Arena The NBA Thread

Only saw the end of the 4th Quarter. Working. But great to have the season start again.

 

I'm staying up late to watch my Spurs.

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That ceremony was beautiful. I cried like a baby the entire time.

 

Damian Lillard is looking like a legit MVP candidate. 39 points!

 

I'm quite excited (especially with Luuuuuuuke Walton at the helm) to see how this young core develops, since it's completely their team now.

 

They can win against anyone else but the Cavs.

 

Uncle Drew getting his ring... The only player I stopped to take a picture of specifically in that moment. He's the juxtaposition of post LeBron hope and returned LeBron triumph.

 

Well, the Dubs didn't get off to a good start. On the other hand, the Spurs looked great as they played tremendous defense and lit it up offensively.

 

I guess the Warriors wanted to get their first home loss out of the way early this year.

 

I know we still have 81 more games to go, but...

I guess I can say we'll be just fine post-Duncan.

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cool article about embiid in sport's illustrated. love this guy.

“You know how I learned to shoot?” Embiid says. “I watched white people. Just regular white people. They really put their elbow in and finish up top. You can find videos of them online.”

 

That makes three consecutive home losses for them

 

From ESPN: Anthony Davis update: 48 points (16/30 FG; 16/17 FT), 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 steals, 4 blocks in 38 minutes. Pels down 100-98 with 2:32 to play.

Why, oh, why couldn't he stay healthy for full seasons at a time... he's unbelievably good...

 

GUYS THE LAKERS ARE FUN TO WATCH AGAIN I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO HANDLE MYSELF

 

Y'know, lotion, tissues, the usual?

 

Aside from defensive issues, bad Nick Young (why the hell was he starting?) shots, and a few courtside regulars who weren't at the game, that was really fun to watch (especially's Clarkson's 2nd half). Love the attitude of this Lakers team.

 

Bucks stunk it up at the first season opener at home in forever.

 

Here's the video of the guy flipping off Russell Westbrook.

Spoiler: NSWF "sign language"

 

i am so glad the nba is back, i don't even care that the warriors lost by 30 points. though i hope they don't do that on tuesday when i see them in person!

the lakers/rockets game was actually incredibly entertaining. but we'll have to wait and see how the lakers do against a team that at least tries to play defense. seeing a lot of mvp predictions for harden, westbrook, and lillard, but i think the thing people are forgetting is that the voters almost always go for a player that's on one of the two best teams in their conference. with that in mind my personal top 2 picks are lebron and kawhi.

 

Those fans have been known to do much worse...like that one incident involving Santa Claus...

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It's true, an MVP usually comes from a top team. Heck, Lillard doesn't even make the All-star team most years. LeBraun, any player from Golden State all have a good chance.

 

be kind of hard to pick an MVP on golden state this year, too many riches for any of them to really be the MVP unless someone does like steph last year. my money's on kawhi

 

Harden? His stats are going to be insane under D'Antoni. I mean, if he puts up something close to 30 ppg and 10 apg, they win 55 games, get back into the playoffs and get out of the first round, he'll win for sure. Even if they get bounced in the first round, it's gonna be hard to deny with those stats, regardless of how inflated they are. Fifty wins and those stats might be enough.

But, it will probably be LeBron, if the Cavs do well again, which they almost certainly will. He has the good will from last year's championship on his side.