2005-06 NBA Season Discussion Thread

[JFM92_GTRacer]

Got it! ^ Thanx Saleen Man.

 

[a6m5]

I'd have picked the Nuggets as well. They are far more entertaining than the Celtics IMO. Warriors and Nuggets are both so dynamic. It should be fun.

My Blazers improved to 3-3 today, ".500". This is how much the West has fallen. Blazers with the fifty percent record is the Northwest Division leader. This is just sad......

 

[JFM92_GTRacer]

Ok booked it. Got some nice seats BTW!

 

[a6m5]

Blazers play the Warriors at home, tomorrow. My coworker got our company tickets..... jerk! But no parking pass or dinner tickets. Actually, he said if his wife doesn't wanna go, he'll take me. The game's televised, so I get to watch it either way. Should be a real good one, actually. 👍

 

[rollazn]

The Houston Rockets are losing - even with Tracy McGrady. None of their gaurds can hit shots - even wide open shots. Rafer Alston is stinking up, Derek Anderson isn't playing that great. Only two gaurds that I know that are doing great - is Luther Head, the rookie out of the NBA Draft, and Tracy McGrady who is also contributing in some sort of the way.

The Rockets are 3-5 with the recent lost to the Spurs at Spurs. Hopefully they can swing around and win some more game. Like the game with Detriot tonight... at home. Hopefully they'll be the one to break Detriots wonderful 7-0 start. I doubt it though...

 

[JFM92_GTRacer]

Blazers play the Warriors at home, tomorrow. My coworker got our company tickets..... jerk! But no parking pass or dinner tickets. Actually, he said if his wife doesn't wanna go, he'll take me. The game's televised, so I get to watch it either way. Should be a real good one, actually. 👍

Nah, it'll be a blowout. Warriors are looking very good right now.

 

[a6m5]

The Houston Rockets are losing - even with Tracy McGrady. None of their gaurds can hit shots - even wide open shots. Rafer Alston is stinking up, Derek Anderson isn't playing that great. Only two gaurds that I know that are doing great - is Luther Head, the rookie out of the NBA Draft, and Tracy McGrady who is also contributing in some sort of the way.

The Rockets are 3-5 with the recent lost to the Spurs at Spurs. Hopefully they can swing around and win some more game. Like the game with Detriot tonight... at home. Hopefully they'll be the one to break Detriots wonderful 7-0 start. I doubt it though...

It's frustrating to have guards who can't even hit an open jumper. DA definitely was that guy for us. Rocket's schedule has been pretty tough though, hasn't it? It's still pretty early, so I wouldn't worry about it until late December or so.

Nah, it'll be a blowout. Warriors are looking very good right now.

Well, I got to go to the game. It wasn't a blowout, but Warriors did look good. Officiating on the other hand were downright hopeless. 👎 I'm not going to say that Blazers would have won if the refs had kept their eyes open, but they certainly killed couple of Blazers rally very effectively. There was an awesome 'reverse' ally-hoop dunk by Baron Davis in the first quater. I didn't know he could jump that high! 👍

 

[JFM92_GTRacer]

^Glad you went. Where'd you sit??

 

[Giancarlo]

What a game Wade had last night! Only one rebound away from a triple double... and 32 points, 12 off dunks!

The Heat did well, beating such a hot Philly team.

 

[a6m5]

^Glad you went. Where'd you sit??

Lower level, probably about 12 rows back in the corner. Pretty decent.

What a game Wade had last night! Only one rebound away from a triple double... and 32 points, 12 off dunks!

The Heat did well, beating such a hot Philly team.

I had no idea the Sixers had won six games in a row, my coworker told me just this morning. Wade is just too awesome. 👍

 

[Giancarlo]

Yep, and Heat have won 4 in a row.

BTW, Walker was also 11/14!

 

[a6m5]

BTW, Walker was also 11/14!

Turn overs or missed free throws? j/k

 

[Giancarlo]

Turn overs or missed free throws? j/k

If that made sense i might be offended. But even if it did i might not be offended because i only like Walker when he does something right.

 

[Saleen Man]

Go Raptors! They actually won a game, and against Miami no less! That's their one win for the week.

I really wish Kobe Bryant had some support in LA. I want him to have success with the Lakers without Shaq and he's playing great, but he's getting no help at all. None. It's a shame really.

 

[a6m5]

Go Raptors! They actually won a game, and against Miami no less! That's their one win for the week.

I really wish Kobe Bryant had some support in LA. I want him to have success with the Lakers without Shaq and he's playing great, but he's getting no help at all. None. It's a shame really.

I saw the Raptors won today. Awesome! 👍 I'm pulling for Kobe as well. I guess we already got the answers to the Lakers offseason moves. Hiring of Phil Jackson = 👍 Trading for Kwame Brown = 👎

I had pretty ****ty morning, this morning. I think it was like 11:30 AM, I go to the CBS:Sportsline/NBA to check the NBA schedule today, Blazers had ALREADY lost to the NY Knicks! It wasn't fair for the Blazers to start playing a game at 9 in the morning. They still have something like six more games to play on this road trip.

 

[Saleen Man]

I saw the Raptors won today. Awesome! 👍 I'm pulling for Kobe as well. I guess we already got the answers to the Lakers offseason moves. Hiring of Phil Jackson = 👍 Trading for Kwame Brown = 👎

No kidding, and now Kwame is out for 2 weeks with an injury. On a side note, Chris Mihm was the 2nd leading scorer tonight for the Lakers with 13 points. He was also the only other player to get into double digit scoring.

I had pretty ****ty morning, this morning. I think it was like 11:30 AM, I go to the CBS:Sportsline/NBA to check the NBA schedule today, Blazers had ALREADY lost to the NY Knicks! It wasn't fair for the Blazers to start playing a game at 9 in the morning. They still have something like six more games to play on this road trip.

9 AM?! Since when does the NBA have games that early? Man that must've sucked for the players.

 

[a6m5]

No kidding, and now Kwame is out for 2 weeks with an injury. On a side note, Chris Mihm was the 2nd leading scorer tonight for the Lakers with 13 points. He was also the only other player to get into double digit scoring.

I wonder if Kobe tried to do too much. We all know his reputation. He is one of the best scorer in the NBA, but he's got to involve his teammates. Look at what Michael Jordan was able to accomplish by involving his players.

9 AM?! Since when does the NBA have games that early? Man that must've sucked for the players.

Yeah. If they had won though, I wouldn't be complaining.

 

[Saleen Man]

I wonder if Kobe tried to do too much. We all know his reputation. He is one of the best scorer in the NBA, but he's got to involve his teammates. Look at what Michael Jordan was able to accomplish by involving his players.

He was involving guys like Pippen, Kerr, Rodman and Longley. He had a much better supporting cast than Kobe has now, that's for sure.

Yeah. If they had won though, I wouldn't be complaining.

Ha, I guess not.

 

[a6m5]

He was involving guys like Pippen, Kerr, Rodman and Longley. He had a much better supporting cast than Kobe has now, that's for sure.

True, he had Pippen, but he also made some no-name players look so good! Longley was one of them. BJ Armstrong, Randy Brown, Scott Williams, Craig Hodges, etc. I mean, people actually feared Toni Kukoc when he played with MJ.

 

[Saleen Man]

True, he had Pippen, but he also made some no-name players look so good! Longley was one of them. BJ Armstrong, Randy Brown, Scott Williams, Craig Hodges, etc. I mean, people actually feared Toni Kukoc when he played with MJ.

Haha, yeah you are right. Maybe if the Lakers could get Kobe a player like Pippen to play with they'd improve. Lamar Odom hasn't done anything for them so far. Kwame Brown isn't the answer either, at least not right now. I think they should deal Odom away for either a point guard or a small forward. Get somebody good too, deal away high round draft picks if they must.

 

[fasj6418]

finally i find some GT freaks that enjoy other sports... never saw this sports forum before

anyway, the lakers are very, very in need of players in all positions...

they should sign sprewell, it can´t get worst... at least its a guy that can score... and still had to work to feed his family

also, shawn kemp is 55 pounds lighter and wants to come back to go out in a high note... even with all the cocaine in the world, he is still better than kwame... he would play cheap for them...

really, i don´t know how such a markeatble team like the lakers ended up with such a bad team... they have kobe, phil and odom. that´s it

smush came back to reality and now he is bad. you can´t expect to win games with vujacic, von wafer, cook, and those likes... they would be the worst team in NBA history if it wasen´t for kobe and phil...

everybody wants to see them in the playoffs, but they need to add a couple of pieces to make that happen.

of course kobe will shot 30 times a game. i mean, who else is better shooting? they have no options right now, so i don´t buy the kobe selfish thing right now...

just for the record, i´m not a laker fan, but i would like to see them making some noise... would be fun...

