Official First Night of 2012-2013 NBA Season Thread

[jason122883]

Yeah, without Dirk you would expect Dallas to get blown out. Being a Magic fan Ill enjoy anytime the Lakers lose Even though I did bet on them

[razorsharp]

Dwight Howard is terrible.

Just imagine if he played in the 1990's. He would get abused every game.

[1eyed_jack]

Originally Posted by razorsharp

Dwight Howard is terrible.

Just imagine if he played in the 1990's. He would get abused every game.

he looks very frustrated out there too. not a good sign for laker fans

[ivecenanuff]

wow no dirk and they still win ahaha

[alexcampos]

I know it's only the first game, but still....

What a great night

LOL @ the Lakers!

[1eyed_jack]

Originally Posted by alexcampos

I know it's only the first game, but still....

What a great night

LOL @ the Lakers!

in fairness, the heat lost their first game after they got lebron

[alexcampos]

Originally Posted by 1eyed_jack

in fairness, the heat lost their first game after they got lebron

Very true.

And it could be the same for the Lakers in all fairness, they just need time to "jell".

[MikeMamba]

Fire MIKE BROWN

[cardsdownunder]

Originally Posted by MikeMamba

Fire MIKE BROWN

agreed. he is a complete joke. i'm not saying this just because of the loss tonight... i thought it was a horrible hire from day one

[PackAttack419]

Originally Posted by murrke03

and that (among other things) is why rondo will never be a 'great' point guard

sorry we have to go over this every other week, but rondo is already a great point guard

btw, cant believe wade of all ppl said that he was mad at rondo for that "punk play" foul. do wade & heat fans not remember how wade detached rondos arm in the playoffs?!?

[PackAttack419]

Originally Posted by murrke03

haha rondo has proven himself as a little baby.

time to watch a real pg... steve nash!

would love for someone to compare nash & rondo's stats from tonight

would also love for you to say (as you've often done so) how rondo benefits from playing with hall-of-famers.. as if nash isnt going to this year

[MikeMamba]

Originally Posted by cardsdownunder

agreed. he is a complete joke. i'm not saying this just because of the loss tonight... i thought it was a horrible hire from day one

same here. I think what Charles and Shaq were saying in halftime was on point.
Run the fast break, and try to get easy points. If something is not there, then run the offense. That way you maximize Nash and Howard.
Best thing that can come out of this is the Lakers firing that bum.

[1eyed_jack]

Originally Posted by alexcampos

Very true.

And it could be the same for the Lakers in all fairness, they just need time to "jell".

then again, shooting 12-31 free throws has nothing to do will gelling haha.

if they just shot 75% that's an extra 10 points and it's an entirely different game.

Dwight might not shoot 3-14 again from the line, but you can't expect much more than for him to 7-14

[tristan20]

Originally Posted by MikeMamba

Fire MIKE BROWN

Yeah Blame Mike Brown, the same guy that carried the much less talented Cavs team to the Finals.

Blame the players for once, they have an all star cast and the highest paid team in the NBA. They need to use Steve Nash for what he does best. It was a joke of a game.

FTs will be the end of the Lakers

[Burt-Reynolds]

so 0-1 to start for the lake show. this is going to be a very long season if all nash is going to do is walk the ball up the court and pas it away for the rest of the possession. i mean they signed this guy to run a offense right? this princeton offense is a joke. dwight looks like a guy that hasn't played regular basketball in almost a year. he will get his bounce back. he was making curry and wright look like all stars tonight. when htey see dwight again a few months from now they will not be getting those easy boards and put backs like that.

[Burt-Reynolds]

Originally Posted by tristan20

Yeah Blame Mike Brown, the same guy that carried the much less talented Cavs team to the Finals.

Blame the players for once, they have an all star cast and the highest paid team in the NBA. They need to use Steve Nash for what he does best. It was a joke of a game.

FTs will be the end of the Lakers

ummmm pretty sure it's mike browns responsibility to make sure nash does what he does best. brown is completely overrated and worthless. he made it to the finals by letting lebron run the offense and do what he wanted and get others involved. he did nothing. brown was just along for the ride. i couldn't believe the lakers hired this hack. not to mention that the east was a joke back then. hell you put kobe in that eastern conference during that time and he would of done the same thing lebron did. it had 0 to with mike browns amazing coaching ability.

[tristan20]

You cant buy chemistry, sorry Buss family

[MikeMamba]

Originally Posted by tristan20

Yeah Blame Mike Brown, the same guy that carried the much less talented Cavs team to the Finals.

Blame the players for once, they have an all star cast and the highest paid team in the NBA. They need to use Steve Nash for what he does best. It was a joke of a game.

FTs will be the end of the Lakers

They includes the Lakers staff and the leader of that staff is................
Mike Brown.

[Burt-Reynolds]

Originally Posted by MikeMamba

They includes the Lakers staff and the leader of that staff is................
Mike Brown.

don't mind him. he was too busy basking in the glow of his laker hate and the loss to the mavs to think clearly and post a cohesive thought.

[cardsdownunder]

Originally Posted by tristan20

Yeah Blame Mike Brown, the same guy that carried the much less talented Cavs team to the Finals.

Blame the players for once, they have an all star cast and the highest paid team in the NBA. They need to use Steve Nash for what he does best. It was a joke of a game.

FTs will be the end of the Lakers

thanks mate, that's funniest damn thing i've read in a while! i bet lebron was thanking him out the wazoo for carrying him to the finals. rofl!!

[tristan20]

The Lakers sucked mostly on defense, oh wait Blame Mike Brown also.

Oh wait blame Mike Brown for the missed FTs

[tristan20]

Originally Posted by cardsdownunder

thanks mate, that's funniest damn thing i've read in a while! i bet lebron was thanking him out the wazoo for carrying him to the finals. rofl!!

He was the HEAD coach of that team wasn't he?

Lebron being the leader etc is true, so then maybe the Lakers should let Kobe or one of the Star players do the coaching like Lebron did in Cleveland with a much less talented team

Who needs a coach with you have an all star roster?

The Mavs were the much better team tonight. Even with that bunch they had on the floor, heck even Eddy Curry made some baskets

[MikeMamba]

Originally Posted by tristan20

He was the HEAD coach of that team wasn't he?

Lebron being the leader etc is true, so then maybe the Lakers should let Kobe or one of the Star players do the coaching like Lebron did in Cleveland with a much less talented team

Who needs a coach with you have an all star roster?

The Mavs were the much better team tonight. Even with that bunch they had on the floor, heck even Eddy Curry made some baskets

What the Lakers are doing right now is following what they are told to do.
They ran the offense the whole night, they didn't even try to push it. MWP pushed it towards the end, in a way sending a message to Mike Brown that, thats what they should be doing.

[UltimateDeron]

Originally Posted by alexcampos

Very true.

And it could be the same for the Lakers in all fairness, they just need time to "jell".

I can honestly say I have never seen 'gel' spelled like that.

[alexcampos]

Originally Posted by UltimateDeron

I can honestly say I have never seen 'gel' spelled like that.

LOL, my mistake.

I was thinking of jelly or something....

Yes, the correct terminology is "gel"