[Sports] The 2007-2008 NBA Season Discussion Thread

I am the shoot button.
I will take it to the hoop every time.
No man will stop me.
Except for Gilbert Arenas.

With the most talented draft class since 2003 coming in, the 2007-2008 NBA season is upon us. So let the basketball discussions continue here!

Celtics will be a mid-round draft team next year.

Portland had a really good draft. Oden, notwithstanding, they've brought in a lot of great players and have completely changed the "jailblazer" tag they've had for the last several years.

This was a pretty damn good draft class this year.

I liked the Sixers draft a lot. Thaddeus Young has top 5 upside in the entire draft, and we got Jason Smith and Byars too.

The Sixers won't be good next season, but I don't want them to be. We don't have any shot at a championship for 5 years, and we are slowly putting together a lot of young pieces with high potential, so we can be a contender down the road.

IMO the Celtics made a terrible deal. Ray Allen is going to improve them in the short term, but not enough to win even the east. They could've had a young big man to build around like Yi or even Green/Brewer to play the 3.

The Sixers made the same mistake in the past of fooling themselves that they could win a championship and trading for guys like Webber and Glenn Robinson. The Celtics aren't going to win a championship now no matter what they do. So why trade away the #5 pick? Because Pierce demanded a veteran? Fuck Pierce. Trade him, they haven't won anything with him anyway. He's overrated.

I'm glad they did it though because I hate Boston.

Summer League starts today. I don't even know why I'm somewhat I'm excited about. Oh, I know: because of the draft.

Every single game's gonna be televised as well as webcasted online. I might not be able to watch Durant play today, but I think I'm gonna try to catch Oden/Aldridge later, as well as Sergio "Spanish Chocolate" Rodriguez.

There's some Team China bball goin' too, but too bad they have no games against the Bucks.

Oh yeah, and congrats to Tony Parker and Eva Longoria! Kinda married now!

Cool, I didn't know Summer League would be available to watch on webcast.


July 15 -- Oden vs Durant.

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

Cool, I didn't know Summer League would be available to watch on webcast.


July 15 -- Oden vs Durant.

Not happening anymore. Oden is done. Tonsils getting removed. =/

But still, this is really one of the most intriguing offseasons in a while. Lots of things going on, and it's been fun keeping up. Oh man, and the Warriors may have gotten the steal of the draft in Marco Belinelli. What a show he's been putting on. :3

Very active offseason so far. Chauncey Billups re-signed with the Pistons, Rashard Lewis signed a deal with the Orlando Magic and Minnesota still hasn't traded Garnett yet.

It's a shame we won't get to see Oden and Durant play against each other in the summer league. It's cool though, we'll get to see plenty of that during the regular season. I like how Oden had 10 fouls in his first game and 9 in the second. I lolled at that.

The Portland Trailblazers bought out the rest of Steve Francis's contract, which makes the trade between NY and Portland seem to favor NY even more. Isiah comes out looking like a genius.


Any chance Steve Francis comes back to Houston?

Originally Posted by Ryuu

The Portland Trailblazers bought out the rest of Steve Francis's contract, which makes the trade between NY and Portland seem to favor NY even more. Isiah comes out looking like a genius.


Any chance Steve Francis comes back to Houston?

Maybe, but do you really want him back? Since his first stint with the Rockets, it's been a complete downward spiral for him with both Orlando and New York, and Portland obviously didn't want him. He's not an old player by any means, so he can be effective, but are the risks worth the rewards.

I dunno, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe a return to the site of his glory days may put him back on the right track.

Originally Posted by Ryuu

Any chance Steve Francis comes back to Houston?

From the rumors I've read, I'm betting on him joining back up with longtime teammate and friend, Cat Mobley, on the Clippy Clips. But who knows? Actually, my dad met Franchise at a water park a few weeks ago and was able to talk to him for a bit. This was before the trade and draft. Yeah, he wasn't sure of his future then. =p

Speaking of seeing NBA players, I saw Jarvis Hayes at the theater I was at last week to watch Transformers. ^^

Also: Darko to the Grizzlies.

No post on the Tim Donaghy scandal yet, only one of the most serious offenses to professional sports in years? =o What will David do?

I'm interested if that Sun/Spurs game 3 really was a game bet on, because, oh man... Anyway, I'm with Bill Simmons in awaiting the "NBA Hardwood Classics: The Tim Donaghy Collection" DVD boxset. Like he said, this would've been an awesome story for a movie, but a movie only. =/

I'm not surprised. I've felt that some NBA games felt extremely scripted. This is more or less an indication of it.

Out of all the commissioners going through crappy shit right now, David Stern is the one I'd least want to trade places with. I don't envy is position one bit. For years, people have talked about games being fixed and/or manipulated to produce desired outcomes, but never had any hard proof. Well, that changed the second the feds exposed Donaghy.

Stern has brought the NBA through many a crisis during his tenure, this'll be his toughest one yet.

Worst fucking trade ever:

Quote:

The Celtics and Timberwolves have agreed on the players to make a Kevin Garnett-to-Boston trade but no deal can be completed until issues with Garnett's contract can be worked out.

As the trade currently stands, Boston will send Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Theo Ratliff, Ryan Gomes, Sebastian Telfair and two first-round picks to Minnesota in exchange for Garnett.

In case you didn't notice, the average age of the 5 players Boston will send to Minnesota in this shitfest of a deal is 22. Kevin Garnett, ONE MAN, is 31. Over the bloody hill in basketball speak, especially for a big man. Jefferson, Gomes and Green are all future All-Stars. Garnett will probably have a few more ASGs in him simply because it's the East.

Ugh. No wonder I don't like basketball. I pay attention to it, but only in hopes that maybe the Celtics will follow suit with the Pats and Sox and get back in the game.

Holy fucking shit, it happened: "the largest trade for any one player in NBA history has been completed." Way to go Kevin McHale.

Yeah, Boston's not going for the long-term at all, they're going for the win now. KG, Jesus Shuttleworth, and The Truth... OMG. Sports Guy sums it up nicely in how one player's weakness will be made up by another. It's the best team any of them have played on, and they're all thirsty for a title. I'd say Boston should be excited, but it's up to you. Hell, I'm excited.

It would probably be the biggest upset in the whole Eastern Conference if they didn't go to the finals this year. With a line-up like that and three all-stars on their team, I'd be damned if they didn't go far. I'd be damned even more if they aren't first at the end of the season. I'd be damned even more than that if they get knocked out by the 8th seed SHOULD they get 1st seed in the East.

Who knows, it could be their most amazing season but it could end up as the 2nd (maybe first) greatest upset in NBA history. :|

But go Celtics. Now I have a reason not to choose you in NBA 2K8. I hate choosing teams with too much talent. I can't balance out points otherwise amongst players. T_T

I may need to change my name.

Celtic5 or something...

Or maybe something completely unrelated to Basketball... And dear god, if you do, PLEASE no numbers...