The NBA Thread (Warning : Scores!)

I think even we'd blitz them. They're a shambles

fourty odd points was a good win with 78 in the first half,

Nice to see the Warriors get up without Steph

Monta was fkn balling again. 39 Pts, 9 Reb, 8 Ast, 3 Stl.

Thats one nasty line

fkn awesome. One of my San Fran dudes has found the Warriors jersey in black for me. Sending a Steph one

This makes me happy. Very very happy

Get him to send me an Ellis one. :yup:

Detroit 0-5 WoOoOo

Hurry up and get the sale through so Dumars can at least have a real crack at making some trades.

Aging Pistons already showing signs of falling apart (http://www.nba.com/2010/news/features/shaun_powell/11/04/pistons/index.html)

ATLANTA -- No matter how much worse it gets from here, and it might, at least the Pistons can say they finished first in something: First team to show signs of a meltdown.

Four games. That's how long it took for frustration to bubble in Detroit, home of a once proud franchise. Is that some sort of team record?

Here's what happened: John Kuester wondered where the leadership was in the locker room. In a biting reply, Tayshaun Prince wondered about the guy in the coaching chair. In a calm but measured rant following a bad 23-point loss to the Celtics, where the Pistons (missing two injured rotation players) showed no passion or purpose, Prince said: "He could put it towards us and we could put it towards him. He's right, but at the same time it goes both ways. Everybody's got to look in the mirror. He's gotta do some things better, too."

Then, Wednesday in Atlanta, as Sekou Smith points out in Hang Time, Kuester motioned for Rodney Stuckey to enter the game twice early in the third quarter. Stuckey ignored him, so Kuester benched him for the rest of the night.

ouch... thats not a good look...

yup, thats a real bad sign. He's clearly lost the players

fuck its nice to see a franchise more dysfunctional than us for a change, not named the Clippers



3-1 Baby

careful man, dont wanna jinx it

:lol:

hahah nah, not getting caried away yet. Not until we beat someone good on the road

 :xmasslayer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fisaaskiemc

only just got up over the nets
not a good sign

howard posted 30 though

That dunk is massive

Celtics v Bulls has just gone into overtime....good game.

The Derrick Rose v Raja Rondo battle is epic.

Montas floater at the horn gave us the lead at half time. Come on Dubs!

Magics Rashard Lewis is the 2nd highest paid player in the NBA wtf :facepalm:
http://www.forbes.com/2010/11/04/nba-best-paid-players-business-sportsmoney-nba-top-paid-players.html

Magic burning their money along with title hope right there, can't afford to bring in anyone else paying that sort of cash to players like that.

The spurs are the 6th fastest paced team atm and 8th in fast break points.
This is a massive step up for them they are usually below 20th in the categories but are aiming to push the play this season.

Hopefully more exciting to watch this seaon. :xmasslayer:

Haha I was looking that up yesterday actually. Could not believe Lewis is on $20+mil this year. Then to add insult to injury, he'll be on $22m next year and $23m the year after that. He must have the greatest fucking agent alive. :lol:

Curry with 2 steals and 5 points in 15 seconds, Warriors go onto win! Love this tweet from Hollinger....


 :lol:


4-1!

 :lol:

pick up my Curry jersey from the tailors tomorrow (worth a lol) cannot wait to spend the day it haha

Dudes an all star!!
despite the drug bust he's been a pretty good player all round

fixed

He is a solid player but no where near 20 mil solid, he's been well under the last 4 years
07-08 18.2ppg
08-09 17.7 ppg
09-10 14.1 ppg
01-11 so far 8.7 ppg

He doesn't do much else other than score either, 2nd highest paid with that shit production.
Even RJ was doing that for the Spurs last season for 5 mil less and getting drilled for it.

oh I hear ya and he's around for a while yet.

He'll be one of the most valuable assets in the league  when his contract is expiring lol

Given that your fantasy team is 75% Orlando players, I'm going to have to side with Ref and Quaz here. :lol:

I cant justify them paying that kind of cash to him but he's still a gun player(more was a gun)


i may be slightly bias  :biggrin:

was never worth a max contract. But, that always happen (ie Joe Johnson)

Even Joe Johnson >>>>> Rashard Lewis

oh, by a mile

Pistons won their last game against Charlote, but dabbled with losing again after being up nearly 20. Kuester benched Stuckey for the whole game too. They're a happy team in the Motor City at the moment.


Enjoy the win today Quaz - don't hold any hope for us.

so glad right now I got rid of stuckey in the fantasy league

yer desperate times when ya starting McGrady at pg. Can't wait to see him guarding either Curry or Monta

That said, its us away so you never know. This is the start of a 5 game road trip so it's a great test for us

WE'RE playing like ass right now. Shooting about 30%. Defense and rebounding keeping us in it

what an odd thing to say about the Warriors

Especially against the Pistons - but in the last few seasons they couldn't even defend a lame payout from me at the moment.

yer we shot ourselves out of the game. Awful

This week on One

Tuesday 9th November at 7.30 pm
Andrew Bogut Presents Nba Primetime: Milwaukee V New Orleans

Wednesday 10th November at 11.00 am
Basketball: Nba: Miami V Utah

Friday 12th November at 11.30 am
Basketball: Nba: Miami V Boston

Wednesday 10th November at 10.30 pm
Basketball: Nba: Miami V Utah

Friday 12th November at 2.00 pm
Basketball: Nba: Denver V L.a Lakers

Friday 12th November at 7.30 pm
Basketball: Friday Night Nbl: Round 5 - Adelaide 36ers V New Zealand Breakers

Saturday 13th November at 7.30 am
Basketball: Nba: Miami V Boston

Saturday 13th November at 9.30 am
Basketball: Nba: Denver V L.a Lakers

Miami v Boston Friday Morning better rearrange some meetings I reckon.

fucking enough Miami games?

lame

2 isn't that many :lol:

add to the what, 3 they've already played?

I don't think One has shown a Miami game yet.

pretty sure they showed miami's first game where they lost, I remember watching that. don't think they showed a miami game this week tho.

At least they have someone who knows what they're doing with the programming and putting on games that would be enjoyable due to their star power.

Nothing worse than having a couple of scrub teams no one gives a shit about... :lol:

I love seeing the other teams. Probably cos i support one of those scrub teams no one gives a shit about

John Q. Public doesn't though, and that's who the TV stations are trying to attract for ratings...

At least the Warriors have some appeal with guys like Curry and Monta going off nightly. A matchup of the Raptors vs. the Wolves is what I'm talking about. :lol:

Warriors win away. Curry huge. Monta hurt.

woot/sigh

Hurt bad? Fkn better not be.

Hurt just bad enough for Kyle to consider trading him on the cheap?

didn't sound good. Went up, fell awkwardly and didn't move for a while. Was helped off the court clutching his back - didn't return


actually, speaking of Monta, how the fuck wasn't he even nominated for West Player of the Week? Lead the league in scoring, and his team to a 4-1 record?

NBA still hates us until the sale is final

Bastard! :lol:

Just read he's having x-rays on his back and staying overnight in Toronto. Not sounding good. :(

Yup. Monta's a fkn tough dude (unless there's a moped around) so he takes a lot of big knocks and just pops back up. This one he didnt budge

No fkn foul either of course

seriously, I know I's bias, but or highlights are worth watching for Curry's last quarter alone. He scores 16 in the last on some ridiculous shots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOhbOHOIh4I

also love the flash back of him as 6 year old on that very court, shooting 3's with his dad  :lol:

hows the dribbling through the legs!

Nice vid. Obviously the Raptors had a shit one because they only had about 4-5 highlights in the whole vid compared to all the Warriors ones lol.

That was real bad luck on that injury too...only about a minute left in the game! It looked like it could've been a knee considering the way I landed on that left leg with it extended back. I did a knee injury once the same way.

Funnily enough, I just learned that Monta Ellis is pronounced Mont(ay) not Mont(u) while watching that.

i learnt that from 2k11

:lol:

yer it's tay


and the Raptors may have played a stunning game, but the clip was put together by a Warriors fan

Chris and I got League Pass hooked up last night.

Pros:
- Cheaper with AUD > USD
- Every game of the year, available at anytime
- Post season added for $70, saved $20
- Quality is real good, even through Chris' huge TV
- Steaming didn't stutter much at all
- Get to watch a full season of the Pistons

Cons:
- Ad breaks are taken out and a screen saver put in place
- Get to watch a full (losing) season of the Pistons

it sounds the shit!!

it's very very handy to have. :)

looking forward to whoever's on tonight!

