NBA: 2014 Season News and Discussion Thread
05-22-2015, 01:12 PM
#481
I used to love going to HOU games with Hakeem played
What an awesome team....playing while keeping 30 day fast
Rudy-heart of champion
Clyde the Glide
with all the Dwight hate...he has been playing pretty good
Love curry--can't stand the warriors.
Hoping Lebron gets another ring, but I know without love and kyrie hobbling, Warriors will eat their lunch and get their ring
Poor Mark Jackson
What an awesome team....playing while keeping 30 day fast
Rudy-heart of champion
Clyde the Glide
with all the Dwight hate...he has been playing pretty good
Love curry--can't stand the warriors.
Hoping Lebron gets another ring, but I know without love and kyrie hobbling, Warriors will eat their lunch and get their ring
Poor Mark Jackson
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justnspace (05-22-2015)
05-22-2015, 01:18 PM
#482
Team Owner
Hoping Lebron gets another ring? nooo....you didnnnnn't
05-22-2015, 01:58 PM
#483
If my lakers ain't in it, I hope someone from the east wins. NOT the warriors, and I don't care if Jerry the Cunt God West put the team together
05-22-2015, 02:03 PM
#484
Team Owner
I don't care who wins... i just dont want Lebron to get another ring. He should not be close to Kobe in terms of rings!!!!
05-22-2015, 02:23 PM
#485
I am a basketball fan
I am not a Kobe apologist like the 710 guys
I like Kobe, and give him his due.
Lebron makes players around him better
Kobe doesn't do that. That's real talk, not fanboism.
I never wanted Kobe to match Michael, and he wont, so I am happy.
Old man Kobe needs to retire and Jim Buss needs to stop getting on his knees for Kobe.
Lebron makes players better around him. Look at all the D League players that play with him and are instant super star looking.
Lebron wont get same rings as Kobe, and I think that's sad. he is once in a generation talent.
If you remove all your likes/dislikes teams etc, Lebron is a true basketball player.
I am not a Kobe apologist like the 710 guys
I like Kobe, and give him his due.
Lebron makes players around him better
Kobe doesn't do that. That's real talk, not fanboism.
I never wanted Kobe to match Michael, and he wont, so I am happy.
Old man Kobe needs to retire and Jim Buss needs to stop getting on his knees for Kobe.
Lebron makes players better around him. Look at all the D League players that play with him and are instant super star looking.
Lebron wont get same rings as Kobe, and I think that's sad. he is once in a generation talent.
If you remove all your likes/dislikes teams etc, Lebron is a true basketball player.
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clpassenubye (05-23-2015)
05-22-2015, 04:02 PM
#486
Team Owner
i will admit i am a Kobe Apologist because i grew up watching him.
Lebron is the best player right now i will also admit that, but just because he is good does not mean that i have to like him. I am still not over the "i am taking my talent to SouthBeach" yet.
Unlike cars, being a team fanboy is perfectly ok because they represent your city.
Lebron is the best player right now i will also admit that, but just because he is good does not mean that i have to like him. I am still not over the "i am taking my talent to SouthBeach" yet.
Unlike cars, being a team fanboy is perfectly ok because they represent your city.
05-22-2015, 05:50 PM
#487
Lebron is great, but you guys really missed out on Magic. I mean really. I'd say Lebron is 80% the passer and offense organizer that Magic was.
I agree, that people need to get over Kobe already. But you can blame MJ as much as you defend MJ's honor against Kobe. He was a player that followed in MJs footsteps, what do you expect? All those guys in the early 2000s were selfish because at the time, Jordan was the way. People stopped passing. That's why Steve Nash was such a breath of fresh air when he came around, but honestly, Mark Price, Isiah, Stockton, KJ, were all doing that stuff in the early late 80s/early 90s. Kobe is a product of MJ as much as we all bought into MJs glory. But, it wasn't good for basketball because these guys weren't as good as MJ. Kobe was just the best at it, and people get mad, lol.
Magic playing with HOFers is often a knock against him, but if you actually watched and lived through his time, he integrated them and made them better AS A TEAM. He did this for the early 80s Lakers (Nixon, Wilkes, Coop, Kareem) and the mid-80s team that was built around him (Worthy, Scott, Coop, Kareem).
Anyways, that's my rant. I enjoy watching Lebron by the way, he's the best of today and of the past 5 years. Its his time, but Magic is the ultimate teammate.
I agree, that people need to get over Kobe already. But you can blame MJ as much as you defend MJ's honor against Kobe. He was a player that followed in MJs footsteps, what do you expect? All those guys in the early 2000s were selfish because at the time, Jordan was the way. People stopped passing. That's why Steve Nash was such a breath of fresh air when he came around, but honestly, Mark Price, Isiah, Stockton, KJ, were all doing that stuff in the early late 80s/early 90s. Kobe is a product of MJ as much as we all bought into MJs glory. But, it wasn't good for basketball because these guys weren't as good as MJ. Kobe was just the best at it, and people get mad, lol.
Magic playing with HOFers is often a knock against him, but if you actually watched and lived through his time, he integrated them and made them better AS A TEAM. He did this for the early 80s Lakers (Nixon, Wilkes, Coop, Kareem) and the mid-80s team that was built around him (Worthy, Scott, Coop, Kareem).
Anyways, that's my rant. I enjoy watching Lebron by the way, he's the best of today and of the past 5 years. Its his time, but Magic is the ultimate teammate.
