OT: The Lone NBA 2008-2009 Thread...(4 people unite)

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:07 pm

Such a beautiful opening win for the Suns. They haven't won an opener in probably 5 years. They always play the Spurs or Mavs. LOL. Even though the Spurs were without Manu, it was a big win. Winning in SA...is a big deal for Phoenix fans. And Amare's dunk at the end of the 4th was absolutely ridiculous. Duncan will like his new poster.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:54 am

That hack-a-Shack on the opening tip was pretty funny.

Jackdog · Post by **Jackdog** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:06 am

dbdynsty25 wrote:Such a beautiful opening win for the Suns. They haven't won an opener in probably 5 years. They always play the Spurs or Mavs. LOL. Even though the Spurs were without Manu, it was a big win. Winning in SA...is a big deal for Phoenix fans. And Amare's dunk at the end of the 4th was absolutely ridiculous. Duncan will like his new poster.

His "and 1" to seal it up was pretty cool as well. That was a damn good game to watch.

The hack- a -Shack was funny as hell.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:21 am

Great opening night win for my Hawks on the road vs Orlando!

Was nice to see them actually have a decent bench with the additions of Evans and Flip Murray. Joe Johnson is a stud. My FLA boy Al Horford was his usual double/double machine self. Go Hawks!

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:25 am

Knicks win. Starbury sits. Curry sits. I like.

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:14 am

Lakers are looking like a team on a mission to start things off. On the other side of town the Clippers still suck. Picking up Camby and Davis and letting go of Maguette and Brand was a mistake and it may have actually made us considerably worse. If that was even possible. I'm stoked we were able to go into OT against Denver but they didn't have Mellow on the floor as he served his suspension and we absolutely botched a possible winning shot chance at the end (nice one Tim). Man I feel like a cubs fan when it comes to my clips.

Gangrel · Post by **Gangrel** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:09 pm

http://withleather.uproxx.com/?p=11358

I like athletes who don't take themselves seriously......

Oh, and I only follow the NBA casually, but good to see the Raptors off to a good start! Is O'Neal the help on the inside the Raptors need?

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:01 pm

Yeah, Nash is an interesting guy. He's pretty damn humble, which is good to see. In the few conversations I've had with him, he's definitely a cool dude and I'm glad he's one of the guys in the NBA I've had a chance to hang out with a bit.

Gangrel · Post by **Gangrel** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:00 pm

It's because he's Canadian, eh?

Then again, I think wassisface, the 76'ers guy from Canada (Dalambert I think) got kicked off the Canadian national team before the Olympics for "misbehaving" or something......

In all seriousness though, I saw another show on Nash revolving around his charity work, and even if he wasn't Canadian, I'd have to give him kudos for it.

Give me a guy with 3/4 the talent but twice the heart any day......

Kruza · Post by **Kruza** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:00 pm

I can't wait to see Allen Iverson's debut with the Pistons tonight in Toronto.

Kruza

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:50 pm

Was happy to see the Celtics win down in Houston last night. As strange as it sounds, I thought it was an important game for the Celtics after the Pacers beat them handily. Nice to see Ray Allen shoot well.

Was watching some of ESPN NBA Across the Nation, or whatever it is called, last night and they looked in on the Suns/Nets game. Boy, the Nets looked horrible. Nothing against the Suns as it is always difficult to win on the road but the Nets look absolutely pathetic.

I believe Billups will help the Nuggets moreso than AI will help the Pistons.

Kruza · Post by **Kruza** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 4:24 pm

Dammit... just minutes after I started to get excited about seeing AI tonight, I find out he cannot play because Chauncey Billups has yet to take and pass his physical for the Nuggets.

Kruza

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:02 pm

I get to look at Drew Gooden's beard all night tonight.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:10 pm

Hawks take care of CP3 and N Orleans and go 3-0!

Take notice rest of league!!!

Jackdog · Post by **Jackdog** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:12 pm

Went to see the Timberwolves vs Mavs last saturday. Wolves have a nice young team. Love,Miller and Jefferson are fun to watch. Nice win over the Spurs last night.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:26 pm

Mario Chalmers with 9 steals for the Heat......wow! That's a new Heat record.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:11 pm

sportdan30 wrote:Mario Chalmers with 9 steals for the Heat......wow! That's a new Heat record.

