NBA SEASON STARTS NOW!!!

[johnk5150]

Goddamn I hate that fucking Noah. Your Bulls are lucky to leave home 2-0. Not surprising considering our go to guy down the stretch is fucking Danny Granger. Goddamn I hate that dude. Pacers are in trouble if Collison can't go for game 3. Otherwise I could see this series going at least 6.

Noah is like Pierzinski with the White Sox. You love him when he's on your team, but he has an incredibly punchable face/personality. I can see why fans of other teams can't stand him. I'll be in Indy Thursday if game 6 is necessary for work. Maybe I'll put off coming home to Friday morning and try to score a ticket. Hopefully the Bulls just wrap it up tonight.

[johnk5150]

Spursmania almost dead!, ha, ha

That was a vicious, vicious beatin'.

[Skate4RnR]

Tim Duncan, what's it like to get ass raped on your 35th birthday?

ETA: Also, I've said it before and I'll say it again. If the Nuggets (god I fucking hate that name) would spend as much time on their game as they do in the tattoo shop chair, they might be able to take the Thunder but whatever. I mean, let's get fucking "Free Bird" tatted on our necks, that's what's mucho importante.

[Subhuman Yeti]

Noah is a dirty player, and he looks like a 6'8 human cat shit...

[Subhuman Yeti]

More stupid from stupid Sacramento and it's stupid mayor, Stupid...

Sacramento shows NBA the money, awaits decision


Posted Apr 26 2011 4:16PM - Updated Apr 26 2011 10:11PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The NBA left town Tuesday.

There's no guarantee it will be back.

Mayor Kevin Johnson, business leaders and fans have done all they could in the past few months to prevent the Sacramento Kings from relocating to Anaheim.

The final and perhaps most critical step came Tuesday, when the corporate community handed NBA representatives deposits on more than $10 million in sponsorship pledges for the Kings to stay at least another year.

"Today is another historic day in Sacramento," Johnson said. "The NBA had said to Sacramento, `Show me the money.' And today, we're doing just that. We're making a down payment on the future of the Sacramento Kings and this being their permanent home."

Now the decision is out of the city's control.

The NBA relocation committee headed by Clay Bennett - who moved the Seattle SuperSonics to Oklahoma City three years ago as owner - will issue a final report to Commissioner David Stern later this week. Then Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof will finally decide the franchise's fate.

The Maloofs have until Monday to file a relocation request to the league, which fellow owners would have to approve by a majority vote. The Maloofs remain undecided.

Sacramento has used the two extensions from the original March 1 deadline to rally the business community and convince owners that Sacramento remains a viable NBA city. Johnson, a former NBA All-Star, has been at the center of that effort.

He promised additional revenue for the Kings from area businesses in a desperate pitch to NBA owners earlier this month in New York. The league first sent Bennett and league counsel Harvey Benjamin to Sacramento on a fact-finding mission last week, and the two dispatched additional representatives to verify the mayor's claims.

Chris Granger, the NBA's executive vice president who heads the Team Marketing & Business Operations division, was among those from the league who met with Johnson and some 30 business leaders at Golden 1 Credit Union in Sacramento.

Among the businesses represented were local branches of McDonald's, AT&T, Anheuser-Busch, Jiffy Lube and Wells Fargo. All of those in attendance said the NBA representatives left impressed.

"Three weeks ago many of us were thinking that there's not a chance that we're going to keep the Sacramento Kings here in Sacramento. They're going to move to Anaheim," said Matt Mahood, president of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce. "But there was just this little crack, this little opening that the mayor saw to take advantage of.

"And he called us to rally the business community to demonstrate the kind of corporate support that we have here that it takes to keep the NBA franchise. And we put the call out to the business community, and they answered the call loud and clear. They have put their money where their mouth is."

There are still major details that remain unsettled.

The primary reason the Maloofs have explored relocation - several failed efforts to build a new arena in Sacramento- won't be answered by the deadline. A feasibility study for a new arena in Sacramento isn't scheduled to be completed until the end of May, and there has always been a divide between Kings fans and the broader public on how to finance a facility.

There were already a half-dozen protesters standing a few feet away while Johnson and business leaders met at the credit union, expressing their concern over public time - and dollars - spent on a private sports team. They held signs that read "We need education not recreation" and "If we don't work, they don't play."

"Politicians have more serious things to worry about. We need to invest the kind of time and energy on more important things like education and jobs," said Keon Johnson, one of those on hand to protest.

Four California lawmakers, including the leader of the state Senate, sent a letter to Stern on Tuesday pledging to work with local leaders over the next year to try to build a sports and performing arts complex to replace the Kings' arena.

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, a Democrat from Sacramento, said he would use his clout to make sure his district gets its share of state bond money that could go to build the complex.

Johnson's efforts have been concentrated on keeping the Kings for at least another year to allow for the time to approve a plan to build a new facility. For now, he waits, only hoping to have another opportunity to approve a plan for a new Kings arena.

"The moment we get word," the mayor said, "if we're lucky enough - and this is not to be presumptuous - but if we're lucky enough to be given another year in Sacramento, then we have to immediately start our new campaign for an entertainment and sports complex."

http://www.nba.com/2011/news/04/26/king ... ef:nbahpt2

[Rainbow Bright]

P-Jax wants to extend Kobe's minutes. I dunno about that one, dude. The Thunder are going to test the shit out of that team.

And if this was 2004 before the rule changes, Memphis would have a title.

[Space Bear]

And thanks for playing, Orlando. This is gonna be a fun summer here in O-Town.

