Official NBA 2012-2013 Season Thread

[lawdog1]

Aaron Brooks has been released

I'm betting a playoff team picks him up off waivers. Not sure who, but the guy is talented enough that some other team will take a chance on him.

 

[david bowman]

Brooks should come to the Knicks and be a false prophet

 

[buc em]

I have no idea what the Sixers plan on doing with Bynum but they should have sold high on Evan Turner this past deadline. This draft is small forward heavy and the Hawks were offering them Josh Smith for Turner, Hawes and an expiring. I really don't see why any free agent would wanna come to Philly this summer except for a pay day. Would anyone else in their right mind willingly go to a Michael Curry coached team with Jrue Holiday and Thad Young as its best players when you have the Knicks, Nets, Celtics and an up and coming Raptors team in the same division? Seems like every time the Sixers have gotten a top 10 pick it's been in a craptastic draft class. Tim Thomas, Larry Hughes, Rodney Carney (think he was right outside the top 10) and Evan Turner come to mind.

 

[Deleted member 38182]

Aaron Brooks has been released

I'm betting a playoff team picks him up of waivers. Not sure who, but the guy is talented enough that some other team will take a chance on him.

As much as I hated him before he got here....... he actually played really well when he got run and shot surprisingly well. For the first like two months of the season he was shooting close to 50% from the field before getting hurt (I think, or Keith Dumb just ****** with his idiot rotation)

 

[solarius49]

I'll take Aaron Brooks over DJ Augustine



even though I really hate his ******g face

 

[addict4sneakers]

Aaron brooks would be an upgrade over mike james.

 

[ohmygosher]

Kobe's averaging 35 8 and 6 over the last four games while shooting 60%.

 

[big j 33]

[h1]The Best Bargains in the NBA[/h1]
With the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement in full swing, it's all about the contracts

11. Nikola Vucevic (Magic): 4 years, $10.6 million
It was funny to hear Doug Collins mention how much he missed the 22-year-old rebounding stud during Tuesday night's ***** session when (a) Collins held so much sway over Philly's front office that their top two GM candidates backed out last summer because they didn't want to battle him (so for him to pretend that he had nothing to do with the Andrew Bynum trade was disingenuous at best), and (b) he absolutely BURIED Vucevic during the 2012 playoffs for reasons that remain unclear. (See Zach Lowe's Philly shredding  for all the gory details.) And yes, Orlando somehow winning the Dwight Howard three-way trade might have supplanted "USA 4, USSR 3" as the biggest sports upset of all time.

1. LeBron James (Heat): 2 years, $36.6 million

Here's your MVP. Actually, this is always  your MVP, as long as he's playing 39 minutes a night, slapping up 27-8-8s, shooting 55 percent, playing four positions and defending the other team's best guy. Just stop. Stop bringing up anyone else. He's the greatest player in 20 years.

For the purposes of this column: If the NBA operated with an open market like baseball does, and teams could spend whatever they wanted without any real fear of the luxury tax, then LeBron would earn more than four times what he's making right now. You heard me … $75 million per season. That's not a misprint. The Lakers, Knicks and Nets would pay him that without blinking. Think of what you're getting: He drives up your courtside prices, your suite prices, your cable ratings (Miami's jumped 34 percent last season) and your sponsorship packages; he makes you the league's most relevant franchise; he guarantees you 10-12 playoff home games every year; and oh yeah, you might win a few championships, too.

 

[pepperjackchees]

A lot of teams could use Aaron Brooks as a backup.

 

[Mark Antony]

Can't argue that, Bron is amazing. Son's so good we're considering other MVP candidates as he gets better than the years where he won it.

 

[JD617]

Doug Collins seems like a good guy but I gotta admit I find it amusing when closed-minded coaches like him dismiss analytics without even giving them a chance and then can't figure out why their team is struggling. He's a really smart guy too. That SI piece on him a couple years ago mentioned his photographic memory. He can rattle off all kinds of random plays from random games that happened X number of years ago. If he'd just read some of this stuff I know he'd find something helpful. It's too bad he thinks his gut is 100% right 100% of the time though.

 

[pepperjackchees]

This Sixers team is just terrible. Bunch of low IQ players, no leaders, no veterans, mediocre shooters. Put that all together and you have a team that can't score for **** on most nights. And you also have a coach who is being tuned out by his players and your "franchise" player is trolling everyone. God that organization is a mess right now.

 

[solarius49]

is there any truth to the thought that Jrue is more of a SG than a PG? I've heard that a few times, I dont watch enough Sixers games to have an opinion though

 

[bhzmafia14]

Speaking of Jrue

Todays Stars vs Good/Bad Defense:

 

[licensed to ball]

Aaron Brooks would be an upgrade over MANY back-up PG's in the league.

I don't understand why he wasnt getting the burn in Sac Town...did he fall off that fast?

ANywhoo... Mitch better be on the phone right now speaking to his agent. We could use a PG who can shoot and distribute on our 2nd unit.

 

[essential1]

I don't understand why he wasnt getting the burn in Sac Town...did he fall off that fast?

That's what happens when you have 100 PGs on a roster

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Who's been the bigger troll this year between Bynum [his hair, his quotes, the bowling], Westbrook [his outfits, the time he blocked the Nuggets mascot during a timeout and the yall n trippin] or Bryant with his random decision to create a Twitter and his bouts of overpassing and overshooting

Tough call

 

[senorroboto2k5]

Sac has too many guards with similar skill sets. The signing of Aaron Brooks didn't make sense for this reason. That complete front office makeover can't come soon enough for the Kings, whether they stay or go to Seattle.

 

[solarius49]

Who's been the bigger troll this year between Bynum [his hair, his quotes, the bowling], Westbrook [his outfits, the time he blocked the Nuggets mascot during a timeout and the yall n trippin] or Bryant with his random decision to create a Twitter and his bouts of overpassing and overshooting

Tough call

2 of them have played basketball this season. That alone should make this an easy question to answer

 

[senorroboto2k5]

2 of them have played basketball this season. That alone should make this an easy question to answer

it's not even close... Bynum has been acting legitimately crazy

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

I feel for 6er fans 

I like how Doug Collins lowkey called Bynum out but then tried to take it back.

 

[awwsome]

I said back in December Bynum will never play a home game in Philly

 

[jpzx]

The Lakers getting rid of Bynum was one of the best moves they've ever made.

He'll never be as healthy as he was last season.

 

[solarius49]

Last year in Atlanta, one of the greatest players in WNBA history, Chamique Holdsclaw, allegedly made one of the biggest mistakes of her life. She's been accused of engaging in a violent encounter with her ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lacy, which now has her facing spending the rest of her life behind bars.

The police report alleged that Holdsclaw attacked Ms. Lacy's vehicle with a baseball bat and then proceeded to enter the car and fire off a shot while Lacy was sitting in the driver's seat.

Holdsclaw has officially been charged with 6 crimes: two counts of criminal damage in the second degree, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of criminal damage in the first degree, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

In total, she can spend a total of 65 years behind bars if convicted of all charges.

Apparently Lacy believes that Chamique's only reason for attacking her was due to her anger that they had broken up.

Damb girl, those yambs must have been the moistest.
A good squirting yamb will have you feeling like that

 

[don ramon]

it's really not a tough call at all