2016-17 NBA Regular Season Thread

[WiggyRuss]

Phil's a troll. Always has been. Used to piss me off when he did that shit when he coached the Lakers.

Lebron let Phil get to him when he complained about Phil calling his guys his posse. Then the Cavs had the audacity to turn down his Love for Melo trade idea (which Phil probably thinks would be good for both teams).

So, Phil's gonna Phil and troll the Lebron and the Cavs.

yah its no hair off his ass if its not true--- at worst it screws with James and the Cavs a little bit- at best it makes his job a little easier.

On nights like tonight though it becomes even more evident that Griffin isnt trading Love for anything less than a really nice package that would have to be quite a bit more than just Carmelo Anthony.

Im not saying that Love never gets traded--- if i had to ball park if Love will spend the length of his contract with the Cavs id say its probably about 60-65%....but i can tell you he is not going to the Knicks unless the Knicks decide to really up the ante and throw in something like a decent draft pick, Hernangomez, and like Jennings or something.....

 

[lebron23james]

They had an interesting stat for OT

OT Kyrie is #1 in all time in points in OT, Kobe is 2nd...

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

i think that Bulls story is actually true though- i do think they will kick the tires on Bosh- that doesnt mean i think they will sign him and he will play- but i think they will put him through the process to see if he is able too--- and like you said- it very well might be just confirming what the HEat have already confirmed- or maybe not....im just saying that its believable the Bulls will at least kick the tires.

Hopefully they don't kick him too hard.
He could bleed to death.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Came across this:


Maybe this whole Kevin Love trade is #fakenews

thats pretty hilarious....

if nothing else the guy is certainly efficient with his columns- he just recylces the same one every trade-deadline for the last 3 years. lol.

 

[lebron23james]

Came across this:


Maybe this whole Kevin Love trade is #fakenews

Yeah the kevin love thing sounds like BS, and i doubt lebron is pushing for it after kevin love scortched the knicks and melo...#fake news

 

[WiggyRuss]

They had an interesting stat for OT

OT Kyrie is #1 in the all time in points in OT, Kobe is 2nd...

yah i saw that Kyrie has the most points in NBA overtime since like the '02-03 season or something like that and Kobe was the only one close...kinda funny how that is Kyrie's mentor.

Kyrie loves Kobe- he was face-timing him after the NBA finals after he The Shot.

i dont think Kyrie leaves--- but if he ever did i couldnt see him going anywhere but hte Lakers.

 

[lebron23james]

yah i saw that Kyrie has the most points in NBA overtime since like the '02-03 season or something like that and Kobe was the only one close...kinda funny how that is Kyrie's mentor.

Kyrie keeps getting better and better, it's funny how many people tried to hate on him early in his career

 

[trojanfan12]

Hopefully they don't kick him too hard.
He could bleed to death.

I literally laughed out loud as this.

Might mean I'm a bad person.

 

[trojanfan12]

but if he ever did i couldnt see him going anywhere but hte Lakers.

Tomorrow would be good. I'll buy his plane ticket.

 

[trojanfan12]

it's funny how many people tried to hate on him early in his career

If by "hate on" you mean, paid no attention to because he was in Cleveland and Lebron wasn't, you're right.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Kyrie keeps getting better and better, it's funny how many people tried to hate on him early in his career

the people that said Kyrie doesnt help LeBron and they would be better off trading him for guys that fit better are looking AWFULLY foolish now....

 

[larryjohn]

Yeah the kevin love thing sounds like BS, and i doubt lebron is pushing for it after kevin love scortched the knicks and melo...#fake news

Lebron said after the game that it was trash. I think it is stupid to criticize Griffin ... he picked Korver up for spare change and Korver played all of crunch time tonight and will be the starter for a while if Shumpert is out.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

the people that said Kyrie doesnt help LeBron and they would be better off trading him for guys that fit better are looking AWFULLY foolish now....

Totally depends if he can help enough to more than likely have to beat the Warriors again.
If not, it doesn't matter at all.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Totally depends if he can help enough to more than likely have to beat the Warriors again.
If not, it doesn't matter at all.

even if tomorrow he had his knee broken by some maniac with a sledge hammer and never played pro-basketball again it would have been stupid to trade him. He hit one of the biggest shots - if not the biggest- in the history of the league and was instrumental in bringing the first championship to Cleveland since 1964.

Under no circumstances do you even DREAM about trading him unless you were given an offer that was so overwhelming you ahd to take it.

 

[lebron23james]

Totally depends if he can help enough to more than likely have to beat the Warriors again.
If not, it doesn't matter at all.

Who knows how good kyrie is going to get, he is not even in his prime yet

 

[WiggyRuss]

Lebron said after the game that it was trash. I think it is stupid to criticize Griffin ... he picked Korver up for spare change and Korver played all of crunch time tonight and will be the starter for a while if Shumpert is out.

he did the same thing with Frye last year-

he consistently adds a player each year even though the Cavs are practically devoid of assets. He does a great job getting creative and adding a guy.

 

[Heatles84]

that New York Daily News story quotes a "league" source--- i found that really weird-- not a Cavs source, not a source inside James' camp- but a "league" source....

I'd love to see the Cavs implode more than anyone else on this board. Having said that, I recognize fake news for real news. As soon as its reported by multiple (more than 3) reputable news outlets, then I'll believe it has legs. But the move doesn't make any sense at all. Love's playing good right now and is in his late 20's.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Who knows how good kyrie is going to get, he is not even in his prime yet

its a great point.

As we can all see...RW really only started entering his prime and becoming a big time assist guy around 26 years old. Curry only became an ALL NBA talent around 26-27. John WAll is playing the best ball of his career at 26 years old

Kyrie is only 24. You are absolutely right that he is only going to continue to improve. He has more 10 assist games this year than in the last 3 years combined and the year is half over.....hes gonna continue to get better and better until he enters his prime.

 

[lebron23james]

Love is a weird player, he seems to play better in the playoffs than the regular season for some reason. He is having a good year tho this year for sure

 

[Heatles84]

i think that Bulls story is actually true though- i do think they will kick the tires on Bosh- that doesnt mean i think they will sign him and he will play- but i think they will put him through the process to see if he is able too--- and like you said- it very well might be just confirming what the HEat have already confirmed- or maybe not....im just saying that its believable the Bulls will at least kick the tires.

Barry Jackson released an article on Bosh saying that the Heat won't release Bosh until after March 1st. At that point, a player can't join a team for the playoffs if I'm not mistaken. Apparently Bosh isn't even in basketball shape and hasn't been eyeing a return to the court as he's starting to look at life after basketball.