2012 NBA season thread

[jonathanlambert33]

If the Hornets or Wolves don't get a top three pick then I hope we trade both to get a top 3 pick.

 

[Pugz]

if you dont get a top three pick with either then id KEEP those still. two top 8/10 picks is just as good. one will be a top pick though.

 

[Mexi]

i feel bad for Steve Nash

i would feel bad for Grant Hill, but he chose to stay in Phoenix this past offseason, so whatever Grant

 

[.infamous]

Adam Morrison getting another chance with........Besiktas

 

[Pugz]

bum.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

if you dont get a top three pick with either then id KEEP those still. two top 8/10 picks is just as good. one will be a top pick though.

It's obviously too early to speculate about prospects and such, but I think it all comes down to the difference in talent level with the picks. I don't want another situation like the Hornets had with Cedric Simmons and Hilton Armstrong.

If you could get say, Drummond or Barnes instead of idk, players like Terrence Ross and Kidd-Gilchrist I'd definitely do it just because of the potential Drummond and Barnes have.

I think that Wolves pick will end up being top 5 though, 2-4 after six games and five of those games were at home. They will probably really struggle once they have to go on the road.

 

[Mexi]

lmao wait til you read this kobe interview
you guys(DJT) are going to hate kobe even more

He's taken 71 more shots than his next shootingest teammate, Pau Gasol. He's averaging almost 30 shots a game this month. Bryant believes in shot selection. He selects them all.

And he doesn't care.

"Look, I've played 15 years. I've won world championships. I've done all these things. And people still want to talk about this stupid-a** [stuff]? I'm a scorer first ... I'll try to make the good play, the good pass, kick it out when my teammates are open, but I'm a scorer first. I may shoot 27 times. I may shoot 20 times. Nobody complains when I shoot 10 times. You don't hear ME complaining when I shoot 10 times. It just depends on the game, you know?"

Yes, but Kobe, according to ESPN research, you have the highest "usage rate" -- that's the number of possessions a player uses per 40 minutes -- in the NBA. In fact, your usage rate (38.9) would be the highest in the 3-point era of NBA--

--"Yeah," he says. "And I also have five rings."

Yes, but Kobe, stats show that the Lakers are 29-4 when rising star center Andrew Bynum scores 20 points. Shouldn't it be a high priority for you to--

--"That's great. How many of those shots come from me kicking it to him for good looks when I'm being doubled?"

"Chris would've created shots for me. I wouldn't be shooting 29 times a game. I'd be shooting 40. Man, what would people be saying THEN?"

great.

full interview: http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7428242/kobe-bryant-relentless-shooting

 

[Elite]

Five rings doesn't give you the go-ahead to chuck up awful shots

 

[Mexi]

i forgot this
he did the "intentionally throw it off the backboard, grab your own rebound" thing on tuesday and said this:

"I should get an assist for that," Bryant said Wednesday from his car. "It's an intentional pass to oneself, so it's an assist. That way people can't say all I do is shoot."

i think this one is a joke obviously, and im assuming the rest is tongue and cheek, but with kobe you just dont know.

 

[Pugz]

hes right though about the backboard thing.

 

[.infamous]

When does Kobe Bryant request a trade this season?

 

[jonathanlambert33]

When does Kobe Bryant request a trade this season?

To New York, Miami, LA Clippers, or Chicago most likely when he does.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Lol I love Kobe now.

And he won't, the Lakers will finish 2nd in the West...

 

[Mexi]

why would he?

 

[CameronCrazy06]

That oop from Rudy...ahhhh soooo nice. Good to see Faried out there.

Also CC you asked what I thought about what someone said.

Jimmer has done pretty good some games (not turning over the ball, shooting 50% from the field (4-6 from 3)) etc. But at times he forces things and turns the ball over. Defensively he needs a lot of work, but thats not a huge surprise, but he is doing better defensively than anyone on here thought he would do.

I'm excited that Westphal is gone, his system was not working at all. But I still see the Kings as a lottery team.

I'm sorry man you can say what you want but Jimmer has looked pretty bad so far.

 

[Mexi]

Lol I love Kobe now.

o rly?

 

[CameronCrazy06]

o rly?

Yeah that's honestly one of the best interviews I've ever read.

 

[Mexi]

im fickle as hell when it comes to kobe

on a night like sunday where he's 6-28 and forcing 3's when he's ice, i hate him

but when i read stuff like that, i get a smile

son of a bitch that kobe

 

[Elite]

It's funny because you love him for defending what you hate about him

 

[Mexi]

he's a son of a bitch i tell you

when he articulates it, i am in a trance
yes. kobe. what. ever. you. say.


the bynum bit is gold though
"how many of those points came off of me getting doubled"
rofl

kenny powers-esque
maybe that's why i love it