NBA 2014-15 Thread

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:48 am

One thread will be plenty I imagine.

This Celtics fan is ready...and I'm pretty sure that Bill Simmon's dad is sitting aisleside at 1:09..in fact for the preview he's the guy in the back sweater looking up at the scoreboard.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:23 am

A while back somebody pointed out the douchebag at 1:44 who shoves the guy away and now it taints the whole video for me.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:27 am

LET'S GO CAVS

NUMBER 1 CAVS SUPERFAN GUNPOWDER JONES

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:30 am

Gunpowder wrote:LET'S GO CAVS

NUMBER 1 CAVS SUPERFAN GUNPOWDER JONES

I'll be your sidekick: AB the Claret

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:21 am

Gunpowder wrote:LET'S GO CAVS

NUMBER 1 CAVS SUPERFAN GUNPOWDER JONES

I'm on the bandwagon too! I jumped on as soon as they signed that international superstar, Joe Harris.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:16 am

There are a couple of spots open in the 12 man fantasy pool I'm in.

It's a low stress, low budget affair - so low budget that I can't remember if it's $50 or $100.

I'll have details tomorrow. Pm me if you're interested.

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:54 pm

The only good reason to go to a Pistons game. I'm not bad myself, but as you can see they shut me down right at the end of the clip just as I was about to bust some moves.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 1:19 pm

Thank you, Steve Nash.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 7:31 am

DSafetyGuy wrote:Thank you, Steve Nash.

Pretty good article - tainted by some melodrama - about Steve Nash's importance to basketball in Canada.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/b ... e21282421/

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 11:55 am

Nash was never MVP in my book. Couldn't play enough D. But in his long prime of ten years or so, there was no more elegant, interesting player.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:36 am

I was already planning on posting something here about the Lakers' season likely turning into a dumpster fire, but holy shit, it just got even worse: first-round pick Julius Randle broke his leg in the first game of the season.

This is going to be really bad--lots of questionable character guys (including Kobe on a bad team) and the basketball equivalent of Dusty Baker as a coach, and a front office run by a thoroughly inept legacy kid. I'm honestly considering the possibility that Kobe just up and retires in the middle of the season to avoid killing someone.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:39 am

Other than Kobe possibly killing someone, they're going to be so boring now.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:37 am

Which team will lose more games this year, Lakers or Celtics?

And Toronto is caught up in low level Raptor fever. This is a city that has learned to temper expectations, but considering that we are more used to being a lottery team than a playoff team, it is a lot of fun around here right now.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:41 am

I had no idea there was a team name the Pelicans.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:50 am

After game 1, Ariza looks like the better option over Parsons. Rockets looked really smooth at times last night in the first half (I couldn't stay awake for second) with several nice fastbreaks where the ball never touched the court. I know that was probably helped by who we were playing, but still nice to see in the first game.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:51 am

Jerloma wrote:I had no idea there was a team name the Pelicans.

Assuming you're being honest--the original Charlotte Hornets moved to New Orleans and kept the Hornets name for around a decade, then decided to change it to Pelicans last year. This freed up the Hornets name, which the Charlotte Bobcats, the expansion team created to replace the original Hornets, then re-adopted starting this year.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:54 am

I was and yeah I know that know. I just read their Wikipedia page.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:58 am

That means you missed the terrifying Pelican mascot from last year?

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:07 am

Just googled it. Oh my god!

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:07 am

tennbengal wrote:That means you missed the terrifying Pelican mascot from last year?

He already knows there is no god.

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:14 am

Pruitt wrote:Which team will lose more games this year, Lakers or Celtics?
.

I'm going the homer route. Celtics will be a fun .500 team with great perimeter defense, and some good inconsistent weapons. And maybe Brad Stevens can work his magic.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:17 am

EdRomero wrote:
Pruitt wrote:Which team will lose more games this year, Lakers or Celtics?
.
I'm going the homer route. Celtics will be a fun .500 team with great perimeter defense, and some good inconsistent weapons. And maybe Brad Stevens can work his magic.

Exactly. C's will be frisky and the present roster will be different by the end of the year due to the trade pieces they've acquired. Lakers will be a lay-up line D with Kobe shooting 40 times a game.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:42 am

Will pay attention to the Cs for at least a little while and I tend to agree that they will be better than the Lakers but im not quite sure what they've got. I want to believe that some of these guys are at least decent role players but certainly there is a distinct lack of top level talent. Id say they are two allstars away but im not totally sold that you could win even if they added a defensive center and scoring swingman.

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:00 pm

Haven't watched an NBA game in at least 5 years and don't miss it in the least. Probably my last post in this thread unless Kobe does indeed kill a guy.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:03 pm

Cool...let's use this thread to talk shit about Brian.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:04 pm

Rush2112 wrote:
EdRomero wrote:
Pruitt wrote:Which team will lose more games this year, Lakers or Celtics?
.
I'm going the homer route. Celtics will be a fun .500 team with great perimeter defense, and some good inconsistent weapons. And maybe Brad Stevens can work his magic.
Exactly. C's will be frisky and the present roster will be different by the end of the year due to the trade pieces they've acquired. Lakers will be a lay-up line D with Kobe shooting 40 times a game.

It would not surprise me if the Lakers lost ten more games than the Celtics and the Celtics are not close to being a playoff team, even in the weaker conference.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:35 am

I am wondering if the Lakers can win 15 games.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:19 am

There are a lot of guys in the NBA with bad/extreme tattoos. But Mike Scott of the Hawks looks like a walking fridge covered with bad sketches.

Huge black widow crawling up the back of his neck, the classic red lips, multicoloured basketballs, friggin emojis. No Chris Anderson, but give him time.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:09 pm

The Bulls-Knicks game was on a side tv when I was watching the WS. Couple thoughts:

1. Maybe I missed this, but ESPN made the team logos CGI 3D and moving around and shit. And the Bulls logo looks strange as fuck.

2. The Bulls might be really good, the Knicks might be really shitty, or both might be true.

3. A healthy Rose makes the league so much more entertaining.

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:42 pm

Sometimes Nike makes some pretty badass commercials.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 3:27 pm

Good thing this isn't in HD. Those old uniforms were appalling.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 4:36 pm

Lakers get to keep their 1st round draft pick if it's top 5, otherwise they lose it to the Suns (from the Nash trade). I hope they get it...

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:00 pm

In case anyone is interested, LeBron is having a really shitty game in his re-debut with the Cavs.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:28 am

The Thunder is/are fucked

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:05 am

LeBron was the worst player on the court last night.

But, now that I'm paying attention, I can see why you have to trade Wiggins for Love.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:15 am

Ryan wrote:The Thunder is/are fucked

More importantly, Westbrook was my first round pick.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:31 am

Sabo wrote:Sometimes Nike makes some pretty badass commercials.

In the sort of way the "I believe" chant picked up for the World Cup, I figured this would catch in Cleveland. Especially with Lebron and his pregame choreography. I think it would be pretty cool if the entire arena "huddled up" before the game (from their seats) and broke with a 1,2,3 Cleveland. Sort of like Maryland Hoops "fist pump" thing when the fans (mostly students) started doing it with Gary Williams when he walked onto the court...but at a way bigger scale.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 10:06 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:In case anyone is interested, LeBron is having a really shitty game in his re-debut with the Cavs.

Yeah, I watched most of that game. He was fucking horrendous. Completely out of sync with his teammates.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 10:14 am

I think it will take 10-12 games with the new teammates to really get the flow going and figure out what their rotation is. It's a Blatt issue as much as a Lebron issue; he's got some tinkering to figure out.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 10:16 am

Love didn't seem to have that problem.