2015-16 NBA Thread

• sportswizuhrd

  This could have been disastrous for the league..
  
  

  Crawford said referees incorrectly allowed Tim Duncan to enter the game during a video review following Ray Allen's tying basket, a rules violation that led to a fine for the officiating crew. The Heat went on to beat the Spurs in overtime.
  "So we go over and what happens, Duncan came in the game and he's not allowed to come in the game. So he came in the game, thank God he didn't score a bucket. That would have been awful."
  Duncan replaced Boris Diaw and inbounded the ball on San Antonio's final possession.
  If the Spurs had scored on the play, the Heat could have filed a protest and likely would have won.

  
  
  Spurs celebrate a title, parade and all, only to find out they lose a protest. Who knows how long it would have taken to realize Duncan illegally entered the game and how they would have resolved it.
• sportswizuhrd

  http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/241352/Ref-Mistake-At-End-Of-Game-6-Of-2013-Finals-Could-Have-Led-To-Protest
  
  This would have been disastrous for the league.
  

  Crawford said referees incorrectly allowed Tim Duncan to enter the game during a video review following Ray Allen's tying basket, a rules violation that led to a fine for the officiating crew. The Heat went on to beat the Spurs in overtime.
  "So we go over and what happens, Duncan came in the game and he's not allowed to come in the game. So he came in the game, thank God he didn't score a bucket. That would have been awful."
  Duncan replaced Boris Diaw and inbounded the ball on San Antonio's final possession.
  If the Spurs had scored on the play, the Heat could have filed a protest and likely would have won.

  
  
  Spurs celebrate a title, parade and all, only to find out they lose a protest. Who knows how long it would have taken to realize Duncan illegally entered the game and how they would have resolved it.
• sportswizuhrd

  http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/241352/Ref-Mistake-At-End-Of-Game-6-Of-2013-Finals-Could-Have-Led-To-Protest
  
  This would have been disastrous for the league.
  
  Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals.
  

  Crawford said referees incorrectly allowed Tim Duncan to enter the game during a video review following Ray Allen's tying basket, a rules violation that led to a fine for the officiating crew. The Heat went on to beat the Spurs in overtime.
  
  "So we go over and what happens, Duncan came in the game and he's not allowed to come in the game. So he came in the game, thank God he didn't score a bucket. That would have been awful."
  Duncan replaced Boris Diaw and inbounded the ball on San Antonio's final possession.
  If the Spurs had scored on the play, the Heat could have filed a protest and likely would have won.

  Spurs celebrate a title, parade and all, only to find out they lose a protest. Who knows how long it would have taken to realize Duncan illegally entered the game and how they would have resolved it.
• Iliketurtles

  

  sportswizuhrd;1789222 wrote:http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/241352/Ref-Mistake-At-End-Of-Game-6-Of-2013-Finals-Could-Have-Led-To-Protest
  
  This would have been disastrous for the league.
  
  Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals.
  
  
  
  Spurs celebrate a title, parade and all, only to find out they lose a protest. Who knows how long it would have taken to realize Duncan illegally entered the game and how they would have resolved it.

  That would have been really crazy if it did happen, Would they have to come back a week or 2 later and play one game? Maybe the Spurs would have won that game 7 too. I'll never forget when the Heat won game 6 I knew they'd win game 7.
• Ironman92

  

  Oscar Westbrook back at it again.
• friendfromlowry

  Kobe with a -44 on the night. Would anyone besides his deepthroating fans care if he just retired tonight.
• wildcats20

  

  Ironman92;1789329 wrote:Oscar Westbrook back at it again.

  16th triple double of the year. That is insane.
  
  However it isn't even remotely close to what the Big O did. 41 games in '61-'62.
• Ironman92

  

  wildcats20;1789340 wrote:16th triple double of the year. That is insane.
  
  However it isn't even remotely close to what the Big O did. 41 games in '61-'62.

  More impressed that he averaged a triple double for an entire season
• sleeper

  

  friendfromlowry;1789334 wrote:Kobe with a -44 on the night. Would anyone besides his deepthroating fans care if he just retired tonight.

  Yeah, Kobe lost a lot of respect from me when he signed his swan song deal, making him the highest paid player in the league, but contributing almost nothing to the team. He basically sank the Lakers for the last years of his NBA career all for money in which he has plenty.
• sleeper

  

  Ironman92;1789329 wrote:Oscar Westbrook back at it again.

  I wouldn't have a problem with him winning MVP. Curry or Lebron are the favorites, but Westbrook deserves it.
• Azubuike24

  

  Anyone interested in an NBA playoffs pick'em game? Total points throughout the playoffs wins? Similar to what we do for college. Would ideally like 8-12 people.
• wildcats20

  

  Magic score 73 in the first half against Brooklyn.
• Mulva

  

  Azubuike24;1789367 wrote:Anyone interested in an NBA playoffs pick'em game? Total points throughout the playoffs wins? Similar to what we do for college. Would ideally like 8-12 people.

