2016-17 NBA Regular Season Thread

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Being a millionaire must be very depressing.

1. I said insecure, not depressed.
2. Millionaires certainly can be depressed.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Can you blame him? I'm sure you wouldn't sacrifice your pay check if you were in his situation.

Nope.
It's business on his side.
However, it's also business on the other side when you smartly don't want to cripple your franchise by handing out a Kobe contract.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

@DWade. I stopped reading at "He has just kept his mouth closed" because it shows that DWade is full of shit.

I'm no Barkley fan, but he's shown himself to be the more mature one since this erupted last night.
LeBron had no legit comeback for the topic at hand, so he went where he went.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

You win stupidest post of the day again!! Congrats.

Wiggy rips Durant for doing everything he can to try to win, but James is hungry?

Too f'n funny.

 

[trojanfan12]

Wiggy rips Durant for doing everything he can to try to win, but James is hungry?

Too f'n funny.

Yep. Durant is weak minded for joining an all star team. Lebron does it twice, still whines about not having enough help, but he's "hungry for more rings."

 

[Black Adam]

Yep. Durant is weak minded for joining an all star team. Lebron does it twice, still whines about not having enough help, but he's "hungry for more rings."

hypocrisy, thy name is WiggyRuss...

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

It's not hard to figure out why LeBron James is angry

 

[Heatles84]

Can you blame him? I'm sure you wouldn't sacrifice your pay check if you were in his situation.

I wouldn't. I also wouldn't be acting like a victim that I was being disrespected. Especially if I made around $200 mil in my career that spans around 14 years.

 

[Heatles84]

It's not hard to figure out why LeBron James is angry

 

[WiggyRuss]

Yep. Durant is weak minded for joining an all star team. Lebron does it twice, still whines about not having enough help, but he's "hungry for more rings."

ehhh....as far as stupidest post of the day- i gotta say--- as far as me and shane go- this one has to take the cake in my opinion.

LeBron joining the Heat and Cavs- is a lot different then joining a ready-made championship team. As we all said a couple weeks ago- there probably has never been a team with 4 top 20 players. Durant joining a ready-made championship team is MILES different than joining a Cavs team that had been in the lotto for 4 straight years - and his 2 best teammates were guys that had combined to play 0 minutes in the playoffs---- as opposed to joining a team that had just won a title and been to the Finals.

 

[Inimical]

I'm not at the point of bagging on Cleveland just yet. But man that would be a significantly ugly loss.

I'm going to chalk that one up as Cleveland didn't care to play that game with no Davis.

In all the years i saw the Lakers dominate one thing they never did was lose like that.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

ehhh....as far as stupidest post of the day- i gotta say--- as far as me and shane go- this one has to take the cake in my opinion.

LeBron joining the Heat and Cavs- is a lot different then joining a ready-made championship team. As we all said a couple weeks ago- there probably has never been a team with 4 top 20 players. Durant joining a ready-made championship team is MILES different than joining a Cavs team that had been in the lotto for 4 straight years - and his 2 best teammates were guys that had combined to play 0 minutes in the playoffs---- as opposed to joining a team that had just won a title and been to the Finals.

Durant just joined the runner up team.

James' team is the current NBA champs, has the same core, plus just added what some thought was the end all in Korver, but yet he's whining like a little girl about not having enough even though the Cavs payroll this season is already the league highest.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Stephensen is 6'5", athletic, actually healthy- and can potentially play great defense. He had some huge games last year.

He is the freaking IDEAL guy for the Cavs if not for his mental issues. I dont know if he is worth the risk- its definitely the biggest risk/reward guy out there in free agency. Im very interested to see what the Cavs do.

I think that Griffin hasnt filled that last roster spot because he was waiting to see if he could get something done via trade--- I am hoping this whole session just might be good enough to create some leverage and let teams know- hey- we can just move on and sign a guy if needed.

Should be interesting.

