NBA Basketball

2seaoat wrote:Curry is back into the MVP discussions this year.  His game Saturday was extraordinary.   He stepped back the first half of the season to make sure the new team would gel, but this man is special.  He has changed the game of basketball.   James is nothing more than the mailman who is not even a top ten all time player, but had stats.....second highest points in NBA history just pushing people around and not winning championships.   Curry is a unique talent and he will match Jordan on championships in eight years, they will have six.......the true measure of the goat.  He is on his way, James had his crowning moment last year in three games.  It was historic, but in context he just could not get it done year after year.  He is done.  Curry is rising.   James is the mailman.

Curry made awesome shots last night.

Seaoat....Cleveland is beating the Thunder....Westbrook needs to step it up.

Bulls won!

Bulls have the talent, but lack the front office and coaching to put a team together. Rondo is disruptive, and the young guys are just going through the motions because of reduced minutes.....Wade and Butler are playing stellar basketball in a hopeless situation.

The cavs are a train wreck. James is whining and when Barkley calls him out he attacks Barkley. James knows his legacy goes down the drain this year and the team needs to help James because the fluke last year in the finals will never be repeated. James improved his ratings with that incredible performance in three playoff games, but he is a smart man. He knows he is F'd.

I have to agree.

Just look at that. Notice how at the beginning they show you finals experience. Everyone on the Warriors has been to several finals. LeBron is the only player on the Cavs that has ever been to a final. The Warriors are the greatest regular season team in NBA history.

And LeBron just dominates to a ring. I'm sorry. Jordan ain't even close.

I'm sorry. Jordan ain't even close.

You are right. Jordan is light years ahead. James is the modern version of the Mailman. Not even the best in his era let alone in other eras. What he did last year was remarkable and his stats like the mailman are elite. The two of them are carbon copies in regard to goat.......barely top ten. If James does not win a ring this year, just like Kobe the silly comparisons will stop. James is the mailman, and that is not bad at all. There has never been a better role model for young kids and the NBA than James. Jordan was too competitive to be a role model.

The Bulls play the warriors at 10:30 and after traveling I will be hard pressed to stay awake. I expect the bulls to play up to the competition. They like playing good teams. The Bulls defense is erratic and at times lazy, but when motivated they actually are a good defensive team.

Michael Jordan will always be an Icon.

I had to begrudgingly acknowledge that Brady has displaced Montana as the most clutch and goat.

James isn't there.

I watched the Oakley incident live. I am sad. He played in Chicago and was loved by the fans. NY fans love the man. He is blunt and direct, but what happened to him is inexcusable. If it had been handled correctly, a uniformed New York policeman should have asked him to step outside that he had to discuss something with him. They should not have given the man the bum rush. At the old Chicago stadium I had gone to a Bulls game to watch Bill Walton who I believe was with Portland at the time play the bulls. I was in the nose bleed section of the old stadium when a couple of BIG drunks got into it with each other. Within 30 seconds 10 security guys were there and they took those drunks down like they were children using leverage and plenty of bad asz. Oakley did not face the same, but it was handled badly and he was taken to the ground. The only good thing was Dolan and his thin skin fired the chief of security. The other good thing is that NY fans are not blaming Anthony, Noah, rose, or Phil.......they know the problem is Dolan......Oakley may have been the best thing to happen to the knicks if they finally focus on Dolan the source of most problems in NY.

Agreed... I don't think he was even drunk and it didn't matter if he was. He can say whatever he wants.

This bs about shutting people up is pissing me off.

I do not think the owner has to sit there taking verbal abuse, but the way it was done was wrong. At least I am getting to watch a good OK vs Warriors game and nobody is being attacked by security.........just a lot of boos aimed at Durant. I would have loved OK giving him a warm welcome for the years of good play there. In Chicago Noah and Rose came back to cheers. Of course Chicago can be extremely cruel to folks they do not like. Tough crowd usually.

2seaoat wrote:I do not think the owner has to sit there taking verbal abuse, but the way it was done was wrong.  At least I am getting to watch a good OK vs Warriors game and nobody is being attacked by security.........just a lot of boos aimed at Durant.   I would have loved OK giving him a warm welcome for the years of good play there.  In Chicago Noah and Rose came back to cheers.  Of course Chicago can be extremely cruel to folks they do not like.  Tough crowd usually.

KD handled the boos and jeers with class. Westbrook got upset when he realized they were not going to beat the Warriors.

Other than a fluke last year in the finals the Warriors should not have lost. The warriors team in five years will arguably be the best basketball team in NBA history. I fully expect them to win six out of the next ten years, and I fully expect Durant and Curry to pass James in the Goat list. They handled OK so easily. However, I am still impressed with OK. I love the way Adams plays and this team is one shooting guard away from challenging.

Their losing last year wasn't a fluke... they lost their rhythm and got what they deserved. Being able to extricate yourself from a losing pattern is just as important as the highlight reel times when everything is clicking. I think it was green that really blew it... Instead of a stabilizing factor he got caught up in tripping and playing the fool to every barb in the press. I expect him to have learned from that... I still think he's the most important piece if the are to go on a dynasty run.

Many times the Warriors struggle in the 4th quarter...if they hAve a bad 3Rd quarter.....the 4thing wI'll be worse..

The best way to describe the Bulls upper management is a dumpster fire. Taj Gibson, and the Bulls giving away Doug for a 14th pick when he was a 9th pick and was killing it, and the worse part......they gave up a draft pick.......When will the owner dump the fools who have destroyed the Bulls..........This is the worse trade I have seen in two years in the NBA, and it is like they are trying to miss the playoffs to get draft picks in a very talented draft this year.......pure insanity. Portis is not Taj Gibson, and the fact that Gibson is going to get a big pay day as a free agent next year is absurd to let him go. Gar Foreman and Paxson are the two dumbest upper management folks in the NBA.

Sal wrote:Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins on the same team?

Go Pelicans!!

Sounds good.

Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins on the same team?

Go Pelicans!!

Incredible match up problems, and Davis is the best blocker I have ever seen and Cousins is right behind him......they will disrupt and tear up the NBA if they can get a shooter and a good point guard.

I was wondering what seagoat had to say about this trade. Looks like a white flag sale to me.

I was wondering what seagoat had to say about this trade. Looks like a white flag sale to me.


It was idiotic. Gibson should have been resigned in free agency. These cheap bastards have the highest attendance in the NBA and are printing money with endorsements and tv revenues. Gar Foreman destroyed the Bulls and Paxson has gone along. The coach is incompetent. The players being selected in the draft or traded do not match up. The worse part you take Doug who has been getting better and better as a 9th pick and they trade for a 14th pick who has not done a great deal.....but to throw in Gibson means they are trying to miss the playoffs intentionally wanting to get one of the best draft classes in a decade. I am soooooooooo piszed.