All purpose NBA thread 07/08

[Chuck~Taylor]

Opening night is Oct. 30th.
Are the Spurs going to win it again? Will the Celtics live up to the hype?

 

[Angola!]

No and no.

 

[sportschick]

Maybe and no.

 

[mike311gd]

No and maybe.

 

[friend of a friend]

maybe and maybe

 

[Chi City 81]

No and yes.

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

God I hope not and maybe.

 

[mike311gd]

God I hope not and maybe.

Dude, come on. All we needed was a "yes and yes."

This thread is worthless now.

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

God I hope not and maybe.

Dude, come on. All we needed was a "yes and yes."

This thread is worthless now.

OK, I apologize for insulting this thread ...

NO and NO!

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

Right now, it's hard to go against the Spurs. If Ginobili can stay healthy, than I think they're still the favorites. The suns still haven't shown that they can beat SA. The Mavs have done that, but I'm still not sold on Dirk as a number 1 guy. I don't tihnk he's a leader.
If the Celtics were playing in the west, I would say maybe. But they're in the east, so I think they'll be in the top 3. Detroit and Chicago will be the only other teams that will have a chance against the Celtics. I'm a pistons fan, but I'm not confident with this team. They're still in need of a go to player. Chicago has the potential to be really dangerous. I have no idea what happened to them against Detroit last year. Of course, if they end up getting Kobe, it would make things really interesting.

 

[sportschick]

God I hope not and maybe.

Dude, come on. All we needed was a "yes and yes."

This thread is worthless now.

OK, I apologize for insulting this thread ...

NO and NO!

We already had a no and no, big dummy.

 

[mike311gd]

Some people's kids. ...

 

[sportschick]

"As always, I don't care."

And HB, if you don't want people to **** on the hockey thread, you shouldn't **** on threads for other sports.

 

[hockeybeat]

You guys are right. I'm sorry. I'll whack the offending post.

EDIT: Post has been deleted.

Only way Celts live up to the hype is if they win the Finals. And I'm not sure that they can.

 

[wireguy]

Right now, it's hard to go against the Spurs. If Ginobili can stay healthy, than I think they're still the favorites. The suns still haven't shown that they can beat SA. The Mavs have done that, but I'm still not sold on Dirk as a number 1 guy. I don't tihnk he's a leader.
If the Celtics were playing in the west, I would say maybe. But they're in the east, so I think they'll be in the top 3. Detroit and Chicago will be the only other teams that will have a chance against the Celtics. I'm a pistons fan, but I'm not confident with this team. They're still in need of a go to player. Chicago has the potential to be really dangerous. I have no idea what happened to them against Detroit last year. Of course, if they end up getting Kobe, it would make things really interesting.

P.S. HB, it's a good thing that people still care about hockey

That's usually my reasoning. I always feel it's difficult to go against the defending champ in pro sports unless that team has some drastic makeover that makes it apparent that it's not a good team (see Florida Marlins 1997).

If the Bulls can work out that Kobe deal that puts them number one at the East since they'll be adding a player to a group that has already experience some success. I thought it was an interesting going out on a limb pick with Sports Illustrated picking the Knicks for sixth. But then again sixth through ninth there could be a 36, 35, 34 and 33 win team.

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

God I hope not and maybe.

Dude, come on. All we needed was a "yes and yes."

This thread is worthless now.

OK, I apologize for insulting this thread ...

NO and NO!

We already had a no and no, big dummy.

Well don't I just reek of immaculate FAILURE!

 

[mike311gd]

God I hope not and maybe.

Dude, come on. All we needed was a "yes and yes."

This thread is worthless now.

OK, I apologize for insulting this thread ...

NO and NO!

We already had a no and no, big dummy.

Well don't I just reek of immaculate FAILURE!

It takes a big man to admit it, Tommy.

 

[JoelHammond]

Cavs will be a 5-8 seed in the East, and you know what? I'm glad they're holding firm on Varejao/Pavlovic.

If the Brazilian thinks someone's going to pay his offensively-challenged behind $10 mil a year, more power to him, and have a Happy I'm Playing in the Sao Paolo League Day.

No one, save for Otis Smith, is drastically overpaying for anyone anymore. Varejao better get used to it.

 

[hockeybeat]

Right now, it's hard to go against the Spurs. If Ginobili can stay healthy, than I think they're still the favorites. The suns still haven't shown that they can beat SA. The Mavs have done that, but I'm still not sold on Dirk as a number 1 guy. I don't tihnk he's a leader.
If the Celtics were playing in the west, I would say maybe. But they're in the east, so I think they'll be in the top 3. Detroit and Chicago will be the only other teams that will have a chance against the Celtics. I'm a pistons fan, but I'm not confident with this team. They're still in need of a go to player. Chicago has the potential to be really dangerous. I have no idea what happened to them against Detroit last year. Of course, if they end up getting Kobe, it would make things really interesting.

P.S. HB, it's a good thing that people still care about hockey

That's usually my reasoning. I always feel it's difficult to go against the defending champ in pro sports unless that team has some drastic makeover that makes it apparent that it's not a good team (see Florida Marlins 1997).

If the Bulls can work out that Kobe deal that puts them number one at the East since they'll be adding a player to a group that has already experience some success. I thought it was an interesting going out on a limb pick with Sports Illustrated picking the Knicks for sixth. But then again sixth through ninth there could be a 36, 35, 34 and 33 win team.

Who can trade for Kobe? The Lakers ain't going to get equal value. Unless Kupchak wants to take on expiring contracts and draft picks, the Lakers are screwed.

 

[Mayfly]

Talk for a while was Kobe going to Chicago for Ben Gordon and Loul Deng. That's not a bad trade with the Lakers getting a lot of value back.