Any NBA fans here?

[Shaliq]

Am I the only NBA fan around? :confused:

[Contusion]

Aye Sir

[alfieb]

Brooklyn Nets fan here. Been to the Barclays Center a few times already. Miami is going to win the title again.

I take it you're a Clipper fan? You guys are good. I hate OKC and SA are boring so I want LA/LA in the West finals. :p

[Querubín]

Melo and DMC fan. I hate 100% steroid players like DH12

[Comte Arnau]

I sympathize with the T-Wolves.

[alfieb]

I sympathize with the T-Wolves.
Ricky Rubio or because they are the whitest? :p

[Comte Arnau]

Ricky Rubio or because they are the whitest? :p

Lol. Rubio, of course. I know he's called the Spaniard there, but he's a Catalan.

The Gasol too, but I've never quite liked them.

[alfieb]

Yeah, the only good Castillian I know of in the NBA is Calderon. The Gasol brothers and Rubio are from Barcelona..

[Grizzly]

Yeah, the only good Castillian I know of in the NBA is Calderon. The Gasol brothers and Rubio are from Barcelona..

Rudy Fernandez was a decent player when he was in the NBA, I don't know where he's from. Same with Garbajosa

[alfieb]

Rudy Fernandez was a decent player when he was in the NBA, I don't know where he's from. Same with Garbajosa
Rudy is back in Spain.

[Grizzly]

Lol. Rubio, of course. I know he's called the Spaniard there, but he's a Catalan.

The Gasol too, but I've never quite liked them.

Rubio is a straight out baller! Dude plays like he's Zidane on the court. He's also a very good defender as well. I think he has the ability to the best the PG in the league in a few years although the media will view other guys better.

just look at these highlights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-PMriKM-y4

[Maleficent]

Is this real life?!

[Lemon Kush]

Yeah. Oklahoma City, Miami Heat, and LA Clippers are my favorite teams. And of course the USA National basketball team is the best team in whole wide world. :) My favorite players are Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, James Harden, Dwyane Wade, Russell Westbrook and Blake Griffin. :D

[alfieb]

What a frontrunner. :lol:

I LIKE THE TEAMS WITH LEBRON, KD, CP3 AND GRIFFIN ON THEM.

I hate OKC. Oklahomo City does not deserve a NBA team. It's a bullshit city in a flyover state. Seattle was robbed by a scumbag from Oklahoma who bought a decent team in a good city in order to move it to his own hick town. I would vote for the North Korean national team over OKC.

Besides, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka are extremely unlikeable.

[Lemon Kush]

What a frontrunner. :lol:

I LIKE THE TEAMS WITH LEBRON, KD, CP3 AND GRIFFIN ON THEM.

I hate OKC. Oklahomo City does not deserve a NBA team. It's a bullshit city in a flyover state. Seattle was robbed by a scumbag from Oklahoma who bought a decent team in a good city in order to move it to his own hick town. I would vote for the North Korean national team over OKC.

Besides, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka are extremely unlikeable.

Thanks for reminding me I forgot to add Russell Westbrook as one of my favorite players. :D Also the Clippers are my hometeam anyway so why not support them?

[EagleAtHeart]

I used to play and watch it a lot in my teens.

Now I see it as a boring childrens game. It's 30 seconds of action and then they stop play for free-throws - then repeat. Start - stop, and all the while you're watching for one big play

Also, since I've become a sort of WN, I'd rather watch and put money into white dominated sports, like Hockey, European Boxing, and MMA to some extent. All of which are also marginally more exciting to watch anyhow.

[Querubín]

Rubio is a straight out baller! Dude plays like he's Zidane on the court. He's also a very good defender as well. I think he has the ability to the best the PG in the league in a few years although the media will view other guys better.

just look at these highlights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-PMriKM-y4
He isnt a good shooter. He has a good IQ
The next best playmaker es k irving

[Ibericus]

Rubio has a strange face.

[Contusion]

Denver gets their 13th straight win and who else better to defeat than the OKC Thunder.

[alfieb]

Denver gets their 13th straight win and who else better to defeat than the OKC Thunder.

The Miami Heat. :lol:

Other than that, I agree.

[Gauthier]

Sorry, not a negroball fan. :yo:


http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5249/484d.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/i/484d.jpg/)

[iNird]

I like to watch during the playoffs since the regular season is too long. But last year it was tough watching Miami vs Oklahoma so I skipped on the finals. The year before with the Mavericks was one of the best finals I have seen and was thoroughly entertaining.

