The Official NBA 2011-2012 Playoffs!

will probably be getting Chris Paul soon. JML897

I'm just excited to see Metta World Peace play. I've never seen this player in action before and I've heard very good things. :)

Conscrumptured

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[QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"] Yeah, because ratings haven't been going up since Boston, Knicks, etc. became relevant again.No_Hablo_Ingles

Honestly, LeBron could have stayed in Cleveland for his entire career, and wanna know what would have happened? He would have been mentioned with: Karl Malone, John Stockton, Charles Barkley on the list of greatest players ever without a ring.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

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I'm just excited to see Metta World Peace play. I've never seen this player in action before and I've heard very good things. :)

bobcheeseball

You have no idea what you are talking about.

CWEBB04z

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You have no idea what you are talking about.

No_Hablo_Ingles

Says the Eagles fan. :lol:

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[QUOTE="CWEBB04z"]

You have no idea what you are talking about.

Put_in_Kitna

Says the Eagles fan. :lol:

Updated with first game schedule and poll

Where is the "ALL OF THEM" answer! Anyway, rumor has it that the Rockets are going to offer a near max contract to a Center. I hope that Center's name rhymes with Garc Masol or Cyson Thandler. No_Hablo_Ingles

Marc Gasol is better than his brother anyway so good for the Rockets if they need a Center. But I doubt Memphis will give him away.

Marc Gasol is better than his brother anyway so good for the Rockets if they need a Center. But I doubt Memphis will give him away.

FireEmblem_Man

[QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"]Where is the "ALL OF THEM" answer! Anyway, rumor has it that the Rockets are going to offer a near max contract to a Center. I hope that Center's name rhymes with Garc Masol or Cyson Thandler. FireEmblem_Man

Marc Gasol is better than his brother anyway

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[QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"]Where is the "ALL OF THEM" answer! Anyway, rumor has it that the Rockets are going to offer a near max contract to a Center. I hope that Center's name rhymes with Garc Masol or Cyson Thandler. Master_Live

Marc Gasol is better than his brother anyway

[QUOTE="Master_Live"][QUOTE="FireEmblem_Man"]

Marc Gasol is better than his brother anyway

-Halftime-

LOL, my bad, it's just how bad Pau performed from the second half of the season. Although his personal issues did got in his way from playing his top performance.

"http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2011/12/lakers-reportedly-in-trade-talks-for-dwight-howard-chris-paul-web-links.html"

Please Santa !

WAT

My favorite player D Howard CANNOT go to my most hated team Lakers!

WAT

My favorite player D Howard CANNOT go to my most hated team Lakers!

Major_Snake

Trib is saying the Bulls could be in the running, but it could cost us Boozer and Deng. I dunno how I feel about giving up all our perimeter shooting just for a player that is basically a better version of the center we already have.

lakers need to get dwight-Halftime-

You had your deadly combination for the decade, give someone else a turn. (okay, technically was last decade, but not all that long ago).

Yay for big markets fighting over small markets players!!!Master_Live

[QUOTE="Master_Live"]Yay for big markets fighting over small markets players!!!-Halftime-

Yay for big markets fighting over small markets players!!!Master_Live

Shouldn't a Yankees fan be the last person to complain about something like this?

[QUOTE="-Halftime-"][QUOTE="Master_Live"]Yay for big markets fighting over small markets players!!!Master_Live

[QUOTE="-Halftime-"][QUOTE="Master_Live"]Yay for big markets fighting over small markets players!!!Master_Live

If anything... Orlando should trade all their crap for a Chris Paul to come to Dwight instead of him having to pull a Shaq.

That would be terrible for Orlando if their dominate center leaves for LA again.

If anything... Orlando should trade all their crap for a Chris Paul to come to Dwight instead of him having to pull a Shaq.

That would be terrible for Orlando if their dominate center leaves for LA again.

Major_Snake

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If anything... Orlando should trade all their crap for a Chris Paul to come to Dwight instead of him having to pull a Shaq.

That would be terrible for Orlando if their dominate center leaves for LA again.

sergemyster8

Without a hard cap this ain't gonna happen, as long as there are top-tier free agents to be had the best teams are going to be the ones who can stockpile them. Might as well hope as many teams can stockpile as many as possible if you want to see competition, otherwise we're back to a team like the Lakers thrashing a team like the Kings.

When NFL team drafts a franchise quarterback in any market, Rodgers/Ryan/Manning/ Roethlisberger, its usually extremely rare for them to change teams. Why can't the NBA be more like this? The NBA nearly lost a season because small market owners argued that they were losing, but is this system any better than what they had before?

When NFL team drafts a franchise quarterback in any market, Rodgers/Ryan/Manning/ Roethlisberger, its usually extremely rare for them to change teams. Why can't the NBA be more like this? The NBA nearly lost a season because small market owners argued that they were losing, but is this system any better than what they had before?

Master_Live

I hate super teams as much as the next guy, but complaining about a players right to choose his place of employment is petty. The owners shouldn't be able to lord over that. They should do as much as they can to keep the player, but if the player wants to go choose a better opportunity for a different employer, who are they to stop them? Players having free choice is a good thing. **** that franchise tag stuff.

If you want your players to stay on your team, then do things to make the player want to stay. Don't lose in the first round and handicap yourself in the salary cap sp that player wastes his career on your waste of a team. People wouldn't leave teams if they did the right things to keep the team competitive. DUncan never left San Antonio.....

[QUOTE="Master_Live"]

When NFL team drafts a franchise quarterback in any market, Rodgers/Ryan/Manning/ Roethlisberger, its usually extremely rare for them to change teams. Why can't the NBA be more like this? The NBA nearly lost a season because small market owners argued that they were losing, but is this system any better than what they had before?

-Halftime-

I hate super teams as much as the next guy, but complaining about a players right to choose his place of employment is petty. The owners shouldn't be able to lord over that. They should do as much as they can to keep the player, but if the player wants to go choose a better opportunity for a different employer, who are they to stop them? Players having free choice is a good thing. **** that franchise tag stuff.

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[QUOTE="Master_Live"]

When NFL team drafts a franchise quarterback in any market, Rodgers/Ryan/Manning/ Roethlisberger, its usually extremely rare for them to change teams. Why can't the NBA be more like this? The NBA nearly lost a season because small market owners argued that they were losing, but is this system any better than what they had before?

Master_Live

I hate super teams as much as the next guy, but complaining about a players right to choose his place of employment is petty. The owners shouldn't be able to lord over that. They should do as much as they can to keep the player, but if the player wants to go choose a better opportunity for a different employer, who are they to stop them? Players having free choice is a good thing. **** that franchise tag stuff.

Yay for big markets fighting over small markets players!!!Master_Live

[QUOTE="Master_Live"]Yay for big markets fighting over small markets players!!!JML897

Shouldn't a Yankees fan be the last person to complain about something like this?

Anyway better to have NBA season than not to have, so let's just concentrate on the championship and let's not think about all that buzz around the lockout :)Demingoo

Literally impossible. You know that whoever wins this year is going to have an asterik next to their victory for all eternity, right? I would be completely angry if Rose and the Bulls won this year and never again for the rest of his career.

[QUOTE="Demingoo"]Anyway better to have NBA season than not to have, so let's just concentrate on the championship and let's not think about all that buzz around the lockout :)theone86

Literally impossible. You know that whoever wins this year is going to have an asterik next to their victory for all eternity, right? I would be completely angry if Rose and the Bulls won this year and never again for the rest of his career.

I never really hear anything about the 1999 shortened season championship. But maybe that's because they are the Spurs.

I never really hear anything about the 1999 shortened season championship. But maybe that's because they are the Spurs.

Major_Snake

I think that's part of the issue, you never really hear much about teams hat win in a short year. Other years it's a really memorable thing, but in strike years it's kinda cheapened if the season was shortened. For reference, here are all the teams that have won in short years:

72 Oakland A's (2 weeks missed)

81 LA Dodgers (a month and a half missed)

82 Redskins (9 game season)

87 Redskins (15 game season with scab games)

95 NJ Devils (48 game season)

99 SA Spurs (50 game season)

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I never really hear anything about the 1999 shortened season championship. But maybe that's because they are the Spurs.

theone86

I think that's part of the issue, you never really hear much about teams hat win in a short year. Other years it's a really memorable thing, but in strike years it's kinda cheapened if the season was shortened. For reference, here are all the teams that have won in short years:

72 Oakland A's (2 weeks missed)

81 LA Dodgers (a month and a half missed)

82 Redskins (9 game season)

87 Redskins (15 game season with scab games)

95 NJ Devils (48 game season)

99 SA Spurs (50 game season)

To be fair, I'm not sure I can name the 81 or 82 champions for any sport. JML897

[QUOTE="JML897"]To be fair, I'm not sure I can name the 81 or 82 champions for any sport. No_Hablo_Ingles

So glad the NBA season is back!!!

GO PACERS!!!!!

I think my boys will be 6th in the east this year ;)

NBA schedule features 42 back-to-back-to-backs "And it will force every team to navigate demanding stretches that are never seen during a full season, such as the nine games in 12 nights the Atlanta Hawks face starting with their Dec. 27 opener." Horrible, just horrible. The quality is going to be sub par as if it wasn't already. Master_Live

That's what the players get for holding out so damn long.

That's what the players get for holding out so damn long.

theone86

So glad the NBA season is back!!!

GO PACERS!!!!!

I think my boys will be 6th in the east this year ;)

kozzy1234

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So glad the NBA season is back!!!

GO PACERS!!!!!

I think my boys will be 6th in the east this year ;)

bobcheeseball

A fellow Pacers fan, good to see ;)

We could start 5-0, but we have a really really tough stretch later on where we play 6 tough tough games.

NBA season is back!! YES! :P