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January NBA Season Thread - A No Puddin Zone

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CB3

intangibles, motherfucker
There is no valid reason why Kareem Rush is not starting for the Bobcats. He gets as many minutes as Okafor anyway you might as well switch him with Bogans or Knight
 
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Eminem

goddamit, Griese!
damn, down by 2 going into the 4th. we choked away that 10 point lead way too quickly.

Gordon was cold all quarter. Hinrich and Deng scored everything.
 
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Truelize

Steroid Distributor
I don't even have to watch highlights some nights I just come here and read a couple of pages and I'm all filled in for the night. :lol
 
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Takuan

Member
EJ, choke artist.

Good lookin' on that Raptors/Magic call, Konex. I can't believe we won. Now, predict a Sactown victory for Wednesday.
 
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Fifty

Member
He never actually predicted a Magic win, unless I missed something. I quoted him as saying that, but that quote was 100% fabricated. Maybe it was enough!
 
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etiolate

Banned
So far the Suns and Sonics are keeping up a good pace, not falling from the fast start yet and still beating some good teams. If this continues and they both get high seeds for the playoffs, do you think both will make it passed the first round or will they fall to a more experienced team?
 
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Nutter

Member
konex rooted for the magic, they lost (Raptors Win) konex roots for seattle against the Heat(Seattle Wins) o_0 :)
 
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AstroLad

Hail to the KING baby
iD0pRimE said:
konex rooted for the magic, they lost (Raptors Win) konex roots for seattle against the Heat(Seattle Wins) o_0 :)
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And actually that Suns game, Konex picked the Suns to "run Seattle out of the gym," and he was actually right (well, not about the run out of the gym part, just the win), maybe Seattle does F w/ Kobex's mojo, both ways even.
 
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etiolate

Banned
Maybe there is an exception to the rule for teams that have an enemy of Kobe on them. Heat have Shaq, Sonics have Ray Allen. Both have broken the Kobex principle. If Konex actually roots for an enemy of Kobe, then his gift is tarnished and null.
 
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Fifty

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I just checked, and konex did not cheer for the magic this game. I said he should, and I used a quote (a false quote) of him cheering them on yesterday, and he watched at least part of the game, but he never said they'd win, much to my dismay. The system is broken!
 
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Cloudy

Banned
etiolate said:
Maybe there is an exception to the rule for teams that have an enemy of Kobe on them. Heat have Shaq, Sonics have Ray Allen. Both have broken the Kobex principle. If Konex actually roots for an enemy of Kobe, then his gift is tarnished and null.
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:lol Ray Allen is actually one of my favorite players regardless of his beef with Kobe
 
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Loki

Count of Concision
etiolate said:
Maybe there is an exception to the rule for teams that have an enemy of Kobe on them. Heat have Shaq, Sonics have Ray Allen. Both have broken the Kobex principle. If Konex actually roots for an enemy of Kobe, then his gift is tarnished and null.
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:lol

I think you're on to something! :p
 
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Cloudy

Banned
I kinda think Kobe is taking Bill Simmons' advice and embracing the "villian of the NBA" role :lol

For Bryant, Cooper Is Just Loopy


By Mike Bresnahan , Times Staff Writer, Times Staff Writer

Another day in Lakerland, another step towards who-really-knows-what-will-happen with a team that has yet to win three consecutive games, but has been more intriguing lately with Kobe Bryant's scoring outburst and ensuing sideline exchanges with opposing coaches.

Bryant has scored 42, 48, and 42 points over the last three games, a loss to Miami followed by victories over Toronto and Denver, the most recent effort coming with added incentive from Denver interim Coach Michael Cooper, who might have been a decent Kobe stopper in his playing days and tried to be one Sunday from the sidelines.

Cooper was providing Nugget guard DerMarr Johnson with an in-game tutorial on how to defend Bryant, including the requisite "keep him in front of you" and "make him take tough fadeaways" when Bryant walked toward them before play resumed.

"[Cooper] sees me coming so he says, 'And lock him up,' " Bryant said, adding plenty of inflection on the last few words.

"I kind of look at him and he said, 'Yeah, lock you up.'

"The next play I went to the basket and dunked it baseline. Then I went and did the reverse dunk. I was looking over at him but he didn't want to look over."

After the game, when Bryant had finished making 14 of 29 shots and the Lakers had won, 99-91, Cooper said he thought the Nuggets had held Bryant in check.

"If that's keeping me in check, wait until the next time," Bryant said Monday. "If I go nuts [in the Jan. 12 rematch], then what's going to happen?"



The Lakers have more immediate concerns in the next two days with road games against San Antonio and Dallas, two-thirds of the Texas Triangle.

"It's about as challenging as you're going to get, going into Texas," said Laker Coach Rudy Tomjanovich. "We don't [quite] have the triangle. We have a two-pointed whatever. We have a Texas Triangle that's obtuse."

The Spurs have picked up right about where they left off last season, putting up the league's best home record, 14-1, their lone loss coming to the Seattle SuperSonics last month. Dallas is 20-10 overall, three games ahead of the Lakers record-wise.



Bryant didn't need to stop and think about what hurts him the most, 28 games and a league-high 1,216 minutes into the season.

"Foot, foot," he said. "That's an easy one. My thumb just feels kind of stiff. It should be fine by [today]. My shoulder feels fine. My foot is still the one."

His slightly sprained right thumb and his strained left shoulder are healing, but the plantar fasciitis in Bryant's left foot will linger.

