[BFG]

On the eve of the season, news that Blake Griffin has a broken kneecap.

sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4597949

"LOS ANGELES -- Blake Griffin's NBA debut has been pushed back indefinitely after the Los Angeles Clippers revealed late Monday night that their No. 1 overall draft pick has a broken left kneecap.

The stress fracture could sideline the Oklahoma star for six weeks, the team announced, promising further information Tuesday."

Is anybody really surprised by this?

And I'm looking forward to the season. Boston-Cleveland-Orlando in the East, and LA-San Antonio all look rally good, and there's a slew of 2nd tier teams that could be really good or be complete train wrecks.

[punk/core]

Man... the Clippers just cannot catch a break. Things were actually looking to be pretty good for them (well, good for the Clippers at least) heading into the season.


Also, NBA season means that me and Tommy have to be mortal enemies.

[Outback Frito Pendejo]

Big Baby reportedly has a broken thumb after a fight.

www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/2009/10/davis_likely_to.html

[Mikey]

Okay, with Ty Lawson triggering Denver's 4th quarter run last night, I might get suckered into caring about the Association once again. That was an entertaining game, and when something makes me leap out of bed at midnight shouting "OH SHIT!", it's usually not a good thing. But this... I mean, MY GAWD, KING!

[Deadly]

Warriors lose by one point...

Damn.

[creepy]

To the Rockets!

Barkley thinks the Rockets will be the worst team in the West. They won't be good in what amounts to a rebuilding year, but with TMac coming back in a month and in a contract year to boot, I think they'll be better than expected. Also, Adelman always gets a lot from his players, Aaron Brooks is so much fucking fun to watch, and when they put in a backcourt of Brooks and Kyle Lowry, watch out. Faster than a hiccup.

Ariza wants to prove he's more than a roleplayer, Chuck Hayes is on of the most underrated defensive players in the league, Derek Andersen was one of the best centers in Europe and wants to prove he's NBA ready, Carl Landry is explosive, and Luis Scola is a confident scorer with so much energy. They're all just going to get better for when Yao returns next year. Will they make the playoffs? Hopefully, but highly doubtful. Will they be worse than Memphis, Minnesota, the Clippers, GS, OKC, or (for crying out loud) Sacramento? There might be a better team or two in there, but not all.

[Attitude Adjuster]

Two things: Houston had just come off a bad defeat the night before, and the Warriors still couldn't beat them in their home opener. Oh, and Stephen Jackson goes and pouts at the end of the bench after the third quaretr because Corey Maggette didn't pass him the ball. Stephen, Corey Maggette DOESN'T PASS ANYONE THE BALL!!!!!

Second, the Kings are horrible. It didn't take me more than three minutes to turn to my wife and say, "It's going to be a long season." They are Kevin Martin and maybe five guys who might break into the rotation of playoff teams. As long as Spencer Hawes thinks it's a good idea to shoot three pointers, the Kings have issues.

[creepy]

Actually, it wasn't a bad defeat in Portland. It was a bed second quarter. Tied at 23 after one, the Blazers out scored the Rockets by double digits (near 20) before The Rockets outscored them in the third by 6 or so. The fourth quarter was dominated by the Rockets, but they couldn't get any closer then 5 points.

Don't have the stats handy because I'm typing on the phone, taking care of my sick wife instead of going to the Pogues show which I've been looking forwarding to seeing for years. Fun stuff.

[BFG]

Melo has been gangbusters since the Nuggets got ride of Iverson. Such a great deal for Detroit btw.

[creepy]

And in the Rockets defense, they beat Portland Saturday night in Houston 111-107. They lead from half way through the first throughout the game. It got close late, but the Rockets beat the Trailblazers, who are the #3 team in the West, according to the experts. Ariza scored a career high 33 and Aaron Brooks had 28 and 8 assists. Fun team to watch and hopefully, they'll win their fair share this year.


On Monday, they play at the Jazz, with the biggest dick in the league, Carlos Boozer. Well, him or David West.

[creepy]

Did you catch the Lakers/Rockets game, Punker? Awesome game that came down to OT 103-102. It would have been nice for the Rockets to win, but taking the World Champs to the wire was still pretty neat. And this is after the Rockets beat Utah AT Utah on Monday. Blew 'em out actually. They're going to be very competitive and very fun to watch.

