2012-13 Around the NBA thread

[htownskinfan]

Watching highlights of bulls heat,can't believe James was called for the T on that foul,terrible terrible call.Im surprised no commentators said anything about it

[skinsfaninok]

Hopefully okc can win today but without Russ it'll be hard. Miami will.take it all again

[mredskins]

The NBA is official dead to me. It has to be the bottom of the barrel sport right now.

NHL, NFL, MLB > NBA

[CultBrennan59]

I've said it before and i'll stick with it again; Heat will lose a total of 3 games in the playoffs. They've lost 1 already. I say they lose 1 to the pacers and 1 to the spurs.

I would love to see the grizzlies upset the spurs but I don't see it.

[itvnetop]

Otto Porter staying in the District? Wiz will have their big 3 soon.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by itvnetop

Otto Porter staying in the District? Wiz will have their big 3 soon.

I hope its either him or Oladipo.

[itvnetop]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

I hope its either him or Oladipo.

Oladipo's upside is terrific... but he's 6'4" and that's 2-guard territory (where Beal is). If the workouts play out a certain way, Oladipo may start rising and we may be able to trade down one or two spots and still nab Porter. Bennett is another name to watch out for.

[CultBrennan59]

Originally Posted by itvnetop

Oladipo's upside is terrific... but he's 6'4" and that's 2-guard territory (where Beal is). If the workouts play out a certain way, Oladipo may start rising and we may be able to trade down one or two spots and still nab Porter. Bennett is another name to watch out for.

We aren't getting Oladipo, since we have Beal. Its between Porter and Bennett. If Nerlens falls we must take him, but I don't see that happening. I think we should draft Bennett, I was impressed with him. I wasn't impressed with Porter, he was awful in both the Big East and NCAA Tournaments.

[itvnetop]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

We aren't getting Oladipo, since we have Beal. Its between Porter and Bennett. If Nerlens falls we must take him, but I don't see that happening. I think we should draft Bennett, I was impressed with him. I wasn't impressed with Porter, he was awful in both the Big East and NCAA Tournaments.

The entire Hoyas squad was awful in the sole NCAA game against FGCU. It was a weird matchup they hadn't seen in the Big East before and Dunk City threw everyone off their game. Porter was the Big East player of the year and Jim Boeheim calls him the most complete player to come out of the conference... ever. I'm deathly afraid of the Cavs taking him first overall.

I like Bennett's post game offensively, but he has no concept of defensive fundamentals.

[CultBrennan59]

I'm not impressed by porter.

[NC_Skins]

2013 NBA draft -- Cleveland Cavaliers win NBA draft lottery; Orlando Magic get 2nd pick - ESPN

They really need to get rid of this stupid lottery system. It's broken and it doesn't help the teams at the bottom. It's all built on chance and that's not a good system to get the worse teams better. There is no reason the Bobcats shouldn't be selecting #1 the past few years. Absolutely stupid.


You guys speak of NBA sucking....well it does. Beyond the playoffs, the NBA is rather boring for the most part. They don't do enough to keep stars in small markets, they want 4-5 select teams to stay on top the majority of the time. They really need to fix it.

[CultBrennan59]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

2013 NBA draft -- Cleveland Cavaliers win NBA draft lottery; Orlando Magic get 2nd pick - ESPN

They really need to get rid of this stupid lottery system. It's broken and it doesn't help the teams at the bottom. It's all built on chance and that's not a good system to get the worse teams better. There is no reason the Bobcats shouldn't be selecting #1 the past few years. Absolutely stupid.


You guys speak of NBA sucking....well it does. Beyond the playoffs, the NBA is rather boring for the most part. They don't do enough to keep stars in small markets, they want 4-5 select teams to stay on top the majority of the time. They really need to fix it.

It all came to be because the San Antonio Spurs tanked and lost games on purpose to get Tim Duncan. Stupid as it maybe, it kept teams from tanking their seasons. Luckily I don't like the NBA enough to care, but if the NFL ever went to this system I would be pissed.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

It all came to be because the San Antonio Spurs tanked and lost games on purpose to get Tim Duncan. Stupid as it maybe, it kept teams from tanking their seasons. Luckily I don't like the NBA enough to care, but if the NFL ever went to this system I would be pissed.

How'd you come up with that theory?

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

How'd you come up with that theory?

before the lottery, that was a pretty prevalent theory...people tanking to get the best player. Basketball adds 1, maybe 2 true impact players a year. Why did they start the lottery, too shake it up?

[CultBrennan59]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

How'd you come up with that theory?

This is why I stopped listening to the junkies. I remember them saying "the lottery is stupid, it was made because the spurs tanked their season to get Tim Duncan" so I just believed it and never checked it.