Comments on: Thoughts From the Weekend

By: wondahbap

wondahbap — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:55:23 +0000

27. Bill Bridges,

Darius Miles will not be signing any contracts any time soon. Maybe never. I live in New England, so the Celtics are always on, plus I saw them play the Cavs when they played here in Providence, and I actually felt bad for him (as bad as you can feel for a millionaire….I guess). He looked like he had no business being on a professional basketball court. He just has no athleticism anymore. Maybe he needs more rehabilitation? Who knows? But I think Portland has nothing to worry about unless Mark Cuban decides to waste more money, as usual.

By: Hassan

Hassan — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:37:09 +0000

Kurt,

It has improved. The East, however, is very top heavy. The Celtics are pretty much the only team I see as true contenders. The Pistons maybe, the Magic may have a chance if Howard has really upped his game (haven’t been following them in the pre-season), with the Sixers being a possible surprise team. The Cavs and the Raps still have a way to go. Put the Cavs in the West, and he doesn’t necessarily make the playoffs, forget the finals. Also, I think the Cs are really gonna miss Posey and Brown. Their veteran influence on that team is definitely gonna be missed, those guys really knew how to get it done under pressure.

The East may have improved, but I think they still have a long way to go before they can match-up with LA, NO, Houston, the Spurs, or even the Blazers or the Mavs. Also, I think the Suns, Golden State, and the Nuggets would be among the top seeds were they in the West. The truth is the West’s teams are alot better across the board, excluding the Kings, Grizzlies, Wolves and the Sonics.

By: exhelodrvr

exhelodrvr — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:06:28 +0000

30,
Based on what I have read, they are talking about a max-level contract, which the Lakers are probably not going to give at this point. If they were concerned about the knee, they would be more willing to accept a lower-level contract, rather than take a chance on further knee problems affecting his value.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:40:12 +0000

32. The East isn’t as deep as the West, but it is certainly better this season. The scales are starting to balance out again.

By: Mamba24

Mamba24 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:32:13 +0000

I am glad to see some defense finally being played by our starters and bench in the same game for the a change…Ariza has had the best pre-season by far…I think all of us expected Bynum to impress us in the way that Ariza has done so far and hopefully, in due time, he will do just that. one thing on the side note, our bench lineup could out-play LOTS of starting line up (from the leastern conference)…

By: john.japan

john.japan — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:00:30 +0000

while it is really nice to get excited at the potential Portland has, lets remember they havent done anything yet.

By: fifthrune

fifthrune — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:42:53 +0000

28:

I don’t know if you’ve been following the contract talk reports, but that’s exactly what’s been going on.

By: Bend3r

Bend3r — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:40:24 +0000

“The energy and pace that those three guys bring off the bench (along with Walton and Sasha when healthy) can’t be matched by any bench in the NBA I can think of right now.”

Portland.

By: exhelodrvr

exhelodrvr — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:35:04 +0000

20) I would think that if there was cause for concern at this point, Bynum and his agent would be a lot more interested in getting the contract signed now.

By: exhelodrvr

exhelodrvr — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:33:27 +0000

20) “Bynum reports that knee had a little swelling last week. No big deal or cause for concern?”

Pretty common occurrence when returning to heavy activity after surgery. Not a big deal unless it continues.