2008/2009 NBA Season Thread [R] II

Discussion in 'Basketball' started by erick, Jan 23, 2009.

  1. Duck Manson

    Duck Manson Member+

    Feb 8, 2005
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    There you go. I guess it snowballed to the point of him bragging about being 42 years old.
     
  2. Belgian guy

    Belgian guy Member+

    Club Brugge
    Belgium
    Aug 19, 2002
    Belgium
    Club:
    Club Brugge KV
    The Celts will still pull this off, but they won't be winning the title this year. I can see them "upsetting" Orlando (if we're still going to assume that the Magic'll make it that far :p ) but the conference finals will then be the end of the road for them.

    Having said that, I wouldn't mind seeing how the young Rose performs under a pressure of a game six or seven. :)
     
  3. Duck Manson

    Duck Manson Member+

    Feb 8, 2005
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Is it now 100% that KG will miss the whole Playoffs???
     
  4. Rakim_22

    Rakim_22 Member

    Manchester United
    Netherlands
    Sep 6, 2004
    Florida
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    I see. Well thats pretty lame. Age is only a number.
     
  5. Hendrixforpope

    Hendrixforpope Member+

    Barcelona
    Brazil
    Dec 15, 2007
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Why do people still post about basketball in this thread? :confused:

    Talk about playoff basketball in the playoffs thread and use this one for personal argumentative bullshit :p
     
  6. Duck Manson

    Duck Manson Member+

    Feb 8, 2005
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Fuck you :D
     
  7. erick

    erick Member

    Dec 6, 2007
    Bama Nation
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Thank you mod. :rolleyes:
     
  8. Belgian guy

    Belgian guy Member+

    Club Brugge
    Belgium
    Aug 19, 2002
    Belgium
    Club:
    Club Brugge KV
    If Doc Rivers & co are to be believed... Well, it's pretty clear that even if he does return, we won't be seeing the real KG feature in these play-offs.
     
  9. Duck Manson

    Duck Manson Member+

    Feb 8, 2005
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    That sucks. LBJ is getting favours from the man upstairs.
     
  10. erick

    erick Member

    Dec 6, 2007
    Bama Nation
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    They got Davis, Powe, and Perkins.
     
  11. Rakim_22

    Rakim_22 Member

    Manchester United
    Netherlands
    Sep 6, 2004
    Florida
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    Please. You combine those 3 and you get Brian Cardinal. :D
     
  12. erick

    erick Member

    Dec 6, 2007
    Bama Nation
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Pierce and Ray Allen.
     
  13. Hendrixforpope

    Hendrixforpope Member+

    Barcelona
    Brazil
    Dec 15, 2007
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Lakers are happy that they won't get bitch-slapped by the Celtics in the Finals again :p

    Not necessarily saying that a healthy Celtics would have beaten the Cavs in the ECF or that the Cavs wouldn't beat the Lakeshow in the Finals (it just wouldn't be a bitch-slap). :)
     
  14. Duck Manson

    Duck Manson Member+

    Feb 8, 2005
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    With some non-bias refs Lakers would have rolled over the Celtics last season. Anyway, I don't think Cavs have a chance anyway. Big Z will foul out in every game and Bynum/Gasol will destroy them.
     
  15. Hendrixforpope

    Hendrixforpope Member+

    Barcelona
    Brazil
    Dec 15, 2007
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    How does biased reffing explain the Lakers losing by 39 in Game 6? The Celtics simply wanted it more and played like they wanted it more. It also doesn't help that Kobe was a no-show (as usual).
     
  16. Belgian guy

    Belgian guy Member+

    Club Brugge
    Belgium
    Aug 19, 2002
    Belgium
    Club:
    Club Brugge KV
    I think it's more a fact of Odom and Gasol not really showing up for the Finals and making it far easier on the Celtics to neutralize Bryant.
     
  17. Lil Puppet

    Lil Puppet Member+

    Feb 11, 2007
    A Basket
    Club:
    FC Illychivets Mariupol
    Nat'l Team:
    Zimbabwe

    Kobe a no-show as usual? How about Odom and Gasol not showing up at all... please. Get off of last year's bandwagon already. It's the Lakers' turn this year.
     
  18. erick

    erick Member

    Dec 6, 2007
    Bama Nation
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Apart from you being a Laker fan, tell me why YOU think the lakers will win it? :rolleyes:
     
  19. Duck Manson

    Duck Manson Member+

    Feb 8, 2005
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    It's a seven game Finals setup. One blowout is irrelevant. The number of ref errors in those Finals is quite possibly the highest ever seen in any sport.
     
  20. Duck Manson

    Duck Manson Member+

    Feb 8, 2005
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Are you serious? Look at the rosters. Outside of James the Cavs are shit. James might win you a couple games but he will not win you four games out of seven against these Lakers. Not a chance.
     
  21. Belgian guy

    Belgian guy Member+

    Club Brugge
    Belgium
    Aug 19, 2002
    Belgium
    Club:
    Club Brugge KV
    I'm not sure of that. I think that series goes seven games.
     
  22. Duck Manson

    Duck Manson Member+

    Feb 8, 2005
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    I think it goes six. Lakers steal one of the first two, Cavs steal game four back and Lakers take the 6th in Cleveland.
     
  23. Duck Manson

    Duck Manson Member+

    Feb 8, 2005
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Put it this way, which teams really have a dominant inside presence? Houston with Yao, Orlando with Howard and Lakers with Gasol and Bynum. Cavs are 2-5 against those teams.
     
  24. Lil Puppet

    Lil Puppet Member+

    Feb 11, 2007
    A Basket
    Club:
    FC Illychivets Mariupol
    Nat'l Team:
    Zimbabwe
    He's not on my ignore list for nothing. ;)

    ---

    Anyway, I think that the Cavs can be taken out in the east alone. And the team capable of doing so is Miami. Like you said, the Cavs without James is shit. And James alone won't be able to stop them. And regarding the Lakers vs Cavs final, let me remind you all that Kobe stopped James twice this season... once with an injured finger.
     
  25. Lil Puppet

    Lil Puppet Member+

    Feb 11, 2007
    A Basket
    Club:
    FC Illychivets Mariupol
    Nat'l Team:
    Zimbabwe
    He's not on my ignore list for nothing. ;)

    Anyway, I think that the Cavs can be taken out in the east alone. And the team capable of doing so is Miami if they manage to find their rhythm. Like you said, the Cavs without James is shit. And regarding the Lakers vs Cavs final, let me remind you all that Kobe stopped James twice this season... once with an injured finger.
     

Share This Page