NBA 2005/2006 Season Thread

[Jacky]

Sheryl Swoopes is gay.

thought u said it as a joke.. until I saw this:

Houston Comets forward Sheryl Swoopes is opening up about being a lesbian, telling a magazine that she's "tired of having to hide my feelings about the person I care about."

Swoopes, honored last month as the WNBA's Most Valuable Player, told ESPN The Magazine for a story on newsstands Wednesday that she didn't always know she was gay and fears that coming out could jeopardize her status as a role model.

 

[$teauA]

The Hornets are gonna be a poor mans Nets with Paul, JR and Mason (Kidd, Carter and Jefferson).

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Every single WNBA player is a dike, big deal...

 

[Bobby]

Every single WNBA player is a dike, big deal...

 

[$teauA]

'Cept Becky of course

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Pacers @ Bobcats 103-109 Final

Nice for the Bobcats to win the last ever sporting event inside of the Coliseum . Rush finally with a good game 26 points on 11-15 shooting and Felton with 20 points as well also May played his first pre-season game after knee surgery and managed to get 10 points and 8 rebounds

 

[Jacky]

IL now stands for "Inactive List." A team can have 15 players on its total roster, with 8-12 active, and the remainder being inactive.

And the minimum 5-day IL stay thing is long-gone, too. Now you can dump a player on the IL for just a single game if you want; the upshot is that a team can opt to rotate players in and out of inactivity based on game-time scenarios.

Essentially, the NBA has become a lot more like fantasy league.

 

[$teauA]

IL now stands for "Inactive List." A team can have 15 players on its total roster, with 8-12 active, and the remainder being inactive.

And the minimum 5-day IL stay thing is long-gone, too. Now you can dump a player on the IL for just a single game if you want; the upshot is that a team can opt to rotate players in and out of inactivity based on game-time scenarios.

Essentially, the NBA has become a lot more like fantasy league.

Sounds like a good decision if you ask me.

 

[Jacky]

Duhon was carried off the floor on a stretcher after being fouled by Eddie Griffin on a drive to the basket late in the period. Team officials said Duhon was conscious, had movement in his extremities and complained of a sore neck.

He was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center to be examined for a concussion.

Duhon drove to the basket and had his shot blocked by Griffin. His momentum sent him crashing to the floor, and he landed on his rear first and then his head hit the floor.

In a scary moment, Duhon lay motionless for several minutes while being attended to by team doctors and medical staff. His teammates watched in anxious silence, then applauded as he was taken out of the arena.


scary moment there... reminded me of jamal crawford incident when he crashed on his neck..

 

[$teauA]

Duhon was carried off the floor on a stretcher after being fouled by Eddie Griffin on a drive to the basket late in the period. Team officials said Duhon was conscious, had movement in his extremities and complained of a sore neck.

He was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center to be examined for a concussion.

Duhon drove to the basket and had his shot blocked by Griffin. His momentum sent him crashing to the floor, and he landed on his rear first and then his head hit the floor.

In a scary moment, Duhon lay motionless for several minutes while being attended to by team doctors and medical staff. His teammates watched in anxious silence, then applauded as he was taken out of the arena.


scary moment there... reminded me of jamal crawford incident when he crashed on his neck..

Sacrificing himself even in a preseason game, he's got so much heart! I hope and pray that he'll be alright. GO DUHON

 

[SlayerDeuS]

What does getting sent crashing to the floor after getting fouled have to do with heart? People get fouled all the time, although I hate to see anyone get injured like this. The curse of dookies in the NBA still exists...........

 

[Jacky]

Mason, who played for two-plus seasons in Milwaukee, focused his anger on Bucks general manager Larry Harris and owner Herb Kohl in a radio interview aired on WAUK-AM (1510).

Mason called Harris "a snake in the grass" and said he "flat out lied to my face" about the chances of being traded, even after the Bucks signed free-agent forward Bobby Simmons during the summer.

bad bucks!! bad!! karma will be good... hahaha... LOL.... err... nvm what I just said...

well.. it's a business... d-mase is a nice guy that always works hard.. played great for the bucks... now that they got magloire they have the depth at the C to bang inside and also give bogut a sparring partner during practice...

sigh.. another team that is gonna kill the raptors with their big bodies inside

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Come on, Mason could have gone on a better radio station than 1510; you can't get that signal more than 500 feet from its tower. And hey, the Raptors had the chance to trade for Magloire and passed it up. Glad to see the Bucks pounce at the All-Star Center. Now maybe we'll trade that bum Bogut.

 

[Jacky]

lol.... it's nice to know that GMs read the same things that we do...

One of those is Bucks GM Larry Harris, who reads only two things each morning: the local newspaper and hoopshype. "It's the Bible of the NBA," he explained. "One of those things that everybody reads."

