The OFFICIAL 2009-2010 NBA season thread!

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

"If Jeezy's payin' Lebron, I'm payin' Dwayne Wade"

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[FN Phat]

That looked like DWade from 3 years ago.

[JohnnyLingo]

Sorry, LeBron. No, the league will not retire the number 23 to honor Michael Jordan.

Dwight Jaynes on the idea of retiring Jordan's jersey league-wide: "It may be the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard of. Especially for teams that Jordan beat or publicly scorned -- like Portland. Not only did Jordan hand the Blazers a loss in the NBA Finals, he has on a few occasions talked about how lucky he was never to have played here. ... I would hope we could somehow retain the impression that this league belongs to competitors. It belongs to the people whose will to win aspires to be as great as Jordan’s. And to honor those people, don’t ever hang another team’s player’s laundry in the rafters of their house."

[MarkGrace]

Um...Brandon Jennings? Shat.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Sorry, LeBron. No, the league will not retire the number 23 to honor Michael Jordan.

Dwight Jaynes now speaks on behalf of the league? Well at least mpfunk is happy, nothing like having president of the Blazer-Boner crew running the league.

[FN Phat]

Um...Brandon Jennings? Shat.

Un, effin', believable!

[Surfah]

Un, effin', believable!

The kid is nasty. Seriously, if he maintains then I think you're going to see other kids circumvent the NCAA by playing pro abroad. Why wouldn't you? If I was a lotto pick out of HS, I'd go play in Europe for a year. I am convinced that a year in the Euroleagues will better prepare you for the competition and rigors of the NBA play and life than any D1 program in the country can.

I am so glad he's on my fantasy team. Holla!

[Surfah]

I was watching a replay of Boston and Indy the other night and this dawned on me.

Brothers?



I think J Mac could probably take Williams. It also has to suck knowing your wife is better than you. I wonder how much teasing he gets because of that.

[cougjunkie]

I was watching a replay of Boston and Indy the other night and this dawned on me.

Brothers?



I think J Mac could probably take Williams. It also has to suck knowing your wife is better than you. I wonder how much teasing he gets because of that.

Whenever I look at Shelden Williams I feel like I am standing on my head. Its hard to explain but it is almost like you are looking at him upside down.

[JohnnyLingo]

So this Roy Hibbert kid is looking like he'll make it. Averaging 11 and 9 on the season and shooting 52% from the field and 75% from the line. Getting 2.4 blocks per, too.

Tonight he put in 19 and 11 on 9-11 shooting in 32 minutes.

A lot of people were down on this kid, but I wish he'd have dropped to the Jazz.

[Donuthole]

So this Roy Hibbert kid is looking like he'll make it. Averaging 11 and 9 on the season and shooting 52% from the field and 75% from the line. Getting 2.4 blocks per, too.

Tonight he put in 19 and 11 on 9-11 shooting in 32 minutes.

A lot of people were down on this kid, but I wish he'd have dropped to the Jazz.

I took some ribbing on CB (and from my friends) for saying i'd choose Hibbert over Oden if given the choice. Even after Oden's season-ending injury (before the season even began, might I add), my buddy still claimed I was crazy.

IMO, Hibbert is a little too lethargic to be a truly dominant C, but he has better size and instincts (on both ends) than Oden, who gets by on his athleticism (despite not being all that athletic).

[JohnnyLingo]

Jason Maxiell denies Shannon Brown. Just a beautiful block.

[Surfah]

Jason Maxiell denies Shannon Brown. Just a beautiful block.

That block was sick.

[SoCalCoug]

And you're missing the larger point: you replaced a good role player for a poor role player. So far, it looks like the decision to let Ariza walk and sign Artest was a bad one.

Careful - this says much about your knowledge of the NBA.

[JohnnyLingo]

Careful - this says much about your knowledge of the NBA.

How many rings has Artest won?

And Ariza?

Boo ya! Clearly Ariza is the better player!

[/ChannelingAllLakerFans]