Nba 2004

[NE169]

Originally posted by seenbad
Oh man. LT, we took your fuckin boys to SCHOOL out here in PDX a couple weeks ago. lol. Sorry, but man, it was a pretty severe ass whoopin'. About 8 minutes to go in the first quarter it was 22 to .........ZERO man!!

Ainge has royally dismantled that team.

22-0 ?!?!! OUCH!!!

It HURTS seeing Boston struggle to get anywhere from #6-8 seed this year, but they still weren't gonna get any better with Antoine Walker on the team (last year's #^ seed proved it)--it's been Pierce's team the last few years, and he's become a worse ballhog than Walker, if you can believe it.

2 All-Stars, 1 ball, someone had to go, and Antoine never was the most popular Celtic.

Ainge shoulda never said that he wasn't rebuilding; I bet most Celtic fans woulda understood they weren't getting any better anyway...

[NE169]

And Ainge better NOT try to get Eddy Curry or Tyson Chandler from the Bulls

[seenbad]

We drop games to the clippers but beat the number one and two teams in back to backs.....go figure.

Opinion changed any Troy?

[Lou]

I'll take Zach Randolph or Shareef Abdur Rahim anyday over Allen Iverson. I am PRAYING that the Sixers find a way to get rid of him even if they get slop in return. It's not a coincidence that without Iverson and Robinson playing they've gone on a winning streak. They're not very talented by any means, but they play better as a team without those two cancers out there.

I think Zach Randolph can be a star in this league. He's really young so he's got plenty of time to grow.

[POJO_Risin]

Iverson...it just goes to show you how much Larry Brown got him to produce...and to show up...Philly should have done everything to keep him...but I'm sure he was tired of babysitting him...

Randolph...Rahim...

look...Rahim is a player...we see that when he's the focus of the offense...as he was in Vancouver...Denver...Atlanta...

Not sure where in the hell he'll fit in as the story unfolds in Portland...

as for the NBA...I'm a Cavs fan...and actually have a bit of interest this year...mainly in watching the development of LeBron...and the emergence of that nimrod from Duke...Boozer...

They've done some good things there this year...getting rid of malignants like freakin' Davis...and bringin' in Role Players to fill the gaps and help bring along LeBron...

I'm highly interested in LeBron and Carmello...both are looking legit...and could bring that type of rivalry that has been missing in the NBA between two players...the NBA will just have to figure out a way to get them to play each other more than twice a year (lmfao...probably force them to trade one to the Lakers and one to the Celtics...)

What's missing in this NBA are the types of teams that interest people outside of their home city...IE the Lakers and Celtics from years past...

ahhh...who gives a shit...

[Lou]

I love basketball and I absolutely care about other teams besides my home team, but you're right that a lot of people only care about their team. It's getting to be like hockey that way, where no one knows any players not on their team.

[POJO_Risin]

It's unfortunate Lou...the NBA was popular because they had players and teams that transcended basketball...like Bird, Jordan, Magic, Isiah...

the Celts...and Lakers of the 80's...then the Pistons and the Bulls...

there was a story...

Now...the overwhelming story always seems to be negative...they have to get out of that...

[wraytw]

seen, your boys going to make the playoffs or what?

[seenbad]

We're fightin the good fight now dude!!

Beat min twice, and the kings. wow. Good start to a chase, but fuckin Denver won't lose!! (and don't forget Utah).

I think overall Poj, you're "generally" right about seclusionary fanship but the "general" fans out there at least have Kobe and shaq . McGrady and Duncan, Garnett. etc. There are enough players out there with generic appeal to keep the game going in my opinion, just not superstars like days of old.

Carmello and Lebron are going to spice the league up though. You watch. Both will be huge.

Raheem......I'm not impressed so far.

Randolph, dude, he is ALREADY a superstar man. Have you seen that kids stats??

Fuckin Theo Ratliff baby. The hero portland has been waiting for (at least this year).

Wray, I don't know man. Denver has to drop some games and even if they do Utah's schedule is soft compared to ours. We just need to keep playing the way we're playing.

Speaking of, the portland/milwaukie games on...

[POJO_Risin]

Oh...don't get me wrong seen...I agree with you...there are a ton of players out there that have that crossover appeal to other hoop markets...

but what they don't have...until perhaps LeBron...and Kobe before the Colorado incident...is that guy that transcends the sport...

Magic and Bird certainly did that...Jordan more than certainly did that...

and through that created these national rivalries...Either cities...Philly, Boston, LA...

or players...Jordan, Isiah, Magic, Pistons and Bird...

right now...there isn't that...

perhaps Sacramento and LA...but that's really a joke. There just isn't an Eastern team right now with any of that...

but Carmello throwing down over 26 a game since the break...

and LeBron rolling the Cavs to playoff glory in his first season...and with them having a similar friendship that a lot of the aforementioned greats had...may lead to something the NBA hasn't had since Jordan's first roll with the Pistons and the Knicks...

and happened yearly in the 80's with the Lakers and the Celts (which was truly magical...and maybe a once in a lifetime deal)...

two players that respect each other...are monster all-stars...and keep trying to one-up each other...

and Denver and Cleveland certainly have history...if not in basketball...but football...so who knows...

Randolph is a monster...and Rahim seems to be a wash now...go figure...

Cavs...7 in a row...blowing the hell out of the Bulls right now...

and fucking Carlos Boozer sitting with 22 and 13 boards right now...start of the fourth...

if that guy isn't the fucking monster surprise of the year...

[twonabomber]

Cavs looking damn good for the first time in a long time. so good, that three of the four local TV stations aren't sending reporters to Winter Haven to cover the Tribe's spring training.

[seenbad]

half the fucking posts this thread had went away with that hiccup last week. Just let it be known that I had a take and didn't suck. I just don't want to retype it all.

Who's getting number 8 in the west?

Portland, Utah, or Denver?

[wraytw]

Originally posted by seenbad
Who's getting number 8 in the west?

Portland, Utah, or Denver?

Shit, that's a close race. I'll go with Portland or Denver. I don't see Utah making it.

[Lou]

Wouldn't it have been a hell of a lot better for the NBA (and not to mention the Pistons, Joe Dumars you MORON) had the Pistons drafted Carmelo, and you would have set up a division rivalry between the Cavs/Pistons and LeBron/Carmelo for years to come?

That's what the NBA needs so badly, division rivals and individual player rivals. There are hardly any team rivalries and no individual player rivalries out there.

[POJO_Risin]

Yeah...they took that European oaf...

He'll pan out...whata bunch of fucking idiots...