I think I will root for the underdog this year like the Lakers or even a team like the Spurs that is well balanced and mature. I can't see myself rooting for any of the other playoff contending teams except for maybe Houston. Any team but the Heat...

[alfieb]

Sorry, not negroball fan. :yo:


http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5249/484d.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/i/484d.jpg/)

What about them?

http://cdn2.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/5897967/20121229_jla_ah7_731.0_standard_352.0.jpg

You can root for them to beat the negroes.

[Gauthier]

^^ Bro, we all know they are the exception, the NBA is just being politically correct by allowing a bunch of white dudes to gather and play in the nba.:icon_drunk:

[iNird]

The T-Wolves is the exception, there hasn't been a team that white for probably over 30 years. And the team received a bunch of criticism for the "whiteness" by the liberals and other minorities for being "racist." Too bad they had some bad injuries or they could have done better and broken the stereotype that Europeans can't play.

[alfieb]

They play in Minnesota, a state with one KFC. It only makes sense to cater to their audience.

[iNird]

They play in Minnesota, a state with one KFC. It only makes sense to cater to their audience.

It even goes beyond that. Have you ever been to Minnesota? It's a boring, cold place other and than Minneapolis, you would have to pay me to live there. Probably explains why there are so many Northern European descended people there lol.

How many of these Black athletes want to play in Minnesota unless the money incentive is better? They target players that want to play and stay there even though Rubio did hold out a few seasons.

A team like the Utah Jazz ,until recently, had a similar strategy but they were labeled as "racist" as well because the team was too "white."

[Humanophage]

I used to be a fan at school. My favourite team was Charlotte Hornets, because they had Muggsy Bogues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muggsy_Bogues), who was 160 cm. While I'm considerably taller than average and it's not that I associated myself with him, I enjoyed this style involving a lot of assists and steals, and I thought it was neat he managed to become a good player in spite of a relative handicap. My other favourite players were John Stockton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stockton) and Reggie Miller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Miller). I thought they played intelligently.

I'm not really interested any more, however.

[alfieb]

The Charlotte Hornets might be coming back next year. :sad:

[Gauthier]

It even goes beyond that. Have you ever been to Minnesota? It's a boring, cold place other and than Minneapolis, you would have to pay me to live there. Probably explains why there are so many Northern European descended people there lol.

How many of these Black athletes want to play in Minnesota unless the money incentive is better? They target players that want to play and stay there even though Rubio did hold out a few seasons.

A team like the Utah Jazz ,until recently, had a similar strategy but they were labeled as "racist" as well because the team was too "white."

I find it quite ridiculous. The NBA is like 90% negro, yet you still have blacks complaining about racism, give me a break.

[Minesweeper]

I followed NBA as a kid. Liked Sacramento Kings because Divac and Stojakovic played there.

Now I like Timberwolves, it's mostly white and Nikola Pekovic plays there.

Btw, it looks like there have never been more white players in NBA than now. Am I right?

[Vukodav]

I followed NBA as a kid. Liked Sacramento Kings because Divac and Stojakovic played there.

Now I like Timberwolves, it's mostly white and Nikola Pekovic plays there.

Btw, it looks like there have never been more white players in NBA than now. Am I right?

Same here

[Querubín]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2X4sXWKJwc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCC7GUCCMz4


Best big man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOxQFWljNYw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zva8StgQSko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXCbIHa_OuM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-OZ9Bxxe5c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLs9PZs69RY


I love this guy. Too intelligent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc_4t8XO_gA

[Shaliq]

Brooklyn Nets fan here. Been to the Barclays Center a few times already. Miami is going to win the title again.

I take it you're a Clipper fan? You guys are good. I hate OKC and SA are boring so I want LA/LA in the West finals. :p

Yeah, and thanks. I guess I should've started my "Bench On A Quest" thread here, in the sports section:

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?71693-quot-Bench-on-a-QUEST-quot-Art-Project&highlight=

I'd be really thankful to anyone who could please give my page a like (link in my signature). I'm going for 300, but I'm stuck at 262.. :(
Many thanks in advance!

[Grizzly]

I followed NBA as a kid. Liked Sacramento Kings because Divac and Stojakovic played there.

Now I like Timberwolves, it's mostly white and Nikola Pekovic plays there.

Btw, it looks like there have never been more white players in NBA than now. Am I right?

Back in the day Pre 80's or 90's the leagues were filled with whites and then whites dropped significantly. Most whites pursue other sports and most aren't interested in basketball.

