The official 2010-2011 NBA thread

[EKBATAN]

i have a question from you experts, one of griffin's dunks the guy had his hand on the ball and griffin just pushed away his arm then dunked, is that legal? can u push someones hand away while ur going for a dunk/lay up/shot??

he probably thought it was practice

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

That is a ripoff don't do it because LeBron James needs to share the ball with D Wade and Chris Bosh. The other decent player is Ben Gordon on that list. John Wall ha a lot of upside, Russell Westbrook is legendary for his defense and despite Lakers having Pau, the offense will still run through Kobe.
That is a stupid trade.

i vote against that trade anyway.

Dude what is your problem? Don't I have the right as a Laker fan to be excited about the way the season is starting? I am just sick and tired of everyone annointing Miami as the NBA champions before the season even started. Seriously I don't know why are you being hostile I even wanted to help you out with your trade situation and gave you my input, but I didin't know abou this post.
Rumi-the ya baby is because the Lakers were 8-0 at the time not because I"m in Abu Dabi. Dude as you said it's a $hit hole and it sucks because I am missing a lot of NBA basketball. Well at least I was here late October and I leave in December, so the weather is not that bad here. It still sucks though.

CALM DOWN BUDDY!!! TAKE A CHILL PILL!! wow this guy, why does everyone gets all butt hurt when you ask them how old are you?

and thanks for your help but if you read it again i said SOMEONE in my league wants to make the trade NOT ME and wanted to see wat do u guys think of the trade... anyways like i said i voted against the trade last night






finally gonna meet DRose tonight be at the game.. freaking excited!!

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

aand HOW BOUT THEM DUKE!!!

[Masoud_A]

i vote against that trade anyway.




CALM DOWN BUDDY!!! TAKE A CHILL PILL!! wow this guy, why does everyone gets all butt hurt when you ask them how old are you?

and thanks for your help but if you read it again i said SOMEONE in my league wants to make the trade NOT ME and wanted to see wat do u guys think of the trade... anyways like i said i voted against the trade last night






finally gonna meet DRose tonight be at the game.. freaking excited!!

Ask him for more assists and less TOs, I need some pts in my roto league lol

[Demis-11]

goodjob by the Pacers to take down the Heat! they are looking pretty good this year with guys like Hibbert and Rush playing great (and Dunleavy not sidelined for once lol), and happy to see the Raptors at on the road to not being the leagues worst team as many expected

[Babak]

finally gonna meet DRose tonight be at the game.. freaking excited!!

My friends saw him on campus at UCLA and took a picture of him yesterday. Most NBA teams practice there during their stay in LA.

[persianbruin]

My friends saw him on campus at UCLA and took a picture of him yesterday. Most NBA teams practice there during their stay in LA.

so many great memories of those summer pickup games at Pauly and wooden center My favorite one: 19 year old second year laker Kobe vs 18 year old UCLA freshman Baron davis in one on one back in 97! If only we had cell phone cameras back then

[Persiantiger]

i vote against that trade anyway.
CALM DOWN BUDDY!!! TAKE A CHILL PILL!! wow this guy, why does everyone gets all butt hurt when you ask them how old are you?
and thanks for your help but if you read it again i said SOMEONE in my league wants to make the trade NOT ME and wanted to see wat do u guys think of the trade... anyways like i said i voted against the trade last night
finally gonna meet DRose tonight be at the game.. freaking excited!!

That is awesome you are going to meet DRose he is definately a rising star in this league, and he has all of the tools to be a super star. By the way I am 28 the reason why I got upset is because I thought you were taking a cheap shot at me but I guess that is not the case.

Dam Persianbruin YOU GOT TO WATCH KOBE AND BARON DAVIS BALL @UCLA? That is freaking awesome. Too bad they didn't have cell phones back in the day.

The most exciting thing that happened to me was when I was 14 and I was wearing my Magic Johnson Michigan State jersey at a Laker game. Magic saw me and I got to speak to the legend himself. The big fella loves to talk about the Spartans and he was very nice.

[persianbruin]

That is awesome you are going to meet DRose he is definately a rising star in this league, and he has all of the tools to be a super star. By the way I am 28 the reason why I got upset is because I thought you were taking a cheap shot at me but I guess that is not the case.
Dam Persianbruin YOU GOT TO WATCH KOBE AND BARON DAVIS BALL @UCLA? That is freaking awesome. Too bad they didn't have cell phones back in the day.
The most exciting thing that happened to me was when I was 14 and I was wearing my Magic Johnson Michigan State jersey at a Laker game. Magic saw me and I got to speak to the legend himself. The big fella loves to talk about the Spartans and he was very nice.

