NBA 2008-2009 Season

[tackielarla]

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Well, since everyone else is opening up their threads for the 08-09 season, let's also kick off the main NBA thread for the coming season!

Next big event is the NBA Draft, set on the 26th (or was it the 29th). Considering that the Bulls have the no. 1 pick, I'm betting Rose will be drafted No. 1.

[The Good$!!!]

Wow sauha mani tacks! ^^

I'm picking Beasley at 1 and Rose at 2...

Gooden and Beasley would make a great frontcourt tandem for Chicago plus they got too many guards already ( Gordon, Hinrich, Hughes, Duhon)... I think Hinrich would not be wearing Bulls uniform for long...^^

At Miami, they need Rose at Point coz J-Will is already dispensable... Who would they place at Point? Wade? Hell no... Quinn?

I'm guessing the line up for Miami: Haslem at C, Matrix at PF, Ricky D at SF, D-Wade at SG and Rose at PG...(small line-up ^^)

Bulls: C-Gooden, PF-Beasley, SF-Deng, SG-Hughes (Gordon off the bench), PG- Hinrich...(another small line-up!)

Miami and Chicago would be sweet to watch next season!!!

[tackielarla]

Juan Carlos Navarro Dumps The NBA

One can guess where your head is at.

You're in front of a computer, for whatever reason. You've pulled BDL, and this post, up. You've likely sat through us going back and forth regarding two of the most storied franchises in sport (much less the NBA) for three weeks, and four of the more prominent and successful NBA clubs out there (once we throw in Detroit and San Antonio) for a few weeks before that.

You know that the Finals are over, the C's won, and that the Draft is still a week away. You also know that Skeets and KD get a bit of a thing in certain areas when it comes to reverently handling coverage of what we're supposed to.

And, here it is: a guard few have ever heard of, on the NBA's most unheralded team, going back to Europe. Somebody's trying to be obscure, and somebody succeeded on top of the trying.

It's not like that, I swear.

Juan Carlos Navarro is a bit obscure, but he can also ball, and he's heading into his prime. He's also reported to have signed a five-year, 25 million dollar deal with FC Barcelona, that's huge money, and that's probably twice as much as he'd get in the NBA's open market. And the reason I'm bringing this up, is because I'm a little (well, a lot) bummed that I can't watch him play stateside this year.

But that's me. And while the original intentions behind this post were to wonder aloud about just how the NBA let JCN go (took years to bring him over, saw him struggle with learning English, traded his best friend in the world halfway into the season for Kwame Brown, had no real money to offer him to stay), a good evening's thought turned it into something else.

And that something else is this:

Over the summer, NBA players are going to be met with a series of tough choices regarding their future employment, just how much money they'll make, and who they'll make it with. And 99 times out of 100, the players will follow the dough. No shame in that.

What I am asking is - please, dearest ballers and shot callers - look after the things that bring you joy outside of making the most dough. It's incredibly important. Go after winners. Go after teams you can contribute to. Go after teams you'd fit on, for whatever reason. Follow the money, but don't make it everything.

Summer after NBA offseason after summer I spend too much time hemming and hawing over players heading to teams that you know they're just not going to be able to work with, while knowing quite well that the teams in question will be regretting the move sooner rather than later. I'm sick of that. Lose that. Follow the fun. Do what makes you happy, no matter how un-rehearsed, no matter how embarrassing, and no matter how out of tune you are.

Follow JCN's lead, even if it means you tick off some NBA scribe who digs your game in a certain situation. Do what you can now to avoid that trade demands and/or salary/luxury tax woes that could make for headaches later. It's a long summer, use it.

Mayra sad. The reason he went to the NBA was because he can play with his bespren, Pao Gasol. Eh gi trade naman, plus mas dako ang offer sa gawas.

[theGoodBoy]

I'm excited about Houston's chances this coming season. If Ron-Ron stays away from trouble, and Yao/T-mac stay away from injuries then they'll most likely make some serious noise and challenge the top dogs of the NBA.

[amamangloy]

ayay injury si Monta Ellis... out 3-4 months!

[vanguard]

It's nice seeing Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams bringing back the ala Karl Malone and John Stockton Utah Jazz punch. Both are still too young and has the potential to bring the Jazz back to among the league's few elites. I hope this is the year.

[ManWhore]

i love to watch that pick 'n roll the oldies did in their times. hopefully mamaster na nila ni boozer and deron

[footlose]

Ill be rooting for Phoenix like hell again hehehe, asa na diay si Yokam?

mingaw na ko sa Yokam vs. Takie debate hehehe

kuyaw bitaw ang Houston ron.. basta way injury they are the team to beat.


lingaw napud ni.. kay naa ra ba kunoy mga Glory Hunters dinhi.. nya himoan kuno og Glory Hunters "Trade" este Thread diay tsk tsk tsk

[vanguard]

Olympic glory too high a cost for NBA

BEIJING – As the worst nightmare for an NBA dynasty unfolded on the floor – San Antonio Spur Manu Ginobili crumbling with the agony of an ankle hurt all over again – the world witnessed one more window into how an Olympic basketball war of attrition threatens to deepen the gap between the United States and its reeling rivals.

Read here for more: Olympic glory too high a cost for NBA - Olympics - Yahoo! Sports

Could this be another fuel to push players out of the NBA and head to Europe?

[ManWhore]

^^ Sakita ana nga news for the Spurs...

Hopefully ako LA makasulod japun sa finals, daghan na raba gahi nga teams sa West next season