NBA'09-'10 season

[Pentegarn]

And the season starts with a bang before it even starts with Delonte West pulling a Plaxico

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4485441

But even more disturbing about all this, West has been a no-show to the first 2 practices

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/other_nba/view/20090930where_is_cavaliers_delonte_west/srvc=home&position=recent

Cleveland really is cursed

[Colonel Flagg]

A far cry from the player or the person he appeared to be with St. Joseph's. Hard to believe he came from the same program as Jameer Nelson.

Here's hoping the 76ers avoid having the worst record in the NBA this season. :(

[Geggy]

I predict that with the combination of perkins, sheed and garnett, the Celtics will lead the league with technical fouls this seaon.

[Geggy]

The celtics shit all over the charlotte bobcats and held them to just 59 points tonight. I like what I'm seeing so far. :)

[WhiteRat]

The new look T-Wolves (7 new players) somehow came back from being down 18 points to the Nets and won 95-93 off a buzzer beater.

1-0 baby! Rambis is taking us to the top!

[Pentegarn]

Rambis is taking us to the top!

There's a combination of words I never expected to see put together :lol

[Geggy]

How's al jefferson in his return after that nasty shoulder injury last season?

edit: oops, he blew out his knee, not the shoulder

[Geggy]

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs011.snc3/11844_1283546048378_1221914078_30881610_8041940_n. jpg

[El Blanco]

Wow, Geggy, you cheer for the NBA? Really? After the Donaghy book?

[Colonel Flagg]

The Sixers are at .500 for what may be the last time this season. :(

[Geggy]

Wow, Geggy, you cheer for the NBA? Really? After the Donaghy book?

referee scandal or not, i enjoy witnessing greatness in the nba

[El Blanco]

Even if the greatness is manufactured by the officiating?

[Geggy]

blind refs have been making bad calls at least 10 times a day that decides the outcome of the games for years so what is the difference? michael jordan and the bulls may have had some help from the refs because jordan was good for the nba and the business but it still doesnt take away the fact he could bust a move and bunch of ankles.

[Pentegarn]

Bad refs litter all of sports unfortunately. This years baseball postseason, the Big Ten football refs, the NBA, the NFL. It happens.

[Colonel Flagg]

Not relevant to the season, maybe, but still noteworthy:

Kareem Abdul Jabbar, one of basketball's all-time greatest players, announced Tuesday morning that he has cancer. The sports legend made the public disclosure nearly a year after being diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia. "Having lost one of my closest friends to a different, highly aggressive form of leukemia, I knew how serious my diagnosis was," said Abdul-Jabbar, 62. "My own life expectancy became a question mark." Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, won five championships with the Los Angeles Lakers before retiring in 1989. He was diagnosed with Cml in December 2008 and is being treated with a medicine that targets the abnormal protein that causes his leukemia.

[Colonel Flagg]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4702589

The Sixers will do anything to boost one of the league's (deservedly, mind you) worst average attendance figures.

The sideshow could start as early as next week. :\

[Pentegarn]

I feel sorry for what has become of AI. I remember the Olympics where we had to fight for the bronze medal because the team just didn't seem to care (and they were all afraid of terrorism). But if it weren't for AI we wouldn't have even gotten that. He stepped up and became a leader for that broken team where only AI and Lebron cared for winning.

While I don't like some of what he did, I have a hard time forgetting how hard he worked for team USA

[Geggy]

AI is the bret favre of basketball. I think he joined the sixers because he likes the old-school logo.

Celtics needs a back up point guard because eddie "no-dribble" house is completely unreliable as a ball handler but i'm sure as hell happy they didnt pick up AI. He is marbury in sheep's clothing.

[Pentegarn]

AI will be a cancer anywhere he can't be a starter at. He has made it clear he has no interest in being a 'coming off the bench' player

[Geggy]

I think he would be willing to settle as a back up on a contending team like the lakers, cavs, celtics, etc. I could be wrong. Best of luck to him in his old stomping ground.

New jersey finally get their first victory tonight. :rave

[Colonel Flagg]

Way to go Nets! Time for a 16 game win streak! :p

AI starts tonight - Wachovia Center is sold out ... for a Sixers game!. :eek

[Geggy]

Last night, the bulls led the kings 79-44 with 8:50 left in third quarter, guess who won? I could be wrong, but this might be the biggest collapse in NBA history.

Vinny del negro, you are fired.

[Colonel Flagg]

Sixers won two in a row. Color me shocked. :shocked

[Pentegarn]

Say it ain't so Gilbert

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/01/AR2010010101536.html?hpid=topnews

I believed in you man. You brought the NBA "Hibachi" when you would shoot.

Now when you shoot, you're going to yell "taurus"

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

The Wizards almost cast a spell of bullets.