But there's more whites today then there was 10 years ago due to the European influence and there's alot of quality players as well. Marc Gasol is probably the best Center in the game along with Pekovic. Manu Gibolli is probably a Hall of Fame player, Steve Nash 2x MVP, etc.

[alfieb]

C'mon.

Gasol and Pekovic are good, but best in the league?

Dwight Howard, Brook Lopez, etc. would dispute that.

[Querubín]

C'mon.

Gasol and Pekovic are good, but best in the league?

Dwight Howard, Brook Lopez, etc. would dispute that.

DH12 has any skills and his IQ is 0. Without steroids he is the biggest shit ever

i like brooklin Lopez he es pone of muy fav C but his defense isn't good

Al jefferson is the same. Great offense but

I like vukevic

Demarcus has no rival. He has all.

[Querubín]

Enes kanter will be great. Maybe the second best center. He has a lot of thing

Pekovic por gortat are good centers. But they aren't stars

Gasol es en intelligent center and has good skills. I like him. But he es second le el

Hibbert. I don't like him but he's good center better than pekovic por ortat but worse than gasol

Tim duncan por rasheed played as PF but they are centers and they are leyends. I lo ve them

[Grizzly]

C'mon.

Gasol and Pekovic are good, but best in the league?

Dwight Howard, Brook Lopez, etc. would dispute that.

I don't think you know much of the NBA if you think Brook Lopez is better than Marc Gasol.. As for Dwight Howard when he's healthy he's the best center in the league but he hasn't been the same since his injury.

Marc Gasol is the most polished center in the NBA and is the most skilled center. He's not a stat whore so I guess that's why you don't think he's that good but the impact he makes is substantial.

I can't believe you think Lopez is better than Gasol or Pekovic. Pe

[Querubín]

I don't think you know much of the NBA if you think Brook Lopez is better than Marc Gasol.. As for Dwight Howard when he's healthy he's the best center in the league but he hasn't been the same since his injury.

Marc Gasol is the most polished center in the NBA and is the most skilled center. He's not a stat whore so I guess that's why you don't think he's that good but the impact he makes is substantial.

I can't believe you think Lopez is better than Gasol or Pekovic. Pe

Lopez is skilled than gasol but gasol es better un deffense. I like more Lopez but i prefer gasol un muy team

Gasol is a underrated player but he isn't the most clever por skilled center

The most talented center un nba es cousins. Everybody knows that. He has a massive body with a big ass to make best espín moves un the league. He can drible like a guard. He can shoot 3 points. He has small forward moves. But the best are his passing skills. He is very intelligent.

[Grizzly]

Lopez is skilled than gasol but gasol es better un deffense. I like more Lopez but i prefer gasol un muy team

Gasol is a underrated player but he isn't the most clever por skilled center

The most talented center un nba es cousins. Everybody knows that. He has a massive body with a big ass to make best espín moves un the league. He can drible like a guard. He can shoot 3 points. He has small forward moves. But the best are his passing skills. He is very intelligent.

LOL, Demarcus Cousins is the most overrated and overhyped player in the league. First of all he's a complete moron and bonehead thug, one of the stupidest players by far(sad considering the NBA is full of them) Second, he shoots a horrible percentage from the field. He's a chucker and a black hole on offensive.

[Contusion]

Sorry, not a negroball fan. :yo:


http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5249/484d.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/i/484d.jpg/)

ill, so why exactly are you here again?

Maybe if your people were not so short then you too would be allowed to play.

[Querubín]

LOL, Demarcus Cousins is the most overrated and overhyped player in the league. First of all he's a complete moron and bonehead thug, one of the stupidest players by far(sad considering the NBA is full of them) Second, he shoots a horrible percentage from the field. He's a chucker and a black hole on offensive.

Hace you ever seen him¿

Players por coatches don't say that things about him

Doc rivers said about him that his worse feature es his body and the best his intelligence and his passing skills.

Brook lopez say that he can do all cos he is too skilled

Demar derozan said that his problem es that he is ultracompetitive

barkley said that he is the best power forward in the league, better than blake griffin cos he has all

In his workout he as the best shooter

[scottish_student_93]

MN T'Wolves fan! Nikola Pekovic, Jonas Valanciunas, Jan Vesely, Ricky Rubio, Marcin Gortat, Dirk Nowitzki and Goran Dragic are my favourite players! :D

[Dombra]

Love playing Basketball, never liked watching it

[scottish_student_93]

..

[scottish_student_93]

ill, so why exactly are you here again?

