The Official NBA Thread 2011-12

[S O F I]

OK, you got me, it was the white friends post.

 

[Ristol]

On the Knicks preseason broadcast last night, they showed some mic'd up practice footage during a timeout. This was (basically) the exchange:

Tyson Chandler: So when the pick comes, I'll go down low, you get out on the shooter.
Amar'e: Wait....so I go down low?
TC: No. I go down low. You go out.
Amar'e: ....I shoot it?
TC: We're on defense.
Amar'e: I...dribble?
TC: No!

Might be a long season for Tyson.

 

[ARon]

Amare is funny

 

[Kobe]

OK, you got me, it was the white friends post.

I figured as much. You really should visit Kenya some time though, great holiday destination.

Tyson Chandler: So when the pick comes, I'll go down low, you get out on the shooter.
Amar'e: Wait....so I go down low?
TC: No. I go down low. You go out.
Amar'e: ....I shoot it?
TC: We're on defense.
Amar'e: I...dribble?
TC: No!

That reads like a Saturday Night Live skit.

 

[Kobe]

Terrible audio level but this is what it should be about.

 

[Ristol]

^Some of my happiest childhood memories are on that video. I still get the involuntary urge to spit when I see Tim Hardaway's disgusting face.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Anyone else see the ending to the Pistons Vs Cavaliers game? What an awesome play drawn up by Byron Scott.

Oh my GOD! How.. Just.. Oh wow. I didn't watch that with sound but I can only assumed boo's and hisses were heard after that. lol

 

[hizzle?]

^Some of my happiest childhood memories are on that video. I still get the involuntary urge to spit when I see Tim Hardaway's disgusting face.

I cry when I see H20 run down the floor after his made shot that went off the rim and in...

 

[hizzle?]

I see you were talking about kicks:

Adudas rereleased the KB8s again. They call them the Crazy 8s now.

I ordered a pair.

Sickest basketball shos ever.

I still have the AW8s too. Antoine Walker's adidas sneaker from 1998. I love them.

 

[Ristol]

I see you were talking about kicks:

Adudas rereleased the KB8s again. They call them the Crazy 8s now.

I ordered a pair.

Sickest basketball shos ever.

I still have the AW8s too. Antoine Walker's adidas sneaker from 1998. I love them.

Hizzle I love your Houston appreciation but those shoes are GROSS.

 

[Kobe]

^Crazy 8s are awesome. Its only a shame that they don't come with the 'feet you wear' technology anymore. That stuff was cool, and its one of the best shoes Adidas has ever made.

PS: I only watched the highlights but I like what the Knicks did to the Celtics. As Lakers fans would explain, anyone that beats the green monster is 'a friend of ours'.

 

[hizzle?]

Hizzle I love your Houston appreciation but those shoes are GROSS.

I'm a huge fan of those shoes. They were the best of the 90s. The best shoes I ever wore were the AW8 and the KB 8. The 90s were the best time for basketball shoes...

My favs (except the Adidas KB8 and AW8):
Pip II

Penny II (Posites)

Nike Barkley's 94

Also, those Kobes convinced Audi to work with Adidas to build the Kobe III while also designing the new Audi TT...

 

[S O F I]

First of all, shut the fuck up. Or as Juicy J would have it, #shutthefuckup. About that Deng travel. That's a tough call to make as you can see in these pictures and the video.

The ball basically left his hands as soon as the toes on one foot touched the ground. For a ref, that's hard to know. YOU LOST THE GAME because you suck and you missed crucial free throws in the end. Don't get it twisted. But no, actually, the white boy team was surprisingly good defensively. They must all be from Iowa or Indiana or some shit. But then again, the Bulls didn't play that great.

I vote that if LA stays with this team past the trade deadline, that they stop showing their games on national TV...unless it's against a good team...so i can watch that team. We trippy mane.

