Basketball (NBA, College, etc.)

^^ Right about how they get to be billionaires. :usuck:
From the Buffalo News earlier this week.
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/article366615.ece

gaijinmark wrote:The sticking point has always been a new stadium. The NFL wants a new stadium here and want the taxpayers to foot the bill. To the credit of the L.A. city council, they have always said, "You billionaires want a new stadium? Then YOU'RE going to pay for it, NOT the taxpayers!!"

And well they should... The owners would stick us at the ticket office anyways, so they ought to front the money.

Lakers beat Portland even without Andrew Bynum, 84-80. :victory:

Celts finally broke a bit out of their offensive slump tonight, think it was 4 or 5 straight games under 90 points, as they win in MSG against the hapless Knicks 96-86, :mrgreen: what better cure for an offensive slump than to see the Kinicks on the schedule. :naughty:

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I watched a few minutes of the 4th, while Knicks began to unravel, and their lack of defense showed, there is lack of ball movement, and too predictable on offense is their downfall. Celtics experience and teamwork really showed in that game in the 4th quarter.

^^ As bad as the Knicks were on defensive(still are) before the big trade, offensively they were good, played much more as a team, now they stand around waiting for Mr. Overrated to throw up a brick. :bleh: His honeymoon is over quickly, NY papers have been really blasting him for bringing the team down, Celts or the Bulls are relishing the thought of facing them in the first round. :hehe:

hitomi #1 wrote:Mr. Overrated

That whole team has been overrated. Even before the Anthony trade they desperately wanted to believe they were one of the top five teams in the east. :usuck:

Jav_sol wrote:That whole team has been overrated. Even before the Anthony trade they desperately wanted to believe they were one of the top five teams in the east. :usuck:

The Knicks have shown some flashes of brilliance... Consistency is their problem, like the Clippers.

bmwracer wrote:
The Knicks have shown some flashes of brilliance... Consistency is their problem, like the Clippers.

True, but a lot of the players who showed the flashes of brilliance are now wearing Nuggets uniforms. :hehe: Doc Rivers said in today's NY Post he's surprised how bad they're struggling, considering they have 2 of the top 10 players in the league...... 2 of the top 10???? :headscratch:

hitomi #1 wrote:Doc Rivers said in today's NY Post he's surprised how bad they're struggling, considering they have 2 of the top 10 players in the league...... 2 of the top 10???? :headscratch:

I suppose Rivers thinks the Celtics have the other eight, huh? :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
I suppose Rivers thinks the Celtics have the other eight, huh? :beaten:

He actually didn't mention who the other 8 were, then again if he thinks those 2 are in the top 10 as far as best players go may have curious to hear who he would have listed. :nut: He did add the reason the stars the Celts got meshed so well because of their lack of egos, all were used to being the #1 on the team and all of a sudden had to get used to only taking 1/2 as many shots as they once did, not many players are willing to give up personal stats in favor of the well being of the team. :shakehead:

New York has two of the top 10 offensive players in the league, but neither of them play much defense. Plus D'Antoni likes to pretend that defense doesn't exist.

mrsmith10 wrote:Plus D'Antoni likes to pretend that defense doesn't exist.

That was his thinking in Phoenix as well... And we know how many championships he won there: Zero.

Lakers forgetting to play defense, blow a 21-point lead, and now they're in a dogfight with the Suns, 104-101, in the 4th. :sweat:

EDIT: Lakers can't defend the three if their lives depended on it, so now it's OT at 112-112. :shakehead:

EDIT2: Double OT, 121-121. :bleh:

This can't end well. :sweat:

EDIT3: Triple OT, 130-130. :crazy: :shakehead:

Lakers: DEFEND THE THREE, YOU MORONS!!!!! :grumble:

EDIT4: Lakers win, 139-137..... :bleh: :bleh: :bleh: :bleh: :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:The Knicks have shown some flashes of brilliance...

Not since 'the trade.' They weren't an all-star team before the trade, but they played better team basketball. They other day Carmelo was bashing a teammate because he didn't pass him the ball.

Jav_sol wrote:
Not since 'the trade.' They weren't an all-star team before the trade, but they played better team basketball. They other day Carmelo was bashing a teammate because he didn't pass him the ball.

Yeah, that was against the Pistons last Friday, he was so upset with everything in general he didn't even join in the team huddles during timeouts and ran and hid on the bus quickly after the game to avoid the reporters. :usuck:

The Grizz beat the Celtics in Boston, 90-87.

bmwracer wrote:The Grizz beat the Celtics in Boston, 90-87.

One of the worst finishes this season . If they needed a three point shot, why was Baby in the game and worse, why was he taking the three-pointer? :shakehead:

Jav_sol wrote:If they needed a three point shot, why was Baby in the game and worse, why was he taking the three-pointer? :shakehead:

He was the only player not being guarded apparently. :beaten:

Wow, Arizona is schooling Duke right now, 84-68, with 4:29 to go.

EDIT: Final score, 93-77.