NBA: 2012-2013 Season

[Stavingo]

Feels weird that it's the Grizzlies first time getting to the WCF according to Franchise history.

 

[sumbrownkid]

Edit: Sorry about your Bulls, SBK. We need more like those Bulls. Play like they matter. Still really let down by the the Spurs game on Sunday. They played that game like any other game, and Golden State didn't show much more enthusiasm either.

No need to be sorry A6. All we can ask for teams is to play hard for 48 minutes, and my Bulls did just that. Unfortunately I think we all knew how this series was going to end and all they did was just try to delay the inevitable.

Now I'm back to rooting for the team that plays against the Heat.👍

 

[Paulie]

Feels weird that it's the Grizzlies first time getting to the WCF according to Franchise history.

Not so wierd, they were Vancouver not all that long ago and they were always a terrible team.

 

[Stavingo]

Not so wierd, they were Vancouver not all that long ago and they were always a terrible team.

Yeah true, back when Pau used to play for them

 

[a6m5]

Pau? How about Bryant Reeves,or Shareef Abdur-Raheem?

Best NBA news tonight: Charlotte Bobcats seems to be wanting to change their name to the Hornets. Pelican name's weird, but if that ended up bringing back the "Hornets" to Charlotte, that's pure win. 👍

 

[Spacegoat]

Best NBA news tonight: Charlotte Bobcats seems to be wanting to change their name to the Hornets. Pelican name's weird, but if that ended up bringing back the "Hornets" to Charlotte, that's pure win. 👍

That's great news. Hopefully they do change, I'd love to see the Hornets name back where it belongs. 👍

 

[Stavingo]

That's great news. Hopefully they do change, I'd love to see the Hornets name back where it belongs. 👍

Now I'm tossing up whether to go for the pelicans or hornets

 

[GTV0819]

Looks like Indiana's a tough team for this season; they are now 3-2 against the Knicks yesterday.

I don't know if someone mentioned this before, but if Indiana gets defeated by either Miami or New York in this year's NBA Playoffs, then NBA should reschedule their 82nd game against the Celtics, their 82nd game also in Boston, due to Boston Marathon bombings last April. I say this because it looks awkward in this NBA season that the other 28 teams have played a complete total of 82 games and the mentioned teams, Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers have only played 81 games. I hope the reschedule will happen soon once Indiana gets eliminated from the playoffs!

 

[Paulie]

Now I'm tossing up whether to go for the pelicans or hornets

Based on current success rate projections, probably the Pelicans. Good on Charlotte if they get the name back.

 

[Stavingo]

Based on current success rate projections, probably the Pelicans. Good on Charlotte if they get the name back.

Yeah I'll probably stick with the team from New Orleans, Anthony Davis FTW

 

[Spacegoat]

Yeah I'll probably stick with the team from New Orleans, Anthony Davis FTW

I'm going to stick with the Pelicans as well. 👍 If the Bobcats do change to the Hornets though, I think you can guess who my new second favourite team will be.

 

[a6m5]

Pacers just sealed the deal. Great job!

George Hill's looking much better with the Pacers!

 

[mr_geez]

Very nice win by the pacers. Only problem I have is who should get the MVP trophy for game 6? Tom Washington, Ken Mauer or Ed Malloy?

 

[Stavingo]

Well to be honest a pacers v heat series is gonna be a lot more interesting then a knicks v heat series.

 

[a6m5]

I was damnnear ready to kill Tony Allen. Parker spun around past him when Allen stuck his leg out to trip him. Allen realized what he did & looked really embarrassed, but you take out Parker's (already bad)ankle & that would end the Spurs' run this year. Better not happen again Allen!

Edit: They should've kept Captain Jack. McGrady's walking around uninpired, very poor body language, hanging down his head. Maybe Jackson was back to displaying poor attitude, maybe it was T-Mac's upside, maybe little bit of both, but whatever inspired it didn't seem to be working out. Guys like Patty & Blair on the other hand, they were trying to earn more minutes out there.

 

[Paulie]

I know this isn't a thread for next season yet, but it seems the Raptors have cut basketball ties with GM Colangelo and are in search of a new GM.

 

[a6m5]

I know this isn't a thread for next season yet, but it seems the Raptors have cut basketball ties with GM Colangelo and are in search of a new GM.

Long time coming. City of Toronto is a tough sell though, it wasn't all his fault. Portland also suffers when it comes to attracting talent to town. How did Miami get so lucky, I have no idea.

 

[Brett]

I did not get to watch any of the second half of the Spurs/Grizzlies Game One. There were tornadoes in the area and the local ABC station decided covering the weather was more important.