Yeah awesome hey, I've got my PC hooked up through HDMI to my 54 inch tv the quality is unreal.

some big quarters today in a couple of games...

Bogurt with a huge 4 points and 1 rebound at the half  :lol:

well at least he's shooting it at 100% - PASS THE FKN BALL JENNINGS!

Last week was a good time for me to drop Mike Dunleavy then. :(

I would have had him on the bench anyway.

Deron Williams played 43 minutes for Utah the other day as well! That means he was only benched for 5 minutes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGFDF96hwTE

 :lol:

 :lol:

:lol:

the pass at 4:40  :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5CFLCyQDZc

christ...

Can play

i know thats a highlight reel put together by a warriors fan, but warriors are looking pretty decent.

the difference is we're actually rebound and trying to play defence, and there's no tension now that Nelson is gone

Warriors go up by 17, lose the lead, then come back and grind out the win in New York. Lee torments his old team with 28 and 10

Warriors 6-2. Quaz into meltdown

lol Noah is awesome. Love his comment on Garnet today

"He's a very mean guy," Noah said. "Where's the love? None at all. Ugly, too."

 :lol:

I still think the cancer patient call is great and people need to relax.

I can't stand Garnet, but whats said on the court, stays on the court. Charlie V is a bitch, and he looks like a cancer patient

I like that.

Some of the stuff Larry Bird used to say would have him kicked out of the league almost from what I've been reading in the book about him and Magic.

The league is getting so soft now, that new rule in this season disbarring exuberant celebrations or other "gestures" is totally crap.

It would mean iconic celebrations and confrontations that happened in the past will never have their likes seen again, which is sad. Everyone remembers Jordan's shrug, Reggie Miller's baiting of Spike Lee and Magic jumping into Kareem's arms, etc. but those moments won't happen again with everyone afraid of being fined or suspended... :(

thats not exactly true. You can still celebrate.And players are, as they always have. What you can't do in any way shape or form is be demonstrative towards the officials, or opposition

i like it.


i get sick of kobe arguing every foul against him.

Ah OK, I was thinking it was any kind of gesture or emotion that they tried to stamp out. Still, under those guidelines, things like The Shrug and the aforementioned Miller thing would probably be able to be penalised if the ref wanted to (especially Miller vs. Lee), which is kind of sad.

We're watching humans play, not robots, emotion is all part of the game, good and bad. I think one of the first penalties this season was something really soft where LeBron was whistled for something and all he did was throw his arms up in the air in frustration because he didn't think there was a call.

That kind of stuff is almost instinctual so it's a bit harsh I reckon.

I agree with Weez though, if it's proper arguing, fair enough but it's the simple gestures of frustration that are coming under fire now too, which is over the top IMO.

Spurs with 3 players in the top 9 for 3 point%.
Got some guys shooting the lights out at the moment.

RJ in the leaders stats everywhere good on him, he put the work in over offseason and its paying off atm.

The Reggie Miller/Spike Lee thing is one of my favourite sporting moments/stories. He did not let up and he did not miss a fucking shot. Usually came across as such a centred and calm man as well.

until he steps onto a basketball court that is.

Or meets another man's fiancee. :E

we continue our Eastern trip today, travelling to Chicago. Can't see us getting up without Lee (I think they're still removing Chandlers tooth from his elbow)

Lol lost by 30. The same amount we were down by, before half time. One of my mates posts sums it up

"With No Lee, back-to-back games (4 in 5 days), a terrible bench and the starters playing big minutes last night, I didn't think we would win. But I also didn't think we would lay down at half court of the United Center and let Chicago sodomize us for 4 quarters"

 :lol:

Wow, Boston beat the Heat again... Ray Allen hit his first 7 threes! That's handy for whoever has him in fantasy...

Also the Lakers finally lost a game! :slayer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZUuwuOVS2g

thunder were down 97-100 with 3 minutes left in the game against the trailblazers. kd had only scored 2 points in the 4th quarter. he then stepped up and knocked down 8 straight, putting the thunder back in front. they ended up winning 110-108.


:slayer:

such a good player. Crazy to think how young he still is too

He only turned 22 like a month ago. It's ridiculous how good he is.

lost to the raptors now we're about to lose to the fucking nets

lol

westbrook just turned 22 this week as well! crazy! this is from the fantasy league re: the last 2 games where he knocked in 30+ per game (and had his birthday)


:lol:

Haha.

The Thunder are definitely collecting the right pieces around Durant. If they had a decent centre they would be really fearsome (Nenad Kristic? Come on!).

Being so good and such a prolific scorer at a young age is reminiscent of Jordan and look what happened when he finally had the right team around him!

Game on today
Spurs v Thunder our first real test we're sitting at 7-1.
Go Spurs Go

goooooooo thunder!!

:slayer:

jordan had longley/cartwright/perdue

:lol:

Cartwright wasn't too bad! Longley was good as well, Perdue was shit though. :lol:

They did what they needed to do and that was counter the dominant height in the East at the time, eg. Ewing, Shaq, etc. leaving Jordan and Pippen free on the wings to wreak havoc.

Your boys started well but the spurs come through, Duncan hardly played and was struggling.
Finished the game playing micro ball with Jefferson playing centre and Manu

We were up by 32 at one point, now only 8. Oh and congrats to Gadzuric for what reads as the worst 4 seconds in basketball history

7:22   82-94 Dan Gadzuric offensive rebound
7:20   82-94 Charlie Villanueva blocks Dan Gadzuric's layup
7:18   82-94 Dan Gadzuric offensive rebound
7:18   82-94 Dan Gadzuric misses 4-foot jumper
7:18   82-94 Dan Gadzuric offensive rebound
7:18   82-94 Dan Gadzuric misses layup
7:18   82-94 Dan Gadzuric offensive rebound
7:18   82-94 Jumpball: Charlie Villanueva vs. Dan Gadzuric (Reggie Williams gains possession)

 :lol:

:rofl:

Anybody who gets 7 offensive rebounds in a game and finishes with 1 point is doing something terribly wrong.

I think my fave part, is it ending in a fucking jumpball  :lol:

At least he appears to try really hard :lol:

up by 31, and win it on the last defensive play of the game


Fucking hurry up D Lee. You know your a Warrior and part of the curse when missing games through a fucking Zombie bite

Hahaha. I hadn't seen this before...a graphic designer rips apart the Thunder's crappy logo.

(http://images.thedenveregotist.com/ok_thunder_logo.jpg)

Eva Longoria files for Divorce from Tony Parker. Apparently Parker was banging Brent Barry's wife

 :lol:

:lol:

HALF!

:rofl:

Hmmm, her or Eva? I must admit she's a fair looker also, but not Eva Longoria hot...


(http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slideshows/1086/slideshow_108642/display_image.jpg?x=280576)

Poor Greg Oden! He's out for another year with LEFT knee surgery, after sitting out his rookie season with RIGHT knee surgery.

He sounds completely screwed. It's like the Portland Walton curse but Oden hasn't even had the fortune to bring them a title before all the injuries happened...

 He is finished surely.

Poor bastard. On the bright side, he'll probably have made about $10mil by the time he finishes the season without playing a game. Could be worse.

edit - Actually closer to $7mil. Still, not bad!

Also saying on ESPN that Portland's president thinks they'll make an $8.8mil offer to extend his contract next year. They're probably shitting themselves at the prospect of letting him go and him becoming an All-Star centre for the rest of his career. Or he's just flat out lying. Who knows? :lol:

NY are coming to the Oracle tomorrow, so the Komodo Dragon will be playing


group of mates are going, and have tied bottles of listerine to sticks

 :lol:

Ouch!

Still, $10mil for doing nothing aint bad.

Yeah, I wouldn't be complaining. :)


I just put my votes in for the All-Star Game on NBA.com. Mostly run of the mill choices but I threw a few left of field ones in there for guys who are doing well this season and haven't been All-Stars before.

I also tried to make them traditional squads too eg. PF and SF, SG and PG, even though you can have any guard or forward combo. The only exception was Pierce and LeBron because I couldn't leave either of them out.

West

F - Kevin Durant
F - Kevin Love
G - Chris Paul
G - Kobe Bryant
C - Marcus Camby (boy, the West really have the short end of the sick as far as centres go, lol.)


