NBA Season 2012/2013

[GeorgeSteele]

Great game last night to end a great series.  Was sad to see Duncan and the Spurs go down, but the better team won.  Congrats to to the 2 die-hard Miami Heat fans out there.

[Eazy E]

The Spurs really blew this championship series!  I get a headache just thinking about how close they were.....

Anyone who thinks Kobe is better than Lebron is out of their mind!

[AxlsMainMan]

The Boston Celtics would appear to be in full-on rebuild mode now

[AxlsMainMan]

Will the Lakers try to get Bynum back now that Howard is off to Houston?

[tim_m]

This is a terrible idea.

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/9586574/los-angeles-lakers-wear-short-sleeve-jerseys-several-games-next-season-source-says

[AxlsMainMan]

Iverson is apparently officially retiring this week

[Eazy E]

Is he not already retired?   

Seriously though, Iverson's Sixers versus Carter's Raptors is my favourite playoff series of all time as a TO fan... they traded 50 point games and it all came down to one shot in Game 7 that rimmed out... but that's 12 or 13 years ago - he has been finished for a long time now... and with the focus in basketball shifting to "effeciency" instead of pure scoring numbers, guys like Iverson aren't appealing to teams anymore. 

[Eazy E]

P.S. Next season Lebron will likely pass Iverson in total career assists.....   

[tim_m]

The NBA is finally doing away with the 2-3-2 format in the finals. Its about time that format sucks.

[LongGoneDay]

Interesting potential Celtics moves, rumors.

Kevin Love and Carmelo Anthony.

Love the idea of adding KL. Not a huge Anthony fan, but could be a pretty scary trio with Rondo.
Even scarier if someone could finally convince Melo to play D. Love could use some help in that regard as well.

With the East being as pathetic as it is at the moment, they could sleep through the regular season and still be guaranteed to make the playoffs. Hopefully that would convince some vets who want a ring to sign on the cheap, because there wouldn't be much $ left to go around, and it'll probably take just about all those pieces Ainge has been stockpiling..
Depending on who they could surround these guys with, it could work.

Would love to see Pierce off the bench for one more run. Hell throw KG in there too.

http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/basketball/59460-holding-court-celtics-pacers-opposite-directions

[GeorgeSteele]

Wow, just noticed we're still on last year's thread.  No NBA love here I guess... not even some opinions on the whole Sterling fiasco!

Anyway, I think Melo is actually a good fit for Boston.  They've never been a 'system' type offense, so an 'iso' guy like Melo is not exactly going to disrupt anything there.  Also, I think he could work well with Love.  Melo-Stoudamire did not work because Stat is strictly a pick-and-roll guy, but Love is much more versatile.

And don't underestimate Melo on D.  When he's motivated (e.g., going up against Lebron), he has a whole other gear on D.

[faldor]

It would make the Celtics a factor again in the East, but not a favorite by any means. At least I don't think. They need to do something big though with all the draft picks they have coming their way. They can't use them all. And so far, Melo and Love is the most intriguing option I've heard.