NBA SEASON STARTS NOW!!!

[johnk5150]

The Bulls game PISSED ME OFF, I hate the Knicks.

You think you hate the Knicks? D'Antoni used the Bulls as leverage to get himself the Knicks job leaving us with Vinnie fucking Del Negro.

[grishnak boss]

WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED WITH THE STUPID BULLS, THEY LET NY SHOOT THE LIGHTS OUT

[johnk5150]

WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED WITH THE STUPID BULLS, THEY LET NY SHOOT THE LIGHTS OUT

Too many late contested 3s. They're really not a very solid defensive team right now. As good as Rose can be, Rondo made him his bitch no less than 8 times last night. Rose has a lot of d-improving to do. Omar Azik is six fucking fouls waiting to happen. Rose's replacement CJ Watson is worthless. Brewer was supposed to be this defensive high energy guy and I've yet to see him play defense or have any energy. Noah has worked himself into 'very good' status and Korver is awesome offensively but can't be bothered to guard anyone.

Luol Deng has the worst fucking contract in Chicago right now. He's all statistics and no substance.

And yes, his contract is worse than Soriano or Jake Peavey. At least Soriano was a big part of the Cubs being in the playoffs in '07 and '08. Deng sucks.

But hey, we have Michael Rappaport on the bench.

[johnk5150]

The Bulls played a complete game for a change last night. When they drafted Noah I was pissed. He was so shitty for his first year but works his ass off and willed himself into a rebounding machine.

[Skate4RnR]

The Bulls game PISSED ME OFF, I hate the Knicks.

You think you hate the Knicks? D'Antoni used the Bulls as leverage to get himself the Knicks job leaving us with Vinnie fucking Del Negro.

Totally forgot about that, I hate the detective lookin' motherfucker!

[johnk5150]

Bosh let Paul Milsap drop 46 on him last night. Paul Milsap! Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!

[SkyDog112046]

Celtics beat Heat again. How's that 5-4 record Miami?

[johnk5150]

Celtics beat Heat again. How's that 5-4 record Miami?

Wade last night said they're the best 5-4 team in the league. Someone should have told them they're the only 5-4 team also.

[SkyDog112046]

Celtics beat Heat again. How's that 5-4 record Miami?

Wade last night said they're the best 5-4 team in the league. Someone should have told them they're the only 5-4 team also.

Everything is lining up in the East. Miami is going to be a 4 or 5 seed and if they get to the 2nd round they are going to have to face Orlando or Boston. No way they beat either one of those teams in a 7 game series.

[Heenan Snuka]

looks like Boston is taking the regular season more seriously

they want home-court in the Finals this time

[johnk5150]

looks like Boston is taking the regular season more seriously

they want home-court in the Finals this time

If I'm the Celtics I start coasting through the season. Rest my guys as it doesn't seem to really matter who they're going to play. They're the cream of the east and it really isn't even close. Damn is Rondo good.

[SkyDog112046]

An interesting stat regarding the Miami Meat:
The Heat's six wins are against teams - Sixers, Magic, Nets twice, Wolves and Raptors - that are a combined 16-32.
The teams that inflicted Miami's four losses - Celtics twice, Hornets and Jazz: 22-5.

Lebron and Wade better hope they get to play the Wizard and Sixers in the East and get matched up against the Clippers in the finals if they hope to win anything.

[johnk5150]

WTF did Scola decide to become a Mexican Karl Malone? The annual circus trip is not starting well for the Bulls.

[Rainbow Bright]

That James Johnson free throw that put the Bulls up by 11 means tacos for everyone in attendance at the United Center bitches! Rose has 39 in the home opener and the Bulls are MUCH better this year than last year. Suck it Detroit.

I still think Lebronze was an imbecile for not joining the Bulls when he could, that team can go miles.

He should have taken Amare's spot in Phoenix. I think Nash's drive to win would have an effect on a guy that's only concerned with stat padding.

[grishnak boss]

An interesting stat regarding the Miami Meat:
The Heat's six wins are against teams - Sixers, Magic, Nets twice, Wolves and Raptors - that are a combined 16-32.
The teams that inflicted Miami's four losses - Celtics twice, Hornets and Jazz: 22-5.

Lebron and Wade better hope they get to play the Wizard and Sixers in the East and get matched up against the Clippers in the finals if they hope to win anything.

[johnk5150]

Derrick Rose is a much better player with a coach that doesn't suck.

[johnk5150]

27-8 in the 3rd quarter for Spurmania. Ouch.