East

F - LeBron James
F - Paul Pierce
G - Rajon Rondo
G - Dwyane Wade
C - Andrew Bogut


PS. One for you Quaz...will they be the San Francisco Warriors again? ;)http://www.nba.com/2010/news/features/scott_howard_cooper/11/18/golden-state-warriors/index.html (http://www.nba.com/2010/news/features/scott_howard_cooper/11/18/golden-state-warriors/index.html)

West Bay not East Bay?

I wouldn't be opposed to em going back to San Fran. My initials are SF so the self indulgent merchandise potential is immense.

On the season thus far, if Monta doesn't make the All Star team, the league is fucked

I wonder if Allen Iversons performances in the Turkish league will get him in.

Blake Griffin lol... he's just absolutely ridiculous. The dunks over Mozgov and Gallinari are pure insanity.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppz_SpZQsew

44 points, 15 boards, 7 assists and the Clippers still can't beat the Knicks :lol:

He's too good for the Clippers. What a waste of talent on a pathetic team.

we've got the spurs and Miami this week. Big test

Lakers in LA today

*shudder*

:slayer:

lol get farked

As expected, LA are going twosies on us, yet its us, providing the pooh faint

WTF happened to Monta? 5 points from 2 of 10 shooting? Does he think he's OJ Mayo or something?

I reckon the cue went into the rack around 5 mins in. We've got a horror road trip coming up, and Monta and Steph played all of 23 mins

Warriors finally win as dorrel wright hits a franchise record 9 threes........ :eek:

Was it Mullin who had the previous record?

Edit: Lol I just found this when googling "warriors 3 point record" thinking the recent match report would come up and it's an article on a game from 1995!

http://articles.sfgate.com/1995-04-13/sports/17803824_1_warriors-pointers-chris-mullin (http://articles.sfgate.com/1995-04-13/sports/17803824_1_warriors-pointers-chris-mullin)

glad we beat the heat but spewing went down to the spurs

saw all three of these on the airport tvs, they were showing nba again as i was getting ready to come home and had the top ten plays on while i waited in line to check in

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/originals/2010/11/23/griffin_dunkfest.nba/index.html

the throw down was nuts, but that spin move is ridiculous...

:wow:

in other news, i hear bogut is out

:E

Lol yup. My trading has been fkn awful lol. Come to the tribe, get injured.


Warriors v Spurs today. Gross

Still haven't watched a Piston's win yet this season. Thought I might against the Knicks when Prince brought them back into the game in the 4th and then in OT, but no - they just laid down like Sally Robbins in the second OT.


Sale still hasn't gone through because Illitch tried to lower the price during a 30 day holding period and now that the 30 days are up with nothing complete, Karen Davidson has started contacting the other buyers again.

Lol shambles

Haha, yep.

well i don't really have anyone i really support, but after watching the pistons lose the past 5 games i've seen of them with del, i can safely say they are absolute rubbish.

quite funny to watch though with del around, so i'm happy to keep watching them. ;)

:lol:

I thought Orlando were about to lose to them

nah, if it's ever a close game, the pistons toss a coin with two heads on it, and call tails.

lol it seems they did that

they did it against the knicks too.

pretty sure they'd lose to the generals at the moment.

at one point the Spurs had shot 19 free throws to our 2.......

uh huh

Lol, what a slump, even the Grizzlies beat the Lakers. Yep, you heard that right, the GRIZZLIES! :rofl:


PS. Regarding that Griffin video, I saw a wicked pic of that second dunk the other day...

(http://i.imgur.com/AIPj0.jpg)

Hi-res Version (http://twitpic.com/39mdrs/full)

It's almost like posterising the shit out of Mozgov wasn't enough, so Griffin also decided to force Mozgov to give him head while he was up there.

:lol:

watched our game yesterday. The Spurs are the best team I've seen this year. They're clinical. If their big 3 can hold up for 82 games, they will be extremely tough to beat in 7 games

they look really good hey
dominated us

Duncan is a freak. Best PF to play the game imo. In the commentry, they were saying he's lead his team in scoring and rebound every year he's been in the league. Thats friggen nuts. Especially  considering the calibre teams he's had.

Oh, not to mention the 10 straight All NBA First teams he earned, from his first year in the league lol

PF - GOAT

thunder vs nets has just gone to triple OT! westbrook is one assist away from a triple double!

against the nets, and taken him 3 OT's to get it


doesn't count

 :lol:

he missed out on it anyway, westbrook hit 38 and green had 37, durant didnt play.

westbrook has really been firing on all cylinders, if he keeps it up he might give KD a run for his money on team MVP.

No question. Best power forward ever.

If Malone had been able to win anything significant (or was able to do thing without Stockton) he might be up there but as it stands it's Duncan without a doubt.

watchin the game. Lebron is just shitting on the Cavs

not a bad effort from le bron considering he only had to play three quarters

:lol:

his 3rd quarter was ridiculous. Some of the shots he hit were nuts

bit disappointed they didnt let him smash the shit out of the last quarter, would have been interesting to see how he would have gone if he played the full game. understand there was no real point having him out there at that point, but still...

he didn't do himself any favours in the interview after

holy fkn shit lol

(http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcucqmg3bF1qzny39o1_500.jpg)

Love the face on the guy in the orange shirt. Not impressed! :lol:

No Dwight, Reddick or Pietrus & an injury to one of their starters in the first quarter & the Pistons still couldn't beat the Magic, with another 4th quarter rollover.

At the cricket watching us get smashed, now - I'm a sucker for punishment ATM.

jesus Christ. Note how he has to duck his head under the backboard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ho_ezifHsc

:lol:

we were down by 19 t the Thunder at one point, brought it back to 3 with 20 seconds to play. Thunder hit their foul shots though, and held on.

Curry dropped in 39

oh shit!


Brandon Bass is really stepping up now that he's getting some minutes and havin those guys out he really showed it
score free agent
actually thought ryan anderson was gonna get up there after his work in the off season

Spurs killed the Hornets.
5 minutes until the half the score was 34-64 we basically then gave the bench some solid minutes.
My boys are looking the shizzle atm when they step up to play some real ball.
Moving the ball really well, better than they have in many many years acording to Sean Elliot.

agreed

I think i said it in here before after the game against us - they are the best team Ive seen play this year. Its all clicking. The only concern is age in a potentially 100 + game season

Duncan is generally playing less minutes 29 but I’d like to see that at 25 at this stage of the season.
Manu is my major concern he still plays hard and throws himself round, less minutes for him would be nice.
Dice is playing well and not too much, he can be a major factor come playoffs.
Parker, Jefferson, Hill need to take the bulk of minutes from here to all-star weekend, more games like the Hornets would be nice so all starters can cut back to 25 minutes.
We do have some young legs in Neal, Blair, Splitter (once he clicks), Anderson (when he returns).
The team is really not old on ave but 2 of the big 3 are and come playoffs they will play big minutes.

and the other of the big 3 is rather injury prone. Always a concern

Spot on, and he is playing some seriously good ball this season.

on AND off the court by the sounds of things

:rofl:

 :facepalm:

great to see Amundson playing his first game as a Warrior today. Great energy guy, with a fantastic ponytail.

Has 3 blocks in the first half

Curry went down with an ankle injury again, sucks seeing things like that happen.
He needs more recovery time the rate that ankle keeps rolling.

yup, the ankles fucked. I would say rest him, but fuck, our only other point guard is Asian and from Harvard

i always liked him when he played! brings abit of x factor into it

yer definitely. 1%ers

If Garrett Temple is still not signed with a team he'd be worth a short term sign to help fill that position.
He played great while Parker was out at the end of last season for us, even stepped up a few times in the playoffs.

I think we're signing Acie law

Again

May as well since we coughed up a first rounder for him 2 years ago

 :facepalm:

our number 6 pick, Epke Udoh is in full training and they reckon he may make an earlier than expected debut tomorrow

Against the Heat

God Speed Epke

Where is the warning Melv that game is on TV at 9:30 cheers bro

if i'm dodging a score, the NBA thread is the last place im goin lol

Especially one with (Warning : Scores!) in the thread title.

ha ha ha I thought (warning scores) said it all

you get every game anyway dont you, just watch a different one   :biggrin:

:)

see thats one of the great things about bein a Warrior fan (1 of perhaps 2 things - the other being are colours are cool)

I can come in here, run with "fuck, lost by 20 again" and no one gives a fuck

and no one is suprised

:E

the warriors are definitely looking a lot stronger this year though

:yup:

just watched the replay and fucking orlando played woeful. cant beleive vince carter only hit 2 shots all game. its not like portland did anything amazing. perhaps orlando are still suffering from that stomach bug that wiped out half their team last week?