There were a ton of numbers put up last night. Parker with 55 for the Spurs, Amar'e w/ 49 for the Suns and Bron Bron with 41 for the Cavs. All in victories. It was a good night to be a hoops fan last night.

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:16 pm

Tough to make "statements" when you're the champs, but the C's already have beaten the Rockets and Pistons on the road. Not bad.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:54 pm

jLp vAkEr0 wrote:Tough to make "statements" when you're the champs, but the C's already have beaten the Rockets and Pistons on the road. Not bad.

The fact that it's November is a pretty good reason why you can't make "statements" as well.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:03 am

jLp vAkEr0 wrote:Tough to make "statements" when you're the champs, but the C's already have beaten the Rockets and Pistons on the road. Not bad.

Well the Hawks are 5-0 and have already beaten the Nets, 76ers, New Orleans, Raptors and now Oklahoma.

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:52 am

dbdynsty25 wrote:
jLp vAkEr0 wrote:Tough to make "statements" when you're the champs, but the C's already have beaten the Rockets and Pistons on the road. Not bad.
The fact that it's November is a pretty good reason why you can't make "statements" as well.

Of course, but still. 2 nice wins on the road.

BTW, from a C's fans perspective, I love the trade by the Pistons. Billups was a matchup headache for Rondo since he could overpower him on the post. AI is still very good, but IMO a better matchup defensively for Rajon. And of course , the didn't call Billups "Big Shot" for nothing". Plus, I'm hoping McDyse eventually ends up in green.

dskrizzy · Post by **dskrizzy** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:36 am

Raptors looking pretty good at 4-2. Still not liking our lack of rebounding.
Bustiani, I mean, Bargiani with a decent game yesterday, hopefully he can keep it up.
But man, Bosh is looking AMAZING! Looks like the Olympics has given him quite a bit of confidence. Player of the week! If he keeps this type of play up and the team keeps winning, he should at the very least garner a bit of MVP talk.

Gotta love this time of year...

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:23 am

dskrizzy wrote:Raptors looking pretty good at 4-2. Still not liking our lack of rebounding.

But man, Bosh is looking AMAZING! Looks like the Olympics has given him quite a bit of confidence. Player of the week! If he keeps this type of play up and the team keeps winning, he should at the very least garner a bit of MVP talk.

Gotta love this time of year...

I was at he Toronta at Atlanta game and Bosh was their whole team. I was surprised that O' Neal didn't do more. The Hawks kept leaving Bosh open from the outside and he kept hitting his jumpers. He has a great jump shot for a bigger guy. He is a very complete player.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:22 pm

dskrizzy wrote:Gotta love this time of year...

I think I love Skrizzy comin' out of the woodwork at this time of year even more. Don't be a stranger.

dskrizzy · Post by **dskrizzy** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:07 pm

JackB1 wrote:
dskrizzy wrote:Raptors looking pretty good at 4-2. Still not liking our lack of rebounding.

But man, Bosh is looking AMAZING! Looks like the Olympics has given him quite a bit of confidence. Player of the week! If he keeps this type of play up and the team keeps winning, he should at the very least garner a bit of MVP talk.

Gotta love this time of year...
I was at he Toronta at Atlanta game and Bosh was their whole team. I was surprised that O' Neal didn't do more. The Hawks kept leaving Bosh open from the outside and he kept hitting his jumpers. He has a great jump shot for a bigger guy. He is a very complete player.

Nice on reaching the game, how did Jose look? Along with Bosh, he should make the all-star game this year. Bosh has come a long way in his time in Toronto. His game just keeps evolving. Too big for smaller PF's and too fast for bigger PF's, match-up problem for most of the league. JO is still trying to get his timing and rhythm after being injured for most of the last 3years. I'm hoping he can find some of his all-star form. But if he can just provide some scoring punch, rebound the ball like we know he can, and be the defensive presense our team has lacked since the franchises beginning, we could see the 2nd round... If we continue to get beat off the dribble and killed on the boards, it will be another 1st round loss.

LOL DB, yeah man, I'm all about ball... And Manny Pacquiao

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Javi, Celt/Raps tonight! Hope we can make it a game...

d.