2009-2010 NBA Season

[The God of War]

Feel free to discuss anything going on in David Stern's playground. Talk about your favorite teams, players, players and teams you hate, the D-League, Gilbert Arenas' stupid ass (sorry DC, but Oakland had him first, and he was a stupid bastard even then) and even Brandon Jennings and the throwback Gumby fade he's rockin...

Bring that talk heah...

Just to spark up some debate, my two favorite teams are the Lakers and the Warriors.

[Mr Kels]

Gilbert Arenas' stupidity level is higher than the Malice At The Palace. At least Ron-Ron was provoked (not saying he should have ran in the stands, but at least he had some kind of reason to). And the shit he did pregame with the finger guns... Sit your dumb ass down.

I'm gonna go ahead and say that the Lakers are my fav team as well. I like them to come out the west and most likely the Celts from the east; as long as they stay healthy.

[Deuce]

Yeah Gilbert is a reh-tard. And yes the finger gun shit....somebody smack this clown. I haven't really been following bball much this year but I'm still of fan of Boston.

[Mr Kels]

Why is Allen Iverson gonna start in the All Star game? There's no reason he should be second in guards in the east.

[404BlackMan]

Tmac shouldnt be on the ballot, AI though has been able to play so him in the allstar game is ok, Bradon Jennings overrated another fifty five point game probably wont hapen from him again for 3 more years.....

now back to my team Lakers best Record in the Nba, team have been goin up and down with the few injuries but overall great play and i hate what went down on christmas because cav fans think they did something but when u watch the game Cleveland came out strong bust LA in the mouth but we made a run at the end of the first half and the second half belong the the refs how does three lakers get tecs and odom gets ejected but not one single cav gets a tec or a warning we will put that suck ass coach and overrated star back in their place hopefully on thursday

[Mr Kels]

I think Kobe should sit and rest for a while. I think the Lakers are good enough to win a few games while he gets healthy again. You see that crazy run they went on against Orlando? If memory serves me correct, that was with him on the bench through most of it. Not saying they can win a ring sans Kobe, but I believe they play well enough to win some games.

[The God of War]

I think Kobe should sit and rest for a while. I think the Lakers are good enough to win a few games while he gets healthy again. You see that crazy run they went on against Orlando? If memory serves me correct, that was with him on the bench through most of it. Not saying they can win a ring sans Kobe, but I believe they play well enough to win some games.
I wholeheartedly agree.

And All-Star voting is a joke. The only reason McGrady is so high on the ballot because of the Chinese. Since he plays with Yao Ming (or Ming Yao, however you prefer to say it)...

[Deuce]

*cough* FuckKobe *cough*

[Mr Kels]

Chris Bosh is probably having his best year (statistically). Where's the love for this guy? Probably because he plays in Toronto he doesn't get the credit he deserves.

Kevin Durant is balling too. He should be starting in the all star game. Damn fans always get shit wrong.

[The God of War]

Chris Bosh is probably having his best year (statistically). Where's the love for this guy? Probably because he plays in Toronto he doesn't get the credit he deserves.

Kevin Durant is balling too. He should be starting in the all star game. Damn fans always get shit wrong.
I agree. Also, Chris Kaman of the Clippers should be playin in the All-Star game. Dude is ballin out right now. Damn near 20-10 average? That's Karl Malone-Tim Duncan numbers right there.

Here is the link to what Ray Allen thinks about the All-Star voting: http://espn.go.com/blog/sportscenter/post/_/id/23577/ray-allen-is-not-a-fan-of-your-all-star-voting-rights

[Mr Kels]

Yeah Kaman has been doing his thing over there too.

Gerald Wallace is another underrated player. He may not be putting up 30 a night, but he's holding it down for Charlotte.

[The God of War]

Yeah Kaman has been doing his thing over there too.

Gerald Wallace is another underrated player. He may not be putting up 30 a night, but he's holding it down for Charlotte.
He was the other person I meant to mention. I think he's second in the NBA in rebounding. As a wing player? Yeah buddy, he oughta be there too. In fact, I nominate AI to relinquish his spot for Gerald Wallace. Now.

[Deuce]

I'm surprised Eman hasn't neg repped me for my blasphemous comment yet. LOL

Chris Kaman? Yeah I could see an all-star appearance. Glibert Arenas would be a good.....oh wait....nevermind.

When are these dudes gonna realize ol Dave is gonna make examples out of em? SMH they really need to stop doin dumb shit.

[RunawayTrane]

Chris Bosh is probably having his best year (statistically). Where's the love for this guy? Probably because he plays in Toronto he doesn't get the credit he deserves.

Kevin Durant is balling too. He should be starting in the all star game. Damn fans always get shit wrong.