 

[a6m5]

they should sign sprewell, it can´t get worst... at least its a guy that can score... and still had to work to feed his family

also, shawn kemp is 55 pounds lighter and wants to come back to go out in a high note... even with all the cocaine in the world, he is still better than kwame... he would play cheap for them...

I don't know about Spree, since I can't stand him, but yeah, he's not a bad player..... You might be right about Kemp. Even with his age, he definitely has the skills to help the Lakers. Never underestimate the effects of coke to your brain though. He might be braindead by now. I'm not a Lakers fan either, but I do like Kobe and Phil Jackson, so I'm kinda pulling for them as well. Who's your favorite team?

 

[fasj6418]

i´m a die hard sonics fan, and the 6418 of my name stands for the best regular season record of the sonics, in 1996, when they lost to MJ and the bulls in the finals...

now, they suck

fire wally walker, the man i´ll never forget for the jim mclivaine signing

well, they are not so bad, i hope they make the playoffs at least.

they should trade one of their 6 or 7 fowards for one of the 6 or 7 guards of the hawks, but hey, that´s a different story. get rid of baby radmanovic!!! any takers?

well, being a NBA fan here in brazil its kind of hard, 3 years ago i still had a basic version of the league pass, i could watch 2 games everynight... now, directv does not have it anymore here 🤬 🤬 🤬

only a f 🤬 n version of ESPN, that has more soccer than anything. only one NBA game per week, that´s all i have.

but don´t worry, i will not die until i get to know USA and maybe live there.

altough this is a GT comunity, i´m very high on hoops, my thesis to graduate on journalism here was about NBA, so i can say that i love this game and stuff

great forum here BTW


the hawks won!!!
and the twolves lost again... haha, garnett is even closer of a trade... but who will get him???

 

[a6m5]

i´m a die hard sonics fan, and the 6418 of my name stands for the best regular season record of the sonics, in 1996, when they lost to MJ and the bulls in the finals...

now, they suck

fire wally walker, the man i´ll never forget for the jim mclivaine signing

well, they are not so bad, i hope they make the playoffs at least.

they should trade one of their 6 or 7 fowards for one of the 6 or 7 guards of the hawks, but hey, that´s a different story. get rid of baby radmanovic!!! any takers?

well, being a NBA fan here in brazil its kind of hard, 3 years ago i still had a basic version of the league pass, i could watch 2 games everynight... now, directv does not have it anymore here 🤬 🤬 🤬

only a f 🤬 n version of ESPN, that has more soccer than anything. only one NBA game per week, that´s all i have.

but don´t worry, i will not die until i get to know USA and maybe live there.

altough this is a GT comunity, i´m very high on hoops, my thesis to graduate on journalism here was about NBA, so i can say that i love this game and stuff

great forum here BTW


the hawks won!!!
and the twolves lost again... haha, garnett is even closer of a trade... but who will get him???

Sonics! Only team I hate more than Sonics is the Jazz! My favorite team(also the home team) Blazers and the Sonics are regional rivals. Sonics were pretty good until the Blazers signed their headcoach during the offseason.

P.S. I wish T-Wolves would trade KG. Blazers would give him Zach Randolph +.

 

[Giancarlo]

We beat you a6m5..

 

[a6m5]

We beat you a6m5..

Way to rub it in..... jerk.

After Raptors beat you guys earlier, I thought maybe..... then I found out that Shaq wasn't playing, I was thinking fifty-fifty chance. Then again, Blazers are young team(2nd youngest), and half the personnel are not familiar with each other, so I'm not expecting much from them this season. Some predicts that Blazers will make playoffs this year, but I just laugh at that. I just hope they win at least around 30 games, and that they are learning from their losses.

 

[Giancarlo]

That's cool, good luck this season. 👍

 

[JFM92_GTRacer]

How bout' that LeBron James???? The dude got a future.

I mean who would want to go 1-on-1 against someone 6'8'' and, (forgot his weight), but the boy has POWER. Plus he's very young.

 

[a6m5]

How bout' that LeBron James???? The dude got a future.

I mean who would want to go 1-on-1 against someone 6'8'' and, (forgot his weight), but the boy has POWER. Plus he's very young.

I still remember him in his rookie season. Usually, when a player who was drafted out of high school starts playing in the NBA, he looks too young to be out on the court. With LeBron, it was the other way around. Talk about a manchild. He was bigger, stronger and quicker than almost every player at his position. I knew he was going to be unstoppable........ Pacers slowed him down tonight though. At least that's what I read. Go Pacers! 👍

 

[JFM92_GTRacer]

I think the Warriors got the lead right about now. The Clippers have to lose somehow...