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clpassenubye (05-23-2015)
05-23-2015, 01:06 AM
#488
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Magic is why i loved the Showtime Lakers. James worthy,Elden Campbell, Mycheal Thompson, Byron scott, one of my most favorite starting lineups
As for Kobe, i wish people would just stop the comparison and enjoy the type of player he is as he doesn't have alot of time left in the league. I just take as he is the best scorer of the 00's and Jordan for the 90's. As for this decade, I still don't think there is a definitive player like Jordan or Kobe. Lebron and KD are more of the complete players.
As for Kobe, i wish people would just stop the comparison and enjoy the type of player he is as he doesn't have alot of time left in the league. I just take as he is the best scorer of the 00's and Jordan for the 90's. As for this decade, I still don't think there is a definitive player like Jordan or Kobe. Lebron and KD are more of the complete players.
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CarbonGray Earl (05-26-2015)
05-24-2015, 01:02 AM
#490
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05-26-2015, 08:14 AM
#491
Team Owner
I'd prefer to see the Cavs lose just to see if he should've stayed in Miami. Miami would've likely returned to the Finals had he stayed. His team is younger now though they gave up a lot of picks and young talent so sustaining might not be as easy as thought. I'm just not crazy how he left and did the team like how Cavs fans weren't happy with that either. Had he announced a week earlier (during Free Agency negotiating period) than would I not have seen through his BS homecoming marketing campaign and SI article. I love him as a player, he's amazing. But him and his staff are dickbags, just like Kobe, just like MJ. Greatness and niceness tend to be mutually exclusive 
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CarbonGray Earl (05-26-2015)
05-26-2015, 11:30 AM
#492
Team Owner
05-26-2015, 11:41 AM
#494
Team Owner
05-26-2015, 03:05 PM
#495
Rooting for the dubs, but really don't care.
"Respect" is overrated.
"Respect" is overrated.
Last edited by CarbonGray Earl; 05-26-2015 at 03:08 PM.
05-26-2015, 05:42 PM
#500
Team Owner
NBA has not changed the call to F2 yet?
05-26-2015, 10:29 PM
#502
Senior Moderator
Well, I have to admit to being surprised the Cavs made it this far...but, then again, how can you doubt how dominant LeBron is...?
Anyhow, as I said: I hope the Cavs win it all...that city deserves it after all these years of heartbreak...Congrats, Cleveland. 4 more wins!
Anyhow, as I said: I hope the Cavs win it all...that city deserves it after all these years of heartbreak...Congrats, Cleveland. 4 more wins!
05-27-2015, 07:03 AM
#503
Team Owner
I'm not surprised that Atlanta did not advance. Sweep did surprise me but then again Korver and Thabo going down didn't help. I knew this team's lack of a superstar would hurt in the playoffs.
05-27-2015, 07:50 AM
#505
Well, I have to admit to being surprised the Cavs made it this far...but, then again, how can you doubt how dominant LeBron is...?
Anyhow, as I said: I hope the Cavs win it all...that city deserves it after all these years of heartbreak...Congrats, Cleveland. 4 more wins!
Anyhow, as I said: I hope the Cavs win it all...that city deserves it after all these years of heartbreak...Congrats, Cleveland. 4 more wins!
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Flipster23 (05-27-2015)
05-27-2015, 11:08 AM
#508
Team Owner
05-27-2015, 11:08 AM
#509
Team Owner
05-27-2015, 12:02 PM
#510
Senior Moderator
I want to see the warriors win. Steph Curry is a good guy, and I don't want that cocky SOB LeBron to win. I wouldn't put it past him to leave Cleveland if he didn't get a ring. That's just how LeBron works, he's a selfish prick who just wants the ring, he doesn't care about his team unless they get him the ring.
05-27-2015, 02:50 PM
#512
Team Owner
Yah but he is the leader on that team and has been in the playoff finals like what... 5 years in a row?
That itself is very very valuable. He knows the expectation and what it is like to be there and when he tells his teammates what needs to be done in the finals, they will listen to him.
Compare to Hawks and Warriors, they can say whatever they want but other than Kerr, everyone else are all noobs. When the pressure kicks in, we will see what they are made of.
With that being said, i will be rooting for Golden State.
That itself is very very valuable. He knows the expectation and what it is like to be there and when he tells his teammates what needs to be done in the finals, they will listen to him.
Compare to Hawks and Warriors, they can say whatever they want but other than Kerr, everyone else are all noobs. When the pressure kicks in, we will see what they are made of.
With that being said, i will be rooting for Golden State.
05-27-2015, 02:57 PM
#514
Team Owner
I am hoping for a 7 game series... no sweep please.
05-28-2015, 12:20 AM
#516
Team Owner
Sore loser D12....
05-28-2015, 05:06 AM
#517
I shoot people
Wow, how about saving the celebration until you've won the whole thing Cleveland 
05-28-2015, 07:57 AM
#519
Team Owner
Harden stat line atrocious: 2/11 0 3pointers 13 turnovers. Why do Terry, Josh Smith outshoot him? From what I saw of the game I don't think Harden was doubled. Esp with Dwight down low.
05-28-2015, 08:14 AM
#520
Q('.')=O
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HoustonGonna be a good final. Rooting for GS.
Btw, the one foul they reviewed where Howard blocked Iguodala in the neck... I don't think that was a flagrant. He is just a lot taller than everyone else so IMO it looked like a regular play. Nothing like the last game where he should have been ejected with the elbow. It's ok though, his season is over.