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November NBA Season Thread - It's finally time

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Loki

Count of Concision
DCX said:
I'm trying to find some nice Jordan dunk pics so i can draw off of it....can't really find any good ones on Google...can you guys help me out?

DCX

Some here, both on the backgrounds of the pages as well as the small pics on the pages. You can flip through the different years to see some pretty rare pics. As you can see from the big pic on the background of that page, guys used to feel that they had to literally clothesline Jordan to stop him. :D


You should be able to find dozens on a google search for MJ sites, and then just go to the sites and check out the pics. Assuming that by "google search" you meant a google image search-- you need to go to the actual sites.
 

AirBrian

Member
DCX said:
I'm trying to find some nice Jordan dunk pics so i can draw off of it....can't really find any good ones on Google...can you guys help me out?

DCX
MichaelJordan1.jpg
 

Shinobi

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Man, both my teams are fun as hell to watch so far...both the Raptors and Spurs play so unselfishly, push the ball up the floor, and make some great cuts and backdoor passes. Man, Spurs are shredding the Lakers D this quarter.
 
Shinobi said:
Man, both my teams are fun as hell to watch so far...both the Raptors and Spurs play so unselfishly, push the ball up the floor, and make some great cuts and backdoor passes. Man, Spurs are shredding the Lakers D this quarter.

Oh so NOW the spurs are magically "your" team?!?! IM GON' GIT U SUCKA!
 
Brian Cook killed our offensive momentum when he came into the game. Started taking all sorts of jumpers when previously everyone was penetrating and getting to the hoop. I fear for what our offense will look like when Slava comes back and both he and Cook are in the game together.

Lamar is finally looking really good out there.

I like Mihm's game, but he really needs to step it up around the basket. Not only tonite, but against Utah, we missed out on so many easy baskets because he can't finish strong.
 

Cloudy

Banned
I like Mihm's game, but he really needs to step it up around the basket. Not only tonite, but against Utah, we missed out on so many easy baskets because he can't finish strong.

Yah, dude. Why the FUCK is he trying to layup on Timmeh? -_-
 

Loki

Count of Concision
Also, I'm already getting sick of Odom's gimmicky "quick layup under the defenders arms" move, where he tries to get the ball to the glass like 2 full seconds before what is customary. I can see myself hating him based on this-- and of course his status as a Laker-- before long. :D


Beautiful reverse lay-in by Kobe.
 

Shinobi

Member
Is it just me, or does Kobe look quicker and more athletic then I've seen in a couple years? That reverse in traffic was absolutely lovely.
 

DCX

DCX
Ninja Scooter said:
Yao=the asian Rik Smits. He'll be an above average, much more than serviceable center, but he'll never be a Shaq/Hakeem type.
Exactly, Rik Smits is best comparison.

DCX
 

VPhys

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The Lakers are looking pretty good. Aren't the Spurs supposed to be the one of the top 3 teams in the West.
 
DCX said:
Really? I mean for as much as Yao suffers from the Bol/Muresan/Bradley syndrome...he has more skills than all of them combined! He has a good touch, has a great presence, when he decides to use it...he is reminded me more of Ewing than anyone else. It's pretty bad that Ewing is training him....Ewing was a soft center, that when he applied himself became a very mean/aggressive dominant center. Yao's nature is kind and to get him to be aggressive is changing his whole outlook on life itself...good luck, i agree he is over hyped, not really a star, he's as much as a star as Juwan Howard is or Tim Thomas, but never a Bradley please!!

DCX

Yes he is more skilled than any of those guys, but the fact is that the greatest skill they all possessed was the one nature gave them. The skill of being fucking huge. And Yao, like those spindly bastards, simply is not good at "being big" in the way that Chamberlain, Hakeem, and Shaq are/were, despite the fact that he has a huge base (his legs are massive) more akin to Shaq than Bradley. What Yao has a lot of right now is potential. But potential is just that, potential. 'Not yet realized'. But his hype equals that of a fully realized superstar, and it hasn't been earned.

No he's not the next Bradley, and for all I know he could end up being one of the greats of our era. But until that transpires I want him treated like the mild disappointment that he has been so far, instead of one of the leagues elite. Can you imagine if Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15 and 8 last year to Yao's 17 and 9) got hyped with Lebron as the next "dynamic duo" as McGrady (who's earned his star moniker) and Yao have? Come on..
 

