The "Official" NBA 08/09 Season Thread!

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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    While working as an assistant with the U.S. Olympic team, McMillan has worked closely with Orlando's All-Star center, Dwight Howard. Jensen said McMillan told him that Oden is more powerful than Howard. And McMillan last month said he thinks Oden is more powerful than Shawn Kemp was at age 20.
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  • phatucini
    phatucini Posts: 399
    South of Seattle wrote:
    While working as an assistant with the U.S. Olympic team, McMillan has worked closely with Orlando's All-Star center, Dwight Howard. Jensen said McMillan told him that Oden is more powerful than Howard. And McMillan last month said he thinks Oden is more powerful than Shawn Kemp was at age 20.

    He might be more powerful than Howard & Kemp but I don't think he is as athletic as either one of them and definetly not as explosive as Kemp at age 20. Even Shaq is still more powerful than anyone in the league, but pure strength isn't everything when you got quick guards flying around your head (especially in the West!). But I'm pretty sure Oden will be impressive and might win R.O.Y.
  • suns rival
    suns rival Posts: 15,926
    phatucini wrote:
    But I'm pretty sure Oden will be impressive and might win R.O.Y.

    yeah. with the hype of the 2008 rookie class... but wait there's still oden from the 2007 class who's also a rookie.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    phatucini wrote:
    He might be more powerful than Howard & Kemp but I don't think he is as athletic as either one of them and definetly not as explosive as Kemp at age 20. Even Shaq is still more powerful than anyone in the league, but pure strength isn't everything when you got quick guards flying around your head (especially in the West!). But I'm pretty sure Oden will be impressive and might win R.O.Y.

    Yeah, Kemp was an athletic freak. If he wouldn't have snorted 3 kilos of coke and had 34 babies he could have been a top 50 all time player.
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  • suns rival
    suns rival Posts: 15,926
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Yeah, Kemp was an athletic freak. If he wouldn't have snorted 3 kilos of coke and had 34 babies he could have been a top 50 all time player.

    why didn't the sonics retire kemp's no. 40 or even payton's no. 20?
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    suns rival wrote:
    why didn't the sonics retire kemp's no. 40 or even payton's no. 20?
    Answer: Because there are no Sonics! :D:(
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  • suns rival
    suns rival Posts: 15,926
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Answer: Because there are no Sonics! :D:(

    no. sonics retain their team history, logos, retired jerseys, etc.

    payton & kemp retired way before the team moved to okc.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    suns rival wrote:
    no. sonics retain their team history, logos, retired jerseys, etc.

    Not exactly ;)http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-33-18/Clay-Bennett-Didn-t-Exactly-Give-Up-that-Sonic-Legacy.html

    Payton deserves to be retired. Shawn Kemp is questionable.
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  • phatucini
    phatucini Posts: 399
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Not exactly ;)http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-33-18/Clay-Bennett-Didn-t-Exactly-Give-Up-that-Sonic-Legacy.html

    Payton deserves to be retired. Shawn Kemp is questionable.

    Kemp definetly deserves to be retired in Seattle should they ever get another NBA franchise. The fact that he had an awful career afterwards in Cleveland, Portland & Orlando doesn't really matter. He was the best Power Forward in the league for a couple of years (along with the Mailman) you can't take that away from him. He's probably questionable as a person off the court but who cares.
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    LongRd. wrote:
    yeah, that's why I said, I was surprise they didn't trade him along with Jefferson. But like other posters have said, he's pretty hard to trade since not many teams want him anymore. He didn't do himself any favors either for his last stint in Toronto. People there(the few that cares about basketball) still thinks of him as a baby.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/attendance

    toronto's 9th in league attendance - NJ is 21st ... i think there are more then a few who care ...
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    polaris wrote:
    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/attendance

    toronto's 9th in league attendance - NJ is 21st ... i think there are more then a few who care ...
    I'll be damn...very surprised it's ahead of LA & Boston.
    And the capacity between the 3 are similar size.


    Anyway, just want to say I'll join in an NBA fantasy league if others are interested when the season rolls in the first of Nov or last Oct.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    LongRd. wrote:
    I'll be damn...very surprised it's ahead of LA & Boston.
    And the capacity between the 3 are similar size.


    Anyway, just want to say I'll join in an NBA fantasy league if others are interested when the season rolls in the first of Nov or last Oct.

    We went from 30th, to 22nd, to 7th in the last 3 years in attendance :)

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  • suns rival
    suns rival Posts: 15,926
    heard that Spain's Rubio will be the #1 pick next year or the years to come.....
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  • suns rival
    suns rival Posts: 15,926
    polaris wrote:
    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/attendance

    toronto's 9th in league attendance - NJ is 21st ... i think there are more then a few who care ...

    as far as the raptors is concerned, just wanna ask if who's gonna be playing center & power forward between chris bosh & jermaine o'neal?
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  • phatucini
    phatucini Posts: 399
    suns rival wrote:
    as far as the raptors is concerned, just wanna ask if who's gonna be playing center & power forward between chris bosh & jermaine o'neal?
    I would say/guess that O'Neal will play Center!
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    The Knicks get Patrick Ewing Jr. for the rights for Frederick Weis.

    Knicks still own that guys rights? Wasn't he drafted like 10 years ago?
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  • suns rival
    suns rival Posts: 15,926
    South of Seattle wrote:
    The Knicks get Patrick Ewing Jr. for the rights for Frederick Weis.

    Knicks still own that guys rights? Wasn't he drafted like 10 years ago?

    was he the posterboy of vince carter on 2000 olympics?

    anyways, what jersey # will ewing jr. wear since he wore 33 in georgetown & the knicks had retired his father's # 33 jersey. :D
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    i am a knicks fan, but im really high on the rockets this year. i think they are going to be great, maybe come out of the west.
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    So Shaq says he's retiring at the end of his contract, any chance of the Suns willing it all between now and '10? (I doubt it)

    I knew Dantoni went to New York but didn't even realize Terry Porter was the new HC.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    LongRd. wrote:
    So Shaq says he's retiring at the end of his contract, any chance of the Suns willing it all between now and '10? (I doubt it)

    I knew Dantoni went to New York but didn't even realize Terry Porter was the new HC.

    Suns are done and so are the Mavs.

    The West will come down to the Lakers, Jazz, Spurs, & Blazers.
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