[punk/core]

I did watch it, yeah. Hell of a game that really could have gone either way. I was nervous in that last ten seconds though... if the Rockets had been able to get a shot off, that could have easily been a different ending.

[creepy]

Clyde Drexler is the Rockets play by play guy and he says as they bring up the ball, "Just score. Don't wait to take the last shot because you never know what will happen." So, they go for the last shot and, well, you know.

[Mikey]

Dwyane Wade posterizes Anderson Varejao...

[BFG]

Wade is my favorite player to watch. The sad thing is that while ESPN keeps mentioning the Heat as new homes for Bosh or LeBron, they'll likely end up with Boozer and change.

[Spinch]

Shit, I'll do a little dance once the Jazz can find a sucker trade partner for Boozer. Yes, I do think he's a better player at this point than Millsap, but the man can't defend a fucking thing. With the way this season is going, the team needs to shake SOMETHING up.

[BFG]

So I'm watching the Raps / Suns game last night and am shocked as both teams played decent defense. Very odd.

[Eric O'Mac]

The Bobcats picked up Acie Law IV and Stephen Jackson from Golden State, giving up Raja Bell and Vladimir Radmonovic. As someone who is a semi-Bobcat fan (I gave them up basically last year, but never found a replacement team.) I'm excited at the possibility of having a lot of offense from Jackson, Wallace, Felton and Diaw.

The Bobcats still kind of suck though.

[Mikey]

It's not Wade's annihilation of Varejao above, but I love when Carolina 5'11 dudes dunk on the big guys:

[Deadly]

Nov 16, 2009 15:19:45 GMT -5 Eric O'Mac said:

The Bobcats picked up Acie Law IV and Stephen Jackson from Golden State, giving up Raja Bell and Vladimir Radmonovic. As someone who is a semi-Bobcat fan (I gave them up basically last year, but never found a replacement team.) I'm excited at the possibility of having a lot of offense from Jackson, Wallace, Felton and Diaw.

The Bobcats still kind of suck though.

Enjoy the next 4 years of Jack's contract.

[creepy]

I gotta say,AA, The Kings don't look too bad. No stars on that team, but they just go out and play their butts off. Don't think they'll make the playoffs or anything, but they got something started that looks pretty good. I was wrong about them.


And I wonder when Artest is going to go off because the Lakers aren't playing like the Lakers.

[Mikey]

Five years ago...

This was among the most surreal nights of my life. Carolina lost their season opener to Santa Clara. My ex-wife wrecked my car while driving the dishwasher around town. And Ron Artest went insane and incited perhaps the most infamous riot in sports history.

The two things I'll never forget:

1) Jamaal Tinsley coming back out of the tunnel with a STANDUP DUSTPAN ready to hit someone.

2) Jermaine O'Neal making like Bald Bull and CLOBBERING the dumbass fan that was running at him. (Thanks to Cory for making that analogy - it was perfect.)

Where were you?

[BC]

I'm a Pacers fan (I know, god help me) and I was watching something on ESPN and they broke away to it. I just remember thinking "well, that's it, we're totally screwed for years now."

[Eric O'Mac]

Nov 19, 2009 13:51:06 GMT -5 Mikey said:

Five years ago...

This was among the most surreal nights of my life. Carolina lost their season opener to Santa Clara. My ex-wife wrecked my car while driving the dishwasher around town. And Ron Artest went insane and incited perhaps the most infamous riot in sports history.

The two things I'll never forget:

1) Jamaal Tinsley coming back out of the tunnel with a STANDUP DUSTPAN ready to hit someone.

2) Jermaine O'Neal making like Bald Bull and CLOBBERING the dumbass fan that was running at him. (Thanks to Cory for making that analogy - it was perfect.)

Where were you?

I was on a cruise ship, heading for Puerto Rico. I walked into the sports bar and saw Sportscenter later that night. Epic.

[creepy]

Which is worse? A standup dustpan or a sqeegee?


I was at home with my wife and a buddy of mine from Dallas came down toh
help us move (Kyle-the Buffy lover) and saw the highlights on some local show. Didn't have cable then and didn't watch the NBA as much as I do now. Wanna say it was during halftime of the Texans-Packers espn game they showed on our local channel that let me see highlights.

Thought it was pretty fucked up, yet strangely, I was drawn to it.