2005-2006 NBA thread

[TheAlmightyFuzz]

"Tracy McGrady told coach Jeff Van Gundy he was considering taking some games off and disappearing from public life.
"I told my coach that's how I felt -- that I really felt like leaving and not tell people where I was going, just getting away for a few days and just clearing my mind," McGrady said. TMac is getting just 19.4 PPG on 35% shooting in February. He's only shot over 50% in one of his past 13 games so his mind is definitely elsewhere. "I've dealt with family members passing away, best friends getting killed," he added. "This is a lot worse than that because it's a combination of things in different areas." He'll be in the starting lineup in Sunday's All-Star game." from rotoworld

wtf is that supposed to mean? he's becoming a hermit for a few days?

 

[NOFX]

"Tracy McGrady told coach Jeff Van Gundy he was considering taking some games off and disappearing from public life.
"I told my coach that's how I felt -- that I really felt like leaving and not tell people where I was going, just getting away for a few days and just clearing my mind," McGrady said. TMac is getting just 19.4 PPG on 35% shooting in February. He's only shot over 50% in one of his past 13 games so his mind is definitely elsewhere. "I've dealt with family members passing away, best friends getting killed," he added. "This is a lot worse than that because it's a combination of things in different areas." He'll be in the starting lineup in Sunday's All-Star game." from rotoworld

wtf is that supposed to mean? he's becoming a hermit for a few days?

Sounds like "Ricky Williams syndrome"

 

[TheAlmightyFuzz]

so McGrady's going away to smoke? that'd be funny

wtf is going on here?

"The Knicks might be able to offer the best package of young players such as Jamal Crawford, former Florida Gator Davis Lee, Trevor Ariza and Nate Robinson. The Nuggets, according to various reports, would send forward Nene' and point guard Earl Watson for Francis. They also might be trying to trade forward Kenyon Martin. Orlando Sentinel"

"The Seattle SuperSonics also have called about Francis, and might be offering point guard Luke Ridnour as part of a deal, the source said. Other teams rumored to be linked to Francis are the New York Knicks and the Denver Nuggets. Orlando Sentinel"

"The Lakers aren't the only team interested in Francis. The Houston Rockets -- Francis' former team -- have picked up interest in the past few days to make a "dramatic move" with the Magic. Orlando Sentinel"

"The Lakers are "aggressively" pursuing a trade that would send forward Lamar Odom to the Magic for Francis in a multiplayer deal, NBA sources told the Orlando Sentinel today. Odom, a 6-foot-10, 230-pound forward, is an all-around player lost in Kobe Bryant's immense shadow with the Lakers. He was acquired in that megadeal involving Shaquille O'Neal and the Miami Heat. Orlando Sentinel"

"Francis' agent, Jeff Fried, said today that the Magic haven't informed him that a trade was pending. The trade deadline is Thursday. "There's no change in Steve's situation that I'm aware of," he said. Asked whether Francis was resigned to being traded, Fried said, "No." Orlando Sentinel"

this time of the season can be really annoying with all the speculation and I thought no one wanted this guy

 

[Super_Ludacris]

"Tracy McGrady told coach Jeff Van Gundy he was considering taking some games off and disappearing from public life.
"I told my coach that's how I felt -- that I really felt like leaving and not tell people where I was going, just getting away for a few days and just clearing my mind," McGrady said. TMac is getting just 19.4 PPG on 35% shooting in February. He's only shot over 50% in one of his past 13 games so his mind is definitely elsewhere. "I've dealt with family members passing away, best friends getting killed," he added. "This is a lot worse than that because it's a combination of things in different areas." He'll be in the starting lineup in Sunday's All-Star game." from rotoworld

wtf is that supposed to mean? he's becoming a hermit for a few days?

Maybe the Orlando roster should take some time off too...... they sure play like they need to

 

[TheAlmightyFuzz]

Maybe the Orlando roster should take some time off too...... they sure play like they need to

Grant Hill, Kelvin Cato, Jameer Nelson, and Keyon Dooling have taken enough time off for the lot of them.

and Jameer's lost for another 3 weeks apparently

 

[Super_Ludacris]

The Orlando Tragic stay losing

 

[TheAlmightyFuzz]

the stupid thing is that they won't let Travis Deiner or Mario Kasun play...seriously, they're not going to lose the game for you, it'll happen anyway

 

[Hudson]

Fuzz long time no see.

 

[TheAlmightyFuzz]

you're still wearing your hat

 

[Hudson]

you're still wearing your hat

yup, I even have the same title, my signature changes sometimes, but not often.

Hows things?

 

[TheAlmightyFuzz]

I'm well, school is boring and cuts into sleep time. I need to find a job just because.

How are things with you and your hat?

 

[Hudson]

I'm well, school is boring and cuts into sleep time. I need to find a job just because.

How are things with you and your hat?

they pretty damn cool, I'm an author these days, not a published one but you know I got one Novel written, still needs edit and working on another.
I got boring school as well.

 

[TheAlmightyFuzz]

Sounds pretty fun but taxing.

 

[Hudson]

Sounds pretty fun but taxing.

Oh yeah it is, took me 2½ years to write the first one.
Then when the second came around I had already found a community of writers which is helpful. I did 40k or so in a month

40k of words that is... I'm used to other writer who know what it means

 

[Stringer]

Iggy got robbed

 

[Erich Weiss]

Travis Diener for life

 

[Mister J]

Yeah. Nate did well, but the judging on AI's last dunk was shady.

 

[Lobo]

Iggy got robbed

I agree and I was rooting for Nate

 

[Mister J]

I did mind seeing Nate win, but AI's last dunk in regulation had shady judging too. It was just too much.

 

[Lobo]

Nate's dunk over Spud was kick ass tho

 

[Mister J]

Absolutely and it deserved a 50. Ai just got jobbed. If he did that one wher he went under the backboard later, he would have taken it.

 

[Stringer]

Yeah Nates dunk over spud was the sh**

 

[Lobo]

Nate won by one point, so had the judge kept that 10 instead of changing to a 9 we would've had a second tie and second dunk off, they gave it to N8 as a gift cause he's small. AI deserved that win tho.

If I can geta gif of that dunk sometime this wek it will be my avvy

 

[The Riddler]

Yes, and that was clearly evident when the Amare-less Phoenix Suns beat the Rockets 125-75 last night

one game means nothing.

it was also a poor effort by the whole team.

also, your post is so ridiculous; i shouldn't be needing to post a reply to such a short sighted post.

 

[The Riddler]

You know that is a horrible thing to bring up, if the sports world went on stats entirely then Kobe is better than Jordan (81 single game) and Kareem is the best player of all time.

what are you talking about?

a player can't be measured on one game, so thus stats for one game will be factored but are not the same as being judged on season averages or career averages.

and i think you're talking about wilt, not kareem with his legendary 100.

also, i think kobe is a better scorer than jordan, though not a better player.