Over the weekend, Harris was perusing hoopshype when he hit upon the Magloire rumors. "I didn't know if they were true but it piqued my interest," he said. "We'd struggled rebounding-wise in the preseason and could use another big."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/chris_ballard/10/27/magloire.trade/index.html

 

[Moreira_Benfica]

looks like raptors might start graham over mo pete on opening day, i like the sound of that last season mo pete was way to inncosistent (sp?) on the road and it makes our bench stronger

 

[Jacky]

well.. the season starts tomorrow... finally sth good to watch on tv..

here's my prediction for the season:
East:
1 Indiana - This team is too good and too deep not to finish 1st in the East.
2 Heat - Lot's of new faces, there might be some chemistry issues in the beginning but as the season goes the Heat will mesh.
3 Nets - If the big 3 are healthy then there's no argument they won't finish top in the Atlantic. Also I think Nenad is gonna have a nice year.
4 Detroit - I wonder how different they would play with a more offense oriented coach. Still they are the top defensive team with Big Ben and Co.
5 Cavaliers - I see Lebron having a good year, might even be in the top 5 for mvp considerations now that he has teammates finally. And Mike Brown is a coach that I like.
6 Wizards - Solid team. Let's just hope Jamison's preseason was just the preseason. Butler is a solid replacement for Hughes.
7 Bulls - Luol Deng is back, Gordon should improve from last year. If the rumors about them getting Nene turns out to be good then they might move a spot or 2 up.
8 Bucks - Now that they've added another big man in Magloire, they have a solid front court to bang with the best. And TJ Ford is back too. Only thing I think that can hinder them is the coach, I'm not a big Stotts fans.

ouside looking in:
76ers - Webber, AI, Dalembert already in some injury problems...
Knicks - They actually look better this year "individually", let's see how Larry Brown does with this chemistry experiment.
Boston - Young, maybe in a year or 2 they'll be playoff regulars, just not this year.

The Central Division is pretty tough.

West:
1 Spurs - What can I say, adding Finley to the mix makes them even scarier. With a healthy TD in the playoffs no way they're missing the finals.
2 Nuggets - Hottest team the final 2 monthes last season will continue to impress. Melo in contract year should be nice to watch. If only that Paul Pierce trade had gone down they wouldn't have a 3 headed PG rotation. Might even have the best record this season.
3 Kings - They're the most solid team in the Pacific.
4 Rockets - Yao gets a solid partner in Stro. Rafer will help the team run. And T-mac does his stuff.
5 Dallas - They will win some games and make the playoffs. If only Cuban had kept Nash. Oh well.
6 Warriors - They will be fun to watch. Let's hope Baron stays healthy.
7 Wolves - KG is 29. Can't believe the Wolves couldn't put together a team that gets pass the 1st round on a regular basis with a talent like KG in 10 friggin years. Time to get the gang together and perform up to task.
8 Jazz - Sloan seems to be someone that gets the most out of his players when u least expected. Let's hope Boozer, AK and Harpring can stay healthy. Otherwise replace with Lakers.

Just outside:
Sonics - Clippers - Lakers - Suns and even Grizzlies.

6th man of the year - if rumors are true about Artest starting on the bench. If not Danny Granger or Donyell Marshall or Sarunas Jasikevicius.
Most Improved Player - I like James Jones last year, this year he'll play with Steve Nash, let's see what will happen. Zaza Pachulia should get high consideration as well seeing he has the starting spot all to himself in Atlanta.
MVP - other than the usual candidates I think Lebron has a legit chance.
ROY - Charlie Villanueva, he'll get minutes and chance to prove himself. I have to admit I was not too happy when the raptors drafted him, but now it seems Babcock knew what he was doing. But Chris Paul will be front runner for this and u can never forget Saras Jasikevicius, if anything other than his awesome name.

NBA Finals - San Antonio at Indiana
I'm leaning towards the Pacers.

It's an 82 game season, lot's of things can happen, let's see how it goes.

 

[Hopeunited]

slick, Carlos*y, slick. You sounded like a professional TV analyst.

However I think that in the West the Grizzlies have a better chance to make the playoffs than the T-Wolves or Jazz.

 

[Jacky]

LOL... I just took the template from what ShiftyPowers did a couple of pages back...

 

[Hopeunited]

official tip off for the new season...

lol Bogut reminds me of Yao Ming in his rookie year. big, heavy, slow, clumsy, white, and shying away from play.

 

[Jacky]

and he'll be a mark man... everyone will try to dunk on him... he got a poster from webber early in the game...

76ers are getting all the lose balls... and that Bell guy looks pretty good... who is he?

also the denver-san antonio game is on.. ring presentation right now...

 

[ShiftyPowers]

What channel is the Bucks game on? Why can't I see this game!?!? I live 80 freakin miles away from Milwaukee!!

 

[Moreira_Benfica]

in toronto its on the score

bobby simmmons playing good in first game as a buck