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12-21-2011, 07:31 PM
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NBA 2011/12 Regular Season Thread(Predictions)
MVP- Lebron James
ROY- Derrick Williams "Takes his game to the next level" - Want to say John Wall, but I think Stepen Curry becomes a premiere player Surprise team-Golden State #1 overall seed-Miami Best team in other conference-OKC NBA Champ-Chicago Biggest Flop Team-Boston. Age is going to win this year. Highest win total-47 Lowest win total-11 Defensive POY-LeBron 6th Man-Anderson Varejao Most improved- Serge Ibaka Coach of the Year-Doug Collins. Last edited by stevew : 12-21-2011 at 09:45 PM. |
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12-21-2011, 09:14 PM
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MVP- Chris Paul
ROY- Kemba Walker Makes The Leap- Eric Gordon Surprise team-Wizards #1 overall seed-Miami Best team in other conference-Clippers NBA Champ-Miami Biggest Flop Team-Lakers Highest win total-47 Lowest win total-14 Coach of the Year- Erik Spoelstra Sixth Man- James Harden Defensive- Josh Smiff Most Improved- Shannon Brown Last edited by korme : 12-22-2011 at 04:08 PM. |
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12-21-2011, 09:22 PM
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MVP - Kevin Durant
ROY - Kyrie Irving Makes the Leap - Evan Turner (wildcard pick) Surprise Team - Golden State Warriors #1 Overall Seed - Miami Best team in other conference - Thunder NBA Champ - tough pick... Bulls. Biggest Flop Team - Lakers Highest win total - 51 Lowest win total - 11
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12-21-2011, 09:36 PM
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MVP - Kevin Durant
ROY - Ricky Rubio Makes the Leap - Deandre Jordan Surprise Team - Minnesota Timberwolves #1 Overall Seed - Chicago Bulls Beat team in other conference - Dallas Mavericks NBA Champ - Miami Biggest Flop Team - Atlanta Highest Win Total - 50 Lowest Win Total - 14 Last edited by RainMaker : 12-21-2011 at 09:44 PM. |
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12-21-2011, 09:46 PM
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Hmmm maybe a good call on Atlanta.
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12-21-2011, 09:56 PM
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What about Ibaka and Harden plus filler for Dwight Howard as a trade. He's probably too special to want to play in OKC, but he'd be able to play with a real Center(Perkins) and 2 other special players. Until KD/Westbrook pull a Stringer/Avon moment.
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12-21-2011, 10:00 PM
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He won't want to play in OKC and Orlando would never take a deal without Westbrook.
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12-22-2011, 04:17 AM
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MVP- Kevin Durant. He hit a one-legged dirk-away in the preseason, hope he´s added more stuff with his back to the basket like that.
ROY- Kemba Walker This is a crapshoot, i don´t see many rookies being big contributors at all. Williams f.e. imo won´t play much more than 20 minutes early on, many guys will need time to earn trust and the few players that will play heavy minutes i don´t really like to produce all that much. "Takes his game to the next level" - James Harden as in "going to be the best/most important player on the court at times despite Durant/Westbrook" / Blake Griffin might be a 25/14/5 guy that also dominates in crunch time/ Danilo Gallinari Surprise team- Denver/Indiana (i also think the TWolves will be decent, but in the west even that won´t mean more than a 11 seed) #1 overall seed- Chicago (in a normal season i´d rank OKC highest, but they have less games against bad teams with so few cross-conference games) Best team in other conference-OKC (young legs, hungry players, virtually same rotation, decent depth, in-shape Perkins = perfect for this schedule) NBA Champ-Heat... Biggest Flop Team-Lakers. Kobe will miss games for sure, Bynum missing 5 with suspension + x for injury, no security blanket in Odom anymore. Highest win total-49 Lowest win total-15 Defensive POY-Howard (if he´s motivated ...) 6th Man- James Harden/Lamar Odom (Mavs will go small and Dirk will play less minutes) Most improved- Marcin Gortat/Danilo Gallinari Last edited by whomario : 12-22-2011 at 06:06 AM. |
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12-22-2011, 01:08 PM
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We're using this for more than just predictions right?
Brook Lopez has a broken bone in his foot and will have surgery tomorrow. |
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12-22-2011, 01:19 PM
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It's a stress fracture actually.
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12-22-2011, 01:27 PM
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Only corrected you because I thought it wasn't as serious as a broken foot, but it seems Lopez is going to miss significant time.
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12-22-2011, 01:35 PM
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MVP - Carmello Anthony
ROY - Kyrie Irving Makes the Leap - Ty Lawson Surprise team - Indiana #1 overall seed - Miami Best team in other conference - OKC NBA Champ - OKC Biggest Flop Team - San Antonio Highest win total - 52 Lowest win total - 15 Defensive POY - Tyson Chandler 6th Man - James Harden Most Improved - Greg Monroe |
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12-22-2011, 04:04 PM
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From memory Monroe had a string of good performances last year, so I checked his advanced stats. Seems a pretty likely candidate IMO.
