2013-14 NBA Thread part 1

[Rusty Shackleford]

I'll go out on a bit of a limb and say New Orleans is gonna get in the playoffs, they'll be the eight seed, but I like what they did.

I could see that happening. If not this year, certainly next.

 

[Bodie_Broadus]

I'll go out on a bit of a limb and say New Orleans is gonna get in the playoffs, they'll be the eight seed, but I like what they did.

I could see that happening. If not this year, certainly next.

Jrue Holiday will be a solid PG, not sure what their plans are with Eric Gordon and Tyreke Evans. Gordon should have little trade value, he's been shirt there.

Austin Rivers is gonna be a bust.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Rusty, I think there's some potential for that. But if it starts to happen Ainge will dump Bass, maybe even Green or whoever else to make sure they have a decent lottery pick.

Who on that Boston team gives anyone confidence they can make a playoff run? Rondo is a good passer, can't shoot for shirt, he'll have to score 30 a game (which I don't think he is capable of) for the C's to have any chance to win.

Jeff Green is going to score. That's the guy. Humphries will bounce back some.

And that will carry the Celts to ... a robust 30-35 victories.

 

[Bodie_Broadus]

Rusty, I think there's some potential for that. But if it starts to happen Ainge will dump Bass, maybe even Green or whoever else to make sure they have a decent lottery pick.

Who on that Boston team gives anyone confidence they can make a playoff run? Rondo is a good passer, can't shoot for shirt, he'll have to score 30 a game (which I don't think he is capable of) for the C's to have any chance to win.

Jeff Green is going to score. That's the guy. Humphries will bounce back some.

And that will carry the Celts to ... a robust 30-35 victories.

Jeff Green?

That's hilarious, they won't top 30. And I'll wager on that.

Career average of 13.6 in 32.4 MPG, maybe he'll jump up to 18 a game, but no way does he top 20.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Rusty, I think there's some potential for that. But if it starts to happen Ainge will dump Bass, maybe even Green or whoever else to make sure they have a decent lottery pick.

Who on that Boston team gives anyone confidence they can make a playoff run? Rondo is a good passer, can't shoot for shirt, he'll have to score 30 a game (which I don't think he is capable of) for the C's to have any chance to win.

Jeff Green is going to score. That's the guy. Humphries will bounce back some.

And that will carry the Celts to ... a robust 30-35 victories.

Jeff Green?

That's hilarious, they won't top 30. And I'll wager on that.

Career average of 13.6 in 32.4 MPG, maybe he'll jump up to 18 a game, but no way does he top 20.

I don't think he'll get 20, either. But 18-19 is definitely a strong possibility. Someone has to score, right?

 

[Bodie_Broadus]

I'll go out on a bit of a limb and say New Orleans is gonna get in the playoffs, they'll be the eight seed, but I like what they did.

No team named the Pelicans has ever made the NBA Playoffs.

Seeing as there has never been a team named the Pelicans, that's not a surprise.

They're gonna surprise people this season.

 

[old_tony]

I'll go out on a bit of a limb and say New Orleans is gonna get in the playoffs, they'll be the eight seed, but I like what they did.

No team named the Pelicans has ever made the NBA Playoffs.

Seeing as there has never been a team named the Pelicans, that's not a surprise.

They're gonna surprise people this season.

Some people that don't follow the NBA are going to be surprised there's a team called the Pelicans.

 

[Bodie_Broadus]

I'll go out on a bit of a limb and say New Orleans is gonna get in the playoffs, they'll be the eight seed, but I like what they did.

No team named the Pelicans has ever made the NBA Playoffs.

Seeing as there has never been a team named the Pelicans, that's not a surprise.

They're gonna surprise people this season.

Some people that don't follow the NBA are going to be surprised there's a team called the Pelicans.

If they don't follow the NBA why would they care?

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

I'll go out on a bit of a limb and say New Orleans is gonna get in the playoffs, they'll be the eight seed, but I like what they did.

No team named the Pelicans has ever made the NBA Playoffs.

Seeing as there has never been a team named the Pelicans, that's not a surprise.

They're gonna surprise people this season.

Some people that don't follow the NBA are going to be surprised there's a team called the Pelicans.

If they don't follow the NBA why would they care?

I get a confused look as a reaction sometimes when talking to non-NBA fans and mention that I'm a Thunder fan. They have no idea who that is.

 

[Bodie_Broadus]

The FormerSonics

On my way home from work in NYC one night there was a guy talking to my coworker and I about basketball. He says, "Yeah, I've been a Thunder fan all my life."

I asked him, "Oh, so you're only four years old?"

He looks at me with a puzzled look and says, "Huh?"

"Look dude, don't say you've been a Thunder fan your whole life, they've only been in OKC for four years, so you don't know deck about NBA. They were the Sonics before that."

Him: "The Sonics, never heard of them."

 

[Dick Whitman]

There is no way that exchange actually occurred.

 

[Bodie_Broadus]

There is no way that exchange actually occurred.

Yes it did. I can have the two other guys I work with who were on the bus verify it for me.