The 2005-2006 NBA Season Discussion Thread

Because basketball is about the only sport I even attempt to watch.

Anyway, you know the drill. Talk about the season in general, your favorite team, early playoff predictions, yada yada yada.

And here is my obligatory Go Spurs Go! chant.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

- Those Cleveland fans who booed Lebron James last week don't deserve him

- Kobe Bryant. Meet Lamar Odom. He is your talented teammate

- Kevin Garnett is a better player than Tim Duncan

- Most dominant player this season: Kobe Bryant

- Of course. It's pretty stupid boo your best player under any circumstances.

- If only that was actually something new for Kobe.

- If only that were true (which it never will be).

- As much as I don't like him, I would have to agree with that.

I'm mainly just glad that I don't have to worry about my team going to the playoffs. Once they are there is when I'll start to worry (but not much).

How ya doing, buddy?

Yeah, both Duncan and Parker have been really good this year, though it seems that Parker has had a slight edge over Duncan recently.

And on a totally unrelated note, have you heard Tony Parker rapping? If you haven't, trust me, you probably don't want to. I won't be looking forward to Tony P.'s (yes, that's his rap name) new album this fall.

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Originally Posted by bishop743

And with all the Kobe Bryant jabbering, I guess I'll go ahead and post this article about him wanting to change his jersey no. to 24 starting next season. Here's the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2421874

I guess I see the point of him wanting to change, but I wonder why he just didn't get 24 instead of 8 in the first place.

It's a close game for the Spurs right now. Hate to be a pessimist, but I don't think they're going to win. Of course I want them to, though.

How ya doing, buddy?

Whew, I'm glad I was wrong. It was a great game, and both teams were pretty good throughout. I was surprised though by how many shots Bibby missed, especially since he only made one shot out of all the regular quarters.

I think now that this series may wind up being over faster than most people think.. I don't think there will be a sweep, but probably no more than five games.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by T1249NTSCJ

That last possession for Phoenix was a bad call, jump ball and no foul...come on.

Yeah, it did seem a little iffy. But what can you expect when they are playing in L.A.? I got give Kobe his props though, as he did his thing when he needed to, which was right at the last few seconds.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Damn, the Spurs lost, though it's not a surprise by the way they were playing. It was painful watching the gap get wider and wider, mainly in the fourth quarter. Even with this defeat though, I still predict that the Spurs will win the series in 5 games (meaning they'll win the next two).

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Originally Posted by Timberwolf

You mean six games The series is knotted at 2-2.

Ginobili managed only 11 points in Games 3 and 4 combined. They'll need more out of him if they want to win the series.

Yeah, that was typo that I didn't catch. I did mean to say six.

But yeah, Ginobli wasn't at his best these last two days, and in general the Spurs are usually at their worst on the road. Even so, I'm hoping they can pull off at least one victory on the road (Game 6) , so that the series won't have to go down to the wire.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

The Spurs-Kings game was pretty good tonight, especially for Manu, who seem to get back in his groove tonight. I gotta give it up to Bonzi though, as he was playing great tonight as well.

Now I just hope that the Spurs can pick up a victory in the next game, even though it's in Sacramento. As long as they can at least keep playing like this, they should be able to pull out a victory, even if it's a narrow one.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, that Suns-Lakers game was nice. Even though Kobe was on fire (50 points!), the Suns still managed to force a game 7. While I personally don't like the Lakers (I don't think there are any Spurs fans that do), I'm gonna go with them for winning Game 7 tomorrow, even though they don't have home court advantage.

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I don't want to get my hopes up too early, but it looks like the Spurs are gonna take this. hey've been playing pretty good for a road game.

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Originally Posted by nazpyro

i have pictures galore. i'll have those online sometime next week.

Can't wait to see them!

The Spurs-Kings game was pretty good last night. I'm just glad that they were able to pull it off without there having to be a Game 7 (though it definitely would have been an exciting one. Now I can't wait to see how we play against the Mavs on Sunday. The series could probably go either way, but I'm definitely predicting at least six games, though there will probably be a seventh.

And man, this Kobe/Bell thing is at its peak now. Time to see which one can back up their talk by taking their team to the next round. It's gonna be a sweet game!

How ya doing, buddy?

I was surprised by the Lakers in this game. Not that they lost, but by the fact that they never had the lead the entire time. I thought this was going to be a close, down to the wire kinda game, but alas, it was nothing like that. Well, at least that puts Phoenix in the books, coming back from being down 3-1.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

But hey, Round 2 starts today, opening with the marquee series between the Spurs and Mavericks. Surely everyone's watching it right now.

I am. It's been alright so far but hopefully it picks up more in the second half.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I missed the Spurs game last night, so I was saddened to hear that they lost. However, since they lost by so much, I guess it was inevitable. From what you posted bishop, it sounds like the Mavs were in top shape, so they pretty much earned it.

This may turn out to be a pretty good series, possibly going to Game 7. But now we have to wait until Saturday for the next game. Oh well, at least we'll have two games each from the Clippers-Suns series and the Heat-Nets series during that time.

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Originally Posted by bishop743

I'm hearing that both Manu and Duncan have some nagging injuries, though. If that's the case, this series may be an uphill climb for them.

Yeah, I know Duncan had a foot injury, and I believe Manu had injured his shin. They said they were trying to rely on Duncan less because of his foot, but considering how many points he's still getting you wouldn't really notice.

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Well, it will most likely be over for the Spurs soon, unless they can do what the Suns did in the last round and come back from being down 3-1. Well, the Spurs have never gotten past the second round after they won the championship the previous year, so this is nothing new really, I was just hoping that they wouldn't fall into that same pattern this year.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well, the Spurs managed to squeek out a one point victory. I don't want to get my hopes up that the Spurs could still win the series (I'll wait and see if they can tie up the series at 3-3 before I do that), but I really hope they do. But with the series going back to Dallas for game six, it's gonna be even tougher for them to pull off another victory.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Now I can get my hopes up! That was an alright game all throughout, but especially in the last few minutes. It had me on the edge of my seat.

If the Spurs can pull off a win on Monday, I'll probably be the happiest person on these here forums. The 24 season finale, the Alias series finale, and a win by the Spurs. Life couldn't get any better!

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Yep, nothing too exciting, especially for a Game 7. Hopefully the other two Game 7s turn out to be more exciting than this.

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Yeah, I always try to watch games on TNT when they available on the channel. The only time I'll watch another channel over them is when a local station is covering a Spurs game, since they're always going for the Spurs while making their commentary (plus, Sean Elliot is usually always one of the commentators).

I was speaking idiomatically.

Damn, I come from the excitement of the 24 finale to the excitement of this game! Overtime? Man, I don't think I can last that long! I'm already worn out from that 4th quarter!

How ya doing, buddy?

Well, my team lost. They definitely had a good run though, so I'm not too upset.

I don't think the Mavs will win the Championship, though. Even if they manage to be the Western Conference Champs (though I doubt even that), I don't think they'll be able to get past either of the two teams left in the East. They should definitely be proud of how far they've gotten this year though, so even if they don't win I'll still say congratulations to them (though not to Mark Cuban, as he can go fuck himself).

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Originally Posted by Timberwolf

I wish I could make $16 million playing 13.8 minutes a game in the Playoffs while averaging 5.6 points, 2.0 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 3.4 fouls, and shooting 34.5% from the field.

No kidding! I wonder what made him worth so much in the first place?

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Congrats to Miami. Now that they're in the finals, I think that they may actually take the championship this year, especially if they have to play the Mavs in the finals.

How ya doing, buddy?