NBA 2014-2015 Thread

[DRiccio21]

granted it was against a bad Orlando team, but Pelicans looked incredible.

this is either gonna look really dumb or genius in a few months but i think they have legit top 4 in the west potential.

[DRiccio21]

granted it was against a bad Orlando team, but Pelicans looked incredible.

this is either gonna look really dumb or genius in a few months but i think they have legit top 4 in the west potential.

[texasfan4444]

I didn't watch the gamee but I assumed with the starting 5 that Magic have they were going to be bad this year. Good thing I get to see them play twice in the next few weeks.

Oladipo is going to be a stud at some point. More than likely when they trade him away. Ben Gordon isn't what he was then there's a bunch of people that I had no real clue who they were including their first round pick Payton.

[nick]

Anthony Davis finishes w/ 26 pts, 17 rebounds, 9 bks, and 3 steals. It’s only been done 4 other times in history. All from Hakeem Olajuwon.

[trendon]

The Hornets were first established in 1988 as an expansion team, but relocated to New Orleans following the 2001–02 season. In 2004, a new expansion team, the Charlotte Bobcats, was established. After ten seasons as the Bobcats, the team changed its name to the Charlotte Hornets for the 2014-15 season, a year after the New Orleans franchise relinquished the Hornets name and renamed itself the Pelicans.[3][4] In addition to re-inheriting the Hornets name from New Orleans, the Charlotte franchise reclaimed the history and records of the original 1988–2002 Hornets, effectively becoming a continuation of the original franchise.[5]

Bolded part: why? They aren't the same franchise and never can be.

[shel311]

granted it was against a bad Orlando team, but Pelicans looked incredible.

this is either gonna look really dumb or genius in a few months but i think they have legit top 4 in the west potential.

I can't get enough of this post!!!

[shel311]

This game loves the Pelicans for some weird reason. I've simmed the 1st season of a franchise roughly 5 times and the worst seed the Pels have been is 6th, usually hovering around 4th lol.

I posted the quote above in one of the NBA 2k14 threads.

this is either gonna look really dumb or genius in a few months but i think they have legit top 4 in the west potential.

Maybe 2K just knew what's up!!!

[shel311]

Oof

https://vine.co/v/OMXO6Z0QTKK

[nick]

joined my first fanduel matchup tonight. only doing the late games. this is gonna be fun

[jsence2]

Anthony Davis is the best player in the NBA not named Lebron. He's going to have a monster year. Cannot imagine if we'd had him for more than a year, but truly grateful that we did.

As for Randle....I blame Riccio. He put a hex on him at the Derby

[shel311]

As for Randle....I blame Riccio. He put a hex on him at the Derby

At least you got to watch him cut down the nets in 2014.

[nick]

ah jeez guys let it go.

anyone have bball monster info they wanna post for the 10PM plus games :$

[shel311]

I have bball monster, I just don't know what to do with it. Heck, I'd probably have a tough time remembering my username/password lol.

[nick]

my first fanduel team for the 10PM games.

Spoiler!

turned it into this lol.

Spoiler!

[LetsGoPeay]

This is a basketball thread so I'll just put it in here.

Grantland had an article on basketball trash talk. This part was the best.

Here’s What to Say When You Block Someone’s Shot

Oh, man. There’s no better feeling in all of the world than when you forcefully block somebody’s shot. There should probably be a rule in place that whenever you block somebody during pickup basketball, you get some sort of modern-day tribal war prize, like you get to choose between keeping that person’s car or having sex with his or her significant other. CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE?

Boyfriend: I’m home.

Girlfriend: Hi, babe. How was your game tonight? You play well?

Boyfriend: Not really.

Girlfriend: That’s too bad.

Boyfriend: Hey, so, um, I need to introduce you to Rodney.

-scene-

[Cnasty]

If I make it through the entire Heat game tonight I will have already watched more regular season games than I did last year.

Weird I know, but I will probably watch more games this year with this squad than when they had Lebron as I felt the regular season with Bron was an exhibition with how good they were.

[DRiccio21]

i'm excited to watch them play for sure

[Cnasty]

Are you a heat fan or you don't have an official nba team?

[DRiccio21]

i would say i'm a Heat fan now that Lebron left. tough to say that i was a fan while the team was winning every game.

if i moved from Miami to somewhere else, i can't say i'd still be a Heat fan tho.

so i guess the answer is somewhere in between

[DRiccio21]

i watch every one of their games on TV, i go to 10 or so home games per year and i use them as my default team in NBA2k

fuck it, i guess i should stop hedging... i'm a Heat fan.