NBA Regular Season 2008-09 Thread

[snoodmonger]

Mario Chalmers' line: 17 pts, 7 Rebs, 8 Assists, 1 TO. EAT YOUR HEART OUT ROSE.

 

Darrell Arthur: 11 pts, 15 Rebs, Blks.

 

You do know that Chalmers played against the Knicks, right?

 

Just let me have my one day of excitement, ok?

[lloydo]

I was at the Thunder game last night. Our team looked like the Washington Generals.

[bukie]

The thing I found most interesting about last night's NBA action: The Knicks won at home, scored 120 points, and neither Marbury nor Curry played a single minute.

[rchap24]

The thing I found most interesting about last night's NBA action: The Knicks won at home, scored 120 points, and neither Marbury nor Curry played a single minute.

 

Well that last part is the first good step this team as taken in the last 5 years. I'm not surprised

[SouthSideRyan]

Mario Chalmers' line: 17 pts, 7 Rebs, 8 Assists, 1 TO. EAT YOUR HEART OUT ROSE.

 

Darrell Arthur: 11 pts, 15 Rebs, Blks.

 

You do know that Chalmers played against the Knicks, right?

 

Just let me have my one day of excitement, ok?

 

Yeah, KU basketball fans have been suffering lately.

[Guest]

How bad are the Clippers?

How Amazing are the Lakers?

 

The Clippers sure could have used Elton Brand yesterday.

[Derwood]

The thing I found most interesting about last night's NBA action: The Knicks won at home, scored 120 points, and neither Marbury nor Curry played a single minute.

 

and Chris Duhon played 38 minutes...

[rchap24]

How bad are the Clippers?

How Amazing are the Lakers?

 

The Clippers sure could have used Elton Brand yesterday.

 

Ha tell me about it

[imb]

I was at the Thunder game last night. Our team looked like the Washington Generals.

 

I was there, too. The problem was Durant's foul trouble in the first half. He's the only guy on the team that can create his own jumper (Westbrook can get to the basket, but he's not going to come off a screen and hit a 15-footer)

 

everyone looked better once Durant established that he was going to actually make a few shots.

 

Westbrook looked good. he has this amazing ability to come swooping in and knock rebounds loose. I've never seen anything like it. I'm not sure how great it is for the transition defense, but he plays so hard, it's tough not to like it.

 

Our interior "presence" is terrible and will be all year. WIlcox is an undersized 4, collison can't play with his back to the basket and i don't know why they let petro's preseason get him into the starting lineup. We need (NEED) a legit big man in the draft. BJ Mullens or Blake Griffin (assuming you're not 6'7) come on down.

[imb]

How bad are the Clippers?

How Amazing are the Lakers?

 

The Clippers sure could have used Elton Brand yesterday.

 

the okc crowd has already adopted russell westbrook, by the way.

 

i mentioned it in the post above, but it's amazing how many loose balls he creates. Carleisimo played Watson the entire 1st and 3rd quarters, and let westbrook have the second and fourth, and it seemed like every time someone (JEFF GREEN ](*,) ](*,) ](*,) ) missed a jumper, westbrook came soaring out of nowhere to knock it out of the defensive rebounders hands.

 

he hit a 3 from the left wing that capped a run and cut the lead down to 11 (after it had been in the mid 20s) and the crowd erupted. I can't see him not stealing watson's minutes by midseason.

[Guest]

Westbrook gets to so many rebounds he shouldn't, I always figured it was because Love and Mbah a Moute got all the attention and so Russ could just slip in. But the kid can soar for those loose balls.

[imb]

Westbrook gets to so many rebounds he shouldn't, I always figured it was because Love and Mbah a Moute got all the attention and so Russ could just slip in. But the kid can soar for those loose balls.

 

it got to the point where every time it looked like one of the bucks' big men would easily get a defensive rebound, he would come flying out of nowhere to spike it on the ground

 

EDIT

Here's the 3-pointer (don't make fun of the seats, everything was way overpriced on the secondary market for the opener)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/madhops_42/rws3pointer.jpg

[imb]

BY THE WAY (for my 9th post on this page)

 

you wanna know who did the pregame for the opener? the one, the only C&C MUSIC FACTORY EVERYBODY DANCE NOW

 

it was the most vh1 moment of my life

 

i felt like i was in the third grade again, listening to a jock jams tape

[Derwood]

was Gary Glitter unavailable?

[imb]

was Gary Glitter unavailable?

 

i was hoping apache would come out for halftime

[Derwood]

was Gary Glitter unavailable?

 

i was hoping apache would come out for halftime

 

with Snap! singing God Bless America

[wolf stansson]

Hopefully IMB is the Storm beat writer in like a year or two. NBA beat writer would be my dream sports journalism job. I've always wanted to hang out with NBA guys. The stories would be amazing.

[SouthSideRyan]

was Gary Glitter unavailable?

 

Couldn't make bail.

[treebird]

C&C MUSIC FACTORY EVERYBODY DANCE NOW

 

i wish bands would do that, acknowledge that they only have one song and just tack it on to their name.

 

"and now, ladies and gentlemen, CRASH TEST DUMMIES MMMM MMMM MMMM MMMM"

[David]

did they have the lip syncer from the video?

[imb]

did they have the lip syncer from the video?

 

the girl-half of the C&C was CLEARLY lip synching

 

also, there are almost no words to the actual song, so the guy-half was just ad libbing stuff like "oklahoma city's in the house ... THUNDER in the house" over the beat.

 

ALSO, ALSO, we saw the debut of the Thundergirls, the dance group/skank troupe. they introduced them name by name, and after each individual was named, that particular girl would do some special dance move

 

so it was like "AND INTRODUCING ... CANDY!" and the spotlight would shine on Candy, she'd do a twirl and kick her leg up or something and they would move on. the finally got to one girl, called her name, put the light on her and all she did was shake her boobs. no twirl or anything, just a little boob-shimmy and that was it. it was fantastic. i told the guy next to me that i used to date a thundergirl, but i broke up with her when she gave me the thunderclap. all that got me was a nervous "don't talk to me anymore" laugh, but i feel like i can use that joke again at the next game

[wolf stansson]

i told the guy next to me that i used to date a thundergirl, but i broke up with her when she gave me the thunderclap. all that got me was a nervous "don't talk to me anymore" laugh, but i feel like i can use that joke again at the next game

That's gold.

[illiniguy]

I have two thoughts from yesterdays games.

 

Kevin Love played pretty well. 12 points and 9 boards in 19 minutes. Why the hell did he only get 19 minutes on the TWolves?

 

O.J. Mayo began his career as the next Larry Hughes as he went 5 from 20 from the field. So NSSBers what is lower this year O.J.'s field goal percentage or Ben Wallace's FT percentage?

[illiniguy]

C&C MUSIC FACTORY EVERYBODY DANCE NOW

 

i wish bands would do that, acknowledge that they only have one song and just tack it on to their name.

 

"and now, ladies and gentlemen, CRASH TEST DUMMIES MMMM MMMM MMMM MMMM"

apparently you have never heard of afternoon and coffeespoons.

[David]

ladies and gentlemen, SKEELO I WISH!