2012 NBA season thread

[RipCity32]

I think it's just to get rid of some debris in his knee. Not sure how major that is though.

 

[DJT]

Yeah thats what the link said. But who knows. Doesn't sound like he'll play this season.

I feel so bad for the guy, and the Trail Blazers...

 

[.infamous]

if i was the blazers i would've gave up by now. Knee problems don't go away. only get worse and worse.

 

[DJT]

Some guys can still play fine after surgery though.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Does anybody have a good watching site? Firstrowsports is down...

 

[jonathanlambert33]

i really want to say the Nuggets are best in the West
and they'll have Wilson Chandler soon too

but I won't, don't worry. OKC is still the team to beat

but i think they can beat OKC

their depth in this shortened season means much more than depth in normal years

I want to say Chandler will be a FA.

 

[MR.ballin]

Does anybody have a good watching site? Firstrowsports is down...

http://atdhe.eu/

 

[DJT]

I dunno OKC is good. But I'm not sure they will last.

They can get 30 from Durant and Westbrook, 20ish from Harden...they need other guys who can step up. Perkins and Ibaka and all the other guys hardly ever score it seems.

 

[.infamous]

cc u got to go to this firstrowsports: http://www.firstrowsports.eu/

that one works haha

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Um, I think Jeff Van Gundy just tried to discretely accuse the NBA of giving tougher schedules to coaches that speak out against the league and their refs.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

and now that I think about it, he's fucking right.

- Ball Don't Lie
For someone who lives just an hour away, I spend less time in Indianapolis than someone like Ben Gordon, who has to visit the city twice a year when his Detroit Pistons face the Indiana Pacers. And yet, there I was, shocked as ever on Sunday when people were warning me as I drove north of the city that there would be no parking and nowhere to even function as a normal, hungry adult due to the Super Bowl that is still a week away. Should've known not to set foot near the city before eating perhaps the worst dinner of my life .

The Orlando Magic? They didn't know they'd have a season until late November, and they had no idea they'd be playing in Indianapolis the day before Super Bowl until early December. By then it was too late because there are no hotel rooms available for miles. Even for millionaires.

"You guys can comment on that and save me my money," Van Gundy told reporters, referring to a potential fine from the league if he said something controversial. "But when you come out with the schedule in December and have a game in the Super Bowl city, lodging might be a problem."

The Magic had asked the NBA to be allowed to fly from Florida to Indianapolis on the day of the basketball game. According to league spokesman Tim Frank, NBA officials told the team they would consider the request and also would try to help the team find hotel rooms.

But the league could not acquire the hotel rooms and ultimately determined that the risk of bad weather or mechanical issues was too great to allow the Magic to fly in from Florida on gameday, Frank said.

The compromise? The Magic will fly from Cincinnati on Saturday. Which sounds about right, until you consider the fact that the same sort of weather issues that would be preventing a flight from placid Florida on Saturday into potentially snowy Indianapolis are still going to be in place flying from Cincinnati to Indianapolis. Perhaps worse, even. Planes have mechanical hiccups in Orlando just as often as they do in Cincinnati, but it snows way, way more in Cincinnati than it does in Orlando.

Wooooow.

 

[Teagz]

Knight and Monroe did work I see.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

D'Antoni's rotations annoy the crap out of me.

Sit Bill Walker all game, put him in the 4th quarter....

Lin actually plays well and drives to the hoop in 1st half, bench him in the 2nd and play Toney Douglas who's awful.

Same with Landry Fields. Played great in the first half, barely touches the floor in the 2nd. It blows my fucking mind. We've blown 10pt leads TWICE in this game, and both times was when Douglas came in at PG.

 

[.infamous]

Anthony Morrow had 42 points and went 8-11 from three damn haha

 

[Giantmetfan07]

What's more amazing is Jared Jeffries hit a reverse layup! lol.

 

[Lake Louise]

Pistons won their 5th game. Watch the hell out.

 

[MR.ballin]

D'Antoni's rotations annoy the crap out of me.

Sit Bill Walker all game, put him in the 4th quarter....

Lin actually plays well and drives to the hoop in 1st half, bench him in the 2nd and play Toney Douglas who's awful.

Same with Landry Fields. Played great in the first half, barely touches the floor in the 2nd. It blows my fucking mind. We've blown 10pt leads TWICE in this game, and both times was when Douglas came in at PG.

This made me mad. Lin plays well when and passes the ball and the Knicks do well when he's on the floor but Mike D'Antoni, fucking idiot keeps not letting him play. Fuck Mike D'Antoni and Dolan.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

If we lose tomorrow night against the Nets, I got a feeling Sunday afternoon D'Antoni gets fired. back to back to back losses, horrible stretch of games right now as well, and Giants playing in Super Bowl that day. Little to no media coverage as well. Dolan is such a little fucking Weasel that I'm actually expecting it regardless of the outcome tomorrow night.

 

[Elite]

Looks the Minny/NJ game was the Scrub Showcase.

Pekovic went off for 27 and 11 and Morrow dropped 42.

 

[elcheato]

The Serbian Mauler