What karmic retribution, the Cavs beat the Celts who just beat the Heat the night before. Cavs fans got a little bit of good karma thrown their way tonight…
Meh, I think it was more that the Celtics played back to back games and this one was at Cleveland. I find it pathetic really Cleveland is going to suck balls this season. On a better note D Wade looked good tonight.
Oh I agree that the Celts are old and aren’t liking back-to-backs this season too much. I heard the fans were super excited that they at least got this win. They’re still gonna suck this year. The fans at least got a cracker…
Oh I agree that the Celts are old and aren’t liking back-to-backs this season too much. I heard the fans were super excited that they at least got this win. They’re still gonna suck this year. The fans at least got a cracker…
Well my Warriors looked sick nasty opening the season last night. Monta and Curry can shoot the lights out. BOOM.
Does anyone know why NBA doesn’t allow back-to-back home games? Every team playing back-to-back has to have at least 1 game on the road.
I’ve never heard an explanation why.
Oh and my bulls looked nice sans boozer until 5 minutes left in the game. Away vs. OKC without their most efficient offensive player, I’ll take that.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Does anyone know why NBA doesn’t allow back-to-back home games? Every team playing back-to-back has to have at least 1 game on the road.
I’ve never heard an explanation why.
I also want to know.
Because David Stern is a Nazi.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Does anyone know why NBA doesn’t allow back-to-back home games? Every team playing back-to-back has to have at least 1 game on the road.
I’ve never heard an explanation why.
Oh and my bulls looked nice sans boozer until 5 minutes left in the game. Away vs. OKC without their most efficient offensive player, I’ll take that.[/quote]
Aside from the fact that Rose took 31 shots and only hit 12. He’s gonna have to rein that shit in.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Does anyone know why NBA doesn’t allow back-to-back home games? Every team playing back-to-back has to have at least 1 game on the road.
I’ve never heard an explanation why.
Oh and my bulls looked nice sans boozer until 5 minutes left in the game. Away vs. OKC without their most efficient offensive player, I’ll take that.[/quote]
Aside from the fact that Rose took 31 shots and only hit 12. He’s gonna have to rein that shit in. [/quote]
Agreed, but I expect the pick-and-roll with Boozer to be a staple of their offense. At the moment only him and Deng can create their own shot… they need that third cog.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Does anyone know why NBA doesn’t allow back-to-back home games? Every team playing back-to-back has to have at least 1 game on the road.
I’ve never heard an explanation why.
Oh and my bulls looked nice sans boozer until 5 minutes left in the game. Away vs. OKC without their most efficient offensive player, I’ll take that.[/quote]
Aside from the fact that Rose took 31 shots and only hit 12. He’s gonna have to rein that shit in. [/quote]
Agreed, but I expect the pick-and-roll with Boozer to be a staple of their offense. At the moment only him and Deng can create their own shot… they need that third cog.[/quote]
Agreed, but my point is he needs to be creating shots for thers, not taking so many on his own. He’s a pg and needs to get open looks for others. Gibson can stick 15 footers. Noah cuts to the bucket well. Deng is like a poor mans Shawn Marion, etc… If he’s putting the ball up 31 times than he’s not looking for others, and they can’t win like that.
[quote]randman wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Anyway, I noticed myself placing bets on the Blazers and Magic a lot. I think the Blazers are about even with OKC and the Magic are right there with the Heat/Celts, but they are getting nowhere near the requisite amount of respect from vegas.[/quote]
If they keep limiting Yao’s minutes and he can stay healthy come playoff time, I actually think Houston is the biggest threat to the Lakers out of the west. Brooks and Martin in the backcourt just give the Lakers fits.[/quote]
Agreed that a healthy HOU squad should be very dangerous in best-of-7. Brad Miller is basically a perfect fit
And I’ll need to see Durant shoot better in the postseason before calling OKC ready for a legit title run
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Does anyone know why NBA doesn’t allow back-to-back home games? Every team playing back-to-back has to have at least 1 game on the road.
I’ve never heard an explanation why.
Oh and my bulls looked nice sans boozer until 5 minutes left in the game. Away vs. OKC without their most efficient offensive player, I’ll take that.[/quote]
Aside from the fact that Rose took 31 shots and only hit 12. He’s gonna have to rein that shit in. [/quote]
Agreed, but I expect the pick-and-roll with Boozer to be a staple of their offense. At the moment only him and Deng can create their own shot… they need that third cog.[/quote]
Agreed, but my point is he needs to be creating shots for thers, not taking so many on his own. He’s a pg and needs to get open looks for others. Gibson can stick 15 footers. Noah cuts to the bucket well. Deng is like a poor mans Shawn Marion, etc… If he’s putting the ball up 31 times than he’s not looking for others, and they can’t win like that.[/quote]
Yeah I’ll agree with that. There were times that reminded me a lot of last year’s “pass a few times, waste 20 seconds then throw it to D-Rose as the clock expires and force him to create something out of nothing” offense. One game is obviously too early to say anything, but suffice to say I hope(d) that was a function of Del Negro’s incompetence and not of the players themselves.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Does anyone know why NBA doesn’t allow back-to-back home games? Every team playing back-to-back has to have at least 1 game on the road.
I’ve never heard an explanation why.
