Author Topic: 2009-2010 NBA Thread (Read 18242 times)

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #240 on:** January 21, 2010, 10:53:05 PM »

At the halfway point of the season, OKC has as many wins as did at the END of last season.

etiolate · « **Reply #241 on:** January 21, 2010, 11:34:15 PM »

^ I thought the Kings would accomplish that feat as well, but they've completely fallen apart now.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #242 on:** January 22, 2010, 02:05:13 AM »

The Kings now kinda remind me of when they were rolling with Peja as the lead scorer, then Webber came back.

I enjoyed the last second win against the Thuggets though.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #243 on:** January 24, 2010, 03:04:01 PM »

The current score in the Mavs-Knicks game is 113 to 60.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #244 on:** January 24, 2010, 03:45:55 PM »

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #245 on:** January 26, 2010, 01:36:06 PM »

Hey PD, there's a nude photo of Greg Oden floating around on the internet.

see: deadspin

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #246 on:** January 26, 2010, 04:13:53 PM »

NBA thread of Oden's long, flowing penis

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #247 on:** January 26, 2010, 04:15:15 PM »

smh @ Malek looking up pics of nude men

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #248 on:** January 26, 2010, 04:38:03 PM »

It was posted on a basketball forum.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #249 on:** January 26, 2010, 04:39:23 PM »

Is it from a medical operation or some shit? Doesn't seem like the type to willingly post a nude pic of himself

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #250 on:** January 26, 2010, 04:40:27 PM »

He sent them to some girl.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #251 on:** January 26, 2010, 04:43:23 PM »

Wow. I can imagine him embarrassing himself in front of groupies

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #252 on:** January 26, 2010, 05:09:23 PM »

Taking pics of his dick is the only thing he can do without blowing out his knee.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #253 on:** January 26, 2010, 05:43:23 PM »

What a game. If he could stay healthy he'd be a defensive force. I guess it could be worse though - he could be a bust like Durant

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #254 on:** January 26, 2010, 10:35:48 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 26, 2010, 05:09:23 PM

Taking pics of his dick is the only thing he can do without blowing out his knee.

I don't know; it looks like it puts a lot of strain on his knees.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #255 on:** January 26, 2010, 10:42:13 PM »

fuck delfino! 35 foot three-pointer. haha

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #256 on:** January 26, 2010, 10:44:10 PM »

fffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #257 on:** January 26, 2010, 10:46:36 PM »

thank the baby jesus.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #258 on:** January 27, 2010, 04:24:44 PM »

The Mavs have won their last 10 games that were decided by 1-point.

Clutch

Seer · « **Reply #259 on:** January 28, 2010, 02:09:54 AM »

Trade tmac already that taco

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #260 on:** January 28, 2010, 01:23:05 PM »

Berri's "Wins Produced" stat does not pass the sniff test. According to their mid-season report, Marcus Camby leads all players in wins produced per 48 minutes. Kevin Love is second. The top shooting guard is Mike Miller. Lamar Odom produces about twice as many wins per 48 minutes as Kobe.

The stat overvalues defensive rebounds and undervalues scoring and the ability to create shots.

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #261 on:** January 28, 2010, 08:42:52 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 26, 2010, 05:09:23 PM

Taking pics of his dick is the only thing he can do without blowing out his knee.

:hippo :hippo :hippo

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #262 on:** January 29, 2010, 01:20:33 AM »

I basically agree with this: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=19526787&postcount=8772

minus the dying in a car crash part.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #263 on:** February 09, 2010, 07:12:11 PM »

http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/2/9/1302737/how-good-is-kevin-durant

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #264 on:** February 09, 2010, 07:17:09 PM »

He should chart the 50 least inefficient players so that Sasha Vujacic finally comes first in something.

edit: Nevermind, didn't see those 50 were chosen according to how much they hog the ball and not efficiency. I was wondering how Ariza was on there

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #265 on:** February 09, 2010, 07:24:43 PM »

Durant and OKC really have come a long way since last season.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #266 on:** February 10, 2010, 09:22:06 PM »

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #267 on:** February 10, 2010, 09:29:07 PM »

holy SHIT

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #268 on:** February 10, 2010, 09:42:47 PM »

Mandark · « **Reply #269 on:** February 10, 2010, 09:45:58 PM »

Quote from: Malek J. Lumberjack Jr. on February 09, 2010, 07:12:11 PM

http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/2/9/1302737/how-good-is-kevin-durant
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/289927/Off_possVSppp2.jpg

Gilbert. :'(

This is the real reason Wizards management wants to get out of that contract. It's looking like his legs are never going to get all the way back.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #270 on:** February 11, 2010, 11:19:35 PM »

The Cavs have incredible depth this year. As long as they stay healthy they should coast to the Finals. The Magic miss Courtney Lee big time and Dwight Howard just isn't enough to dominate a game.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #271 on:** February 12, 2010, 12:45:03 AM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on February 11, 2010, 11:19:35 PM

The Cavs have incredible depth this year. As long as they stay healthy they should coast to the Finals. The Magic miss Courtney Lee big time and Dwight Howard just isn't enough to dominate a game.

I'd agree that they're the best Cavs team in recent years, and that they should get to the Finals. But incredible depth? Take LeBron off that squad and tell me how many wins they have in the East. Then take the best player off the Lakers, Celtics, Magic, Nuggets, Blazers and tell me how many wins they all have. I really don't see much big-time talent on the Cavs after LBJ. I mean, Hickson is starting and he's hopelessly lost most of the time. Williams is far too one-dimensional to be a 2nd guy. Shaq is rounding into shape, but he's never going to be able to provide quality starters minutes at this point. He's very effective over short stretches but he's not going to be someone they can go to all game.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #272 on:** February 12, 2010, 06:34:12 PM »

Quote

Trade sending Wash Butler for Dallas Howard could be going down soon, a source told Y! Sports.

http://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/9030601820

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #273 on:** February 13, 2010, 01:54:42 AM »

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The Mavericks have reached a tentative agreement to send Howard, Drew Gooden and two other players to Washington for swingman Caron Butler, center Brendan Haywood and guard DeShawn Stevenson, numerous NBA sources said Friday.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/021310dnspomavstrade.10ffd1520.html

Haywood >>>>>>> Gooden
Butler > Howard

I love salary dumps! Wizards could save $15 million next year.

Green Shinobi · « **Reply #274 on:** February 13, 2010, 01:55:35 AM »

A hard salary cap is probably the worst idea the NBA has ever had.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #275 on:** February 13, 2010, 01:58:54 AM »

Quote from: Green Shinobi on February 13, 2010, 01:55:35 AM

A hard salary cap is probably the worst idea the NBA has ever had.

Actually, the kind of trade the Mavs and Wizards just pulled off probably wouldn't happen much if there was a hard cap. No team would have the necessary space to take on added salary (the Mavs are way over the soft cap figure).

Green Shinobi · « **Reply #276 on:** February 13, 2010, 02:01:31 AM »

Exactly. Plus a lot of teams would be completely fucked every year if they couldn't use something like the midlevel exception to fill an immediate need. And does anyone really want a league where teams can't go over the cap to re-sign their own stars?

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #277 on:** February 13, 2010, 02:09:31 AM »

Quote from: Green Shinobi on February 13, 2010, 02:01:31 AM

Exactly.

Since Cuban likes to spend money, the system works for mavs fans like me. Washington fans might like the change.

Quote from: Green Shinobi on February 13, 2010, 02:01:31 AM

Plus a lot of teams would be completely fucked every year if they couldn't use something like the midlevel exception to fill an immediate need.

I suppose any hard cap could have a hardship exception.

Quote from: Green Shinobi on February 13, 2010, 02:01:31 AM

And does anyone really want a league where teams can't go over the cap to re-sign their own stars?

Hasn't stopped NHL teams from keeping their star players: Pittsburgh has kept Crosby and Malkin; Vancouver has kept the Sedins; Detroit has kept Datsyuk and Zetterberg; Washington has kept Ovechkin. Teams just need to plan better.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #278 on:** February 14, 2010, 08:21:22 PM »

The black Justin Timberlake is on TNT at the All-Star game now!

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #279 on:** February 14, 2010, 08:23:16 PM »

NBA needs a salary cap, but whatever. It wouldn't help the Wizards for several years.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #280 on:** February 14, 2010, 10:58:42 PM »

I gave the All-star game a shot. I lasted about 15 minutes.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #281 on:** February 15, 2010, 12:28:53 AM »

It was a good game as far as All-Star games go. Apparently also the biggest crowd to ever witness a basketball game. Something like 108K.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #282 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:25:42 PM »

Danny Ferry.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #283 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:28:32 PM »

Sucks the Cavs might wind up winning the championship without Z now. He trucked through some truly horrible seasons of losing and injuries before LeBron revived the team.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #284 on:** February 17, 2010, 08:55:03 PM »

I can't believe we're shipping to Jamison to the Cavs of all teams. That one hurts.

etiolate · « **Reply #285 on:** February 17, 2010, 10:15:26 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 17, 2010, 08:28:32 PM

Sucks the Cavs might wind up winning the championship without Z now. He trucked through some truly horrible seasons of losing and injuries before LeBron revived the team.