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12-22-2011, 05:07 PM
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MVP- Kevin Durant
ROY- Derrick Williams "Takes his game to the next level" - Stephen Curry Surprise team-Philadelphia #1 overall seed-Miami Best team in other conference-Oklahoma City NBA Champ-Miami Biggest Flop Team-L.A. Lakers Highest win total-51 Lowest win total-12 Defensive POY-Dwight Howard 6th Man-Anderson James Harden Most improved- Serge Ibaka Coach of the Year-Doug Collins.
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12-22-2011, 06:09 PM
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That's 6.8 rebounds per 40 minutes that the Nets are going to have to make up.
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12-22-2011, 06:34 PM
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Is Vesely's first name pronounced Yawn or Jan (like short for Janet)
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12-22-2011, 06:39 PM
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That's Andrea Bargnani's music! He's the new Bad Rebounding Center champion! |
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12-24-2011, 05:01 AM
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best news first : Hayes got cleared to play and signed a new contract with the Kings (for aparently more money even than on the first try), good for him
 @ korme : More like "Yan" or "Yaan" me thinks Looking forward to tomorrow allready Christmas with the family, then in the evening NBA.FYI : League Pass has a free preview until (i think) Jan 6th, don´t know if that´s online only but definitely sth you guys should check out if you haven´t allready. Hope they fixed a few kinks for our international version, was really good last year and with the shortened season propably even more usefull for me with the on demand option to catch up on a couple games/teams/players by browsing through them. the league trimmed the suspension for Bynum and Villanueva from 5 to 4 games due to the shorter season... Grizzlies Arthur officially out for the year, sucks for him and them. I still like the team, but loosing Battier and now their only credible big guy off the bench isn´t exactly good. And Haddadi (who didn´t look terrible towards the end of last season) still is waiting to get a visa and waits around in Dubai + the Grizz renounce his rights (to save money to sign Dante Cunningham...) meaning he is a unrestricted FA now. Their primary backup for the 4 and 5 is Dante Cunningham now (all 220 pounds and 6 reb/36min of him) and next in line are Brian Skinner (35 years old, played 18 games the last 2 seasons) and a guy named Josh Davis who last was in the league in 2006 and was a bench player for mediocre teams in Europe. If Gasol or Randolph miss time they are totally screwed and while Rudy Gay is pretty good (and looked great in preseason) they have no credible weak side shooting at all and really aren´t that deep. I still think they are a solid playoff team, but i don´t see them challenging for a 2 or 3 spot like it has been suggested (and if healthy they´ll be better in the POs than the reg season just like last year) Timberwolves waive Bonzi Wells. Nothing against him, but he sure would have been a sort of "so, who doesn´t fit in that picture" type of guy on that team. I can´t wait to see Rubio play this year, the guy will be the best 7 PPG/<40% shooting PG together with Jason Kidd  I sincerely hope the Timberwolves insist he improves his shooting and finishing, but also just let him play this year (early quotes from Adelmann go in that direction). There´s no way he isn´t a plus-player even at 35% because his passing and feel for the game is truly awesome and he will benefit from the NBA game/rules. It took everybody about 5 preseason minutes to realize that.Also Kevin Love looks to be in amazing shape, that´s how you make good use of a lockout. Dalembert is a good signing for the Rockets, will be interesting if that makes them a playoff team or not. Last edited by whomario : 12-24-2011 at 05:18 AM. |
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12-24-2011, 09:00 AM
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MVP - Dewayne Wade
ROY - Ricky Rubio Makes The Leap - Chris Bosh Surprise team - Portland #1 overall seed - Miami Best team in other conference - Oklahoma City NBA Champ - Miami Biggest Flop Team -New York Knicks Highest win total - 55 Lowest win total -7 Coach of the Year - Erik Spoelstra Sixth Man - James Harden Defensive - Dwight Howard Most Improved - Perkinsa
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12-24-2011, 09:28 AM
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I'm not looking forward to the max contract that seems to be headed Kevin Love's way, but Derrick Williams has me more excited than anything with the Timberwolves since 2004.
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12-24-2011, 10:12 AM
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Excuse me sir, they have mother fucking Jamaal Magloire as their centre. |
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12-25-2011, 12:05 PM
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I really like the looks of the role players the Knicks grabbed to finish out their roster.
And the Celts are hurting if they gotta play Sasha Pavs big minutes. |
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12-25-2011, 01:52 PM
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Fun game between Boston and New York, both teams have major, major holes though in their rosters. Rondo has been awesome, melo scored like he wanted for the knicks.
