New Album & The Beginning of Basketball Season

[jadis]

Josh Smith signs and play immediately for the Rockets, scoring 21 points in an OT win over Memphis. The Texas teams are loaded. The West, it seems, can field in 2 all-star teams.

 

[jadis]

Visited the local NBA store the other day and tried these on for size:



My palm is about the size of Kobe's but my feet are way too small from Shaq's. If I had Kobe's height I imagine I could dunk like him too. And Shaq...nah...

 

[Steve Williams]

This is big news!!!

Blatt not reaching Cavs

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...d-cavaliers-players-coach-david-blatt-sources

 

[jadis]

And rumors of this...Reminds me of the early months of Miami' Big 3 first season. A few wins, that cool, a few losses and the coach's job is on the line. Now, rumors of James bolting a second time, and Love too. Since James had done the 'take your talents to the best team' already, it wouldn't be that surprising for him to do it again. Gone are the days of Magic and Bird, when they WERE the ones who made their team the 'best'. Magic in his first year, and Bird in his second year.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....nd-in-free-agency/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

 

[Steve Williams]

I never did understand how management could hire a coach from the Israeli National team with no NBA experience

 

[jadis]

I never did understand how management could hire a coach from the Israeli National team with no NBA experience

Me too.

 

[JackD201]

I believe Blatt was hired before they even thought they could get LBJ back much less add Love.

 

[Steve Williams]

Interesting to see the Blazers knock off Raptors yesterday for the 2nd best record in the league.

There are a lot of surprise teams from both the east and west conferences this year such as Atlanta and Washington but I don't see any team from the East winning the championship this year as IMO the west is just too strong

 

[rblnr]

I never did understand how management could hire a coach from the Israeli National team with no NBA experience

Me too.

Give him a chance guys! He clearly knows basketball, how it should be played, etc. What he needs to learn is NBA personality/ego management, which may take some time. Remember, this is a team that hasn't played together, with two new major parts. Remember II: they're 18-13; not great, but not bad for a new group. Remember III: half the stuff (or more) about team dissent, yada, yada is either overhyped, made up, or both these days as there has to be news 24/7.

He was hired before Lebron chose btw.

 

[Steve Williams]

well perhaps Bob as I agree he has credentials however I do have an issue with LBJ electing himself to be the PG in the game rather than the coach.That's a huge ego to deal with

 

[JackD201]

Interesting to see the Blazers knock off Raptors yesterday for the 2nd best record in the league.

There are a lot of surprise teams from both the east and west conferences this year such as Atlanta and Washington but I don't see any team from the East winning the championship this year as IMO the west is just too strong

One thing the Eastern Conference champ might have going for them is that the Western Conference champ might be banged up and burned out by the time they get to the finals.

 

[jadis]

And now this buzz, allegedly from Lebron himself. And if James really does move back to reunite with Wade, that would be more dramatic than him making up with Dan Gilbert and going home to Cleveland a few months ago. Basketball's version of musical chairs never had it like this.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....and-better-things/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

 

[Steve Williams]

It could be his way of shaking up Dan Gilbert to improve things much the same as years ago when Kobe demanded to be traded

 

[jadis]

It could be his way of shaking up Dan Gilbert to improve things much the same as years ago when Kobe demanded to be traded

True Steve. Though I observed that after getting a win streak going, the Cavs lost Varejao to injury and then lost a few games after that, with James, Love and Irving missing one game or the other due to mild injuries. The pressure is really strong for Cleveland to do nothing else but win. And you see some teams banging on the Cavs like they were the defending champions. Teams now love to beat the Cavs, even for a game. Clearly, the GM of the Cleveland had to map out something before the trading deadline next month.

 

[rblnr]

Dwayne Wade, who's obviously been a tremendous player, best 2 guard after MJ perhaps, is about done so this doesn't make a ton of sense. And LBJ, if he's looking to bolt so quick, is even less a competitor than some of his biggest detractors think. The true greats were never looking to bolt at the instance of difficulty. They wanted to lead where they were the at, take that responsibility -- Kobe included. I find this report hard to believe especially given the hometown spiel he made, unless Lebron has regressed (or always was and fooled me) into the same jerk from his 'decision' days.

Happy New Year everyone. Ball just dropped here in NYC.

 

[jadis]

LeBron trashes the talk the he's leaving Cleveland again.

http://nesn.com/2015/01/lebron-james-talk-that-i-could-leave-cleveland-again-is-outlandish/

 

[Steve Williams]

don't look now but the Hawks are number one in the East

 

[jadis]

don't look now but the Hawks are number one in the East

Who would have thought...

They got rid of Josh Smith, and Detroit got rid of Josh Smith of late, and both are in some winning ways.

 

[jadis]

Cavs get some help in JR Smith and Shumpert. OKC gets Deion Waiters. Knicks get some players.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....and-iman-shumpert/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

 

[jadis]

Amazingly, with head honcho Phil Jackson and Derek Fisher at the helm, the Knicks have dropped 12 straight games, and are percentage wise worse than the Sixers, with both teams managing only 5 wins. Some news headlines called the Shumpert and JR Smith trade a 'fire sale' by Phil Jackson. And to think that they just signed Melo long term a few months ago. Their dilemma could be worse than the Lakers.