well the start to a new nba season is almost here. i dont think the heat will repeat, but a western team will win it all. maybe the utah jazz? yeah. they got derek fisher this year and improved players from last year. here the schedule for this season for each team
http://www.nba.com/teams/teamSchedulesLinks.html?title=Schedule&file=schedule/
daniel_pendry15
10-09-2006, 12:15 PM
well the start to a new nba season is almost here. i dont think the heat will repeat, but a western team will win it all. maybe the utah jazz? yeah. they got derek fisher this year and improved players from last year. here the schedule for this season for each team
http://www.nba.com/teams/teamSchedulesLinks.html?title=Schedule&
file=schedule/ (http://www.nba.com/teams/teamSchedulesLinks.html?title=Schedule&file=
schedule/)
I don't know about that. The Phoenix Suns have a phenomenal team this year. Their big man, Amare Stoudemire, returns for a full season, Shawn Marion is back to rebound all of the missed shots off the rim, and 2-time MVP Steve Nash is back to share the ball and get Coach Mike D'Antoni's vaunted run-and-gun system going for another year. They might also have a little more defense this year because Kurt Thomas is returning from injury and Amare is big enough to go inside and block shots. The Suns are the most exciting team the NBA has ever seen, and I don't see a lot of weaknesses in them this year. They have gotten to the Western Conference Finals each of the last two seasons, but they faded because they didn't have a lot of defense and Nash was worn down bcause he had to play most of the game. Well, this year he actually has a backup and the Suns have a lot more depth on the bench, which will take a lot of pressure off Nash, so they should and better be able to get over that large hump this time and into the NBA Finals, because they are the only professional sports team in Phoenix that is worth watching right now. The starving fans can't live through another disappointment, and that includes me.
Mohammad
10-09-2006, 01:29 PM
The Mavs will go back to the finals and win it this year. They have experience now and that will work in their favor. Dirk Nowitzki is getting better every year, Josh Howard is still young and he has great hustle and he'll only get better, Devin Harris is young and quick and he will have more experience at the point.
This team is still very deep and versatile we brought in Austin Croshere to back up Dirk Nowitzki he's a solid back up and he's a big upgrade from Keith Van Horn anybody is a big upgrade from Keith Van Horn IMO boy i hated him. We brought in Greg Buckner to back up Jason Terry. Buckner is a good defender. We have brought in Devan George whose a good veteran he has finals experience with the Lakers yeah he had Shaq and Kobe to help him but he still knows what it's like to win a championship. We still have Jerry Stackhouse he's a good veteran player. We have DeSagana Diop and Erick Dampier that's a good center depth. Diop is a good shot blocker and defender that was evident in game 7 against the Spurs in the playoffs last year. We drafted Maurice Ager a good rookie from Michigan State. Ager was coached by Tom Izzo at Michigan State, Izzo is a tough minded defensive coach just like Avery Johnson so he fits into our system very well.
Hopefully, our owner Mark Cuban can shut his mouth up and not plan parades while the finals are going on. I'm so pissed off he did that! That just made Dwayne wade and the heat even more determined and made the city of Dallas look classless :mad:! But that's a long shot to shut Cuban up. Maybe if he does shut up the refs might give us some respect next time and not favor Dwyane Wade. I don't care what anybody says the refs favored Dwayne Wade i'm not saying Wade didn't play great because he did and he deserved that MVP but that horrible call in game 5 of the finals still sticks in the minds of mavs fans to this day. But hey the Heat beat us fair and square IMO. But i'm just saying they had some few lucky calls. The Mavs still had a lot opportunities to win they made some crucial mistakes they blew that lead in game 3 Dirk Nowitzki missed some big free throws in that game. In game 5 despite the bad calls Josh Howard called that timeout when he didn't need too and if i'm not mistaken i think he missed some crucial free throws in that game too. I believe all that heart break will make them a better team and better prepared next time.
I wouldn't be surprised if we see the Heat again in the finals they still have everybody coming back. Yeah Shaq is getting old but that's the same thing everybody said last year and they still won the championship.
As for the rest of west, the suns do scare me a little if amare is healthy like he was two years ago then i'll be a little worried about them. The Spurs they're still good and they have good veteran leadership but i think they're getting too old and slow. The clippers are gonna be good again Elton Brand is a stud and they have good talented team with playoff experience so they will be a team to watch. So IMO the Suns and Clippers are teams the Mavs will battle with for the Western Conference and i believe they will prevail. :)
Cfw828
10-09-2006, 01:29 PM
Blow New York, Blow New York, Blow! :D
TheLady
10-09-2006, 01:45 PM
I always get Knicks tickets for my boyfriend for Christmas. This year he told me not to bother. He's so dissappointed, but hopefully we will be pleasantly surprised this season.
Shape
10-09-2006, 03:15 PM
LOL @ utah jazz winning it all.
i think with don nelson back as our coach the warriors might actually make the playoffs this year. :eek:
jjcfromUT
10-09-2006, 09:16 PM
so far only ninjas like basketball, wonder why
Shape
10-09-2006, 11:02 PM
so far only ninjas like basketball, wonder why
because pirates are st00pid. :mrgreen:
OHHHHHH MEGABUURRRN!
daniel_pendry15
10-11-2006, 01:22 AM
What does everybody think of the idea of the NBA going to a new basketball next season? Now, I have yet to get a glimpse of what the ball looks like and can't really understand the explanation of the material the ball is made out of, but I heard that Shaq tried the ball out himself and preceded to rip the ball company about it in an interview because he hated it so much. However, Shaq's complaint on the new ball is the only one that I've heard on this whole issue so far, so maybe some of you guys know enough about the issue to where you can post your own opinions and help me formulate my own idea.
jjcfromUT
10-11-2006, 01:44 AM
I think that there was nothing bad with the basketball to begin with, unless they changed it so that Kobe Bryant doesn’t scores 81 points again. most of the players like Steve Nash say that it gets too sticky, and shaq just hates it. hey it might improve shaqs foul shots, maybe. they should just stick with the same ball, I never heard any complaints about it. here’s a pic of the new ball, and a link to an article.
I think that there was nothing bad with the basketball to begin with, unless they changed it so that Kobe Bryant doesn’t scores 81 points again. most of the players like Steve Nash say that it gets too sticky, and shaq just hates it. hey it might improve shaqs foul shots, maybe. they should just stick with the same ball, I never heard any complaints about it. here’s a pic of the new ball, and a link to an article.
I think that the ball being too sticky could turn out to be a huge problem because it could stick right to a players' hand when it is wet and they cannot shoot the ball at all if that happens because it wouldn't be able to come out of their hands without a little bit of assistance. Other than that, though, the ball does not look too bad. In fact, I think it looks so much better than the other ball they have used for 35 years. The NBA should try the new ball out for this year, and if they get complaints from a majority of the players that it stinks by the end of the season, then they should consider going back to using the old ball again.
Mal
10-11-2006, 08:40 PM
LOL @ utah jazz winning it all.
I concur. I'm from Utah and I still know that it'll only happen when hell freezes over.
jjcfromUT
10-11-2006, 10:22 PM
I concur. I'm from Utah and I still know that it'll only happen when hell freezes over.
where's the faith
Leesey
10-11-2006, 10:31 PM
i hope the bulls do better this year, since they have Big Ben, Tyrus Thomas, Thabo Sefolosah Viktor Khryapa, P.J. Brown and J.R. Smith and finally got rid of Tyson Chandler we may have another chance, maybe we can actually get further this time
Shape
10-11-2006, 10:35 PM
where's the faith
the mormons took it all. :P
i hope the bulls do better this year, since they have Big Ben, Tyrus Thomas, Thabo Sefolosah Viktor Khryapa, P.J. Brown and J.R. Smith and finally got rid of Tyson Chandler we may have another chance, maybe we can actually get further this time
i think the bulls have a bright future. i was quite surprised to see them make the playoffs last year. they have some good young players.
Mal
10-12-2006, 10:16 AM
where's the faith
I left it in Utah.
the mormons took it all. :P
ROFLMAO.
forgiveme11
11-05-2006, 04:21 PM
Dallas Mavs FTW!
I don't even like basketball, but watching us almost win last season made me want to watch this season.
Shape
11-05-2006, 08:16 PM
Dallas Mavs FTW!
I don't even like basketball, but watching us almost win last season made me want to watch this season.
yea it's always fun when your team wins.
my warriors, on the other hand, haven't made the playoffs in 13 years. :|
AND I STILL WATCH. gah....
daniel_pendry15
01-26-2007, 12:11 AM
NBA fans FTL. It sickens me that the Suns and Mavericks, the two best teams in the NBA, don't get a single starter for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki would have been the first two players I would have picked as starters, especially since Nash has won two consecutive MVP Awards and Nowitzki guides the league's best team. I also thought that both of those players were popular among the fans, but I guess they aren't, otherwise they would have probably been picked as because I think that is the main criteria the fans use to judge who is the most deserving of the five starting spots, which is why I am not at all a fan of the entire lineup. I have never cared for Kobe Bryant because he is nothing but a ball hog and is extremely arrogant in the way he talks and acts, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming are both injured, I haven't heard a lot about Tim Duncan this year and I don't really think he is that good to begin with, and Kevin Garnett doesn't play for that good of a team and his stats aren't nearly as eye-popping as those put up by Nash and Nowitzki, whom also happen to be the two favorites to win the NBA MVP this year.
I know that there is a very good posibility that Nash and Nowitzki will still be voted onto the Western Conference All-Star team as reserves by the head coaches, but it still wouldn't be the same or any less unfair. Both of them combined have way too much individual talent to be relegated to the bench in the most important NBA game of the year outside of the NBA Finals, and their teams are legions above the rest of the league that they should have been the top two vote-getters, IMO.
