[Tournament] The 2006-2007 NBA Season Discussion Thread

I don't give that block much respect. The time is Yao. Nate Robinson was pretty much just wildly flailing himself and his arms, and in fact, stabbed Yao in the eye. Meh. Plus, Yao's been blocked by shorter. :/

Arenas is damn good. He's currently the #1 fantasy player too. He my boy. Unfortunately, he's some weak sauce on the road. At home, he's 36.6. ppg and 4.6 tpg, both on 51% shooting. On the road, a mere 18.3 ppg on 28% shooting, 0.8 3s on 17%. And they got a road trip coming up. The Wizards are 4-1 at home, 0-4 on the road. They gotta beast up. :/

Utah Jazz leading the power rankings. Deron Williams is QUICKLY becoming the PG the Jazz drafted before Chris Paul last year. Whooo, it's exciting.

Chris Webber is a fucking idiot. But we all know that. :/

EDIT: Also need to mention D-How's second straight 20/20 game. He's getting better by the second.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Eagerly waiting for the moment JR Smith gets into George Karl's doghouse. It's due. And nay to all-star "Melo." Let's wait for him to drop his almost 5 TOs per game first.

Yeah, I don't really get the deal with the headbands either. :/

And yeah, the Atlantic is horrid. I'm hoping on Toronto to be able to turn it on at some point, but they're actually last somehow in that division.

Utah's been dealt their second loss in a row. Not sure what happened, but perhaps their early season hot streak is over. Will they settle back into Western medicority? I think they still got a good shot at the playoffs.

Oh, and the Warriors are now on freaking fire. Who knew?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I especially lol'd when the fans started chanting "M-V-P! M-V-P! ..." you know, 15 games into the season.

But yeah, crazy...

And on the Jazz, sure they lost, but I still think they're a team to contend with. Kobe was just ridiculously unstoppable. Maybe the Jazz figured that double-teaming wouldn't affect him at all, and were proven correct when they finally did late into the quarter as he continued to dominate them.

Kobe...

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Well, Arenas claims to like the ball better for free thow shooting... when it's not wet. :/ The fact he has missed a few free throws counters this though.

Anyway, have you seen those Adidas NBA shoes: http://adidasbasketball.com/nba
They've created a shoe for every team, and I love them. The Wizards one is hot. I also like the designs for Golden State, Sacremento, Boston, Utah, ... oh so many! <3 It comes out December 8. I just thought of 30 things to add to my Christmas wish list.

I was speaking idiomatically.

LOL. So we might be getting back the old balls now. Actually, I think the only nice thing said about the ball came from Gilbert Arenas, who said he liked it better for free throw shooting... when it's not wet. However, The fact that he has missed free throws contradicts this. But osnap, I didn't know the new ball caused papercuts! I might have to remove it off my wishlist now. O_o

Also, Damon Jones wants in at the three-point competition during the All-Star break...

Damon Jones: the best shooter in the NBA, according to Damon Jones.

Double Post:
OMFG, Suns-Nets game: double overtime.

Final Score: 161-157.

Kidd ties Wilt Chamberlain for third all-time triple doubles.
Nash gets career-high 42 points. I have a friend who saw this game. Freaking craaaaazy.

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Ohhh awesome. New year, old ball.

Maybe I'll have to remove the new ball off my wishlist... haha.

Oh yeah! Those shoes are out now. $100 for a pair. So much for getting a bunch of them; I'll have buyer's remorse just getting of them. I'm not one to spend a hundred dollars on shoes. ;_;

And Timberwolf, you are awesome. I'll start downloading those at some point, or at least the overtimes.

FELIPE NO

Jazz with the best record, but the Spurs are only half a game behind, with the same number of Ws and just 1 more loss... recently to the Lakers who currently have the number 1 spot in this week's power rankings. I didn't think the Lakers were that deep, but dang...

Meanwhile, the Suns are on an 11-game winning streak. "ON FIRE!"

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

Ahaha. I do like the KG/AI tandem concept. I think that's what a lot of people are hoping for.

As for AI/Kobe... well, they said C-Webb/AI couldn't be done. Last season seemed to disprove that, but this season proves it. With AI/Kobe, there'd need to be two basketballs on the court for them to play. Well, maybe three since one isn't enough for Kobe.