Think they were on a back-to-back also.

edit: it was the first of a back to back.

Bit late too, but big up to Big Ben for passing the 10,000 rebound mark. 4 time defensive player and 10,000 boards isn't too shabby for an undrafted player.

I wasn't dodging a score I just was on the net seen that score, and basically the same time an ad for the NBA game on one.

I think thats three or four losses in a row now!

howard had the bug too and he played fine againts them,,,,,,,,,against the Jazz maybe not so good
(brandon bass nearly scored a double double too)

Spurs 108 hawks 92......that's the shit

Manu and Duncan both under 28 minutes.
RJ, Parker and Hill all 34+ minutes, great to see those guys taking the load trying to save Manu and Duncan for the end of the season.
I can't believe how well these guys are able to play, 6 players scored over 12 points.
I think we still have better to play once our defense starts to improve which it has a lot of room to.......lookout LA and Boston.

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Jazz            $6,733,605
Blazers    $2,650,314
Rockets    $2,393,546

No wonder the Fakers always go so well, look at the additional cash they are forking out.
As for the magic I've said it before they are just throwing money away, seriously they need to get some new crew in there from office. people that don't just burn money but actually value it.

I reckon I'll just stop watching the Pistons 4th quarters from now on. 3 mins to go in the 4th at Minnesota and down by 2 with a fast break opportunity which we throw away and they drop their heads. Go on to lose by 10. To Minnesota (and Darko Milicec).

2 and 12 on the road now. Yay.

we were doing well against the heat until Lebron thought "hang on, this is the warriors"

:rofl:

They also have the luxury of being the team with the biggest revenue stream from fans/television/merch. So they can afford it the bastards.



Milicic doing well now must really be grating lol.

Yea, he's playing ok, not great - drafting him over Melo is still worse.


:lol:

Don't forget Bosh and D-Wade. :lol:

we have dollar bill dispensers in place of paper towels in the mens room

I try to :lol:

if the thunder need any help with their long range game, they can always get this guy out of the crowd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8JKFK57pn4

:slayer:

He’s actually a three-time high school basketball champion, played in college at Missouri State University West Plains where he’s actually in their Hall of Fame. He even played professionally overseas and on the British national team with Luol Deng. Oh and one more – he was actually even invited to the Milwaukee Bucks’ training camp one year.

I used to always feel like MidFirst had some kind of deal with the Thunder to make sure they picked small children and/or people that have clearly only seen a basketball and not touched one. Typically, the halfcourt effort is something that makes you feel bad for the person taking it.

But clearly, this guy doesn’t fall into that category. He was as qualified a shot-taker as there probably was in the arena not wearing a uniform. And as a result, MidFirst paid big for it.


coast to coast!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yze5SIBrwbk

:slayer:

some pretty crazy stuff coming out about Lee now. The next step? to cut out the tricep to get to the infection. If that didn't work?


Amputation


Classic fucking Warriors folks

You have to feel for the guy if any of that happens. Career threatening stuff now. What terrible luck! From a fucking tooth! What are we in the dark ages?

nope - just royal blue and gold

Shit that sucks.


You know what else sucks? The Pistons.


Why did I not listen to myself?!  :facepalm:

Playing Toronto at home, we score 72 in the first half, up by 25 at one point and are up by 19 at the half doing as we please - dominating the game to the point we're running the offence through Wallace for a period of the third (only his 4th ever 20+ point game).

Go into the 4th still up by 16 and score 17 points to Toronto's 37 to lose 120-116.

I like big ben pity he only averages less than 5 points a game

I wouldn't say that's a pity - he's a defensive player, and a damn good one.


That game was a franchise record turnaround for Toronto too. We are in some real trouble and nothing seems like it's going to change until after the All Star break at the earliest. The guys are playing for themselves and their trade value and the coach is playing the older guys to try and get wins to keep his job - the only people that mentality is working for is Prince, who is having a decent season so far, and Illitch who is haggling over the price of the team.

he's a defensive machine!!!!
Orlando landed him in the 90's for a bit and traded him off for grant hill I think. At the time I thought it was a good idea but time has proved otherwise.

(only a pity about the 3.8 points a game cause I'm getting crushed in points in the fantasy league lol)

Warriors finally won a game, on the back of Monta and Reggie Williams

One interesting note from the game though, was Darko. He killed us. Think he was something like 25 and 13, and shot around 60%


That's gotta hurt any Detroit fans out there.................

Classic Mailman elbow on Isiah, this needed 40 stitches. Listen to that sound! :jawdrop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bM-Y4UoiAY

in local news, the sixers let their import go due to injury and picked up ron howard. not the ginger from happy days/narrator from arrested development... apparently he has andrew bogut's seal of approval:

Andrew Bogut just tweeted us about Ron Howard. "@Adelaide36ers great great signing. He can score. Ask him about me, please look after him!"

Celtics/Knicks game was awesome!


They were talking about that on a recent Pistons game. The commentators were saying it was a retaliation for Jordan and Thomas doing some backroom deals to get Thomas on the Dream Team instead of Stockton.

Either way, he only was only fined $10,000 and missed 1 game! Haha, bit different now.

and fair enough too. No way Thomas should be on the team ahead of Stockton.

Thomas was a fantastic player, but Stockton was and always will be, one for the greatest point guards of all time

The commentators were wrong then! There was no way Thomas was doing backdoor deals with Jordan! After he orchestrated Jordan's "freezeout" in his first All-Star game plus the notorious "Jordan rules", Jordan was the one who was most instrumental in making sure that Thomas didn't make the team, he had the most clout with selectors and many reasons for not wanting Isiah there.

Magic was also mostly against it because despite Isiah being one of his closest friends after mentoring him when he was in college, he had made some really nasty insinuations after Magic's HIV diagnosis. He publicly questioned Magic's sexuality which stung Magic a lot considering the relationship they had.

This in the Bird/Johnson biography I read recently, along with this apparently most players didn't want him there because he was a notorious asshole.


PS. Agree on that Celts/Knicks game...it would have been great to watch. It looks like that classic rivalry may be coming back now that NY are doing alright again. Double buzzer beaters! (Though one was ruled out...)

magic traded off Rashad Lewis for Gilbert Arenas




and then a six-player deal with the Suns where they will get Tukoglu, Richardson and Clark in exchange for Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat and Mickael Pietrus.
I love Turk but not too sure how this will work out, major shake up!!

Yea, I thought that was the case too - not sure what they were going on about.

Have to say, the regional commentators are painfull to listen to most of the time, including the Pistons ones. They are all heavily biased and Blaha that commentates for the Pistons annoys the hell out of me with every layup call being "lays it up and lays it in" and most jump shots being "puts it up and fills it up".



Watched the Clippers beat us at home just then and it was the first time I'd seen Griffen. Great player and enjoyable to watch - just wish he'd hurry up and get traded to a better team so I'd watch more of him haha. Apart from his obvious moster dunks, he did a beautiful 360 spin and layup that you just wouldn't expect from someone his size.

Have to say though too that I've been pleasantly suprised with McGrady so far. Apart from the fact that he's actually healthy and playing (hope I don't jinx that now), he is playing a great role as a facilitator now and not going after his own shot like I though he might. Takes good shots when he does shoot too. Hamilton could take a leaf out of his book - obviously he skills are waning, so he needs to look at filling a different role.

griffin did a mental 360 spin move then dunked against the knicks a couple weeks back when he hit 45 points. definitely worth scrolling a couple pages back in this thread or searching youtube/nba.com for... couple of other sick highlights from that game too.

Wow, big move. Not sure how it works out financially so it could be a loss there but talent-wise that's a good move for the Magic. Arenas is younger and pumps out more points and assists per than Lewis.

Carter gone too is a little surprising, he's having his best year in ages so far this season but I guess it fits the "trade 'em while they're high" ethos.

J-Rich is a really nice pickup too. I think the Magic have made a good stab at keeping up with the Celts and the Heat for awhile now.

