****MFK's Official '08-'09 NBA Discussion Thread****

[deangelo]

Yeah the Laker's ran over them after the half. The LeBron call was a travel all day. Crab dribble? WTF is a crab dribble?! I didn't see any crustaceans out there with headbands and Jordan's. I think that's him trying to say "travel", but he still had his mouth piece in (I think anyone in the league wearing one of those should be smacked in the mouth, btw, pansies).

I think barkley started the trend of the mouthpiece for what?! I dont know, i tried it wearing one back in the day threw the f&^*% thing away after about 2 minutes, makes you look like a character from the simpsons. plus it 's hard to breathe with those things on...

Crab dribble must be some kind of kung fu panda technique..

 

[pdbrady]

Washington was ripping on LeBron for the "crab dribble". Who'da thunk. Even the interim coach. I can't believe he actually called that "one of his trademark moves". I thought maybe crab dribble was what you have running down your chin when you're eating crab legs...... That's MY trademark move!!

 

[hamato_yoshii]

Washington was ripping on LeBron for the "crab dribble". Who'da thunk. Even the interim coach. I can't believe he actually called that "one of his trademark moves". I thought maybe crab dribble was what you have running down your chin when you're eating crab legs...... That's MY trademark move!!

I think it's great that the Wiz are just calling it like it is...

 

[hamato_yoshii]

Here's something to look out for, if the Pistons continue to win without Rip Hamilton in the lineup (not sure if they will), there is a chance they will try to move him this year. A potential spot would be to Utah for Boozer. Boozer is going to opt out, and the higher up's are not happy with his comments stating that. The Pistons were going to look at him anyway in this offseason, and if Utah doesn't want to lose him for nothing, there could be a deal there.

 

[pdbrady]

I think it's great that the Wiz are just calling it like it is...

Totally agree. I can't believe he's even arguing it. It really is his trademark move

Here's something to look out for, if the Pistons continue to win without Rip Hamilton in the lineup (not sure if they will), there is a chance they will try to move him this year. A potential spot would be to Utah for Boozer. Boozer is going to opt out, and the higher up's are not happy with his comments stating that. The Pistons were going to look at him anyway in this offseason, and if Utah doesn't want to lose him for nothing, there could be a deal there.

That would be one move that could put them back in the mix. Stuckey has picked up Rip's scoring, and Boozer obviously does that as well as rebound. Honestly, all Rip does is score. Nothing else. He really doesn't fill any caegories. I see it as a total win for Detroit.

 

[pdbrady]

I just can't get over this whole LeBron travel deal. Not only is he sticking to his guns (which we all know he's wrong), but now he's attacking....

“Everything I do is a big deal,” James said, smiling. “It’s easy for people who don’t play the game of basketball to say something about a certain move. You hear all the people on SportsCenter talk about it, but they’ve never touched a basketball in their lives. They just report about it.”

What an arogant d!*#.....As disgusting and crude as this sounds, he is one of those people you would just love to get a taste of something unfortunate, like an injury..... Something to burst his bubble. I do partly think they deserve him going after them, because the people he is attacking are the same people that have built his ego to what it is.

And then the next biggest NBA news is everybody and their mother getting dui's...

 

[hamato_yoshii]

I just can't get over this whole LeBron travel deal. Not only is he sticking to his guns (which we all know he's wrong), but now he's attacking....

“Everything I do is a big deal,” James said, smiling. “It’s easy for people who don’t play the game of basketball to say something about a certain move. You hear all the people on SportsCenter talk about it, but they’ve never touched a basketball in their lives. They just report about it.”

What an arogant d!*#.....As disgusting and crude as this sounds, he is one of those people you would just love to get a taste of something unfortunate, like an injury..... Something to burst his bubble. I do partly think they deserve him going after them, because the people he is attacking are the same people that have built his ego to what it is.

And then the next biggest NBA news is everybody and their mother getting dui's...

I agree, but what I think is great is that everyone but him totally agrees that it was a travel. And all of us are looking at this and laughing because he is just making himself look stupid. The sad part is, in the playoffs, when it matters, nobody is going to call that on him.


Side note: I don't know how much Bulls basketball you guys watch but, is Luol Deng the most overrated player in the league? I mean, he shows sometimes that he can be lights out, but so does pretty much everyone else in the league from time to time. I know he has that "build" and the capablilty to be real good, but when I watch him, I always end up saying, "thats it?"

 

[pdbrady]

Deng is another guy that I've never understood the hype about. I really, really don't understand. There are too many guys that have full capability of being great, but it seems like once they get their "big deal" they just stop putting out the same effort.

 

[hamato_yoshii]

I'm watching this Denver vs Miami game on espn right now, and I guess I'm supposed to be excited that Dick Vitale is doing the game. I'd be more excited if they announced that he's going to stop doing games. Not to mention this game without Melo really is not that entertaining. I like Billups just because I watched him so much in Detroit, but having to sit through Marion trying really hard to not be involved, and friggin Chris Anderson on the Nug's is brutal. Thankfully Top Chef starts in a few minutes...

 

[pdbrady]

Ouch. I'm watching it, too. I don't really mind Vitale, but he can be overwhelming. For me, a game's a game, so I'll still be watching. That's really all I watch on tv is sports.