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Also, cool to know who knicka please is now too. I grew up a chicago fan because of mj and pippen. I used to love pippen. But since I'm in the same graduating high school year as lebron, I've followed him from cleveland and miami. So now that you know my basketball back story, and you can see I live in nola, you will understand MY team name: The New Orleans Heatles.
Also, cool to know who knicka please is now too. I grew up a chicago fan because of mj and pippen. I used to love pippen. But since I'm in the same graduating high school year as lebron, I've followed him from cleveland and miami. So now that you know my basketball back story, and you can see I live in nola, you will understand MY team name: The New Orleans Heatles.
Terrible.
How you're a born and bred Chicagoan and root for LeBron Shames over Derrick Rose is something I'll never understand. Rose is a basketball fan's wet dream.
Sorry for the confusion, but I'm from mississippi originally. I used to like chicago when I was a child because of jordan and pippen. And because wgn showed all the bulls games. they are still my backup team, but I'm a lebron fan
Sportscenter on Saturday night, "Coming up, Jermey Lin does it again!"
8-24, 6 turnovers. Really nothing to do with Lin himself, but still.
That was easily his worst game. But it did have to do with Lin, who hit the go-ahead free throws with little time left.
Lin himself even said his teammates and defense won that game.
I don't buy the love affair, but I keep waiting for him to post a terrible 7 point, 3 assist, 6 turnover game, and it's not coming. He does turn the ball over too much (he's a rookie, after all), but when he gets hot he's ridiculous.
The Knicks are winning with him because he knows how to play point guard, and can run. They haven't had one of those in quite a while.
Sorry, but when I said "nothing to do with Lin" I meant my hatred of Sportscenter not the outcome of that game.
That was easily his worst game. But it did have to do with Lin, who hit the go-ahead free throws with little time left.
Lin himself even said his teammates and defense won that game.
I don't buy the love affair, but I keep waiting for him to post a terrible 7 point, 3 assist, 6 turnover game, and it's not coming. He does turn the ball over too much (he's a rookie, after all), but when he gets hot he's ridiculous.
The Knicks are winning with him because he knows how to play point guard, and can run. They haven't had one of those in quite a while.
Sorry, but when I said "nothing to do with Lin" I meant my hatred of Sportscenter not the outcome of that game.
My apartment has a "No ESPN" rule, unless there's an actual game on, so I know what you mean. I bought tickets for my brother for Xmas to a Knicks game in March. When I bought them, they were about $70 bucks for 200 level seats (100 level being the nicest). Those seats, for the same game, are now $150 each.
And did you see the Toronto game? The Raptors made that game Asian-Canadian Appreciation Night, and sold out the gate for only the 2nd time all season (I believe Lebron/Wade got the other one). Yao sold approx. 3,000 tickets to a game there in 2003 or 2004, and they said Lin outdid that on Tuesday.
It's outrageous, but from a strictly basketball standpoint I love the kid. The overhype that he's getting is annoying, and now everyone is a Knicks fan. Some 45 year old accountant in my company shuffled over to my desk yesterday to talk about the "Lin-insanity" for 5 minutes and I wanted to stick hot fire pokers in both of my ears. But, I feel like this is karmic retribution for the past decade that everyone in the country took daily sh!ts on the Knicks.
And jakicker, apologies for misreading the post. You're kinda in NBA no-man's land down there without the Hornets, I just wish you picked a less douchey player to follow. Or I'm just still bitter. Whatever.
Edit: To clarify, "without the Hornets" means "without Chris Paul" because they are an atrocious team as currently constructed, and are the biggest candidate to get contracted if they don't sort it out. I'm pretty sure the NBA is ruining that franchise on purpose.
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Oh, and I love all the mild racism plastered everywhere in this city (re: Lin). This was shown on every TV that was tuned into the Knicks game after last night's win:
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Go Sixersss. Definitely a good fill-in for the time of year I usually am not interested in lol. I hope they can keep it up, they are exciting to watch.
I like the Sixers, as a team, but I still think they are missing something. What? I'm not sure. My team is the Cavs, and I'm honestly happy with their improved play this year and improved outlook - Irving is a keeper and Thompson looks a lot better than some of the PF's who have come out in recent years, guys like Favors, etc. I'm still rooting for a lot of losses, having written that. I think they need more pieces, and they're not going to get them through free agency. (Crossing fingers, hoping to win the lottery and the rights to A. Davis
Knicks are tied for 2nd in the Atlantic, 10-3 in their last 13, including last night's win over your Cavs, Klimfactor.
I dunno, the Knicks are starting to look like an intriguing dark-horse contender to me.
They are using a 10-man rotation now (Amare, Melo, Chandler, Lin, Fields, Shumpert, JR Smith, Jeffries, Davis, Novak) that actually resembles a team. Yes, they have superstars, but they have tons of role players. And their 2nd team (Davis, Shumpert, Smith, Novak, Jeffires) went from a weakness to a strength over the past few weeks.
