2014-2015 NBA Season

[Geving]

I haven't watched it myself yet. But if you join http://www.epixhd.com/freetrial/nhl you can watch a brand new Dwight Howard documentary called In the moment. I haven't watched it myself since I now live in Dubai, and it's not available outside the U.S. But I've heard good things about it. Shows Dwight from another side.

 

When it comes to him not playing with passion, I disagree completely. Personally I have never seen it. He took the Magic to the finals. They couldn't build on that and put good enough players around him so he wanted out so he could WIN. He got traded to the Lakers, didn't mesh with those guys AND played hurt. A potentially career ending injury in fact. But he still played and tried, but it wasn't up to his standards, and he was miserable. So he wanted to test the market after the Lakers. And chose Houston so he could WIN. That doesn't seem like a guy that's not passionate about what he does. He wants to win. 

[Geving]

Lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6gOtkwYbao

[Gordo52]

Disappointing loss for the Wiz. Beal looked great in his return at least.

Wittman still isn't doing good enough with players minutes.

Edited November 20, 2014 by Gordo52

[Canadian_Raven]

Great win by the Raptors over a very good Memphis Grizzlies squad tonight! And as a fan of the Raptors going back to the Vince Carter days, I'm happy to know that he's humbled by the response the crowd gave him.

 

Yes, he left us for dead after the 2004 season, but the one thing he did do right was put Toronto on the basketball map over the years he's been with the Raptors organization.

 

And with the emergence of the current crop of Raptors players (Lowry, DeRozan, Johnson, Valanciunas, etc.), I feel that we're getting a lot of love here in Canada (and in some ways, made some fans south of the border as well).

Edited November 20, 2014 by Canadian_Raven

[codizzle]

Great win by the Raptors over a very good Memphis Grizzlies squad tonight! And as a fan of the Raptors going back to the Vince Carter days, I'm happy to know that he's humbled by the response the crowd gave him.

Yes, he left us for dead after the 2004 season, but the one thing he did do right was put Toronto on the basketball map over the years he's been with the Raptors organization.

And with the emergence of the current crop of Raptors players (Lowry, DeRozan, Johnson, Valanciunas, etc.), I feel that we're getting a lot of love here in Canada (and in some ways, made some fans south of the border as well).

Yep. Good win for Toronto.. Not having tony Allen available along with everyone else currently sick really hurt obviously

But Toronto played a decent game.. Memphis should've had it but perimeter defense killed them tonight..

Oh well.. Just want all 5 guys that we're out sick to be healthy for Sundays game against Flop City

[Gordo52]

Can the Wall/Kyrie debate be over yet?

[Gordo52]

Very impressed by the Wiz tonight. The score doesn't even tell the story. Shoulda/woulda/coulda been up a lot more if it wasn't for the turnovers....

Nenes defense was as good as it gets.Wall and Beal played great.... The bench, most notably Seraphin, outplayed the Cavs by a large margin. The Wiz are the better team right now.

Cavs just look lost.... Refs were also pretty bad tonight, both ways.

[codizzle]

Can the Wall/Kyrie debate be over yet?

Wall has definitely taken that next step.. And is clearly the better player right now

But kyrie and the cavs in general are lost. Kyrie' a lot better than he's playing obviously

Wall though has really impressed.. Washington should be fighting for a top seed which would be a huge accomplishment for them

[beanfigger]

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[Canadian_Raven]

I feel really good about tonight with the 10-2 Raptors going toe-to-toe against the 5-6 Cavaliers. I mentioned before that the Cavs seem very beatable with Cleveland now on a 3-game losing streak and Toronto coming off a 6-1 homestand which ended with a blowout win over Milwaukee last night.

 

The Raptors can pull it off, I think, if they can silence the crowd with a very good scoring run, and keep LeBron and Love in check and not give them good looks.

[cobrajet]

Very impressed by the Wiz tonight. The score doesn't even tell the story. Shoulda/woulda/coulda been up a lot more if it wasn't for the turnovers....

Nenes defense was as good as it gets.Wall and Beal played great.... The bench, most notably Seraphin, outplayed the Cavs by a large margin. The Wiz are the better team right now.

Cavs just look lost.... Refs were also pretty bad tonight, both ways.

I love it. Go Wizards!

[Canadian_Raven]

Eyeing the Raptors game on a second screen (am watching the Maple Leafs hockey game against the Red Wings), but I saw the Keys to the Game and they're exactly what I'm thinking (almost) against the Cavs.

In addition, Toronto has got to get a high rebound margin, and sharing and taking care of the basketball.

[beanfigger]

For those of you that played the when will the Sixers streak end this week game, the correct answer was (E) Not This Week.

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[Mt. Crushmore]

For those of you that played the when will the Sixers streak end this week game, the correct answer was (E) Not This Week.

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I feel like that will be a trend this year

[DomMcRaven]

For those of you that played the when will the Sixers streak end this week game, the correct answer was (E) Not This Week.

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But what about this coming week? Who are the "contestants?"

[Inqui]

For those of you that played the when will the Sixers streak end this week game, the correct answer was (E) Not This Week.

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[beanfigger]

But what about this coming week? Who are the "contestants?"

The Sixers are home all week. Will they end their winless streak against:

(A) Blazers

(B ) Nets

( C) Mavs

(D) none of the above?

[Mt. Crushmore]

The Sixers are home all week. Will they end their winless streak against:

(A) Blazers

(B ) Nets

( C) Mavs

(D) none of the above?

 

D

[DomMcRaven]

The Sixers are home all week. Will they end their winless streak against:

(A) Blazers

(B ) Nets

( C) Mavs

(D) none of the above?

I sure as hell hope not A. So I'll roll with B.

[beanfigger]

Whoever the Sixers do beat has to live with that shame for the rest of their life.

[Geving]

Some great defense by the best player in the league.

[Geving]

Meanwhile:

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/11/23/7271125/james-harden-defense-improvement-houston-rockets

[codizzle]

Took a minute for gif to show on screen at all and I was fully expecting it to be harden lol

And yea that's just terrible perimeter defense by the whole team basically

[codizzle]

Hopefully harden has stepped up nightly.. I don't get to catch em all the time obviously

It couldn't have gotten much worse than he was

But I honestly do not believe he could legitimately be leading the league in defensive win shares.. That just doesn't make sense

But I'll try and catch some more of him soon

[Gordo52]

So I'm just gonna put this out there, I truely believe it's official that Anthony Davis is the best player in the league.

Think he could go down as one of the greatest ever if he stays heathy. Only 21 which is scary.

[Geving]

So I'm just gonna put this out there, I truely believe it's official that Anthony Davis is the best player in the league.

Think he could go down as one of the greatest ever if he stays heathy. Only 21 which is scary.

So far, 2nd in ppg, 6th in rpg, 1st in bpg, 3rd in spg!!

Incredible.

[Gordo52]

James Har en's controller disconnected mid play

[Gordo52]

Wow. Wiz have looked horrible these last two games. Gotta get their crap together and stop forcing up shots/commiting stupid turnovers.

Hopefully Nene comes back soon.

[stampedehero]

This thread is old but relevant now as 12 games in the season reveals team strengths. 

I have always been a Blazers fan from the days of Clyde,Buck,Terry,Jerome and Kevin. 

They are off to a fabulous start with OKC in the gutter.

Poor Sixers as they need help or are planning to lose for another draft pick.  

Edited November 27, 2014 by stampedehero

[stampedehero]

Some great defense by the best player in the league.

I see skilled Offense from my Blazer team