NBA Regular Season 2011/2012

kmart6 · 17-02-2012 2:36am

Your doing it wrong Lin!

Borisss · 17-02-2012 8:55pm

Trolling Kobe.

Can he get much more lovable.

MVP innit.

http://www.nba.com/mvp-ladder/2011-12/index.html

10 and climbing!

kmart6 · 17-02-2012 11:15pm

Yes him clearly reaching out to Kobe is trolling :rolleyes:

Borisss · 17-02-2012 11:27pm

If Lin of the Greatest initiated the reach out then Kobe is the fail.

LolKobe.

kmart6 · 17-02-2012 11:30pm

You do know that every player acknowledges each other before the game...generally a huge or fist pump right?

Borisss · 18-02-2012 12:00am

A huge what?

kmart6 · 18-02-2012 4:37am

Aww so close to another double-double for Lin!

Setting NBA records on the TO's front!

Paully D · 18-02-2012 12:10pm

ESPN headline which has since been taken down:

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:eek:

buyer95 · 18-02-2012 12:14pm

Watched 3 quarters last night, Lin did not play well and was way too sloppy with the ball... The Hornets did a good job on him and utulised trapping very well. Hopefully Anthony will be back on for Sunday's game, although he is a ball hog, I think the knicks need his scoring presence... Also guys the game tips off at 6 pm our time!

Memnoch · 18-02-2012 5:50pm

buyer95 wrote: »

Watched 3 quarters last night, Lin did not play well and was way too sloppy with the ball... The Hornets did a good job on him and utulised trapping very well. Hopefully Anthony will be back on for Sunday's game, although he is a ball hog, I think the knicks need his scoring presence... Also guys the game tips off at 6 pm our time!

Any idea if an Irish channel will be showing it? ESPN only seem to show CBB and not NBA.

Carcharodon · 19-02-2012 7:03pm

Dallas at New York now, first time I am going to sit down and watch a full game of Lins. Should be a good game anyway, Dirk is starting to hit form now and New York seem to have found some sort of identity, they have some serious players in the likes of Stoudemire, Carmelo, Chandler (Lin

) and now JR Smith.

Dallas are still very good defensively even without Chandler and I am sure Kidd is not going to give Lin an easy day at the office.

Looks like Marion on Lin straight away, interesting.

Borisss · 19-02-2012 7:34pm

is this real?

Being a Knicks 'fan' isn't supposed to have this excitement.

Lets goooooooo.

JR from China with love.

kmart6 · 19-02-2012 8:10pm

Paully D wrote: »

ESPN headline which has since been taken down

:eek:

ESPN has fired the person responsible and another employee suspended for 30 days for using the phrase!

Memnoch · 19-02-2012 8:13pm

The half-time talker on NBA life sounds like he's about to commit suicide. He's so monotone he makes Brian Cowen sound exciting.

leggo · 19-02-2012 8:16pm

Any streams? Can't justify the price of NBA TV. Also dying to watch Magic/Heat (though I probably shouldn't be, don't fancy Magic's chances...)

kmart6 · 19-02-2012 8:18pm

Look here....

[Deleted User] · 19-02-2012 8:18pm

http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/basketball.html

killwill · 19-02-2012 8:21pm

leggo wrote: »

Any streams? Can't justify the price of NBA TV. Also dying to watch Magic/Heat (though I probably shouldn't be, don't fancy Magic's chances...)

Is the Magic/Heat game 01:30 Irish time?

leggo · 19-02-2012 8:22pm

Cheers lads!

killwill wrote: »

Is the Magic/Heat game 01:30 Irish time?

No, it's 8.30pm our time. After Dallas/NY. Made the same mistake myself!

kmart6 · 19-02-2012 9:20pm

Serious amount of calls going in favour of the Knicks!

leggo · 19-02-2012 9:43pm

You can't deny Lin's class for much longer after that though. Those constant 3's and assists at the end did it for them. And this was against the Mavs who are approaching their best against after the early season slouch. Great to watch.

Borisss · 19-02-2012 9:57pm

One of the greatest NBA stories.

Just not real.

They're gonna win a Playoff game!

kmart6 · 19-02-2012 9:59pm

Constant 3's?! He had 3 in the game and 2 in the 4th...that's not constant! Yeah he did well with 6 assists in the 4th , but 7 TO's is too much, especially with 6 in the 2nd half!

Memnoch · 19-02-2012 10:51pm

They guy is carrying 80% of the possession for the team, playing 40 minutes night after night and is getting double teamed hard. They are relying on him to make the plays and create the opportunities, he's doing it and they are winning as a result. In that situation, there will be TOs, though I'm sure he'll improve on them as time goes on.

I guess it doesn't matter what it is, there will always be naysayers.

kmart6 · 19-02-2012 10:57pm

No, there will be realists!

He's the PG...it's his job to carry the possession so it doesn't make him any different to other PG's! If others had as many To's they would be getting crucified, but it's being over looked completely here so the story can keep getting hyped!

Yeah it's a great story, but it's not like he's some Rookie straight out of High School/College...he's been around the league for over a year!

If he is still performing like this on a months time then that'll be different, as of now it's only been two weeks!

leggo · 19-02-2012 11:27pm

I didn't mean constant 3's alone, I said constant 3's and assists. He was firing on all cylinders when it counted. Regardless of where he'll be in a month, regardless of his TO's, that's what he's done now in 8 of 9 games...often against quality opposition. All with little to no big game experience. Rejuvenating one of the NBA's biggest franchises during a lull in their history. In front of the toughest crowd in the league.

This isn't ignoring stats to make a better story, the above IS the story. If you choose to focus only on the negatives then you're missing the entire point. But, with stories like this, there will always be those who take the 'other' side no matter what. And you're perfectly entitled to do so, I suppose.

If it all goes to ****, that's another story for another day. It doesn't take away from what he's done, which is remarkable and unprecedented.

The Uninvited Guest · 19-02-2012 11:35pm

King 2 assists away from a triple-double

Paully D · 20-02-2012 10:38pm

Thank christ D Rose is back tonight. It would be great if we could actually get our 5 starters on the floor consistently.

kmart6 · 20-02-2012 10:55pm

Hope they haven't rushed him back....have to think of the long term!

Paully D · 20-02-2012 11:17pm

kmart6 wrote: »

Hope they haven't rushed him back....have to think of the long term!

Very true. I do think he's fit though, it's not like Thibs to rush players back in fairness to him.

NBA Regular Season 2011/2012

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