It's a good move for the Wizards too, they get rid of that glut at PG, John Wall becomes the new building block and Lewis can take the other guard spot.

they are saying that carter will fit in with all the other old guys in phoenix (nash/hill). they also reckon carter will probably be the one who is gonna have to fill in the scoring gap left by jason richardson.

in other news...

really looking forward to seeing that same match up when i'm in New York next march - we're 1 section from courtside back. bout 15 rows or something. fkn pumped! :xmasslayer:

Lol. Carter is statistically having his worst year as a pro

7 Dunks against u guys lol, but its the 360 layup that is the highlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmIasAz9dwY

Haha really? I must have read a few match reports where he had good games then because I recall some of the reporters saying he was getting back some form...

he has been averaging around 14/15 pioints and a few boards, but he has put up much better numbers in previous years. he is getting on though, its been a long time since the vinsanity days. hope he steps it up a bit in phx

Yeah no doubt he was better in the past. Maybe I was reading that this year he is doing better than his last season or something.

I think he will as they are a running team and not setup to pivot around a center.

Gortat could change that.  Keen to see what he can do with some real minutes

any Phoenix fans on here?

Spanky is, depending on the weather

lol. same here.

Doesn't it just change to whoever is top 3 for that particular season?

 I am fine with my choices.

 It's not like I am fanatical about any of the teams I just like following the progress and news of a few sides to keep it interesting.

 It's been Heat, Suns, Lakers for at least 4 years now.

 Besides Quazz everyone in here seems to follow all the tops teams. What a coincidence :E

Tell me about it

Who would've thought 1 decision as a 12 year would have such devastating long term ramifications

 A bit like me and masturbation

devastating? Without getting into the nitty gritty, you're doing it wrong

there are a couple of extra games on one on boxing day

orlando v boston and lakers v miami

orlando v san antonio and phoenix v miami are on friday as well

portland v milwaukee tonight, lakers v milwaukee tomorrow night

Del's going through a similar story as Quaz these days though, the Pistons aren't the force they once were...

monta ellis is having a large one against houston...

Dorrell Wright isn't. Pretty glad I rejected that one. :lol:

yer he's sucking

But you know your a Warrior, when you score 40+, and lose to the Rockets at home

Poor guy must be used to it by now.

My mates are going ape shit at the "coaching" lol. Funny stuff. We hit the front through our Rookie, Udoh, he came on had 7 boards, 4 blocks and 4 assists.

Then he gets benched, Rockets waltz home

I couldnt make this shit up if I tried

Student of the Don Nelson school of coaching.

exactly

thing is, as the sale took so long, we really had no option. This was a year in which Smart got to audition. Big changes coming next year In reckon

man i'd LOVE to see us make a huge play for George Karl this off season. But instead, we'll probably hire hire Subbo

PS - this is the Rookie Im talking bout. Play of the day tonight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkCoY0SRr1E

spotted this on youtube today - good laugh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0OPopQmC88

:lol:

That's awesome how they make light of it haha!

Now we need one for Bogut's invisible high fives. :E

 :lol:

Gorilla arms in full effect! :lol:

Can see him being another Anthony Randolph if that keeps happening to him.

lol yer he's got unusually long arms apparently. Heck of a play

Haha yeah I know, was hinting toward you and your racist comments on the GS board. :p

ha yer, figured. I still don't see how it's racist. Look at say, Lesnar. Dudes a Gorilla!

but yer, fair to say touchy subject. Certainly wont be saying Udoh used his gorilla like reach to bail that cotton outta there, thats for sure

:rofl:

 :lol:

Anything could be taken the wrong way by some people though. You could say "that dude's a monster" and someone could say "oh, so black people are monstrous are they?" :E

we were down by 13 at one stage, to the fkn Kings. Came back, Radmanobitch hit a 28 ft 3 to send it to OT, and we went on to win. lol


worth watching the top 5 from today, for Monta's play at number 2. Its nuts. He does this sort of shit every game, yet, has less all star votes, than Derrick Fisher

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/top_plays/2010/12/21/20101221_top10.nba/?ls=iref:nbahpt1

ALLEN Iverson has announced to his fans he intends to finish his illustrious basketball career playing in Sydney, presumably for the Kings.

It's all news to the only Sydney franchise in the NBL, but "AI" - also known as "The Answer" - responded to rumours that he wants out from his contract playing in the Turkish league.

He wrote on Twitter: "I am very happy here in Istanbul, but if I don't return to the NBA I am considering a move to Australia after my two-year contract is up.

"I hear Sydney is a real good city to live in. my boy Rodney O asked me to come over. I am comin!"

Iverson, 35, is an 11-time NBA All-Star who topped the season scoring in the NBA four times. His 26.7 points per game ranks sixth all-time, and his playoff career scoring average of 29.7 points, second only to Michael Jordan.

The NBA's Most Valuable Player in 2001 - and winner of the MVP award at the annual NBA All Stars game in 2005 - Iverson agreed to a $4 million, two-year deal with Besiktas to play in the Turkish and European leagues after no NBA team offered him a contract this year. He is averaging 9.6 points and 3.6 assists after five games.

Sydney Kings CEO Bob Turner quipped: "Tell you what, it would stop everybody talking about our need for a point guard, even though he's actually a shooting guard.

"But our salary cap might take a battering."

Rodney Overby, the voice of the Kings, like AI, is from Philadelphia.

"I would love for AI to come to the land Down Under and I would love for him to come to the Sydney Kings because we do need a point guard," Overby told The Daily Telegraph. "AI was one of the premier guards in the world. He would bring an unprecedented swagger to the NBL."

yer saw turner interviewed last night

beaming smile "We'll have him!"

35 or not, he'll make a mess of the NBL

saw him in a game playing for turkey while i was in bali. he didnt seem to have a massive impact tbh

http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=TUR&PlayerID=8847

averaging about 9 points a game and 4 assists or so according to that link, but there isnt a whole bunch of stats around for his euro stuff

could be a load of bollocks anyway

http://live.drjays.com/index.php/2010/12/22/allen-iverson-to-finish-his-career-in-australia-dont-count-on-it/

- no evidence on his twitter, which is where it is meant to have come from
- salary cap
- criminal record/visa issues

:lol:

didn't sydney have to fold last year because they couldn't afford to keep a side?

yep, currently bottom of the league as well i think

yeah, they've lost 10 in a row or something. should be a wise move if it eventuates then. :lol:

the Turkey league is tad stronger than the NBL mind you

Yeah, Besiktas among others are always in the running for the Eurocup which is a massive competition. Pretty much any big league in Europe is stronger than the NBL, even the Israeli league!

I've got a channel here called Eurosport where I can catch the odd cup game/weekly highlights and it's a really good standard of play. Lots of NBA guys over there, Linas Kleiza for instance was tearing it up last season (he's back with the Raptors now).

The NBL has needed a kick in the ass for years, there's constant talk of teams folding, the league dying, etc. Getting some big name quality like AI would really help but there's not enough money behind it unfortunately, it's a bit like the A-League for soccer.

The TV coverage is the main problem, it just never seemed to keep going up from it's early 90s heights when they showed it regularly.

tv coverage isnt an issue now, usually have nbl games live on friday nights and sunday arvo on free to air, with a weekly show called overtime to recap recent happenings in the league.

on top of that we also get 3 nba games a week on free to air, with the games replayed as they usually occur during working hours. every tuesday we get to watch the bucks play and see how bogut is doing as well.

definitely good to see basketball on free to air after such a long time of not being able to watch any. hopefully this will spark some more interest in the nbl again. i really only tune in for the occasional sixers game.

Let's hope so. Really though, much like the A-League the major problem is the blanket focus on the AFL and to a lesser extent the NRL. Most Aussies are just far too wrapped up in those sports to give a shit about anything else.

Damn footy bogans! :E

basketball seems to be getting better air time than those sports. a league is foxtel only i think? and rugby is usually a late night affair on channel 9 here in adelaide, obviously would be a different story on the east coast tho.

Does anyone know why Arenas' jersey is #1 for the Magic instead of #0?

I would have thought he'd keep that with the whole Agent Zero persona he's built but then again maybe it's +1 to signify a fresh start.

Melvin?


Edit: Just found the answer on wikipedia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVTjVzAPNnE

 :lol:

Warriors win on the back of another massive Monta outing. 39 today. Dude is a machine

Lol it never ends at the Wizards. They're the new thugs of the NBA after the locker room gun stuff and now this haha.


Sucks for my fantasy team. :(

that would suck for me except i traded Blatche to Q :biggrin:

Thankfully it's only one game and not something like what happened to Arenas.

yer only one game, but still, fits in just beautifully with the way my season has gone

Warriors win 3 in a row, Monta wins West Player of the week averaging over 37 points a game.

