NBA discussion thread

Reggie was great, really turning back the clock. But the Lakers were beyond description, they played like they were sleepwalking.

Wow, too bad James doesn't have enough help. He scored 56 today and the Cavs still lost.

Spurs better get healthy in time for the playoffs. Duncan went down again today with a level 2 sprained ankle.

Injuries are the only thing that can stop the Spurs IMO.

the spurs might need that deep bench come playoff time but i want all there stars 100%...i dont want no excuses when detriot repeats this year

Must be nice to have that much confidence in your team.

you know the feeling...your a laker fan...of COURSE its nice having this much confidence in my team...i'm just as confident as last year and look how that turned out 😮‍💨

Even last year i didnt have much confidence in the Lakers, even though they had great players they were horribly inconsistent. The last time i had supreme confidence in the Lakers we had #32 at the point guard. Even in the Shaq and Kobe era we were not a great TEAM, we just had enough talented individuals to get the job done. Your confidence in the Pistons is just though, they are hitting their stride at the right time.

Damn, the Cavs dumped Paul Silas. How do you guys think this will impact LeBron? He really seemed like a mentor to James.

How did you feel when Shaq and Kobe got split because of Shaq getting traded? And how did you feel when they faced each other, twice, and Shaq's team won, both time

For me I hated when they got split and when they faced each other it sucked!

I sense a merge coming on. [the sports however should be separated into separate forums so we can have more subcategories]

However, it made me feel great. It brought the end of the LA Lakers as an upper tier team.

If they are smart they probably consulted with Lebron before it happened.

10 pts for foreseeing the merging 😉...howevah...i'll have to think of something with the sub-foruming thing...it would be kind of..abnormal to create a subforum for every single sport talked in here...dunno. i'll speak with raz..

yahhhhh....Timmy went down with a sprained ankle and is supposed to miss the rest of the season.

God I hate Texas!

haaaater in the house....if the playoffs started today and assuming tim duncan was healthy dou you guys still think there gonna win it all?

I think over seven games the Spurs MAY just edge the Pistons, mainly because they have a more potent offence (with Duncan). But the Pistons match up well with the Spurs and with Rasheed they dont need to double Duncan, which is where alot of teams struggle. Prince and Bowen would be a good match up from a defensive stand point. Both are great defenders but Prince is a better scorer. The guard match ups are interesting to, Ginobli is as tough an asignment as there is in the League and Rip is constant motion. Billups has the edge over Parker i think mainly because Parker cant play defense and has no outside shot. I think if these 2 teams meet in the Finals it will come down to the Spurs outside shooting and their bench stepping up, which i think they will. If not the Pistons will grind them down and repeat.

Yeah the Pistons do have potential.

Oh god the Lakers are bad, lottery here we come. doh

Was that the Pistons that got dismantled by the Sixers yesterday or a team of lookalikes? Where has their defense gone? Philly has 60pts by half time!

i asked myself the same question....they got there ass handed to them, buts that not necessarily a bad thing...that should bring them down to earth and only make them play harder next game