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Post by mayor on Oct 30, 2012 10:16:02 GMT -6
I don't know if you guys have heard, but the NHL is locked out with little hope of a season.
Also, I now have cable television for the first time in 12 years.
I might have to start watching basketball. My Lakers should be good.
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Post by gk on Oct 30, 2012 11:19:01 GMT -6
Might want to get into an East Coast/Central team. Lakers games start LATE.
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Post by fatmenace on Oct 30, 2012 11:39:11 GMT -6
If I had to adopt an NBA team this year, it'd be the Pacers. They could cause some noise in the East.
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Post by mayor on Oct 30, 2012 12:19:27 GMT -6
Might want to get into an East Coast/Central team. Lakers games start LATE. Good point. Houston looks like they might be fun and that keeps it local.
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Post by gk on Oct 30, 2012 20:10:38 GMT -6
Ahhh.. a Cavs win. 1-0. Feels good. Even if it's over perhaps the worst team in the NBA. Still, thoughts: * Kyrie. Wow. I was expecting a bit of regression this year. Nope. * It's going to be tough to trade Varajao, but after a 9-22-9 performance, he's going to get placed in trade rumors immediately. (going back a bit, why couldn't a Harden-for-Varajao trade work? THAT would have made sense.) I would want an unprotected lottery pick or two in return. * Tristan Thompson has stone hands. Decent game, but he has no shot and bobbles too many rebounds. * I was a bit worried that Waiters would be terrible. He wasn't terrible and he can attack the basket. He even displayed some passing ability so that's good. He and Kyrie could be pretty dynamic together. Also, there's something to be said about having a tall, athletic SG.
At home against the Wizards, so whatever, but still a nice night for the Cavs.
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Post by gk on Oct 30, 2012 20:25:00 GMT -6
BTW, where are we in our NBA champs picks? Wait... are we just doing East vs. West? Cause that would make my Memphis pick silly.
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 1, 2012 13:27:45 GMT -6
East vs West is fine.
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 1, 2012 13:28:15 GMT -6
Also, I know you shouldn't even pay attention to the Lakers until May and June, but I feel good seeing them 0-2. That's all.
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Post by mayor on Nov 1, 2012 14:07:02 GMT -6
Also, I know you shouldn't even pay attention to the Lakers until May and June, but I feel good seeing them 0-2. That's all. Why do the Lakers have the former Cavs coach? Is that a good idea?
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Post by gk on Nov 3, 2012 18:38:08 GMT -6
Here are some things about NBA League Pass that I found out recently:
1) The LP blackouts include locally televised games. This makes my Denver decision incredibly stupid. Every game of theirs is locally televised. 2) LP blackouts for nationally televised games also include NBA TV. That means no Brooklyn tonight even if I had Brooklyn. 3) Their customer service is nonexistant.
So after being disgruntled and finding all this out I naturally decided to....... schill out an extra 60 bucks to upgrade to "premium" giving me all NBA teams. This way I have a bevy of games to choose from every night. Whatever. It was also partly due to the Harden trade. All of a sudden they are a really interesting team. And OKC is less interesting.
So... yay sports!
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Post by mayor on Nov 9, 2012 11:18:53 GMT -6
This having cable thing is pretty neat--there is at least one or two or more NBA games on every night. I still need a team to care about though. I've never cared about a team other than the Lakers, and I find it hard to rout for the Yankees of basketball.
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Post by gk on Nov 9, 2012 11:43:56 GMT -6
As it turns out, Adam, the Lakers are terrible. So maybe you wouldn't be jumping on the bandwagon?
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Post by gk on Nov 9, 2012 13:01:06 GMT -6
As it turns out, Adam, the Lakers are terrible. So maybe you wouldn't be jumping on the bandwagon? Wow, they just fired Mike Brown. There's a chance Dwight may not resign there, right?
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Post by mayor on Nov 9, 2012 13:11:15 GMT -6
Why do the Lakers have the former Cavs coach? Is that a good idea? Apparently not a good idea.
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 9, 2012 13:50:12 GMT -6
It was a bad hire from the start.
We gonna see Phil?
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