How ya doing, buddy?

The Warriors, Timberwolves, and Nuggets seem to be the teams most rumored to be interested in A.I. The next couple days should be very exciting as A.I. needs to be dealt, even if the deal doesn't help the 76ers. Getting rid the the disgruntled player is a must. :/

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Um... Ben Wallace got 27 boards. And Yao Ming currently has 4 blocks in the first quarter.

For a moment, I definitely thought they were gonna go OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAND.

Double Post:
Also on AI:

Iverson should go to the Knicks, and they should start an all-guard lineup of Starbury, Crawford, AI, Francis, and Nate Robinson. I want to see someone leave in the middle of the game and come back with a second basketball while the game is still going on.

How ya doing, buddy?

I like how the Sixers also got Larry Brown on as a consultant in trying to get some deal through. I'm hoping this stuff gets over with soon. The world of fantasy basketball is in quite a flux. =p

How ya doing, buddy?

Saw it on ESPN, and watched your link for some extra LOL. =p

That was awful but hilarious. I was kinda hoping for Ron Artest, Ben Wallace and Stephen Jackson to show up at the brawl randomly. Jackson can just punch people in the audience. Artest can just kill people. And Wallace can just shove people in the face.

Also LOL at Isiah Thomas calling out George Karl for poorly managing his roster and leaving his starters in late in a blowout, leading to what will be the suspensions of 3 of their 4 best players.

I was speaking idiomatically.

So tomorrow we should find out the WWDD on this. (What Would David Do?)

Until then, I had a fun conversation regarding brawl musings. So here are the questions:

Who would be the most dangerous during brawls in the NBA? Who would be on your all-brawl team? =p

Do you go with strength/power or crazy factor/felony experience? Are there any random players with ninja like qualities? Barbosa with the Brazilian break dance fighting, Obi Wan Ginobili with a flurry of kicks (soccer prowess) and light saber skills, or Kirilenko going KGB on everyone's ass... with an AK47?

Anyways here are some nominees my friends came up with:

Ron Artest ~ The perfect combination of power and crazy. He is the size of Ben Wallace and jacked like no other. The man also has Artest face... which means he's got no facial expressions. He gets the same facial expression when he wins, loses, celebrates, and after eating babies. This guy is no joke. Ben Wallace lucked out when someone in the stands threw a drink on Artest... because Artest was probably seconds away from biting Ben's eye out.

Shaq ~ He is like Goliath, packs the most power and has an overarching reach. However, his showing in the Shaq vs Brad Miller melee showed us he still needs work on his aim. Landing a punch would be devestating to his opponent, however his lack of aim and questions about his chin strength probably gives the advantage to smaller quicker fighters.

Ruben Patterson ~ I don't know how he does in a fist fight, but he does beat up his women nicely. I don't think Ruben's crazy, I think he's just a businessman at the head of his group of delinquents. This is not a particularily big man (compared to most NBA players), but he did scare Zach Randolph (a badass himself) to hide out at Dale Davis' house for two days in fear of his life. Ruben's strength probably lies in larger brawls where a lot of players are involved. This is where he can come in and knife a few people under the radar. He also has a big psychological advantage because his counterpart knows that messing with Ruben = getting jumped in the street later that night.

Mount Mutombo ~ Hands down, this is the player you would least want to mix it up with. His world class elbows are legendary, leaving evidence on the head of many unfortunate foes. But that's not all, the one-two punch combo of elbow to face plus sex you up, strike fear to children and grown men around the world. In fact, the Mormon religion is based loosely on the fact that God sent Jesus and Moses to sex Mutombo so that the people of Utah could escape Mutombo's wrath.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

WWDD results:

Anthony gone for 15 games, which was expected. Some people were leaning closer to 10, but the 15-20 range seemed right.

Robinson and Smith get 10 games.

Each team was fined $500,000.

What I did not know was that Thomas apparently told 'Melo not to go into the lane before that brawl started. Surprisingly, Thomas wasn't punished at all.

Collins got 6 games. Jeffries will miss 4. James and Nene will miss one game for leaving the bench.

So Nuggets get to keep Miller and Camby. And here I was about to be disappointed that Camby would miss his first 5 games of the season due to suspension instead of injury. Well, at least that won't happen.

