NBA Discussion Thread

**flota** · November 29, 2012, 09:09 PM

respect to pop

the league should not fine the spurs, he´s the coach he knows whats he´s doing

**crossjon** · November 29, 2012, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by flota

respect to pop

the league should not fine the spurs, he´s the coach he knows whats he´s doing

I agree.
Oh and lol at heat almost losing to the spur's bench. Wonder if they would trade their bench to the pacers for our starters...

**frozenprince** · November 29, 2012, 10:00 PM

Hah, fittingly ESPN is losing their damn minds over this.

**Henry of Grosmont** · November 30, 2012, 12:27 PM

Hi, everyone I knew here. And the rest, of course.

The situation with Pop is overblown on one side and kind of a dickish move on the other.
Yes, people paid money to see San Antonio once a season in their building. The very people who make those players' salaries real.
But it's up to him how to manage the team and if it wasn't for national televised game, Stern wouldn't be so riled up. The schedule is insane. What does he expect, the team manager risking injuries or resting his "not so young" stars?

**Scipio Afracanis** · November 30, 2012, 02:52 PM

He should have just put down the real reason like he did the other year with Duncan. DNP, Reason: Old

**Hambone** · November 30, 2012, 03:34 PM

It's not a big deal for the fans, because the dudes who bought tickets for that game were there to see the heat, not the spurs. Stern's just mad about TV revenue.

**flota** · November 30, 2012, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by Hambone

It's not a big deal for the fans, because the dudes who bought tickets for that game were there to see the heat, not the spurs. Stern's just mad about TV revenue.

this
the spurs got fined for 250k

**Snakes** · December 01, 2012, 02:04 AM

Originally Posted by flota

this
the spurs got fined for 250k

Yep, fining a team for making a strategic, smart move by resting veterans for big games. This is exactly what should be done in this situation!

Seriously, the phrasing used in the "reasoning" for the 250k fine including things like "timely" and "early season." These are both absurd as one is an abstract concept and the other seems to assume that games at this point in the season totally won't impact the league later on in the year. I'm, at best, a fringe NBA fan and this annoys me.

I think Stern and Bettman need to be locked into a room together for one month just to see who would drown in the other's

first.

**brandbll** · December 01, 2012, 07:25 AM

Pffft, back when the T-wolves sucked big time everyone rested their stars. I don't think Kobe Bryant played a single game here for four or five years straight. At least the Spurs sent them home so the fans knew what to expect instead of them having phantom injuries come game time and all sitting on the bench.

The NBA is a joke anyways....

**MadBurgerMaker** · December 01, 2012, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by Snakes

I think Stern and Bettman need to be locked into a room together for one month just to see who would drown in the other's

first.

Put Goodell in there as well, along with a CC camera in the corner. Sell it as reality TV to whatever TLC has become, and damn you'd have a WINNER right there.

**frozenprince** · December 01, 2012, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by MadBurgerMaker

Put Goodell in there as well, along with a CC camera in the corner. Sell it as reality TV to whatever TLC has become, and damn you'd have a WINNER right there.

I think if you throw Selig in a few times laughing his ass off from off camera with constant instant replay on him just to be a dick, it could work.

**Torment** · December 02, 2012, 11:29 AM

Well, the Spurs just beat their main rival in the SW division in an OT thriller. Parker was flying all over the court and Duncan was playing like he was a young man again, so having them sit out during the Heat game seems like a solid move after all. Fining Pop for knowing how to coach his team is just utterly ridiculous.

**Scipio Afracanis** · December 02, 2012, 10:59 PM

and the Lakers lose to Orlando in LA............

**therussian** · December 03, 2012, 12:10 AM

Dwight needs to get rid of that ridiculous headband. That's why the Lakers are losing.

**Henry of Grosmont** · December 03, 2012, 12:13 AM

Yes. And maybe make a free throw or two. Why is he so

ing happy about it?

**flota** · December 03, 2012, 01:11 PM

we win one lose another, at this rate the lakers will end the season with a 41 - 41 record....

**jukeness** · December 03, 2012, 04:01 PM

You just cant expect that he Lakers will win like 60 games, they have a lot of things against them.

**therussian** · December 03, 2012, 09:42 PM

Young inexperienced teams tend to blow big leads. The Bobcats just happened to blow 2 of them. Game was fun to watch though

I can't explain the reaction of everyone in the arena to this dunk