2017-2018 NBA Regular Season Thread

[bksballer89]

Seeing all these other good teams start 4-6 made me feel slightly better about the Heat 4-6 start

 

[gordontrue]

Dude is so full of shit

Meme defense: LeBron skirts social media talk

I mean his answer was purposefully tongue in cheek, said with a smile.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

This rookie class is ridiculous. We're not a month in and so many guys are A) living up to the hype and B) Exceeding it in some cases. It's looking this is gonna be one of those classes like 03 or 96

Yeah, it's been awesome.

I totally slept on the kid in Chicago.

In my defense, I was thinking..How tough can a guy named Laurie really be?

Both Jackson's, the 45 year old rookie in Phoenix, Dillon Brooks in Memphis.....

Great start for the rooks and the class my look even better in a few years if Giles can get healthy.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Seeing all these other good teams start 4-6 made me feel slightly better about the Heat 4-6 start

I'm still bitter.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Fuck Notre Lame!!!

 

[GNG]

Meh... not really.

Maybe by Cavs standard.

By any knowledgeable person's standard.

 

[GNG]

Lakers have a better record....

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

By any knowledgeable person's standard.

Hate that guy and his Notre Dame brethren for ending UCLA's streak.

Even with the early foot injuries, be had a pretty good pro career.

But, he was a beast in College.

34.5 ppg

 

[trojanfan12]

That is the issue. It isn't that he flops. The issue is that he is really bad at it.

Agree. Also, there's the fact that I don't recall ever seeing him take an actual charge.

Arguably the greatest flopper of all time was the Lakers own Derek Fisher. Part of what made him so good at it was that he mixed in enough actually taking charges that he often got the benefit of the doubt.

With Lebron, everyone knows it's a flop because he doesn't take charges.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Agree. Also, there's the fact that I don't recall ever seeing him take an actual charge.

Arguably the greatest flopper of all time was the Lakers own Derek Fisher. Part of what made him so good at it was that he mixed in enough actually taking charges that he often got the benefit of the doubt.

With Lebron, everyone knows it's a flop because he doesn't take charges.

Vlade has to get a honorable mention here too.

 

[trojanfan12]

Vlade has to get a honorable mention here too.

Definitely.

Vlade gets credit for introducing the flop to the NBA. He's the Father of the Flop.

D-Fish perfected it. He's the GOAT.

 

[Lakers+USC=#1]

Seeing all these other good teams start 4-6 made me feel slightly better about the Heat 4-6 start

You? How you think we feel about our 5-5 start lol?

 

[bksballer89]

Must be sarcasm behind this tweet right?

 

[True Lakers Fan]

Alright then, @True Lakers Fan let's have a little fun.

As I'm "whining" so much, have a look at the latest espn power rankings and tell me why I have an issue with it.

I'd love to hear the expert opinion of a tween who gets his info from fantasy sites.

Mr Transvestite or whatever your name is, I don't look at power rankings and I haven't looked or bothered with power rankings in decades. Unlike you, I was smart enough and intelligent enough to figure out that power rankings is a worthless pile of crap being posted. If you're looking at ESPN, they have never favored the Lakers or shown them any love. If you was an intelligent person(term person being loosely used here) you would have figured that out twenty years ago. As much as I dislike Stephen A Smith - At least he is right sometimes and that's a hell of a lot more than what I can say about your precious power rankings. Here is a suggestion: Quick looking at that crap and move on to something worth reading. Do better things with your time and perhaps, you won't be so angry all of the time with your shit

 

[True Lakers Fan]

You? How you think we feel about our 5-5 start lol?

Don't expect any love from a hater - lol, and you didn't ask me, but I cautiously happy. It's only ten games, so I will feel better IF the Lakers can maintain really close to 50%. I really doubt that they can, and I think they will toy with 50% some and fall just under, then catch up repeatedly in the season. That would be a successful season though.

 

[bksballer89]

Don't expect any love from a hater - lol, and you didn't ask me, but I cautiously happy. It's only ten games, so I will feel better IF the Lakers can maintain really close to 50%. I really doubt that they can, and I think they will toy with 50% some and fall just under, then catch up repeatedly in the season. That would be a successful season though.

Hater? I really don't care about the Lakers. I really don't hate any team in the league. I dislike certain players and fan bases.

Unless my team is constantly playing a certain team in the playoffs then I really don't hate any team. The last team I probably hated were the Celtics from 2011-2013

 

[trojanfan12]

If you was an intelligent person(term person being loosely used here)

lol

 

[True Lakers Fan]

Hater? I really don't care about the Lakers. I really don't hate any team in the league. I dislike certain players and fan bases.

Unless my team is constantly playing a certain team in the playoffs then I really don't hate any team. The last team I probably hated were the Celtics from 2011-2013

I was just messing with you man - Sorry. You like the Heat and I am okay with that. I think it's safe to say be both agree that 5-5 for any team is way to early to be happy and expect a lot. Give me 20 games, and I still will be waiting, but feeling better about it though

 

[trojanfan12]

Hater? I really don't care about the Lakers. I really don't hate any team in the league. I dislike certain players and fan bases.

Unless my team is constantly playing a certain team in the playoffs then I really don't hate any team. The last team I probably hated were the Celtics from 2011-2013

I've hated those fuckers since 1970.

First thing I learned about being a Lakers fan. lol

 

[True Lakers Fan]

Agree. Also, there's the fact that I don't recall ever seeing him take an actual charge.

Arguably the greatest flopper of all time was the Lakers own Derek Fisher. Part of what made him so good at it was that he mixed in enough actually taking charges that he often got the benefit of the doubt.

With Lebron, everyone knows it's a flop because he doesn't take charges.

You know what convinced me that he was a flopper was when I saw a close of up of his biceps and came to the conclusion that no person alive could really knock him down if he wanted to remain standing. Then I made a note to myself to never try to knock him down