That was just one of many. I also saw rookie Kobe DESTROYING Toby Bailey time after time but then again that wasn't much of a contest to begin with!

Toby Bailey had some serious hops and had 26 points in the national championship game of 95, but back in 97 when UCLA played UNC he got posterized a few times by Vince carter who was pretty much just a dunker and a sidekick to their best player Antwan Jamison. After that he concentrated on other aspects of his game.

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

[Babak]

One of the best Kobe articles I've seen:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AuJ8SgVVgcGHuVQAilNQco85nYcB?slug=aw-kobebryantchat112310

[persianbruin]

One of the best Kobe articles I've seen:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...yantchat112310

yeah I read that this morning and my fav part is about something I finally got myself about a week or two ago when I saw how the mentality of the rest of the lakers has changed especially odom and brown. Kobe has changed the "culture" of this team.

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[Persiantiger]

That was just one of many. I also saw rookie Kobe DESTROYING Toby Bailey time after time but then again that wasn't much of a contest to begin with!
Toby Bailey had some serious hops and had 26 points in the national championship game of 95, but back in 97 when UCLA played UNC he got posterized a few times by Vince carter who was pretty much just a dunker and a sidekick to their best player Antwan Jamison. After that he concentrated on other aspects of his game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Man Antwan Jamison there was so much hype surrounding that guy. He still at least played in the NBA(I don't know if he still does) but considering all of the hype he was a bust. This is the first time I am hearing about Toby Bailey but man he did have some nice hops back in the day. The thing is hops can get you a lot of face time on ESPN and it might get you drafted but in order to be successful in the NBA, you need to actually be able to ball it up.

I still remember the news conference when Kobe had his shades on announcing that he will skip on college and go pro from Lower Marion high in PA. Kobe and KG were true pioneers because before them this high school to pro phenomeom rarely happened. Now they have the one year of college rule but they really started that whole trend. Thank's for the vid dude.

Babak thank you for that interesting article. PersianBruin this part righ there that you pasted from the article .....“How to truly make players better, what that really means,” he said. “It’s not just passing to your guys and getting them shots. It’s not getting this or that many players into double figures. That’s bull[expletive]. That’s not how you win championships. You’ve got to change the culture of your team – that’s how you truly make guys better. In a way, you have to help them to get the same DNA that you have, the same focus you have, maybe even close to the same drive. That’s how you make guys better.....

This is Jordanesque my friend. Jordan had this ability to take average players and turn them into champions. It wasen't Jackson they feared it was Jordan. He demanded excellence and guys like Steve Kerr and Bill Cartwright(Spelling) played their best when they were with Jordan. Kobe didn't have this before because earlier in his career he was a sefish player. Let's be honest and fair here. Now Kobe knows what it takes to be a leader you need to challenge people. It's like you are a new CEO of company that just had a big scandal and they are no longer a fortune 500 company. They are a nobody company and you are the man how who is going to change the culture of losing. You need to strike a cord with your employees and chage their attitude. The same can be said about basketball and Kobe has it. Magic had it, Jordan had it, Lary Bird had it, and now Kobe has it. To me this is what seperates him from LeBron, well that and five nba championships to zero.

[Masoud_A]

What happened to Ghormeh's post?

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

had a BLAST at bball game, it was amazing to see DRose, Noah, Deng and the whole bulls in person.. its just crazy how different it is in person then when you watch them on TV.. u appreciate it fall in love wit this game even more... Noah needs to put on some muscle or weight man haha he is big but dam he looked skinny... and OMG DRose was on fiiire, i think it was in 4th quarter DRose almost broke kobes ankle :P that dooode is FAST and amazing how he just turns on the jets and drives the lane... Noah did a fantastic job on Gasol...
but i think the best part of night might of been James Worthy cutting in front of us to get into Staples Center


unfortunately didn't get to see Rose and get autograph or a pic... but when they come back to play Clippers on my bday I'm for sure gonna go and see them at where they practice and go to the game like super early so i can meet the guy.

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

YOU GUYS HEAR THAT!?!?!??!?!?.....

YUP its the sound of the cricket, where are our "Die hard" heat fan here on PFDC???? hahaha shy? u guys have no excuses like ur ***** 3?