Loki

Count of Concision
Shinobi said:
Is it just me, or does Kobe look quicker and more athletic then I've seen in a couple years? That reverse in traffic was absolutely lovely.

You're like 2 pages late-- I pointed this out during/after the Jazz game. :p He looks much quicker, though I noticed it more on Thursday than tonight-- I've sorta been glancing back and forth.
 

DCX

DCX
Ned Flanders said:
Can you imagine if Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15 and 8 last year to Yao's 17 and 9) got hyped with Lebron as the next "dynamic duo" as McGrady (who's earned his star moniker) and Yao have? Come on..
Excellent point! The reason might be more so where Yao comes from and what he means to the league VS what Ilgauskas does for the league, but yes your point is well taken.

DCX
 

Shinobi

Member
Oh yeah, I remember that post. Last year Kobe didn't have a chance to prepare for the season as well as he'd hoped with all the court stuff surrounding him. I guess he was able to put in that extra work this past summer.
 

Loki

Count of Concision
Shinobi said:
Oh yeah, I remember that post. Last year Kobe didn't have a chance to prepare for the season as well as he'd hoped with all the court stuff surrounding him. I guess he was able to put in that extra work this past summer.

I dunno-- preparation can't really make you much faster than you normally are, as long as you're reasonably in shape. That's more of a physical cohesion thing; when you hit your physical prime, your coordination and body cohesion (don't know a better word for it) improve, and this usually occurs from age 25-30, depending on the athlete.


I'm sure we've all felt this-- I know I have. Sometime early during my 19th year, I realized that I had just gotten much quicker, much "tighter" and more explosive in my movements than I was just a year prior. This trend continued until I stopped playing a lot (I used to play every day). I'm sure if I got back in shape now, I'd be even quicker than I was (which was deadly :D). So I just think he's maturing physically. I even saw it with Jordan-- he was fast when he came into the league, but from like 88-92, he was just so explosive-- it seemed like every muscle in his body had the same intention when he made a drive...there was no wasted motion.


Kobe's just hitting his physical peak, and it will likely continue for the next 3-5 years, though the gains won't be so marked each year.
 

Truelize

Steroid Distributor
Holy Crap!!!

Check out Richard Jefferson's line tonight. Sure they went into a second overtime, but it's still insane. He almost had a triple double tonight.

Richard Jefferson F 10 - 24 fg, 7 - 7 ft, 1 x 3pt, 21 reb, 9 ast, 3 stl, 1 blk, 26 pts

Note: I care cause I have him on my fantasy team.
 
The Lakers will be much improved upon the return of a healthy Vlade.

Lol @ Walton referring to the Shaq/Kobe/Phil breakup as one of the "great failures of the human spirit in the history of the NBA." And he tried to act suprised when they said Poppovich called him the master of hyperbole..
 

Loki

Count of Concision
When Richard Jefferson gets 21 rebounds, you know you're a tad soft on the boards. Jeez...that's insane-- and totally out of character. He's never been known as a good rebounding guard.


With those 21 rebounds, he just eclipsed the career highs in rebounding for dozens of other phenomenal rebounding guards/SF's, including Drexler, Jordan, Kidd, Kobe, McGrady, Magic...just about everyone under 6'10" besides Barkley. :D Crazy.
 

Loki

Count of Concision
LOL @ Kobe pointing his finger at the ref. :lol Not that he didn't have a case, because he did, but just the way he pointed it while standing totally still made me laugh. :p


EDIT: Didn't see him walk under Kobe's 3, I only saw it from where Kobe gets up off the floor and gets leveled by Bowen, but Bowen just now got away with another one. Kobe looked like he wanted to strangle the ref. :p
 

bionic77

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Loki said:
LOL @ Kobe pointing his finger at the ref. :lol Not that he didn't have a case, because he did, but just the way he pointed it while standing totally still made me laugh. :p


EDIT: Didn't see him walk under Kobe's 3, I only saw it from where Kobe gets up off the floor and gets leveled by Bowen, but Bowen just now got away with another one. Kobe looked like he wanted to strangle the ref. :p

Can you blame Kobe? Within a span of 3 minutes he steps under his three, runs right though him, slaps him on the head, and then has a blatant reach in and NONE of it was called.

The worst was when he stepped under the three because that is just a dangerous play.

Suspend his fucking ass for a week until he learns to stop playing so dirty.
 

