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Post by fatmenace on Jan 4, 2012 16:49:56 GMT -6
Ginobilit's out two months.
Wheee....
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Post by gk on Jan 4, 2012 19:51:29 GMT -6
Aaaaand Irving responds with a 2-12 (and counting) night against Toronto.
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Post by gk on Jan 7, 2012 9:06:52 GMT -6
Irving watch: 14-5-5 with 7 TO. Here's the thing though: he can actually hit a three. I'm not saying he's better than Derrick Rose or Rajon Rondo, but the absence of a long game just kills their teams in the playoffs. When the Heat switched Lebron on Rose last year, the Bulls were toast. The Heat just ended up giving Rondo like 7 feet.
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Post by gk on Jan 12, 2012 22:28:38 GMT -6
Irving with another solid night. 26-6-3 on 11-17 and 2-4 on threes. Also a couple steals. In 28 minutes. Nice road win. I dunno, it seems like he'll struggle against good defensive PGs, but I'm slowly accepting him...
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Post by fatmenace on Jan 13, 2012 19:08:50 GMT -6
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Post by gk on Jan 13, 2012 19:12:01 GMT -6
Apparently attendance is up significantly as well.
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Post by gk on Jan 14, 2012 1:29:35 GMT -6
It'd be awesome if the Blazers and the Sixers made it to the finals.
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Post by gk on Jan 18, 2012 21:09:31 GMT -6
Thinking about getting NBA league pass. You get to choose 5 teams and watch every game for like $100. Seems like a decent view, especially for those of us who don't have cable.
Thoughts? Do you do NBA league pass?
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Post by fatmenace on Jan 18, 2012 21:39:02 GMT -6
This is the first year I haven't had the full package. I highly recommend it though, even just five teams. It's a lot of fun.
Who would your teams be? Let me guess.
Cleveland Miami Chicago OKC
and....
Clippers?
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Post by gk on Jan 19, 2012 11:14:32 GMT -6
That's a fun question, and sort of what intrigues me about it.
I wouldn't want two teams in the same division, for fear I'd be overlapping games. And I don't want Miami.
Definitely Cleveland Clippers is a good call. OKC for sure - that would get me a lot of Denver games supposedly. Philly is suddenly real interesting. Then I'm torn: do I want to go with a good team? Or a terrible team? The Spurs would be a possibility. But for some reason, watching the epically bad Wizards might be fun too, because that team is such a mess. And John Wall is fast.
Do you get playoffs included if you get the 5-teamer?
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Post by gk on Jan 21, 2012 8:48:49 GMT -6
The 6-8 Cavs are 7th in the East.
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Post by gk on Jan 21, 2012 10:33:16 GMT -6
So help me out here, re: League pass. The blackout stuff says any nationally televised game will NOT be available on league pass. That means any game on ESPN, TNT, etc.
So even if I did choose, say, Miami, Bulls, Lakers, etc. I wouldn't be able to watch quite a few of their games, no?
My follow up is this: has OKC been on TV a lot this year? Would I be throwing money away by choosing them?
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Post by fatmenace on Jan 21, 2012 15:36:10 GMT -6
OKC hasn't been on as much as one might think. I've only had league pass with also having cable. So when the games are blacked out, I just switch over. Is the package you're looking at extended to the internet? Like on NBA.com? I've never watched a game online, so not sure. Yeah, that may actually be a problem for you if you don't have cable. All games that are on TV are available on this link however. My friends who don't have cable use it watch everything. www.firstrow.tv/
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Post by gk on Jan 27, 2012 23:14:38 GMT -6
Irving tonight: 32-6-2, 2 steals, 1 turnover.
I'm getting irrationally excited about Irving.
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Post by gk on Feb 8, 2012 22:13:48 GMT -6
Sweet. Kyrie Irving has a concussion.
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