Basketball (NBA, College, etc.)

Lakers get routed by the T-Wolves, 111-92, in their first preseason game. :(

That didn't take long: three minutes into their first preseason game, the Heat loses Dwayne Wade to a strained hamstring.

Karma.

bmwracer wrote:
Karma.

A bitch.

Tu_triky wrote:A bitch.

Any odds on when the next Heat player gets hurt?

^^ Probably won't be the player we all want to see get hurt. :twisted:

hitomi #1 wrote:^^ Probably won't be the player we all want to see get hurt. :twisted:

LOL, yeah. :rofl:

Lakers lose their second preseason game to Barcelona, 92-88. :(

considering Kobe was 2-15, and I forgot what he had for free throws, but something like 16pts for the game, he is still not adjusted from his post season knee surgery, give him a month and he'll be back to normal, whatever that may be. By that time Bynum should be back, maybe.

qilver wrote:By that time Bynum should be back, maybe.

That guy is such a dope waiting so long to have his surgery. :shakehead:

I'm really losing hope for this guy... He's looking more and more like a failed Laker project.

Big news out of LA, like he'll be able to keep his head in the game now. :naughty:
http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/blog/busted_racquet/post/Sharapova-gets-engaged-to-Lakers-guard-Vujacic?urn=ten-279015

hitomi #1 wrote:Big news out of LA, like he'll be able to keep his head in the game now. :naughty:
http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/blog/busted_racquet/post/Sharapova-gets-engaged-to-Lakers-guard-Vujacic?urn=ten-279015

Hmm, I doubt if that was the reason he was throwing up bricks all last season.

bmwracer wrote:
Hmm, I doubt if that was the reason he was throwing up bricks all last season.

Least he'll have a good reason this year. :sweat:

NBA season opens tonight for the Lakers: they host Houston and Yao Ming. :victory:

Rockets are supposed to have a limit of 24 minutes a game for him, shame on his freakish injuries, he really could be the most dominant force in the league. :beaten:
Yeah, opening tip-off onight, jeeesh, after the Celts, Magic, Heat, Lakers and possibly the Spurs, does any team really have a chance? :shakehead:

hitomi #1 wrote:Rockets are supposed to have a limit of 24 minutes a game for him, shame on his freakish injuries, he really could be the most dominant force in the league. :beaten:
Yeah, opening tip-off onight, jeeesh, after the Celts, Magic, Heat, Lakers and possibly the Spurs, does any team really have a chance? :shakehead:

Oklahoma City might be a Cinderella team.

They're not a bad team, just looked at their roster, good at guards and Durant will carry them again, but their big men are not that good, gonna get creamed on the boards too often. :bleh: Never can tell with injuries though, Kobe, Duncan, Dirk could all go down and then it would be wide open. :sweat:
More big news out of LA, Sasha Vujacic bought his fiancee' an 8 carat, $250,000 ring, but at a salary of 5.5M should have spent more. :beatyou: Guess I'm in the wrong field, never knew brick layers made that much. :doh:

hitomi #1 wrote:More big news out of LA, Sasha Vujacic bought his fiancee' an 8 carat, $250,000 ring, but at a salary of 5.5M should have spent more. :beatyou: Guess I'm in the wrong field, never knew brick layers made that much. :doh:

Yup, I shoulda taken up masonry instead of going to college. :hehe:

Celts beat Heat, 88-80. Sloppy game overall by both teams, but it was expected as the first game of the season. Got more than expected offense from Shaq, but his defense is rather lacking, he doesn't even bother to put his arms up. :sweat: The Celts really need to start the season strong and put some wins together because age is going to catch up to them. :beaten:

Jav_sol wrote:Got more than expected offense from Shaq, but his defense is rather lacking, he doesn't even bother to put his arms up.

His arms were probably tired from lifting all that food to his face before the game. :mrgreen:

Lakers eke out a win against the Rockets, 112-110.

Once again, it looks like the lack of (consistent) defense is going to be an issue this season. :sweat: