The 2012/2013 NBA Season Thread

It would be nice if Derrick Rose's muscles would get their memory back so he could play.

:rofl: How fucking ridiculous is that. One excuse after another. David Lee was supposed to be out 3 months with a complete tear of his hip flexor, yet he dragged his ass back on the court to finish out the series against Denver.
 
It's OK, the Nets are as much of a ghost as Rose is at the half. That was a sorry ass second quarter showing by Brooklyn.
 
If the WCF ends up being OKC/Spurs, expect flopping of epic proportions. Between the two teams, there are 3 of the greatest floppers of all time in Manu Ginobili, Derek Fisher, and Kevin Martin.
 
[quote name='PimpLimp']If the WCF ends up being OKC/Spurs, expect flopping of epic proportions. Between the two teams, there are 3 of the greatest floppers of all time in Manu Ginobili, Derek Fisher, and Kevin Martin.[/QUOTE]

LOL you absolutely nailed it by listing Ginobili first, but being an all-time list, Vlade Divac is coming for Kevin Martin's place in the top 3.
 
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Who are the Bulls blaming their loss on tonight? It must have been the refs' fault they shot 26%.

I didn't pay any attention to them during the season, but the Warriors are a fun team to watch.
 
[quote name='pitfallharry219']Who are the Bulls blaming their loss on tonight?[/QUOTE]Probably Nate Robinson. He went 0-for-12 for the night.
 
The reffing was objectively terrible in game 3, let's be real. Anyway, this series has just been a fun underdog story, but tonight should have ground fans back into reality. Only so much you can do in the Bulls situation. Butler isn't playing confident, and Boozer's typical bullshit isn't helping an already desperate bench. And Robinson is just completely unreliable. He brought some heart to the playoffs but I personally won't be sad to see him gone.
 
At this point im rooting for the Warriors. Really hope they beat the spurs, then memphis, and beat the heat in the finals. Unless the Pacers can beat the heat before that!
 
Asking San Antonio to play a legit basketball game without flopping to the line is like asking Lebron to play without a headband.
 
[quote name='renique46']Bennet Salvatore turning on his finals 06 button[/QUOTE]

I hope Adam Silver takes that button out back and puts it down Old Yeller style when he takes over.
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']I hope Adam Silver takes that button out back and puts it down Old Yeller style when he takes over.[/QUOTE]

Don't know much about him, but i hope he isn't just a clone of Darth Sternrannus.

Also fuck stern for basically dragging Seattle through the mud and using them as leverage just for Sacramento to get its shit together. that Seattle move was never gonna happen and he knew it.
 
[quote name='renique46']Don't know much about him, but i hope he isn't just a clone of Darth Sternrannus.

Also fuck stern for basically dragging Seattle through the mud and using them as leverage just for Sacramento to get its shit together. that Seattle move was never gonna happen and he knew it.[/QUOTE]Sacramento still hasn't gotten their shit together. There's currently no deal in place for the city of Sacramento to build a new arena, even though that was supposed to be the entire cornerstone of the Kings staying. Not to mention the Seattle bid is also higher at the moment.

Stern and the owners can say all they want, but with how adamant the Maloofs have been about refusing to sell to the Sacramento group, I'm not believing any of this until ownership leaves the Maloofs hands.
 
Well, OKC came fighting back but Memphis managed to get the win and move on to the WCF. Durant just couldn't knockdown shots tonight. Even saw an air ball from him if I remember correctly.

I actually like Golden State, but I think the WCF is going to inevitably be Grizzlies/Spurs. Should be a good series too.
 
Memphis completes the gentlemens sweep, stern has now lost his mind.

Okc hasn't outplayed their opponent since game 1 against the Rockets, if Mchale was a better coach this would have been a Memphis/Rockets series.

Hopefully Golden state can stop these overrated floppers from reaching the WCF
 
As a Kings fans I am relieved for the moment but won't feel at all satisfied until we can get rid of the Maloofs.

Maloofs are the biggest pieces of shit in sports and despite dragging our team into the ground for the past 10 years Sacramento still has extreme loyalty to our team.

In the past 10 years: no big free agent signings, in the lowest payroll bracket year after year, dumbfounding trades (traded last year's draft pick for cash and then later in the year our top prospect for more cash), and countless flip flopping drama "Maloofisms". Because of the Maloofs failed business endeavours, they've kept the Kings in the bottom cellar for years. To put it blunt: We've been Maloofed.

