The 2008/2009 NBA season thread

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

I'm going to have to conduct a major sweep of my car...stupid memory card!  Why must you be so small!

Ummm, keeping in line with my previous pictures in this thread...

[faldor]

I'm going to have to conduct a major sweep of my car...stupid memory card!  Why must you be so small!

Ummm, keeping in line with my previous pictures in this thread...

FOUL!

[w.axl.rose]

why would you take out the memory card out of the camera in the first place after the game ??

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

why would you take out the memory card out of the camera in the first place after the game ??

After having spent a lot of time with me through the years, you should know I'm not mentally stable.

Faldor, of course they called a foul.  I would have given my favorite testicle away if the refs would have swallowed their whistles in the first half.  They whistled Walton for breathing on Turkoglu.

And OMG I hate going to ABC games in person.  Fucking LONG-ASS TIMEOUTS! 

[AxlsMainMan]

why would you take out the memory card out of the camera in the first place after the game ??

That's nothin', years ago Garry got busted trying to smuggle in a camera at Inland Invasion

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

why would you take out the memory card out of the camera in the first place after the game ??

That's nothin', years ago Garry got busted trying to smuggle in a camera at Inland Invasion

Stupid batteries just HAD to fall out of my coat.

Tortillas Jerry, tortillas. 

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Black Mamba: So, you won't wear my shoe?

Some Orlando Magic Player: I'm sorry master!

[D]

Black Mamba: So, you won't wear my shoe?

Some Orlando Magic Player: I'm sorry master!

see that pic?
Kobe is so strong he knocked off one of Pietrus' fingers!!!!!!!

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Another edition of caption that pic.


Black Mamba:  Hahahahaha!

Man in Magic jersey: Oh crap.  Kobe, stop!  STOP!






For anyone who thinks I'm high or something:

"The only thing I can do is try to minimize his touches in the fourth quarter," Pietrus said, according to the Sentinel. "He's a tremendous player and those guys you cannot stop them. So maybe I can say, 'Hey, stop, Kobe! Yo! Stop!' Maybe that's the only way I can stop him. 'Stop for a minute!'"

[AxlsMainMan]

Iverson, a Bobcat?

By VINCE ELLIS ? FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER ? June 7, 2009

Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown told the media Friday he was open to accepting free-agent guard Allen Iverson as a part of the team.

Brown, who led the Pistons to an NBA title in 2004, seemed in a conciliatory mood toward Iverson -- considering their tumultuous relationship when he coached Iverson with the 76ers earlier in Iverson's 13-year career.

But the Charlotte Observer had a quote from Brown that raises questions about Iverson's future in the league.

"I know he has a big chip on his shoulder now," Brown said. "He's got a trainer and is taking care of himself."

If it were only a matter of motivation and getting in tip-top shape, there would be no doubt Iverson could reclaim his status as one of the top-flight scorers in the league.

But in watching Iverson, 34, last season after he was acquired from the Denver Nuggets in the blockbuster trade for Chauncey Billups, it was obvious Iverson had lost a step.

No doubt Iverson, wherever he lands, will be in a mood to prove to everyone that he is the Iverson of old.

http://www.freep.com/article/20090607/SPORTS03/906070521/1051/rss16

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Man, sports are hard on my heart.

[D]

Van Gundy is one of the biggest jekyll and Hide coaches ever


he does brilliant shit and then stupid shit

[Ignatius]

GASOOLLLLLLLLLLL

[D]

Poor Courtney Bill Buckner Lee

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Poor Courtney Bill Buckner Lee

Awwwww, he doesn't want to ruin his pretty little face.

[Ignatius]

Two great articles at NBA.com


http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/vince_thomas/06/08/kobe/index.html

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/dave_mcmenamin/06/08/lakers.sider.game2/

First one talks about Kobe's legacy with out without the 4th ring. Also talks about how the media and NBA fans claim that Kobe won his first three rings only because of Shaq and how unfair (and wrong) that assertion is.

Second talks about Lakers dynamic duo; Bryant and Gasol and how they commuinicate and rely on each other. I didnt know Kobe spoke spanish but it turns out he does since him and Gasol speak to each other in spanish on the court sometimes. The article features great lines by Fisher, Kobe, Jackson and Gasol. It also mentions that to some people Gasol will always be labeled as "soft" no matter what he does and (again) how unfair and wrong that assertion is.

[fito_gnr]

great articles!! the article about Kobe is so true, people have short memory... 
Gasol will be remembered as one of the great lakers players in history once his career is over, you'll see he's gonna get 3 - 4 rings along kobe

[Bodhi]

 
Gasol will be remembered as one of the great lakers players in history once his career is over, you'll see he's gonna get 3 - 4 rings along kobe

thats def NOT happening...This might be the only one he gets with Kobe, and if Garnett never got hurt he probably wouldnt have even gotten this one.  Kobe is a great player, but he is 30 now, and the Lakers are FAR from a dominant team..7 with the Rockets? really?  Don't get me wrong they are the best team in the NBA right now, but they are soft and usually don't win games they dont have to.  Kobe is not soft, but any team that has several european players with pony tails running around chucking up 3's and playing no defense is going to be soft.  Whatever team Lebron James goes to after next season will win the next 5 NBA titles...

[crow316]

but any team that has several european players with pony tails running around chucking up 3's and playing no defense is going to be soft.

  Are you talking about the Lakers?

[novemberparadise23]

I know everyone goes crazy about lebron (who is a world class player in his own right) but kobe is hands down the best player. he hits shots from anywhere on the court consistently. he hits all his free throws and can hit shots that are heavily contested.