[Geggy]

Funny stuff, really bad timing

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/01/05/were-arenas-fingers-unloaded-too/

[Colonel Flagg]

I thought this was funny.

David Letterman's Top Ten Washington Wizards Explanations

10."When you're only 6'4" 215 pounds, you need some protection"
9."Team recently signed an exclusive endorsement deal with Smith and Wesson"
8."Sick of Tiger getting all the attention"
7."Secret Santa rules didn't say, 'No firearms'"
6."Two players can't pull guns over a locker room gambling dispute? What is this, Russia?"
5."Uh, swine flu?"
4."When you're the Washington Wizards, any press is good press"
3."Wanted gun close by in case team tried to trade me to the Nets"
2."Coach didn't specify what kind of pre-game shootaround it was"
1."My exploding underpants weren't working"

[Geggy]

Tracy mcgrady has played only 40 minutes in the entire season so far and steve nash just squeaked past him to get the starting nod in the all star game. So in short mcgrady will go as a bench player. Allen iverson has played 19 games and he is the starter. Ridiculous.

[Pentegarn]

I was watching the Lakers lose to the Cavs last night, hell of a good game. If all NBA teams ha this sort of defense, I would like pro b-ball better than college b-ball.

[WhiteRat]

Tracy mcgrady has played only 40 minutes in the entire season so far and steve nash just squeaked past him to get the starting nod in the all star game. So in short mcgrady will go as a bench player. Allen iverson has played 19 games and he is the starter. Ridiculous.

Which is why fans should not be allowed to vote.

[Pentegarn]

:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol
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Now here's hoping the NBA doesn't pull this from Youtube

Just in case though, here's an article about it as well

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video-Rudy-Gay-s-internal-clock-malfunction?urn=nba,217015

[Colonel Flagg]

Nice! :lol

In other news, the 76ers still suck. But the Nets suck worse.

That 9-73 record is still within reach ... :)

[Pentegarn]

What are they at now? 4 Wins?

[Colonel Flagg]

What are they at now? 4 Wins?

Yep. Precisely the same as the total number of Net fans. :lol

At this rate if they crack 8 wins, they'd actually have a better win percentage than they have now. :eek

[WhiteRat]

The Wolfies have won 3 straight. Kurt Rambis deserves the Coach of the Year award.

[Colonel Flagg]

Allen Iverson is a train wreck? Who knew?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4975922

Stephen A. Smith breaks the story of the century. :rolleyes

[Pentegarn]

In other news, water is wet.

[Geggy]

http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hs444.snc3/25473_1449180309131_1221914078_31314840_603244_n.j pg

Celtics have risen from the dead in game one of 1st round series against miami with rondo leading the way. They were fucking miserable in the last couple of months in the regular season. I went to the celts vs wizards game couple of weeks ago and it was the most goddamn painful game I've witnessed. Hope they will carry over the momentum into the second game without garnett who has been banned for one game.

[WhiteRat]

Waddya know, Garnett attacking another player on the court. Some things never change.

[Geggy]

IN OTHER NEWS, WATER IS WET

Well I think the cavs with nice additions of jamison and moon will handle the celtics in six games. But wouldn't be surprised if the celtics pull it off either. If this picture of lebron james (http://athletetattoodatabase.com/img/wiki_up/lebron.jpg) was plastered all over celtics' locker room, it would get them extra fired up.

[IronJ146]

I'm new round these parts, but for the record...I'm a life-long Hawks fan...and I've got a headache at this point. :D

[Babs]

http://blogs.cantonrep.com/wp-content/uploads/LeBron-chalk-toss.Gm5.ECF.Ros.jpg

[Geggy]

WUH-OH...CELTICS HAS THE ADVANTAGE OVER THE CAVS NOW

[Babs]

What's the advantage here? Playing at their busted ass home court? That's just a setup for the classic example of humiliation in which King James will end up pissing all over the faces of Garnett and his group of thugs.

[Pentegarn]

Or it is every Cleveland team being their typical selves :(

[Colonel Flagg]

Is basketball still being played? I hadn't noticed. :\

I'm just waiting for the draft lottery. :(

[Babs]

and the Celtics just got their faces pissed on

[Pentegarn]

I hope the sincerely hope Cleveland doesn't remember they are Cleveland so they can finally win some kind of sports championship and break this blasted curse

[Babs]

I hope the sincerely hope as well my friend.

[Pentegarn]

Not sure what I was trying to type there.

I blame reading too many spambot posts

[Geggy]

Is basketball still being played? I hadn't noticed. :\

You're not missing much. This year's playoffs have been a lackluster especially the 2nd round with 3 teams carrying a 3 games to none lead. The magic have been steamrolling throughout the playoffs. The best series so far was the Hawks/Bucks in the 1st round when the Bucks had a 3 games to 2 lead and lost it in the last 2. But its not saying much because the hawks are lacking emotion and unity.

