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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch speaking of Dwight Howard ... and the award of the day for "Stop shooting the damn ball, because you're not going to make it" goes to .... Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City. statline: 30 minutes, 3/19 fg, 7/8 ft, 13 points at one point in the game, westbrook was 0/10 fg close second Roger Mason of San Antonio. 31 minutes, 2/10 fg, 0/0 ft, 6 points

trying to be the old Iverson without the talent

i've learned something today with the spurs. They are going to fight and grind their way to wins until january, and they look like they have the appropriate role guys to do it. Mason and Hill both are filling in the best they could, and so far it looks suitable. The spurs are playing good D with just role players, and if they finish .500 before parker and ginobli come back healthy, then i say it's a positive gain for the spurs.

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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch then i say it's a positive gain for the spurs.

doesn't matter, if they go into the playoffs with the 7th or 8th seed they will get bounced in the first round

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Originally posted by Porky doesn't matter, if they go into the playoffs with the 7th or 8th seed they will get bounced in the first round

with their role players back by the playoffs(Gnobili and Parker) I am certain they are not going to be another Dallas.

check out the chic on the left side of the gif.

she's taking a sniff at tayshaun prince's odoristic determination when he went for that ball. i guess all those white chics would have sex with tayshaun.

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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch check out the chic on the left side of the gif. she's taking a sniff at tayshaun prince's odoristic determination when he went for that ball. i guess all those white chics would have sex with tayshaun.

when you pay for a seat that close I would want a sniff of that also

My NBA notes:
-Mcgrady is Mr Glass!
-Shaq thinks jumping into someone with an arm going at them will not tak their head off!
-Wade is def back(not the heat just yet)

I kept my mouth shut about the wizards until I read this..

Arenas: Last place 'for the better' -- if there's a Duncan in draft

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Gilbert Arenas is already thinking about the possibility of a last-place finish for his Washington Wizards -- and finding the silver lining. With Arenas still working his way back from a third knee operation in 1� years, the Wizards are off to a 1-8 start heading into their game Friday against the Houston Rockets. "I don't want to see them struggle," Arenas said Thursday at Madame Tussauds, where his wax figure was unveiled, "but if this is one of those years where we don't make the playoffs or we finish in last place ... that's what happened to San Antonio and that's how they got Tim Duncan and look at them now ... and that's for the better." The Wizards haven't given a timetable for when their All-Star point guard might begin practicing or playing this season. He, though, now is targeting the start of 2009. "They said Jan. 1 -- there is no doubt that I will be good to go ... play 40 minutes," Arenas said, according to a transcript provided by the team. "I definitely want to wait until after New Year's. ... It will give me time to get in shape. Plus I want to learn the new playbook," he added. Arenas first had surgery on the left knee in April 2007, then had another operation in November, and appeared in only 13 regular-season games last season. The latest surgery was two months ago. "The old me would have already been playing by now. Getting older, I start thinking smarter, and everything is going well," he said. "Right now we are just playing the waiting game."

If I was the President, coach, even players I would kick his ass! He is getting easy money by sitting on the bench and because his team is doing bad goes and says being last is good. It does not matter because the season just started idiot!Now losing all those games for your fans might make them happy?? I thought he was a good player in his own special ways but now he better be looking for another team in the next few years because that "Tim Duncan" player they will get will play better and get him kicked out

this has been one of the happiest days I've had in a while

Knicks get rid of Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph and now have enough cap space to go after Lebron and then some

They said they wanna have lebron, nash and bosh

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Originally posted by verndogs this has been one of the happiest days I've had in a while Knicks get rid of Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph and now have enough cap space to go after Lebron and then some

The knicks Heat rivalry is back!




.....in 2010

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Originally posted by verndogs this has been one of the happiest days I've had in a while Knicks get rid of Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph and now have enough cap space to go after Lebron and then some

Never gonna happen with Lebron making a run at the finals with the Cavs this year (great team). You heard it here first, Cavs/Lakers this year at the finals.

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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch check out the chic on the left side of the gif. she's taking a sniff at tayshaun prince's odoristic determination when he went for that ball. i guess all those white chics would have sex with tayshaun.

i think there's a little good touch bad touch going on there with both dudes. LOLOLOL look at the fleeting glances between the guys

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Originally posted by Rodrico Never gonna happen with Lebron making a run at the finals with the Cavs this year (great team). You heard it here first, Cavs/Lakers this year at the finals.

it's really not about lebron that i'm excited about primarily, but it's having cap space again and not being tied to stupid contracts to make a run at the deep free agent class of 2010.

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Originally posted by verndogs it's really not about lebron that i'm excited about primarily, but it's having cap space again and not being tied to stupid contracts to make a run at the deep free agent class of 2010.

Ah, well then you should be excited, cause its gonna be a whole new knicks team, minus Lebron for now, but I could see a Bosh leaving Toronto

EDIT: I understand how you feel, because were going thru the same thing here in Toronto with the Maple Leafs, and im pretty excited on who they decided to bring to the team within the next couple of years, aslong as they dont fuck it up like they always do. Rebuilding phases means I can actually go see a Leafs game for cheap within the next few years and maybe score some season tickets off someone. But enough of this hockey talk, back to basketball!

If I knew we were going to have a crap team for the next two years to get more money why did we not just keep Isaish. Now by that time the Knicks will be at such a low level you think D'antoni will put up with it. I guess by 2010 we will see if we still have him, decent team, and then a big name player.

