***Official NBA Thread***

[Fusion]

Kobe!! Hate his guts but the man is a baller.

 

[duffer]

What a choke by Denver.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

What a choke by Denver.

My thoughts exactly. JR may have hit some massive shots but he's killing the Nuggets. Giving stupid fouls away on Kobe and shooting so so poorly.

 

[duffer]

This is why I hate George Karl. Got burnt by a steal in the last game and still has no inbounds play for this one. **** this ****. Chauncey on the bench for the start of the quarter while we were 1-6. **** off, goddamn his mancrush with Carter is the worst thing in th eworld. Watch the little runt get a 5 year extension this off season.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

LAKESHOW!! Booyah!

Clutch from Kobe, but LA need to get more out of Bynum.
Ariza has been huge.

 

[duffer]

Another one was Andersen playing well and D'ing Gasol up nicely, so what does Karl do? He brings in Nene who has 5 fouls to guard him and gets burnt three times in a row down the court. The **** does this guy get paid for?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Another one was Andersen playing well and D'ing Gasol up nicely, so what does Karl do? He brings in Nene who has 5 fouls to guard him and gets burnt three times in a row down the court. The **** does this guy get paid for?

Yeah I was furious when he pulled Birdman. Even if he's not a good post defender, Nene was on 5 ffs.

 

[duffer]

Yeah I was furious when he pulled Birdman. Even if he's not a good post defender, Nene was on 5 ffs.

Yeah he doesn't have the width to deny Gasol in the post but was making a lot of garbage man plays at both ends of the floor. Wasn't surprised it happens. Just laughed and told my roomie this was probably game here.

Still needed an incredible dagger form Kobe though.

EDIT: And fwiw Denver can win again in LA, but a team with a collective Bball IQ this low isn't worth the trouble expecting improvements. 5-27 from 3 point land. FFS, Nuggets should use their cap exemptions next year bring in some more vets on the team if they're serious that they want to be contenders.

 

[Anil]

yeah karl is a pretty average coach....i got the feeling this season that the nuggets were playing well in spite of him...

 

[Anil]

and bryant, ariza, gasol, odom all made great contributions for l.a down the stretch...

 

[Pratters]

I am so pissed that they are not showing the Cavs series in India. ESPN don't have the rights for the series so surely some other sports channel should have purchased the rights for broadcasting it in India.

BTW who do you guys rate higher? Wade or LeBron? I am a Miami Heat supporter and have liked Wade right from the beginning.

 

[duffer]

Lebron by miles. Not even close.

 

[nightprowler10]

They're both ridiculously good but neither is nearly as good as Rose.

Nah, seriously though, LeBron.

EDIT: I wouldn't say its by absolute miles though, yet.

 

[Pratters]

Okay... cheers.

 

[Fusion]

Yeah I'd say Lebron as well, but not by miles or anything. Wade carried his team to a championship in '06 almost single-handedly. When he's healthy, he's as difficult to guard as anyone in the NBA.

 

[duffer]

Wade wouldn't have done it without Shaq. His instant double team made it happen for Miami. They had a ridiculous crop of role players on that team too.

Lebron carrying his team to the Finals against the Spurs was more impressive as he truly had a bunch of scrubs to take with him.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Wade wouldn't have done it without Shaq. His instant double team made it happen for Miami. They had a ridiculous crop of role players on that team too.

Haha, was just about to post this. How could you call any team with Shaq (and Zo as backup!) a one man team is beyond me.

 

[Anil]

Lebron carrying his team to the Finals against the Spurs was more impressive as he truly had a bunch of scrubs to take with him.

agreed 100%....

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Lebron can't hit a jumper to save his life.

 

[Johnners]

*Cavs can't hit a jumper to save their lives. Only following via gamecast, but it seems like Delonte is the only one to have hit a jumper in the 3rd :S