lol @ pre-season

Wizards 101
Grizzlies 92

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/ecd66e92-4c7b-4c1b-aba3-256d1d102ca3.jpg

i am stoked for dejuan blair who rebounded 19 times in 22 minutes

shaq looked extra fat last night to me.

loving shaq means never having to say "fatty"

i am stoked for dejuan blair who rebounded 19 times in 22 minutes

jesus! that was one of those 2nd round steals that was completely obvious to everyone, including the six teams picking in front of them.

popovich pretty much h8s giving young guns minutes in the reg, so i'm expecting blair to get less playing time until he learns team stuff better. but he's a total beast on the boards. i don't know where his ceiling is though! he's at least an energy bench player who will hustle hard and bust chops, but if he develops into a good interior d man, i think he could be starting pf for the spurs in a few years (this is assuming duncan is still playing and would be moved to center and tiago splitter either never comes over from tau cermaica or he does come over and sux). he's got barkley size (:-/), have heard comparisons favorably to larry johnson (:-)). he's like already a fan favorite among the type of ppl who care about preseason spurs games (i.e. me).

Yeah i guess his knees were what scared most teams off, though i don't remember him having any issues last season. Last years draft will be interesting to look back on 4 or 5 years from now. There seemed to be a lot of parity in the entire 1st round (save Griffin). I'm especially siked to see how J Teague does for the Hawks. the early word on him so far is that he's looking like a Jason Terry type player.

"he's got barkley size"

Nah he's taller w/ longer arms isn't he?

arms are longer, but he is generously listed at 6'7" (closer to 6'5" most likely).

Wasn't Barkley like maybe 6'4" (listed as ROFL 6'6")?

That's only an inch obv, but I thought I read somewhere that including wingspan Blair was basically the same height as Griffin?

obv w vertical leap griffin obliterates him

Bet you Blair still stomp the shit out of his ass on the boards.

well sure, griffin is better tho

from - http://www.nbadraft.net/node/6156

DeJuan Blair measured just 6'5.25 without shoes making him just 6'6 (exactly what we had him listed at all season), but an amazing 7'2 wingspan and a standing reach of 8'10.5 gives him legitimate power forward size. His 1.5 inch standing reach advantage over Griffin almost doesn't seem possible.

Probably. Griffin'll certainly get more opportunities to put up big numbers this year. Anyway I was just saying that this isn't quite like Barkley who really was freakishly short w/ an enormous ass basically. Blair maybe on the short-ish side (and he certainly wouldn't be the first *cough* Kevin Love *cough* PF who'd exagerrated about his height) but I don't see it affecting his performance even at the NBA level cuz his overall length is perfectly acceptable for his position.

the drawback to his shorter body would be offensively, thinking like outside the low post trying to put shots over tall and longer players who can get a lot of hands and arms in his face, but yeah his reach makes the other stuff less of an issue.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video-Shannon-Brown-dunks-on-Moore-takes-over-?urn=nba,194712

k so am i wrong to think only 5 teams should be in the nba this year (other teams can come back when they suck less/are not recession'd)

round robin tourney b/w sa, la, cleve, orl, and bos, winner gets that tri-wizards tournament cup used in harry potter

yeah your probably right, but i have a feeling boston may fall off this season.

kinda hopin' so, but im intrigued by their oldness

lol @ mikki moore. glad c's got rid of him

Glen Davis headed for the locker room five minutes too early after thinking the halftime buzzer had sounded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQFLHecgOmM

must have been some food in there,amirite? xp

carne that deserves an embed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZIZ5j4DIOE

i didn't think it was all that until they showed the replay and noticed where he took off from O_O

#1 rule I want the league to get rid of is the charge

j0rdan wait for the replay from the back that shows how high he still is before he dunks it

it's kinda weird tbh to think of the lakers as having athletic and talented role players, after years of watching devean george and brian shaw and tyronne lue

farmer is going to have to play real well in order to get minutes behind fisher with this guy coming on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu5ODJrLhQg&feature=player_embedded

lol brits trying to call an nba game

lollll

"and that's worth how many if you score from there?"
"one point to each"

fucking british people

i'm taller than larry bird according to them

Listen carefully as we learn that Larry Bird is actually 5'11" and Jack Nicholson (a Laker season ticket holder since 1970) is a bandwagoner.

eeyew-taw jozz

i need more of this! would watch full game of bobcats vs grizz if they were calling it.

id be down with uk full season coverage

Maybe the britishes could referee the games as well

only if they can police games with a cricket bat

http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr9curSEdc1qzel1vo1_400.jpg

looooool at the BBC broadcast

if I could have a soundbite as my sn it would be "larry bird was what five-eLEEVEEEEN??!!?!?!?!"

much of this is just "basketball is like football except you play with your hands"

warriors 110
lakers 91

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9xlLoo8YEM

he is basically only good 4 tha dunks

ugh i was sick of hearing about refs before the whole lockout thing happened. am not looking forward to the nonstop "discussion" throughout the season (or however long the lockout lasts).

Jackson is not longer a team captain! Whee.

lol @ pre-season drama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ja4cMcZeI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4cyb0rMhwQ

<3 that man

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-nelsonjackson101509&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

I will stop posting stuff about the Warriors at some point, I swear.

http://cdn3.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/137773/66678_cavaliers_media_day_basketball.jpg <3

Stephon Marbury says he has "shut everything down" and has no plans to play this season, but expects to return to the NBA in 2010-11, the New York Post reported.