Oh and my bulls looked nice sans boozer until 5 minutes left in the game. Away vs. OKC without their most efficient offensive player, I’ll take that.[/quote]
Aside from the fact that Rose took 31 shots and only hit 12. He’s gonna have to rein that shit in. [/quote]
Agreed, but I expect the pick-and-roll with Boozer to be a staple of their offense. At the moment only him and Deng can create their own shot… they need that third cog.[/quote]
Agreed, but my point is he needs to be creating shots for thers, not taking so many on his own. He’s a pg and needs to get open looks for others. Gibson can stick 15 footers. Noah cuts to the bucket well. Deng is like a poor mans Shawn Marion, etc… If he’s putting the ball up 31 times than he’s not looking for others, and they can’t win like that.[/quote]
Yeah I’ll agree with that. There were times that reminded me a lot of last year’s “pass a few times, waste 20 seconds then throw it to D-Rose as the clock expires and force him to create something out of nothing” offense. One game is obviously too early to say anything, but suffice to say I hope(d) that was a function of Del Negro’s incompetence and not of the players themselves.
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It was probably a bit of both, but they have some ball players so they should be able to figure it out. But, Rose needs to learn quickly that shooting the ball 30 times a game isn’t where he’s most valuable. A lot of guys put up a few 100 jumpers a day in the off-season and come back thinking they’re Chuck Person. Hopefully Rose realizes he’s not and keeps doing what makes him effective: Attacking when needed and finding the open man when the defense collapses. If he can reliably stick the open jumper that’s just an added bonus.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Go Raptors! If we can outplay the nets for last place in the Atlantic I will be happy.[/quote]
x2
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
Well my Warriors looked sick nasty opening the season last night. Monta and Curry can shoot the lights out. BOOM.[/quote]
Warriors haven’t won a game opener in 5 yrs… Monta and curry scored 70pts+ last night!
At least warriors are doing some rebounding. Now it’s just the defense…
Looking for Orlando to beat the crap out of Miami tonight. Orlando has some good potential this year. Their fatal flaw, however, is Vince Carter. Vince Carter in the regular season = very good. Vince Carer in the post season = choke artist. If they don’t have to rely on his production, they could be an upset pick (over the Celtics - my pick) to come out of the East.
[quote]randman wrote:
Looking for Orlando to beat the crap out of Miami tonight. Orlando has some good potential this year. Their fatal flaw, however, is Vince Carter. Vince Carter in the regular season = very good. Vince Carer in the post season = choke artist. If they don’t have to rely on his production, they could be an upset pick (over the Celtics - my pick) to come out of the East.[/quote]
I think the heat take this one. It will be their first home game and there is no way they lose.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Does anyone know why NBA doesn’t allow back-to-back home games? Every team playing back-to-back has to have at least 1 game on the road.
I’ve never heard an explanation why.
Oh and my bulls looked nice sans boozer until 5 minutes left in the game. Away vs. OKC without their most efficient offensive player, I’ll take that.[/quote]
Aside from the fact that Rose took 31 shots and only hit 12. He’s gonna have to rein that shit in. [/quote]
Agreed, but I expect the pick-and-roll with Boozer to be a staple of their offense. At the moment only him and Deng can create their own shot… they need that third cog.[/quote]
Agreed, but my point is he needs to be creating shots for thers, not taking so many on his own. He’s a pg and needs to get open looks for others. Gibson can stick 15 footers. Noah cuts to the bucket well. Deng is like a poor mans Shawn Marion, etc… If he’s putting the ball up 31 times than he’s not looking for others, and they can’t win like that.[/quote]
Yeah I’ll agree with that. There were times that reminded me a lot of last year’s “pass a few times, waste 20 seconds then throw it to D-Rose as the clock expires and force him to create something out of nothing” offense. One game is obviously too early to say anything, but suffice to say I hope(d) that was a function of Del Negro’s incompetence and not of the players themselves.
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It was probably a bit of both, but they have some ball players so they should be able to figure it out. But, Rose needs to learn quickly that shooting the ball 30 times a game isn’t where he’s most valuable. A lot of guys put up a few 100 jumpers a day in the off-season and come back thinking they’re Chuck Person. Hopefully Rose realizes he’s not and keeps doing what makes him effective: Attacking when needed and finding the open man when the defense collapses. If he can reliably stick the open jumper that’s just an added bonus.[/quote]
The thing is, he’s pretty far above average at sticking the midrange jumpshot. But the best midrange jumpshot is still way inferior to the worst layup, so I still wish he’d attack more. How does a point guard put up 30 shots and only take like 5 free throws or whatever he averaged last year?
Anyway, I should probly stop before I make this a Bulls thread.
[quote]randman wrote:
Looking for Orlando to beat the crap out of Miami tonight. Orlando has some good potential this year. Their fatal flaw, however, is Vince Carter. Vince Carter in the regular season = very good. Vince Carer in the post season = choke artist. If they don’t have to rely on his production, they could be an upset pick (over the Celtics - my pick) to come out of the East.[/quote]
Vince Carter has played in the postseason???
I saw that D Howard worked with Olajuwon this offseason. If he rubbed off at all, DH could be an MVP candidate. However, just from watching him for 5 years, I’m beginning to think that having a “feel for the post” on offense is like musical talent… you either have the instinct or you don’t. And if you don’t, the best teacher in the world isn’t gonna help you for shit.