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Post by extreme on Oct 27, 2009 21:33:00 GMT -5
LMAO at Adam Morrison always looking stoned.
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Post by user9327 on Oct 27, 2009 22:02:31 GMT -5
Shaq is officially trash now compared to his former self.
5-11 shooting and you can't catch a pass off a pick and roll to save your life?
Cleveland is a worse team than last year. Seriously his old ass looked like complete trash out there. Compare their game flow and guard play to last year.
I had not realized the Celtics had Marquis Daniels... him and Sheed are killer additions. They are clear cut favorites in the East, there is not even a close second. Marquis Daniels brings the secondary unit help they lacked without James Posey last year and Rasheed is the perfect upgrade for Kendrick Perkins, who still is there too.
I do think the scariest team though is Boston but I want to see them tested against LA.
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Oct 27, 2009 22:19:23 GMT -5
I love the Daniels signing, more than Sheed. Daniels is a scorer, and can jsut flat out play. Guy took less money for a ring, I love guys like that. He is going to be great off the bench with Sheed and Mr Candace Parker and House.
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Post by spreedom8 on Oct 27, 2009 22:37:33 GMT -5
Daniels will fall on his face and bury himself on the bench sooner or later... He's a knucklehead. I saw it with my Mavs and again in Indiana. But even if he's only the 10th best player on the team, he's a good insurance signing in case any of the big 3 go down.
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Oct 27, 2009 22:40:32 GMT -5
Daniels will fall on his face and bury himself on the bench sooner or later... He's a knucklehead. I saw it with my Mavs and again in Indiana. But even if he's only the 10th best player on the team, he's a good insurance signing in case any of the big 3 go down. As of right now hes 7th or 8th on the depth chart behind Sheed and House coming off the bench, he does more than House so I am assuming he is the one who is more valuable eventually.
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Post by spreedom8 on Oct 27, 2009 22:41:00 GMT -5
Damn, the Lakers' bench looks awful tonight.
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Post by user9327 on Oct 27, 2009 22:42:19 GMT -5
A bit of a different situation up in Boston. Dallas is run by a clown and Indy hasn't had a good team since Reggie played there/Artest went in the stands.
He also fits in perfectly with Boston's system and rotation.
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Post by extreme on Oct 27, 2009 22:47:01 GMT -5
The SI prediction of the rockets being 12th of west is starting to show.
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Oct 27, 2009 22:51:38 GMT -5
The SI prediction of the rockets being 12th of west is starting to show. They should just forfeit the rest of their season.
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Post by extreme on Oct 27, 2009 22:56:55 GMT -5
Kim Kardashian looks like an Alien and Khloe Kardashian has man-face. That is all.
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Post by user9327 on Oct 27, 2009 23:00:27 GMT -5
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Post by Quanthor on Oct 28, 2009 0:48:23 GMT -5
I love that we are anointing teams champs and writing off others after the first game of the regular season. The season is a grind, you wont know who's really legit until at least after the break.
The Blazers won the game but they didn't exactly look good doing it. There were moments of greatness but for the most part they looked rusty. The officiating also sucked, it was the night of 1,000 calls, I've never seen anything quite like that.
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Post by user9327 on Oct 28, 2009 1:37:10 GMT -5
I love that we are anointing teams champs and writing off others after the first game of the regular season. The season is a grind, you wont know who's really legit until at least after the break. The Blazers won the game but they didn't exactly look good doing it. There were moments of greatness but for the most part they looked rusty. The officiating also sucked, it was the night of 1,000 calls, I've never seen anything quite like that. Nobody did anything of the sort and leave it to you to come in here out of nowhere with some minor gripe and a negative vibe. I said Shaq looked like trash and Cleveland isn't as good as last year. Other than that I harped on Boston and LA being beasts.
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Post by Quanthor on Oct 28, 2009 1:54:51 GMT -5
All I was saying is that it's game 1. Most teams don't hit their strides until the second half of the season.
Boston beat Cleveland last year in the opener and the Cavs embarrassed Boston twice in Cleveland last year. In fact Boston came out right away and started making the entire league like chumps before they looked like a bunch of frauds last year in Dec/Jan.
I didn't come in with a "negative vibe" I just think it's too soon to be writing off teams and from what I read...that's what it sounded like and if wasn't then I'm sorry.
