NBA Season 2013-2014

NateRich

The offseason is still far from over, but hey schedules are released! http://www.nba.com/gameline/20131029/

Last season was the most exciting injury train wreck ever. But now the teams are getting healthier and there's a handful of contenders to steal the crown!

The usual suspects (Miami, San Antonio, OKC) didn't change much and are ready for long postseasons. The upper class teams(Clippers, Pacers) got deeper and definitely closed the gap on the front-runners. And some teams (Chicago, Houston, Brooklyn) are going to be much much improved.

Also, let's have a moment of silence for the teams quickly falling off the map (Lakers, Mavericks, Nuggets, my Celtics)

Anyways, I can't wait for this season to start!!

Davy Jones

The Celtics. Hope they win. That's all I'll ever give a damn about concerning the NBA.

Green_vs_Red

Hey you don't have to rub the salt in the wounds of us Lakers fans we know that they have snowball's chance in hell of making it past the first round much less getting into the playoffs.

NateRich

@Green_vs_Red:

Hey you don't have to rub the salt in the wounds of us Lakers fans we know that they have snowball's chance in hell of making it past the first round much less getting into the playoffs.

We're both in the same boat here ;) At least you guys are nationally televised like once a week. The Celtics…not so much :getlost:

killerbee1000

I have Oct. 29 marked on my calendar. It's the return of D.Rose and I'm hoping he proves the critics wrong this season.

See Red.

GuetaMinute

I like how you did the lol Knicks thing like I did.

NateRich

Yeah, that was intentional. Knicks suck

loneassassin

I find it utterly ridiculous that HEat/Spurs aren't playing each other on Christmas day. Adam Silver needs to make the tradition of a NBA finals rematch on the biggest sports day of the year for basketball

Green_vs_Red

@NateRich:

Yeah, that was intentional. Knicks suck

Nah they have shit on all the Knicks teams that existed under Isiah Thomas. But yeah Knicks fans might as well get used to their team being perrenially playoff bound with a 1st or 2nd round exit. Well except for this year where they'll probably miss the playoffs.

Gol D. Silvers

I voted Miami but I am actually hoping either the Pacers or Chicago to knock them out.

Chicago's threat level to Miami in a best of seven depends on how they utilize Rose. Will they use(overuse is the proper term) him on scoring like he did during his MVP year? If that's the case, I like the Pacers' chances better.

With that said,
LET'S GO MAVS!!!! hahahahaah sticking with 'em through the good and rough times

NateRich

Gotta love the offseason:

Nex 0

The Mavs are falling off the map? Uh…no. They'll be back in incredible fashion this season. After all, they're apparently the only team able to beat the Heat.

NateRich

Yup, good luck making the playoffs

Gol D. Silvers

@Nex:

The Mavs are falling off the map? Uh…no. They'll be back in incredible fashion this season. After all, they're apparently the only team able to beat the Heat.

Hopefully, although I'm having doubts concerning the defense.

Red Hawk

Aggrrrrrhhh. Why can't I vote on this poll? Seriously, when will I get my voting privileges? Anyway, I'm a hardcore Nets ever since the Big Three of Vince Carter, Richard Jefferson and Jason Kidd. I'll be rooting for them this year.

tatermoog

My old favorite player, Andrei Kirilenko, is on the Nets. I would like to root for them.

It's just, half the players in the NBA I loathe are also on the Nets.

Red Hawk

Who else? I mean, bringing in Celtic players will hurt their publicity and I didn't like when they traded young, good guys for old superstars.

tatermoog

KG, Stackhouse, Evans, Blatche, on some days Pierce, and especially–especially–Deron Williams, who I regard as one of the more over-rated PGs in the league.

Plus I don't particularly like the game of Brook Lopez or Joe Johnson.

NateRich

@Red:

Who else? I mean, bringing in Celtic players will hurt their publicity and I didn't like when they traded young, good guys for old superstars.

