NHL recently changed it that the Captains of each conference chooses the team. Pretty interested in how that turns out. I think for the NBA, it would probably be best for coaches to choose the team.
I’ll keep you posted. They usually do that shit by the All-Star break when they are 1-45.
The only bummer is I already bought a Griffin jersey. I hope they give me a blue or white one.
Coaches are boring. Kenny and Charles should choose the teams.
What does it matter? Neither of them would be voted into the starting lineup anyway - who cares?
I think that’s pretty cool. But that only works in hockey, where like 80% of the league is Canadian and they’re all laid back, blue collar type dudes and everyone’s just happy to get picked.
Can you imagine what would happen in the NBA if like LeBron and Kobe were captains for each Conference and had to pick teams? It would be the most hilarious and disasterous idea in the history of the league.
Wasn’t the kid born already last week? Your timing’s off.
I would have put $5 on Brazilian though.
Wait, this is a pretty crazy deal. Two mid level tickets for $50 = free jersey? Isn’t that a good deal even without the tickets? Should I just order two Clippers tickets and the jersey and get it shipped up to me?
$50 for baseline floor seats!?! They are like $150 in Toronto! That is nuts.
The Clippers are like the uglier and fattier friend of a hot girl. And she actually turns out to be much sluttier because she has self esteem issues from everyone being too busy oogling her friend to pay attention to her.
I’m a Clipper girl kind of guy. If I’m ever in LA, I am definitely going to a Clippers game.
Letting NBA players, as cool as it might seem, choose the All-Star teams can’t be any better than fans and coaches voting them in. It’s already a huge popularity contest. If Lebron and Kobe were named captains of their respective teams, they may end up choosing friends over players that are more deserving of a slot. Leaves a lot of room for resentment. But let’s do it anyway. I want to see Kobe pick 4 Laker teammates for the lulz.
Presenting your 2011 NBA All-Stars starting lineup…Derek Fisher! Mo Williams! Ronny Turiaf! Udonis Haslem! Chris Bosh!
…ugh. And yet…how would that not be the greatest All-Star game ever?
LeBron’s first pick would be Chris Paul, obviously…and the funny thing is, if Kobe was not a captain, he might not get picked for the All-Star team. Haha.
Also, Artest says he’s NFL-bound after basketball - CBSSports.com
Amazing. I don’t know how you can’t love Artest.
Presenting your Eastern All-Stars: Captain Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Udonis Haslem, Mike Miller, Joel Anthony, Mo Williams, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Anderson Varejao, and Ricky Davis. The Head Coach is Maverick Carter.
Speaking of Artest.
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NEVER FORGET!!!
11/19/04
Holy shit, it’s already been 6 years. Now imagine if Ben Wallace hadn’t shoved Ron Artest after that foul, or if Ron hadn’t committed it while his team was well enough ahead.
That was a perennial Eastern Conference power, they were coming off a 61-win season and almost winning the Eastern Finals the year before, mostly intact.
If Ron keeps his shit together, it could have been them against the Lakers - O’Neal vs. O’Neal. …and they might have actually lost instead of Detriot winning - who knows? If the Pacers keep together then maybe Lakers wouldn’t have lost against Detroit, maybe Shaq doesn’t leave for Miami, maybe Dallas wins a championship instead, maybe basketball doesn’t die in Indiana…who knows?
But saying if Ron kept his shit together is like saying what if Oden kept his knees intact. You just can’t bet on stuff like that.
Bosh is still an idiot, nothing has changed.
I expected him to be the third wheel that just stood there, and he is doing a great job at it!
I don’t know how Lothar does it, but he is able to troll me even when he is not trying to.
Lothar’s trolling is GDLK. We should just change his name to master troll.
You mad? I’m assuming you did auction draft once and it was either fucked up or your team sucked.
I’m all for auction draft. I need something new. Can’t be giving me the same shit every year and not expect me to not get bored.
P.S this might be my last year of fun league, not sure yet though.
You know I was hoping he would shoot you out of FG% last week vs Kim, but I guess my curse skills aren’t that sharp anymore. It’s a week behind, but whatever.
Like Nike says “just do it.”
I had a talk with a friend about this like a week ago.
We’ve figured that Kobe would just pick the Lakers, and LeBron would just pick his friends off the Olympic team.
If Kobe’s team win he can say he’s the best player in the world. If his team lose, he can just say the other team is stack.
LeBron is too much of a dumbass to realize he is putting himself in a lose-lose situation. (Hypothetically speaking if this does happen).
My god you’re right. Holy shit.
ESPN showing a lot of love for Celtics this year…me no likey
ESPN been showing a lot of love to the Celtics since they got their big 3 homie.
Here I will explain ESPN in a nut shell for you.
NBA - LeBron>>>>>>>Kobe>>>>>Celtics>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dwight/Cp3/Deron.
NFL - Favre>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Manning/Brady>>>>Steelers>>WhoDAT nation>>>>>> NFC East/AFC East/AFC North>>>> everyone else.
MLB - YANKEES> Redsox >>>>> Phillies>> AL East>>>>>>>>>> Cardinals/Cubs etc…
NHL - Alex/Sidney >>> who cares.
MLS - Who cares.
Insert random pop culture reference for every two “>” and there you go.
MLS should be Donovan/Beckham>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are there any other players besides them 2 in the mls?
would you trade Broy for Eric Gordon/Ben Gordon?
kinda desperate at this point. i’m thinkin Broy will miss a few more games and can’t be explosive anymore.
Both or for one of them? If just one, I’d go for Eric Gordon. Both would be criminal.
If you own Broy then yeah I would go with that trade. I don’t like the news about his knees. Eric Gordon is the number 1 option for now but his stats probably go down a bit when Davis and Kaman comes back.
Solidifying my position as Troll of the Year.
imo.
Solidifying my position as Troll of the Year.
imo.
You could. Give me 50 bucks so I can watch the Clips vs Spurs game and I’ll give you the jersey. WIN/WIN. I am a genius.