Arena The NBA Thread

Asking for Milwaukee back to back wins is way to much.

 

**** you, Mike Brown.

**** you, Chris Grant.

And **** you Dan Gilbert, if you don't fire them soon.

 

heh.

 

One of two ...

 

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/10414633/nick-young-los-angeles-lakers-least-two-weeks-due-knee-injury]Swaggy[/url] P out 2 weeks with left knee injury



This ******* season.

 

He reminds me a lot of Penny Hardaway. Even wears his number!

 

The All-Star Weekend has been officially renamed to the All-Damian Lillard Weekend. He's competing in the All-Star Game, the Rising Stars game, the slam dunk contest, the 3-point contest and the skills challenge. Holy moly!

 

He wasn't spectacular at the game I went to, but he did make a couple passes that looked like they defied physics.

 

Yeah that was good stuff. The Pacers are incredible. I think without a doubt it is their year to get to the Finals. I know a lot can happen between now and then but I really don't see the Heat getting to a fourth straight finals, and no other team in the East can challenge Indiana.

 

Except Cleveland is rooting for them, sooooo...

 

as much as it pains me to say it, i could definitely see the heat going to a fourth straight finals. i feel like they haven't even really turned it on yet and against lesser teams they often just take a night off, but if they do square off with the pacers in the ecf it should be another epic battle.

 

I couldn't even watch the Heat-Pacers series last year. I hate both teams because I am a Bulls fan

It was depressing knowing health was the reason we weren't there, and will be again this year

 

A Chorus of Disapproval






More amazing than the purple & gold winning a 2nd consecutive game was how well Nash played... that, and Kaman (17) & Kelly (15) in a scoring groove.

 

You're a Sixers fan? And I always thought you seemed like a nice guy

 

Pistons fire Mo Cheeks today, only 50 games into his stint. Craziness. I wonder how much longer Joe D. is going to get.

 

The Cheeks firing makes no sense, especially given the brevity of his tenure at Detroit... they're only presently a half game out of a playoff spot. This kind of instability doesn't do the franchise any good.


I was KAMANMANIA at Staples earlier today: 27 & 10* for D'Antoni's favorite player. Holy hell! What a week for him too, considering what happened to him in Cleveland:


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*Naturally, despite KAMANMANIA (along with help from Jordan Hill & Kendall Marshall) the Lakers going on a run late in the 4th to make it more of a game, they still lost (to Chicago). At least it was an exciting enough afternoon, especially with ABC (Sunday Showcase, featuring the worst Laker team** in a decade!) adding Steve Javie with Breen & Van Gundy on the broadcast... it was a nice touch to get opinions, etc, from a retired ref.



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The "Who the **** are these guys?!" bingo game! However, Nash ought not to have been on it.

 

Half a spot out in the woeful Eastern Conference, after signing Josh Smith and trading for Jennings. The pistons have been a major disappointment.

Really though, it should be Dumars being shown the door; that team is poorly constructed (Which I think everyone saw coming). II think they need to trade Monroe. No knock on him, he's the odd man out in the Drummond/Smith/Monroe Trio, and I don't think they'll want to pay him big money this offseason. Barring that, you need to seriously minimize the time all three are playing together. Also, get a point guard who can actually shoot well, not just shoot frequently.

 

I did a double take when I saw the Clippers/76ers score. 52-17 early in the second quarter! Ouch.

 

RE Mo Cheeks: I will never understand why coaches do not get at least a full season. Just look at the Cleveland Browns in the NFL, the coaching carousel there has set them back years.