"It'll heal up in the off-season," Bryant said. "Right now, it's good enough where I can just play through it. Despite all the minutes I've been playing, it's gotten better. That's a great sign."
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He better not stink it up in Denver...
 
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Cloudy

Banned
This is gonna be spun into something negative against him and he should know that so I think he's enjoying it. What an attention whore :lol
 
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Kcerrid 31

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Cloudy said:
This is gonna be spun into something negative against him and he should know that so I think he's enjoying it. What an attention whore :lol
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And the sad part is, he doesn't even have to be this way. Kobe's like the Anakin Skywalker of the NBA now. It's like he was trying soooo hard to hold on to the Force, but the alure of the Darkside was too overpowering.

I really feel sorry for his teamates, because with Kobe's current style of play, all he's doing is diminishing any potential earning power for future free agents on the team. Damn, poor Kobe's making enemies with each breath that he takes it seems.

Damn, this year is just too hard to call as far as who to root for. Sure the Sun's are hot ;) right now, but come playoff time....I just don't know.

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I know it's illegal in NBA threads now, but I really wish DM could post one of Jordan's Force Ball of light pics contrasting against Kobe's diminished Darkside ball 'o light.
 
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Miguel

Member
Rudy T said:
"It's about as challenging as you're going to get, going into Texas," said Laker Coach Rudy Tomjanovich. "We don't [quite] have the triangle. We have a two-pointed whatever. We have a Texas Triangle that's obtuse."
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GOD DAMMIT KOBE! You got Rudy drinking again!
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"Kobeth, thid i ever thell you abouth that awethome thenther i had back in housein, i mean sadam, ah whaever when i goachedth the rotecks. shakeem wasth the greathes ever"
 
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AstroLad

Hail to the KING baby
Fifty said:
I just checked, and konex did not cheer for the magic this game. I said he should, and I used a quote (a false quote) of him cheering them on yesterday, and he watched at least part of the game, but he never said they'd win, much to my dismay. The system is broken!
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If only he had known what we had.

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DarienA

The black man everyone at Activision can agree on
Dark Kobe would rock. Somebody photoshop him up in a black jedi cloak.
 
Jumpman

Jumpman

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Miguel said:
GOD DAMMIT KOBE! You got Rudy drinking again!
rudytsmall.gif

"Kobeth, thid i ever thell you abouth that awethome thenther i had back in housein, i mean sadam, ah whaever when i goachedth the rotecks. shakeem wasth the greathes ever"
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:lol
 
Guileless

Guileless

Temp Banned for Remedial Purposes
Is anybody else watching the Lakers game on NBA TV? The play by play guy is yelling into the microphone and you can barely hear what he's saying. And since when did NBA TV start sending their own announcers to cover games? They have been using the feed from one of the teams playing.

And why is Sean Elliot wasting away at NBA TV? He's one of the best color guys I've ever heard, why isn't he on ESPN anymore? Does Bill Walton have nekkid pictures of ESPN execs?
 
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DMczaf

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Guileless said:
Is anybody else watching the Lakers game on NBA TV? The play by play guy is yelling into the microphone and you can barely hear what he's saying. And since when did NBA TV start sending their own announcers to cover games? They have been using the feed from one of the teams playing.

And why is Sean Elliot wasting away at NBA TV? He's one of the best color guys I've ever heard, why isn't he on ESPN anymore? Does Bill Walton have nekkid pictures of ESPN execs?
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Um, these are the Spurs announcers :lol
 
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AstroLad

Hail to the KING baby
Suns w/ 65 points at the half, Nash w/ 12 Assists. Would be really nice if they could take this one.
 
Guileless

Guileless

Temp Banned for Remedial Purposes
DMczaf said:
Um, these are the Spurs announcers :lol
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Really? They did a live thing before the game with NBA TV mics and sent it back to the NBA TV studio, I guess they're doing double duty. I just thought the play by play guy was some NBA TV flak like Scott Layden (holy shit he's terrible) because he sounds so ridiculous. No offense Spurs fans.
 
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Loki

Count of Concision
Guileless said:
Is anybody else watching the Lakers game on NBA TV? The play by play guy is yelling into the microphone and you can barely hear what he's saying. And since when did NBA TV start sending their own announcers to cover games? They have been using the feed from one of the teams playing.

And why is Sean Elliot wasting away at NBA TV? He's one of the best color guys I've ever heard, why isn't he on ESPN anymore? Does Bill Walton have nekkid pictures of ESPN execs?
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Yeah, that announcer is a tad overenthusiastic. :lol


And I love Elliot's commentary, too. He's in the top 3 or 4 imo along with Kerr, Van Gundy (when he used to do it), and Doug Collins.
 
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Truelize

Steroid Distributor
So is Jermaine Oneal making up for lost time?? He had a crazy night.



Wow the game isnt even done. I correct myself. He's having a crazy night
 
Guileless

Guileless

Temp Banned for Remedial Purposes
Loki said:
Yeah, that announcer is a tad overenthusiastic. :lol


And I love Elliot's commentary, too. He's in the top 3 or 4 imo along with Kerr, Van Gundy (when he used to do it), and Doug Collins.
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Van Gundy was great. I would add Hubie to your list now that he's back.
 
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Loki

Count of Concision
Cloudy, you sure Kobe gets no phantom foul calls in his favor? :lol He was pinned under the basket against 3 defenders, tried to find space when there was none, and got bailed out by the refs lol.
 
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