a series? obviously the  Lakers & Cavs?? and then thats relying on kobe and LBJ to score 35 a game. Maybe New Orleans? but teams like Atlanta, Houston, Charlotte who beat them in the last few weeks wouldnt stand a chance.

they were 27-2? thats killer instinct to me.

Not basing it on one game. Had the thought there before the season, like a lot of people, that their desire wouldn't be that great now they have that championship. When I saw their results (not the win/loss), and the few games I've watched, while still damn good, they haven't put away teams or dominated in those games like they were last year. And like with most sports, the image of the team before they play can help to defeat the opposition.

With 82 games, 4 finals series, my focus more on the Pistons and not watching all the other teams - I can't obviously say definitively they wont win it, but just my feeling. Might be wrong, but it wouldn't be the first time.



Who are people's picks to win it this year at this stage? Still got my money on the Lakers.

Pretty happy, Sport Scene finally accepted my registration. They seem to have more regular updates and instantly got a highlights package from the Pistons 89/90 season.

Now just to get my upload rate up so I can DL something other than freeleeches

Played my first game in 6 months on Tuesday.. Fuck i miss playing ball.

Just finished watching New Orleans vs Washington from last week. Chris Paul with his 3rd triple double of the season! (7th of his career)

Going alright :lol:

he's a freak. against the Lakers he had 34 points, 15 assists, and NO TURNOVERS. That's ridiculous

 :whut:

 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24889612-12428,00.html (http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24889612-12428,00.html)

 More on the Hodge situation, I am still unsure who to believe really.

 He is complaining about not getting paid on time etc, and kinda saying he still hasn't been paid?

 I wanna get shirt made up that says Julius Whodge? and wear it to a match :lol:

well its good to see the nbl get a whole page at the back of the tiser today

any publicity is good publicity

i reckon hodge is bullshitting, the way i look at it the sixers had one late payment in december by a couple of days.

 I agree, for someone like Brett Maher or Scott Ninnis to publicly call him out on his work ethic for example, something doesn't add up. I would trust those guys a lot more than Hodge any day of the week.

 Plus apparently he is known for not having the greatest attitude. Shame, cos he was great to watch.

the most annoying thing about hodge i reckon is that when he was rumoured to be coming back to adelaide 3 months ago, scott ninnis thought he was joking because he believed adelaide could never match what he would want cash wise.

he came anyway and low and behold ninnis was right. hodge made the call knowing this.

idiot. 

Which apparently was through no fault of their own. I read it was Hodge's bank back in the US that fucked up.

watched the warriors game today. Well, all except the last fuckin 30 secs when the link crashed. And they won too. Typical

Haha, yea that sucks.

Frustrating to see the last few Pistons games on Sports-Scene but not being able to DL them yet cause of the initial registration restrictions. I have to upload 7g before they change.

Pistons went 2 and 2 on a 4 game West run without Hamilton or Wallace (for most of it). Not great teams, but not unhappy.
It was a B2B, but just can't seem to beat bloody Utah though - got smashed by 17.

Lol, did you know the Miami Heat have retired only two numbers in their history and they are for players that didn't even play for them!

Dan Marino I can semi-understand as an icon and ambassador to the city but the other is...wait for it...

Michael Jordan!

With a half Bulls, half Wizards jersey.

WTF?

Saw this comment on an article about it: :rofl:

ha I've seen that Jersey on Ebay heaps. It's horrible.

Chris Paul dropped 33 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds and 7 steals on Dallas last night.

3 steals short of a QUADRUPLE DOUBLE!

Craziness.

Bloody hell. He's had what, 4 or 5 triple doubles this season?

Warriors go down to the Kings in Triple fkn over time. awesome


(that said, we had 3 of our starting 5 out)