2015 NBA All-Star Weekend Thread.

[nuraman00]

Rapaport hedges, Wall cross him over, then swishes the shot!

 

[nuraman00]

Ryan Anderson interviewing Anthony Davis.

At the end: "Probably the most important question . . . who's your favorite teammate"?

(NBA TV then shows highlights of passing plays between Anderson and Davis).

Davis: Oh, that's a no-brainer. It's got to be Jrue Holiday!

 

[MHSL82]

I scrolled down this thread blind (covering my eyes)(and ears for good measure) because I haven't watched the game yet. Will watch later.

Oh, to answer your question, Nuraman, my nose, I used my nose. I could have managed it with my elbows or technically with my hand the traditional way, but I can't think of everything the first time around. (Let me know if you know what I'm talking about.)

 

[nuraman00]

I scrolled down this thread blind (covering my eyes)(and ears for good measure) because I haven't watched the game yet. Will watch later.

Oh, to answer your question, Nuraman, my nose, I used my nose. I could have managed it with my elbows or technically with my hand the traditional way, but I can't think of everything the first time around. (Let me know if you know what I'm talking about.)

I don't know what you're talking about. I probably could guess if I thought about it, but I have to go back to my roasting kombacha squash.

 

[nuraman00]

Barkley: I think the crowd is going to be good tonight.

Brooklyn aint got nothing to cheer about this year, so they're going to bring it tonight.

 

[nuraman00]

Are you going to watch the Rising Stars from yesterday then? So you haven't seen the results?

 

[nuraman00]

"It's Valentine's Day, and Basketball is our one true love."

I guess they had to work in a pun and reference to the day. At least they didn't pause for laughter.

 

[nuraman00]

Fans not being able to attend the ASG or AS Saturday Evening events.

Because the tickets aren't sold to the public.

I found out the hard way that this was true, when I tried to buy them in 2004, when it was in L.A. A TicketMaster rep told me it was a "private event".

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/13/s...-this-weekend-and-youre-not-invited.html?_r=0

 

[nuraman00]

Del Curry halfcourt shot.

Interesting twist about rebounding misses.

 

[nuraman00]

Hardaway halfcourt shot.

 

[nuraman00]

Pippen hits it.

Bosh hits it!!!!!! YES YES YES.

 

[nuraman00]

That's not really Don Stockton's voice. That's a digital dehancement. Sounds awful.

 

[nuraman00]

Team Westbrook goes 0-26 from the halfcourt shot, and finish with time expired at 1:30.

Dominique hits it for Team Bosh!

Kenny Smith sort of apologizes, but tries to use "we".

Later on:

Barkley, to Shaq: "Shaq knows something about 3-peating (referring to Team Bosh's 3peat): He 3-peated 6th grade."

LOL!

 

[nuraman00]

The new Skills format has some pros.

But the con is that if one player is much faster than the other, you can't see what the trailing player is doing, because the camera focuses on the leading player.

 

[nuraman00]

They're not keeping time this year in the Skills Challenge. That sucks.

Beverly comes from behind in both the SF and Finals, to win.

 

[nuraman00]

Good score by Matthews. But there's also more points available, than pre-2014, when they didn't have the all Money Ball Rack.

 

[nuraman00]

Good job Irving.

 

[nuraman00]

Fuck. Korver is out.

 

[nuraman00]

I don't like having a 3 dunk limit. I like a 2 min running clock better. 3 is too few to attempts some of these hard dunks. People are going to be reluctant to try something hard, because they can't make it every time.

 

[nuraman00]

Oladipo with the best! He did a 540 reverse.