 

[roaches]

i'm rooting for kobe this year, but i kan not resist. kaptain klutch in the fourth kuarter:

• Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper
• Kobe Bryant makes layup
• Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
• Kobe Bryant defensive rebound
• Richard Hamilton personal foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)
• Kobe Bryant bad pass
• Richard Hamilton personal foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)
• Kobe Bryant makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
• Kobe Bryant lost ball (Joakim Noah steals)
• Steve Blake makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
• Kobe Bryant personal block (Luol Deng draws the foul)
• Kobe Bryant makes 8-foot two point shot
• Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
• Kobe Bryant personal foul (Luol Deng draws the foul)
• Kobe Bryant bad pass (Luol Deng steals AND THEN GETS THE BALL TO DERRICK ROSE FOR THE GAME WINNER)
• Luol Deng blocks Kobe Bryant's 5-foot jumper BUT SOMEONE ELSE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEKAUSE THE BULLS SENT THREE GUYS AFTER HIM SINCE EVERYBODY KNOWS KOBE WILL NEVER LET ANYONE ELSE TAKE THAT LAST SHOT

other thoughts from yesterday:

* Everyone's bench sucks.
* Celtics-Knicks: Ish Smith sucked before he got hurt. I think he can learn to be a point guard, but every Ga Tech kid from the Paul Hewitt era is ultimately flawed so I don't think his ceiling is too high. Melo was beastly but it came at Amare's expense and the Celtics started Sasha Pavlovic (disclaimer: Hoya Saxa). I don't understand why Etwuaan Moore and JaJuan Johnson didn't get on the floor. Maybe they're not ready, but does Doc Rivers really want KG and Ray Allen playing heavy minutes every night in a compressed season?
* Miami-Dallas: The Mavs have clearly thrown in the towel on this season. With that caveat, Miami looked godly. That double alley oop was sick. Norris Cole won't ever drop 40/20 again but he's gonna be good.
* Orlando-OKC: I watched almost none of this but Perkins looked pretty svelte while getting T'ed up. Is the number of techs before a suspension gonna be prorated this year?
* Clippers-Warriors: Wow, does Chauncey Billups need to get over himself or what? CP3 is still the best PG since Magic. Hack-a-Deandre is disgusting. Biedrins looked really good. Klay Thompson looked like he was going to shit himself. A Monta-Curry backcourt still doesn't work. Mo Williams really is emotionally frail, isn't he? He only plays well when he has no responsibility.

 

[Shadows]

Kobe has hit the last jumper many times true, but he's let Fisher do it plenty of times in the Playoffs.

I'm rooting for Kobe and think he will play like #8 Kobe soon.

 

[S O F I]

mavs and lakers losing makes me love life. I'm so proud of the Kings hustle. It reminds me of the hustle the 2001-2005 teams never really had. My Husky Isaiah Thomas was locking up Kobe on a few plays, it was funny to watch. Even Kobe laughed.

 

[Kobe]

First of all, shut the fuck up. Or as Juicy J would have it, #shutthefuckup. About that Deng travel. That's a tough call to make as you can see in these pictures and the video.

No chance of having a sensible hoops discussion with you about the Lakers this season

mavs and lakers losing makes me love life. I'm so proud of the Kings hustle. It reminds me of the hustle the 2001-2005 teams never really had. My Husky Isaiah Thomas was locking up Kobe on a few plays, it was funny to watch. Even Kobe laughed.

The Lakers aren't getting anywhere this season, everyone knows that.

i'm rooting for kobe this year, but i kan not resist. kaptain klutch in the fourth kuarter

Don't let one game fool you, the guy can ball in the 4th quarter. Don't forget he's playing with that xyz injury on his wrist and still putting up 28 pts in the season opener. I'd be home on painkillers that MJ never heard of, logging on to FB talking about how much my wrist hurts.

 

[S O F I]

The Lakers aren't getting anywhere this season, everyone knows that.

Except Jim Buss.

But really, he called this roster right now "championship caliber". I know that he has a responsibility to the team but that's just an outright lie.

 

[Ristol]

Don't let one game fool you, the guy can ball in the 4th quarter. Don't forget he's playing with that xyz injury on his wrist and still putting up 28 pts in the season opener. I'd be home on painkillers that MJ never heard of, logging on to FB talking about how much my wrist hurts.

That's if you were Kobe. Oh, wait...

 

[The.Menace]

LP is way too expansive this year.