Maybe if your people were not so short then you too would be allowed to play.

There's tall people of any race/ethnicity! Yes, Serbians may on average be the tallest but there's been a few Chinese NBA players over 7'0. In fact, the tallest NBA player (was drafted but never actually played so technically count as the tallest NBA player) was a 7'8 Japanese man.

[scottish_student_93]

Melo and DMC fan. I hate 100% steroid players like DH12
Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, Karl Malone, Shannon Brown (maybe), Russell Westbrook (maybe), Metta World Peace, Jeff Green, Kenneth Faried (maybe). These are just a few that I suspect of PED usage. There is many, many more though but that is like all professional sports nowadays unfortunately! :'(

[scottish_student_93]

I followed NBA as a kid. Liked Sacramento Kings because Divac and Stojakovic played there.

Now I like Timberwolves, it's mostly white and Nikola Pekovic plays there.

Btw, it looks like there have never been more white players in NBA than now. Am I right?

PEKOVIC!!!!!!!! :D

[gregorius]

Lebron and dwayne wade, mah bras

[scottish_student_93]

The T-Wolves is the exception, there hasn't been a team that white for probably over 30 years. And the team received a bunch of criticism for the "whiteness" by the liberals and other minorities for being "racist." Too bad they had some bad injuries or they could have done better and broken the stereotype that Europeans can't play.

So true! :D I'm hoping next year they come back strong! :D

[scottish_student_93]

I find it quite ridiculous. The NBA is like 90% negro, yet you still have blacks complaining about racism, give me a break.

Yeah, they complain that the Jazz and T'Wolves are too white even though both teams have black players yet the Boston Celtics don't even have one white player! :picard1:

[alfieb]

Yeah, they complain that the Jazz and T'Wolves are too white even though both teams have black players yet the Boston Celtics don't even have one white player! :picard1:

And in American baseball, they complain that the league isn't black enough because only 7% of players are black, but nobody complains that the NBA is too black.

[Lemon Kush]

And in American baseball, they complain that the league isn't black enough because only 7% of players are black, but nobody complains that the NBA is too black.

So what? If black people are better at basketball than whites then why shouldn't they be the majority? The NBA is purely entertainment value. Stop making everything so racial.

[alfieb]

So what? If black people are better at basketball than whites then why shouldn't they be the majority? The NBA is purely entertainment value. Stop making everything so racial.
It's not me.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/04/09/mlb-african-americans-in-baseball-jackie-robinson-42/2069119/

And while the alarm is higher now than ever, it's not a new story.

http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2012-04-16/blacks-in-baseball-jackie-robinson-day-african-american-players-bud-selig

And even further back.

http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/13222941/too-few-black-players-in-baseball-having-a-hard-time-seeing-it

[Grizzly]

It's not me.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/04/09/mlb-african-americans-in-baseball-jackie-robinson-42/2069119/

And while the alarm is higher now than ever, it's not a new story.

http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2012-04-16/blacks-in-baseball-jackie-robinson-day-african-american-players-bud-selig

And even further back.

http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/13222941/too-few-black-players-in-baseball-having-a-hard-time-seeing-it

This is true. Back in the day I was a baseball fan(Haven't watched an inning in years though) and they would constantly bring this up with that stat.. They would also mention how they need to increase minorities(Blacks) in the MLB and how they aren't doing enough, etc, etc..

They even do this in the NFL where they complain there's not enough black coaches.. There's a rule where every team must interview a black head coach. Then the media whines how black coaches aren't being hired and complain about a great injustice happening. Not to mention 60-70% of the league is black and whites do get shafted out in college and highschool.

[alfieb]

Yes. The NFL has the Rooney Rule that says for every available coaching job, a black must be interviewed.

And the NFL has been pushing teams to give black quarterbacks a chance.

There's a one-way racism in American sports. If a black NHL player is on the ice, he is a brave innovator who is ignoring stereotypes to play the sport he loves, but if a white NBA player is on the court, he's soft, not as skilled, and has to rely on three pointers.

[Grizzly]

Yes. The NFL has the Rooney Rule that says for every available coaching job, a black must be interviewed.

And the NFL has been pushing teams to give black quarterbacks a chance.

There's a one-way racism in American sports. If a black NHL player is on the ice, he is a brave innovator who is ignoring stereotypes to play the sport he loves, but if a white NBA player is on the court, he's soft, not as skilled, and has to rely on three pointers.

That too. But mostly white players are never given the chance to play skilled positions in football. There's countless examples of white players having to convert to fullback, safety, or TE so they don't play glamour positions.

