The Official NBA Thread 2011-12

[yak pac fatal]

knicks are interested in tmac. knowing the knicks somehow theyll say itll fuck up our plans like they with iverson. im gonna laugh at them when all the big name free agents dont go to ny.

 

[Killuminatii 71]

Ahh shit, wtf kind of shot was this? I missed that part of the game even though i watched like half of it.

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Seems like every night he does something different that makes you wow.

 

[yak pac fatal]

wow loooool crazy shot. dudes playing horse out there by himself haha

 

[Shadows]

WOW! I missssssssed IT!! that was awesome!

 

[yak pac fatal]

oden got posterized twice, once by noah and once by rose, anyond catch it?

 

[yak pac fatal]

i never seen this

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[Kobe]

^^HOLY!!!!! That guy nearly got decapitated by the backboard. How do people get so lucky??

 

[Kobe]

Another reason why we should always stay grounded no matter how high we fly.

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[yak pac fatal]

^i saw that on nbatv, maxiell got up there lol i was like goddamn.

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[Killuminatii 71]

LMAO! @ the GIF. I thought that shit smashed his head. I was like. ohhhhhhhhhh! Yea, that left handed shot by Kobe... I saw it. I was watching that game.

Heard Oden and Noah were going at it last night. Crazy.

 

[roaches]

The owner of the Wizards, Abe Pollin, died today. He moved to DC when he was a kid and spent the rest of his life here. He deaded his lucrative brand name in changing the name of the Bullets purely out of a sense of civic responsibility, revitalized grimy-ass Chinatown by building the Verizon Center (with his OWN money, no public funding) and had the balls to fire Michael Jordan, among many other things. RIP Abe.

 

[Killuminatii 71]

You beat me to it.


RIP.

 

[roaches]

Incredible: General Grant - Cheap Seats - Washington City Paper

 

[ARon]

Damn roaches, I didn't know dude was that cool lol. Sounds like he was an amazing person

 

[yak pac fatal]

damn didnt know that about him. RIP.

 

[yak pac fatal]

just saw the highlights today of the lakers game, how many more seasons you think kobe cant play at this level?

 

[yak pac fatal]

Source: Gambler claims 13 referees involved in NBA betting scandal

7News sports director Joe Amorosino is reporting the following:

BOSTON -- A source tells 7Sports that the gambler at the center of the 2008 NBA betting scandal says 13 referees were involved.

Jimmy "The Sheep" Battista pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transmit wagering information in connection with disgraced NBA official Tim Donaghy and served 15 months in federal prison.

The source also tells 7Sports that Battista claims he has the phone records to prove his contact with these 13 referees.

Donaghy served 15 months in federal prison for providing inside tips on NBA games to a professional gambler in exchange for money.

When the scandal broke in June of 2008, NBA commissioner David Stern called Donaghy a "rogue, isolated criminal."

The source tells 7Sports that Battista says he had a "Big-5" of dependable referees with Tim Donaghy being the "King" as Battista called him, who the gambler says delivered a winning bet 78 percent of the time in games he officiated.

The 7Sports source says that on December 12, 2006, the night before the Celtics played the Philadelphia 76ers, Battista says he met with Donaghy and a mutual high school friend.

On that night, the gambler claims they made a deal which according to Battista involved Donaghy supplying information including injury reports and referee assignments and Battista making the bets.

The source says that according to Battista, the first game the two men bet on together was the Celtics-76ers game the following night -- a game Donaghy officiated and one the Celtics covered with ease.

The Celtics were 1 1/2 point favorites, but with 10 minutes to play in the third quarter, the score was tied.

The Celtics would eventually go on to win by 20 points.

The source says Battista is making these claims as he works to finalize a tell-all book deal.

its funny how stern wont do anything, like this never happend.

 

[yak pac fatal]

Report: Allen Iverson planning to retire from the NBA - ESPN

damn he got a few years left in him

 

[ARon]

"The source says Battista is making these claims as he works to finalize a tell-all book deal."

I'm not calling the guy a liar but come on.




David Stern called Abe Pollin the NBA's most revered member. Pretty great compliment.

 

[Kobe]

just saw the highlights today of the lakers game, how many more seasons you think kobe cant play at this level?

I saw the highlights as well. I think he's putting on an MVP performance really early in the season. The move where he split the double team was pretty slick. My guess is that he can keep it up only for as long as he wants to.

I think team of the week has to be the Warriors. Only six players fit enough to play and they beat the well rested Mavericks on their own court. That was a classic performance.

How about those New Jersey Nets? :unsure: Is that a tough season so far or what?