"I'm resting, doing what Michael Jordan did, enjoy life, do things I haven't done in 16 years, keep building my empire," Marbury said, according to the Post. "I wasn't going to Boston for that money. It was a prudent business decision to take off this year."

Marbury said he plans to attend the Knicks' home opener on Oct. 31, according to the report. But he says he's surprised anyone else wants to pay to see the Knicks. And he made it clear that the bad blood between him and the team -- and coach Mike D'Antoni -- has not yet been forgiven or forgotten.

"I'm just talking as a fan and New Yorker who grew up loving the Knicks: Why would I give you my money to watch them?" Marbury said, according to the Post. "This is atrocious. Guys coming down court, just raising up 3-pointers from anywhere. The coaching is horrible. What kind of coaching is this?"

glad to hear stephon will continue building his empire

How long must we wait before Starbury gets his NBA head coaching job.

Guys coming down court, just raising up 3-pointers from anywhere

haha

as we all learned from stephs run w/the celtics last year his never shoot from anywhere ever approach is far superior

why would he shoot when hes busy building his empire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5bvtgjex5E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMnGlg35nsI

inspired announcing tonight

hallway series is goin down its goin down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1rZBxn3Zx8

r u guys ready for some b-ball next tuesday

dahko

hey man whatever you do DO NOT go talk to michael jordan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=798dSGws44A

DO NOT wear adidas around jordan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ypMH8JHOhU

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/wizardsinsider/2009/10/hawks-113-wizards-95.html

"The only person who seemed to be really into the game was Saunders. At the start of the fourth quarter, Fabricio Oberto was called for fouling former Maryland product Joe Smith. Saunders cursed, saying that the foul call was horse manure. He was immediately handed a technical foul. "If I got a tech every time I said that, I wouldn't coach a game in this league," Saunders said.

But Saunders provided more entertainment afterward. When Hawks guard Mo Evans missed the technical foul, Saunders channeled his inner Rasheed Wallace and shouted, "Ball don't lie!" The coaches on the bench chuckled.

Smith went up and missed the first free throw and Saunders shouted again, "Ball don't lie!" Smith missed the next free throw and Saunders shouted, "Ball really, really, really don't lie!" Sam Cassell nearly fell out of his chair."

Bryant was engaged defensively, helping hold Jackson to four-for-11 shooting after the Warrior berated him in an interview leading up to the game in which he called Bryant a "dirty" player who gets away with fouls that don't get called.

"I'm not a fan of Kobe. I'm not somebody who looks up to him," Jackson told Bay Area reporters. "I'm a grown man, so when I go out there and play the game, I play the game. I feel like I'm just as good as him. I might not get the publicity or the notoriety he gets, but I feel like I can play with anybody in the NBA."

Bryant declined to comment after the game, but Phil Jackson said Stephen Jackson's comments had an effect.

"That'll motivate Kobe," Jackson said. "I was wondering why he was so hyped up to start the game."

don't want to become an obnoxious homer on this thread but i really can't wait to see lots of this from the new hawk's rook:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTfwcYgNAN8&feature=player_embedded

there's enough obnoxious homerism to go around here.

ya 4 real, i honestly dont know of there are non-homer, just 4 tha luv of tha game posters here at all. and if there are, i want them to leave. we are @ war, this is no time to not stan for somethin

I am fairly for the love of the game, but I don't wanna leave. :(

im in it for the love of the game and obnoxious homerism

i mean why choose just one

polyphonic, u get grandfathered in

every1 else, u gotta stan in the place where u live

^ closest team to me is the wizards so nah

I definitely have a Warriors slant by virtue of living in Oakland, but the only years I've ever really rooted for them were the Baron Davis years, just because those teams were so fun to watch. I like good bball.

all right do whatever the fuck u like

http://aroundthesphere.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/signing-constitution.jpg

^^^ signing ilh constitution bill of rights btw

i def. have a team, just not where i live

::adds clause::

np: nas, "it was written"

well then: LESS THAN A WEEK TIL THE HAWKS DOMINATE THIS BITCH ASS LEAGUE!!!*

*by dominate i mean get the third spot in the east.

http://lakers.freedomblogging.com/files/2009/08/artest_ii2.jpg

Wait is Philly planning on making Louis Williams their full time PG? Doesn't look like Jrue Holiday's getting that much burn the preseason.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/LeBron-James-wants-to-dunk-on-George-W-Bush?urn=nba,197637

In a recent interview with Maxim.com, Cavaliers superstar LeBron James(notes), who was in fact dunking on a regulation rim before the age of one, was asked who he would most like to be able to posterize.

His answer was a little surprising:

If it doesn't have to be a basketball player, George W. Bush. I would dunk on his ass, break the rim, and shatter the glass.

http://i37.tinypic.com/oswpwp.jpg

rad man

sick that he is not even 25 yet

it's like, it was pretty hard for me to love lebron more, and now he wants to exact revenge for america by posterizing george bush

i mean <3<3<3<3 x infinity

http://tunyfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/shaq-james.jpg

Chris Quinn: Gangsta

lets do that again;

Chris Quinn: Gangsta