The 2014-2015 NBA Season Thread. Lock It Up Please: The Golden State Warriors Are The Champions

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Buzz City :pimp:
ready to see Kemba and Lance gel...



Bron, Kyrie, Love and Waiters.... man ol man :pimp:
 
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Really curious to see what happens with Houston.. if I got this right, their bench is: Canaan, Terry, Garcia, Adrien, Dorsey, Motiejunas, Powell, Papanikolaou, Ish Smith, Troy Daniels? :lol: Unless I'm missing someone, this is a recipe for disaster for an 82 game season.

Anybody want to prove me wrong? A healthy Grizz team wins 54.5 games this season. I'll wait. When I say healthy, I mean none of their best players (Conley, Zbo, Gasol) miss anymore than 5 games a piece.
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Grizz missing the playoffs
 
my bad if posted, info on BKN Pride Alts for this upcoming season:
Sportslogos.net reports that "Brooklyn Nets Adidas Pride White Swingman Performance Shorts XL" have "leaked" on EBay and indeed the EBay ad seems to corroborate an earlier report that the Nets alternative this year will mimic the New York Nets' final ABA uniform.
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Leaked:
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Fan PS based on the leak:
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Would be cool if we had the predictions from the prediction thread merged in here so we can keep tabs on them all season
 
what teams are you guys going to go out of your way to watch this year (other than the team you are a fan of)

im going with kings, wolves, knicks and bucks
 
A South Beach bling king from Ohio might be partly to blame for the Heatles break up, and for not only LeBron James going back to Cleveland, but also Mike Miller and James Jones joining the Cavaliers as well.

Haider Zafar of Ohio, who allegedly conned Miller, Jones and Rashard Lewis out of millions in 2013, is expected to plead guilty to multiple wire fraud charges, according to court documents filed on Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio. The Heat amnestied Miller in 2013, but not before a Heat employee introduced Miller, Jones and Lewis to Zafar, who then swindled them to the tune of $7.5 million, according to a grand jury indictment.

So what does this have to do with LeBron going back to Cleveland? Well, let's just say the whole mess didn't help Miami's chances of keeping last year's team together.

It's well known at this point that the Heat angered LeBron by amnestying Miller not long after Miller helped the Heat repeat as NBA champions in 2013. Miller said earlier this week in Cleveland that LeBron thought the move "was an unnecessary change." That's Miller being nice, of course. Really what probably made LeBron most angry is that the Heat amnestied one of his best friends to save money and then squabbled with Miller over money a South Beach bling king stole from Miller and then, in an odd twist, gave to the Heat.

It's a bizarre tale, and one that certainly infuriates Miller, Jones and Lewis. It's probably not a coincidence then that all three of those players no longer play for the Heat.

The alleged con man, Zafar, posed as a successful businessman in 2013, and promised to invest money for the three former Heat players. Instead, he took the money and purchased a package of floor seats to Heat games for $1 million. In Miami, the term "South Beach bling king" is used to describe what everyone else in the country would simply call "the biggest d-bag imaginable on Planet Earth." Bling kings rent Ferraris and Lamborghinis, throw money around nightclubs, text on 95, drink Moet Chandon, race boats through manatee zones, and, when the Heat was going to The Finals every year, all the bling kings tried to be seen courtside at AmericanAirlines Arena.

Well, apparently at least one former Heat executive couldn't resist all that damn charm.

Stephen Weber, who used to be the Heat's executive vice president of sales, was just a smitten kitten for Zafar and his liberal consumption of Moet Chandon out of plastic flutes at Heat games. And what sales executive wouldn't love that guy? Guys who blow large sums of cash are good for business, right?

So, Zafar wanted to meet some Heat players and pull the ol' Nigerian prince bit. Weber set up the meetings between Zafar and Heat players, and apparently vouched for Zafar as well. According to Miller's attorney at the time, Weber told Miller that Zafar "was the real deal."

Of course, when lawyers get involved, stuff gets ugly. Long after Miller, Jones and Lewis figured out the game, Miller's attorney leaked news that Miller was thinking about suing the Heat. Zafar used $700,000 of Miller's money to buy the tickets and Miller wanted the Heat to give the money back. When the Heat and Miller couldn't agree on a settlement, tensions frayed even further.

LeBron, of course, knew about all of this last season.

http://blogs.herald.com/miami_heat/...-lebron-james-era-in-miami.html#storylink=cpy
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for me, probably:

Lakers, wanna catch Kobe while I still can

Clips, loved em when they sucked but now ehhhhh.... can't deny they are damn entertaining to watch now. Plus I always enjoy seeing JJ Redick play.

Wolves, Chase Budinger.... and the Canadian kid.

Pistons, Drummond; duh.

Mavs, bae is there and it will be fun to see how he meshes with Have It All and Dirk.

Spurs, seeing Diaw play basketball gives me a glimmer of hope that I too can be an athlete of some sort and at any level.

Pelicans, Ryan Anderson (hopefully is healthy), Brow, Jimmer, Tyreke... should be good times.
 
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Id have to say im going to see the Splash Bros, The Clips, Bulls, Knicks at the Garden, Lakeshow (As Usual), Cavs, OKC and even the Blazers out in Portland
 
Most likely:

Warriors
Clippers
Rockets
Bulls
Wizards
Thunder

Subject to change based on performance of said teams. Should be easy cause they'll dominate the national t.v. schedule.
 
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in.. and to the question above, easy:

but pretty much the western conference.. should be some really good games every week.. really thinking about getting the nba tv package depending on the price

only teams in the east I even care to see are the bulls, wiz and unfortunately cavs
 
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forgot about the pelicans 

of course im going to be watching the cavs/clips/okc but i didnt include them because you really dont need to go out of your way to watch those teams
 
sea manup said:
 
what teams are you guys going to go out of your way to watch this year (other than the team you are a fan of)

im going with kings, wolves, knicks and bucks
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Warriors (Curry is my favorite player not on my team to watch)

OKC

Pelicans

and maybe check out some Wolves games to see how Wiggins does
 
Aside from the Clips, I'm most interested in seeing -

Wizards
Bulls
Pelicans
and, believe it or not, the Bucks.
 
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