Official 2008-2009 NBA Regular Season Thread

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:06 am

^^
word he def. is not in right now. i'm just sayin. in four years, people will have to consider just off the numbers if he keeps up his latest 3 yr pace. and i CAN'T STAND the word "compiler" but godamn if he doesn't come closest to fitting the bill for that word although it's not his fault his bucks teams have been shitty post alien/big dawg/ray ray/tim

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:25 pm

LMAO @ Jackson after Garnett chewed out Glen Davis:

"And Davis is sitting at the end of the bench...acting like a big baby."

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:59 am

Oh man...Big Baby Davis was really crying. Like seriously crying. Wow.

Req · Post by **Req** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:00 am

cryin like a lil biiiiitch cuz KG is INTENSE

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HomeSkillet · Post by **HomeSkillet** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:24 pm

WTF could he have possible said?

Hayzoos · Post by **Hayzoos** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:28 pm

HomeSkillet wrote:WTF could he have possible said?

"Popeye's chicken just went out of business"

Juice · Post by **Juice** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:41 pm

Req wrote:cryin like a lil biiiiitch cuz KG is INTENSE

KG isnt INTENSE he`s a retard and a pussy and Big Baby should slap the shit out of him

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:33 pm

That big baby shit is a shame, im at a loss of words for these actions.

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:21 pm

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaahahaahaaaaa

WHAT A FUCKING BITCH

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:22 pm

the celtics are just crushing teams

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:28 pm

an-also wrote:the cavs are just crushing teams

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:36 pm

Reason wrote:

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaahahaahaaaaa

WHAT A FUCKING BITCH

that was my reaction too

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:43 pm

dude. the cavs are just out of this world against bad teams.

really easy schedule in this 8 game winning streak. average scoring margin of victory?

110-96 = 14
119-101 = 18
117-82 = 35
112-97 = 15
97-85 = 12
118-82 = 36
97-73 = 24
94-74 = 20

THEY ARE WINNING BY 21.75 PPG THEIR LAST 8

if mike brown doesn't win coach of the year...

Nl5H · Post by **Nl5H** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:56 pm

the warriors are by far the worst...38 point differential? that is uncalled for in the NBA

capable_keL · Post by **capable_keL** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:01 pm

Sources: Wolves to fire Wittman if McHale will coach

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

The Minnesota Timberwolves are on the brink of firing Randy Wittman after Saturday night's 23-point home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, according to NBA coaching sources.

But Wolves owner Glen Taylor, sources say, wants Timberwolves vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale to agree to take Wittman's place on the bench before going ahead with a coaching change.

It would be the NBA's fourth firing already this season, following dismissals in Oklahoma City (P.J. Carlesimo), Washington (Eddie Jordan) and Toronto (Sam Mitchell).

Yet it's believed that McHale is resistant to coaching again, even on an interim basis, despite the fact that Minnesota's much-maligned vice president of basketball operations has been successful as an interim coach before, guiding Minnesota to a 19-12 record in the second half of the 2004-05 season after firing Flip Saunders with the Wolves at 25-26.

It would appear that Minnesota's in-house options for replacing Wittman would appear to be limited if McHale declines to return to the bench, but sources say another possibility is general manager Jim Stack, who has expressed interest in coaching in the past.

The Wolves declined comment Sunday.

When McHale coached previously, his roster was built around Kevin Garnett and still featured Sam Cassell, Latrell Sprewell and Wally Szczerbiak from the group that went to the 2004 Western Conference finals under Saunders in the most successful season in franchise history. These Wolves are much younger and still early in the rebuilding process after Garnett was traded to Boston in July 2007.

McHale nonetheless said coming into the season that he thought that this team -- using last season's respectable 17-26 finish as a springboard -- could make a run at .500 ball. The Wolves are well off that pace, losing 15 of 18 games since an opening-night win over Sacramento and looking increasingly disengaged under Wittman, judging by their four consecutive double-digit losses this week. The last two defeats, away to New Jersey and the loss at home to the Clippers, came by a combined 52 points.

"It's obvious that something has to change," one team source said Sunday.

Al Jefferson, who replaced Garnett as the Wolves' cornerstone forward, touched on the growing effort concerns Saturday night after the loss when he told local reporters: "It starts in this locker room with us. They could have Jesus Christ himself come and coach us, but if we don't go out there and play hard and play together, it won't mean nothing."

If this is indeed the end for Wittman, he'll leave the Wolves' bench with one of the lowest career winning percentages of all-time at .326. He has a career record of 100-207, going 62-102 in two seasons as Cleveland's coach (1999-2000 and 2000-01) and a record of 38-105 since taking over from Dwane Casey on Jan. 23, 2007. The Wolves were 20-20 in the 2006-07 season when Casey was dismissed, then went 12-30 under Wittman in Garnett's last days in Minnesota.

After Saturday's heavy loss, when asked about his job security, Wittman told reporters: "If you start worrying about it, there's nothing you can worry about. When you get hired, you're bound to get fired. No, you don't worry about it. I'm not. I've got to prepare these guys on where they need to get better, and that's what I've got to do."