Cavs/celts series is a tight one so far, with both teams trading a blow out game on opponent's home court. In game 3, you could tell lebron james was playing with a lot of anger and urgency. Right now celtics have a 8 point lead with 7 minutes left and I'm not expecting it to last. They've blown double digit leads 17 times this season.

[Geggy]

Hey whaddya kno? Celtics held on to win. 2-2 now.

[Babs]

This is indeed a good year for b ball.

[Geggy]

I agree it was a pretty good season for the nba with the emerging young stars including kevin durant and the numerous heroic last second plays. Believe me I've watched more games this season than anyone I know thanks to working overnight shift at a job where there's cable that includes nbatv.

I think the conference finals will be slightly better regardless who the magic will face. The hawks were undersized against the magic and they had nothing on dwight howard. If the cavs advance, expect Shaq to go all out on dwight as if every game was his last. Kendrick perkins is also a tough match up.

It should be interesting watching lebron guard rondo tonight. I don't think it makes any difference to rondo anyway. Also it should give paul pierce an opportunity to break out of a shooting slump.

[Geggy]

HULK SMASH!!

[glowbelly]

goddamnit that hurt

[glowbelly]

just as much as the 29 point loss to cleveland in boston probably hurt. this series is ROUGH. i want it to go to 7 and i don't care who wins. i just want it to go to 7. ok, that's a lie, i want cleveland to win...but it's gonna be soooo good.

[glowbelly]

lol, i'm drunk. it's gotta go to 7. sorry. dumb girl in the house. i'll retreat now.

[glowbelly]

ok ok ok, it doesn't HAVE to go to 7. sheesh. it should, and the cavs should win, because really? really? REALLY? the celtics will get swept by orlando and it will be ugly. i mean way uglier than this series, which has been gross out gag me with a spoon fucking ridiculous. and i would like to say, for the record, that lbj's elbow is FUCKED. it's surgery FUCKED. he is playing really, really fucking hurt. i'm not sure if i love him or hate him for that, and i'm not sure if i care if it means that nobody will want to pick him up on the off season because of it. :P

[Geggy]

Lebron's performance last night was perplexing. Something tells me that he's being mentally shut down. It was also lack of team effort and mike brown did a shitty job of rotating players. If the celtics win the next game, expect him to get canned. Big Z was on a roll with 3 blocks, but was limited to only 14 minutes. Celtics was brilliant last night. Completely the opposite of the way cavs played. I think we've been hoodwinked during the regular season. But the series isn't over yet.

[Pentegarn]

Not so much hoodwinked as Lebron is playing hurt and the rest of the team is demoralized by this fact

[Babs]

I blame Pentegarn and his damn curse.

[Colonel Flagg]

Still it's the only game in town, at the moment.

[Geggy]

Forget it, cavs clearly got owned by the celtics tonight (and most of the series) despite celtics being in foul trouble. Tony allen did a good defensive job on Lebron. Lebron had a slighty better game but his one man show wasn't enough to save the rest of his crappy team. Sorry, folks.

[Colonel Flagg]

How the eff did THAT happen? :shocked

@Pent - when did LeBron actually get injured, and do we know yet how seriously? Because he was a shadow of his regular season self.

[Colonel Flagg]

Lakers in 11. :(

[Pentegarn]

And once a-fucking-gain Cleveland is Cleveland :(

[Geggy]

How the eff did THAT happen? :shocked

The repeat of 2008 finals when the C's shut down kobe and the lakers is what happened.

Yep, sad that garnett's wooden leg and the aging celtics were too much for the chosen1 and his elbow.

[Pentegarn]

Lakers in 11. :(

More like Magic in 8

@Pent - when did LeBron actually get injured, and do we know yet how seriously? Because he was a shadow of his regular season self.

I want to say it was in the previous round, that was when he started left handing foul shots and protecting his right wing

Cleveland sports fans response was, "Of course he got hurt, we're fucking Cleveland! :("

[Babs]

So... no one is even bothering to mention Magic playing shittier than the Cavs?

[Pentegarn]

What's to mention, they haven't really played at all. This is a pro basketball thread, when the Magic start playing that, I might talk about it

[Colonel Flagg]

:lol

[Geggy]

I'm hoping the celtics will continue to be the underdog in the finals. They've always played better when they're being underestimated. Pretty much like this thread where no one is talking about how great the celtics defense have been in the postseasons. :/

[Fathom Zero]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video-Kobe-Bryant-is-still-clutch-because-he-s-?urn=nba,244537

Oh Kobe. :lol

[Pentegarn]

At least the coach took it like a good sport