The 2012-2013 Official NBA Thread

My Warriors look really good on paper. It's really up to whether Bogut and Curry's ankles can hold up. Besides that, this Warriors team is deeper I have seen it in many years. I'm looking forward to seeing the opener tomorrow because Bogut may play and he didn't play at all in pre season.

The Nugget's are also deep and young. Plus Karl is one of the best coaches.

OKL will do just fine without Harden. He's a terrific player, but the way he choked in the finals was surprising and you wonder if that will carry over to other important series. Kevin Martin can flat out score and I see him doing great as Hardin's replacement. Another years experience for the three young stars is going to help them in the playoffs.

The Lakers? I don't know. Kobe likes to have the ball a lot of the time. I noticed in the pre season games Nash wasn't getting many assists. Plus, he really is getting old. Howard is great defensively and can score on pick and rolls and ally oops, but he hasn't progressed much one on one offensively. Plus, he still can't shoot free throws, so he has his liabilities. I don't see the Lakers making the finals.

Linmania has bitten the dust and he has come back down to earth. Big mistake by Houston to pay so much for him imo and I do like him, just not as your star player.

The Spurs will have a great record again probably, but I can't see them getting to the finals either.

The East? Miami I guess. I would love to see someone else beat them though.

Lakers start 0-2. Harden scores 37 with 12 assists, 6 rebounds and four steels in debut win with Houston. My Warriors win despite David lee and Curry going 4 for 30. Nuggets lose low scoring game. Jazz defeat Mavs a day after the Mavs beat the Lakers. Ex Warrior Brandon Wright starts the year off making 13 or 14 shots. ( I always liked that guy and couldn't understand why he wasn't given a better shot to make it with the Warriors. ) Did I mention the Lakers lost 2 in a row? Nash is hurt also.

Go Warriors!

Harden scores 45 in game two and is now averaging 41 ppg. Could he be a MVP player? Looks like it was a good move forcing the Thunder to trade him.

My Warriors are not playing good so far. They lost to Memphis last night at home. Memphis does have some weapons with Gasol, Randolph and Gay. Carl Landry has been playing terrific for the Warriors.

The Lakers are now 0-3! Will they ever win a game? Kobe did get 40 so he is happy I'm sure, although he got only one assist with 6 turnovers. I'm sure it wasn't his fault they lost though. :/

The Knicks easily beat the Heat by 20. It's a good day when both the Heat and Lakers lose.

I always liked Harden. He's one of few that can do a good job guarding Kobe, has a solid shot amongst other things..

There are only good things ahead for him as long as he stays healthy.

The Warriors had a good game last night in beating the Clippers. Two free agent signers JArret Jack and Carl Landry were the keys to the win and both have played well in all the games so far.

Nuggets played the Heat well in Miami. Good game for them even though they lost.

You mean 2-3.

Using the Doug Moe system for the true standings, you take the number of road wins minus home losses, which puts my Nuggets at +1.

This is a more accurate way because it factors if a team has played alot of home or road games. The Nuggets have played 4 road games and only one at home.

Tonight, my Nuggets beat the Rockets. Ty Lawson and Andre Igoudala outplay Jeremy Lin and The Beard. Harden and Lin shoot 7 for 24 from the field. Faried adds 16 and 16.

The Warriors looked pretty good last night in beating the Cavs. Their rookie Barnes is getting a lot of minutes because Brandon Rush had a season ending knee injury last week. It was my first good look at Kyrie Erving and I was impressed. He looks like he will be a star for a long time.

Hey Sumit,

It seems you're a pretty big NBA fan. How'd you become a fan and do you get much NBA info locally or do you find most of it online?

I think they need to talk about their problems. There are lapses both players and staff of the Lakers. As a player they should give their best, share the ball and trust each other while in the coaching staff they need to motivate the players more and encourage them to play as a team. I think the team is locked of team play and they need to know each other. Maybe 5-10 games they will show the true LA Lakers.

Good news break.

I'm not sure you fire a coach after 5 games, but they did and I'd probably go with reuniting D'Antoni with Steve Nash.

And, I wonder why Kareem never gets any mentions? I know he wants to coach. He must have really burned some bridges.

Haha. I am looking forward to it.

I missed the W's game tonight and apparently is was a good thing I did. :/

So the Nuggets are playing good now and the W's just lost to a 1-4 team! A 1-4 Team!

Bogut won't be playing by the way, because his ankle is giving him problems again. He looks like a hell of a player if he can stay healthy, which seems to be a problem now:/

By the way, as a side note to the Warriors game last night, there was the case of what one writer is calling "The Worst Free Throw Ever" by Andris Biedrins. It's funny and sad at the same time. Here's the sad part. He's become a major head case because of his free throw shooting and is just a shell of the former player he was.

The funny part:


Golden State Warriors center Andris Biedrins airballs a free throw by over a foot (VIDEO) | Ball Don't Lie - Yahoo! Sports

Oh yeah. I watched it! haha. Can't believe Landry missed those two free throws at the end and Biedrins made his two! Fun game to watch. Both teams have a lot of potential.

Really bad shooting though, by both teams. Ugly is right!

