Arena The NBA Thread

They brought this up on today's PTI, so I'll bring it up here: Should somebody lose their job for having all the Raptors fans wear red this past Saturday, as the Nets ended up wearing their red uni's? I think so. Absolutely embarassing when the road team is wearing the same color as what you see in the crowd.

 

The Nets have worn their alternates plenty of times this year on nationally televised games to give a clear indication of the frequency in which they wear them.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of the red Nets jerseys: going to a lighter blue (vs. the existing dark/navy one) would be a great homage to Brooklyn (namely the Dodgers), but the team probably wants to be more than just the first major pro team playing in the borough in 50+ years and avoid too many connotations with the baseball team. I guess they can leave the references to the Mets.

 

My top 10 reasons the Pistons are going all the way this year:

1.Rip Hamilton uses more screens than a Wallside Windows factory
2.Shaq has termites
3.The Pistons have more Flips in their lineup than the Circe du Soliel
4.Flip Saunder's mini mullet
5.When Maxiell jumps, he doesn't just come back down, he re-enters the atmosphere
6.Dale Davis will straight up jack a fool
7.The Automotion dance squad is freaking hot!
8.Sheed gets 7 more techs before another suspension
9.Tayshaun can block a shot from the other end of the court a' la Stretch Armstrong
10.Joe Crawford, LOL

Let's see your reasons for your team!

 

Anyone else hoping for a T-Mac press conference today about how good it feels to be in the second round?

I only watched the first half of that game ... it was ugly. Tracy McGrady was taking shots that Kobe wouldn't take. Still, glad to see them defeat Utah, if only because it means Boozer lost.

And I've still got 30+ hours until my team plays again ... ugh ... the NBA needs to rethink the layout for the playoffs.

 

I don't see how the connotations would hurt the Nets, though.

 

I am a n00b here.

n00b1n355 aside, I think the MIAMI HEAT will win back to back titles, Go Heat kay.

Why? Because of one reason and one only...

1. Because the only reason the Heat smelled like ass in the regular season, was because of injuries galore. I think Shaq missed like 42 games. Injuries aside, they are still the team that won it all last year...and now we have Jason Kapono, so YEAH, okay, straight up gangsta speech right THUR.


2.Shaq has termites

He's too GINARMOUS to notice though

Either that or the Nuggets..they are in right?

 

The Nets want to be more than just the Dodgers' replacement in Brooklyn, I guess. And red is the new trend anyway.

 

It was either gonna be red or white and they can't do white because, I believe, Miami does it.

But of course, there's purple as well but I guess they weren't feeling it.

 

At least Orlando are making a game of the contest so far, and no blow outs as yet. Next two games (I believe) are at home, so we may have a chance at taking at least one of those, which is good enough for me. I can't see them beating Detroit, but if they can at least give it a good shot, win a few games, that's all I can ever ask of them. The good news is, Hill is finally proving his worth after all these years, what a welcome relief that is.

 

They'd better get busy catching up in their series with Chicago, then.

 

QFT

But if you win titles through media whining, the Heat are ages ahead of most teams.

 

Are you kidding me?

Are you kidding me right now?

When did Barbosa become Leborn James?

EDIT: This is disgusting. Disgusting.

But it's very fun to watch.

 

68-47 Phoenix at the half.

As I was saying before, if the Suns are on their game, the Lakers are powerless to do anything about it (other than doing their best to keep up on the offensive end, which only Kobe can do). The Suns just need to keep their focus and not lose momentum, because as surely as they are the better team, and can get big leads in three minutes of real time, they just as surely are prone to losing those leads (and then some).

 

Ugh. You win KW.

Ever get the feeling where one play an opponent does is virtually unstoppable, and there are limitless options the opposition has off that one play? That's what I'm feeling with the pick/roll right now. I've seen teams defend it extremely well (against the Suns), but watching Kwame and Farmar struggle, I honestly can't remember how those other teams went about controlling it. That's how poorly we're playing it right now.

Although at least Farmar's getting some solid minutes. He played quite well in the 1st quarter. That's about the only plus I can think of.

 

There are ways to defend the Suns well, but the Lakers simply don't have the personnel for it. The Spurs have made an art form out of it, but they have the weapons on both ends to make the Suns work hard for their shots.

 

Yeah, I must say, the Lakers young guys have really impressed me this series.

Farmar is hitting shots, Bynum is getting rebounds and becoming a presence in the paint, Walton is hitting shots, and Vujacic is doing alright as well.

 

Phoenix wins 126-98.

That's pretty much all that needs to be said.

 

in other news, Luol Deng has arrived.

lol @ Miami

 

GO BULLS!!!

 

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i loves me some Noc

 

[image=http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k303/pete_gillard/badacesheed.png] !!!

 

Here's all I have to say about last night's game:




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THIS. IS. CHICAGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

two games into the playoffs so far against the 7th best offensive team, based on offensive efficiency.(points per 100 possessions) and the Suns haven't allowed triple digit points yet, with the Lakers scoring 92.5 points a game.

This impresses me more then the 126 points they put up.

 

Carlisle got da axe. He seemed really burnt out anyways. I guess there's room for him in the front office somewhere in Indiana if he wants to pursue that road, but if I were him, I'd probably look to take over the reigns of another club. God knows there are some teams out there that need a real coach... *cough Sonics! cough* If Seattle took in a guy that knows how to manage a team without bitching through the press about his guys, and actually had them playing defense, they'd beat up on some teams that they couldn't beat this year. Hopefully for them, they bring back Rashard Lewis when all the free agency deals are said and done...