Author Topic: The NBA thread (Read 1520816 times)

etiolate · « **Reply #3480 on:** January 02, 2012, 10:57:20 PM »

dayum pop

He's right, there is some severe euro hate amongst certain NBA fans. Actually NBA fandom is full of stuff that is quietly racist and nationalistic.

Mandark · « **Reply #3481 on:** January 02, 2012, 11:04:47 PM »

Yeah, man, some fans just seem to be really embittered and hateful towards some aspects of the NBA. It's crazy!

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #3482 on:** January 03, 2012, 12:46:31 AM »

Hawks hand the heat their first loss. ZONE, BITCHES

etiolate · « **Reply #3483 on:** January 03, 2012, 02:43:03 AM »

a bit of a soccer fan

T-Short · « **Reply #3484 on:** January 03, 2012, 09:22:23 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on January 02, 2012, 10:07:06 PM

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One final note: San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich was asked about Ricky Rubio. Specifically, how difficult it would be for him to adjust to American culture. Popovich's response was classic: "These guys, they travel around the world," Popovich said of international players like Rubio and his own Manu Ginobili. "They're more cultured than we are. Everyone acts like Americans are the ones... we have sort of an arrogance about us. Like we're the cultured ones? Are you serious? Have you watched TV lately? Have you seen what Americans do? How many languages do you speak? And you wonder how they're going to adjust to our culture? I hope they avoid it and keep their own!"

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His answer isn't really relevant to the question. I just like Pop being Pop.
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holy shit

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3485 on:** January 03, 2012, 10:02:29 AM »

Popovich's response was a non-sequitur. It's as if he thinks "adjust to" equates to "assimilate."

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3486 on:** January 03, 2012, 11:53:04 AM »

It's amazing how much they bend over to kiss Kobe's ass in LA. These are the quotes after that awful Kobe shooting game earlier.

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Brown, who said he "coached a bad game," wished Bynum and Gasol were utilized in the post more often.

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"I put the onus on me on that, being a little tired and not getting down the court," Bynum said after finishing with 18 points on 7-for-12 shooting to go with 16 rebounds in his second game back from a four-game suspension to start the season. "If I get down the court first I have to get the ball. So, I need to make that happen in order to get the ball."

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"We always start inside-out," Bryant said, when asked about Bynum and Pau Gasol's effectiveness on offense. "If you mean (to ask me) if I'm going to shoot less, the answer is no. It starts with me. I do what I do and we play off of that. That's not going to change."

Brown backed up Bryant's stance after their impromptu film session. Brown said he had watched cut-ups of a game tape with LeBron James when he coached the Cleveland Cavaliers, but never watched a full game tape all the way through with his prized pupil.

"When you look at (6-for-28 in the box score), you think 'Oh my gosh, there's got to be a ton of bad shots,'" Brown said. "But if you go back and watch the game you see some of the shots he took, there were a lot of shots he took -- (I know) because I coached against him -- he normally makes."

I mean you can't make that shit up. Kobe has that entire franchise on castration lockdown.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3487 on:** January 03, 2012, 12:06:54 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on January 03, 2012, 11:53:04 AM

It's amazing how much they bend over to kiss Kobe's ass in LA. These are the quotes after that awful Kobe shooting game earlier.

I mean you can't make that shit up. Kobe has that entire franchise on castration lockdown.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3488 on:** January 03, 2012, 03:30:57 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on January 03, 2012, 11:53:04 AM

I mean you can't make that shit up. Kobe has that entire franchise on castration lockdown.

"Sure, Kobe forced himself on to me, but really I should want his penis inside my butt."

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #3489 on:** January 03, 2012, 05:14:30 PM »

Quote from: Flannel Boy on January 03, 2012, 03:30:57 PM

Quote from: Stoney Mason on January 03, 2012, 11:53:04 AM
I mean you can't make that shit up. Kobe has that entire franchise on castration lockdown.

"Sure, Kobe forced himself on to me, but really I should want his penis inside my butt."

