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SuchFriendsAreDangerous 10.04.2013 10:30 PM

When asked what do you think about twerking?

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Originally Posted by Michael Jordan
No, I'm not a twitterer, I'm not a twerker, I'm not a facebooker, I'm old school.. wait, what is twerking by the way?


 

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 10.24.2013 01:04 AM

Its all going down next week. I am ready to have a trial separation with the NFL after all this guilt I'm feeling from that Frontline (well a couple of Frontlines).. I'm ALL NBA this year. Looking forward to swag filled post-games interviews, embarrassing the defender pick and rolls, and obnoxiously lights-out three pointers. Lord I love basketball, admittedly more than football even though I've been an NFL fan for a much longer period of time.

 

Bytor Peltor 10.24.2013 06:06 AM

I'm probably too old for studded shoesl......but I would wear them if I ever found a pair and could afford them.

I've heard this guy say some dumb things, especially when making "predictions", I just don't know how he can think Dwight Howard will still be able to play in two or three years???

Bytor Peltor 10.29.2013 10:07 AM

For some, the season starts TONIGHT:
 




The Heat will be going for:
 



Sadly, the majority of fans attending games tonight probably couldn't name most of the players in this ad:
 



SuchFriendsAreDangerous 10.29.2013 08:46 PM

 


 
http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/im...00&h=1500&q=85

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 11.01.2013 04:07 PM

 

Lebron goes for a trademark block, but MWC stuffs it in his face! EPIC! I love it! Good for Sixers, good for the NBA, somebody has to get to Lebron sometimes, otherwise the NBA is about as boring as it was those years in the late 1990s when nobody stood a chance in hell of beating the Bulls and we all knew it ;)

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 11.04.2013 06:11 PM


 


That was supposed to be a chart that mentioned how American men between the height of 6'8" and 6'11" have a 1 in 200 chance of becoming an NBA player, and 7' or above are 1 in 7. Damn, its not even a stereo type, its stats!!

Bytor Peltor 11.04.2013 11:20 PM

Brutal first quarter for the Rockets: Clippers scored 42 on 70% shooting. Howard with 3 fouls and Harden with two......may be a long night in LA.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 11.05.2013 12:23 AM

 


Fucking brilliant. I haven't seen ANYBODY outrun Lebron with a head start
like this. This kid is insane. If he can keep up even a fraction of this the Westbrooks and D-Roses of the NBA will have to get a reality check.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 11.07.2013 03:42 PM

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Wallace: Fiction. When are folks going to learn that tanking doesn't pay? When was the last time a team with the worst record got the No. 1 pick? In fact, when was the last time a top-three pick led the team that drafted him to an NBA title within five seasons? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm thinking Tim Duncan some 14 years ago. The Lakers know better and have too much pride and respect to flat-out tank.

Thanks Wallace, I AM SO SICK OF HEARING ABOUT TANKING. It has NEVER worked, FOR ANY TEAMS, PERIOD! You don't win in the NBA through the draft, aside from maybe Magic Johnson, Tim Duncan and Kevin Durant, and technically Cleveland did pretty well for themselves with Lebron. How did Bulls win it all? Not the fucking draft. How did Lakers win it all in the 2000s? Not the fucking draft.

You win it all through smart trades and free-agent veterans and that is a fact! Let Celtics tank. It won't help them! Let Philly tank, won't help them either ;)

Bytor Peltor 11.08.2013 03:50 PM

The Rockets were a pathetic bag of crap last night against the Lakers.

11 Dwight Howard missed free throws......afraid this issue isn't going away.

 
 
 
 

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 11.08.2013 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor
The Rockets were a pathetic bag of crap last night against the Lakers.

11 Dwight Howard missed free throws......afraid this issue isn't going away.



 








Didn't y'all pay attention to how Dwight's dismal free-throw shooting KILLED the Lakers last year? I mean Shaq couldn't make a free-throw for his life, and his post-game wasn't the most impressive either, but he more than made up for those flaws with unprecedented overwhelmingly BRUTE FORCE under the basket on both ends of the floor. In LA, we let Howard go because the guy is all smoke and mirrors. When Lebron carried a shit team all the way to the Finals in 2007 it was a reflection of his singular brilliance, now it seems clear that when Dwight did the same thing with the Magic it was just an aberration. The guy REFUSES to learn from Hakeem, unlike so many others including Lebron. When I watch Lebron in the post, I can visually recognize the added footwork and prowess that is the Dream and which Hakeem taught Lebron over a few summers. Dwight is wasting it. The guy is too lethargic, not motivated. I think he came to Houston because he believed that Houston unlike Los Angeles would tolerate a play-off caliber team but not a true contender. I think he was wrong, and Rockets fans will inevitably turn on him too when they realize just what they signed up for. Sad but true, while he lacks rebounding, his aggressiveness at key moments, great foot-work, and fantastic spot-up shooting make CHRIS BOSH a better fucking center in this small-ball era than Dwight.

