Official NBA Thread

[daigong]

^ oh yeah, the pisston shorts. lol he still the league?

YO! how hard is it to get Laker playoff tickets. I wanna get some for the first round. I'm on the mailing list but shit, can't imagine. Who wants to hang?

Boston! Chicago! San Antonio! all losing last night, Lakers can move up the win column

lol Pau went to Gaga yest: http://twitter.com/paugasol/status/52640067361062912
I went to @ladygaga's concert tonight at Staples, it was pretty wild! Ambientazo en el concierto de @ladygaga! http://t.co/ldKoC7F


You deserve it Big Spaniard! now go take care of Dirk!

[pandabiscuit]

Looks like Phoenix wouldn't make it to the playoffs this season, what a shame.

[daigong]

Yeah when you trade for Vinsanity that's all stale

KILLAH BEEZ GET TOSSED!! Everyon MANNING UP!! Holy shit DREW!!


Love Blake getting in the face of that bitch ass Jason Terry!! Barnes woulda ate him for lunch!! And Shannon Brown making Cardinal fly with his own flapping LOL!


Sorry Thimmy, Gasol just owned your boy Dirk! or at least it looks like Barnes fucked him up the ass!



Kobe ain't having dat shit! LO going crazy with 3 threes in a row!! And Ron being Ron.

and to top it all off. fucking bitch was streaking trying to bum rush the Dallas bench. Red Coats covered her real quick

[pandabiscuit]

Well with his expiring contract along with the new CBA, hopefully we can sign some good free agents and make a final push to give Nash a proper shot in the playoffs before he retires.

[daigong]

Kobe called, he wants his 2 MVPs back, Nash.



and he ain't gonna get it this year either. Big Mistake NBA. Whatever. Kobe KEEPS ON FIGHTING. not even "Kitty Cat" Fesenko can fuck with him.

heart skipped a beat when Kobe lay on the ground, but then he stood up and you know he was gonna be back.


lol @ Lamar with stomach flu and  going to the washroom every break. still nailed the clutch 3's to seal the end of the third. only 1.5 back of Spurs CRAZY!

[Malachite]

I feel like I just saw the end of Shaq's career. After waiting like 26 games or something for him to come back and seeing his awesome start in the first quarter, this is just horrible.

If this is the end, I can only hope it ends with a win at least.

[daigong]

^ he's just saving it up for the playoffs. Never underestimate The Diesel.

BUTT FUCK. Wow Lakers 20 turnovers. That ain't gonna do against The Thuggets. Kobe will kill em everytime but SHIT just glad they got outta there with just a bone bruise. JUST a tweaked knee. FUCK. Playoffs can't come soon enough 



Kobe "The Fuck Does it Take to get a Call like my name is D-Wade" Bryant 

LONG OVERDUE Hall of Fame inductees Tex Winter    


Dennis Rodman. Revolutiionary Power Forward.



One of my all time fave players. Whatever the cross dressing, nudity, Finnish League etc. The Worm had fucking crazy hustle and basketball IQ like no other. Always entertaining, at least the Naismith HOF isn't as uptight as other HOFs


and hey Chris Mullin and Herb Magee from Philadelphia University; longtime NBA and ABA star Artis Gilmore; former Portland Trail Blazers center Arvydas Sabonis; Olympic gold medalist Teresa Edwards; Harlem Globetrotter Reece "Goose" Tatum; and Boston Celtic Tom "Satch" Sanders.

You'd think they'd induct Run TMC as a unit

[daigong]

DAMN! whatta lazy game and Kobe finally was nailing shots. Whatever. Good for ESPN to rip him up and say under the radar, light that fire! Man, that run after the All Star break had them peaking a little too early. Gotta work on the offense. cuz Ron got the D down.



BYNUM holy shit. 23 rebounds.


The fuck is Luke Walton still in the League This is good though, had everyone talking "MVP" and "Best Record" save the energy and hit em where it counts. In the playoffs. Best get dem presales this Friday SON!

[daigong]

LOL man...no comments. Kobe questionable calls too much?


They just ain't themselves I blame this NBA Green. wasn't St. Patrick's Day enough, but I ain't worried. Look at Boston just fart along with Chicago.

Hey! nice Scottie Pippen bust. Looked like a wax statue for a second there. never knew they colored statues.

[Malachite]

he's just saving it up for the playoffs. Never underestimate The Diesel.

You're right. I've got to have more faith. Kazaam will never die.