He'd probably try to jack it up from 25 feet out and clang it off the rim.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3490 on:** January 03, 2012, 08:00:34 PM »

Josh Howard doesn't do plays.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3491 on:** January 04, 2012, 09:44:25 AM »

Kobe is taking four more shots per game to average 3 1/2 fewer points than LeBron.

etiolate · « **Reply #3492 on:** January 04, 2012, 01:07:49 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on January 03, 2012, 06:41:01 PM

The Jazz look pretty awful so far. Run some fucking plays! Getting 4 guys under the basket who try for bad layup after bad layup isn't working.

Just think. If you were a talented 6'11 black dude saying this, you'd be sent home and called a cancer!

Himu · « **Reply #3493 on:** January 04, 2012, 02:41:03 PM »

The Rockets

benjipwns · « **Reply #3494 on:** January 04, 2012, 04:01:23 PM »

Ostertag in D-League:

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Ostertag became the oldest player in the D-League when he joined the Texas Legends earlier in the week and, in a move that wasn't at all surprising, the 38-year-old looked that way when he took the court for the D-League affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks. The longtime center for the Utah Jazz scored just two points in 17 minutes of court time while fouling four times to almost offset the 11 rebounds he hauled in for the losing team.

It's obvious that Ostertag plans to play his way in to shape over the next two weeks leading up to the make-or-break D-League Showcase, but as the picture at left shows, he isn't exactly in shape as of yet. His conditioning was most apparent when getting beat in the paint -- the fouls he picked up came as a result of this -- but there were numerous times when the Legends pushed the ball up court only to find themselves going 4-on-5 as Ostertag lumbered his way back on the offensive end.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3495 on:** January 04, 2012, 05:04:35 PM »

Only 38? Dude needs to wait a few years before the Mavs will be interested in him.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #3496 on:** January 04, 2012, 05:05:32 PM »

He has a nice rack.

Bacchus7 · « **Reply #3497 on:** January 04, 2012, 07:43:32 PM »

I just remember him dropkicking the ball into the stands and walking off the court in one Jazz game long ago.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3498 on:** January 04, 2012, 08:56:55 PM »

Khloe Kardashian does not look good sitting next to her sister, Kim, at the Mavs game. With Kim in the house it means a basketball player is going to get laid tonight. It won't be Nash, Gortat, Nowitzki or Cardinal, obviously.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3499 on:** January 04, 2012, 09:14:46 PM »

Dirk is playing in his 1000th career regular season game, but he's not among the top ten active players.

1.    Jason Kidd    1273
2.    Kevin Garnett    1201
3.    Juwan Howard    1177
4.    Derek Fisher    1117
5.    Kobe Bryant    1110
6.    Ray Allen    1108
7.    Steve Nash    1095
8.    Tim Duncan    1058
9.    Ben Wallace    1031
10.    Kurt Thomas    1023

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3500 on:** January 04, 2012, 09:15:46 PM »

Jason Kidd is oooooooooold.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3501 on:** January 04, 2012, 09:20:24 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on January 04, 2012, 09:16:18 PM

Quote from: Flannel Boy on January 04, 2012, 08:56:55 PM
Khloe Kardashian does not look good sitting next to her sister, Kim, at the Mavs game. With Kim in the house it means a basketball player is going to get laid tonight. It won't be Nash, Gortat, Nowitzki or Cardinal, obviously.
(Image removed from quote.)

I guess I could've been more concise.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3502 on:** January 04, 2012, 09:22:47 PM »

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #3503 on:** January 04, 2012, 09:40:44 PM »

Quote from: Flannel Boy on January 04, 2012, 09:14:46 PM

Dirk is playing in his 1000th career regular season game, but he's not among the top ten active players.

1.    Jason Kidd    1273
2.    Kevin Garnett    1201
3.    Juwan Howard    1177
4.    Derek Fisher    1117
5.    Kobe Bryant    1110
6.    Ray Allen    1108
7.    Steve Nash    1095
8.    Tim Duncan    1058
9.    Ben Wallace    1031
10.    Kurt Thomas    1023

The real shock of this list is that Ben Wallace is still considered "active"

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3504 on:** January 04, 2012, 10:45:29 PM »

Knicks defense is still terrible. They gave up 118 points to the Bobcats on 55% shooting.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #3505 on:** January 04, 2012, 10:50:44 PM »

Yes, but the Knicks are still good enough to make the playoffs, and it's so cute when all of the NY celebs get excited about that like it means something and show up to watch them lose.

etiolate · « **Reply #3506 on:** January 04, 2012, 11:27:18 PM »

Paul Westphal may be the first coach to be literally axed.

