My thoughts are the Celtics are going to be very good but........


The Lakers with a healthy Bynum, Gasol, Odom, Kobe, Fish could be one the best teams of the last decade (68-14)

9/11/2008 9:02:23 AM

Lakers wont win

9/11/2008 9:11:29 AM

The Lakers WITH a healthy Bynum should be the preseason favorites

9/11/2008 9:17:29 AM

^^tell me who will beat this team??

Celtics are a year older plus the fact that it is hard as hell to repeat.

Lakers were 2 games away without their starting center

9/11/2008 9:50:55 AM

how are Garnett, Pierce and Allen going to come out with the same fire and determination that they did last year? They have the hardware now, their bellies are full, I don't see them repeating. I don't see them getting past Cleveland.

9/11/2008 9:52:26 AM

^and they lost posey too. An often overlooked key piece to that puzzle

9/11/2008 9:58:22 AM

Lebron James and J.J. Hickson will lead Cleveland to the championship

9/11/2008 10:05:42 AM

They've got 2 years to do it, before Lebron bolts for the big apple

9/11/2008 10:12:20 AM

Watch out for the blazers too

Lamarcus Aldridge
Greg Oden
Travis Outlaw
Brandon Roy
Jerryd Bayless

9/11/2008 10:14:34 AM

Josh Powell is the only reason to pull for the Lakers.

9/11/2008 10:38:35 AM

they will beat themselves, come on I made my prediction

9/11/2008 10:48:06 AM

Lakers, Celtics, Hornets, Cavs, Spurs, and Pistons will be the 6 best teams in the NBA this season

9/12/2008 11:36:06 AM

I'm so tired of hearing about we need to watch out for the blazers....this isn't an attack on you or your psot because every NBA writer wont shut up about the blazers too. Obviously they are going to be good. If you get lucky come draft time or draft well you will eventually get good and they certainly have a lot of young talent. But I've been reading columns that place them in the upper tier of the Western conference and that's just a little generous for a team that has done nothing. They went on a little streak but where were they come playoff time.! rant over

on that note, I think the blazers finish in the top 5 records in the West.

9/13/2008 12:23:35 PM

Kobe's pinky is gonna fall off

9/13/2008 12:50:11 PM

Kobe's Pinky is going to get a ring on it

9/15/2008 10:40:22 AM

NBA RUMOR OF THE DAY:

t-wolves get:
Lamar Odom


Lakers get:
Jason Collins
Mike Miller

9/16/2008 4:20:34 PM

THIS JUST IN!!!!

BREAKING NEWS WITH THIS TRADE GOING DOWN LATER ON THIS EVENING!!!

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=617~1966&teams=5~13&te=&cash=

9/17/2008 5:02:51 PM

one time i used that trade app and found a way to (pointlessly) make a 4 team trade for Hodge, Powell, Simmons and Grundy (i think)...they all basically just rotated through teams

9/17/2008 7:17:46 PM

and you could sign atsur as a free agent.

what kind of record do you think they would have?

and who would be the head coach?

I am going with 3-79 and the ghost of Jim Valvano

9/18/2008 9:54:47 AM

BYNUM LOOKS HUGE!!

9/30/2008 3:58:33 PM

They wont win

10/1/2008 8:44:37 AM

^you have such great points with each post

10/1/2008 8:49:33 AM

hahaha

10/1/2008 8:55:55 AM

JJ in preseason game.



[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 6:49 PM. Reason : larger pic]

10/9/2008 6:48:34 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3638098

Wow. Monta Ellis gets suspended 30 games without pay by the Warriors for injuring ankle during a moped accident and then lying about it. Pretty harsh if you ask me. Maybe the monetary fine isn't quite that bad...but the 30 games is pretty big.

10/12/2008 9:05:21 AM

^DeMarcus Nelson has been named starting PG for the warriors
http://48minutes.net/2008/10/20/its-official-demarcus-nelson-to-start-at-the-point-for-ws/

10/21/2008 2:08:30 PM

^^he should be suspended for the entire season for being an NBA player that drives a moped

10/21/2008 2:21:21 PM

^^ yikes... did he even start ONE game at point with Duke?

Gonna be a long season in the East Bay this year...

[Edited on October 21, 2008 at 2:35 PM. Reason : x]

10/21/2008 2:35:15 PM

he doesn't have a great handle, so no, he never started at point.. he has played well in preseason games (well enough to earn a starting spot when he didn't even get drafted) so we'll see what happens

10/21/2008 3:27:03 PM

I dont care what people say...

THE NBA IS EXCITING AS HELL TO WATCH!!

if you dont think so, then you dont watch enough of it

10/21/2008 4:51:53 PM

Josh Powell just fucked up Kobe's knee. Good job Josh.

