Basketball (NBA, College, etc.)

Bill Walton on Shaq's dedication to weight loss after joining the Miami Heat: "If Shaq was in this shape the past two seasons, he'd still be a Laker."

Ain't it the truth.

bmwracer wrote:Bill Walton.... "If Shaq was in this shape the past two seasons, he'd still be a Laker."

ouch.

jholic wrote:ouch.

The truth always hurts.

qilver wrote::doh:
yeah, a bummer, the winning streak ends for the Warriors.
Miami's streak is still alive at 14, i wonder if they can set a record by the most wins this season.

:victory:

The record? Are you serious? Winning more than 72 would take some miracle for them. I think they'll be a 50 win team but I'm not sure if any team will be able to break 72. That season for the Bulls was literally magical

You wanna talk magical?

Then it starts and ends with the '71-'72 Lakers:

They won 33 straight games that season... They went two months without losing a game... They started the season 6-3, then a little over two months later, they were 39-3 and ended the season 69-13...

They crushed the second place Warriors in one game by 63 points, 162-99... They scored over 100 points in all but one game that season...

And all of it was done before expansion: they had to play talent-laden teams like the Knicks and Celtics eight times during the regular season...

Truly a remarkable team and season.... :D

bmwracer wrote:ason 69-13...

They crushed the second place Warriors in one game by 63 points, 162-99... They scored over 100 points in all but one game that season...

Damn it! Why'd it have to be over the Warriors and not some other team? :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

eltinator wrote:Damn it! Why'd it have to be over the Warriors and not some other team? :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

That just the way it goes... :hehe:

Actually, the Warriors were on their way at that time: they won the championship a couple of years later, '74-'75: Rick Barry, Keith (Jamaal) Wilkes, Jeff Mullins, et al.... :D

bmwracer wrote:
That just the way it goes... :hehe:

Actually, the Warriors were on their way at that time: they won the championship a couple of years later, '74-'75: Rick Barry, Keith (Jamaal) Wilkes, Jeff Mullins, et al.... :D

I think me and Kevin are still waiting for that universal balance to kick in some time soon :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

Although 4-1 in their last 5 games, I'll take that any day :hehe: :hehe:

Whoa, Amare Stoudemaire drops 50 on the Blazers as the Suns win, 117-98....

wow, stoudamire is playing better than shaq.
The phoenix suns are hot hot hot. How many assists did Nash get in that game, anyone???
:bonk:

Cursed Suns... give back the division lead to my Kings! :banghead:

Miami's streak ended tonight by the hot hot sonics, ray allen scored 35.

The kings need bobby jackson back, and when vlade left, i think their inside game weakened, unless you know of someone that is filling in, not that Vlade was a "shaq" force anyway. Besides, the suns are a better team, not that i hate the kings, just by the nba record standings currently.

btw: i think that to answer my own question, Nash had 10 assist in that game, the one where stoudamire had 50 points.

qilver wrote:Miami's streak ended tonight by the hot hot sonics, ray allen scored 35.

Yes! :woot:

qilver wrote:
The kings need bobby jackson back, and when vlade left, i think their inside game weakened, unless you know of someone that is filling in, not that Vlade was a "shaq" force anyway. Besides, the suns are a better team, not that i hate the kings, just by the nba record standings currently.

Jackson's out for the season... AGAIN! :beaten:

I'm actually not too hurt that Vlade is gone. He barely played his last year on Sacto and he's getting slower and slower but he's still a great passer. Brad Miller was the air aparent to Vlade anyways and I think he's doing a pretty good job filling in but what the Kings need are healthy bodies. On a good night Adelman will use a 8 man rotation and when someone gets hurt, he doesn't sub someone else in, he just uses 7 :sweat:

Lakers have yet to win three in a row and they won't accomplish it today: they're down 78-53 at the end of the 3rd quarter to the Spurs...

Talk about getting owned. :bleh:

for the kings, that's probably why they have lost some of there games, lack of energy down the stretch, they need more people, more reserves to give the starters rest. Vlade is probably not going to do much for the lakers this year then...

speaking of which, i hope and glad if the lakers lose, i really don't like kobe and the lakers that much. I am for the opposing teams that play against the lakers, in this case, the awesome spurs. :beatyou:

qilver wrote:speaking of which, i hope and glad if the lakers lose, i really don't like kobe and the lakers that much. I am for the opposing teams that play against the lakers, in this case, the awesome spurs. :beatyou:

Grrr. :beatyou:

The Spurs aren't that awesome. They just look that way against the Lakers...

man, that jermaine o'neal dropped 55 on the bucks! that kind of stat is pretty hard to produce nowadays, isn't it?

qilver wrote:for the kings, that's probably why they have lost some of there games, lack of energy down the stretch, they need more people, more reserves to give the starters rest. Vlade is probably not going to do much for the lakers this year then...

I guess you could say that about the Kings since the year they lost against Dallas in the playoffs. They did some house cleaning and used to be one of the deepest teams in the league. I like them better now, especially the Pollard and Turkolough trade for Brad Miller but letting Jim Jackson go really hurt their depth.

The Clippers won a close one against Portland, and the Lakers lost against Dallas, so i am happy.

Also, the Phoenix Suns win another one. Shaq is his dominate old self against the Knicks tonight as they roll with a victory. but on the downer, i think the Warriors and Kings each lost their games. :shamefulcry: :grumble: