Basketball Discussion Thread

[Sexy Sheva]

Oh come on, i know there are some basketball fans out there 8D


please don't spam, and don't say
"our state will beat your state" or
"our country will beat yours"


Which Team are you hoping for, and why are you hoping for that team?
How did you get into Basketball and what made it interesting for you?


In my opinion, Im going with Kentucky, since thats my home state :3
I just sort of fell into it this year because my teacher and a boy talk about it nonstop in biology, so i decided to watch some games and get in the discussions with them so i won't be lost

[Destined]

Well I have to say that i'm supporting my Utes this season, but I doubt they will get a chance for March Madness. Honestly i'm not as big of a NCAA fan as I am of the NBA...now that my Jazz have finally started to win and after 10 years made it to the Western Confrence Championship with a team that SI picked to finish last in the conference. This season they are right up there with Houston, New Orleans, Pheonix and San Antonio and with the addition of Korver it looks like the Jazz may make the playoffs again this season.

Here's hoping at least.

[Banana Split]

-LeBron James is the youngest player, 23, to score 10,000 points throughout his career.

Recent news.

[Devil's Angel]

I <3 the Lakers why? cuz i used to live in California and love supporting them.And I know this isnt on topic but it involves Basketball. You know Shaq or Shaquille O'neil did u hear that he was traded with the arizona Suns?

[Sexy Sheva]

I <3 the Lakers why? cuz i used to live in California and love supporting them.And I know this isnt on topic but it involves Basketball. You know Shaq or Shaquille O'neil did u hear that he was traded with the arizona Suns?

Omgosh, seriously?????

Wow, i never expected him to trade to the Suns

I wonder if Kobe Bryant will go with him LOL

[Devil's Angel]

I know he was on the Lakers,but he was traded with the Miami Heat and then just recentle got traded and the lakers trade two guys for 1 dude but he is really good. Also they had a game against the suns.The first game shaq could play on the suns team and the lakers won ^^

[John Clay Rice]

Kentucky Wildcats!!!!! http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/resources/2007/03/KentuckyWildcats.jpg

[Sexy Sheva]

Kentucky Wildcats!!!!!http://photobucket.com/mediadetail/?media=http%3A%2F%2Fi61.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2 Fh55%2FJettaChic16%2Fkentucky.jpg&searchTerm=kentucky%20wildcats&pageOffset=18

w00t lol

UK is playing Tennessee right now

grrrrrrrrr, the close gae is making me go crazy lol

[John Clay Rice]

w00t lol

UK is playing Tennessee right now

grrrrrrrrr, the close gae is making me go crazy lol

Yeah it was a great game and I'm proud of the way they played. They played better then the so-called "experts" said they'll play.

[Sexy Sheva]

Yeah it was a great game and I'm proud of the way they played. They played better then the so-called "experts" said they'll play.

yeah, it was a great game

60-63 i think

if that one guy made the 3 pointer we would've went into overtime =]

[John Clay Rice]

:(yeah, it was a great game

60-63 i think

if that one guy made the 3 pointer we would've went into overtime =]

Yeah if Crawford made it. Oh well if they win their next two games. They'll be in the Tourney.

[Sexy Sheva]

:(

Yeah if Crawford made it. Oh well if they win their next two games. They'll be in the Tourney.

yeah

i wonder if they'll beat Florida

[John Clay Rice]

yeah

i wonder if they'll beat Florida

They will:)

[Sexy Sheva]

They will:)
I hope they will =]

Florida got beat by Arkansas and We beat Arkansas i believe

[John Clay Rice]

Yeah we can win without Patterson. Let's beat South Carolina and Florida.

[Sexy Sheva]

Yeah we can win without Patterson. Let's beat South Carolina and Florida.

I hope they'll win both

so they can go to the Tournament

[John Clay Rice]

We did beat UF. Take that Billy D. We got the right Billy.
http://www.21stcenturypaladin.com/pics/2007/04/gillispie.jpg

[Sexy Sheva]

w000 8D

ANd now we're off to tourney ^^

[John Clay Rice]

http://www.swampie.net/Portals/0/Billy%20Donovan.JPG

[Shadow]

I'm going to say this once.

Phoenix Suns are teh winz.

Nash + Shaq = gg.

[John Clay Rice]

UK Equipment Manager Bill Keightley Mr. Wildcat has passed away tonight. He was 81.


http://www.kyathletichalloffame.org/bill-keightley2.jpg

[Rоxаs]

Oh
My
GAWD...

My Dad: Kenucky basketball will ever be the same...:cryinganime:
article-click (http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080331/SPORTS03/80331040)

[John Clay Rice]

My Dad: Kenucky basketball will ever be the same...:cryinganime:
You're dad may be right.:(

[Rоxаs]

My dad always is...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Longtime University of Kentucky basketball equipment manager Bill Keightley died today from internal bleeding caused by a previously undiagnosed tumor on his spine.


Keightley was 81 years old.

According to a news release from UK, doctors believe the internal bleeding began Monday afternoon while Keightley was attending the Cincinnati Reds season opener.

He was taken to University Hospital, where doctors at the trauma center were not able to stop the bleeding, according to Dr. Pete Muskat, Clinical Director of Trauma Services.

Keightley passed away at 7:45 p.m., with his family and members of the UK coaching staff with him at the hospital.

This season was Keightley's 47th at UK. Known as "Mr. Wildcat," he worked under six different coaches – Adolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall, Eddie Sutton, Rick Pitino, Tubby Smith and current Wildcats coach Billy Gillispie.

"This is one of the saddest days of my life," Gillispie said in a statement from Cincinnati Monday night. "I commented earlier today that at the age of 81, he's become one of my very best friends, and the person I was talking to said 'that's what makes him so great, because everyone feels he's their best friend.'" And that's because he was so genuine and so caring about others."

taken from courierjournal.com

[John Clay Rice]

taken from courierjournal.com

UK is gonna win for him next year.

[Rоxаs]

maybe...
do you read Velocity?

[Destined]

BUMP.

NBA first round playoffs.

UPDATE

East

Celtics vs Hawks. Boston leads 1-0
76er's vs Pistons. Philly leads 1-0
Raptors vs Magic. Magic lead 1-0
Wizards vs Cavs. Cavs lead 2-0

West

Lakers vs Nuggets. Lakers lead 1-0
Mavs vs Hornets. Hornets lead 1-0
Suns vs Spurs. Spurs lead 1-0
Jazz vs Rockets. My Jazz lead 2-0

Now that this is set, who do you believe advances?

[Enigmatic Boy]

Well I like the Lakers I guess. I'm not American but I still listen to the news whenever its talks about the NBA and stuff. I guess I like Basketball cause its quick, I'm actually not bad in it (I'm lousy in most sports XD), and well I used to play it heaps when I was in grade 7 xDD. I'm actually not sure why I like the Lakers, but I think its cause they're one of the few teams I DO know, and well I know they're quite good.

[The Great Gatz]

BUMP.

NBA first round playoffs.

East

Celtics vs Hawks. Boston leads 1-0
76er's vs Pistons. Philly leads 1-0
Raptors vs Magic. Magic lead 1-0
Wizards vs Cavs. Cavs lead 1-0

West

Lakers vs Nuggets. Lakers lead 1-0
Mavs vs Hornets. Hornets lead 1-0
Suns vs Spurs. Spurs lead 1-0
Jazz vs Rockets. My Jazz lead 1-0

Now that this is set, who do you believe advances?



Celtics, 76ers, Rapetors, Cavs, Lakers, Mavs, Spurs, Rockets

[blue_neon]

I support the La Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks and the Toronto Raptars I like all of these because I think they are all great teams and if in a game one of them don't play another one might. I love watching basketball because since I was small I just watched it and enjoyed it and will also enjoy it. I even played it a few years ago but now I don't have the time to play but time to watch.

[RoxaSora2010]

i played basketball last year, but i never see a match in tv

[Destined]

That's right Kobe.

Utah has come to play.

[Rоxаs]

I can't wait to see next years Kentucky team!

[SouljaBoy]

They are supposed 2 b good

[John Clay Rice]

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2007/0406/ncb_ap_gillispie_195.jpg


This guy is gonna bring back Kentucky Basketball. Go Cats!!! BTW do you think they'll go to Final Four?

[Rоxаs]

DUH YEAH.
They rock man!

[John Clay Rice]

DUH YEAH.
They rock man!

That's what I like to hear.

[John Clay Rice]

Boston Celtics are the world Champs.

[kingdomkutie]

Celtics wouldn't have won if Shaq was still on the Lakers. (bad move trading him to Miami Heat if you ask me) Oh & by the way, I'm a big Lakers fan (mostly because I was born & raised right outside of LA up until recently).

[John Clay Rice]

Kentucky Basketball is back on Nov 14. vs. VMI. Then The Tar Heels.

[John Clay Rice]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fR83VleoWQ


This makes me teary eyed.

[Defame]

It's a good thing you guys don't live in Seattle.
Our sports teams suck big.
Mariners, Seahawks, Sonics and Sparks,

[John Clay Rice]

Kentucky Basketball offically starts tonight!!!


http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/resources/2007/03/KentuckyWildcats.jpg

[Keyblader92]

It's a good thing you guys don't live in Seattle.
Our sports teams suck big.
Mariners, Seahawks, Sonics and Sparks,

The Seattle Sonics are gone sadly.The owners contract would have expired in 2010 but they dropped the franchise early and have moved to a different state.They are now the Oklahoma City Thunder.I don't like them even though they are a new team.

[The Fuk?]

The Seattle Sonics are gone sadly.The owners contract would have expired in 2010 but they dropped the franchise early and have moved to a different state.They are now the Oklahoma City Thunder.I don't like them even though they are a new team.

It's a good thing is was the sonics and not the hornets.

[Keyblader92]

Something like that happened to the Charlotte Hornets too.They had to relocate because of te lease with the Arena they were located at or something.It also happened to the Vancouver Grizzlies who used to be my favorite team years ago.

[kingdomheartz]

Gah I never liked the Grizzilies. But the Sonic's Name was fine.The NBA is running out of creative names.I mean come on the Oklahoma City THUNDER The bobcats isn't a creative name either. But on another note,The Knicks will go all the way this season.

[John Clay Rice]

Jodie Meeks of Kentucky scored 54 POINTS. A UK record. He had more points then Dan Issel. He also had more points then Kobe and Lebron comined.

[John Clay Rice]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haxfZ1WzXHk

[John Clay Rice]

A week ago on April Fools Day. Kentucky hired John Calipari. A week later he got a recruit named DeMarcus Cousins who's number two in country.

[John Clay Rice]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_CJPcbNZzw

[John Clay Rice]

http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?SID=910&Year=2009&ra_key=1642

The Kentucky Wildcats have two of the top 2 players in the nation. They are gonna be sick if Jodie Meeks come back.

[John Clay Rice]

Shaq is traded to Cleveland to play with Lebron James.

[John Clay Rice]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqAYeRFtgFA

[John Clay Rice]

The John Calipari era began tonight as Kentucky knocks off Morehead State with Eric Bledsoe scoring 24 points.

[John Clay Rice]

John Wall is the Man at Madison Square Garden scoring 13 of 15 points as Kentucky beats UConn.