Hes beasting

The Lakers topped by he Spurs in a big win (82-97) even I was surprised

Didn't watch the Lakers vs Miami christmas game then? Lakers looked fucking horrible. 15 point losses to teams of that calibre may be standard unless they can get their shit together. For the first time in his career Kobe is looking truly tired as well.

I only just got back to town so I haven't seen any scores, just watched the last 3 spurs games before hitting the net for scores.
I'm sure they'll come back when the season starts to get serious.

Magic are looking good to, but I thinks thats until good coaches get their head around there new players and possible playing style.
They look a big random and hard to pin down atm, but that won't last.

Yeah he's definitely showing it a lot more. He was only able to continue doing well in the last 3-4 years by adding some wily moves to his repertoire like that deadly fadeaway jumper. He definitely hasn't got the legs to dominate off the drive like he did for most of his career.

Richardson and Arenas are doing exactly what they are meant to, score points! I think they really can only improve.

Miami vs. Houston:

and Arenas would be the best guard Dwight has ever played with too. Makes a big diff

They can improve but imo also become more predictable which means a good coach will be able to find how to stop them or attempt to stop them which at the moment they can't cos they are unpredictable.

alternatively, it usually takes players a while to fit in with new teams (see: The Heat) These guys have clicked right off the bat

Fair point, they do look to have a good mix of players now.
Good thing they're not in the West

Dang! You don't see this too often! Ridiculous shot from Mayo too!

(Warning: spoiler, but I doubt anyone is going to watch the Grizzlies vs. the Kings anyway lol).



Edit: Switched to youtube link for easier viewing.

fingers crossed turk really rises up

im a bit sick of the bucks games being played on one. all good, play a game with bogut on tuesday night, feature him once a week cos he is the only aussie doing anything in the nba right now, but is there any need to waste one of the other two weekly games watching a pretty average team when there are loads more exciting teams out there?

That is off the charts

watching it, i literally said, "as if he hasnt said, If you dont like that you dont like NBA basketball yet" then BAM - he dropped it

hell of a sequence

seems to be happening everyweek now a shot like this

The beauty of this game with all the best players in the world shit like this always happens.
Its like its geared up for it by stopping the clock all the time means there's always that fraction of a second for something special at the end.

Garnett and Rondo both out, but even considering that I still can't believe the Pistons beat the Celtics. Almost as suprising was how well the Pistons defended.

I fear this may be the highlight of the season though.

Charlie V is playing dome pretty good and more importantly, consistent ball, mate

Wait for it... :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT3fRGh_NEk

PS. How cool is that commentator? He even slips in an Ice Cube line lol.

Up by 20 at one point against the heat and go on to lose.

Go warriors

 Was in Miami too. Pretty sure we lead the league in moral victories

Spurs top the Thunder by 27 with the bench playing just about half the game.

Spurs are looking the goods at the moment. The bench playing like they are is really gonna help keep the older guys fresh.

Mills had a decent game today. 14 points @50% with 5 assists, 5 steals and 2 boards in 22 minutes. 4 turnovers in that time though unfortunately.

Warriors up 10 at the half, go on to lose by 20 in orlando

We are jews

Hitler is the 3rd quarter

Turk must love being back at Orlando, posted a triple double today plus 5 steals!

playing your starters late when up by an heap to stat pad, is hugely frowned upon in the NBA

 I also saw about Ibaka dunking the ball in the last few seconds in a blowout win over Atlanta. All the hawks were crying about it saying he should have run down the clock.

 Apparently it's against etiquette but far out, go have a cry into your piles of money you pansies.

was just about to past the same thing. westbrook scored a triple double because of that pass. whats the big deal between a 7 point loss or a 9 point loss really? the game isnt over until the clock runs out... westbrook played well, whats the harm in letting him get a triple double?

its how its always been in the NBA. An unwritten rule basically. Its considered really disrespectful. Not saying it's right or wrong, but it is what it is

This is why guys like Monta Ellis playing for teams like the Warriors is so valuable for fantasy. I can't recall Ellis being benched once at the end of a game this season. :lol:

say what?
whats frowned upon?

Continuing to play your starting lineup at the end of a game when thrashing your opponent.

Especially when its being done to stat pad

True that. I remember Kobe and the Lakers getting a bit of flak for his 81 point game because they basically didn't let up in the end just so he could try for Wilt's record.

Still I think they should make an exception when it's a chance to make history in those types of situations.

 How about it's a professional sports league and the other team should play better :lol:

But some rich guys ego may get damaged.

A new top 10 Griffin plays with a few recent additions

My god: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdP5PZvM8J0

Going to see them play the wizards at Staples in March, something tells me i'll be happy to able to say i saw him play in 10 years.....

the lebron top 10 of 2010 is equally worth watching

griffin is an absolute monster

The most exciting player in LA and he's not in yellow and purple

awesome quote about the westbrook thing


 :lol:

I tend to agree.
If your team values stats more than the risk of damaging your guns then i dont see the issue

Why would you value stats more when you could have a chance at a title run.
Imagine if your gun centre or any player for that got injured like Bogut did last year before the playoffs but did it in garbage time when you were up by 20 points in the 4th.
If the spurs lost Duncan that would put a big hole in our run, thats why he never sees the court in the 4th unless he needed as much as he hates it.

home play offs/finals

huh? What does that have to do with winning by 25 instead of 15?

better percentage maybe?

Pretty sure team win/loss percentage is the only percentage that counts on the NBA ladder.

lol yup

lol
fuck knows then. S'all just for show

It's to satisfy individual egos. Both the coach and players.

Serge Ibaka, Blake Griffin, JaVale McGee and Brandon Jennings for the dunk comp... apparently...

ibaka won a dunk comp in europe while playing there a few years back, gonna be hard to top griffin tho

lol i've not seen Jennings dunk?


but yer, youd dare say Griffin would be at pretty short odds

anyone see the video of the homeless guy with the amazing radio voice? if not check the link below...

http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2011/01/homeless-man-from-columbus-ohio-has-golden-radio-voice

cavs have hooked him up as their announcer, and he will probably get to do some narrating for nba films

http://www.nba.com/2011/news/01/05/cavs-homeless-announcer-job.ap/index.html

:yup:

Celtics v spurs was an awesome game best I've watched in a while.
Down to the last shot, Celtics come away with the 2 point win at home.

Haha, I was about to post this in the news section. Great story!

well we split our road trip 2-3 which is better than I expected. Very nice wi over NO today. We now play 18 of our next 22 at home.

Interesting

After all these years I still can't help but laugh every time I see Shawn Marion take a jump shot. While effective, I think it's possibly the ugliest shooting action of anybody I've ever seen play in the NBA. :lol:

Matt Bonners isn't to flash either for a 3 poing gun

just saw him shoot a free throw, worst technique ever, looks like he is afraid of the ball, or afraid of the rim or something

:lol:

dudes like that need to go the Full Rick Barry from the line

ah man this made me laugh. Dude describing the Clippers situation...


 :lol:

nice to see the Warriors take a dump on the NoBrons. Lee and Monta both with big games


oh and jesus - 12 years old. This kid can fkn dribble

http://www.komonews.com/sports/heroes/111892554.html

No that title has to go to either.

(http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0224/nba_g_cartwright_600.jpg)

Bill Cartwright

or my personal favourite

(http://www.xoxobook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mike-adams-267x400.jpg)

big up whoever put me on to http://www.atdhe.net

usually get to watch a thunder game every weekend now, would be awesome if i could get away with streaming games at work

:yup:

I've found a new contender for foul shots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7P6eil2yds

:lol:

 :lol:

wow

that's horrible!

noah from the bulls has a shocking action as well. worse than marion's i reckon.

Biedrins is fkn ugly too. Sarah Jessica parker ugly

think he's shooting em at around 30% this year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEssOVP6TcQ

He's got the advantage of being a short ass, so every dunk he does just looks better. Still, Griffin looks just as high off the ground as Jennings does when he dunks, despite being 6'10.

unless their judging hair cuts, he wont get past round 1

:lol:

That flat-top at the start is fkn epic!

The New Jersey Nets were close on Sunday evening to acquiring All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony from the Denver Nuggets in a three-team deal with the Detroit Pistons, but are still looking to get a commitment from Anthony and his camp on a long-term contract, according to two league sources.

