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Official 2009-2010 NBA Season Thread

And so it begins tonight.




1) I predict a Celts-Lakers finals.
2) Blake Griffin is already hurt.
3) Big Baby is busy fighting his boys.

the lakers are going to be fucking dirty this season

Wizards looked gooooood last night. Hibachi!

one team i feel are my dark horses to sneak into top 10 nba material are the memphis grizzlies. their starting 5 isn't that bad (conley,mayo,gay,zebo randolph,gasol), and their bench isn't that bad either (a.i.,jaric,hunter,thabeet,sam young,darrell arthur). if they can stay healthy, watch out for these guys.

Grizzles as a sleeper team?!?

They are gonna struggle with who will have the ball in their hands all the time. A.I., Mayo, Randolph, Gay, doomed for failure.

Magic or Celtics out of the East. Cavs have no chance with how deep both teams are. But I see Magic coming out of the East again. They are extremely deep and very big. They can light it up from down town or post up every player. Their defense will be even better then last years. I just don't see Boston's bench doing much. Baby is out so that just leaves Wallace and Daniels. Nelson will outplay Rondo.

Early predictions for both conferences:

West:
1st-2nd. Spurs/Lakers (I cannot make a choice between them)
3. Portland
4. Denver
5. Dallas
6. Utah
7. New Orleans
8. Phoenix

East:
1. Boston
2. Orlando
3. Cleavland
4. Chicago
5. Washington
6. Atlanta
7. Miami
8. Toronto

-Cleav is 0-2. Time to sound the alarm!!! It is going to be a long season and where ever sahq goes it will be a costly one. If not Championship this season then bye bye sahq and possibly lebron.

-Blake is hurt. Reminds me of Greg Oden Ughhhh

-Orlando has a team and bench deeper than the grand canyon! Can anyone say gortat! and they're not even with lewis yet!

-can't wait to see iverson suck

-Wizards might actual care about playing basketball finally with that win in Dallas. Reminds me of the bengals. Took them a few seasons to realize that playing hard and together will actual make you winners. Plus they have a decent coach now.

-watchout for these teams. Toronto(got Turkolo), Spurs(Oldies but still are a wall to get thru), Miami(Last season was practice)

-Last but not least the knicks. As usual make the playoffs and maybe I will care.

Brandon Jennings goes for 55, I love the youngster, not only the scoring but the guy can pass, defend and he even rebounds pretty well for a guard

Yeah, that game was sick. Will likely see a few more HS prospects head to Europe instead of college now.

the way how the NCAA is corrupt, i wouldn't be surprised if hs players go to europe for a couple of years before going to the nba.

brandon jennings just paid his vendetta on golden st for passing on him for stephon curry. look out new york. jennings is coming after you next.

So I went to see LeBron play tonight, and it was the first time I saw him. And I dunno. He's a great athlete, and his jump shot is much improved, but I'm still not terribly impressed. I mean, great players make everyone around them better, and I saw a whole lot of standing around watching LeBron run an isolation offense. Not very productive, and resulted in a lot of off-balance long jump shots late in the shot clock. Yeah some of them went down, but not a good offensive set.

Wizards far outplayed them in every facet of the game - better passing, crashed the boards, played defense.

Good to see Jamison put up 31 in his first game back, and Gilbert had 18 points 8 rebounds and 7 assists through three quarters as well. The triple threat of Arenas-Butler-Jamison is finallllllllllly on the court at the same time and it's dangerous.

But yeah, I'd rate the Cavs as very flawed. Definitely not as good as last year, and probably not a top 4 team in the East.

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov So I went to see LeBron play tonight, and it was the first time I saw him. And I dunno. He's a great athlete, and his jump shot is much improved, but I'm still not terribly impressed. I mean, great players make everyone around them better, and I saw a whole lot of standing around watching LeBron run an isolation offense. Not very productive, and resulted in a lot of off-balance long jump shots late in the shot clock. Yeah some of them went down, but not a good offensive set. Wizards far outplayed them in every facet of the game - better passing, crashed the boards, played defense. Good to see Jamison put up 31 in his first game back, and Gilbert had 18 points 8 rebounds and 7 assists through three quarters as well. The triple threat of Arenas-Butler-Jamison is finallllllllllly on the court at the same time and it's dangerous. But yeah, I'd rate the Cavs as very flawed. Definitely not as good as last year, and probably not a top 4 team in the East.

i saw bron @ orlando last year, and i felt the same way. when you want someone to finish a fast break, bron's your man. however, when you put him in a set half-court offense, and tell him to run the team (which he is supposed to do), i am questionable if he can do the job right. i do say they are top 4 in the east for now, grouped with boston, orlando, and atlanta, but there are a good number of middle dwellers out there like miami, milwaukee, chicago, indiana, and toronto who are ready to make the next step forward, and fill those final playoff spots.

not saying cleveland is worse than those teams, but they better watch their backs.

Knicks did not pick up Iverson. A smart move for once.

Watch out for Atlanta!!

i like what Atlanta management did, and kept their nucleus set the past couple of years with Bibby, Smith, Johnson, and Horford. Atlanta is building around their top 4, and it's working for them. I see them the future of the East's beast for the next 4 to 6 years as long as they keep that nucleus intact.

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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch i like what Atlanta management did, and kept their nucleus set the past couple of years with Bibby, Smith, Johnson, and Horford. Atlanta is building around their top 4, and it's working for them. I see them the future of the East's beast for the next 4 to 6 years as long as they keep that nucleus intact.

