NBA Hoop Thread (Non-Fro Dog Edition)

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Every game I pretend to sit in my apartment alone and scream at the top of my lungs for two hours

Sounds like overcompensating to me.

For my small penis.

Natch.

I literally injured my right calf (identical to left calf injury in softball playoffs last year for Cody's historians) dancing in my apartment after last night's win. Couldn't celebrate much at the bar because everybody was either sadsack, ANGRY or indifferent. So when I got home I threw on Harry Belafonte's "Jump In The Line" and jumped in the line - kablewie! - right plantaris tendon gone.

Am I a true fan now?

Nope.

:(

Something about "having to ask..."

[Internet Apex]

Good game so far.

[Internet Apex]

Told you the Spurs were better. Nerds.


/thread

[SKO]

I, for one, am happy for Apex. *Sits back, waits for offer of Bears ticket*

[Internet Apex]

As a fan of the Miami Heat, the Spurs have me truly worried.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_ylt=ApLVUnZIbeMQBW.AbAI4R_i8vLYF?gid=2012022026

I think it would be a lot smarter for you to worry about the Thunder.

I've seen both teams play recently and think the Spurs are deeper, smarter, more experienced, better-coached etc. I'm not saying OKC won't win the West. They might but they're in for a fistfight with San Antone. The Playoffs are going to be incredible to watch this year.

The same deeper, smarter, more experienced, better-coached Spurs that won 6 playoffs games combined the last two years with essentially this exact same group of players and coaches?

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying that there's nothing to support you being right.  

Their current 11-game winning streak has peaked my interest. Since their last loss, by one point at Dallas on Jan. 29 they've rattled off 11 straight, beating OKC and the Clippers in L.A. along the way. Tim Duncan is averaging 28.6 minutes per game this season. Popovich has been known for conserving the minutes of his star players in hopes of having them fresh for the playoffs - and he's won four NBA titles by the way so I tend to trust his judgement when it comes to having his team ready for playoff basketball. I think that type of approach is extremely crucial during this brutal lockout schedule. If the Spurs are able to take on all comers with this approach and nab the top seed - they're currently just two games behind the Thunder - they'll be ready to unleash the hounds during the real season. Watching them play now, with Duncan and the other stars not logging heavy minutes, I can only imagine what that full-on approach is going to look like.

I didn't watch much NBA basketball last year so I don't know what their problems were or why they failed to advance in the postseason. But looking up and down that roster right now, I see guys who really play well in a tried and true system and I look forward to sitting back and seeing how this all plays out.

By the way, they play at Portland tonight at 10 ET on NBA TV. Check 'em out.

EDIT: This happened.

http://www.nba.com/2011/news/04/30/spurs-popovich.ap/index.html

Popovich: Top-seeded Spurs derailed by injuries

Posted Apr 30 2011 3:10PM

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Coach Gregg Popovich says injuries to Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili robbed the 61-win San Antonio Spurs of their rhythm heading into the playoffs.

Popovich said Saturday he wasn't making excuses after the Spurs became just the fourth No. 1 seed in NBA history to lose in the first round, falling to the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 6 on Friday night.

But Popovich said the Spurs were never the same after Duncan sprained his left ankle in late March and Ginobili hurt his right elbow in the last regular-season game.

San Antonio finished the season 6-12, including the playoffs, after Duncan was injured March 21.

Popovich said his roster won't undergo drastic changes, though Antonio McDyess is leaning toward retirement.

So, yeah. That could happen again. But if it doesn't, look the fuck out.

Bump. I miss those OKC Thunder. They were a fun bunch.

[Saul Goodman]

Pex, I'm looking forward to your response video that depicts every NBA player doing the same thing.

[Internet Apex]

Pex, I'm looking forward to your response video that depicts every NBA player doing the same thing.

Seems like a lot of work. Perhaps just watch The Finals and see the Spurs players do it every bit as often as Miami does. And wonder why your team isn't in one of these funny videos.

[Saul Goodman]

Pex, I'm looking forward to your response video that depicts every NBA player doing the same thing.

Seems like a lot of work. Perhaps just watch The Finals and see the Spurs players do it every bit as often as Miami does. And wonder why your team isn't in one of these funny videos.

It's pretty simple.  Because Derrick Rose was waiting for God and the rest of the Bulls weren't good enough at basketball.

[Eli]

And wonder why your team isn't in one of these funny videos.

Because we didn't hop on a team's bandwagon once it was clear they would be awesome.

[Yeti]

And wonder why your team isn't in one of these funny videos.

Because we didn't hop on a team's bandwagon once it was clear they would be awesome.

pwn. age.

[SKO]

And wonder why your team isn't in one of these funny videos.

Because we didn't hop on a team's bandwagon once it was clear they would be awesome.

How many times are you going to make that painfully true and still funny joke, Eli?

[Eli]

And wonder why your team isn't in one of these funny videos.

Because we didn't hop on a team's bandwagon once it was clear they would be awesome.

How many times are you going to make that painfully true and still funny joke, Eli?

This is like the 73rd time? I can get at least get to 100, I think.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

And wonder why your team isn't in one of these funny videos.

Because we didn't hop on a team's bandwagon once it was clear they would be awesome.

I kind of did.

(Though, honestly, I was probably mostly in it for the butthurt.)

[Slaky]

And wonder why your team isn't in one of these funny videos.

Because we didn't hop on a team's bandwagon once it was clear they would be awesome.

Apex is actually, without question, the best Miami Heat fan alive. Every other Heat fan is actual fucking garbage.

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/6/19/4443978/heat-spurs-fans-leave-early-nba-finals-2013

[Quality Start Machine]

And wonder why your team isn't in one of these funny videos.

Because we didn't hop on a team's bandwagon once it was clear they would be awesome.

Apex is actually, without question, the best Miami Heat fan alive. Every other Heat fan is actual fucking garbage.

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/6/19/4443978/heat-spurs-fans-leave-early-nba-finals-2013

They obviously didn't catch the winks from the referees.