The NBA (basketball) Thread (its faaaaantastic)

[Corleone]

we drafted Hibbert.. lol

you can have him indiana.. I would have taken CDR...

[goldpony]

well, it looks as though the Nets just called Lebron and everything is on board for 2010

[bright lights, big city]

yeah that sucks for cleveland. that offseason will be real interesting if D Wade (hopefully) signs with the bulls

imagine the boner david stern would get if wade goes to chicago, the lakers still have bryant, the celtics keep that old-ass team together, and Lebron goes to the big apple

[goldpony]

i imagine he'll be like mr burns, "Exxxxcellent"

[Fireal1222]

this is so awesome elton brand is coming to philly

[bright lights, big city]

the combo of him and iguodala could be pretty darn good

[goldpony]

i say philly will be good enough top make the playoffs (hey, its the east) but probably wont make out of the first round

[Fireal1222]

that is where you are wrong. im not a die hard sixers fan or anything. but i do like them

but that team is gonna be really really good

andre miller
thadeus young
andre iguodala
elton brand
samuel dalembert


thats one of the best starting fives in the nba.. they really need a good shooter off the bench

thaddeus young is the man too.. hes gonna end up being incredible. and this will only be his 2nd season in the pros

[goldpony]

sorry, im not sold on the line up. i think they'll be a good team (top 5) but i dont see em beating cleveland, detroit or boston

[bright lights, big city]

i agree, i think the East will be slightly better this season. The Pistons are always in it, I'm hoping the Bulls get their act together (too bad Rose won't start right away though...), and even Bucks made some excellent deals to try to contend this year, so the Central Division will be very competitive

and now in Atlantic we have to throw in Philly in with the C's, and who knows what will come to be with the Beasley/Wade combo. they could be back as well

[Corleone]

pffft raps baby


pray to the knee gods everyone

[Deftones-88-05-Deftones]

pffft raps baby


pray to the knee gods everyone

I cant believe your team is waving goodbye to Delfino but keeping that useless Barnagni on the team.

[Fireal1222]

sorry, im not sold on the line up. i think they'll be a good team (top 5) but i dont see em beating cleveland, detroit or boston

i think they will be better than all of those teams

they would have dominated the pistons if they had brand last playoffs

[Corleone]

pffft raps baby


pray to the knee gods everyone

I cant believe your team is waving goodbye to Delfino but keeping that useless Barnagni on the team.

barganini is like 22 and we just drafted him first overall a couple years ago

he has been a bust tho

[goldpony]

sorry, im not sold on the line up. i think they'll be a good team (top 5) but i dont see em beating cleveland, detroit or boston

i think they will be better than all of those teams

they would have dominated the pistons if they had brand last playoffs

really? dalembert and iguodala are pretty selfish players (the little ive seen them), andre miller will be 34 and brand has never won anything or made his teammates better. remember, that one season the clippers were good, livingston played out of his mind and cassell, who had a tendency to make teams better, just joined the team. i think theyll be good, but not finals good

[Fireal1222]

sorry, im not sold on the line up. i think they'll be a good team (top 5) but i dont see em beating cleveland, detroit or boston

i think they will be better than all of those teams

they would have dominated the pistons if they had brand last playoffs

really? dalembert and iguodala are pretty selfish players (the little ive seen them), andre miller will be 34 and brand has never won anything or made his teammates better. remember, that one season the clippers were good, livingston played out of his mind and cassell, who had a tendency to make teams better, just joined the team. i think theyll be good, but not finals good

we shall see.

i cant wait

[goldpony]

so josh childress spurned the hawks and went to greece...interesting. i wonder if any other American born NBA players will willingly leave the NBA to play overseas

[Corleone]

prob not, hes a smart guy and prob just liked greece

[bright lights, big city]

i wonder what his reasoning was...i mean most of these guys here make the huge bills

[goldpony]

he got 20 mill (US) for 3 years with an opt out each year. atl offered 36 mill but he didnt feel wanted and he was restricted so he goes to greece and atl gets to keep his rights but stays on their cap if they make offers. atl wont do that so he basically made himself unrestricted and only has to play a year in greece then can sign with any team