NBA Season Thread 2013-2014

GoldFour4

Sorry but that jersey is destroyed with all those sponsors.

NufcNavan

DRD is taking the piss.

kmart6

NufcNavan wrote: »

DRD is taking the piss.

Well that pic is lifted from an article that's nearly two years old, here, so it's really them who are ripping the piss!

ButtersSuki

I know this has been suggested before (at least I think it has?) but the only logical conclusion I can see to reinvigorating the Dunk Contest would be to open it to non-NBA players and professional dunkers alike.

It's just a joke now. Complete joke.

Felexicon

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I know this has been suggested before (at least I think it has?) but the only logical conclusion I can see to reinvigorating the Dunk Contest would be to open it to non-NBA players and professional dunkers alike.

It's just a joke now. Complete joke.

Try to actively recruit the best dunkers (LeBron, Griffin, George etc.) and go back to the original format.

If those players decline just scrap it. It's almost gone beyond repair at this stage

Dublin Red Devil

malistheman wrote: »

Sorry but that jersey is destroyed with all those sponsors.

Obvious there wouldn't be that many sponsors. There'd probably only be one. This picture is up to show the various positions on the shirt, the sponsor might be placed. On the back would be best. You probably see the player back more than the front anyway

D2D

I know the NBA is turning All Star Saturday Night into East v West but the original format for the dunk contest shouldn't have changed. Given the 6 who took part, last night's dunk contest was a major let down imo. Dunks just got lost in the freestyle round and first to 3 in the head to head defeats the purpose of even having judges there and it was over way too quickly. Chuck hit the nail on the head after the contest saying to let the winning 3 dunk against each other to win the best dunker.

I know it's only an example but that Celtics jersey looks horrible covered with sponsors. Warm-Up/training gear, then it's fine but not on the jersey.

Dublin Red Devil

This one wouldn't be so bad. The sponsor on the front, small under the NBA logo. And possibly the same sponsor, large under the number at the back

ec18

The bit that annoyed me about the slam dunk contest was the crowd and the contestants seemed completely dead for it.......Wall was the only one I noticed that was pumped after a dunk......if you go back and look at some of the other ones the crowd and the contestants are pumped.......there was more buzz when lebron was dunking after practice......

Nuri Sahin

ec18 wrote: »

The bit that annoyed me about the slam dunk contest was the crowd and the contestants seemed completely dead for it.......Wall was the only one I noticed that was pumped after a dunk......if you go back and look at some of the other ones the crowd and the contestants are pumped.......there was more buzz when lebron was dunking after practice......

The NOLA crowd was terrible as it was, but the music for the first three or four dunks drowned them out completely in fairness to them. That coupled with pretty much all except for Wall not making their dunk at the first attempt.

Dublin Red Devil

All Star Sunday night begins. Pre Game concert starting on NBA TV

Yuck! Bring back Kendrick Lemar

ButtersSuki

As it's Dunk Contest weekend…….wanna hear of my (relative) claim to basketball fame? I met Jordan (rude) and have seen pretty much everyone I wanted to see play in the flesh except Larry Legend (as a Celtics fan that hurts), but my real claim to fame is I both played with and against Terence Stansbury during my summer in Paris*.

Now I know all of y'all are going "Who TF is Terence Stansbury?". So here he is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEaCg7umcO4

*Just to clarify, I was a teenager (19) then, he was I'm guessing in his early 30s.

Nuri Sahin

Rather play in traffic than watch a ****ty concert.

Dublin Red Devil

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Rather play in traffic than watch a ****ty concert.

Depends on the kind of music you like. If you like generic pop music, you might like Jason Derulo. Personlly not what I'm into either.

Paully D

Is the game tipping off at 01:30am lads? I'm off tomorrow so will get to watch it.

Nuri Sahin

Paully D wrote: »

Is the game tipping off at 01:30am lads? I'm off tomorrow so will get to watch it.

Think so.

TNT coverage begins at 1am AFAIK.

Dublin Red Devil

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Think so.

TNT coverage begins at 1am AFAIK.

It's on now on TNT.

They had Kobe and Adam Silver on

Chuck interviewing President Obama

Nuri Sahin

Kobe says he'd like to do All Star Three Point Contest.

GoldFour4

Next person to post a stream or offer one is getting banned

PizzamanIRL

GoldFour4

So funny..

Paully D

Why does Chris Paul still get such a good reception in New Orleans? No bad feeling over him leaving? I know the trade was pushed as looking like he was forced out, but Woj was reporting at the time that Paul wouldn't sign a new deal and wanted to be traded to the Knicks. I'm surprised there's not a bit more ill-feeling but it's great what a bit of PR spin can do I suppose.

Dublin Red Devil

Pretty good intro entertainment from Pharrell.

Dublin Red Devil

Anybody else think that national anthem was a little disrespectful?

Dublin Red Devil

Come on East!

Paully D

Oh get on with it FFS.

GoldFour4

This beyond stupid. Down for tip off at 1am and it still hasn't started

Dublin Red Devil

Blake vs Lebron, Dunk battle

1st half MVP. KD

PizzamanIRL

10 years ago

PizzamanIRL

Irving definitely MVP if the East hang on