We've had to deal with this for years all while the Maloofs try to move the team to Las Vegas, Anaheim, and now sell the team to Seattle.

Despite all of this utter bullshit, our city is still faithful to the Kings as an organization.

I do feel for Seattle, and I think they do deserve an expansion team. But you have to remember -> they didn't put nearly as much effort as our city has when their team was poached off to OKC. Now they when they get an opportunity they want to do the same thing to our city... :roll:

Our city has done everything the NBA has asked of it despite having the worst owners in history of the NBA.
 
One of the Kings fans on Reddit posted what I think is a really good "reader's digest" version of the whole, sordid affair with the Maloofs. It might help to show fans exactly what this has been like for Kings fans with the Maloofs as owners.

http://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1dhugj/hansen_and_the_maloofs_have_been_talking_since/c9qnub4


The fans, the media and the politicians have done everything the NBA had asked in the short amount of time constantly having to change and readapt proposals due to the Maloofs constant shifty tactics. Basically trying to sell the team without giving the city a chance even refusing to sell to Burkle when he had interest to keep the team in Sacramento and then denying that they were even going to sell the team at all.

Sacramento was being sold out by vindictive owners.

I'm glad there on their way out, it has been NBA Hell for Sacramento the past half decade. The Maloofs have the anti-Midas touch (their vodka, Palms Casino, etc).

I'm done discussing about it though because it's been three long years of this mess.
 
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The Maloofs have been an albatross around the franchise's neck ever since the Kings were no longer playoff caliber. Rather than rebuild, they opted to maximize their profits by keeping payroll down and pocketing their share of the league revenue, all while waiting for another gravy train to roll by.

I'm pretty sure I've said it before, but to reiterate, any scenario that removes the Maloofs from power of the Kings franchise will be a positive one.
 
[quote name='pitfallharry219']I had a good laugh this morning when one of the main Yahoo Sports headlines was "Is it time for the Thunder to rebuild?".[/QUOTE]

LOL half their team is still young.

If the spurs beat the warriors tonight, i guess im rooting for the Pacers.

Then probably when heat beat the pacers ill root for whoever comes out of the west to beat the heat lol.
 
[quote name='pitfallharry219']I had a good laugh this morning when one of the main Yahoo Sports headlines was "Is it time for the Thunder to rebuild?".[/QUOTE]

I hear Seattle is looking for a rebuilding NBA franchise.



...too soon?
 
With New Orleans changing their name to the Pelicans next season (which I still think is a fucking dumb team name), it looks like the Bobcats are making the move to change names as well and reclaim the title of the Charlotte Hornets.

Oh and apparently the deal to sell the Kings to the Sacramento group has been signed.
 
[quote name='PimpLimp']With New Orleans changing their name to the Pelicans next season (which I still think is a fucking dumb team name), it looks like the Bobcats are making the move to change names as well and reclaim the title of the Charlotte Hornets.

Oh and apparently the deal to sell the Kings to the Sacramento group has been signed.[/QUOTE]

Yeah i read how charlotte wants to change their name to hornets, which i think is a great move, hopefully they bring back those Mourning, LJ, Bogues jerseys! But i also read it would take as long as 18 months to finalize, so we probably wont see the charlotte hornets next season.
 
I bet J.R. Smith wishes his season ended the moment they announced he was 6th Man of the Year. Since then he's pretty much screwed himself out of a nice fat paycheck this off-season with his terrible postseason play and all his drama on and off the court.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Yeah i read how charlotte wants to change their name to hornets, which i think is a great move, hopefully they bring back those Mourning, LJ, Bogues jerseys! But i also read it would take as long as 18 months to finalize, so we probably wont see the charlotte hornets next season.[/QUOTE]

Is it really that much of a secret? Once the Pelicans filed to change their name, the groundwork was already being laid for the Bobcats to become the Hornets. Heck, it was probably being laid before then as well. It's no secret around here that they've been working on it for a while. But yeah, it's not happening in '13-'14. '14-'15 on the other hand...
 
Western Conference Finals are about to start. Should be a good game.

I think Memphis is going to pull it off. I honestly didn't think they would make it this far after the Gay trade but they've proven me wrong and made me a believer.
 
I think NBA is kind of easy on the travels these days. I see people change pivot foot, and do other stuff. Kind of makes me think of NFL, where the refs could pretty much call holding on any play if they wanted to, but they just call the obvious ones.
 
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