Dirk is out, I think it's a knee. If I remember correctly, he'll miss 6-8 weeks, but I could be wrong.

The Bobcats set a record for lowest winning percentage last season....and they are owned by Michael Jordan. Losing to the Bobcats isn't good.

I am a bit surprised by the hiring. I don't really see D'Antoni and Kobe being a good fit for the long term. Of course, it will be great for Nash, but this isn't the same Nash who played for D'Antoni several years ago. I don't see Steve Blake as a guard that can run the D'Antoni offense. You will probably see Chris Duhon get a lot more playing time though.

The reason I don't think this signing will work with Kobe is because this style of offense depends on running and gunning, which is not a style that makes Kobe the focus of the offense.

The Warrior's Curry and Thompson are shooting bad also. Weird. Their two best pure shooters and they look like stiffs so far. I'm thinking it can't last.

That's crazy. I can't imagine what that game would have looked like.

Shoot. I'm going to miss that game. I have a date. ( In case in the unlikely event she ever see's this, you are definitely worth missing the game of the year gorgeous! )

Klay Thompson had a breakout game for him last night, shooting wise. Finally! believe it or not, it was his first game of the year where he shot above 50%. Curry also shot well.

Lakers lost another one and their next game is in Memphis who are a very good team this year.

Happy Thanksgiving Kurt and other Warriors.

By the way, where the he ll is TL at? Was he banned from the off topic? How can I completely enjoy the Lakers' losing season without him around?

Nope, but didn't last year or this year. They always seem to have a couple games on Xmas though.

Geesh. The W's better win at least one. I think they have a couple guys who match up well with the physical play of the Nuggets in Landry, Ezeli and sometimes Lee. I think it really comes down to them making shots. If Curry and Thompson can both shoot well the W's should win tonight. That hasn't happened much this year though.

Bogut is not going to play and may not for a while. :/

By the way Kurt, Barnes has been having a real good rookie year. Here's a view of a recent dunk by him from a few different angles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Vm4UQPTORfE

By the way, it's not as big a game as the Warriors/Nuggets rematch, but the Spurs play the Heat tonight in Miami. Should be interesting.

Wow! Crazy game and ending. These two teams are pretty evenly matched. It will be interesting to see where they end up at the end of the year.

The second three pointer of his career!

What a great win, great shooting by both Jamison and Meeks.

About time Antawn found his shot, Meeks was on fire too 7/8 from 3-point if my memory serves correctly?

Great win.

Haha. Probably right. I bet the games will be close though and interesting which I wouldn't have guessed before the season started.

I feel you, I'm a Laker fan myself.

However, with this being said I don't think Nash is going to solve all the problems. The problem to me is not so much offense, it's defense and rebounding. Having both Howard and Gasol and were getting out-rebounded?

With Nash back, he will be a great addition on the offensive end, however like I said the problems seem to be rebounding and defense, both of which he won't be any help on.

We need a decent, FAST pint-guard to back Nash up. With the game having so many athletic point guards, Nash doesn't stand a chance, forcing a lot of different defensive mis-matches, and this is where were getting killed.

Hey Mavs aren't bad at all. There's no Dirk. I LOVE OJ Mayo too. They're not completely out.

I wonder if he told Kareem or Akeem or Wilt that?

Don't jinx it man! I've been worried about his ankles all year!

Curry has been playing great ball the last few weeks except for that Miami game. David Lee is having an all star year also. I'm looking forward to the game Sat against Atlanta! I'm not sure why the W's have a problem with the Magic btw. :/

Yikes! 0-22?! That is a record that may never be broken. You mentioned before they may need to trade some of their inside players for some shooters and I'm thinking you may be right now. The Nuggets definitely have talent, so it can be done.

Few clutch shots too. Didn't really expect too much from him BUT he really did play well.

Should be a good game against the Knicks now he's back. Hopefully not a repeat of what happened last time.

Man Faried was unstoppable out there, it's like he was doing what he wanted.

Then Brewer heats up and starts dropping 3's at will.

I still have no idea what D'Antoni is doing, World Peace gets fouled out again, and there is no sign of Jamison? Seems like as soon as he got going, he just doesn't get the minutes any more.

At least they got the W against the Knicks on Christmas..

Yeah. Great game! That shot by Collison was amazing and that block and coast to coast dunk by Durant was incredible.

Nash has a lot of trouble with Lawson and a bunch of other people. I think the main problem with the Lakers though is: 1. Coach D'Antoni 2. Kobe Bryant. Well, you might want to add the owners son who making decisions now it seems.

I guess you might be correct, if Denver was on the West Coast. Look at a map much?

Well, the good news for Kobe is he will get even more shots and have another chance at the scoring leader for the season. Sorry Josh. Do you have a second favorite team?

Woe be to the Magic fan.

Even though he's been crap, only avg. 2-2-2, and played 11 games this season, he has been been clutch for us in the past.

Hedo Turkoglu suspended 20 games for taking banned substance | The Point Forward - SI.com

At a miserable 15-36 this season, he may have added something, anything, to a very poor Magic team...