Young, good guys? lol. Humphries got buried on the bench by Blatche and Evans. Wallace just sucks. Bogans was barely used and not even young anymore.

I'll give you Brooks, he's ok. But his role got diminished last year, the Nets weren't going to be a good place for him.

Red Hawk

@NateRich:

Young, good guys? lol. Humphries got buried on the bench by Blatche and Evans. Wallace just sucks. Bogans was barely used and not even young anymore.

I'll give you Brooks, he's ok. But his role got diminished last year, the Nets weren't going to be a good place for him.

Humphries was great the year before. He was probably distracted by Kim Kardashian. Wallace is a good, physical guy who can defend good guys. Brooks was a rising star. The guys from the Celtics will just hurt the Nets

@tatermoog:

Plus I don't particularly like the game of Brook Lopez or Joe Johnson.

Deron Williams is kinda overrated. Joe Johnson was okay but he came up big in the clutch. Brook Lopez was awesome and hopefully, he'll do the same this year.

NateRich

@Red:

Humphries was great the year before. He was probably distracted by Kim Kardashian. Wallace is a good, physical guy who can defend good guys. Brooks was a rising star. The guys from the Celtics will just hurt the Nets

Obvious Celtic hater. If you don't think Pierce+Garnett are upgrades over Humphries and Wallace, you should try being a fan of a different sport lol

Red Hawk

@NateRich:

Obvious Celtic hater. If you don't think Pierce+Garnett are upgrades over Humphries and Wallace, you should try being a fan of a different sport lol

It's true that I'm a big Celtic-hater but I do see the upgrades that the Nets have made. My problem is that these moves of getting the players will only help the short-term not in the long-term

tatermoog

@Red:

Deron Williams is kinda overrated. Joe Johnson was okay but he came up big in the clutch. Brook Lopez was awesome and hopefully, he'll do the same this year.

Eh, I just find Iso-Joe to be pretty boring. Career average of 41.7% on Field Goals, more of a volume scorer…Not my type. Brook's a very good player, but I'm not a huge fan of his defensive game.

Deron Williams is a very good PG who, for some reason, still gets considered a superstar worthy of treating as a miniature GM. Something like Stephon Marbury.

NateRich

Every move Mikhail Prokhorov has made is for short-term. And Humphries and Wallace were NEVER long term options for that team

Red Hawk

@NateRich:

Every move Mikhail Prokhorov has made is for short-term. And Humphries and Wallace were NEVER long term options for that team

That's the thing. If the Nets was under a good GM, then, the Nets would still be good right now. Honestly, the first thing they should do is to trade away Joe Johnson for rising rookies because Joe Johnson is good when he has is in control of his own team.

NateRich

You can't trade Johnson and improve as a team at this point. He has one of the worst contracts in the league. Prokhorov is in win-now mode and breaking the bank in the process

Red Hawk

I guess that you are right but after the nets have won a championship, they should trade away Joe Johnson immediately to open up cap space.

Gol D. Silvers

@tatermoog:

Eh, I just find Iso-Joe to be pretty boring. Career average of 41.7% on Field Goals, more of a volume scorer…Not my type. Brook's a very good player, but I'm not a huge fan of his defensive game.

Deron Williams is a very good PG who, for some reason, still gets considered a superstar worthy of treating as a miniature GM. Something like Stephon Marbury.

Agree with all of the points.
I think Joe works best as a second or even third option(Circa Phoenix Suns 04-05), he went to the Hawks and got force-fed. Pretty good player, terrible contract though.

Green_vs_Red

@Red:

I guess that you are right but after the nets have won a championship, they should trade away Joe Johnson immediately to open up cap space.

Pretty sure there's supposed to be an "if" in there somewhere. Since the Nets are never winning a championship as they are now.

NateRich

@Green_vs_Red:

Pretty sure there's supposed to be an "if" in there somewhere. Since the Nets are never winning a championship as they are now.

Yeah, too many things have to go their way for them to even get out of the East, much less win it all. And it doesn't help that their centerpieces (Williams and Lopez) might just be their most injury-prone players.