 

[a6m5]

I got to see some of it, but Memphis were off their game. I don't think you missed much.

Predictions I made at work when it was slow this morning:

Memphis over Spurs 4 to 3. Heat over Pacers 4 to 2. Heat over Memphis 4 to 2.

Game 1 yesterday sure suggest the outcome of the Western Conference differently. I do hope I'm wrong!

 

[JohnBM01]

Word has it that D. Wade will go for the Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 on Wednesday. Pacers will need all the help they can get trying to take down the Heat.

 

[Spacegoat]

Best NBA news tonight: Charlotte Bobcats seems to be wanting to change their name to the Hornets.

Apologies to quote a post from a few days ago but I've seen this same article on a few different sites today.

Report Charlotte Bobcats to become Hornets again.

Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team's name to the Hornets, said a person familiar with the situation.

The person said Jordan will detail the timetable for the change to be completed at a press conference the Bobcats have scheduled for Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press Monday on condition of anonymity because the name change has not been publicly announced.

NBA deputy commissioner and COO Adam Silver previously said it would take "about 18 months" for the Bobcats to change their name. That means Charlotte could once again become the Hornets by the 2014-15 season.

 

[a6m5]

18 months. Better late than never I suppose.

 

[Stavingo]

18 months. Better late than never I suppose.

Haha that's poor form, how long did it take for the Pelicans to change their name?

 

[Pupik]

How did Miami get so lucky, I have no idea.

Until Dwayne Wade came around, Glenn Rice was their best draft-groomed talent.

 

[a6m5]

Haha that's poor form, how long did it take for the Pelicans to change their name?

As the story become official, hopefully they'll offer us a explanation!

Until Dwayne Wade came around, Glenn Rice was their best draft-groomed talent.

How can you say that?

Those were the days. Seikaly, Grant Long.... I loved Glenn Rice. Can't remember the other players they had off the top of my head.

 

[JohnBM01]

Tonight is the NBA Draft Lottery. Have to wonder what players and what teams will enhance their rosters. Or will they even matter in the NBA? Should be interesting...


[UPDATE] Here I am talking draft lottery... when the 2nd game of Memphis at San Antonio is tonight as well! SA leads the Western Conference Finals 1-0.

 

[Paulie]

18 months. Better late than never I suppose.

Yeah, it's a good change but sounds like not until the 2014-15 season.

 

[Stavingo]

Yeah, it's a good change but sounds like not until the 2014-15 season.

Man that's ages away

 

[Paulie]

So the Cavs won the lottery again and will pick #1. Tbh I'm not sure that's a great achievement this year, they're saying the best pick is Nerlens Noel, a centre who weighs less than your average PG and will get knocked around the paint like a pinball in the NBA game, and after that there's no real assurance no matter where you pick in the lottery. Sounds like a whole bunch of role players at best.

Edit: The Raptors don't get a single pick in the entire draft, their 12th selection going to Oklahoma after the Lowry trade.

 

[a6m5]

Tell me Blazers jumped up.

Edit:

The Blazers had an 87 percent chance of staying put at No. 10, and a small chance to move into the top three. They did not move up, but neither did they fall. Portland had a very small chance of dropping down to No. 13, and if that had happened, they would have yielded the pick to Charlotte as part of the 2011 trade for Gerald Wallace.

I thought they meant to Brooklyn, where Wallace was traded to. They are talking about the Bobcats(or as gtplanet calls them the Hornets, starting this week). Apparently, we owe them a pick from the trade that brought him to Portland?

Here's more:

The Portland Trail Blazers entered Tuesday's NBA draft lottery with the No. 10 pick in the June 27 draft, and they emerged from the lottery in that same spot.

The Blazers hold pick Nos. 10, 39, 40 and 45 in the June 27 NBA draft.

The Blazers had an 87 percent chance of staying put at No. 10, and a small chance to move into the top three. They did not move up, but neither did they fall. Portland had a very small chance of dropping down to No. 13, and if that had happened, they would have yielded the pick to Charlotte as part of the 2011 trade for Gerald Wallace.

Rookie of the Year point guard Damian Lillard represented the Blazers at the draft lottery in New York, along with Blazers GM Neil Olshey.

The results of the draft lottery:

1. CLEVELAND
2. ORLANDO
3. WASHINGTON
4. CHARLOTTE
5. PHOENIX
6. NEW ORLEANS
7. SACRAMENTO
8. DETROIT
9. MINNESOTA
10. PORTLAND
11. PHILADELPHIA
12. OKLAHOMA CITY (via TORONTO)
13. DALLAS
14. UTAH

Edit2:

Go Spurs! It took a overtime this time though. I'm sensing last year's run, I hope I'm wrong!