Yep. The Nuggets seem to have the W's number. The Warriors looked to be in control of the game at the end of the 3rd quarter and then they get blown out by 20 in the 4th!? Turrrible! as Barkley would say. I hope they don't meet in the playoffs.

Yeah, I am worried about the Nuggets. They are a solid team that gives the Warriors a hard time every time. I would rather face any other team in the playoffs except for the Spurs.

By the way Kurt, I am dating a lady who is my dream match because, for one, she is a big time Warrior fan! She watches all the games on TV and if she can't watch them she listens to them. And she knows the game inside and out! Very knowledgeable about the NBA as a whole also.

A Laker loss is almost as good as a Nuggets win and I got both tonight.

I've noticed the Nuggets are ahead of the Warriors now, thanks to a 3 game losing streak by the Ws. I did notice the Nuggets easily beat the Bulls who destroyed the Warriors a couple weeks ago also. :/

That would help me deal with the warriors playing so bad. I do expect the Heat to blow them out. The Heat killed the Clippers two nights ago.

The Nuggets didn't play well that game, but they did play hard. Gave the C's all they wanted, especially with the Nuggets coming off a back to back game, both on the road.

BTW, the Celtics are playing much better without Rondo. Sometimes it's addition by subtraction.

I have no idea Kurt. They look alright but am not sure they will catch on. Supposedly they are very light and comfortable. What do you think about how they look?

Kurt,

I loved Faried dunking over Howard at the end....

AWESOME!

God Bless,

Rich Beck BCIP, MCSD, MCIS

Lakers rarely play well in Denver, even when they're good. No surprise there from me.

2 wins 6 losses in the last 4 seasons in Denver, not counting the playoffs. You've got that Mile High advantage!

That was a sloppy game but it had an exciting ending as most Ws and Kings games have been recently. Nice win for the Ws and its good to see Thompson make a game winning shot. Maybe that will get him back on track. He's been awful most of the year.

The Ws have been struggling lately but are showing signs of getting back on track. You know I would love to see the Lakers not make the playoffs. They are going to have to scramble to make it. Even if they do make it to the 7th or 8th spot I can't see the Lakers beating the Spurs or the Thunder. Of course, the way the Ws are playing now I can't see them doing well in the playoffs either, although they still have time to get hot.

Warriors lost to Houston at home tonight. They are still not playing well at all. It's mostly bad offense and just sloppy all around play. At least they are playing aggressive defense. I can't see them doing too well in the playoffs the way they are playing now, if they even make the playoffs that is.

Interesting game tonight: The Trailblazers give the Spurs their worst lost at home in the Tim Duncan era and their second worst lost ever at home! 136 to 106. Lillard had another great game and should be ROTY.

Plus, Deron Williams broke the NBA record for 3s in a half with 9!

Hit some big shots to keep us in that one, I swear these past few games have been really bad for my health..

Yeah, they are a solid talented team with a great frontcourt. Should be a good game tonight in Denver!

Hey Kurt. Do you remember the Lakers winning 33 in a row in 72? I remember that streak. It looks like The Heat could beat it. The rest of their schedule looks pretty soft with only a couple tough games. I do hope somebody steps up, has a great game and beats them. Maybe the Spurs.

Good win Kurt! Yeah, your team is playing really well. I wish I could say the same about my Warriors. Another terrible game tonight. Their worst at home for sure as the Bulls destroy them for the second time this year two days after the Bulls were destroyed by the Kings. :/ To be honest, the Ws don't look like a playoff team now. I'm not sure if they can turn it around. They have been in a bad funk for about two months I would say and I am starting to question Jackson as a coach again.

Yes, a good night except for the Heat winning. The Warriors are giving me hope with their last two road wins. Some of their best defense all year led by Bogut in the middle and good shooting also. I wish the Nuggets and the Heat would play now. They are two hot teams. Boston blew it tonight!

Because the Bulls were celebrating St Patty's day a day late.

Because those are the Nuggets "alternative" jerseys and actually are a throwback using the Denver "skyline" design of the 1980s. "Alternative" jerseys make fans buy another jersey. It's all marketing.

Nuggets are red hot. We won 9 in a row. Then lost 3 out of 4 when both Galo and Igoudala were hurt, and now have won another 12 in a row. IOW, we've won 22 out of our last 25, only losing when we were missing two starters. And we're doing it without a single all star.

...But the Grizzlies keep winning too, so we still haven't caught them. That team gets no respect.

I think the Nuggets will have a tough time tonight in OKC, with the game being the second of a back to back on the road.

Nuggets beat OKC in OKC by 10 points, extending their winning streak to 13. I'll take it! And 8 of the 13 wins are against teams that would be in the playoffs as of now.

This is the second time the Nuggets beat OKC during the streak and win the season series 3-1.

The Nuggets are also 3-1, and hold the tie breaker, against the Clippers, Grizzlies, Houston and Golden State, the teams closest in the playoff standings.

Yupp!

The amount of travels LeBron gets away with, and the amount of "foul calls" he gets given his way is ridicoulous. LeBron should be thanking the officials for the ring he got last year, they pretty much handed it to him - either that or he's got them on the pay roll

Nice win against OKC