ALTRNTV

Opening night was alright. Spurs almost lost, but it's only the first game of the season.

Kobe got booed. lol

ManoNegra

Not surprised one bit, he's gone out of his way to alienate the fans it seems to me at times. Was a good game though...

ALTRNTV

Damn. I would have been all for this.

jackjack

i dont know whos right. after the bulls game last night, sports channel said bulls/lakers are still trying to work out a deal.

Gnnr

Aaannnndddd we're back!

I think the Lakers are definitely going to get rid of Kobe from all the reports...

And of course, put me down in the Heat camp. But I'm not going to make any predictions yet. We're off to a bad start (0-2) but there's a lot of experimenting right now to see whats gonna work. Lots of players gone, lots of new ones too. What I will say is Ricky Davis, with 23 points in the opening game, looks like he's going to be the third man that we need. And hopefully Wade makes a speedy recovery. I'm confident in the team though.

Its gonna be a good and interesting NBA season!

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obsolete

wow such biased haters in the west coast. Knicks are middel of the pack team and will contend for a playoff spot.

Kobe just got USED by the laker organization, but that still ain't gonna stop him. He alone sells tickets and that's all they needed out of him. They made some empty promises that they'll get the talent to contend for a championship. Seems like they didn't care too much about winning. Good thing he has a no-trade clause. Very smart.

He should come to the knicks.

Phlip

Not me, Artest is a killer of chemistry, his bad outweighs his good, let him keep making shitty albums, keep him away from the Lakers.
How about they do the noble thing and get a real big man in the fold?
How about EVERYONE stop talking about Kobe and maybe it will all go away?
No, the Knicks are a shitty team and a shittily run organization, they have a coach/decision maker who should have long since been fired. They will ONLY be in playoff contention because they're in the damned eastern conference, where my high school might be able to contend.
Kobe would shit on any deal that would send him to the Knicks, as he should.
I think the best things to have done are already past, and those would have been deals for Jason Kidd or Jermaine O'Neal, but now it is too late and the time is just to make something serviceable out of this shit. We'll all wait to see what happens.

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jh3xp

haha....anyone that thought that lakers were gonna be boring and had no chance.....UR WRONG as of evidence from last nights game with the suns :P

Saltman

As long as they keep playing that way then they have a very good team. Bynum will be a powerhouse in 2-3 years. He's developing fast right now. They were smart in getting Fisher back who can mentor Farmar and help him get better. He's already good. Luke Walton has passes out the anus. Terriou or whatever his name is comes hard every night and hustles. Radmonovic was unstoppable. As long as the bench puts up numbers like that then they have a good team. Only thing they need to improve in is getting Kwame to play so f'ing defense. He lets anybody into the paint. Kobe didn't have to do nothing last night. If they trade Kobe though, they're idiots and will be pulling a LA Clippers move.

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obsolete

It was just one game. and who thought they would be boring? They ahve the best player in the league and if you remember, they were right in the thick of things for most of first half last year before everyone started going on IR.

Now while i can't argue that west is dominant, the east has gotten very competitive themselves. I do not see any clear cut favorites to win the east.

Saltman

^^ I definitely agree with you on the east coast. As for the Lakers, I was impressed, but yeah, after the first 10 games, we'll see what kind of a team they'll be for the most part. But the east has certainly built up some low end squads such as the Bobcats, the Hornets, the Hawks are surprising, the 76ers, Detroit looks like the old powerhouse they used to be and who can leave out the beloved Celtics? I can't wait for Wade to start playing too. They def need and miss him. I'm crunk about this season.

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ALTRNTV

I can't believe none of you mentioned the Celtics. They looked very good last night. Celtic fans should rejoice.

Lakers looked good as well. I wonder how long he can keep it up. Radmanovic and Vujajic finally broke out of their shell for once. Kobe wasn't the leading scorer this time. haha

*Phil Jackson calls a timeout near the end*
D'Antoni: "Don't worry, we'll be ready next time, we still meet 3 more time."
Jackson: "What the fuck is wrong with you? Go sit down."

HAHAHAHAHA D'Antoni got D'antOWNED.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-p_PudYj38[/ame]

Phlip

So far, the applicable word to the league, even in the face of playoff teams who have not yet won a game, is "parity."
San Antonio is going to be what they are, but Boston is FUCKING IMPRESSIVE, Phoenix loses to the Lakers, which can happen when they have all (or at least most) of their players and things fall into the manner that that they can, but Phoenix ALSO lost to Atlanta.
This is going to be a good season.
Oh, and did I mention how elated I am that Gilbert Arenas is 0-4?

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OptionZero

I hope the Warriors get their first win against the Mavs.

Ellis, Azubuike hurting; Barnes out; Jack suspended.

If the Mavs lose they should just all retire.

Unholy S14

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4_T4bm-2Xk[/ame]

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ALTRNTV

Bump!

-Celtics are looking good, but the season is only 10-11 games in
-Hornets are also doing very well, surprise team this year
-the Knicks... well, problems keep arising for them
-Spurs are the same boring team, but they win games
-Kobe is still a Laker
-Lakers are 7-3 with a 4 game winning streak

Laker thought/facts:
-Farmar is playing exceptionally well, good decision making
-Radmanovic is finding his stroke (why he was brought to LA for)
-bench production is 2nd in the league
-Lakers are 1st in the NBA in rebounds
-Cook and Evans were traded to the Magic for Ariza

Lakers are:
#1 in rebounding
#2 in bench production
#2 in defensive FG percentage
#3 in scoring
#4 in steals
#6 in FG percentage
#6 in assists

Last time I saw those numbers were back in '00-'03.

Power Rankings:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/powerRankings
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking

OptionZero

I like Ariza on talent, but his skills are unpolished. The fit, however, seems poor for the triangle: he's a poor shooter and poor passer. He thrives in the uptempo and open offense that lets him slash, but the triangle might put more responsibility on him to make decisions.

Given that that Lakers managed to ditch Cook's remaining $10.5M, though, I cannot call it a "bad" deal for them.

Magic win now on production, Lakers win on finances and upside (i.e. later).

ALTRNTV

Yea, getting rid of Cook was "an addition by subtraction." Cook couldn't play defense if his life depended on it.

OptionZero

so...do the Lakers give up Bynum for Kidd, or do they live with Farmar?

I still laugh when anyone refers to the Nets' "Big 3", which is really just Kidd + two good-but-not-great dudes.

Bobafreak

not really into sports but im gonna go lakers, and, pistons this year.
seeing your post akademik your on post on this nba stuff. lol

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Phlip

The Heat were never as good as they thought they were.
Neither were The Bulls.
The Celtics are fucking IMPRESSIVE.
So are The Magic.
The LeBrons were losing with him, and are losing worse without him.
Gilbert Arenas is injured and I don't like him anyway.

... the western conference never gets interesting until after AllStar.

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ALTRNTV

Celtics do look good, but I'm not going to give them credit yet until after the All-Star break. Here's why.

Teams they beaten:
Wizards
Raptors
Nuggets
Hawks
Nets
Pacers
Heat (twice)
Warriors
Lakers
Bobcats
Knicks
Cavaliers
76ers

Out of those teams, the only team with winning records are the Lakers, Raptors, Nuggets, and Warriors. They're supposed to beat the lowly teams. I do give them credit for winning the games they should win, but I want to see how they do until after the All-Star break, when the "real" NBA season begins.

Phlip

Simoun, the basketball fan in me wants to side with you, but the fact is that they're beating the SHIT out of teams.
You beat "strong" teams, even if you're just supposed to beat them when you're better than them, but they are beating those teams by 30 and beating the Knicks by 50.
*BY THE WAY*
Speaking of the Knicks, I am firmly under the impression that everyone from Isiah up as high as possible should be fucking fired. The shit that happened this summer, but that situation Stephon Marbury (who I am no fan of, mind you) was fucking despicable. How can you NOT tell a man that his father collapsed in the stands at the game. Furthermore, how can you NOT tell him that his father passed 30 minutes before the end of the game he collapsed while watching. All these years, I read about how shittily run they were, but THIS season is exposing it.

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OptionZero

Can we trade the Knicks to the D-League and insert one of those teams into the NBA?

ALTRNTV

I'll reserve judgment until after the break. (hating)

Xandy Boosts

I agree with AkademikONE...something about the Celts don't scare me. I saw them play on TV when they beat the Lakers, but I don't know.
You know how some teams just impose fear in you when they play your team. The Suns did it, the Spurs do it, the Blazers that played the Lakers during their 3-peat made me scared.

The Orlando Magics is damn impressive right now. SVG must feel good right now with his team on top, and his former at the bottom.

Yi Jianlian is playing really good... he's HUGE!

I was looking forward to see Chicago on top of the East, but damn what happened. Looks like contract negotiation problems have turned into on-court performance issues?

I'm just happy to see Bynum playing well. Hopefully he can get into less foul trouble and get himself some more minutes.

Phlip

What Stan Van Gundy is getting right now is Pat Riley's comeuppance. Read:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/7528296?MSNHPHMA

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Xandy Boosts

I had to look up the definition for comeuppance.

I thought this part of the article was funny.

Phlip

The fact that Miami is failing while Orlando is succeeding is hilarious to me and Pat Riley deserves it for what he did.

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Gnnr

04-15 *sigh* we are sucking in sports so bad this year.

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