Official 2008-09 NBA Thread

[black amal]

I say Steve Nash and the Suns go all the way. But my sleeper will be the Miami Heat. With that 2nd round draft pick, they can do damage. Anyone else?

 

[Nikkifan19]

I say Celtics repeat, and beat the Hornets.

 

[yaheem]

Ima say the Dubs are gonna blow, their rising star Monta Ellis hurts his bitch ass on a friggin moped, Man card revoked instantaneously. For some odd reason im man-crushing on Jerryd Bayless hes gonna be good for the Trail Blazers who are gonna be quite surprising this season. The Suns are old, really old, now if T-Mac and Yao stay healthy and McGrady dosent do his disappearing in the playoffs they can go deep. Boston still the champs so they're #1 in the East and the Eastern Conference really blows alot of crap teams very few good ones.

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

I want to say the Raptors will win, or at least make it to the Finals, but I don't think they will make the playoffs this year, sadly.

 

[ChefChiTown]

Since I'm a Chicagoan, I have to say...

DA BULLS

I just hope this year's season doesn't end up being a joke. Last year, it was kind obvious who was going to win the championship. Personally, I find seasons like that to be boring.

 

[black amal]

the bull have a great chance wit that 1st rd pick Derrick Rose but i like Hinrich too so i guess they will split time

 

[ChefChiTown]

the bull have a great chance wit that 1st rd pick Derrick Rose but i like Hinrich too so i guess they will split time

Yeah, I've been wondering what they're going to do with that. :dunno:

I'm hoping that they just rotate Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon, Derrick Rose, Larry Hughes and Thabo Sefolosha on a nice, consistent basis. They're all good and they all have their strong points which adds to the team's success.

I think we might do well this year, now that our team has had a whole summer to come together and hopefully play as a team.

 

[deltro]

I say Steve Nash and the Suns go all the way. But my sleeper will be the Miami Heat. With that 2nd round draft pick, they can do damage. Anyone else?

im gonna support my nets even though we lost two of our premier players. i like our youth and huge upside. i couldn't care less if king james never comes to the nets. id rather see us develop someone.

 

[Nikkifan19]

Spurs fan myself. Same story its been the last 3-4 years. Big three have to stay healthy and get solid support from the rest and they should be fine.

 

[StormRuller]

go celtics again!!

 

[titsrock]

I think the Celtics will repeat as East champs but I think LA might win it all, assuming Bynum is healthy.

I liked the Suns run-and-gun style, and I like Shaq as a Sport Entity, but I really don't think they will do much without that uptempo style. I think they're going to flame out. Houston could be the sleeper team if Psycho Artest keeps his head on straight...

Will the Knicks turn into a run-n-gun style team now with D'Antoni?

Will the Jailblazers make some noise with Oden healthy? They are worth watching....they could be the new run-n-gun type team....lots of talent on that squad.

 

[black amal]

Anything can happen this year. Just have to wait and see

 

[Nikkifan19]

I think the Celtics will repeat as East champs but I think LA might win it all, assuming Bynum is healthy.

I liked the Suns run-and-gun style, and I like Shaq as a Sport Entity, but I really don't think they will do much without that uptempo style. I think they're going to flame out. Houston could be the sleeper team if Psycho Artest keeps his head on straight...

Will the Knicks turn into a run-n-gun style team now with D'Antoni?

Will the Jailblazers make some noise with Oden healthy? They are worth watching....they could be the new run-n-gun type team....lots of talent on that squad.

Not the Jail Blazers anymore! Thank goodness for that!

 

[StormRuller]

and another close victory by the Celtics... Tony Allen 32 points... good!!

tomorrow's victim the Knicks!!

the Hornets are doing good too... they have a very good team!