NBA Season 07/08

Essendon4eva · Post by **Essendon4eva** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:56 am

The new NBA season starts today with San Antonio opening things up against Portland without Greg Oden who did his knee before the pre-season.
Houston is at L.A. Will Kobe play? Can't wait to see how Yao goes playing in the high post most and how Ric Aldeman utilise Francis, James, Alston and Head.
And Utah are playing at Golden State. Can Golden State continue to improve after last season? Can Dreon Williams have another improved season at Point Guard?
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It is going to be another great season for the NBA. Can't wait.

Post by **Jazz_84** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:09 pm

c'mon Chicago!!!

Ramanama · Post by **Ramanama** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:29 pm

MIAMI!!!!

paddyl90 · Post by **paddyl90** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:48 pm

ARGH!!!!! It's back again

Another 6 months of taping Sportscenter for my bro

and every friggen game on television : Hate it soo much. Besides that.

GO KNICKS!!!!

Essendon4eva · Post by **Essendon4eva** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:48 pm

Interested to see how Ricky Davis does in Miami. Not just on the court but off the court aswell. Look for D-Wade and Shaq to pull, him into line.

Post by **Jazz_84** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:21 pm

holy shit is Shaq still playing the game...... how good is he these days?? anything like back in the 90's?

Ramanama · Post by **Ramanama** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:47 pm

His not bad Jazz, still cant shoot though

Essendon4eva · Post by **Essendon4eva** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:01 pm

Jazz_84 wrote:holy shit is Shaq still playing the game...... how good is he these days?? anything like back in the 90's?

He will be lucky to play 60 games. He is no where near the force he was in the 90's, but with his size, he is still valuable. Miami will nurse him into March, so he is healthy for the play-offs.

Post by **Jazz_84** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:28 pm

fair enough... how many years would he have left?

jimmyc1985 · Post by **jimmyc1985** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:28 pm

Basketball, hey? Is that thing still around?

Essendon4eva · Post by **Essendon4eva** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:57 pm

Yup. 30 teams, 82 games a season plus play-offs. Popular all arond the world.

Shaq, I would say has two years left including this one.

azza78 · Post by **azza78** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:13 pm

Can still be dominant on his day ol' Shaq, but is a mere shell of the unstoppable force he was, especially in the early '00's. Still a top 3 centre, but that's more of an indication of the lack of quality 5's ATM...

Go Sonics. Been down since the mid 90's with GP leading the charge and the Reignman jamming down people's throats. Will be a looooong season tho, but keen to see how Durant goes.

Post by **Jazz_84** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:34 am

how awesome was Shawn Kemp back in the day azza!! got a few good Kemp cards in my collection

azza78 · Post by **azza78** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:33 am

Kemp was f****** awesome. Then left Seattle and it all fell apart. But with GP throwing alleys and Kemp soaring, they were bloody entertaining to watch. An athletic freak, 6'10" and could jump like VC.

so many memories....

Essendon4eva · Post by **Essendon4eva** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:58 am

Well those days may be long gone, but Kevin Durant is a good start to climbing back into the play-offs. Realy need Robert Swift to take a big step up though.

Post by **Jazz_84** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:59 pm

oh did Kemp Leave the Sonics?? that was like Hird leaving the Bombers... where did he end up?

azza78 · Post by **azza78** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:18 pm

Traded to Cleveland in a 3-way in which the sonics got Vin Baker from Milwaukee. Had a couple of good years in Cleveland before moving to Portland, where (alleged) substance abuse problems got the better of him.

The Sonics need a big man, any big man, to step up. But losing Ray-Ray and Lewis is too big to cover.

Essendon4eva · Post by **Essendon4eva** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:53 pm

It is not like they lost those guys. They traded Ray Allen to get Jeff Green with the number 5 pick. SO they made a decision to re-build, because they new the list around Lewis and Allen wouldn't get a championship.

Rossoneri · Post by **Rossoneri** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:53 pm

Kobe starts off with 45 points, Lakers lost to Rockets.

Did anybody see the most bizarre basket possibly in the history of basketball? Rockets turned the ball over, two Lakers fumbled the ball and one ended up tipping it into the net.

Its hard to explain, ill try and find it on youtube.

Post by **Jazz_84** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:47 pm

ah well Vin Baker wasn't too bad if memory serves me correctly