2012 NBA season thread

[Mexi]

Lakers seriously might not make the playoffs.
Siiiiiick

Thunder, Spurs, Mavs, Nuggets, Clippers, Blazers are locks. Memphis is likely, Houston is pretty solid but if the Lakers beat out anyone, it'll be them
wow

 

[elcheato]

Lakers are only 1 game behind the Clippers, bruh

 

[Mexi]

west is so bunched, i know
it's why this is serious right now

lakers have serious issues though. dead last in bench scoring, dead last in 3P%, dead last in points off turnovers, can't score, can't win on the road, and they can't beat good teams

1 injury to Bynum, Pau or Kobe(serious one since he plays through pretty much anything) and the Lakers are easily done

Lakers have had a pretty nice schedule too. 2nd half has a lot of road games

 

[ZigZag]

i don't understand how sacramento has 6 wins

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

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So nice that it had to be posted on here a second time lol.

 

[cruzg24]

Yo, Dirk is out for the next 3-4 days for conditioning purposes. First time Ive heard that shit before, lol. Looks like someone has gotten lazy or something.... Not good Dirk not good.

 

[snipezo]

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[CameronCrazy06]

Yo, Dirk is out for the next 3-4 days for conditioning purposes. First time Ive heard that shit before, lol. Looks like someone has gotten lazy or something.... Not good Dirk not good.

It's because of his knee.

And Mexi how are the Clippers a lock?

:spideypalm:

 

[Pugz]

The Bulls offered a one-year deal to Fabricio Oberto, according to a report.

Oberto retired last season, but has been cleared to return to action with an aim to play in the 2012 Olympics.

"The first proposal made by Bulls was for a workout, but the offer was turned down. Bulls want him as backup of Joakim Noah. Now the final decision belongs to Fabricio" said his agent Carlos Prunes.

Via Sportando

 

[Pugz]

Amar’e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony had a talk about how to coexist more productively, and they agreed neither has to take a back seat to the other. They both can excel.

“We have been talking, talked a little bit [Sunday] night, talked more this morning about how we both can dominate the game on both ends of the court,’’ Stoudemire said. “Carmelo’s a phenomenal player. He wants to win. It definitely will get better as a unit and as a team for sure.’’

Stoudemire told Anthony he has to be himself, and yesterday Anthony discounted the notion he has to be more deferential.

“We talked, and we’re good,’’ Anthony said. “I got to play basketball. I can’t worry about what somebody else is thinking about me. That was the other day. There was a lot going on. We had lost six games. Maybe I was over-thinking a bit. Today’s a new day.’’

Via Marc Berman/New York Post

Baron Davis said he believes he can eventually make the Knicks an “unstoppable’’ offensive team.

Practicing for the first time with the Knicks on Monday after rehabbing herniated disks, Davis was by all accounts rusty during an hourlong 5-on-5 scrimmage. But the former All-Star point guard was bold in assessing what his impact will eventually mean to Mike D’Antoni’s slumping offense.

“Once we hit our stride offensively and once our offense catches up with our defense, we’ll be unstoppable,’’ Davis said. “I’m confident this season we’ll turn it around and we’ll hit our stride.’’

Via Marc Berman/New York Post

 

[elcheato]

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/miamiheat/post/_/id/11804/lebron-like-a-brother-to-cleveland-rookies

LeBron returns in 2014, book it.

 

[RipCity32]

Will that heal the Cavalier's fans butts? hah.

 

[elcheato]

Are Cavs fans not suppose to hate LeBron?

 

[RipCity32]

I hated Ben Wallace for like a year.
Ben doesn't equal LeBron. But I know how it feels to lose the soul of your team like that.

 

[.infamous]

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lmaoooo

 

[elcheato]

There is nothing comparable to LeBron leaving the Cavs and how he left.

 

[RipCity32]

I think most people in Cleveland one day will forgive him.

 

[elcheato]

He'd have to return for that to happen, and if he and Dan Gilbert mend their differences, then it will probably happen at some point.

 

[RipCity32]

I honestly think he ends up retiring a Cav.
He will get a couple rings with the Heat and then end up going back to where his heart probably still is.

 

[elcheato]

I'm not saying this is very likely, but he can opt out after his 2014 year, and by then the Cavs will have Kyrie, Tristan and at least another lottery pick, maybe 2 more to go with a lot of cap space. It'd be his chance to return in his prime and try to win the Cavs a ring.