The deal would send Anthony, along with guards Chauncey Billups and Anthony Carter, along with center Shelden Williams, to the Nets. Detroit would send veteran Rip Hamilton to New Jersey. The Nets would send guard Devin Harris, rookie forward Derrick Favors, guards Anthony Morrow, Stephen Graham, Quinton Ross and Ben Uzoh, along with two first-round picks, to the Nuggets. New Jersey would send center Johan Petro and forward Troy Murphy (and his expiring $12 million contract) to Detroit.

detroit cleaning up in that trade!

Man the Nets are screwing themselves lol. Though the idea of Melo paired with Lopez is intriguing

I would have thought they'd be trying to hang on to Favors and deal out Humphries.

lol and why would Denver take that? The first thing they wouldve said would be Lopez, which wouldnt happen. Nj would laugh. From there, they would have said, start with Favours, or no deal

I realise Denver wouldn't like it, but it just seems strange that the Nets are giving away their #3 draft pick from this year. I'm not exactly sure how all the trade shit works in the NBA. If Carmello doesn't re-sign with Denver, can't he just go elsewhere as a free agent at the end of the season, leaving the Nuggets with nothing (other than a substantially smaller player payments bill)?

Yer he can walk. But NJ obviously REALLY want Melo, and Humphries aint gonna get it done lol. Not even with 2 first rounders. Whats Humphries contract? Anything over a year and they wont want a bar of it(Not even with 2 future first rounders) and in that case yup, they're better off letting Melo walk to free up cap room. Personally, I think they're giving up way too much for a dude who's pretty much a volume scorer, and thats about it. Great player don't get me wrong, but he's not in the same league as Lebron, Howard, Rose, Wade etc.

I think it's expiring this year and about $3-4mil.

Yeah, great player but not going to completely turn around a team single handedly. Though if it happens, a starting lineup of Lopez, Anthony, Humphries, Hamilton and Billups does look pretty decent, but not championship contender decent. Their bench would be looking pretty thin too you would think.

I can see Melo just going the free-agent route with hopes of ending up in New York. Who the hell wants to live in New Jersey?

Nobody, that's who.

Tony Soprano? :E

 Nets are moving to Brooklyn in a couple of years tho! ;)

Jigga!

 Imagine your bosses being Jay Z and and Russian Multi Billionaire.

 Performance appraisals would suck :lol:

 :lol:

I think there is a good chance that Cleveland decided to start drowning their sorrows before the game even began. They're shooting at 24% as a team against the Lakers right now and are getting done 22 to 54 with a minute to go in the 2nd quarter. Surely they're all drunk.

86 -35 in the 3rd Quarter


and guess who plays LA tomorrow......

 :lol:

49-103 in the 4th

ouch

:lol:

Remember when Dan Gilbert wrote that open letter stating the Cavs would win a championship before the Heat do?

:rofl:

Must say, my trade is looking rather good at the moment. :lol:

Warriors Lakers today

hope LA are supplying the lube

well, the game actually sounded like a cracker. Kobe and Monta WENT AT IT. Kobe with 39, Monta (after being on an IV due to the flu) had 38

another moral victory lol

Yeah I was keeping track in the live fantasy thing. It looked close, bad luck mate.

In other LA news...there goes the Heat road streak...and to the CLIPPERS of all teams hahaha. The Clips had a massive first quarter to start; 44 points!

The first time I checked the score, the game was about 3 minutes into the 2nd quarter. Monta had 20 points at that stage. :lol:

Wish they would show more GS games on ONE. Monta is so awesome to watch.

Monta's a machine offensively. Defends like a friggen Matador though (mind you thats all the warriors)

In honour of the Clippers performance, here's a couple of awesome alley-oops from recent games.

The first one was mentioned in an ESPN article I just read (unfortunately the block wasn't in the highlight :().


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heExzk2M5Yc

Nasty!


The second was awesome just for the fact that Jordan was able to pull that off amid the sea of arms in the air up there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-vu_mOcl2w

lol @ Blake Griffen make Baron semi relevant again

Jorda though, is a restricted free agent after this season. A lot of teams will be REAL interested. Be interesting to see if tight ass Stirling matches

jordan has been good the last few games (not too much today tho) averaged 5.5 blocks + 15 boards a game in the 4 games leading up to todays game. massive effort.

he's big, and defends - someone will offer him 10 mill a year

okc vs orlando today. replay is on one tomorrow morning at 1030. gonna try to avoid scores (and the bball threads on here) so i can watch the game tomorrow. hoping thunder get up, they have similar W/L records at the moment...

Since the Magic traded though they are a lot more dangerous, but I hope the Thunder win too.

I hope J-Rich scores 50 and the Magic still lose... Preferably with Durantula and Jeff Green having quiet ones. I don't ask for much.

sweet

Ooh, nice.



Pistons still getting beat up by every team at the moment (lost to Memphis yesterday :roll: ) but at least they are starting to play a couple of the younger guys. Makes it a more interesting to watch. Maybe by the all star break the playoffs will be right out of the picture and they'll get even more minutes.

When Daye has been given the opportunity to shoot, he can get on a run and helped send a game into OT which we won the other day - and Monroe notched his fourth straight double double against Memphis. Hopefully our coach sees the value in starting him and letting Wallace come off the bench once he's back from injury.


Don't know much about Johan Petro or Troy Murphy that we're meant to get in the Melo trade, but the Pistons forum im on seem to like the idea. At least they're big men and have expiring contracts as well. Some seem to think we'd get a second round pick as well and with our expected finish this season, it could be a real young team in 2011/12.

Murphy is a big white guy who rebounds, shoots, and doesn't play a lick of D (played for us for years)

Petro is a stiff

All we need is more guys that don't play any defence, we're 28th in the league for FG% allowed. At least the rebounding would help some - we're second last in the league per game in that.

Heard this trade or something possibly very similar is due to go down next week, its what the commentators said during the Nuggets v Heat game

Looking forward to watching our game against the clips today

Tho it's and odd feeling that what I'm looking forward to most plays on the other team lol

Bit blocky, but this is awesome! Watching the Clippers v Warriors atm.

been my fave site for years.

Monta is going off, yet we're still losing  :lol:

oh and Griffin is a fkn juggernaut

fuck its good to see Lee getting more confidence in his arm and knocking down jumpers

Anyone hear about this? Bogut is auctioning off a bunch of stuff plus a trip/tickets etc. to help the QLD flood victims.

There's a pretty decent amount bid already, geez!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NBA-Andrew-BOGUT-USA-Tickets-Games-Accomm-FLOOD-RELIEF-/150548569214 (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NBA-Andrew-BOGUT-USA-Tickets-Games-Accomm-FLOOD-RELIEF-/150548569214)

thats awesome

Isn't it just!

Very nice package though I had to laugh at one of the items... :lol:



Love the thugged out Bogut pic on there as well... :E

$53k so far....

i'd love to just be tossing that sort of cash around.

The Cavs are beyond shit at the moment. down by 31 to Denver at the half.

80 points at half time is a fair effort. Especially when Melo has 9. :lol:

I don't think Melo gives a royal fuck right now lol

Hahaha, inventive!

so the clippers beat the lakers????

yep

:slayer:

They beat Miami too didn't they?

yup

Griffin and Jordan form a huge, devastating front line, and Gordon is turning into a star. The key to the revival in the last couple months though has been Baron's play. He's looked like the Davis of old.


still, Donald Stirling will find a way to fuck it up

they just need a bench tho, but with griffen and co. they might be able to get some people over to them now.

Pretty handy centre in Kaman on the injured list too.

2 in a row for the Warriors. League on notice

3 for the Pistons - playoff contenders now.

the nets have called off their pursuit of melo, melo refocusses and hits 37 points

Monta with the game winner! Oh fucking yeah!!

He's a beast

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/1/18/1942234/lithuania-three-pointers-rolandas-dovydaitis

Amateur Lithuanian basketball players have all the fun. This weekend, Rolandas Dovydaitis decided to break the record for most three-pointers attempted in a game. LithuaniaBasketball.com doesn't reveal what the record was, but I think it's safe to say Dovydaitis was successful. He fired up 124 threes, hitting 24 and scoring 73 points. (Via TrueHoop.) I commend Dovydaitis for sticking to the plan -- he missed his first 19 attempts, but still fired off another 105 shots. The NBA record for three-point attempts in a game is 21, by Damon Stoudamire in 2005. Mighty Mouse hit just five of those in a rather blatant tank game at the end of the season for the Blazers.