For example a player like Wes Welker was a walk-on in college, Jordy Nelson wasn't allowed to play WR in college at first and was a safety, etc..

[Comte Arnau]

Go Barça go. We're forced to win this 4th match vs Panathinaikos. At their court... it's gonna be tough.

Starting right now! :)

(Sorry to include it in the NBA thread, just too lazy to look for the proper General Basketball one)

[Querubín]

bump

[Ice]

I like: celtics, bulls, spurs
i dislike: knicks, miami, lakers,
neutral: hornets, mavericks

i also try to follow teams with turkish players (asik-rockets, kanter-jazz, ilyasova-bucks)

[Manifest Destiny]

I enjoy playing basketball, but I've always found it boring to watch.

[Damião de Góis]

Last time i watched NBA and knew some of the players, the Chicago Bulls were winning everything. Now i don't know anyone.

[gregorius]

Yes i like heat and knicks and james harden for obvious reasons

[KrashNick]

Lakers all the way :D

[Also]

I barely know the rules.

[Querubín]

I like: celtics, bulls, spurs
i dislike: knicks, miami, lakers,
neutral: hornets, mavericks

i also try to follow teams with turkish players (asik-rockets, kanter-jazz, ilyasova-bucks)

I like enes kanter, but my fav turkish has been always turkoglu. And i liked okur too

[Ice]

Kanter is not ready yet, but yes he has some potential.

Hido didnt play well last years.But he had some very good years (magics).

Okur is my favourite turkish player. i remember him winning the championship ring with pistons.

[Querubín]

Joe crawford is a bastard. He is the worse refree i've ever seen worse than dick bavetta.



Kanter is not ready yet, but yes he has some potential.

Hido didnt play well last years.But he had some very good years (magics).

Okur is my favourite turkish player. i remember him winning the championship ring with pistons.

It's true he isn't ready, but he has talent. And you can't buy it. Or you born with talent or you'll never have it. He isn't as telentous as demarcus cousins, but could be the 2º best big man in the league. Utah jazz has a brilliant future.

Hedo was the true franchise player in those magics. He was a 6'10 with PG skills, he was amazing.

Okur was a good player but he was a bench player in pistons and he was important only in utah.

[Minel]

I like the Bulls, the Knicks, the Lakers and I think the Pacers and the Spurs are doing really, really well. And somehow, I also like tha Sacramento Kings.
Other than that, the rest are fine with me. I don't like the Houston Rockets.
And the Heat, you gotta give credit where credit is due. They are obviously a talented team.

[Shaliq]

Kanter is not ready yet, but yes he has some potential.

Hido didnt play well last years.But he had some very good years (magics).

Okur is my favourite turkish player. i remember him winning the championship ring with pistons.

Hedo just joined my L.A. Clippers!!! I like their chances with him!! :) do you, ice?

[Shaliq]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y--nwZazYWI

[Caismeachd]

http://viralwtf.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/blake_griffin_derp.jpg

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/5551194368/h2FAF4744/

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3FTO6EjRbe4/S4n0vMpvlXI/AAAAAAAAazM/7S5lOoeW_mc/s320/monkey-learns-to-play-basketball.jpg

[Shaliq]

^ Who's that guy in the 2nd pic?

[Shaliq]

Toughest stretch an NBA team is allowed to play...? I'd say this one - LAC's lates 5 games:

http://i.imgur.com/YHFolbX.png (http://imgur.com/YHFolbX)
43946

It's literally the hardest schedule a team can play in a calendar week by rule, but the Clippers are in the middle of a five-games-in-five-cities-in-seven-nights stretch right now.

Blurgh.

If there's a silver lining, it's that the opponents aren't too tough.

It started with total dominance of the Bulls and a hard-fought win in Toronto on the first back-to-back.

It continues tonight, against the league's worst team by record.

It concludes with another back-to-back against the Wizards and Warriors.

Asking us to play a road game against our biggest divisional rival in one of the league's toughest arenas at the end of that stretch is plain criminal. But it is what it is.

I was hoping we could get a couple of scheduled nights off against the Bucks and Wizards, maybe for Collison (toe) and Redick (back, shoulder, wrist). But after releasing Morris, I doubt that's going to be possible.

If the Clips manage to win all five of these without CP3, it would be the most impressive week the team's ever had in the regular season IMHO.

[Kemalisté]

Watching Raptors-Nets. What a tough match.

[Úza]

yup, Mike D'antoni resigned as head coach of the Lakers.