THE 2015 NBA PRE SEASON THREAD: BEST WISHES TO LAMAR ODOM

[noblekane]

If I had that much money and fame ain't no way I'm trying to run trains

Rose an introvert though. He probably needs trains to sneak on in.

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

At the end of the day, they're still dusty *** Chicago kids. Money or not.

 

[dipsetgeneral]

Quick thoughts for the upcoming season:

- Either the Spurs or the Warriors will hoist up the Trophy next June

- Pelicans will be an 8th or 7th seed at best.

- Thunder will make the playoffs but won't get passed the 2nd round.

- T-Wolves & Bucks will be fun to watch this season

- Knicks won't win more than 30 games this season

- This will be LeBron's last year of dominance in the East until KD goes to DC next season

- KD in DC marks the inevitable end of the "Bron Era", thankfully

- Expect an excess amount of Curry impersonators next few years.

-clippers , rockets , cavaliers and thunder so dont give up the trophy so quick

-pelicans can be as good as 5 seed if anthony davis goes 03-04 kevin garnett already

-thunder will get to western conf. finals minimum , kd and russ can od and they can win it all , but if they dont go 2 mvp's on one team every night then the thunder will lose to whichever unit in the west was cohesive enough to get to the WCF 

-zach lavine/wiggins & giannis&parker will be fun to watch idk about everyone else lol except maybe KAT if hes anything and middleton is my dude

-knicks might not even win 20 even with healthy carmelo dropping 40 a game (people forget he will give up 5 more points then what he makes always)

-KD isnt going anywhere . him and westbrook both stay mark my words

-i dont think there is anyone else that can shake off three defenders and then take an unbalanced three point shot , 5 feet behind the line and make it , impersonators that will miss that shot have always existed.....jr smith , josh smith , etc .



my bold prediction for the nba season next year , kings make the playoffs and boogie has a mini prime shaq year , 24-25 ppg , 11ish rebs , 2.5 assists , 1.5 blocks . 1.0 steals per game easy ........that team is a perfect fit for rondos gameset and cauley stein is what they needed ....him and boogie inside will be a problem theyre going to become one of the grittier teams overnight with rondo and willie on board , rondo will get that aura he got from kg,pp,perkins those years the celts won the chip

Couple early predictions...

Sadly, I think the Spurs will disappoint . Counting on a washed Tony Parker and 40 year old Timmy is uncharted territory. Still think they finish with a top 4 seed in the west...but exit in round 1 or 2. Age is undefeated...it'll likely show for the GOD Timmy this year smh.

James Harden will regress and average about 21ppg on bad percentages. While Dwight averages around 18 & 12 again. I think the Rockets regress slightly to like a 5/6 seed...and not a real threat.

Warriors good fortune from last year won't carry over. Literally everything went right for them in 14-15. Still, they will be one of the top 3 Teams in the west.

Clippers make it to the WCF. They get a 2 seed and favorable matchup come playoff time. Jamal Crawford is traded before the deadline for stability and shooting. Wes Johnson surprises people, and Paul Pierce plays his age. Lance is also better, but expendable.

Brad Beal takes a huge step forward. Averages about 18-20 Ppg on 44/40/82 splits. Wizards finish 3rd or 4th in the East with close to 50 wins.

Jabari Parker starts out slowly, but by all star break, he's comfortable and showcases why I believe he's one of the 5 best young up and coming players in basketball.

Stan Van works his magic and has Detroit winning about 43 games. KCP surprises some people...Jennings is dealt or malcontent. Reggie Jackson plays better than expected.

Trey Burke becomes a competent PG and learns to finish better at the rim. Utah Wins 45 games...finishes with the 8th seed and gets swept by OKC or the Clips in round 1

Who do you guys got for playoff seeding?

West:
1. Thunder: New coach will make the most of off the rotation players while KD and Russ will do their thing under a new system. Russ will have an MVP season
2. Warriors: expect more of the same. Coaches contemplating game plans to stop curry, maybe see different strategies to slow him down
3. Clips: Deandre Jordan will have a disappointing season after all the drama this offseason
4. Rockets: Deep team. Can win it all if healthy
5. Spurs: Their PG position will be an issue. PGs will feast on the spurs the same way they used to feast on Fisher and the Lakers
6. Pelicans: Healthy Holiday and , better coach and improved AD
7. Memphis: I think they have a down year and take a step back. They have not improved at all.
8. Kings: Boggie and Coach will settle things and put it behind them. Rondo will play much better under a system that supports his style and he makes Gay and Ben look good.

Just missing it: Utah and PHX. Dallas will disappoint.