[grishnak boss]

DALLAS OR PORTLAND VS THE MIGHTY LAKERS?........


AHAHAHAHABWAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!

THIS IS CLEARLY A CASE WHERE THE LEAGUE SHOULD ALLOW BOTH TEAMS TO PLAY AT THE SAME TIME VS THE CURRENT NBA CHAMPS, THE ALL BLING LAKERS

[GreazyCapri]

And thanks for playing, Orlando. This is gonna be a fun summer here in O-Town.

The fucking misery of this season ends.
I'm almost relieved.

Peace out, Dwight. It was fun while it lasted.

[Subhuman Yeti]

Good...

I hate the Spurs.

[johnk5150]

Good...

I hate the Spurs.

All that defense and fundamental play starts to wear on anyone after a while. They're old, slow and looked fucking tired. They peaked too soon.

[Punk]

THIS IS CLEARLY A CASE WHERE THE LEAGUE SHOULD ALLOW BOTH TEAMS TO PLAY AT THE SAME TIME VS THE CURRENT NBA CHAMPS, THE ALL BLING LAKERS

Goodbye San Antonio, you bunch of smug douchebags.

[GreazyCapri]

I'm glad to see the Spurs get bounced too.
Possibly the most boring dynasty in the history of the NBA.
Duncan
Parker
Ginobli
Fuck them all...

...and David Robinson, Avery Johnson and Vinny Del Negro too.

Fuck the entire history of that club.

Dennis Rodman excluded.

[Skate4RnR]

Fuck David Robinson but the black fag gets a pass?

I like the Spurs but they are a little long in the tooth. I hate the Mavs. They don't have one damn player I could give a damn about, I hate their logos, their uniforms, the way their court looks and I hate Mark Cuban.

[GreazyCapri]

Rodman isn't gay.
He just "visualizes" himself being with a man.
Big difference.

However, I might be kinda gay for posting this...

[Subhuman Yeti]

They peaked too soon.

I figured they would...

[johnk5150]

OKC has some work to do. Memphis was the 8 seed right?

[Skate4RnR]

Yep, the 8 seed.

[Subhuman Yeti]

I really really really fucking hate hate hate Boston and Miami, but I'd really appreciate seeing LeBronze maintain his 3rd place legacy streak, so start playing some fucking offense, ya Beantown chowdered fucking stacks of crap.




Who on NBA TV makes you want to barf the most?
LeBronze, Jeff Van Gundy or Ray Allen's mom?

[johnk5150]

I really really really fucking hate hate hate Boston and Miami, but I'd really appreciate seeing LeBronze maintain his 3rd place legacy streak, so start playing some fucking offense, ya Beantown chowdered fucking stacks of crap.




Who on NBA TV makes you want to barf the most?
LeBronze, Jeff Van Gundy or Ray Allen's mom?

Dude, in like four posts you've said you hate 3 teams. Do you like any? Are any teams just okay?

[Subhuman Yeti]

I like playing hoops, I like UCLA because many relatives have went there and I love the LAKE SHOW... everyone else is fucking shit.
Some of them are annoying shit, but most of them just shit I hate.

[Skate4RnR]

This OKC/Memphis series is going to be wild. Westbrook had lots of trouble today but I think they'll be ready to take 'em on. This Memphis team is a hand full, I'm really impressed with 'em.

[johnk5150]

I like playing hoops, I like UCLA because many relatives have went there and I love the LAKE SHOW... everyone else is fucking shit.
Some of them are annoying shit, but most of them just shit I hate.

Sounds productive.

[johnk5150]

WTF gave Spoelstra a first place vote?

Coach, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts

Tom Thibodeau, BULLS 76 29 8 475

Doug Collins, Philadelphia 18 31 27 210

Gregg Popovich, San Antonio 11 31 29 177

George Karl, Denver 12 18 25 139

Nate McMillan, Portland 1 5 8 28

Lionel Hollins, Memphis -- 4 7 19

Monty Williams, New Orleans -- -- 10 10

Erik Spoelstra, Miami 1 -- 1 6

Phil Jackson, LA Lakers -- 1 -- 3

Rick Carlisle, Dallas -- -- 2 2

Doc Rivers, Boston -- -- 1 1

Frank Vogel, Indiana -- -- 1 1

[Rainbow Bright]

Check Z-Bo's pad for a pod. If The Grizz pull this out, it will be the greatest underdog story ever.

[johnk5150]

Check Z-Bo's pad for a pod. If The Grizz pull this out, it will be the greatest underdog story ever.

Party at Randolph's house!

[Subhuman Yeti]

Sounds productive.

Better than blowing money and/or time on a bunch of mostly under skilled overpaid losers from one fucking shitty major US city after another

[johnk5150]

Sounds productive.

Better than blowing money and/or time on a bunch of mostly under skilled overpaid losers from one fucking shitty major US city after another

I don't think we're watching the same NBA.

[Rainbow Bright]

Sounds productive.

Better than blowing money and/or time on a bunch of mostly under skilled overpaid losers from one fucking shitty major US city after another

I don't think we're watching the same NBA.

He's forgetting the Lake Show from '03-'07

[johnk5150]

I don't think we're watching the same NBA.

He's forgetting the Lake Show from '03-'07

Watching any competition rooting against a team/teams just sounds like an exhausting way to follow a sport. I have enough hate for my own team's bed crapping to worry about what the other guys are doing. Plus I just like watching basketball.

The Griz man. Didn't see that one coming.