10/22/2008 9:40:22 AM

I predict the bulls will win this year

10/22/2008 9:53:11 AM

Lol at people who've already had their fantasy drafts

I save that shit for the weekend before the season starts every year

same with football and baseball too

10/22/2008 9:58:09 AM

Kobe's knee is fine

10/22/2008 11:39:10 AM

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=a_Ioc51oiG.k&refer=home

Quote :

"Isiah Thomas Taken to Hospital for Overdose, WABC-TV Reports By Chris Dolmetsch Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Former New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas was taken to White Plains Hospital Center today after overdosing on sleeping pills, WABC-TV reported, citing police and unidentified people. Police were called to Thomas's house in Harrison, New York, just after midnight for a report of a possible overdose of a 46- year-old male, WABC-TV reported, citing police sources. The former NBA basketball player and coach is 47, the network said. The incident is being treated as an overdose and not a suicide attempt, WABC-TV said, citing police. Officials with the Knicks would tell the network only that Thomas is fine. "

[Edited on October 24, 2008 at 3:47 PM. Reason : no comment]

10/24/2008 3:47:05 PM

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=1966~110~1987~2753~2776~568~3016~1018&teams=30~30~13~14~5~14~13~5&te=&cash=30:14

KOBE AND LEBRON TO CHARLOTTE?!?!?

[Edited on October 24, 2008 at 3:59 PM. Reason : k]

10/24/2008 3:58:40 PM

Go Wizards! Make the second round of the playoffs (plz)!

10/24/2008 4:11:57 PM

lol at people who play fantasy basketball.

10/24/2008 7:13:00 PM

I play fantasy baseball

10/24/2008 7:41:56 PM

Quote :

"yikes... did he even start ONE game at point with Duke? "

nope but he wasn't related to Duke's head coach either.

10/24/2008 9:29:05 PM

what's up with hickson? does he get any pt with the cavs? he hasn't played tonight. obviously i haven't kept up.

also, van gundy was giving some major props to archie miller. said he was at an ohio st practice and went on to rave about how great a coach thad matta is. then he mentioned archie miller and said how bright he is and how he needs to be a head coach somewhere.

10/24/2008 10:20:27 PM

^ that's really cool about Archie.

Not sure about Hickson, haven't kept up too much myself. I'd imagine he's like any other rookie, being brought along as he develops. His defense probably sucks right now. One of their other rookies got injured recently.

Hickson was #1 on plays of the day earlier this week for a put back two handed dunk over somebody. It was NICE.

10/24/2008 10:34:49 PM

yeah i figured hickson would see more minutes in the preseason.

ah looks like he did play some afterall. 2 pts and 2 rebound in 6 minutes.

[Edited on October 24, 2008 at 10:48 PM. Reason : ]

10/24/2008 10:47:25 PM

Quote :

"lol at people who play fantasy basketball."

I missed the hockey draft.

10/24/2008 11:54:41 PM

Cedric Simmons just had the #6 top play on Sportscenter with a thunder dunk tonight.

10/25/2008 2:00:26 AM

Quote :

"then he mentioned archie miller and said how bright he is and how he needs to be a head coach somewhere."

Good, he can be a possibility after we run Lowe off in a few seasons.

10/25/2008 2:05:50 AM

NBA Rookie of the Year? Who ya got?

I'm gonna go with Beasley, but Oden has a good shot considering he will be the focal point of that team as a rookie. Rose is another guy who could become redunkulous by the end of the year and win this thing. you see his 30 points the other night? man.

Mayo is too up and down. Watch out for Rudy Fernandez though, he will probably be like 3rd in the ROY voting.

10/25/2008 9:37:10 AM

Quote :

"but Oden has a good shot considering he will be the focal point of that team as a rookie."

He won't be the focal point of that team.

And I'm going with Rose.

10/25/2008 10:51:12 AM

^He will be the focal point of the Blazers because he is their best post player, has a lot of talent, he was the #1 pick...I could go on and on.

Roy is a superstar, but he won't be posting up Duncan or Stoudemire or Howard or Garnett. I have a feeling Oden will. The NBA is still a big man's league, no matter what Chris Paul says.

also, I really like Rose as a player. He's definitely a sleeper to win ROY.

[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 11:34 AM. Reason : .]

10/25/2008 11:30:27 AM

Still don't think Oden is going to be the focal point of that team just yet. Roy and Aldridge get the call before Oden. The guy hasn't played an official game in over a year. I'm thinking he might have a 14 and 9 type of season...which should probably put him behind Rose and maybe Beasley in the ROY standings.

10/25/2008 11:38:50 AM