The 2009/2010 NBA Season Thread

[D]

Celtics did win a title, so its hard to criticize but for the long term, one has to question the trades they made.

Rondo,Pierce,Al Jefferson and Jeff Green right now would be a lot better than the team they are putting on the court IMO.

They did  get a ring, but in 2 seasons, they will be right back to the 20 win team they were.

[faldor]

Celtics did win a title, so its hard to criticize but for the long term, one has to question the trades they made.

Rondo,Pierce,Al Jefferson and Jeff Green right now would be a lot better than the team they are putting on the court IMO.

They did  get a ring, but in 2 seasons, they will be right back to the 20 win team they were.

Well, they MIGHT be a better team right now without the KG and Allen trades, but I don't think that's for certain.  And like you said, they did win the title, so it's hard to criticize.  If KG didn't get hurt last season they would've had a pretty good shot at repeating.  This year has been a struggle with all the main guys being injured throughout.  Obviously age is starting to catch up to them.  I don't think Al Jefferson has been all that durable so far in his career either though. 

They're actually not positioned too bad for the next few years.  They staggered the contracts of the "big 3" so they expire in successive years starting with Ray this season.  It's a matter of if they try to keep them, re-sign them, or use the money elsewhere.  You could argue that they should've unloaded Allen's expiring contract this season.  I think they're still thinking they're as good as any team IF they can get healthy.  I just don't see that happening.

You wanna talk about bad Celtics trades.  How about sending Joe Johnson to the Suns for Rodney Rogers and Tony Delk?  All so we could reach the Eastern Conference finals and get manhandled by the Nets.  Now THAT was a bad trade.

[AxlsMainMan]

Kobe vs. Iverson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI5wd_wT7No

[w.axl.rose]

wow at this rate Mavs will win the #1 seed in the west 

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Report: Iverson facing trouble

Multiple NBA sources say Allen Iverson is facing alcohol and gambling issues that have derailed his career and threaten his post-basketball well-being, Stephen A. Smith of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports in a column published Monday.

According to multiple NBA sources, there is widespread concern that the four-time NBA scoring champion, who left the Philadelphia 76ers in February to deal with his daughter's illness and will not return this season, "will either drink himself into oblivion or gamble his life away," Smith reported.

Iverson's gambling problem is serious enough that he has been banished from casinos in Detroit and Atlantic City, N.J., according to Smith.

The report comes as Iverson is dealing with significant personal problems.

Iverson's wife Tawana filed for divorce on March 4, the same day the Philadelphia 76ers announced that the All-Star guard would not return for the rest of the season. In the divorce filing, made at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta, Tawana Iverson said the couple's 8?-year marriage is "irretrievably broken" and sought full custody of the family's five children, child support and alimony.

Iverson, who played 25 games for the Sixers this season, returned to Atlanta in February to be with his family and deal with an undisclosed illness affecting his 4-year-old daughter, Messiah.

Smith, who has covered Iverson closely for years, wrote in Monday's column that Iverson needs someone with "the ideal combination of compassion and toughness" in his life. And former Temple coach John Chaney said that person is John Thompson, Iverson's former college coach at Georgetown.

"[Thompson] is the one guy who'll have a chance of slowing this train wreck down, who could wrap his arms around Iverson and have an impact, because clearly it has not been done," Chaney said, according to Smith. "But there's still this one question: Will [Iverson] listen?"

Iverson started the season with the Memphis Grizzlies but only played three games, amid disagreements over playing time, before announcing a short-lived retirement. He signed the 76ers as a free agent in December, making a tearful return to the city where he spent his first 10? seasons, won four scoring titles, earned the 2000-01 MVP award and led the Sixers to the 2001 NBA Finals.

Iverson was traded to the Denver Nuggets in 2006 and played for the Nuggets through 2008, when he was dealt to the Detroit Pistons.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

[AxlsMainMan]

I'm leaning towards the white jersey.

[w.axl.rose]

I hope Dallas wins there next game  Why? Because i want them to beat the Cavs season winning streak record 

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Dallas is a true dark horse.

[D]

quit jinxing my team guys

thanks

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

quit jinxing my team guys

thanks

You believe in jinxes?

A man of your stratospheric intellect should know better.

[D]

u know my Mavs are better than your Lakers, so u are using reverse jinxcology to work in your favor.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

u know my Mavs are better than your Lakers, so u are using reverse jinxcology to work in your favor.

I don't even know what to say to this one.

[w.axl.rose]

damn 2 loses in a row for Dallas 

[Bodhi]

damn 2 loses in a row for Dallas 

of course, their point guard is ancient, and their "leader" is soft as shit, ask the 07 Warriors.  As a Utah Jazz fan I would welcome a playoff  match up with the Mavericks, anytime, anyplace, anywhere.  yeah D, I said it.

[w.axl.rose]

damn 3 in a row. i guess i was wrong about the mavs after all... they aint no threat to LA 

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Portland is going to knock L.A. out in the first round.

I hope we get the Spurs instead.

Lose Spurs lose!

[D]

Its the NBA teams go thru ebbs and flows.. look at Denver, they are in the shitter also

all that matters is here in a few weeks when the playoffs start.

[w.axl.rose]

Portland is going to knock L.A. out in the first round.

I hope we get the Spurs instead.

Lose Spurs lose!

Though the spurs would be easier to beat, i dont think LA will have any problem if they face portland in the playoffs.

[faldor]

Its the NBA teams go thru ebbs and flows.. look at Denver, they are in the shitter also

all that matters is here in a few weeks when the playoffs start.

Yeah, the Celtics are starting to play well all of a sudden.  But I'm not about to buy into it.  Not yet, at least.  People (Boston media) kept saying that they'd be fine if they could just get healthy.  I find it hard to believe they would only put that together at the tail end of the season.  But, we'll see.  They still haven't proven they can beat any of the top teams consistently, and that's what the playoffs are all about obviously.

[D]

When Parker comes back healthy for the playoffs.. SA are still dangerous.