2013-2014 NBA season thread

[Hockey_Ninja]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Pretty bad gag job by Indiana, I think Miami would have been finished down 0-2. If San Antonio comes out of the West there is no doubt who the champs will be, San Antonio is better this year than last and Miami is worse. I'd be taking Spurs in 5 or less against either Miami or Indiana. OKC is a different story however.

Don't underestimate the power of Joey Crawford.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja

Forget Wiggins. I'll draft the Bucks owner's daughter first

And as you might imagine, she went from 249 followers on Twitter to now over 30,000. She's gotta be the most interesting thing about the Milwaukee Bucks since Lew Alcindor played there.

[Senator Clay Davis]

How good are the Spurs at basketball right now? 6 straight home wins by an average of 23 points. Just a staggering offensive machine right now, from the team formerly known as the most boring team in sports. The only thing boring now is the fact you know there's a good chance they'll win an uncompetitive game.

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

How good are the Spurs at basketball right now? 6 straight home wins by an average of 23 points. Just a staggering offensive machine right now, from the team formerly known as the most boring team in sports. The only thing boring now is the fact you know there's a good chance they'll win an uncompetitive game.

I think OKC misses Serge Ibaka. Not saying OKC would have won the first two games with him in the lineup but Spurs is just killing them without Serge in the lineup.

[Senator Clay Davis]

That passing, my goodness...

[Senator Clay Davis]

Thunder shot 21 free throws in the 3rd quarter, San Antonio shot zero. For the game it's 29-7. The NBA doing what it does.

[Hockey_Ninja]

The Heat this year have to have the easiest finals run ever.

[darklord700]

I would say the early 2000s' Pacers, 76ers and Nets had the easier path to the finals. At least the Heat are a decent team but those Pacers and Nets teams were aweful. And they still made it to the finals.

[Senator Clay Davis]

When you look at how bad the Eastern Conference is, you have a hard time imagining the Big 3 breaking up now. They might make 7 or 8 Finals in a row, that's how pathetically bad the East is. There isn't a team really even close to Miami, even as Miami is already in/about to be in decline mode. Eliminate conferences for playoffs already and balance things better because the West owns the NBA in the post-Jordan era.

[darklord700]

Heard the floor price for the Clippers sale is a whopping $1.8B. This is historically one of the worse franchises in terms of win loss record. The LA Dogers sold for $2B to put things into perspective.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...-clippers-sale

[nik-]

Does history matter? They're currently the best team in a huge market.

[darklord700]

I think history matters. The Clippers have been the butt of jokes in this league for a long long time. Sure they have Blake and CP3 right now but do they make the Clippers' stock that much higher?

If the Clippers are worth $1.8B, the Lakers should be worth at least two times as much.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by darklord700

I think history matters. The Clippers have been the butt of jokes in this league for a long long time. Sure they have Blake and CP3 right now but do they make the Clippers' stock that much higher?

If the Clippers are worth $1.8B, the Lakers should be worth at least two times as much.

Maybe the Lakers are. And yes, it makes their stock much higher. Are they worth 1.8B? ... probably not, but they're valuable as hell right now.

[corporatejay]

Owning an NBA team is all the rage right now and people who literally have money to burn are willing to pay whatever it takes to own them.

BTW, if the Clippers are worth 1.8 billion then you have to assume the Buffalo Bills are north of that, no?

[darklord700]

All time starting 5.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...s-the-internet

I picked
Stockton $2
MJ $5
LBJ $5
Dirk $2
Hakeem $1

[Senator Clay Davis]

Stockton ($2)
Jordan ($5)
Bird ($4)
Duncan ($3)
Olajuwon ($1)

But that list is severely flawed. Olajuwon is arguably the best center ever, and he's worth $1? That's absurd, though incredible value in this game.

[darklord700]

Yeah. There's a $3 difference between Jabbar and Shaq but you are not giving much picking Shaq to save the $3.

However, the $3 difference of picking MJ over Drexler is huge.

[Hockey_Ninja]

There's a hockey one of the same thing on facebook. Anyhow i'd probably go with your combo darkloard. I don't like LBJ as much as the other guys you picked but he can now be considered the greatest small forward ever.

[nik-]

Didn't the Pacers pretty much build their team to beat the Heat?

[Hockey_Ninja]

LeBron passes up the last shot AGAIN!. Paul George was in beast mode in that second half.