The 2008/2009 NBA season thread

[w.axl.rose]

Great opening night for the Lakers!  I really hope they can continue this inspired style of defense.

Fucking crushed the Blazers man.

I can't wait for tomorrow.

I'll take some snapshots.

you better son.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

This is crazy right here.

Sources: Mavs team with Cowboys to host 2010 All-Star Game

The Dallas Mavericks and the NBA, in a joint venture with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, will announce Thursday that the league's 2010 All-Star Game will be played at the new stadium soon to be opened by the Cowboys in Arlington, Texas.

Sources told ESPN.com that a formal announcement has been scheduled at American Airlines Center before the Mavericks' season opener Thursday night against the Houston Rockets.

The league office declined comment Tuesday.

Said Mavericks owner Mark Cuban when reached by e-mail: "You will just have to show up and find out."

Word emerged during last season's NBA playoffs that the two Dallas franchises were interested in co-staging the event at the Cowboys' new $1.1 billion facility in Arlington, which is scheduled to open in time for the 2009 NFL season.

Cuban had maintained for years that he had no interest in the Mavericks serving as All-Star Game hosts because so many of his season-ticket holders would lose their seats to league control, as the NBA has historically used All-Star Weekend to entertain various sponsors. But in a football-sized stadium, those reservations wouldn't apply.

"It's important to me to find a venue that can support all of our season ticket-holders and all of the visitors who would come to Dallas for the game," Cuban told The Dallas Morning News in May. "We are exploring all of our options."

The Phoenix Suns will host the NBA All-Star Game this season. The league has not chosen a host city for any other games beyond 2010 and NBA commissioner David Stern recently backed off on the league's interest in staging an All-Star Game overseas.

"It would be neat from a player perspective, really neat, to play in either Paris or London or Berlin," Stern said last week of an All-Star Game in Europe. "But the logistics of it ... is at the moment causing us not to rush out and make plans.

"I'm not saying never, but we have sort of a domestic agenda to burn off for the moment in a positive way. So I didn't want to sort of suggest that something was in the offing that wasn't.

Dallas last hosted the All-Star Game at the soon-to-be demolished Reunion Arena in 1986. The last NBA All-Star Game to be played in a football-sized venue was in 1996 at San Antonio's Alamodome.

[Eazy E]

Chris Bosh, Jermaine O'Neal... WATCH OUT!

[w.axl.rose]

Slash is at the Lakers/Clippers game

[Thorned Rose]

Oden, hurt again?

It's like he's scared to play, what a joke.

Stop drafting freshmen... be smart...

[AxlsMainMan]

Nuggets lost to the Jazz by 4

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

What a fantastic night!

Slash played the anthem, the Lakers OWNED the Slippers, and us Lakers fans shooed the Slippers fans right out of the building!

We even did the M-V-P thing for Kobe when he was shooting free throws.

I'll post some pictures when I get my camera back.

P.S.  I met Mike Tirico and Hubie Brown.  I was talking to Coach Brown and we were both looking at each other, but he wasn't THERE.  So I kinda tapped him and he jumped a little and said, "Oh, hello son!."

[AxlsMainMan]

Posted on Tue, Nov. 4, 2008

Sixers Notes: Iverson trade ripples reach 76ers

By Kate Fagan

Inquirer Staff Writer

It has been almost two years since the 76ers traded Allen Iverson away.
But the reverberations from yesterday's Denver-Detroit trade still reached his former team.

One week into the NBA season, the Nuggets and Pistons swapped point guards. Denver sent Iverson, whom the club acquired in December 2006 from the Sixers, to Detroit for Chauncey Billups, oft-injured power forward Antonio McDyess, and rarely used center Cheikh Samb.

The exchange gives Detroit an additional scoring threat and instant up-tempo pace. Denver gets a hometown hero in Billups, who can provide steady distribution to all-star forward Carmelo Anthony.

What do the Sixers, many of whom played with Iverson, think about the blockbuster deal returning their former teammate to the Eastern Conference?