Said Wolves rookie Kevin Love, who had 13 points and 15 rebounds in the defeat: "As you can imagine, no one is particularly excited. We have hit rock bottom."

The Wolves could have as many as four first-round picks in the June draft, but McHale continues to absorb heavy criticism for his front-office moves. In addition to the controversial Garnett deal, McHale preferred Randy Foye over Brandon Roy in the 2006 draft, used the No. 7 overall pick in 2007 on Corey Brewer -- only for Brewer to struggle mightily as a rookie and then suffer the misfortune of a season-ending knee injury on Nov. 29 -- and surrendered Memphis' O.J. Mayo in a draft-day deal last June that brought back Love and perimeter specialist Mike Miller. Even in a deep rookie class, Mayo is widely regarded as the most serious threat to Chicago's Derrick Rose in the NBA's Rookie of the Year race.

As recently as two weeks ago, Wolves owner Glen Taylor said Wittman's job was safe, telling the St. Paul Pioneer-Press: "If I worried about the short term, and I looked at the economy and all my companies, if I based things on that, then I'd fire all my presidents because they had a bad month. I've been through ups and downs. You've got to be patient. I think Randy has prepared [the players] well. We've just got to get them some confidence. They're still young."

But the Wolves have looked increasingly uncompetitive since a stunning 26-point victory in Detroit on Nov. 23 which appeared to ease some of the pressure on Wittman.

Marc Stein is the senior NBA writer for ESPN.com. To e-mail him, click here.

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:31 pm

wolves should hire Sam Mitchell aka moe shats

capable_keL · Post by **capable_keL** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:38 pm

an-also wrote:wolves should hire Sam Mitchell aka moe shats

i know ur being facetious , but i agree!. doesnt matter though, the only way the wittman firing was going to happen was if kevin mchale would step in as interim coach AGAIN.

then we can blame sam mitchell for ryan gomes sucking ass

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:52 pm

McHale has an awesome job, fuck up constantly but blame and fire someone

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:53 pm

CaPaBLe_KeL wrote:
an-also wrote:wolves should hire Sam Mitchell aka moe shats
i know ur being facetious , but i agree!. doesnt matter though, the only way the wittman firing was going to happen was if kevin mchale would step in as interim coach AGAIN.

then we can blame sam mitchell for ryan gomes sucking ass

No i was being serious. Smitch is a good motivator. Hes a good coach for a young team. He just isnt good in x's and o's, so he can only take a team so far. The wolves just need an identity right now. I think smitch would be good for team like them. Just get them to play hard every night.

Hayzoos · Post by **Hayzoos** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:14 pm

Juice · Post by **Juice** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:27 pm

Hayzoos wrote:

capable_keL · Post by **capable_keL** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:30 pm

an-also wrote:
CaPaBLe_KeL wrote:
an-also wrote:wolves should hire Sam Mitchell aka moe shats
i know ur being facetious , but i agree!. doesnt matter though, the only way the wittman firing was going to happen was if kevin mchale would step in as interim coach AGAIN.

then we can blame sam mitchell for ryan gomes sucking ass
No i was being serious. Smitch is a good motivator. Hes a good coach for a young team. He just isnt good in x's and o's, so he can only take a team so far. The wolves just need an identity right now. I think smitch would be good for team like them. Just get them to play hard every night.

i know mahn, preachin to the choir. an inspired act of god would have to happen for my fav. organization to get rid of mchale. but its not that easy, the owner glenn taylor enables mchale to suck.

co dependent failure

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:33 pm

Juice wrote:
Hayzoos wrote:

plus i'm pretty sure bruce bowen has kicked more than one guy in the face/body

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:34 pm

having a brain trust of Mchale/babcock/smitch would be the ultimate :fail:

in the long run though

capable_keL · Post by **capable_keL** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:36 pm

an-also wrote:having a brain trust of Mchale/babcock/smitch would be the ultimate in the long run though

the proof is in the epic draft day failures of the last 4 years.

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:05 pm

so apparently, samuel dalembert had sex with mo cheek's wife in the mouth anus and vagina and mo cheeks is getting back at him with a vengeance

really fucking my fantasy shit up. well not that much, but still

Req · Post by **Req** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:47 pm

Juice wrote:
Req wrote:cryin like a lil biiiiitch cuz KG is INTENSE
KG isnt INTENSE he`s a retard and a pussy and Big Baby should slap the shit out of him

STFU HES FUCKING INTENSE

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Again, if Sheed did something like this he'd be ejected with the quickness, not even a T here.

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:58 pm

Req wrote:
Juice wrote:
Req wrote:cryin like a lil biiiiitch cuz KG is INTENSE
KG isnt INTENSE he`s a retard and a pussy and Big Baby should slap the shit out of him
STFU HES FUCKING INTENSE

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Again, if Sheed did something like this he'd be ejected with the quickness, not even a T here.

I like bayless. He wasnt backing down. Bumped right into 'mr intensity'. The blazers need to play him more

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:49 am

look at cambys face

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:57 am

^^

holy shit

any youtube of this? did dwight actually jam it on helpless zach? hilarious