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NBA Offseason Thread! All offseason NBA talk in THIS thread!
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Anybody watching Team USA? Larry Brown benched AI, Amare, and Lebron for being late for a team meeting, haha.
2004-05 NBA SCHED IS OUT!! WOOHOO!!
http://www.nba.com/schedules/schedule_040802.html
Complete schedule
http://www.nba.com/schedules/index.html
Team by team
http://www.nba.com/teams/teamSchedulesLinks.html?title=Schedule&file=schedule/
National TV schedule
http://www.nba.com/schedules/national_tv_schedule/
November 2nd > you!!
http://www.nba.com/schedules/schedule_040802.html
Complete schedule
http://www.nba.com/schedules/index.html
Team by team
http://www.nba.com/teams/teamSchedulesLinks.html?title=Schedule&file=schedule/
National TV schedule
http://www.nba.com/schedules/national_tv_schedule/
November 2nd > you!!
Loki said:Huh? Wasn't this past season ABC/ESPN's first season broadcasting NBA games? If not, then man, time flies.
Nah, ABC's had it the last two years.
LOL!Shinobi said:Reminds me of when the sad ass Raptors beat the '96 Bulls at the Skydome...MJ got his shot off just behind the buzzer, that would've given them the win. They could've been 73-9...and we fucked it up for them!! Sure helps explains the shit we've gone through the last few years...
(But thanks for bringing up old memories.
) I think it was part of the original television agreement. TNT got the WCF the last two years, then they switch with ESPN.
By the way, the current Nets fiasco proves a point i've always made (and did make when the concept of trading Shaq was ridiculed by so many analysts): you never invest a huge, long term contract on an aging star. All the Nets current problems stem from their sucess in bringing back Jason Kidd last summer, which the same analysts lauded so greatly.
The new ownership is partly to blame, but it makes no sense to have one of the highest payrolls in the league (which they would have had if they resigned Martin) for a team that has no real chance for a championship and whose best player is aging. All this can be traced to resigning a 30 year old Kidd for essentially $125 million (if you count his and Alonzo's contract, as they came in a pair) over 6 years. And to think, if the Nets (much like the Heat now IMO) weren't so caught up in the hoopla over an aging superstar, they could have traded him to the Spurs for a $3 million a year, 22 year old Tony Parker. The Spurs, of course, have since realized the stupidity of their persuit of Kidd last summer and now would never, ever make that deal or take on his contract.
By the way, the current Nets fiasco proves a point i've always made (and did make when the concept of trading Shaq was ridiculed by so many analysts): you never invest a huge, long term contract on an aging star. All the Nets current problems stem from their sucess in bringing back Jason Kidd last summer, which the same analysts lauded so greatly.
The new ownership is partly to blame, but it makes no sense to have one of the highest payrolls in the league (which they would have had if they resigned Martin) for a team that has no real chance for a championship and whose best player is aging. All this can be traced to resigning a 30 year old Kidd for essentially $125 million (if you count his and Alonzo's contract, as they came in a pair) over 6 years. And to think, if the Nets (much like the Heat now IMO) weren't so caught up in the hoopla over an aging superstar, they could have traded him to the Spurs for a $3 million a year, 22 year old Tony Parker. The Spurs, of course, have since realized the stupidity of their persuit of Kidd last summer and now would never, ever make that deal or take on his contract.
Yep...though to be fair the Spurs are far more title ready then the Nets were, with or without Kidd. Either way that's just a bad situation in New Jersey for Kidd. As someone on the radio said here yesterday, with his contract, injuries and age, he's far less tradable then Vince Carter, Ray Allen or a lot of other players.
Lets take a closer look at T-Mac's first month with the Rockets
2 Tue @ Detroit 7:00 pm -- TNT - Beats the defending world champs at their home 180-54 while scoring 66 pts, 8 assists, and 9 rebounds with Yao taking the night off to play Counter-Strike
3 Wed @ Toronto 6:00 pm -- -- Rockets win, VC is a noshow when he goes to Knicks opener saying "This is my team, trade or no trade!" as he's kicked out of MSG
13 Sat L.A. Lakers 7:30 pm -- NBATV - Odom and Kobe get into a fight in the 1st quarter, refs decide to have the first teammate vs. teammate tip-off.
2 Tue @ Detroit 7:00 pm -- TNT - Beats the defending world champs at their home 180-54 while scoring 66 pts, 8 assists, and 9 rebounds with Yao taking the night off to play Counter-Strike
3 Wed @ Toronto 6:00 pm -- -- Rockets win, VC is a noshow when he goes to Knicks opener saying "This is my team, trade or no trade!" as he's kicked out of MSG
13 Sat L.A. Lakers 7:30 pm -- NBATV - Odom and Kobe get into a fight in the 1st quarter, refs decide to have the first teammate vs. teammate tip-off.
Bat said:
I agree dude, when your star is asking for that much money you are pretty much screwed no matter what decision you make. The Lakers at least had the luxury of having 2 superstars and could choose one of them. Still, it would have been better if they didn't get Grant with the deal.
scola said:
LOL, I did you one better, we use MJ toilet paper at my house
(we actually don't, but I would definitely buy this product if someone made it).Webber needs to be more selfish. Says team is soft.
I guess he also forgot to call them injury prone potheads?
I guess he also forgot to call them injury prone potheads?
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Thanks for posting it. I just saw it in Sunday's paper yesterday, and wanted to post it, but I got beaten. =] now to finish reading the second half.etiolate said:
DM, don't worry it wasn't sexual. You and the Jord-ster have that covered
P.S.: to the powers that be,
I feel that "Wipes ass with Michael Jordan's face" is a worthy successor to "I Am Gay".
Sincerely,
scola
Houston for draft picks? There's no way any team will take him on....his contract is the defintion of 'untradeable'. That said, the Knicks roster is the ugliest, crappiest, most boring lineup in the history of mankind. A selfish, never-won-in-his-life PG, 4 slow, mediocre shooting guards, and about 20,000 below mediocre, undersized PF. And don't forget that every single player is being overpaid by 300% for the next 6 years.
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WTF!?
DMczaf said:
None of those are great outside shooters. We could have used Reggie Miller or hell even JJ Redick from Duke. Not saying your guys would hurt, but this team has no outside shooters at all.
They need to tighten up their defense, they need to actually keep the team together more than 2 weeks. It's a shame that everyone dropped out.
No I'm telling you their skill set fits this team better than another slasher.
What you should be arguing is that T-Mac and Kobe should be on the team rather than Anthony and James.
If we don't start building "teams" rather than "all-star" selections, results like this will become more common.
Our guys can outskill most teams, but games like today (and Pistons over Lakers) show that a good team that shares the ball and hits the open shots wins more often than not. Right now we've got no outside shooters.
What you should be arguing is that T-Mac and Kobe should be on the team rather than Anthony and James.
If we don't start building "teams" rather than "all-star" selections, results like this will become more common.
Our guys can outskill most teams, but games like today (and Pistons over Lakers) show that a good team that shares the ball and hits the open shots wins more often than not. Right now we've got no outside shooters.
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