[johnk5150]

Derrick Rose

[grishnak boss]

Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher sat side by side on the bench with their warm-ups on looking intently onto the court at a game which still hung in the balance. Fisher had been replaced by Steve Blake with 3:44 left in the third quarter of the Lakers' game Tuesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks with the Lakers clinging to a 79-75 lead. Bryant had been taken out soon after for Shannon Brown with 1:45 remaining in the third with the Lakers holding onto an 84-80 advantage.

Bryant, with a towel draped over his knees, sat at the end of seat like a head coach at times, screaming instructions onto the court. It isn't unusual for Bryant and Fisher to be sitting on the bench at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter. Lakers coach Phil Jackson has routinely tried to extend the rest time for both players by not only giving them the end of the third and fourth quarters off but more importantly those precious commercial minutes in between. What happened while the Lakers' captains were on the bench, however, was a sight the Lakers are still happily getting used to.

With Bryant and Fisher sitting on the bench, the Lakers went on a 20-10 run and took a 104-90 lead with 6:45 left in the game before Bryant returned to the floor. While Luke Walton found Matt Barnes under the basket for an easy dunk and Blake connected with Pau Gasol for an easy lay-up, the fourth quarter belonged to Brown, who scored 16 of his 21 points in the final period. Brown was a perfect 6-for-6 from the field in the final quarter, connecting on all four of his three point attempts and hit four straight baskets to give the Lakers a 14-point lead before Bryant returned to the game.

Even when Bryant returned he was more of a facilitator with his only basket coming within the final minute to give the Lakers a 118-107 lead. Bryant finished with what can only be described as a solid game in Jackson's book when it comes to minutes (less than 37) and shot attempts (less than 25). He played 33 minutes, scoring 31 points on 10-of-23 shooting, and made all 11 of his free throw attempts.

The biggest take away from the win, however, was the way the Lakers were able to play with Bryant and Fisher (who never returned after being taken out in the third quarter) on the bench. They not only maintained their lead but more than doubled it as Brown continued to show off his range from beyond the arc. No one on the Lakers is happier for Brown's emergence then Bryant, who took Brown under his wing as soon as he was traded to the Lakers two years ago and has mentored him into the all-around player he has become this season.

"He's a worker," said Bryant, who called Brown his little brother. "He's talented, physically gifted, but he puts the work in."

[grishnak boss]

Kobe Bryant: The Greatest L.A. Laker Might Be the Greatest Ever
By
Greg Eno
(Featured Columnist) on November 17, 2010


He’s the greatest Laker of them all, and in case you didn’t know, that franchise hasn’t exactly had chopped liver playing for it over the generations.

It all started with No. 99, George Mikan, the NBA’s first redwood. That was when the lakes the team played near were in Minneapolis, not Los Angeles. Mikan was 6′10″ at a time when any player whose dome rose more than six feet from the ground was considered basketball-ready.

Mikan played among relative Lilliputians, but that doesn’t take away from the trail he blazed in the NBA; that is, being the first true big man who wasn’t as immobile as a pylon and who was dominant.

Mikan only played seven seasons in the NBA, but that’s like saying Godzilla was only in Tokyo for half an hour. George left his mark, no question about it.

Then there was the terrific duo of Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, once the franchise moved westward to Southern California. The ole lefty from UCLA, Gail Goodrich, joined them in 1965, and soon afterward so did Wilt Chamberlain. They were bolstered by key role players like Happy Hairston, Jim McMillian, Keith Erickson and LeRoy Ellis. That’s how you win 33 straight games, as the Lakers did in 1971-72, with Baylor only playing in nine games all year long.

There was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who came over from the Milwaukee Bucks in 1975 and went on to become the league’s all-time leading scorer. Earvin “Magic” Johnson went from an NCAA title with Michigan State in 1979 to an NBA Championship with the Lakers one year later.

Kobe Bryant trumps all of them. Heck, he might trump just about anyone who wore any uniform, except for Michael Jordan—and it’s not a slam dunk (pun intended) that MJ was the better player.

The Lakers are in town to play the Pistons tonight in Detroit. Once upon a time that meant a playoff-like atmosphere and a possible preview of the NBA Finals.

Thanks to the schedule makers, Western Conference teams only invade the Eastern arenas once a season, and vice-versa. So, if you miss Kobe and the Lakers tonight, odd are you’ll have to wait till next season to see the Greatest Laker of Them All.

