The 2010/2011 NBA Season Thread

[faldor]

LeBron returns to Cleveland tonight, should be a interesting game to watch. 

Well, looks like it was interesting for the first quarter, and that's about it.  I missed the game, but taped the beginning and saw the reception the crowd gave Lebron.  I really thought the Cavs would've played a lot better tonight, especially the way things have been going for the Heat lately.  Maybe Miami was more focused, since this was such a meaningful game to Lebron.  We'll see if they can carry that over.  I'm not convinced.

[gnr-4-ever]

It's so sad to see Cleveland fans getting manipulated by the media so much that they need to boo their best player to ever play in a Cavs uniform. Instead of being happy and grateful for what he gave them for 7+ years they burn his jersey, get insulting shirts, boo him every time he has the ball etc. It just shows how the media is powerful when it comes to things like this. I guess sometimes profit comes before the game and the spectacle itself, even in the NBA. 

[Malcolm]

Was hopin the Cavs would pull that off

[faldor]

It's so sad to see Cleveland fans getting manipulated by the media so much that they need to boo their best player to ever play in a Cavs uniform. Instead of being happy and grateful for what he gave them for 7+ years they burn his jersey, get insulting shirts, boo him every time he has the ball etc. It just shows how the media is powerful when it comes to things like this. I guess sometimes profit comes before the game and the spectacle itself, even in the NBA. 

Not sure I agree the fans are being manipulated by the media.  Lebron acted like an ass in the off-season and couldn't have handled "The Decision" more poorly.  If he had left the Cavs like a normal human being, I'd agree they'd have little to be upset about.  But that's not how things went down.  The fans have every right booing him in Cleveland, and every other arena outside of Miami in the NBA on a nightly basis.

[gnr-4-ever]

It's so sad to see Cleveland fans getting manipulated by the media so much that they need to boo their best player to ever play in a Cavs uniform. Instead of being happy and grateful for what he gave them for 7+ years they burn his jersey, get insulting shirts, boo him every time he has the ball etc. It just shows how the media is powerful when it comes to things like this. I guess sometimes profit comes before the game and the spectacle itself, even in the NBA. 

Not sure I agree the fans are being manipulated by the media.  Lebron acted like an ass in the off-season and couldn't have handled "The Decision" more poorly.  If he had left the Cavs like a normal human being, I'd agree they'd have little to be upset about.  But that's not how things went down.  The fans have every right booing him in Cleveland, and every other arena outside of Miami in the NBA on a nightly basis.

Well I agree on other teams booing him, they have the right to that to make the home team beat the Heat. But the whole Q arena booed him, nobody showed at least a little bit of respect towards him for the things he did for them. If the media wasn't all "let's get Cleveland fans not like him" I think there would be a few "Witness" shirts instead of "Quitness". 

[faldor]

I still don't think it was the media.  It was his own doing.  And the way things have gone in Miami so far just further exemplify it.  I mean, if the Heat were 20-2, you could say, well obviously he made the right move.  But when they have a far worse record than Cleveland ever did with Lebron in previous years, the Cleveland fans have a right to be upset.  Again, the way he handled his free agency was immature and disrespectful to the Cavs.  He got what he deserved, IMO.  And honestly, the Heat AND James played great and destroyed the Cavs, so I don't think he was hurt all that much.

[D]

on a side funny note, my Mavs are 11-2 since Dirk cut his hair!!

 Sampson my ass!

[w.axl.rose]

wow spurs have the best record int he league... didn't expect that this season.

[gnr-4-ever]

Jerry Sloan resigned as Jazz coach after 23 years.

[Bodhi]

yeah, as a Jazz fan I am not happy with this at all, heard it was all Deron Williams doing..

[gnr-4-ever]

yeah, as a Jazz fan I am not happy with this at all, heard it was all Deron Williams doing..

Nah, he and the owners both said it was his and only his decision to leave on the press conference.

[Bodhi]

yeah, as a Jazz fan I am not happy with this at all, heard it was all Deron Williams doing..

Nah, he and the owners both said it was his and only his decision to leave on the press conference.

yes thats what they "said"..but every sports reporter and tv station in this country says otherwise.  Nobody leaves halfway through a season without some type of shit going down.

[gnr-4-ever]

yeah, as a Jazz fan I am not happy with this at all, heard it was all Deron Williams doing..