FELIPE NO

Yeah, what the hell? How does Arenas not get to the line at all tonight after getting there 27 times on Saturday? =/

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

Dang. Two scoring powerhouses on the team in A.I. and 'Melo. And J.R. Smith will maintain his position as the starting SG when he gets back and will hold his role as the three point specialist, except he will be even more open. Along with "solid" inside presences in Nene and the Cambyman (if he can). When they play the Suns in the playoffs, those two teams will set a playoff scoring record of some sort. I guarantee it. Score.

Meanwhile, Miller will still get his assists in Philly while taking on a more prominent scoring role.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Now if Philly can get rid of Webber for anything, their future would be very bright.

But, man, I'd wanna see a Nuggets/Suns or Nuggets/Warriors game so bad now (after 'Melo returns, that is).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by DragoonKain

The best thing for the Sixers is to not get anything for Webber because his 23 million comes off the books next year and we'll finally be under the cap. All we'd get for Webber would be a bunch of guys with long-term bad contracts and that isn't what a rebuilding team needs.

Oh true. I forgot about Webber's expiring contract. I was actually gonna go look up what the deal was with him after I posted, but then I fell asleep.

But yeah, let Webber expire, start new: good stuff. Like what the Knicks should've done years ago....

Double Post:

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

So is DerMarr Johnson going to give up his #3 jersey.

So A.I. got #3 while DerMarr went ahead and took #8, probably for a price.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Man, what an injury-plagued week.

Nenad Krstic out for the season. Josh Smith, Rashard Lewis, and Yao Ming out for several weeks. Lewis and Ming's injuries pretty much kill my fantasy season now, as they were two top ten players in the game. That kind of production is irreplaceable. My season's done. Merry Christmas? ;_;

And then the Lakers/Heat Christmas game special. I was almost looking forward to a surprise Shaq return (since there's never been a timetable released for him), but that didn't happen. Oh wells, it was the Wade/Zo show.

How ya doing, buddy?

Yeah, the Knicks seems to better when the game is longer. Lollin' at outlasting their opponents. The Pistons starters almost all fouled out. It was intense. =p

I'll be going to the Wizards/Magic game tomorrow. Should be a fun one as it'll be for first place in the division. ^^

Also gonna try out the new DSLR camera. =p

I was speaking idiomatically.

Don't remind me. ;_; Yao's out for two months after getting his knees pwnd. (My fantasy team is done.)

Anyway, so that Wizards/Magic game was intense, despite it being an overall sloppy game. Not much Arenas action since he only made one three; then again, he did score 36 points and almost had a triple-double, but you don't notice it watching it live. =p

Anyway, a few pictures I took from very far away:











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Haha. I was kinda rushing and forgot to include captions for each pic. Hmm. Here they are, in order:

1) The history of Western Civilization is being decided, according to Bill Walton.
2) Dancers. ^^
3) Arenas misses a three, probably because he was only 24 feet away, instead of 30.
4) D-How with a monster putback.
5) CHIPOTLE BURRITO DASH. <3
6) Caron with a trey, but misses also. Looked good though.
7) The G-Man with the reverse dunk.
8) The crowd during the final moments in the game.
9) The Magic's last attempt for the win. :fail:

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by bishop743

From the pics, it looks like you got some pretty good seats.

Ahaha. Actually, we were in some of the farthest seats, with the back wall behind us. THe only good thing was that they were somewhat at center court. =p

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

Haha. Osnap. I haven't watched a game yet this year. Gotta see dat old ball. =p

Anyway, I stumbled across this site today: http://basketbawful.blogspot.com

It's got some amusing things there, such as Waltonisms. <3 And, most recently, this:


No, they are not scrambling for a rebound. Granger is, in fact, stuffing his own teammate.

Way to go, Granger. You my boy! ^^

Also did not know Nate Robinson has his own blog on MSNBC. -_-

Jam it back in, in the dark.

First off...

AGENT ZERO STRIKES AGAIN! What an amazing game winner by Arenas. That's just fucking confidence right there. =p

Anyway, some humor from one of yesterday's box scores: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2007010203

Quote:

J. Richardson: DNP - Jason Richardson

LOL. That's like "M. Camby: DNP - Marcus Camby" of the past. This is the coronation of J-Rich into the Cambyman's injury realm.

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