*The Official 2011-12 NBA Thread*

If you needed any more evidence that Derrick Rose is an *******...

then I am gonna provide it.

Tonight...Bulls lead 99-95 with 4 second left.

United center had a promotion that everybody in attendance got a free Big Mac if the Bulls scored 100 in a win.

Rose gets fouled with 4 seconds left.

He misses the first.

He misses the second.

Hornets run out clock.

What an *******.

 

Did you consult with your Front Office, and your coach? Do you have the next two years guaranteed on your contract?

 

Lol, I doubt that was intentional....maybe he was auditioning for a role on the Heat???

 

That's our promotion... Bastards.

 

Ours is a Free Taco at Taco Bell if the Heat's opponent misses BOTH free throws at anytime in the second half.

 

We've had a **** load of promotions this year. Anything to get asses in the seats I guess, can't complain though. Just recently gave away pieces of the court that Wilt scored 100 on.

 

forget the on the court wilt played on.....how about one of 10,000 off the courts he played on.............

 

That gives me an idea.

Okay guys..have at it...

Promotions the Knicks can do: (I have a few)

1. "Call defensive signals" for the Knicks night. (one lucky fan gets to organize the Knicks defense that night)
2. JR Smith efficiency night. (If JR Smith takes less than 10 shots and shoots efficiently, while filling the boxscore, everybody gets a $1,000,000 in Twenty Dollar Bills)
3. Amare Stoudemire pre-mature celebration night. (If Amare makes a nice play and makes a huge deal of it early in the game, but then proceeds to get dominated, everybody gets a NBA handbook on the Amnesty Clause)

 

if he missed those intentionally that would be pretty funny

 

Means nothing. Even Screamin A Smith nailed those moves. Not that that matters since those are completely independent issues from the individual medical cases of people who've had knee surgery.

 

This may be true although it doesn't matter. Again a completely different issue than his bogus claim that knee surgery is the same as an oil change

 

Section is Pat Riley.

 

I am never fair to Knick fans when I Troll.

Remember..I used to ignore the Knicks. Now I ignore the Magic. I only troll Bulls and Knicks fans now. Should tell you something.

 

I never said that knee surgery was the same as an oil change. I said knee scopes after ACL surgery are as common as oil changes.

 

This would make Section some sort of god.

 

Speaking of my "sources"...

I mentioned this on Twitter today...

Somebody with a very well informed opinion, that is usually pretty good with these "predictions"..thinks that D12 and Deron Williams both end up in New Jersey.

I disagree with him on Deron, unless D12 gets traded before the deadline to NJ. There is too much smoke that suggests that Deron Williams is a done deal to Dallas. But it is interesting that we could have a very real natural NBA rivalry brewing inside of New York.

 

There is a trade coming for the Lakers within a few days. Not sure if it is big in nature, or small, but a trade and/or signing is happening. Reports are coming out that the Lakers are wearing out phone lines of other GMs as well as other reports of Kupchak and Morey in intense conversations at the All-Star Break.

My guess is Pau is still going to Houston in some sort of three team deal. Speculate all you want about the third team.

Lots of scuttlebutt about Ramon Sessions and Michael Beasley headed to L.A. too. I like Sessions...no idea if I even have an opinion on Beasley, other than that I suppose he is better than what we would have if Pau does, in fact, get shipped out.

Also...supposedly Rasheed Wallace is trying to get himself a paycheck form the Lakers.

Bottom line is that there seems to be an awful lot of movement around them right now, which leads me to believe that something is brewing...or attempting to brew, as it were. Nothing happens until D12's situation is cleared up though.

I tend to think that Deron and Howard end up in Dallas this offseason, but that's just me.

I also wouldn't be surprised if Rajon Rondo is moved.

 

Deron and Howard in Dallas is impossible as of now. if they managed to pull off a miracle to find everybody to take their bad contracts, they would still have almost 30 million in contracts committed for next season. Basically, no cap room for two max guys. Dirk just makes too much.

I think Rajon Rondo could end up in LA if the Lakers trade Pau for him. Rondo/Bass for Pau is a good trade for both teams.

 

I don't see how Rondo and Bass for Pau is in any way, shape, or form a good trade for the Celtics.

 

4) One lucky fan gets to cling to Alonzo Mourning's ankle for as long as they can.

 

Yeah, I've heard the Pau for Rondo/Bass trade rumor. As a Lakers fan, I would do it in a heartbeat. I love Pau, but if you can get a VERY GOOD point guard to pair with Kobe and Brandon Bass to boot, you do it. It also gives you your main trading asset to send to Orlando if they decide they want Bynum. Rondo, Kobe and Howard works for me as a Lakers fan.

I just don't see what Boston gets out of it as Pau outclasses Bass, but leaves them with a fairly gaping hole at PG. Unless, of course, they are somehow able to make a run at Deron in the offseason, but I doubt that's possible.

 

we got over that, as soon as D-Wade threw the ball in the air with a second to go to clinch our first championship.

 

Celtics are in blow it up mode. A Big is easier to rebuild around, especially with cap space.

 

Nope. The number of days past since the Knicks last won a playoff game. Limit is 3000 guesses.

 

The problem is that big is an old Pau Gasol. They could do much better for Rondo, or just keep him and build around him and get rid of everyone else.

 

Don't forget "Run the point" night for the Heat. It helps under the salary cap.

/Le Batard

 

Was a nice cheap shot. Knicks playoff drought goes on what 10 seasons? LeBron his numerous big shots just last year. So easy on the revisionist history Skip Bayless.

I'm not killing either team and like when both teams are good so don't look at me like a Heat homer or Knicks hater.....just trying to state the facts.

 

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

 

Not sure how that proves he hasn't hit a big shot lately. Been less than a year since he put on a classic performance of clutch basketball in playoffs. Nowhere near 3000 games by my count Certainly he was more clutch than Derrick Rose or Kobe Bryant in last year's playoffs.