Nah, he and the owners both said it was his and only his decision to leave on the press conference.

yes thats what they "said"..but every sports reporter and tv station in this country says otherwise.  Nobody leaves halfway through a season without some type of shit going down.

Well it's too bad you let your self get manipulated by the media.

I think through all the years he has done his job at Utah, Jerry Sloan at least deserves to go out on his terms and not the terms the media is making up.

Just another proof that the media is controlling and brainwashing "casual" fans.

[Bodhi]

yeah, as a Jazz fan I am not happy with this at all, heard it was all Deron Williams doing..

Nah, he and the owners both said it was his and only his decision to leave on the press conference.

yes thats what they "said"..but every sports reporter and tv station in this country says otherwise.  Nobody leaves halfway through a season without some type of shit going down.

Well it's too bad you let your self get manipulated by the media.

I think through all the years he has done his job at Utah, Jerry Sloan at least deserves to go out on his terms and not the terms the media is making up.

Just another proof that the media is controlling and brainwashing "casual" fans.

dude, what planet are you on.  I follow every Jazz game, i have the NBA season pass, i read all the Utah newspapers, Deron Williams is the reason why Sloan quit now as opposed to the end of the season.  Him and Williams went at it every night.  Jerry would not throw him under the bus though.  That is the one good thing about the media today, you can't hide anything from them, stories cant be covered up anymore.

So Jerry Sloan deciding to quit at halftime of a game in February after 23 years makes sense to you?  With his top assistant walking out the door with him?  His relationship with Deron Williams had nothing to do with that?  How naive can you be?  Deron Williams might not have forced him out the door, but his relationship with Sloan was too much for him to handle right now, thats why he left as opposed to finishing out the season. 

[D]

Love how my Mavs are floating under the radar and no one is talking about them. 6 gms behind SA for best record in NBA. if Dirk doesn't miss 9 with a knee injury, *Dallas 2-7* and if it hadn't taken him a couple weeks to get back to 100 percent, We'd easily have the best record in the NBA.

If Dirk were black or American Born white, he'd be consisered one of the g reatest players of all time. Since he is foreign born, he gets shit on a lot.

[faldor]

http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_17443219

Carmelo Anthony traded to New York Knicks in blockbuster deal
By Benjamin Hochman and Chris Dempsey
The Denver Post
Posted: 02/21/2011 09:56:57 AM MSTUpdated: 02/21/2011 08:28:54 PM MST

The Carmelo Anthony trade saga is finally over.

The Nuggets traded Melo to the New York Knicks tonight, a league source said. Denver gets Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov, the Knicks 2014 first-round draft pick, the Warriors' 2012 second-round pick, the Warriors' 2013 second-round pick and $3 million in cash.

Anthony will go to New York, along with Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams, Anthony Carter and Renaldo Balkman.  Anthony was not at the Nuggets' practice as the team resumed workouts following the All-Star break.  A source said the Knicks will send Anthony Randolph and Eddy Curry to Minnesota as part of the deal.

Nuggets guard J.R. Smith said Monday after practice, after learning of the trade: "I mean, it's just rebuilding first. We gotta go forward with what we got. And try to do the best we can in the playoffs."

When asked if there's time this season to salvage a Nuggets playoff run, Smith said: "I think it is. Our backs have been up against the wall many times before."

More updates coming soon here and at denverpost.com/nuggets

[Bodhi]

Welcome to the Garden MELO!!!  Now when DWill comes here in 2012...look out.

[gnr-4-ever]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/211319/Nets_Acquire_Deron_Williams

[D]

Im sorry but Carmelo anthony is so fucking overrated. I hear sports pundits saying they'd take him over Lebron

WHAT?
 
Carmelo is NO leader, got out of the playoffs ONE time......... Denver 3-1 without his sulking balless pussy whipped ass.

[LongGoneDay]

Melo is an amazing talent, but unfortunately plays when he wants to. He can score at will, and scares me more than Lebron because he has the ability to beat you with his jump shot, something LBJ can't do. Wade should have the ball in crunch time if Heat want to win, because he can shoot, and has proven to be clutch, something LBJ isn't. Knicks are still in trouble because their 2 highest paid players only play 1 side of the ball, and play for a coach who doesn't believe in defense. As much as I enjoy seeing the Knicks make brain dead move after brain dead move, they may have something in the end here. Both Amare and Carmelo are capable of playing D. Now that Melo is where he wants to maybe he will be interested. They are still missing a piece or 2 though.