Official NBA 2012-2013 Season Thread

[champcruthik]

Anti got the Kobe's mom treatment.

Told this story before, but my ex threw out my Michael Jordan memorabilia collection after our breakup.

 

[ajgoulbo]

Curry will definitely be a star, and players are going to want to play with him.

 

[ajgoulbo]

Anybody have any answers for why Lebrun doesn't do endorsements?

 

[jjs07]

Anybody have any answers for why Lebrun doesn't do endorsements?

What?

 

[7thave btn 31stn33rd st]

Call me crazy, but I wouldnt be surprised if the Bulls steal Game 1 tonight.

Crazy.

Lmao.

No deng
No Hinrich
Rose is out for life

No chance.

8-0 waiting for the Pacers IMO

You just jinxed them

as a bulls fan I like your optimism but it'll be tough to pull of a game 1 win in miami with no deng or kirk.

 
just hoping for a lebron injury this game to up our chances.

Nah not at all

 

[mikejeffjo]

MVP loses the night he receives MVP But somehow he's still the greatest of all time

 

[seymore cake]

Curry will definitely be is a star, and players are going to want to play with him.

Fixed.

 

[champcruthik]

NBA fans shouldn't be too surprised. You can never bet against Thibs, strong team defense for 48 minutes, and the emergence of Nate and Belinelli. No easy baskets, Chicago rebounds well.

Miami still wins in a hard fought 6-7 games, unless Pooh makes a miraculous comeback.

Also waiting on the impact of Deng and Hinrich.

Jimmy Butler has turned into a man this season.

 

[tr1ll]

My parents threw these away... "they're just tank tops" they said.....

The Ginobli was a swing man but the Duncan was an authentic.

Not trying to be funny but, are your parents from another country?

 

[7thave btn 31stn33rd st]

NBA fans shouldn't be too surprised. You can never bet against Thibs, strong team defense for 48 minutes, and the emergence of Nate and Belinelli. No easy baskets, Chicago rebounds well.

Miami still wins in a hard fought 6-7 games, unless Pooh makes a miraculous comeback.

Also waiting on the impact of Deng and Hinrich.

Jimmy Butler has turned into a man this season.

That's why I knew the Bulls would probably pull out the win. Even with Rose out, the Bulls are strong in areas where the Heat are weak: PG and rebounding. I like the way Jimmy played defense last night, got in Lebrons jock. With that being said, I said after the Bulls won in BK, that I think the series may go 7 just because of the Thibs factor. You have two Pat Riley disciples going against each other but from what I understand Thibs was the best disciple.

 

[licensed to ball]

7th Ave, I know i never said it on NT but i told a few of my friends I thought the Bulls would win game 1 as well.

Since everyone else called you crazy, and no one is giving you props now, i'll do it.
Good call.

Rep for you my dude.
Just goes to show you, you don't always have to go with the "consensus."
Analysts and "experts" are wrong every single day.

Not a lot of people on NT are brave enough to go against the grain without the intent to troll. Thumbs up.

 

[antidope]

My parents threw these away... "they're just tank tops" they said.....

The Ginobli was a swing man but the Duncan was an authentic.

Not trying to be funny but, are your parents from another country?

That's a totally legitimate question man, no worries. Yes they are in fact I wasn't born here either we're from Jamaica. I know they just simply didn't get it.

 

[seymore cake]

Yeah that was a against the grain call... I personally had no other expectations but for us to play hard, had no idea which way it would go. Just knew that we would give an damn honest effort and in most cases that gives us a good shot.

But kudos to you for stepping out on that ledge. Repped.

 

[champcruthik]

Some were clowning when I picked Chicago over Brooklyn. But without Pooh, I can't pick them over Miami. Although the series will be hard fought with lower scoring than expected. 6 or 7 games wouldn't surprise me.

 

[proshares]

It was mentioned on SVP and Russillo.

Everyone knows I'm the resident PG24 supporter on NT.

But, if Melo plays like he did in G1 and the latter part of the Boston series, the NYK are in trouble.

My guy, Paul George, can impact a game and series significantly without scoring or shooting the ball well. Elite defense on Melo and JR. Can rebound, pass, perform at a variety of positions on the court offering Vogel depth and versatility.

I'm just going through the enormous amount of pages

I like Paul George, always have. He played a great game against the Knicks Sunday. But I can't give him the credit for the entire defensive effort for that game. Especially with the best defenders against Melo and JR being Melo and JR. PG's had a great year but as I said all season, this team and their best player stuggle immensely to show consistentcy on the road. PG was a different player outside of Indiana this season. I need to see this in more than one game to change my mind. Just look at the games he played in Atlanta. He needs to shoot the ball well on the road too.

 

[7thave btn 31stn33rd st]

After the Denver Nuggets upset the Super Sonics back in the day, anything is possible.


Bulls are tough, and if Rose was playing the game could've got ugly earlier in the game. I'm not gonna say the Bulls are gonna win the series, but having Thibs, Nate Rob, Noah not giving a ****, and now the Bulls have home court advantage, anything is possible. It's a stretch for the Bulls pull it off, but I would not be surprised at all.

If you look back to the Heat's winning streak almost half the games they had to come back from like 8-10 points down to win the game, the only team they didnt was...the Bulls. The Heat can't take quarters or halves off against this team.

 

[coldcity]

MVP loses the night he receives MVP But somehow he's still the greatest of all time

 

[champcruthik]

Pro: I'd take Indiana over Miami in the ECF based on what I saw last year, if (big if) the Pacers can develop consistency on the road and also offensively.

Without Granger, PG24 has transformed into a star but it's not unreasonable for critics to ask where the #1 scoring will come from when Indiana gets lost offensively.

Lance could be a huge factor this postseason IMO.

 

[champcruthik]

Also, in terms of perimeter defenders, only Bron and Tony Allen come close to PG24 right now.

May be missing one other name or two.

 

[CJMcfly26]

 

[licensed to ball]

Booooooooooo

 

[victor page]

Pro: I'd take Indiana over Miami in the ECF based on what I saw last year, if (big if) the Pacers can develop consistency on the road and also offensively.
 

 

[champcruthik]

If you watched the playoffs last year, I don't see how the thought is remotely answer.

The Miami Heat still has no answer for Hibbert and West inside. Paul George has ascended to star status. Lance has taken tremendous strides to improve.

Hopefully Chicago wears down the Heat with grinding basketball. Indiana's style of play and team defense is a difficult matchup for any team. Would say the same for Memphis.

 

[airjordan jb23]

Heat should be able to bounce back no problem after the game 1 loss. It was a long lay off from their last series, so im sure that had an affect. Not to take anything away from the Bulls though, they played with a lot of heart in the 1st round & showed up big in game 1

Huge game from Curry last night too... Fatigue cooled him off big time in the 4th & OT's though.

 

[gllahone84]

It still baffles me whenever I see the Heat lost to Chicago.