"A lot of deals look good until you start playing; that's the one thing I've learned in this league," center Samuel Dalembert said. "I'm surprised they got rid of him."

"I don't know if it's going to be genius or not," swingman Andre Iguodala said. "This could either make or break either team. Sometimes a change of scenery can help."

"It's probably a good move for both teams," point guard Andre Miller said. "I expected it to happen because both teams were looking to improve."

Backup guard Lou Williams said Iverson took him under his wing when he started with the Sixers in 2005. Williams said he still spoke with Iverson.

"I know how his mind-set is - he's a tough guy," Williams said. "He calls himself a warrior and I know he wants a championship, so I'm sure he'll go in and instill that mentality."

Added Williams: "He's one of those guys that never stop moving on the court. . . . It will be interesting. I'm sure they'll become a running team overnight."

Sixers coach Maurice Cheeks said he expected Iverson to be "on a mission" with the Pistons.

"Now we'll see him two more times," Williams said. "It's always an emotional game when we play against him."

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/20081104_Sixers_Notes___Iverson_trade_ripples_reach_76ers.html

[Eazy E]

I hope you didn't buy your Nuggets / Raps tickets in the hopes of seeing Iverson!

I'm extra psyched for Wednesday's game now, I've never seen A.I. play and I sure wasn't expecting to catch his debut with a new team!

[CheapJon]

pretty interresting trade

[AxlsMainMan]

I hope you didn't buy your Nuggets / Raps tickets in the hopes of seeing Iverson!

Unfortunately, I did

Oh well, seeing Carmelo live will still be cool

[Eazy E]

Oh well, seeing Carmelo live will still be cool

Yes it will, and Chauncey Billups isn't a bad consolation prize !

[faldor]

Oh well, seeing Carmelo live will still be cool

Yes it will, and Chauncey Billups isn't a bad consolation prize !

Definitely not.  You could certainly argue that he's a better overall player than AI.  Obviously nowhere near the scorer, but he's better in most, if not all other areas. 

[D]

AI scores and thats about it. Their D will suffer as well as the overall team chemistry.


I started to blast my Mavs, but after blowing out SA tonight, we may be getting on the right track.

Our problem has been the starting lineup. U already have Kidd who doesn't really score and Damp who doesn't get touches.

when they start an Antonie Wright, that leaves only Dirk and Josh to score.

With Terry starting, we are way more formidable as 3 big time scoring threats are on the floor.

I wish we'd sign McDyess after Denver waives him.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

AI scores and thats about it. Their D will suffer as well as the overall team chemistry.


I started to blast my Mavs, but after blowing out SA tonight, we may be getting on the right track.

Our problem has been the starting lineup. U already have Kidd who doesn't really score and Damp who doesn't get touches.

when they start an Antonie Wright, that leaves only Dirk and Josh to score.

With Terry starting, we are way more formidable as 3 big time scoring threats are on the floor.

I wish we'd sign McDyess after Denver waives him.

You might think of blasting the Mavs after the Lakers do away with them next week. 

Oh well, seeing Carmelo live will still be cool

Yes it will, and Chauncey Billups isn't a bad consolation prize !

Definitely not.  You could certainly argue that he's a better overall player than AI.  Obviously nowhere near the scorer, but he's better in most, if not all other areas. 

Don't get him started.  Learn from my mistakes.

[russkwtx]

Spurs start 0-3 for the first time in about 30 years. Mavs look lethargic and inconsistent. I thought Carlise would have a bigger impact.
Blazers need Oden to stop getting hurt. They are my sleeper team so I am pulling for them!

[Bodhi]

Utah Jazz 5-0 baby...about to make it 6 when they play the Knicks on sunday(ill be at that game in NYC)...good start especially considering Deron Williams hasnt played yet...

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Detroit lost.

[w.axl.rose]

Utah Jazz 5-0 baby...about to make it 6 when they play the Knicks on sunday(ill be at that game in NYC)...good start especially considering Deron Williams hasnt played yet...

Maybe that's why they're winning 

[w.axl.rose]

Clippers finally got their first win against Dallas