Can understand Durant not getting the starting spot, there'a alot of comp at the SG/SF slot in the west but there is NO power forward in the east balling like Bosh and Garnett gets the all star nomination??
:ras:

[Mr Kels]

Yeah I see how Durant wouldn't be starting. For some reason I kept thinking that Nowitzki had a starting spot. i would take Durant starting over Dirk right now.

It's like I said, Bosh is playing in Toronto so he's not getting the recognition he should be getting. If he was playing on any of the other Atlantic Conference teams, he would probably be starting, if not have more votes.

[The God of War]

Yeah I see how Durant wouldn't be starting. For some reason I kept thinking that Nowitzki had a starting spot. i would take Durant starting over Dirk right now.

It's like I said, Bosh is playing in Toronto so he's not getting the recognition he should be getting. If he was playing on any of the other Atlantic Conference teams, he would probably be starting, if not have more votes.
Nah, that shit is rigged. I would never give fans that kind of power. They would only vote for names and rep... Oh wait, that's already happening...

Oh well, it's not all about the All-Star game anyway. 2010 Playoff Seeding is where it's at.

And my Lakers got slapped around again by the Cavs. Can the Cavs actually get to the promised land to play the Lakers in the Finals this year? It's been years in the making...

[Mr Kels]

I think Lebron/Kobe is what David Stern and the powers that be reeeealy wanna see. Hell, I'm willing to bet that if that were to happen, it would be the highest rated Finals ever.

[The God of War]

I think Lebron/Kobe is what David Stern and the powers that be reeeealy wanna see. Hell, I'm willing to bet that if that were to happen, it would be the highest rated Finals ever.
Agreed. It's been near misses 2 years in a row. And not only that, don't forget about the big albatross that is Shaq. It will be the highest rated Finals ever, and the only way they could top that is if there is a rematch the next year, and it goes 7 games with the 7th game going to OT, or down to the last shot.

[blizz77]

Cavs vs Lakers would be a great Finals. Both have the deepest rosters in the league. At the rate the Cavs are playing now, they seem like the team to beat and they're missing two key players, Mo Williams and Delonte West. But when Playoff time hits, it's a brand new season and anything can happen. Hell, we all knew the Cavs were gonna be there last year but the Magic had their number.

I hope it happens so we can see more of these crazy fuckers...
http://www.notempire.com/images/uploads/nike_mvp_lebron_kobe.jpg

[The God of War]

Does anyone else here hate all of the Cavs' alternate unis? I can't stand em. Stick with the white, wine and gold. And when will the Lakers wear those road alternate black jerseys? Wear em just once for me, please?

I can't stand NBA referees. That is all. Worst refs in sports.

[Mr Kels]

Looks like Arenas' dumbass - and Crittenton as well - are getting the Ron-Ron treatment.

NBA commissioner David Stern suspended Washington Wizards guards Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton for the remainder of the NBA season Wednesday, and ESPN.com learned that Arenas has agreed not to appeal the punishment.

Stern's disciplinary actions were announced Wednesday afternoon after Arenas met face-to-face with Stern for the first time since the gun incident that put Arenas' future with the Wizards in doubt.

The Washington Post first reported the length of the Arenas suspension, and a source with knowledge of the meeting told ESPN.com that Arenas told Stern that he expects and deserves to be suspended for the rest of the season, which was believed to be the punishment Stern favored. It was unclear whether Crittenton also would decline to file an appeal.

"The NBA has conducted a thorough investigation of events relating to this matter," Stern said. "It is not disputed that, following an argument on the team's flight home from a game in Phoenix, both Mr. Arenas and Mr. Crittenton brought guns to the Verizon Center locker room and -- with other players and team personnel present or nearby -- displayed them to one another in a continuation of their dispute. The players engaged in this conduct despite a specific rule set forth in the collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and the Players Association prohibiting players from possessing a weapon at an NBA facility, and reminders of this prohibition given annually by the NBA to players both in writing and in person.

"The issue here is not about the legal ownership and possession of guns, either in one's home or elsewhere. It is about possession of guns in the NBA workplace, which will not be tolerated," Stern said.

"I have met separately with Mr. Arenas and with Mr. Crittenton. Both have expressed remorse for their actions and an understanding of the seriousness of their transgressions. Both have volunteered to engage in community service in order to turn the lessons they have learned into an educational message for others. I accept fully the sincerity of their expressions of regret and intent to create something positive from this incident.

"Nevertheless, there is no justification for their conduct. Accordingly, I am today converting Mr. Arenas' indefinite suspension without pay to a suspension without pay for the remainder of the 2009-10 season, and am also suspending Mr. Crittenton without pay, effective immediately, for the remainder of the 2009-10 season."

The team said it supported Stern's ruling.

"Their poor judgment has also violated the trust of our fans and stands in contrast to everything Abe Pollin stood for throughout his life," the Wizards said in a statement.

"It is widely known that Mr. Pollin took the extraordinary step of changing the team name from 'Bullets' to 'Wizards' in 1997 precisely to express his abhorrence of gun violence in our community. We hope that this negative situation can produce something positive by serving as a reminder that gun violence is a serious issue."

