2008-09 NBA General Discussion Thread

[darklighter1]

...he's a basketball assassin...

And an alleged Denver rapist!

Come on it's just a joke I couldn't resist!

[Habib]

Hahahahahaha...

[AYHJA]

What the Laker's did to the Rockets was just wrong man...But...Still, you can't say the Rockets didn't have it coming, lol...The Magic just made sure Van Gundy won't be coaching the team next year when D. Howard ripped him...I mean sure, he shouldn't have done it, but he might have a point...And everyone forgets who VG hung Dwight out to dry when he said that if we want to win he has to rebound and play D...And fuck that player coach shit, neither one of them has won anything, they're on level ground, man to man if you ask me...Shit, I'm pretty sure dude didn't even play basketball as a pro, so whatever..!

C's, though I can't stand they stankin' ass, are showing some great heart...Too bad that when KG comes back, one of them young chaps in the frontcourt will probably land big contracts soon...

[Habib]

As much as I have liked Stan Van Gundy as a coach since the beginning of this season, he's getting pretty damn annoying.

OK, right now, without KG, I actually think that the Magic are the better team than the Celtics, but FOR FUCK'S SAKE why don't they ever give the ball to Dwight Howard? If the Magic lose this series, they really have themselves to blame. I mean, give the ball to your big man, that's why he's there! He took ONLY 10 shots in the game yesterday...Shaq was so dominant because they always turned to him and gave him the ball. The Magic as a team are just being fucking stupid right now -- they rely WAY too much on 3-pointers, which REALLY won't help...3-pointers isn't supposed to be your 'bread 'n' butter' for a basketball game, it's supposed to be a luxury that you have when your dominant scorer is double teamed and a man is open beyond the arc, or you want to tie a game desperately in clutch situations.

I really don't know what Stan Van Gundy is doing, but he needs to redesign his game plan. Dwight Howard is hardly touching the ball and it pisses me off way too much. Please just look at the stats of that game and see how many 3-pointers the Magic attempted and the relatively minuscule amount they made. Had they given the ball to Dwight Howard for all those 3-point attempts, it would have been a different story.

Again, they'll have themselves to blame if they lose the series to the short handed Celtics. It's not like I'm in support of either team, but at least TRY to take advantage and do the right thing when you have the opportunity. Take advantage that KG is out, my God.

[AYHJA]

They say that they don't give him the ball as much as they should because he's limited offensively, but still..I think that's some bullshit...Every play, you dump it in until the D collapses and you line the marksmen accordingly...The biggest knock on Dwight should be that he can't pass out of double teams, not that they can't get him the ball...

[darklighter1]

I'm startin to smell back to back champeenships!!!....no not really. Magic are overrated anyway, it's DeeWight and then a bunch of Sally's. I thought without KG Superman would just devastate but it looks like LeBron will be wiping his feet all over Boston instead of Orlando.

And yes Van Gundy sucks as a head coach but he's made many many interesting films with Jenna Jameson.

[AYHJA]

R.I.P. Wayman Tisdale

[Habib]

Cavaliers vs. Magic

Predictions please?

[AYHJA]

This depends on which Magic team shows up...I'll tell you this right now, if the team that showed up against the C's in game seven shows up consistently through the playoffs, they will win the championship...You cannot match 3's with 2's, and no team in the league shoots the deep ball better than the Magic...I'm curious about the matchups for this one though...I think after I watch 2 games, I'll know who'll win...

[Habib]

You are right AYHJA. This will be a really interesting series....to me the playoffs has JUST started.

The quarter-finals and semi-finals I didn't really enjoy.