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12-25-2011, 02:05 PM
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Rondo earnt me some fantasy points tonight!
Mavs looking ugly so far.
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12-25-2011, 02:09 PM
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Norris Cole looks like a pretty great pickup for Miami.
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12-25-2011, 02:43 PM
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Was going through Hollinger's player profiles and Brian Cardinal had a pretty remarkable season last year. He made 43 shots for the season. 42 of them were from three. Every shot he made last season was assisted.
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12-25-2011, 02:56 PM
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James Jones would be pretty similar I'd hazard a guess. Don't know that I've ever seen him do much more than shoot open 3s off of kick-outs.
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12-25-2011, 03:28 PM
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Miami just look crazy good right now, and the Mavs look old and rusty. That double-alley oop thing that just happened with LeBron and Wade was crazy.
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12-25-2011, 07:01 PM
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Chicago-Lakers, what an amazing finish.. Rose with a great shot, but some sloppy play by the Lakers over the final 3-4 mins.
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12-25-2011, 07:03 PM
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Too to lose like that
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12-25-2011, 07:05 PM
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Miami is looking scary. Chicago may make a run, but Miami will likely beat them in 6 again.
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12-25-2011, 09:29 PM
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I'm pretty sure James Harden's beard can block bullets.
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12-26-2011, 03:08 AM
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12-26-2011, 03:10 AM
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Probably 5. Not sure anyone will get close to taking them to 7 games. Not going to see an upset of that magnitude happen again this year. They just have far more talent than anyone in the league and it's not even close. |
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12-26-2011, 03:57 AM
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Nice shot by Rose to win the game. But that was a walk from Deng that the refs missed out on horribly.
Oh NBA, it's like nothing changed. I have missed you so.
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12-26-2011, 09:05 AM
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The first quarter was a little scary to watch but the Thunder defense looked really good for the final three quarters. Durant missing 5 free throws is a little worrisome. I hope that's just hiccup and not a sign of the lockout and a lack of practice affecting his free throw mechanics.
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12-26-2011, 05:17 PM
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I guess no one stayed up for the Clips? Great start for them, beating the Warriors on the road by 19. It's not that the Warriors are a great team--they're not. But blow them out on the road to open the season? That's a good way to start.
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12-26-2011, 05:46 PM
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Warriors hung tough for a little, but the better team prevailed. They just have no chance when Monta/Stephen are playing so poorly.
But I forgot how much I love watching Monta |
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12-26-2011, 05:48 PM
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saw it in stretches on replay today, they looked solid. Actually i was surprised how good they were outside of big plays/explosivnes, they actually looked to have some very good chemistry on both ends.
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12-26-2011, 07:52 PM
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5 minutes into his reg-season debut Rubio just had 3 of the more impressive passes you´ll see within a minute or so. 3 times he literally passed a guy open that no one expected to get the ball.
Mavs in more trouble than i thought, down 25 again ... Last edited by whomario : 12-26-2011 at 08:33 PM. |
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12-26-2011, 09:06 PM
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Anyone watching the Denver-Dallas game?
Yikes for the Mavs.
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12-26-2011, 09:10 PM
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12-26-2011, 09:18 PM
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That last pass where he leads the cutter down the paint, I think Randolph, was a thing of beauty
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12-26-2011, 09:34 PM
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I think the Kings may shock some people this year...I see them making the playoffs and possibly going deep if they remain healthy.
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12-26-2011, 10:02 PM
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Nice Game by Rubio, 6-5-6 and 0 To!
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12-26-2011, 10:33 PM
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It was pretty solid
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12-26-2011, 11:07 PM
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Don't know about going deep, but they do have a nice deep rotation, so playoffs wouldn't shock me either. But they need a proper PG |
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12-26-2011, 11:12 PM
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Stephen Curry looking good.
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12-26-2011, 11:22 PM
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Kyrie Irving had a pretty rough game today, mainly because his outside shot just wasn't dropping for him, despite getting some wide open looks. Tristan Thompson was pretty impressive however, I don't think the Cavs will regret that selection. Tries to dunk the ball every time he gets it around the hoop.
Ramon Sessions had a great night and the fact that Kyrie closed out the game despite it being winnable and him struggling big time shows me that the Cavs are quite happy to tank this year. Flicked over to the Wolves game too, and yah, Rubio looks amazing. With that group of talent they are going to upset some teams this year.
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12-26-2011, 11:25 PM
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Deandre Jordan impressed me, but overall I thought the Clips looked pretty unspectacular. Will take some time to get it all together of course, but I don't know about the Billups at SG thing they've got going on. For stretches Billups was just shooting it every time he caught a pass, with mixed results.
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