As for right now go to each game and close your eyes and hope.

All I want is the playoffs. Is that too much to ask. Don't care if its big names or small names. Show some progress and everyone job is done.

At the beginning of the season we had the jet, giants, rangers and the KNICKS playing well. This sec the Knicks are falling off the list quickly(for their future because thats what its all about)

PS. Happy for the wizards Ed Tapscott. 1st win makes you and your team feel good with a sense of direction.

Pistons to fine Iverson after guard misses practice Thursday

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Pistons to fine Iverson after guard misses practice Thursday

Iverson Misses Practice, Will Not Start Friday

Detroit Pistons guard Allen Iverson missed practice Thursday and will be levied a "hefty" fine, coach Michael Curry said.

"I'm surprised when guys are late; I'm surprised when they don't show," Curry said, according to the Detroit Free Press. "It's a pretty hefty fine to be late, or to miss, and once again, it's accountability for yourself and your teammates."

Rodney Stuckey, who scored 13 points and added a career-high 11 assists for his first career double-double Wednesday in a 110-96 victory over New York, will start in Iverson's place Friday against the Milwaukee Bucks in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Curry said he hadn't decided whether Iverson would play.

Iverson, who was traded from the Denver Nuggets nearly a month ago, is averaging 18.5 points and 5.4 assists in 10 games with the Pistons this season.

He talked Saturday about the importance of finding chemistry with a new team through practice.

"I've been through it before," Iverson said. "I think the toughest part of it has been our schedule. We've been on the road a lot. That was tough. For me, it's just getting a chance to settle in.

"The most important thing is getting more practice time."

Iverson is no stranger to controversy stemming from practice issues.

In April 2002, he missed practice prior to Game 2 of the Philadelphia 76ers' first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics, a month before his famous rant at coach Larry Brown's criticism for missing team practices.

Nearly two years later, he was benched for the start of a 76ers game against the Nuggets by coach Chris Ford and fined an undisclosed amount after not making it to Denver for practice.

Then in November 2006, Iverson reportedly stormed out of the practice gym after a conflict with coach Maurice Cheeks. The 76ers traded him to the Nuggets the next month.

Information from ESPN research was used in this report.


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had to do it......

Re: Pistons to fine Iverson after guard misses practice Thursday

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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch had to do it......

I guess when you are famous and talented you have two choices in life.
1. lead
2. not lead

you can tell which on he is and the media is just doing their job and writing their articles.

Sad thing is now because he missed his "PRACTICE" he won't be playing in his "GAME". He so delicately puts it in the interview how a practice is irrelvant so to the people who pay him due for his talent can take that away from him instantly.

I know they always say the West has the better teams, and at the top they typically do...

But man, SIX teams below .300 in the West, only ONE below .300 in the East!

ROCKETS




that is all



~db

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Originally posted by digitalbreach ROCKETS that is all ~db

rockets what? you gotta fill it in like

-say that after Mcgrady and company get the first round monkey off their backs!(They got aldeman so 2nd time is a charm)

My daily notes:
-Celtics at 17 going for the rockets 22

-Just plain better than last year(Nuggets, Balzers, Atlanta)

-Stick out player: Zach Randoph(clippers)
Last 5 games pts/rebs: 21/12,38/11,30/13,22/13,30/8 Reminds me of Dwight Howard in the west but on a sucky team which is climbing back out of dead-line aka wizards(Good ol gilbert is quite happy about getting that draft pick ya here )

-great NBA practice team(Memphis: full of decent rookies. Maybe in a few years if these players stay and flourish they might be the team to beat.

PS. Knicks are digging a grave atm but nothing is final until the 8th team is chosen.

I still don't see the East as being that deep. There may be some bad teams in the West, but everyone is so average in the East (other than the Celtics and the Cavs, who I'm still not convinced can keep this pace).

The Magic are looking better, and the Raptors have a lot of promise, but c'mon, the Nets and the Pistons are #2 in their divisions, and they're horrifically average clubs. The Wizards, Bucks, and Pacers are about as bad as anybody in the West, and as of right now the disappointing Bulls get in the playoffs at 13-14.

I'll take the West any day, where Phoenix, Utah, and Dallas are sitting on the bottom of the playoff picture.

In terms of vastly improved teams, the Heat are much better, but the Trailblazers are built for the future. Roy is a darkhorse candidate for player of the year in the West thusfar.

Omg omg, Lakers - Celtics tonight, gonna be amazing.
Go LAKERS!

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Originally posted by bananas Omg omg, Lakers - Celtics tonight, gonna be amazing. Go LAKERS!

Lakers Win! Celtics streak over! Except the season still rolls on. Season is talk and talk is cheap until the playoffs or finals MVP goes to the Defense. Kobe and gasol are the norm for the offense but the Bynum blocks and some of the stops at the end were key

Teams that finish off strong will win. The suns still have not learned that. I seen this against the Knicks and now I seen it again with the Suns where the Spurs just keeping in it until the last second and then the win. Duncan, Parker, Ginobili still got it but not like they used to

i liked the celtics-lakers game today. the celtics looked a bit sluggish down the stretch. either way, that should be a good finals match up if it happens. i'd rather see the cavs though.

lolol, so happy to see the celtics playing "solid" this week

go lakers!

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