As to Lakers, that was an INSTANT CLASSIC Laker game, and when Mike D'Antoni was saying last season he was waiting for Steve Blake to come back to save the team, I laughed out loud. Steve Blake?? After last season and this one, I'm not laughing any more. Looking back at D'Antoni's career, the guy has made a name for himself taking nobodies and under-developed young players and turning them into great players. In Phoenix it was Nash, Stoudemire and Marion who were all mediocre until they evolved under D'Antoni into the fierce 7 Seconds or Less style of play which has in essence revolutionized basketball. That was the invention of true small ball with floor-spacing 3 point shooting, the revamping of the significance of the PG, and the dominance of the pick-and-roll.

Think about the championships after the end of the 1980s Magic/Isaiah Thomas era, when essentially the PG became a defensive position under Phil Jackson's dominance. Phil brought the advent of that most boring isolation "hero-ball" kind of play, and won 11 championships in the process, but thankfully Mike D'Antoni in the mid-2000s realized there was a way to beat that kind of play. With delightful, ball-moving team basketball. What guys like Thibs, Doc Rivers, and Spoelstra have done is taken that to the next level by developing an accompanying team-style of defense to match the ball-moving offense. Its a beautiful thing to watch. When 2010s NBA is flowing on all cylinders on both sides of the floor, I think it hasn't looked better than when Magic and Kareem were embarrassing even the likes of Larry Legend ;)

Sorry Rockets, you bit off more than you can chew, but with a team that statistically resembles last years Lakers in every single regard, Dwight will inevitably be just as unhappy and unproductive with y'all as he was with us. You ain't contending when you rely on bad defense and James Harden free throws. As happened to D-Wade in the Finals, sometimes the whistles stop coming your way and then what? DEFENSE. Something Wade does at an elite level, something which Harden/Lin can't quite pull off. I had fun watching Rockets play explosive offense last year, but time to pay the piper y'all.

demonrail666 11.09.2013 12:53 PM

 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFZj1mXwogI

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 11.19.2013 12:07 PM

 

Great D there James, making an old, beat down Steve Nash look like a Nashty Steve in his prime..

Bytor Peltor 01.11.2014 04:17 AM

A Clutch Scare

Bytor Peltor 02.08.2014 03:21 PM

Before tonight's tip at Milwaukee, the Rockets have a record of 33-17 which is the franchises third best start through 50 games played.

the ikara cult 02.08.2014 03:23 PM

I wish i could stay up and watch it, I still play once a week, but its impossible to follow the NBA if you have a normal lifestyle

Bytor Peltor 02.08.2014 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by the ikara cult
I wish i could stay up and watch it, I still play once a week, but its impossible to follow the NBA if you have a normal lifestyle


Lucky you - I would love to be part of a weekly game. Was so my life before the wife and kids came.

Even here 90 miles from Houston, I can't see 90% of the games due to the Rockets / Astros tied up in court trying to start their own sports network. Due to this, I can only watch Nationally televised games and tonight isn't one of them.

the ikara cult 02.08.2014 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor
Lucky you - I would love to be part of a weekly game. Was so my life before the wife and kids came.

Even here 90 miles from Houston, I can't see 90% of the games due to the Rockets / Astros tied up in court trying to starting their own sports network. Due to this, I can only watch Nationally televised games and tonight isn't one of them.


Its only on a public court, i meet up with people and play 3 on 3. There aint decent faacilities anywhere. Im still in love with Jeff Hornacek and John Stockton.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 02.08.2014 03:59 PM

Did y'all see that Heat-Clippers dunk contest/highlight reel game on Wednesday on ESPN? Fucking shit, it might have honestly been one of the best season game I've ever seen!! There were at least 25 dunks, shit, even Ray Allen got a sick 180 dunk!! Blake and Lebron were playing with a highlight reel vengeance..


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