Asked during a conference call what message the penalties sent, Stern said: "We mean what we say when we say that guns are prohibited from being in our buildings and on team business.

"You will be dealt with harshly because it's very potentially dangerous to our players, to the other players and to anyone else who might be involved."

Arenas -- just as Crittenton did Tuesday -- met with Stern in what was regarded as the final step before the league announces a finite length to Arenas' indefinite suspension.

"I felt that I should do something to keep Arenas from doing even further damage to himself and I told him that," Stern said. "We also try to protect [players] from doing things that are foolish and damaging. I felt that Gilbert was in the process of doing that and it was incumbent on me to stop it."

ESPN.com reported Friday that suspension lengths for Arenas and Crittenton would be announced this week in the wake of a Dec. 21 confrontation in the Wizards' locker room in which both players have admitted to displaying unloaded handguns.

Arenas entered a guilty plea Jan. 15 in District of Columbia Superior Court to a felony weapons possession charge after admitting to bringing four guns into the locker room following a heated argument with Crittenton during a card game on the team plane.

Arenas missed his 12th consecutive game Tuesday night after Stern announced an indefinite suspension on Jan. 6, Arenas' 28th birthday.

Arenas awaits criminal court sentencing on March 26. His sentence could range from probation and community service and a fine to a recommended prison term of up to six months.

The sentence Arenas receives is expected to be the determining factor for the Wizards regarding their intent to void the remaining four seasons of Arenas' $111 million contract, which is valued at just over $80 million. Many league and legal experts contend that the Wizards could not successfully attempt to void Arenas' contract unless he is forced to serve jail time during the NBA season.

Crittenton, who hasn't played a single minute for the Wizards this season, met with Stern on Tuesday after being sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation following his guilty plea to a misdemeanor gun charge. Prosecutors agreed to drop a second misdemeanor charge of attempted carrying a pistol without a license.

"[Union director] Billy [Hunter] has been consistent with his message and his tone of really kind of waiting until the NBA comes out with what their position will be going forward and until then we can't respond," players association president Derek Fisher of the Los Angeles Lakers told ESPN.com last week.

"It's never happened before, so there isn't anything you can match it to, per se," Fisher said. "If I was commissioner? Well, I'm not privy what he has to balance, what all is at stake in terms of what message he sends to fans, to sponsors, to team owners. So there's a lot more on his plate to contemplate before he makes a decision.

"We respect that process, but from a union perspective we have to protect the short-term and long-term rights of our members, and when members do wrong things or make mistakes, they'll be rightfully punished, and we're just here to make sure that that doesn't go beyond what it should be under the circumstances."

Stern said he and Hunter would meet in the coming weeks to perhaps build a stronger gun policy than the one in the collective bargaining agreement.

Wizards coach Flip Saunders told The Washington Post on Tuesday: "I think right now, the whole situation, we're all pretty much numb to the whole thing. We knew when it got to the point that it got to, nothing good was going to come out of it."

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Them clowns brought it on themselves, especially Arenas.

[404BlackMan]

Does anyone else here hate all of the Cavs' alternate unis? I can't stand em. Stick with the white, wine and gold. And when will the Lakers wear those road alternate black jerseys? Wear em just once for me, please?

I can't stand NBA referees. That is all. Worst refs in sports.

i did not kno the lakers had black uniforms and as far as the cavs i do hate the orange and blue shit they started wearin

[The God of War]

Arenas and Crittenton are fucking clowns for that shit.

Well, the Lakers' black jerseys are "unofficial", but rumors keep poppin up that they will wear them during a road game on Friday night or Sunday. I await with bated breath.

Not in the NBA, but John Wall from Kentucky is looking ridiculous in college hoops right now. He's a damn beast right now.

[MrDeez84]

A Laker's black jersey? That could quickly become the best selling team jersey of the year. The NBA is goin to mess around and make me buy one at the age of 25.

Other NBA thoughts for me are:
1. The Pistons are THAT bad.
2. The Raptors need to pull the trigger on Bosh, one way or the other.

[The God of War]

Kobe is now the Lakers' all time leading scorer, surpassing Jerry West. Would have been nice to come away with a victory, but the Grizzlies are for real.

Kevin Garnett passed Larry Bird on the NBA all time scoring leaderboard as well. From ESPN.com: Garnett raised his NBA career total to 21,792 points, one more than former Celtics great Larry Bird. Garnett now ranks 24th in league history.

[404BlackMan]

A Laker's black jersey? That could quickly become the best selling team jersey of the year. The NBA is goin to mess around and make me buy one at the age of 25.

Other NBA thoughts for me are:
1. The Pistons are THAT bad.
2. The Raptors need to pull the trigger on Bosh, one way or the other.

pull the trigger on bosh? he is easily their best player