Takuan

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HOLY FUCK MANU. I yelped when he threw that shit down, my mom wondered wtf was going on haha. I had turned my computer off for the night but I just had to get back on and express my excitement at that move. Jebus. Play of the fucking year.
 

DCX

DCX
Ned Flanders said:
GINOBILI WITH THE SICKEST MOVE OF THE YEAR!!

Cross-em up and bang it on 3 other dudes!! THATS MY FUCKING NIZZLE!!
I didn't think he would have the lift after the hop step but DAMNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he got up there!

DCX
 

bionic77

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DCX said:
BS call on the refs, that was a make up call IMHO.

DCX

Spurs are lucky that dirty bastard Bowen wasn't ejected for his bullshit. Not like the Spurs don't get away with enough on defense as it is.

Damn, when will we see the entire Lakers roster play? How the fuck do you get injured BEFORE the season???
 

Loki

Count of Concision
Manu's move was great (gotta love seeing not 1, not 2, but 3 Lakers owned on one play-- 4 if you count the guy he crossed-up :p), but how about Kobe RUNNING OVER a clearly stationary Brent Barry? Where's the justice? ;) :D Well, I guess he deserved one as a make up call for all the other missed ones. ;) :p
 

bionic77

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Is it just me or is Duncan clearly superior to every big man (including Shaq) in the league?

Why does everyone suck Shaq and Garnetts jocks when Duncan can dominate without even trying?
 

DCX

DCX
bionic77 said:
Is it just me or is Duncan clearly superior to every big man (including Shaq) in the league?

Why does everyone suck Shaq and Garnetts jocks when Duncan can dominate without even trying?
Duncan is so smooth and basic he makes the game seem very easy, hell he'll make you think the game was that easy! Fundamentals baby! He isn't very Strong, he isn't fast...or athletic but he plays angles well, uses positions and the art of the mid range jumper with the glass.

DCX
 

Loki

Count of Concision
What was that stuff between Kobe and Duncan about? Kobe needs to stop touching guys' heads and faces. :p Maybe that's what turned it from a friendly convo to a heated one.


And man, these refs are BLIND. Brian Grant CLEARLY got pushed out of bounds under the basket a couple of plays ago, yet nothing was called; Cook (or whoever it was) eventually missed a lay-in after Grant dove to save it. Crazy.
 

bionic77

Member
Ok, I never thought I would say this, but Konex might have been right about the Lakers. When they get healthy, they really might be a good team.

They are totally depleted right now and they somehow staying in a game with the Spurs. Never thought that would have been possible.
 

Loki

Count of Concision
Man, if LA pulls this off, I'll die. That'd be a cushing loss this early for SA-- and to lose after they dominated the entire game, too.
 

bionic77

Member
Loki said:
Man, if LA pulls this off, I'll die. That'd be a cushing loss this early for SA-- and to lose after they dominated the entire game, too.

Lakers will lose. San An is the King of the Hill, if anything the refs won't let them lose. :D

The good thing for the Lakers is they will get the best get well medicine in the NBA until they can get healthy. A game against the Hawks. :D
 
bionic77 said:
Ok, I never thought I would say this, but Konex might have been right about the Lakers. When they get healthy, they really might be a good team.

They are totally depleted right now and they somehow staying in a game with the Spurs. Never thought that would have been possible.

Like I said, when Vlade gets back they'll likely be a much improved team. He won't draw doubles in the post, but he plays great with his back to the basket and can distribute the ball well to open cutters like Butler and Kobe. His return even in limited minutes will also likely mean Odom will see a lot more time at the 3 instead of the 4. Should mean more offense all around. Oh yeah and he's also good for some easy flop calls and some antagonism to slow down the opposition.

George coming back likely won't have much of an impact IMO.
 

Fifty

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Cloudy said:
The Lakers are a rebounder or two away from being a great team. Just you wait :)


Yes, but will you? If Kobe goes then so do you.


Here's a fun quote for you Raptors fans

TORONTO (AP) -- Ben Wallace acknowledged the NBA champion Detroit Pistons took the Toronto Raptors lightly.

``We thought it was going to be a cake walk,'' Wallace said.
Ohohoho

``It's a great win, especially for a team that's been counted out before we played our first game,'' Carter said.

Incognito, I expect the same from you about your impressive win over the menacing Hawks!
 
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