Any team in the NBA has a chance of being great. It all starts with decent players but the most important is chemistry. You keep a team together for 2-3 seasons showing sings of progress then you get the Atlanta hawks. Now we see its the bucks and possible the clippers. That was a big win for them over the Nuggets last night. My new main man is Chris Kaman(21 pts/ almost 9 rebs a game)

Orlando is happy to get vince. He still got a couple more good seasons and he is happier to be on a very strong team just like anyone else would.(Pau Gasol is a great example of that)

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Originally posted by Trancealot Any team in the NBA has a chance of being great. It all starts with decent players but the most important is chemistry. You keep a team together for 2-3 seasons showing sings of progress then you get the Atlanta hawks. Now we see its the bucks and possible the clippers. That was a big win for them over the Nuggets last night. My new main man is Chris Kaman(21 pts/ almost 9 rebs a game) Orlando is happy to get vince. He still got a couple more good seasons and he is happier to be on a very strong team just like anyone else would.(Pau Gasol is a great example of that)

the clippers actually played decent last night. i see them looking fair by making their nucleus kaman, griffin, gordon, and thornton. baron davis and camby are considered the "seasoned" guys to circle around the nucleus. but if they keep their top 4 young talent, they could be going to higher ground, for once.

as for the bucks, i see their nucleus as bogut, meeks, jennings, and mbah a moute. bogut and jennings have shown signs they can play great. meeks still needs some time to grow, but we all know he can play significantly well looking at his kentucky wildcat days. i see mbah a moute as the defensive stopper with his long arms, and don't see him putting him major points on a nightly basis.

if you asked me who has better upside in the next 3 years comparing these 2, i say the clippers.

let's go Nets!!! Knicks had a breakout game last night. Why can't they?

-I given up on the Raptors. Why are they playing so crappy?

-I am still riding the clippers/bucks train all the way to the playoffs The clippers will def need a winning record when the time comes. KAMAN!!!!

-Anyone happy for Iverson back on the 76ers? Time to give up your starting spot for the almighty If he can keep up with the young talent I see why not let him but then again I don't miss the 30+ shots game when they won or lost.

i like the raptors future building around bosh, calderon, and bragnani. i like bragnani's future with the raptors. he can be a very serious threat in the near future. he has enough game to match up with the other bigs. he just needs to add fuel to his fire.

i've given up on the grizzlies. i felt they had a lot of hidden talent that was going to be unleashed, but i was wrong. they do have a lot of talent on the team, but the problem is they don't have the right coach. they were heading the right direction with hubie brown as coach, but once he quit, the whole team went back down the toilet.

i just got to say. it's tough being a western conference team.

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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch i like the raptors future building around bosh, calderon, and bragnani. i like bragnani's future with the raptors. he can be a very serious threat in the near future. he has enough game to match up with the other bigs. he just needs to add fuel to his fire. i've given up on the grizzlies. i felt they had a lot of hidden talent that was going to be unleashed, but i was wrong. they do have a lot of talent on the team, but the problem is they don't have the right coach. they were heading the right direction with hubie brown as coach, but once he quit, the whole team went back down the toilet. i just got to say. it's tough being a western conference team.

When they moved to memphis just as oaklahoma its like they became a new NBA team and they will need a few solid seasons to really showup on the map. The grizzlies still have a young team with talent but if they all "stay together" in a year or two can be in the playoff picture.

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Originally posted by Trancealot When they moved to memphis just as oaklahoma its like they became a new NBA team and they will need a few solid seasons to really showup on the map. The grizzlies still have a young team with talent but if they all "stay together" in a year or two can be in the playoff picture.

as known as: follow the atlanta hawks formula.

they put up 146 on the raptors at home. i think atlanta, talentwise, is better than orlando and cleveland, and almost up to par with boston. we can't really judge at the moment, since it's only december, but boston's 7-1 road record puts them above atlanta in my opinion.

congrats to the nets. 18 consecutive losses to start the season.

atlanta is tearing it up.... kinda nice. I got box seats to the hawks the 17th!

just think. 2 years ago today, we considered the hawks the sorriest franchise who could never win. they start winning a couple of games, and get bibby before the trade deadline. push the celtics to 7 games before losing in the 08 playoffs. make it to the conf semis in 2009. now one of the top teams in the nba this year. amazing.

i've never been a fan of iverson, but damn, this almost made me cryD

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Originally posted by bananas i've never been a fan of iverson, but damn, this almost made me cryD

what you posted has messed up??

Iverson has come back. Now its up to the coach to give him minutes as long as he deserves them. I hope he does not cry if he does not start ever!!Older players still got game but its after the game when they will feel the burn from all the years they used their bodies constantly.

I bet at this moment MJ could still play with the rest. Probably avg 11P/4R/2-3A. He would need some rest bewteen games so it would not be worth it for him to stay as anyone in their late 30+ such as shaq. Teams are getting fed up with him just being a precence more off the court than on. How many teams wanna pay shaq 200,000 to miss a game as per his 20 mill salary?

In the end I don't care if Iverson averages 1 pt or 40 pts. If the Sixers don't start winning then it was a waste. They need winners and will see what happnes. Give until all-star break to see some results if they are back in playoff contention.

I don't care what anyone says, it's always all about the HEAT!

#3 baby!

Oden possibly out for another season. I feel very sorry for the big guy he seemed to be finally finding his game and he seems like a nice person (I've read that once he got back on the bench from the locker room, he told Brandon Roy 'I'm sorry'). And this is of course awful for Portland once again.

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