The Official NBA Regular Season 07-08 Thread

[Droogie]

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droogie,

die in a grease fire

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Not my fault your owner doesn't want to pay luxury tax.

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from arenas blog

"Prediction Time
Oh man, everybody is jumping on this Celtics band wagon. You know what? I was going to go prediction-free for the whole year, but I guess I’m going to break that now.

Now, if anybody remembers back when I got drafted, I got a report back that the reason I dropped so far in the draft was that Jim O’Brien of the Celtics said that I was too immature and that I wasn’t ready for the NBA. What really happened was that I had an Achilles injury and I went back to L.A. to go get it healed when I was supposed to have a two-day workout in Boston with O’Brien. He didn’t like that. So word came back to me that he was trashing me and it put this knife through my chest about the Boston Celtics.

Back in the day when I would day dream I thought that if I could score 100 points against any team it would be the Boston Celtics. Now, I knew it would never happen, but if I could do one thing in the NBA it would be to score 100 against Boston. So anyway, since everybody is back on the Boston bandwagon it brought back old memories. So listen here. On November 2nd, we’re going to go into that building, we’re opening up Boston. Right now I’m telling the Boston fans: You guys are going to lose. It’s not going to be a victory for Boston. You might as well just cheer for me, because Boston isn’t winning in Boston for the season opener. I’m sorry. "

[BobboFitos]

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Back in the day when I would day dream I thought that if I could score 100 points against any team it would be the Boston Celtics. Now, I knew it would never happen, but if I could do one thing in the NBA it would be to score 100 against Boston. So anyway, since everybody is back on the Boston bandwagon it brought back old memories. So listen here. On November 2nd, we’re going to go into that building, we’re opening up Boston. Right now I’m telling the Boston fans: You guys are going to lose. It’s not going to be a victory for Boston. You might as well just cheer for me, because Boston isn’t winning in Boston for the season opener. I’m sorry. "

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I love gilbert/what he brings to the table/this sort of energy. I have chills already for this game. GO CELTICS

[tuq]

Wow, that's some pretty sweet bulletin-board material right there. I bet all his teammates are like Agent Zero we love you and all, but seriously STFU.

[sethypooh21]

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Wow, that's some pretty sweet bulletin-board material right there. I bet all his teammates are like Agent Zero we love you and all, but seriously STFU.

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I dunno, were I his teammate, I'd be so fired up for this game now too. I mean they're probably somewhat sick of the ZOMG! CELTICS! press that's been going on all sumer as well.

I'm all for anything that brings a little extra zest to the floor in an NBA game.

[ClarkNasty]

The "I'm sorry" part is pure gold.

[Pudge714]

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Durant PPG: O/U 16.5

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Way way over. I'd say 26.5.

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I'll take the under for whatever you want to bet

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How many PPG do you think he'll average?

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Less than 26.5 please bet me.

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LOL....

If my prediction is that he gets 26.5 that means that I think theres a 50% chance he gets more that that and a 50% chance that he gets less than that. Obviously you think that he will get much less than that. Why on earth would I make that bet? Moreover, I'm sure I can get a much better line at a sportsbook.


Just because someone predicts something doesn't mean that they'll bet on it happening.

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Assani,
I think most people make predictions because they feel they are likely to happen. That being said. I would still like to bet with you how about 24.5 as a line?

[westhoff]

Just a note to everyone, but mainly tdarko and tuq. (I live in Dallas btw) The only phx/dal game in Dallas this season is on December 19th.

[ClassicBob]

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Just a note to everyone, but mainly tdarko and tuq. (I live in Dallas btw) The only phx/dal game in Dallas this season is on December 19th.

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Oooooooooooooooooo, sounds like a 2p2 gathering in the making. I'd drive in from Austin for this, if tuq and tdarko are down.

[tuq]

I guess they're having two in Phoenix then. Last year I think they had two in Dallas, maybe only one in Phoenix? Weird, you'd think the schedule makers would want these teams to play each other four times but I guess that's not feasible.

Unless I was able to parlay a trip to visit a good friend of mine who lives in Plano with that date, I couldn't see getting there from Phoenix feasibly, but it's an intriguing idea. Plus I don't think tdarko lives there at all, I thought he basically roamed the country as a minor league baseball player.