It may seem like you’ve been in a time machine going backwards when you look at Bryant’s age and realize that he’s only 32 years old. For opposing teams, that’s like having the week from Hell and realizing that it’s only Tuesday.

You don’t have to like Kobe Bryant as a person. You don’t have to include him on a list of folks you’d like to have dinner with or have marry your daughter. It’s OK if you keep a dartboard in the basement with his photograph taped to it, or a voodoo doll with a Lakers No. 24 jersey on it.

It doesn’t change the fact that Bryant is the greatest of all the Lakers, and when he calls it quits, he might have supplanted Abdul-Jabbar as the player who’s tallied the most points ever.

It’s quite possible, you know.

Kobe has a little more than 26,000 points as I write this. Kareem finished his brilliant career with 38,387 points, with only one measly three-point field goal among them.

So Bryant needs about 12,000 points to surpass the second-greatest Laker of all time and become the No. 1 scorer in NBA history.

If he plays at a relatively high level—scoring between 1,800 and 2,000 points per season—Bryant can become the all-time leading scorer in six or seven seasons. He’d be 38 or 39, and you’d be foolish to bet against him still being an impact player at that age.

Remember when Shaquille O’Neal left L.A. and smirked that Kobe couldn’t become a champion without the Almighty Shaq?

The Lakers are two-time defending champs and Bryant is two-time defending Finals MVP, nipping at the heels of Shaq who won three straight of those from 2000 to 2002.

Kobe Bryant pops in about 25 points a game (at least), grabs five boards and dishes off about that many assists. He's been doing that every night for some 12 years now.

He’ll shoot his 45 percent from the field, 84 percent from the stripe and break your back with an occasional three-pointer at the worst possible time. He commits 2.4 fouls per game and draws about three times that many on any given night.

Has he had his moments with coach Phil Jackson? Has he feuded with teammates? Has his personal life left something to be desired?

Triple yes, but he wears five rings and has come in second place twice. You can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs.

They say Kobe Bryant is petulant, thinks about himself first and is, frankly, a spoiled NBA brat.

Truth?

He’s been all those things, at one point or another. But show me an NBA player who’s never been selfish, and I’ll show you an unemployed NBA player whose only rings are around the collar.

You think pro basketball is a team sport first? You think you can win in today’s NBA without a megastar?

Then you must be a fan of that other team that plays in the Staples Center.

Kobe Bryant is the Greatest Laker of All Time. It says here that, before you know it, he’ll be the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, too.

And at that point, Michael Jordan’s legacy as the NBA’s greatest player ought to be under a cloud of doubt.

Like it or not.

[johnk5150]

I think Van Gundy may have been a bit off predicting the Heat would break the Bulls wins record.

[johnk5150]

Jesus Criste, Eric Dampier has made 95 career million dollars.

[LAglamrocker]

8-6 Heat!

8-8 by thanksgiving

[grishnak boss]

8-6 Heat!

8-8 by thanksgiving

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

THAT IDIOT LEBRONZE SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN CLEVELAND

[Subhuman Yeti]

Van Gundy is a fucking idiot.

[johnk5150]

shannon mutherfucking brown.

[Rainbow Bright]

At least Stan resembles Ron Jeremy. Jeff is about as awesome as Gruden in the booth.

[johnk5150]

D Rose v Nash and CP3 v Derron Williams tonight at the same time. I have hardwood wood.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010Visiting Team vs. Home Team Time (ET) SD Channel HD Channel
New York Knicks at Charlotte Bobcats 7:00 pm 752 752-1
Milwaukee Bucks at Cleveland Cavaliers 7:00 pm 753 753-1
Philadelphia 76ers at Toronto Raptors 7:00 pm 755
New Jersey Nets at Boston Celtics 7:30 pm 756 756-1
Detroit Pistons at Memphis Grizzlies 8:00 pm 759 759-1
San Antonio Spurs at Minnesota Timberwolves 8:00 pm 760 760-1
Dallas Mavericks at Oklahoma City Thunder 8:00 pm 762 762-1
Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets 8:30 pm 764 764-1
Chicago Bulls at Phoenix Suns 9:00 pm 766 766-1
New Orleans Hornets at Utah Jazz 9:00 pm

[Rainbow Bright]

The downside is that the Thanksgiving day games are Bawful.

[johnk5150]

The downside is that the Thanksgiving day games are Bawful.

Check out Christmas

Bulls/Knicks
Boston/Orlando
Lakers/Heat
Denver/OKC
Portland/GSW

None at the same time.