Its important to realize this is all fun stuff. Last year it was a little less fun because of firing the coach and all the pressure to win a title. This year?--- if the Cavs biggest issue is backup point guard to play more during some regular season games- then they are in great shape. It could be so much worse. You look at what LeBron had in Miami- and after his Big 3 in Miami- they never had a collection of complimentary players NEARLY as good as Jr, Tristan, Shumpert, Korver, Frye, Jefferson, etc. I understand LeBron wanting to always have that edge and always be pushing towards making the team better- never being complacent- but in the grand scheme of things- i think Barkley made some very good points when he said:

"The Cleveland Cavaliers, they have given him everything he wanted. They have the highest payroll in NBA history. He wanted J.R. Smith last summer, they paid him. He wanted [Iman] Shumpert last summer. They brought in Kyle Korver. He's (LeBron) the best player in the world. Does he want all of the good players? He don't want to compete? He is an amazing player. They're the defending champs."

 

[WiggyRuss]

"with the Heat they feel that with whatever they have they have enough to win"

whether they feel that way or not- is totally irrelevant. All you have to do is look at the standings.

 

[WiggyRuss]

kind of interesting from ESPN:

14h
McMenamin: LeBron vs Charles Barkley

ESPN Cavaliers Insider Dave McMenamin talks with Steve Mason and John Ireland about LeBron's rant about Charles Barkley and if Lou Williams is a good fit in Cleveland.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

"with the Heat they feel that with whatever they have they have enough to win"

whether they feel that way or not- is totally irrelevant. All you have to do is look at the standings.

29 teams won't win.
Point is, it's a mindset vs excuse set.
Even when Bosh went down in the EC semis vs Pacers, you never once heard any player or coach looking for excuses or saying the Heat needed more.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Stephensen is 6'5", athletic, actually healthy- and can potentially play great defense. He had some huge games last year.

He is the freaking IDEAL guy for the Cavs if not for his mental issues. I dont know if he is worth the risk- its definitely the biggest risk/reward guy out there in free agency. Im very interested to see what the Cavs do.

I think that Griffin hasnt filled that last roster spot because he was waiting to see if he could get something done via trade--- I am hoping this whole session just might be good enough to create some leverage and let teams know- hey- we can just move on and sign a guy if needed.

Should be interesting.

Its important to realize this is all fun stuff. Last year it was a little less fun because of firing the coach and all the pressure to win a title. This year?--- if the Cavs biggest issue is backup point guard to play more during some regular season games- then they are in great shape. It could be so much worse. You look at what LeBron had in Miami- and after his Big 3 in Miami- they never had a collection of complimentary players NEARLY as good as Jr, Tristan, Shumpert, Korver, Frye, Jefferson, etc. I understand LeBron wanting to always have that edge and always be pushing towards making the team better- never being complacent- but in the grand scheme of things- i think Barkley made some very good points when he said:

"The Cleveland Cavaliers, they have given him everything he wanted. They have the highest payroll in NBA history. He wanted J.R. Smith last summer, they paid him. He wanted [Iman] Shumpert last summer. They brought in Kyle Korver. He's (LeBron) the best player in the world. Does he want all of the good players? He don't want to compete? He is an amazing player. They're the defending champs."

James want Melo or Wade.
Anything else and the whining will continue.


Look, I get it.
Warriors look like an improving machine.
James plays for championships.
If in his mind he feels hes a big underdog, which as of today he must, then he's going to use every inch of power that he has to try to level the playing field.

 

[bksballer89]

29 teams won't win.
Point is, it's a mindset vs excuse set.
Even when Bosh went down in the EC semis vs Pacers, you never once heard any player or coach looking for excuses or saying the Heat needed more.

Nope no matter the situation, Spo almost always said they had enough.

 

[bksballer89]

Not sure why the Cavs are considering Jordan Farmar. He sucks

 

[Heatles84]

"with the Heat they feel that with whatever they have they have enough to win"

whether they feel that way or not- is totally irrelevant. All you have to do is look at the standings.

And I'll look at the month of January as far as records go. Lebron got his first losing month in the last 10 years. Heat won 8 straight, which includes Houston and Golden St.

And the point wasn't to say the Heat are title contenders. But they make use with what they have and don't bitch about not having enough help.