Beezy · « **Reply #3507 on:** January 05, 2012, 12:05:21 AM »

Ben Wallace is still around? Which team is he on?

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3508 on:** January 05, 2012, 12:26:33 AM »

The Pistons, apparently.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3509 on:** January 05, 2012, 03:03:06 AM »

Clippers looked really good tonight. I get the feeling Chris Paul has been keeping the candy from Griffin and Jordan until tonight, where the offense was actually pretty organized. He can feed them lobs any old time he wants, everybody knows that. He's just not gonna 'til they quit fucking around

pilonv1 · « **Reply #3510 on:** January 05, 2012, 06:13:32 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on January 04, 2012, 10:45:29 PM

Knicks defense is still terrible. They gave up 118 points to the Bobcats on 55% shooting.

This is the only solace I have now that the Warriors are worse than they were 12 months ago.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #3511 on:** January 05, 2012, 06:30:15 PM »

of course ESPN is making a huge deal out of the fact that Lebron had a big game without Wade starting

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3512 on:** January 05, 2012, 07:34:24 PM »

I haven't seen the ESPN coverage for obvious reasons but I did see that game, and it was a huge one, as has been every game LeBron has played this season pretty much. Why is it weird to make a big fuss about the best player in the league? I get that no-one will give him any credit until he scores 50 on a broken leg to sweep the Lakers in the finals playing 1 on 5 but you can understand that it's still the biggest story ESPN had in the NBA yesterday, right?

etiolate · « **Reply #3513 on:** January 05, 2012, 07:36:59 PM »

all I see on ESPN is the glorious news of Westphal fired

petrie's up next!

If only the city could fire the Maloofs

(Save me Burkle)

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3514 on:** January 05, 2012, 07:51:35 PM »

LeBron's PER is 36.84.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3515 on:** January 05, 2012, 09:23:49 PM »

...and the next closest is Kevin Love, at 29.85.

As good as Chris Paul is, and how much fuss was made over him, he's at 23.75. This is probably LeBron's peak. He's playing in the post a TON, and is basically unstoppable from there. (minor rant: I swear to god, most viewers don't even recognize 'post play' when they see it. Unless it's super-obvious like Shaq or Z-Bo, players just don't get credit for it. Yes, you can play 'in the post' while simultaneously facing the basket! And it extends beyond the paint! /rant)

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #3516 on:** January 05, 2012, 09:50:10 PM »

Quote from: etiolate on January 05, 2012, 07:36:59 PM

all I see on ESPN is the glorious news of Westphal fired

petrie's up next!

If only the city could fire the Maloofs

(Save me Burkle)

Most likely, the NBA will fire Sacramento.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3517 on:** January 05, 2012, 11:42:22 PM »

Triple OT in Atlanta. Heating playing without Lebron and Wade.

at Atlanta

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #3518 on:** January 05, 2012, 11:47:43 PM »

Jesus, we beat them the other day IN MIAMI when they had James. This is sad.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3519 on:** January 05, 2012, 11:54:00 PM »

Miami Wins 116-109

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #3520 on:** January 05, 2012, 11:57:13 PM »

BACK TO ROOTING FOR THE THUNDER I GUESS

Come on NBA stars, Atlanta may not have awesome beaches or be a first rate media market, but I DEFY YOU to go to Magic City and say other cities have better strip clubs. That shit has got to count for something.

etiolate · « **Reply #3521 on:** January 06, 2012, 12:47:07 AM »

NBA should fire Atlanta

fans won't care

Beezy · « **Reply #3522 on:** January 06, 2012, 12:53:19 AM »

Blazers aren't playing around with the Lakers at all!

Knicks could've had Crawford. :'(

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3523 on:** January 06, 2012, 01:01:42 AM »

Bynum is kinda ripping it up this season. It looks like he's taken the next step.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #3524 on:** January 06, 2012, 01:53:13 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on January 06, 2012, 12:47:07 AM

NBA should fire Atlanta

fans won't care

Not true! We, you know, habitually make the playoffs and stuff.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3525 on:** January 06, 2012, 02:02:23 AM »

unlike the Kings

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3526 on:** January 06, 2012, 02:04:25 AM »

Bynum is beasting. I think this schedule makes it highly unlikely he'll make it to the playoffs intact though. Seeing Kobe rubbing that wrist makes me wince too. He shouldn't be playing this much, on top of all the other injuries he has accumulated (isn't the finger on his shooting hand basically permanently jammed now?)