I wonder if they'll keep running the puppet commercial with him.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #286 on:** February 17, 2010, 10:38:56 PM »

So this is why the Cavs' management tried to hide Z's becoming the Cavs' lifetime scoring champ recently, and why he was so pissed about it. Very nice pick-up for them, no doubt. Hickson was a dime-a-dozen player and Z was obviously on his way out.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #287 on:** February 17, 2010, 11:49:53 PM »

Z could be released and be back in Cavs uniform in 30 days.

How sick is that?

It's so weird to be a fan for a (Cleveland) team that is being benefited by a huge imbalance in the financials of the game. We have received Shaq, Mo Williams and Twan for: Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavolivic, 2nd round pick, Damon Jones, Joe Smith and a first round pick (once Z comes back). That's crazy.

Mandark · « **Reply #288 on:** February 17, 2010, 11:50:54 PM »

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on February 17, 2010, 08:55:03 PM

I can't believe we're shipping to Jamison to the Cavs of all teams. That one hurts.

My friend today: "Now I have to hope LeBron fractures his leg and the Cavs win a championship without him."

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #289 on:** February 18, 2010, 12:03:46 AM »

Quote from: Green Shinobi on February 17, 2010, 10:41:57 PM

This is worse than the Pau to L.A. trade.

Well Jamison isn't worth nearly as much as Pau was worth two years ago, if only because Jamison is nearly 34 and Gasol was 27. Jamison is a rental, while Gasol was a building block. We don't even have to discuss the massive gap in play-making and defense between the two players.

Quote from: Green Shinobi on February 17, 2010, 10:41:57 PM

At least Memphis got a great center in Marc Gasol when they made that trade.

Hindsight Bias FTW. When the trade was made, Marc Gasol was not considered to be a good center, let alone a great one. He was originally a late second-round draft pick, who most scouts believed was too slow to be a starting NBA center.

Washington also got a European prospect who was drafted in the second round. Will he pan out? Like most second-rounders, he probably won't.

Mandark · « **Reply #290 on:** February 18, 2010, 12:07:42 AM »

Malek said everything I was going to. Jamison's still a very good player, but he's old and one of the worst defenders in the league. At the time of the LA/Memphis trade, Marc Gasol was on track to be a frontcourt Brent Price.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #291 on:** February 18, 2010, 12:12:29 AM »

I wish Jamison was only a rental. The Cavs will have that contract for a few more years.

That's the only real downside to the trade.

Mandark · « **Reply #292 on:** February 18, 2010, 12:16:30 AM »

Jamison's got two years after this. In the NBA that means one year, after which he becomes trade bait as an expiring.

That might all be out the window depending on what CBA Stern forces the players to accept.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #293 on:** February 18, 2010, 12:57:38 AM »

I cannot believe some of these trade ideas. The proposed Tyrus Thomas trade was one of the weirdest I've ever seen. 6 players and about $40 million in contracts were involved, with the net result being that one team saves $2.7 million and gets under the luxury tax ceiling. There was no consideration of making either team better whatsoever. Clearly, none of us are giving these guys enough money because they're all so poor!

etiolate · « **Reply #294 on:** February 18, 2010, 04:40:12 AM »

adieu KMart

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #295 on:** February 18, 2010, 08:12:05 PM »

I only know what I heard listening to WFAN sport talk radio while in the car today, but pretty much, yeah.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #296 on:** February 18, 2010, 10:20:41 PM »

I think the consensus is that they'll need to get two guys, yeah. My interest in the NBA has pretty much whittled down to nothing at this point due the Knicks total ineptitude, but I'm sure I'd jump back on the bandwagon if they got LeBron. Wouldn't even need to get anyone else to get me to watch.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #297 on:** February 18, 2010, 10:33:33 PM »

Mavs are gonna get Lebron. Mark it down.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #298 on:** February 18, 2010, 10:42:06 PM »

Much as I'd love to see LeBron and Wade on the Knicks (it could do a lot to restore the NBA's profile, if nothing else), I bet they end up being stuck with lukewarm options like signing Boozer and trading for Arenas or something. They absolutely have to try to get those two though, as should every team with an inkling of cap space and ambition.

It would take a couple of years to accumulate role players, sure, but it could be done. Draft picks are useless to guys like that - Wade's prime is RIGHT NOW. But there is the mid-level exception, cheap mid-season veteran pick-ups, and the prospect of the entire free agent market being generally depressed. Who'd have thought a player like AI would be available so cheap? Role players can always be found if a ring is a serious prospect.

Even if they don't, a LeBron-Wade led 40 win team would still be the most terrifying and entertaining first round playoff matchup of all time.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #299 on:** March 01, 2010, 05:12:15 PM »

The Mavericks have really been rolling since they traded Howard [who is now out for the season

] and threw Dampier under the bus.

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Author Topic: 2009-2010 NBA Thread (Read 18242 times)