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NBA Season 2009-2010
- Thread starter franky
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fixed. what's my new favorite movie? Jruemanji.
Demar Derozan failed, unfortunately. Sonny Weems was nice, but I'm not going to judge that performance because our two main people were out. Even then, Bargnani picked up a lot of offensive slack, so I think that by the time the season rolls around, our offense should be nice. Our defense was surprisingly decent, glad to see that the training camp helped (kinda).
One offensive play that really impressed me was when DeRozan and Weems were on the break and it was 2 on 2, and DeRozan flipped it back to Weems, who rolled it in lefty. If they're ever on the floor at the same time, Calderon better not miss one of them because they both look crazy on the break.
Wh00t. Go LAKERS! Rockin' the Championship!
East has fortified this year, I would say that its even here.
Sorry to question whether you are a bandwagoner or not, but how in the fuck are you such an adamant fan of New York teams in every other sport (Yankees iirc and Giants) but not in basketball. To me it just looks like you're suporting only the big clubs..
Anyway on the note of Raptors/Sixers, I didnt watch it but how did Jrue Holiday play? Aside from the Lakers repeating and Patty Mills getting on the floor, Holiday's progression this season is something I'm really looking forward to watch :)
Yea, after looking at it again, it'll definitely be more interesting.
Stallion, actually the big problem is that my favorite player, Kobe Bryant is on the Lakers. Otherwise, I honestly wouldn't care. It's because of him that I'm rooting for the Lakers. If he came to NY, then I'd root for the Nets or the Knicks. But sadly he's out West. I think that if Lebron or Shaq, who was it that said that they might come to NY?, were to come to NY, then I'd root for the NY teams since they have a chance.
I never heard of this before.
Well, I'm a mixed bag, it's hard for me to pick, so I go with my favorite player, but if a decent player comes to NY than I'm rooting for NY.
Die-hard Rockets fan say we'll still make the playoffs even after all the crap we've been through.
As for preseason, Brooks has been fine, Scola has been fine, Landry has been terrific, Ariza has left me scratching his head (1 for 11 against Boston and 1 for 6 against Orlando? Really?) but I'm sure he'll get especially when Tracy returns and how in God's name did Chase Budinger drop to 45th? Total steal for Morey.
As for preseason, Brooks has been fine, Scola has been fine, Landry has been terrific, Ariza has left me scratching his head (1 for 11 against Boston and 1 for 6 against Orlando? Really?) but I'm sure he'll get especially when Tracy returns and how in God's name did Chase Budinger drop to 45th? Total steal for Morey.
Well, with a fairly large increase in competition in the East, I don't see the Celtics going as far as the finals. Sure, they'll make the playoffs led by the savvy veterans on the team, but they'll gey knocked out before making any noise.
*shrugs*
I actually don't think we should trade anyone, even though I know Yao/McGrady won't win anything alone. Yao won't be traded for obvious reasons (and if we're lucky, it's possible that he doesn't execute his player's option next year and resigns to a better contract so we can get a new elite player like Duncan did), and it's better to take a look at McGrady and see how he plays this season as he seems determined. If he plays well, re-sign him for a much cheaper contract, and use the rest of the extra money to resign Scola and other stuff. If he plays like crap, then throw him out at the end of the year. We won't be winning anything anyways this year, so just wait and see.
@kevin: I give the Celtics absolutely no chance, as being a Rockets fan naturally makes you incredibly skeptical of "they'll kill everyone if they're healthy" which is what I'm seeing with Boston. Sheed is from my perspective just as bad as Iverson, as a whiny loser who utterly quit on Detroit last year, and I'm always puzzled as to why people attacked AI so hard and not him. I'm going with Cleveland in the East in the end, though it could be Orlando depending on Shaq.