Whether they prove they're for real or not, at least the Garden is alive again.
I like the Sixers, as a team, but I still think they are missing something. What? I'm not sure. My team is the Cavs, and I'm honestly happy with their improved play this year and improved outlook - Irving is a keeper and Thompson looks a lot better than some of the PF's who have come out in recent years, guys like Favors, etc. I'm still rooting for a lot of losses, having written that. I think they need more pieces, and they're not going to get them through free agency. (Crossing fingers, hoping to win the lottery and the rights to A. Davis
Cavs seem to have a solid future ahead. Kyrie is a superstar in the making and Thompson has played much better than I expected. The best news for the Cavs is that they are competitive again after last year's disaster of a season. They should follow the mold of OKC, Portland, etc. and build through the draft and acquisitions of young talent and avoid big name free agents unless they seem to fit in very well. They will be fine.
I've always been a huge NBA fan. I'm 40 now, and I remember growing up in small-city Ohio, playing ball at a local court and imagining myself as Bernard King playing in the Garden. I'd try to replicate all his moves - save for the one where I horribly blow out my knee. It's my dream to some day watch a game at the Garden, flanzOmar.
Post by ronburgandy? on Mar 2, 2012 17:05:47 GMT -5
id love it if spencer hawes felt like joining the party at some point.
the sixers will be fine because the rest of the division isnt very good. unless the knicks figure it out, but the lin thing will come back down to earth. if they dont figure it out..the sixers will run away with the division. celtics are cooked. i have 4th row for the boston game next week.
nobody is touching miami this year, so it doesnt matter.
id love it if spencer hawes felt like joining the party at some point.
the sixers will be fine because the rest of the division isnt very good. unless the knicks figure it out, but the lin thing will come back down to earth. if they dont figure it out..the sixers will run away with the division. celtics are cooked. i have 4th row for the boston game next week.
nobody is touching miami this year, so it doesnt matter.
I find it funny you think the Sixers are going to "run away with the division" when they're 3.0 games up on the Celtics, who are pacing themselves, and the Knicks, who haven't figured out how to play with each other yet. Both those teams are treading water, and if they turn it on at any point they're likely to leapfrog the Sixers.
Also, the "Lin thing" is only "going away" in terms of him being the primary scorer. Now he just gets to play PG and distribute, which he's better at anyway.
I agree. I don't see Lin going anywhere. Since Carmelo came back, he's started to settle into a pass-first mentality. He's still scoring to keep people honest, but that 13-assist, 1-turnover game against the Cavs really impressed me. I can't wait to see him go up against the Heat again to see if he learned anything from that first debacle. My guess is he'll perform much better.
Post by ronburgandy? on Mar 3, 2012 8:11:29 GMT -5
lin is fine, but he isnt all-world. he is a slightly above average point guard at best who benefits greatly from d'antoni's (sp?) system. when he plays other elite players, he gets exposed a bit. good player though, im not taking anything away from him..but the hype kind of hurts him in the sense that everyone is circling the knicks on thier schedules now. look at that miami beat down.
he is light yrs better than they had earlier in the season, so as a sixer fan..obviously you have to be worried a little about them getting everything together. thier top 6 or 7 are pretty good if they can mesh in time. or play defense. the sixers play maybe the best defense in the league right now (and thats without any real big guy), thats how good they are on that end. and for the regular season, that shows up everynight.
im not worried about the celtics at all, for some reason..i think they are running on fumes. esp when they ship out their best player (hopefully). we'll see. they are playing better lately though
Post by ronburgandy? on Mar 3, 2012 8:19:38 GMT -5
just for reference..here is their schedules through march
Boston 36 Sunday, March 4 New York Knicks 1:00 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI 37 Tuesday, March 6 Houston Rockets 7:30 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI - 38 Wednesday, March 7 @ Philadelphia 76ers 7:00 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI - 39 Friday, March 9 Portland Trail Blazers 7:30 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI - 40 Sunday, March 11 @ Los Angeles Lakers 3:30 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI 44 Monday, March 12 @ Los Angeles Clippers 10:30 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI 42 Wednesday, March 14 @ Golden State Warriors 10:30 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI - 43 Friday, March 16 @ Sacramento Kings 10:00 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI - 44 Saturday, March 17 @ Denver Nuggets 9:00 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI - 45 Monday, March 19 @ Atlanta Hawks 7:30 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI - 46 Thursday, March 22 @ Milwaukee Bucks 8:00 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI 47 Friday, March 23 @ Philadelphia 76ers 8:00 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI 48 Sunday, March 25 Washington Wizards 6:00 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI - 49 Monday, March 26 @ Charlotte Bobcats 7:00 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI - 50 Wednesday, March 28 Utah Jazz 7:30 p.m. CSNHD/WEEI - 51 Friday, March 30 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 8:00 p.m.