  I think the NBA playoffs are too predictable since it's not a 1 and done situation. The guys who get a top pick and can grab someone like Steph or Lebron have a huge advantage vs whoever picks 10th and has to choose between Serge Ibaka and Demar Derozan. When you can basically pencil someone in for 20 games and 25 ppg that's already a huge obstacle to overcome.
• Azubuike24

  

  That's a good point.
• Laley23

  

  Random thought I've had all day...John Wall is a bad matchup for Steph. Wiz win tonight in GS.
• Ironman92

  

  Laley23;1789479 wrote:Random thought I've had all day...John Wall is a bad matchup for Steph. Wiz win tonight in GS.

  Steph goes for 38
• Classyposter58

  

  Big win for Detroit tonight over OKC. 5 games over .500 now
  
  
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• sportswizuhrd

  Not good D'Angelo, not good at all.
  
  http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15095276/dangelo-russell-center-los-angeles-lakers-rift-video-took-nick-young-made-public
  
  

  
  Sources told ESPN.com that some teammates' trust in Russell is eroding after a video surfaced in the past week that shows Russell recording a private conversation between himself and teammate Nick Young. Young does not appear to realize he is being taped.
  
  The video, which is believed to have come to light last week via the Twitter account of a celebrity gossip site, shows Russell filming Young while asking questions about Young being with other women. Young got engaged to Australian rapper Iggy Azalea last summer.
  
  While it's unclear how the video became public, sources say that the resulting tension in the Lakers' locker room in recent days is among that factors that contributed to L.A.'s limp showing Monday night in Salt Lake City, when they absorbed a 48-point pounding from the Utah Jazz, which matched the worst Lakers loss in franchise history.
  
  Various Lakers officials are aware of the issue and are dismayed with Russell, sources say, but to this point have chosen not to intervene in how Russell's actions have been received and handled by his teammates.
  
  "Right now," one source said, "they're handling it by isolating him."
  Austin Brown, Russell's agent from Creative Artists Agency, declined comment when reached Tuesday.
  Said one team insider: "This was a prank gone wrong and a mistake by [Russell] and he has to be held accountable, but I would hope he isn't overly criticized for it."
  The emergence of the video, sources, said, has been the talk of the locker room for the past several days and has led to a tangible strain between Russell and some teammates.
  At a recent breakfast meeting, one source said, no Laker would sit with Russell at his table. The source added that, in another instance, Russell came into the locker room and sat next to guard Lou Williams, who got up and walked away.
  "It's bad," one team source told ESPN.com's Ramona Shelburne. "It's about as bad as it can get. There were trust issues already. Now there's no trust."
  In the video, Russell asks Young at one point, "You was 30 and she was 19?" referencing Young's age and the age of another woman that Young said that he met in a nightclub.
  "What about Amber Rose?" Russell later says, mentioning another celebrity who has been linked to many athletes.
  "No, she knows my girl," Young is recording as saying.
  Later in the conversation, while apparently still recording, Russell is heard telling Young, "I'm glad you told my video all that."
  "Huh?" Young says, turning his face toward Russell before the video cuts off.
  The Lakers have long considered Russell to be a key part of their future after using such a high pick to select him a year ago and raved about his "superstar" potential on the night they drafted him. Even Lakers coach Byron Scott, whose handling of Russell has been under the microscope throughout this 2015-16 season, came into the season speaking of him in the same breath as Lakers legend Magic Johnson when describing Russell's court vision.
  Russell started the Lakers' first 20 games before being moved to the bench along with second-year forward Julius Randle. And Scott, on countless occasions this season, has publicly questioned Russell's maturity.
  
  "He's such a kid," Scott said in February. "I told him the other day, 'You're 19 but sometimes I think you're 14.'"
  Russell is averaging 13.1 points, 3.4 assists and 3.4 rebounds over 27.5 minutes in 72 games this season.
  Young hasn't played in 10 games and didn't travel with the team to Salt Lake City because of gastroenteritis, according to the team.

  I call major BS on the recording being a prank.
  
  Hopefully this puts a burden on them landing max level FA's in the offseason.
• wildcats20

  

  Eh. It'll blow over as soon as ESPN stops talking about.
  
  Also, if that means that Nick Young is no longer a Laker after this season, then it should have been done a long time ago.
• friendfromlowry

  No one sat with him at breakfast? No shit?
• Iliketurtles

  

  friendfromlowry;1789514 wrote:No one sat with him at breakfast? No shit?

  Looks like we have another case of bullying going on. This time in the NBA.
• vball10set

  Not cool for Russell to do it, but Nick Young is an idiot--glad it happened to this moron
• Heretic

  

  The 2015-16 LA Lakers: A grumpy old man who's a shell of his former self ball-hogging as much as possible because him having a fun farewell season is more important than anyone else actually developing COMBINED WITH teen girl drama club! I am loving this!
• Azubuike24

  

  The icing on the cake will be when the draft lottery has the Lakers picking 4th.
• friendfromlowry

  Few interesting games on tonight:
  -Warriors at Jazz. Could be a tough test for Golden State?
  -Atlanta at Toronto. Hoping the Hawks can steal this one and take a little pressure off Cleveland.
  -Miami at Los Angeles. Kind of want to see how the Lakers interact with this new drama.