East:
1. Bulls:
2. Cleveland: LeBron will have his rest. The team is more experienced but they will continue to deal with injuries/ locker room problems
3. Miami: Possibly the strongest starting five in the east but weak bench. Health and Whiteside are the question marks
4. Washington: Their bigs are a year older, no Paul, Coach is hot and cold. If Beal and Otto can take the next step, they will make it far in the Playoffs
5. TBoston: They will continue to improve on what they built on last year
6. Atlanta: Last year's playoffs will hurt them this year. Unless they can get a go to guy, this team will have a 1st round exit
7. Detroit: they were clicking end of last year but with the injuries and Josh Smith leaving at the end of the season, it was too little too late. This year they bring it together Jackson will prove his contract and Drummond will be an all-star
8. Bucks: J Kidd will lead this team to the playoffs. Shooting will consistently be a problem. Even though they have a ton of length, Monroe and Parker and not the best defensive players and will face trouble there.

Toronto: I believe the GM will pull something via trade to improve this team or the exact opposite and rebuild like his original plan two years ago. Val will only get better if he gets touches. It's all on coach to set him up. Stop depending on Derozan, he is a great third option at best (See Odom and Iggy).

Indy and Charlotte will be close but they are not good enough to make it

Philly and Portland will compete for last spot.

Lakers and Knicks will disappear in that irrelevant zone (Philly taking Lakers pick!), Russell will struggle heavily first half of the season and so will Randle. Kobe will actually take it easy this year...but he will still speak his mind, especially with Hibbert. Clarkson will ball out.

Minny will be a ton of fun to watch, Waggins will take a big step forward.

Muduai and Jah will compete for rookies of the year

I like these early predictions but @mizzoe33 has the most accurate one.

+ Derrick Rose is in Penny Hardaway, Tracy McGrady and Grant Hill company now. It's official. I really do feel bad for the guy and he does need a new PR person.

Cavs will be interesting to see this season because Kyrie and Shumpert won't be available till' January and those are two starters. Cavs might have a slow start. Must watch TV. I dunno if LeBron can make it to his six straight finals. If he doesn't make it to the NBA Finals this year, does he consider moving again?

 

[mr marcus]

 

If I had that much money and fame ain't no way I'm trying to run trains

Rose an introvert though. He probably needs trains to sneak on in.

I'm an introvert and I haven't ran a train in a long *** time 

Rose should have bought some escorts for his homies if they were that thirsty...god damn 

 

[tomdiginson]

NTers flapping their gums for reps as usual I see.

 

[antidope]

This thread man

 

[aepps20]

It's been a terrible offseason so far for Deitrick.

 

[Platinum State]

Crazy that preseason is only 2 days away

 

[the collector]

Rose is just a loser. The type of dude I hope fails at this point. Ain't nobody tryna hear a guy that's made over $300 million dollars talk about getting right for his son and all that BS. What a ungrateful loser talking free agency when he hasn't even earned the money he's all ready got.

Can't stand out of touch rich people. Another knee injury will compensate nicely IMO for his stupid comments. If $300 million isn't good enough for his son already I wonder what he thinks about common folks parenting who don't have the means to provide as much. He's to old to be accidentally making comments like that. He gets no pass from me.

 

[8pm at msg]

Damn bruh

 

[af1nike]

Rose is just a loser. The type of dude I hope fails at this point. Ain't nobody tryna hear a guy that's made over $300 million dollars talk about getting right for his son and all that BS. What a ungrateful loser talking free agency when he hasn't even earned the money he's all ready got.

Can't stand out of touch rich people. Another knee injury will compensate nicely IMO for his stupid comments. If $300 million isn't good enough for his son already I wonder what he thinks about common folks parenting who don't have the means to provide as much. He's to old to be accidentally making comments like that. He gets no pass from me.

As a bulls fan I agree.

 

[jjs07]

Stretch 4.

Jorge CastilloVerified account‏@jorgeccastillo

One Wizards player describing Kris Humphries's 3-point range in pick-up games: "He's shooting the **** out of it."

 

[trynafeelmink]

Rose is just a loser. The type of dude I hope fails at this point. Ain't nobody tryna hear a guy that's made over $300 million dollars talk about getting right for his son and all that BS. What a ungrateful loser talking free agency when he hasn't even earned the money he's all ready got.

Can't stand out of touch rich people. Another knee injury will compensate nicely IMO for his stupid comments. If $300 million isn't good enough for his son already I wonder what he thinks about common folks parenting who don't have the means to provide as much. He's to old to be accidentally making comments like that. He gets no pass from me.

comments like this is why people like you will NEVER flourish in life, wishing injury and misfortune on someone because you don't agree with a statement they made. nobody ever seems to care about the franchise owners Constantly raising prices and complaining about revenue although their already BILLIONAIRES.