Philly Sun 04 vs Chicago [BUY TICKET] 7:00pm CSN 94 WIP Mon 05 @ Milwaukee 8:00pm CSN 94 WIP Wed 07 vs Boston [BUY TICKET] 7:00pm CSN 94 WIP Fri 09 vs Utah [BUY TICKET] 7:00pm CSN 94 WIP Sun 11 @ New York 12:00pm CSN 94 WIP Wed 14 @ Indiana 7:00pm CSN 94 WIP Fri 16 vs Miami [BUY TICKET] 7:00pm CSN 94 WIP Sat 17 @ Chicago 8:00pm CSN 94 WIP Mon 19 @ Charlotte 7:00pm TCN-PHI 94 WIP Wed 21 vs New York [BUY TICKET] 7:00pm CSN 94 WIP Fri 23 vs Boston [BUY TICKET] 8:00pm CSN 94 WIP Sun 25 @ San Antonio 7:00pm CSN 94 WIP Tue 27 vs Cleveland [BUY TICKET] 7:00pm CSN 94 WIP Fri 30 @ Washington 7:00pm CSN 94 WIP Sat 31 vs Atlanta [BUY TICKET] 7:30pm CSN
NY Sun 04 @ Boston 1:00pm Tue 06 @ Dallas 8:30pm MSG Wed 07 @ San Antonio 8:30pm MSG Fri 09 @ Milwaukee 8:30pm MSG Sun 11 vs Philadelphia [BUY TICKET] 12:00pm MSG Mon 12 @ Chicago 8:00pm MSG Wed 14 vs Portland [BUY TICKET] 7:30pm MSG Fri 16 vs Indiana [BUY TICKET] 7:30pm MSG Sat 17 @ Indiana 7:00pm MSG Tue 20 vs Toronto [BUY TICKET] 7:30pm MSG Wed 21 @ Philadelphia 7:00pm MSG Fri 23 @ Toronto 7:00pm MSG Sat 24 vs Detroit [BUY TICKET] 7:30pm MSG Mon 26 vs Milwaukee [BUY TICKET] 7:30pm MSG Wed 28 vs Orlando [BUY TICKET] 7:00pm MSG Fri 30 @ Atlanta 7:30pm MSG Sat 31 vs Cleveland [BUY TICKET] 7:30pm MSG
Lin is average 22 points, 9 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals on 48% shooting. He does turn the ball over too often, but a lot of that is inexperience and not sloppy play.
The Miami game was a good lesson for Lin, because he had simply not played a team with that kind of lateral speed. He did play much better in the second half that game, and that consistent ability to adapt is the thing that I think most Knicks fans recognize as his best quality. That, and his huge titanium balls that allow him to take over games with All-NBA level players on the court with him.
As for the defense, the Knicks are drastically improved in this area. In terms of points surrendered per possession, they're a top 10 defense. The Sixers are the best defense in the league this year, but the Knicks are no longer a defensive bottom-feeder. Chandler has the most to do with it, but they have guys like Shumpert and Jeffries who are defensive stoppers and everyone seems to be buying in.
Big test today, gotta get a big win on the road to help the Knicks' argument as a legitimate contender.
Post by Alberto Balsalm on Mar 4, 2012 12:55:50 GMT -5
As a sportswriter I should probably post more in these threads. I just spend too much of my time away from the computer talking sports to start talking sports on the internet too.
Also being a Cleveland fan there isnt much to talk about with non-Cleveland fans...
As a sportswriter I should probably post more in these threads. I just spend too much of my time away from the computer talking sports to start talking sports on the internet too.
Also being a Cleveland fan there isnt much to talk about with non-Cleveland fans...
I'm a Cleveland sports fan, too, so I can sympathize. I usually start thinking about the upcoming drafts about halfway through the seasons.
Post by ronburgandy? on Mar 5, 2012 9:32:49 GMT -5
philly's downfall is they have no-one to go to for the big shot late. its killed them all year and will be their downfall in the playoffs. they are the definition of a balanced no-ego-no-star team. theres a lot of good that comes out of that..but when you need "that guy" late..there is none.
philly's downfall is they have no-one to go to for the big shot late. its killed them all year and will be their downfall in the playoffs. they are the definition of a balanced no-ego-no-star team. theres a lot of good that comes out of that..but when you need "that guy" late..there is none.
thats where NY and Boston are superior, for sure.
I figured that would eventually fall on Louis Williams, since he's a pure scorer. But yeah, you're right, they need a Mr. Big Shot type of guy.
my picks: Chicago over Philly Knicks upset Heat Indiana over Orlando OKC over Dallas SA over Utah LAL over Denver Atlanta upsets Boston LAC over Memphis