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Post by user9327 on Oct 28, 2009 2:14:49 GMT -5
All I was saying is that it's game 1. Most teams don't hit their strides until the second half of the season. Boston beat Cleveland last year in the opener and the Cavs embarrassed Boston twice in Cleveland last year. In fact Boston came out right away and started making the entire league like chumps before they looked like a bunch of frauds last year in Dec/Jan. I didn't come in with a "negative vibe" I just think it's too soon to be writing off teams and from what I read...that's what it sounded like and if wasn't then I'm sorry. I didn't write anybody off... I said Cleveland is not as good of a team as last year and Shaq looks like straight trash. Which he did. He's not even a big improvement over Big Z at this point. LeBron had to score what? 38 and put up 8 assists. Looks like the same old story to me. Same old story that didn't get it done, with less guard play and better top teams in the NBA (SA, Boston and LA). If you disagree and think Cleveland is in the same tier as they were last year (top 1-3 teams in the league), then OK. But if I want to say that they aren't as good as last year, I'm not writing them off. I'm just saying they aren't as good as last year. Especially compared to the competition's upgraded rosters. I'm not saying they are over. Just that I wouldn't put them in the same caliber of their meaning to the NBA last year. The title this year will be won by Boston, LA or the Spurs... maybe Orlando (not sold on Vince Carter yet). If those teams are healthy, there really isn't a team in the league that's going to stop them, let alone stand a chance in a 7 game series.
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Post by Hollywood Asia on Oct 28, 2009 2:34:00 GMT -5
Horrible years now for ALL my sports teams
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Post by Quanthor on Oct 28, 2009 2:44:28 GMT -5
It's not that I don't agree with you that the Cavs didn't look great, it's that I don't put any investment into the first game of the season...actually the first month.
Remember the year the Mavericks lost their first handful of games the year after they lost in the Finals? Everybody was screaming "WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM, IT'S TIME TO PANIC!!". Well, they ended up winning 67 games that year having winning streaks of 12, 13 and 17. They ended up bowing out to GS in the first round but the point remains the same...it's October/November.
I mean the Blazers look like crap tonight in their victory, but I know it's early and they are capable of playing at a much higher level so I'm not concerned about it.
In my opinion there are FIVE teams who can win it all...LA, Cavs, Magic, Celtics and Spurs. Just like every other NBA season I've watched that list shrinks a little once the break hits. Once we see these teams with some games beneath them then we will know who's for really for real.
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Post by user9327 on Oct 28, 2009 3:07:58 GMT -5
It's not that I don't think Cleveland will have some good regular season runs or even look good against some of the top teams in the regular season.
I just think if it comes down to it, Cleveland will get eaten alive by Boston or LA in a 7 game series; Shaq won't get a better shot off than LeBron can in a half court set in the playoffs, nor will he command a double often enough. With their roster as it is right now, they are still greatly short handed against the top teams, again. Last year showed even LeBron can't single handedly beat the better team in a 7 game series.
They still have nobody but LeBron. Shaq looked like a white guy out there. Straight up. Against shaded help he looked like trash, struggling to even get a timely pass out of the post.
Even if he plays at his best like he did for the Suns last year at times, it's not going to do this team any favors. He needs to be able to do that enough to command a double team. He had Amare next to him last year, that guy is still a low post threat one on one.
Shaq doesn't command an automatic double team anymore... only if he gets position, just like Big Z. Then, think about the games where guys like Rasheed, Dwight Howard and Andrew Bynum guard him straight up with shaded help from Garnett, Lewis or Gasol/Odom. It's not like Cleveland has any other bangers down there... and these teams will be sticking LeBron and scrubs with Pierce/KG, VC/Lewis, Kobe/Artest.
Some of these teams 5th best players could be the 2nd option on Cleveland... I wouldn't even put Cleveland on an elite list at this point unless somebody has a serious injury in the top 3 to 4 teams. Even Orlando is suspect with Vince Carter, they just have Rashard Lewis to go with that.
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Post by Quanthor on Oct 28, 2009 3:27:06 GMT -5
I know the guy's contract is a bit hefty and he's a headcase but the Cavs really should go after Stephen Jackson. It's Finals or bust for Lebron so the Cavs really have nothing to lose by making that move and they probably wouldn't have to give up much to get him.
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Post by AgentJ on Oct 28, 2009 12:14:33 GMT -5
I was very impressed with the Celts last night, and looking forward to what will be a great season
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