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3527 on:** January 06, 2012, 02:08:48 AM »

Bynum has better numbers than Dwight Howard right now.

I'm not expecting it to stay that way especially with Kobe jacking up shots but still impressive.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #3528 on:** January 06, 2012, 02:20:10 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 06, 2012, 02:02:23 AM

unlike the Kings

This is true, but soon the people of Sacramento won't have to worry about them anymore!

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3529 on:** January 06, 2012, 12:06:53 PM »

Quote from: etiolate on January 06, 2012, 12:47:07 AM

NBA should fire Atlanta

fans won't care

Move 'em to Winnipeg.

T-Short · « **Reply #3530 on:** January 06, 2012, 12:29:45 PM »

Quote from: etiolate on January 06, 2012, 12:47:07 AM

NBA should fire Atlanta

fans won't care

Did you watch the MIA-ATL game on league pass? it's hilarious how they cut back from ad breaks earlier on nba.tv sometimes and the commentators are talking when they aren't "on the air" yet. Barkley was like "I hate watching this Atlanta team. They're a terrible team. All they have is a team full of nice guys."

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3531 on:** January 06, 2012, 09:29:24 PM »

Lordy lord, the quality of play is just abysmal overall compared to last year. I just watched the Celtics score 25 in the half against Indiana. Everyone is just so tired and beat down ALREADY. Nobody can make a shot, and there is no intensity. I'm really struggling to get interested at this stage.

benjipwns · « **Reply #3532 on:** January 08, 2012, 01:55:17 AM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3533 on:** January 08, 2012, 01:59:00 AM »

Himu · « **Reply #3534 on:** January 08, 2012, 02:03:43 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on January 06, 2012, 09:29:24 PM

Lordy lord, the quality of play is just abysmal overall compared to last year. I just watched the Celtics score 25 in the half against Indiana. Everyone is just so tired and beat down ALREADY. Nobody can make a shot, and there is no intensity. I'm really struggling to get interested at this stage.

Tell me about it. We should trade teams.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #3535 on:** January 08, 2012, 09:01:33 AM »

Luckily for me I can switch teams at the drop of a hat without conscience, me not being American and all. But basically every team is playing below its potential right now, even the likes of the Bulls, Heat and Thunder. No fucking way should the Mavs be at 0.375% or whatever it is right now. It's hard to take these games seriously. So I'm floating around watching a bunch of different games trying to see all the 'interesting' teams (contenders or significantly changed teams...) but just not seeing anything compelling. Oh well, hopefully the better teams will reach typical 'mid-season' form by the start of the playoffs

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3536 on:** January 08, 2012, 11:16:53 AM »

I hate the way the NBA fucks over the ipad to try to push their shitty app. So if go to the youtube app and try to play any video from the official nba youtube site you get a pop-up that says: "The author of this video does not allow playback on ipad". Disgusting.

Also the NBA has two apps. One for the iphone and the other for the ipad. The iphone version you can buy a mobile version of the league pass for $40 bucks. It's low quality phone shit but whatever. The ipad app though has no version of the mobile pass. So you have the buy the traditional cable package and then you can also stream to the ipad. So you save no money essentially. I get why they do this but still it makes the ipad app essentially useless for me.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #3537 on:** January 08, 2012, 07:51:56 PM »

It's not that way internationally, I've got the same app on iPhone and iPad

Only thing I don't like with the mobile versions is that I cant find a way to watch a game in progress from the start, and it seems that the completed games don't go into the archive soon enough.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3538 on:** January 08, 2012, 08:19:16 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on January 08, 2012, 07:51:56 PM

It's not that way internationally, I've got the same app on iPhone and iPad

I'm not sure what you mean?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #3539 on:** January 08, 2012, 08:20:07 PM »

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Also the NBA has two apps. One for the iphone and the other for the ipad. The iphone version you can buy a mobile version of the league pass for $40 bucks.

That isn't the case for me

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