Green_vs_Red

So apparently the reasons for why Dwight Howard wouldn't re-sign with the Lakers is because the team wouldn't acquiesce to two of his demands. One of which was to fire D'Antoni and the other being to put amnesty on Kobe. I wonder if Dwight has had his system checked for drugs when he ran this idea.

Gol D. Silvers

@Green_vs_Red:

So apparently the reasons for why Dwight Howard wouldn't re-sign with the Lakers is because the team wouldn't acquiesce to two of his demands. One of which was to fire D'Antoni and the other being to put amnesty on Kobe. I wonder if Dwight has had his system checked for drugs when he ran this idea.

The D'Antoni demand wasn't much of a surprise to me since he got SVG fired, arguably the coach that made the most out of Dwight and made him, or at least made him seemed, great. But amnestying Kobe? That's pretty dumb. A dick of a demand by a dick of a player. Yeah, he's in a better situation mentally because he's surrounded by players of the same age group and he knows to himself that no one on that team has a disposition similar to Kobe's that will conflict with his but let's see how he'll perofrm when the going gets tough (Both in the regular season and postseason). This time, no more excuses. It's put up or shut up.

NateRich

I love it when these random rumors come up out of the blue so much later.

I'm not questioning it by any means; it's probably something Howard would do, but you gotta love the timing of when these "new" developments decide to surface.

NateRich

It seems Cleveland is still a little bit sad

Green_vs_Red

You mean butthurt .

Uncanny Cyke

barring any major injuries (or trading Deng), Bulls will be champs his year! :D

NateRich

Good luck! I have them 5th in my unofficial power ranking poll :P

Bulls have a pretty high ceiling but injuries always hold them back it seems, even before Rose went down. I expect them to at least play the Pacers in the playoffs this year, should be entertaining to watch

Uncanny Cyke

@NateRich:

Good luck! I have them 5th in my unofficial power ranking poll :P

Bulls have a pretty high ceiling but injuries always hold them back it seems, even before Rose went down. I expect them to at least play the Pacers in the playoffs this year, should be entertaining to watch

heh, yeah Pacers and Brooklyn will be a major pain in the ass this year (and of course, Miami), but I believe in Thibs' dust. Only lacking in our team now is a legit back up center, and they are looking at Kurt Thomas wtf, a 40 yr old to back up a 36 yr old (Nazr Mohammed) LOL.

NateRich

How about that backpack?

Sesshy

Westbrook out first 4-6 weeks of the season. This blows.

NateRich

@Sesshy:

Westbrook out first 4-6 weeks of the season. This blows.

I don't care much for the Thunder but it sucks that Westbrook's Ironman streak is over. 394 consecutive regular season games played and his first miss will be in month

killerbee1000

Though he looks a bit rusty, it's still great to see Rose back on the court!!!!

SEE RED!!!!!

Uncanny Cyke

@killerbee1000:

Though he looks a bit rusty, it's still great to see Rose back on the court!!!!

SEE RED!!!!!

that's to be expected but he looked great out there. good to see that the speed/quickness is still there. and Jimmy boy looked promising of course, cant wait for the season!

NateRich

Never retire Metta World Peace!

Green_vs_Red

So how about EPSN.com ranking Kobe Bryant 25th best player in the League for the 2013-2014 season?

killerbee1000

Great to see that Rose's three point shooting has greatly improved.

NateRich

The season's about to start!! This offseason actually felt really short, especially compared to the last one.

And the first game is…...

! Orlando@Indiana.
! But nobody's watching that crap lol.

I'm pretty hyped for this Bulls/Heat brawl

killerbee1000

It started to get ugly when Deng and Butler got into foul trouble early. And Dunleavy man….

Oh well, gotta take one game at a time.

NateRich

Pretty disappointing for the most part, but good for Mr. Hype Butler playing so well haha

loneassassin

Lakers looking pretty good tonight