buzzcut Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 It is the Best of Times, it is the Worst of Times. It is the Age of Wisdom, it is the Age of Foolishness. It is the Epoch of Belief, it is the Epoch of Incredulity. It is the Season of Light, it is the Season of Darkness. It is the Spring of Hope, it is the Winter of Despair. We have most of everything, we have little of anything. We are all headed to Heaven, we are still mired in Hell. In short, this period is so far like the past period, that some of noisiest pundits insist on its being received, for good or for bad, in the superlative degree of comparison only. I am of course comparing the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference of the NBA. Enjoy the season everybody. The CCSLC's resident Geelong Cats fan. Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends. Sounds like something from a Rocky & Bullwinkle story arc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimalCookie Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 More like "A Tale of Two Teams". Normally around this time of year is when I stupidly get my hopes up on the Magic, but it's not happening this year. We made improvements, but I just don't think they're at a playoff level, even in the East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimball Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 So help me if it's the Warriors and Cavs again in 2018 ... I'm quitting the league ... ... for like another year, because LeBron will be gone to LA thus making Cleveland irrelevant once again. "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." Lily Tomlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Since training camps start on the 23rd, let's appreciate this six minutes of greatness from Michael Beasley from yesterday. http://www.espn.com/blog/new-york-knicks/post/_/id/66748/66748 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzcut Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 Prediction Time Eastern Conference: Boston, Cleveland, Philadelphia(process trusted), Washington, Toronto, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Detroit, Knicks, Charlotte, Orlando, Chicago, Miami, Indiana, Brooklyn Western Conference: Golden State, Oklahoma City, Houston, San Antonio, New Orleans, Minnesota, Denver, Clippers, Phoenix, Dallas, Portland, Utah, Lakers, Memphis, Sacramento NBA Finals: Warriors over Celtics in 5. The CCSLC's resident Geelong Cats fan. Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends. Sounds like something from a Rocky & Bullwinkle story arc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerslionspistonshabs Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Atlanta in the playoffs? Dude they're gonna be dead last. 1. Cleveland 2. Boston 3. Milwaukee 4. Miami 5. Washington 6. Toronto 7. Charlotte 8. Philadelphia 9. Detroit 10. Indiana 11. Orlando 12. New York 13. Brooklyn 14. Chicago 15. Atlanta 1. Golden State 2. Houston 3. San Antonio 4. Oklahoma City 5. Minnesota 6. Denver 7. Utah 8. Portland 9. New Orleans 10. LA Clippers 11. Memphis 12. Sacramento 13. LA Lakers 14. Dallas 15. Phoenix EAST Cleveland over Philadelphia 4-0 Boston over Charlotte 4-2 Milwaukee over Toronto 4-2 Miami over Washington 4-3 Cleveland over Miami 4-1 Boston over Milwaukee 4-3 Cleveland over Boston 4-2 WEST Golden State over Portland 4-0 Houston over Utah 4-0 San Antonio over Denver 4-2 Oklahoma City over Minnesota 4-3 Golden State over OKC 4-1 Houston over San Antonio 4-2 Golden State over Houston 4-3 FINALS Golden State over Cleveland 4-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimball Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Eastern Conference 1 - Cleveland Cavaliers 2 - Boston Celtics 3 - Washington Wizards 4 - Milwaukee Bucks 5 - Toronto Raptors 6 - Philadelphia 76ers 7 - Detroit Pistons 8 - Miami Heat -- 9 - Charlotte Hornets 10 - Indiana Pacers 11 - Orlando Magic 12 - Atlanta Hawks 13 - New York Knicks 14 - Chicago Bulls 15 - Brooklyn Nets Western Conference 1 - Golden State Warriors 2 - Houston Rockets 3 - San Antonio Spurs 4 - Minnesota Timberwolves 5 - Oklahoma City Thunder 6 - Utah Jazz 7 - Los Angeles Clippers 8 - Portland Trail Blazers -- 9 - Denver Nuggets 10 - Dallas Mavericks 11 - New Orleans Pelicans 12 - Memphis Grizzlies 13 - Los Angeles Lakers 14 - Sacramento Kings 15 - Phoenix Suns Eastern Conference Playoffs (1) Cleveland vs. (8) Miami (4) Milwaukee vs. (5) Toronto (2) Boston vs. (7) Detroit (3) Washington vs. (6) Philadelphia (1) Cleveland vs. (5) Toronto (2) Boston vs. (3) Washington (1) Cleveland vs. (2) Boston Western Conference Playoffs (1) Golden State vs. (8) Portland (4) Minnesota vs. (5) Oklahoma City (2) Houston vs. (7) LA Clippers (3) San Antonio vs. (6) Utah (1) Golden State vs. (5) Oklahoma City (2) Houston vs. (3) San Antonio (1) Golden State vs. (2) Houston NBA Finals 2018 Golden State vs. Cleveland, Warriors 4-2 League MVP: LeBron James; Cleveland Rookie of the Year: Ben Simmons; Philadelphia Most Improved Player: Myles Turner; Indiana 6th Player of the Year: Lou Williams; LA Clippers Defensive Player: Rudy Gobert; Utah Coach of the Year: Tim Thibodeau; Minnesota "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." Lily Tomlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Barring injury and unless Kevin Durant has a full-on nervous breakdown (and if you've been following his Twitter adventures, maybe that's possible), the Warriors are winning again, likely over the Cavs. I am excited to see how Boston and Cleveland do this year. It's too bad IT is starting the season injured, because he has a lot to offer. OKC should be fun too. Lonzo will be Rookie of the Year. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBolt3 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Imagine traveling back in time and showing someone this image 5 years ago: It's still ridiculous to me. Not good or bad, it just is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyman314 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 At least this year will be the final time we'll have to endure another consecutive Cavs - Warriors Finals. With Lebron likely going out west, it will be interesting to see how the conferences stack up next year. Red Sox: 8 Celtics: 17 Bruins: 6 Patriots: 5 Phantom Merch Collector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcake Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Warriors over Cavs in 5. Simple as that. As long as basically all of the Warriors' important players continue to take pay cuts to keep the core together, they'll be annoyingly good. I am looking forward to the Celtics and Cave in the East finals tho. Will be interesting to see if LeBron is gonna mess with Kyrie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 1 hour ago, ozzyman314 said: At least this year will be the final time we'll have to endure another consecutive Cavs - Warriors Finals. With Lebron likely going out west, it will be interesting to see how the conferences stack up next year. Are you SabresRules' son? 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 3 hours ago, DG_Now said: Barring injury and unless Kevin Durant has a full-on nervous breakdown (and if you've been following his Twitter adventures, maybe that's possible), the Warriors are winning again, likely over the Cavs. I am excited to see how Boston and Cleveland do this year. It's too bad IT is starting the season injured, because he has a lot to offer. OKC should be fun too. Lonzo will be Rookie of the Year. The pressures after winning a championship is already getting to Kevin Durant and Bay Area media doesn't want to talk about it. The health of Steve Kerr will be a lingering issue too. Dennis Smith, Jr. was a guy I loved on a disappointing NC State team, but I'm still weary of how he and Rick Carlisle will work together as Rick doesn't like Rookies. I'd pick him if he was on any other team but the Mavs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimalCookie Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 7 hours ago, BlackBolt3 said: Imagine traveling back in time and showing someone this image 5 years ago: It's still ridiculous to me. Not good or bad, it just is. Thanks for bringing the debacle that was the Dwightmare again. Wow, it's really been 5 years? It seems like so much longer... Oh wait, did you mean the uniforms? Oh... yeah... that too, I guess... Or both? Yeah, that's it. Anyway, since it's the cool thing to do... PREDICTIONS!!!!! (placed in spoiler for size) Spoiler EASTERN CONFERENCE 1) Cleveland Cavaliers 2) Milwaukee Bucks (I think that the Celtics aren't going to be as good as everyone thinks and that the Bucks are going to explode even more then they did last year) 3) Boston Celtics 4) Washington Wizards 5) Toronto Raptors 6) Philadelphia 76ers 7) Miami Heat 8) Detroit Pistons 9) Charlotte Hornets 10) Orlando Magic 11) Atlanta Hawks 12) Indiana Pacers 13) Chicago Bulls 14) New York Knicks 15) Brooklyn Nets WESTERN CONFERENCE 1) Golden State Warriors 2) Houston Rockets 3) San Antonio Spurs 4) Oklahoma City Thunder 5) Denver Nuggets 6) Minnesota Timberwolves 7) Portland Trail Blazers 8) Memphis Grizzlies (by the skin of their teeth) 9) Utah Jazz 10) Los Angeles Clippers 11) Memphis Grizzlies 12) New Orleans Pelicans 13) Los Angeles Lakers 14) Dallas Mavericks 15) Phoenix Suns (I tried so hard to put them higher but there really wasn't anyone else who could finish in the basement) EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS 1) CLE def. 8) DET 4-0 2) MIL def. 7) MIA 4-3 3) BOS def. 6) PHI 4-1 4) WAS def. 5) TOR 4-3 --------------------------- 1) CLE def. 4) WAS 4-2 3) BOS def. 2) MIL 4-3 -------------------------- 1) CLE def. 3) BOS 4-2 WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS 1) GS def. 8) MEM 4-0 2) HOU def. 7) POR 4-2 6) MIN def. 3) SA 4-3 4) OKC def. 5) DEN 4-3 -------------------------- 1) GS def. 4) OKC 4-2 2) HOU def. 6) MIN 4-0 -------------------------- 1) GS def. 2) HOU 4-2 THE FINALS W1) GS def. E1) CLE 4-1 Most Valuable Player: Giannis Antetokoumpo, MIL Rookie of the Year: Markelle Fultz, PHI Most Improved Player: Emmanuel Mudiay, DEN 6th Man of the Year: Lou Williams, LAC Defensive Player of the Year: Hassan Whiteside, MIA Coach of the Year: Jason Kidd, MIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Six Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Howard's career really has mirrored Shaq's quite nicely. Start out as a legend for the Magic, take them to the Finals in a losing effort, go to the Lakers to play with Kobe, then bounce from team to team and become a journeyman. There might be something that he's missing that Shaq had, but I can't think of it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 46 minutes ago, The Six said: Howard's career really has mirrored Shaq's quite nicely. Start out as a legend for the Magic, take them to the Finals in a losing effort, go to the Lakers to play with Kobe, then bounce from team to team and become a journeyman. There might be something that he's missing that Shaq had, but I can't think of it now. A championship (or four). That said, Dwight is NOT 6'11" (he's shorter than LeBron), yet has played center all his career and led the NBA in rebounds five times, blocks twice, and was DPoY three times. That's not a good career, that's a damn good to great career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Melo to OKC. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20793120/new-york-knicks-agree-trade-carmelo-anthony-oklahoma-city-thunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Oof, that makes the package Indy got for Paul george look like a massive haul in comparison. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBolt3 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Y'all out here trading stars? For nothing? But seriously, I gotta give Presti credit where it's due. Flipping expendable assets for Paul George and Melo is an impressive feat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Can't wait to see Carmelo and Westbrook fighting over the ball in the 4th quarter..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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