Monta's shot was the number 1 play of the day

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/top_plays/2011/01/19/20110119_top10.nba/?ls=iref:nbahpt2

mind u, Griffins at 8 is crazy

on this, i loved the Russian Billionaire's interview


 :lol:

crazy, rich, owner alert!

 :lol:

awesome

 How awesome would it be to buy an NBA team :lol:

lol especially as a russian billion

"Carmello? Pfft, fk him, we're out" *swigs vodka* "Get me Hov on the line"

" Hov, if you don't find me star player in next 3 week... I cut your fucking balls off! "

fuck Monta does it again!

down 9 with 2 and half to go. Curry hits a 3, then a a 3 point play, we get it to within 2. Monta hits a 3 to get us closer, hits a jumper with 0.9 to go to put it to over time!

and no Monta carried off hurt

fuck me

:facepalm: :(

What happened?

15 fkn secs to go. Someone dived for a loose ball and took out his leg

The Magic spanked Toronto by a lazy 40, you know you're in trouble when your "Top Performer" has a line like this:


 :lol:

lol yup - woeful effort.

They play Miami today... good luck with that Toronto!

No Bosh or Wade should make it interesting though...

Spurs did come crashing down to earth.
Spanked by the Hornets.

Hornets just played an unreal 2 games in 2 nights

Man. Watching our game and griifin is just shitting on us lol.

It's not NBA but I went to see the 36ers play Wildcats yesterday. I didn't realise basketball games were so much fun, even when I was the only Wildcats supporter in the entire place!

I saw a dude airball a layup recently in an NBL game I saw on One. This is why I don't pay to go to NBL games. :lol:

Get of our town!

(PS. This is the basketball thread so NBL/NBA/Eurobasket discussion, it's all welcome. :))

perth and adelaide have a pretty good rivalry, from what i heard it was a pretty good game as well.

I've seen this dozens of times through watching the Warriors for 15 years

Spurs today *shudder*

But, if Monta is an all star, he needs to prove it by beating Manu today

Orlando, Denver, Miami and New York coming up for the Pistons. Not that there was much chance of a playoff berth this season (lost to the Nets for the second time this year the other day), but these four games should sign off on that.

Still no sale of the franchise in sight either.

our new owner gives me wood. Its only talk right now, but man, after the demon that was Cohan, he is saying ALL the right things

I hope he turns out to be don nelsons long lost son...

he works for Dallas

beat Orlando
fuckers

totally forgot until just now... saw a guy at shutzenfest wearing a kyle korver bulls jersey. why? its not like you can walk into a random store to buy a korver jersey off the rack... accidentally or on purpose! had to be specifically ordered online... this guy had to have been a relative or something...

:lol:

wearing jerseys of random players is just how G's roll

Lol I saw something about this phenomenon before. Apparently it's a "hipster" thing to wear "ironic" NBA jerseys. Lame.

http://thefastertimes.com/tv/2010/07/20/nba-jerseys-of-pitchfork/ (http://thefastertimes.com/tv/2010/07/20/nba-jerseys-of-pitchfork/)

most of those players are actually good. olajuwon, barkley, kemp, hill, magic, rodman, etc... nothing ironic about wearing classic jerseys from players like that. the only one there that i havent heard of was ed obannon.

 :lol:
jj reddick jersey here I come

True. That's the first link I could find but I have seen a big gallery before with guys wearing jerseys like Jud Buechler from the Bulls etc. but I couldn't find it. I find it hard to believe you can even find such crappy player jerseys but I guess in the US when you can go to the actual team stores, etc. they'd probably have a much larger selection whereas overseas it's only limited to the big names.

Plus you can get any name and number u want on a jersey.

"Bradley 76" here I come

haha yep, i have a custom new york knicks jersey made up a while back. number 1. name on the back? krs!

:slayer:

Ha yer recall u wearing at hq one night. Wicked idea

wicked!!

Straight G

durant with a monster game today... 47 points, 18 rebounds, had two blocks, two steals and two assists!

:slayer:

man we got stuffed by NO today. The scoreline was flattering in the end

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj-YkA2zckY

awesome hook shot, pity it didnt count

btw - all star starters announced today

all star starters announced

East: Dwight Howard LeBron Derrick Rose Amar'e D-Wade
West: Carmelo Kobe Bryant Kevin Durant Yao Ming Chris Paul

Brandon Jennings is out of the dunk comp. DeRozan is his replacement joining Griffin, Ibaka and McGee.

Chris Paul, Steph Curry, Baron Davis, Tyreke Evans, Derek Fisher, Tony Parker, Derrick Rose, John Wall and Russell Westbrook in the Skills Challenge.

interesting to see who yao ming's replacement will be

I'd say Gasol or Duncan

I think you might be onto something

Fan voting is retarded.

it really is

Think Monta came in 12th in west guards, behind such super stars as Derrick Fisher, and Kevin martin

Yao Ming being voted in is retarded. You know what does it though; 500 million bored Chinese kids hunched over their keyboards voting in their hero.

It gives them some measure of satisfaction fucking with the capitalist pigs. :E

:lol:

Martin has at least been having a good year, but Fisher??? The fuck is that?

Ellis is exactly the type of player I want to see playing in the All-Star game.

Parker is having a monster year for the Spurs too he deserves some credit considering he's basically beaten every guard he's played bar a select few.
D Williams, Rondo, Westbrook the more physical type guards.

Yeah, but he's French. :E

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/24200/the-truth-about-kobe-bryant-in-crunch-time

A bit TL;DR, but worth the slog.

The comments section, like all comments sections, is a wretched hive of scum and villainy. There is a link to a smart-ish Lakers nut who tries to dissect it for statistical bias, but fails as much as he succeeds.

So New Orleans win 9 in a row, absolutely crushing some excellent sides and then lose to Sacramento. I give up on predicting their results for the rest of the season.

Sacramento just beat the Lakers too

was 10 in a row after they beat us

Nice dunk! :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Uvpy7o6dI

Griffins latest number 1 play

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwTuovDncUA

Dude gives me a raging clue


Good bounce back win from the Warriors today. Monta stunk up the joint, but Steph had a huge game

 :lol:

what a freak

What the hell?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdgsXZtxLKs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-8YEF5eIxk

apparently we have a genuine interest in Iguodala

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/210463/Warriors_Have_Iguodala_On_Radar



I wouldn't be completely opposed to this I guess

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiSiB20yT2k

scroll down about 6 or 7 posts mate

:hehe:

 :lol:

Swish

If anybody has recently tried going on that ATDHE sports streaming site, it will show a message saying the domain has been seized by Homeland Security. It actually has been seized, but they have already moved the site to ATDHE.me :lol:

sweet, will update my bookmarks tonight

:lolslayer:

there's another link i use a ton too. Will post it tonight

we're wearing these Fri

(http://www.nba.com/warriors/photos/HWC_1011_Jerseys2.jpg)


fuck yer.

Oh and that link (works better for me than Atdhe

http://www.myp2p.eu/competition.php?competitionid=&part=sports&discipline=basketball

damn, durant with another 40+ game today

43 + 10 boards, 5 assists, a steal and a block

:slayer:

yer i watched it. It got to the stage where it was actually ridiculous. Hitting 3's from from 2.5-3 ft behind the line etc.

I REALLY like Ibaka from that team too.

:lol:

Where? A black tie event?

6 blocks today! looking forward to seeing air congo in the dunk comp. should be interesting, he won one in europe, but he wasnt going up against blake griffin!

That sounds like a district dude that filled in D grade last night playing against us.
Probable 40+ points hit some massive 3's from way down town

It felt like he was at least NBL standard but to be honest although we are 2nd we couldn't stop a parked car.

i've played against a number of NBL dudes - you certainly know it when your playing against em lol

or even someone who has played somekind of decent standard ball.

we had a dude who was pretty good who used to play against us in d grade and take us to the cleaners. He would be all smug when he would hit 3's or drive to the hoop.

He also wore a Dusty rychart jersey.


Douche.

Was prolly Dusty

If this is what he's bringing I don't think he has a chance. All of these were generic, first/second round dunks we've all seen a million times over the years... :zzz:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8mji3nrNm4


McGee has some cool ones here though haha!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPeTN2SFjU

alley oop dunk with a pass off the backboard from behind the backboard is generic now?

man, i need to step my game up!

:E