[NBA] Comments that don't warrant their own thread OCT/NOV

[hrdboild]

Bynum didn't play in the D-League. That Lakers were so bad that year...they needed him.
He did have the benefit of having KAJ as a coach.

Yeah, I guess I got confused. There was a whole lot of talk about him going to the d-league before the season and then it never actually happened. Guess that shows you how much I pay attention to the Lakers.

 

[hoopsfan]

^^

 

[Vlade4GM]

Yeah, I guess I got confused. There was a whole lot of talk about him going to the d-league before the season and then it never actually happened. Guess that shows you how much I pay attention to the Lakers.

Yeah, they realized that training with Kareem and practicing with an NBA team was far more beneficial experience.

 

[hrdboild]

Take a look at this boxscore: Warriors 111 @ Mavericks 103

When was the last time you saw 10 players on the same team get DNP-CD?!

 

[Bricklayer]

Take a look at this boxscore: Warriors 111 @ Mavericks 103

When was the last time you saw 10 players on the same team get DNP-CD?!

Actually...that shouldn't be possible. They played 6..NBA rosters are 15 men deep. 15-6 = 9...how do you DNP 10 guys?

 

[hrdboild]

Yeah I was wondering what happened too, but I guess half those guys were injured so the box score was inaccurate. ESPN's is better, though it still doesn't explain why Maggette didn't play (or how the Mavs managed to lose ).

 

[PurpleHaze]

Plus, Golden State was without Head Coach Don Nelson who was home with phenomena from H1N1 flu.

 

[Oprostaj]

Plus, Golden State was without Head Coach Don Nelson who was home with phenomena from H1N1 flu.

Explains why they won.

 

[kingsnation]

Rasheed Wallace upset with NBA floppers

The Boston Celtics big man said Friday night that Raptors forward Hedo Turkoglu duped the referees into giving Wallace his fifth technical of the season by flopping.

"They've got to know that he's a [darn] flopper. That's all Turkododo do," Wallace said after the Celtics beat the Raptors 116-103. "Flopping shouldn't get you nowhere. He acts like I shot him.

Ok.

 

[Elise10]

The Boston Celtics big man said Friday night that Raptors forward Hedo Turkoglu duped the referees into giving Wallace his fifth technical of the season by flopping.

"They've got to know that he's a [darn] flopper. That's all Turkododo do," Wallace said after the Celtics beat the Raptors 116-103. "Flopping shouldn't get you nowhere. He acts like I shot him.

Yeah, but somehow it's ok for Chris Bosh to get kneed in the groin area by your teammate Paul Pierce and celebrate after the dunk

 

[TheWileyVet]

Yeah, but somehow it's ok for Chris Bosh to get kneed in the groin area by your teammate Paul Pierce and celebrate after the dunk

I saw that too. Pierce kneed Bosh right in the jewels - of course he's gonna be able to dunk over him! And then to stare him down after? So cool

 

[Elise10]

Utah Jazz punked Laker Fan...

Cheryl & Reggie Miller were calling the game for TNT as well:

[yt=A Million Dollar Halfcourt Shot?]so8QibAwSuE[/yt]

 

[hoopsfan]

^^That's @ a Jazz / Bulls game...my guess is it's a Bulls fan...whoever it is...it's funny.

 

[bloom]

The Blazers are my 2nd favorite team to watch but I haven’t seen any of their games this year (I really haven’t been able to watch other teams this year). So for the people who have watched Portland play, how do they look? It just seems like they’re not performing like they did last year. I don’t like to base my opinions on articles but this sounds…eh..not good. Especially the way they played last year.

Not yet a quarter into the season, and the Trail Blazers have reached an undeniable crossroads.

After the Blazers were dominated 108-92 by Utah on Saturday -- the second consecutive night the team was blown away -- many festering irritations of the season's direction surfaced while a new storyline to this drama emerged after coach Nate McMillan played Andre Miller only six minutes and 18 seconds.

Pick an area, any area, and right now it is a mess.

The offense has turned into a jumbled knot of confusion. The team's top two players -- Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge -- are uncomfortable and unsure of how to make the emergence of center Greg Oden mesh with their pick-and-roll magic from a year ago, often leading to hesitant shots and stalled possessions.

The defense in the last two games has turned slow and soft, allowing astronomical shooting percentages -- the latest a 60.6 effort by Utah, which started when the Jazz (9-7) hit their first eight shots and nine of their first 10.

Meanwhile, nobody outside of Oden is performing at a higher level than last season, and key players like Aldridge, Steve Blake and Miller have been well off their standard of play.

On Saturday, one night after the Blazers trailed by 29 at home to Memphis, the Blazers fell behind 11-2 only 2:39 into a game they would eventually trail by 27.

It created for interesting viewing in the fourth quarter, as the team's core was yanked and engaged in a series of animated conversations on the bench. Roy reached past Blake's shoulder and tapped Miller, asking him why he didn't play after the first quarter. Miller and Joel Przybilla talked, at one time shaking their heads. Roy passed a folded statistics sheet to Aldridge, who studied the sheet, refolded it and then put both hands over his face after discarding the sheet under the bench. Later, Roy and Aldridge talked, with Roy revealing that their conversation revolved around how different things had become this season.

Afterward, in the locker room, there was an array of outlooks, with some like Roy waving red flags about the team's play while others like Oden and Aldridge only willing to say that the season still offers time for kinks to be worked out.

And, of course, there was Miller's benching, which caught everyone by surprise, none more so than Miller. It appears Miller has the team's full support, as he engaged in lengthy conversations with Przybilla and Blake on the bench, and then drew the concern of Roy. Then, after Miller gave a noncontroversial interview, during which he answered every question professionally, Oden tapped him on the knee and offered a fist, which Miller bumped.

What were once smoldering hot spots on this team have suddenly taken spark, presenting McMillan with his biggest challenge in this new era of successful Blazers basketball. And for the first time, it doesn't appear McMillan has the unquestioned support from key players.

Roy said he has seen this coming for weeks.

"I'm not sitting here totally surprised by it," Roy said. "There were times when we won games and we still don't seem to have it. It's kind of right in our face now. ... I just don't think people fully understand. They were like, 'We won 6 of 7,' but I'm like, 'Nah, I'm still a little concerned how things are going right now.' Because I don't think anyone is really seeing the light at the end of the tunnel right. Meaning nobody knows how to fix it."

Read the whole thing here http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/11/utah_108_portland_92_another_d.html

 

[bloom]

You know what, I agree with Wallace on the flopping issue. It’s getting ridiculous. These guys should get Academy Awards for the way they throw their bodies across the court and act like they got hit by a bus…The league also needs to allow players to play through touch calls. It stops/slows down the game too much, it just makes it boring and uninteresting to watch.

For those who haven’t watched the dunk, here’s the clip...I hope Chris Bosh comes back and stuffs it down Paul’s throat during their next match.

[yt=Paul Pierce Dunk on Chris Bosh]hV4UL8lGP_w[/yt]

 

[Oprostaj]

Watched that dunk on Bosh, and it was just such a clasless move on Pierce's part. It was not even that impressive of a dunk, and when you consider that he blatantly kicked Bosh in the nads and then stood over him makes it absolutely garbage. Never liked this guy, always thought he was an overhyped scorer, not a complete player. I realy hope they knock him on is *** next time they meet.