NBA Followers & other Ball sports (NCAA too)

[rsot]

You're right vogeltron - that Houston Rockets team had so much potential to be a dynasty

[Sandy D]

Was John Lucas on that team Vog?

Malone and Stockton were the best duo that I could remember but never had any talent around them. Played no defense.

[rsot]

Good old Utah Jazz - pushing up proper...good reference Sandy - sad that the duo could never win a championship ring...

[An0nym0u$]

Biggest underachiever to me I could remember was Shawn Kemp.

Guy could put a quarter on the top of backboard glass, but had little desire to take advantage of his athletic ability.

At his peak, with Gary Payton, they took arguably the best team ever (a 72 win Bulls team) to 6 games before losing.

[nyc]

Originally Posted by An0nym0u$

Biggest underachiever to me I could remember was Shawn Kemp.

Guy could put a quarter on the top of backboard glass, but had little desire to take advantage of his athletic ability.

At his peak, with Gary Payton, they took arguably the best team ever (a 72 win Bulls team) to 6 games before losing.

I agree Shawn kemp was the man but he was a bit lazy.

I liked the penny and shaq combo a lot but they just didn't have enough to win a championship.

[nyc]

All star game?

[An0nym0u$]

Originally Posted by nyc

All star game?

I usually stay away from any sport's all star games. Just not as interesting because of the lack of intensity that is in the regular season.

[An0nym0u$]

Although, I did catch a commercial while flipping through the channel during a timeout.

It's the one with James Harden and Anthony Davis where Harden was putting on a 'brow' disguise so ppl wouldn't recognize him. To funny, I nearly fell off the couch.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by nyc

All star game?

Watched a bit but was tired from Saturday night out - who performed the half time show?

[Sandy D]

Some really good young stars in the NBA now.

The all star game needs to be changed.

The dunk contest is getting boring and the 3pt shooting as well.

They need to replace those with something else.

The skills competition was not great either.

Come on NBA lets do something different for a change.

[rsot]

That dunk contest format was craptacular - fail.

[Sandy D]

Anyone ever wonder what the NBA would be like without Lebron right now?

Like Magic/Bird and then Jordon NBA was dying a slow death again then came Lebron.

Now we have many future stars to look forward to coming up behind Lebron and a few of those others.

[itemauctions]

Havent watched nba in years, but I think kobe is pretty good

[rsot]

Originally Posted by itemauctions

Havent watched nba in years, but I think kobe is pretty good

Still good but plagued by injuries at the moment.

[Sandy D]

Originally Posted by itemauctions

Havent watched nba in years, but I think kobe is pretty good

He is but he is no Lebron James. Talented but does not have the total skills of James. Only a handful has ever had the skills James has. James actually has more overall skills then even Jordon but we need to see many more years of it to put him on the same pedestal as Jordon.

If he puts in 5-6 more years of greatness, clutch plays and does what he is doing he can pass Jordon as the best ever I believe.

[rsot]

James is quite the all-round player - Kobe just has the ring count so far...still has skills but he is getting beyond his years

[Sandy D]

Originally Posted by rsot

James is quite the all-round player - Kobe just has the ring count so far...still has skills but he is getting beyond his years

Rings are great but many great players never got a single one.

Kobe has been blessed with talent around him just like Jordon had.

James spent what 5-6 years in Cleveland with no talent around him at all. To me wasted years.

[rsot]

Rumours of Cleveland trying to court him back - yes, those were wasted years.

[Sandy D]

Originally Posted by rsot

Rumours of Cleveland trying to court him back - yes, those were wasted years.

Not going to happen unless they can pull off a major blockbuster to get him some teammates.

Wade will not last much longer as his injuries are piling up. I can see them winning one more in Miami and then without Wade they will need a Wade caliber player or Lebron walks.

[vogeltron]

I think the biggest question mark of all time would have been Len Bias. I was thinking about what could have been Baskeball players that during my multiple 10 hours of driving last week.

[Sandy D]

Originally Posted by vogeltron

I think the biggest question mark of all time would have been Len Bias. I was thinking about what could have been Baskeball players that during my multiple 10 hours of driving last week.

I remember him because I was a teen and in Florida with my family on vacation when he died. My Dad got up early and went down to get the newspaper and was telling my brothers he had died and he was going to make I believe the Celtics even better.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by vogeltron

I think the biggest question mark of all time would have been Len Bias. I was thinking about what could have been Baskeball players that during my multiple 10 hours of driving last week.

Wow - what a blast from the past vogeltron!