[daigong]

CMON RON!!!! RIP HIS HEAD OFF!! Fuck I hate Gerald Wallace

GO LAKERS GO!!! Just 9 back now/

[daigong]

love it. Lakers and Celtics farting their way into the playoffs. This is how veterans do it, get the talking heads rolling and young guns thinking they on top of the world. I mean SHIT it took Derek Rose 37 minutes to barely beat a Dwight Howardless Magic? Bitch Please. At least NBA Green week is over



WHY ARE WE SO DEFIANT! WE GOT KOBE BRYANT.

lol actually hoping they do act complacent until it matters, cuz I wanna see them live

[daigong]

OH FUCK NEARLY HAD A HEART ATTACK



but Drew is learning from Kobe. Reports that he'll be fine. YES. GOD WANTS YOU TO REST until the playoffs start JESUS! CHRIST!

http://twitter.com/KevinDing/status/58039134845009920
http://twitter.com/LakersReporter/status/58037788892860416

A win is a win...but shit man, Joe Smith and Theo Ratliff go nuts these next few weeks while Barnes and Blake get better too.

[thatonezombie]

Lebron knows how I feel about the post-season

[daigong]

^ does he also know how Vin Baker feels? coaching Ninth Grade Team:



check @ 3:50 a player says "He can suck a dick" lol

Best news I heard all day: http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/110413andrewbynum_mattbarnes_mriresults.html

KOBE!! SHIT that was close. way to make the game entertaining for those cow bell ringing fans in Sactown


Thanks Queens for those taking em to the edge during the Lakers first three-peat. Horry's three to win is simply the best shot in NBA history.


Liking the playoff schedule. Lakers getting plenty of time off!!! That's what being a marquee team does to ya! Complete schedule here: http://www.nba.com/2011/playoffs/2011/04/13/schedule/index.html

Game 1 - Sun April 17, New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC/R
Game 2 - Wed April 20, New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 3 - Fri April 22, L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Game 4 - Sun April 24, L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 5 * Tue April 26, New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, TBD, TBD
Game 6 * Thu April 28, L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, TBD, TBD
Game 7 * Sat April 30, New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, TBD, TNT

[Kamesan]

Bulls played out of their minds during regular season. They've been tough to beat at home and with home court advantage it might get them far in the playoffs but not sure they're ready to win it all just yet.

[daigong]

Their frontline Noah and Boozer will be no match against grimy veteran play of the Celtics. This is money time. Knicks, Thunder and Bulls seem like the sexy pick but I got another Lakers vs Celtics in my bracket:



GO LAKERS GO!!!

[daigong]

Pretty entertaining first games today, the top seeds got a fucking scare SHIT and down goes Orlando. Best play by play by Van Gundy all year "Miami lives at the line"

lol @ Thaddeus Young losing his shoe then throwing it back at the bench. Loser fan in the perfect U mad moment IDIOT that's called Hustle. something The Big 2.5 Don't know


CANT WAIT! Trev better know his Triangle

Matt Barnes Honors Mother with Playoff Haircut

PALOS VERDES, Calif. -- As Los Angeles Lakers forward Matt Barnes sits in a dining room chair in the middle of his house overlooking the Pacific Ocean, he looks down at the red bracelet around his right wrist which has his mother's name, Ann, written in white between two hearts.

 Barnes lost his mother to cancer four years ago and not a day goes by when he doesn't think of her when he touches his bracelet, looks at the picture of her in his living room or sees her smile in the faces of his twin boys, Carter and Isaiah, who were born nearly one year to the day Barnes's mother discovered she had cancer.

 Ann Barnes was diagnosed with lung cancer on Nov. 1, 2007 and died on Nov. 27, 2007. Barnes discovered his mother's condition just before the Golden State Warriors' season opener that year. She died 26 days later. It's a reality Barnes still has a difficult time coming to grips with as his twin boys run around the house as his wife, Gloria, chases after them.

 "I miss my mom," Barnes said Saturday on the eve of the Lakers' first-round playoff game against the New Orleans Hornets. "It saddens me but at the same time I know she's not in pain anymore. I know she's looking down on me and I know she's excited for what I'm about to do.

Feeling you Barnes! Get that ring homie!

[daigong]

We waited 47 minutes for Pau Gasol to make a quick aggressive move Lakers will bounce back. Most important, DEFENSE WITHOUT FOULING? THE HELL. Got a heart attack with Kobe on the groound, didn't even notice Ron hitting the 3. But if Kobe can stand, he'll play. WAKE UP ALREADY!!!



GO LAKERS GO.

At least the Spurs lost too

[daigong]

Scary

NBA 2K11 predicted today's Lakers outcome and the rest of the series??

 Game 1: Laker's 109-100 loss

 Game 2: Lakers' 109-100 victory

 Game 3: Lakers' 109-87 victory

 Game 4: Lakers' 105-78 victory

 Game 5: Lakers' 99-83 victory



All the lower seeds going apeshit, but things will balance out in the end.