 

[tomdiginson]

comments like this is why people like you will NEVER flourish in life, wishing injury and misfortune on someone because you don't agree with a statement they made. nobody ever seems to care about the franchise owners Constantly raising prices and complaining about revenue although their already BILLIONAIRES.

Well flourishing in life is probably not on this guys list of things to do. The greatest accomplishment to him is getting reps and edaps on NT for talking out his behind.

 

[d3si]

Derrick Rose

I really hoped he stayed healthy. I missed watching him play. He was so much fun to watch.

 

[the collector]

comments like this is why people like you will NEVER flourish in life, wishing injury and misfortune on someone because you don't agree with a statement they made. nobody ever seems to care about the franchise owners Constantly raising prices and complaining about revenue although their already BILLIONAIRES.

My life is great though. Get off your high horse. Maybe your a Saint that's never did anything wrong or had a bad thought. You best believe there are people in this world I wish ill on based off difference of opinion. All humans do this in some form or fashion you included.

 

[WASPS ANDD ASPS]

I feel bad for rose cuz he knows nothing else but basketball, he's 1 injury a way from not doing that. Dude gonna have to be involved with the league somehow. We know commentating is a nono, maybe he can be a good camera guy. Son don't even dance so he can't be Benny the bull smh.

Maybe him and the Goons can be security

 

[the collector]

Well flourishing in life is probably not on this guys list of things to do. The greatest accomplishment to him is getting reps and edaps on NT for talking out his behind.

I only use mobile so I don't see my reps. I have strong opinions and usually when you speak your mind and don't follow like a sheep you stand out. I apologize for not being PC at all times.

 

[C.Magneto]

comments like this is why people like you will NEVER flourish in life, wishing injury and misfortune on someone because you don't agree with a statement they made. nobody ever seems to care about the franchise owners Constantly raising prices and complaining about revenue although their already BILLIONAIRES.

QFT. At the end of the day it's just a game. What has he done to you to the point you'd wish bodily harm on him?

A few TMZ reports? Cause he wants to maximize his earning potential and he's aware that his body may be on the decline.

Some of the Willie Lynch responses in here never cease to amaze.

 

[thirdtimearound]

I only use mobile so I don't see my reps. I have strong opinions and usually when you speak your mind and don't follow like a sheep you stand out. I apologize for not being PC at all times.

Too late. You already took your L.

 

[everysingletime]

Rose is thinking the same thing that every single player in the league is thinking though

If you're not smart enough to realize that

The only crime he's committed is not having the social grace and common sense to know when to talk about free agency

Rose is someone who will benefit most from just being quiet, for sure.

 

[jbone2308]

Butler taking this "I'm the point guard now" thing serious 

Butler taking this "I'm the point guard now" thing serious 

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[tomdiginson]

I only use mobile so I don't see my reps. I have strong opinions and usually when you speak your mind and don't follow like a sheep you stand out. I apologize for not being PC at all times.

Says he has strong opinions and calls people sheep, yet following popular opinion that players shouldn't demand more money from billionaire owners.

Its too early for this nonsense type of talking. Go wash your face B. Pocket watching trick.

 

[the collector]

Too late. You already took your L.

My L? I've taken some type of Internet loss I'm unaware of? I stand by what I said. You guys are looking at this in a basketball sense. I'm not.

Dude represents Chicago. Has been supported and loved. In 6 years has made $300 million dollars for 3 years of work. Still supported, still loved through the injures by his team and city.

A city where young black males suffer and die at a alarming rate because of lack of money and opportunity. He has the nerve to suggest hitting free agency 2 years out and making money to set up his son as if $300 million isn't enough. Dude needs a reality check. It's not about basketball. It's offensive on many levels what he said especially in the city he's from.

 

[big j 33]

It's all karma for taking Dwight's MVP in '11

I can't help but still feel bad for Rose because of his unfortunate luck with injuries. We've been robbed of watching an MVP in his prime and despite still being pretty young, we might never see that Rose again. And that's a shame.

Having said that, he's never been the most well-spoken or PR friendly kind of guy, so his comments are usually eye rolling. I can usually see what he's saying or what his point is.. but he could definitely use some PR coaching.

And as for those absurd comments you see here and there about "Why would athletes have to rape, they have women throwing themselves at them".. that's just so asinine and ridiculous. Rape doesn't have to be a result of not getting any sex or rejection.. that kind of thinking is backwards and illogical. I don't have an opinion one way or another about his case.. but those kind of comments are absurd and minimize and ignore the various reasons rape and sexual abuse can occur.