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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on January 23, 2007, 03:36:00 pm
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There will be more shots put up tonight than at a Robert Pollard concert. Anybody else going?
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should be a great game - I'm tempted (and also wifeless/childless till Thursday) but kinda wrecked from too many late nights and early mornings
are tickets still available?
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Cheapest tickets still available are $48. And that's on the 400 level.
I usually get $10 tickets at the box office with only a $1 service fee. Oddly, they weren't selling those for this game at the box office, so I was forced to pay the ticketmaster fees.
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i refuse to sit in the 400 level because i'm a snob, but lower-level cheapies on craigslist weren't really an option for this game so i took advantage of the $10 uppers, can't miss this one. i'm 6-0 on the season so far, suns on a long winning streak (again), wiz 10 in a row at home, should be a great one. good to see TOUGH JUICE getting the player of the week nod, well deserved.
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$10 seats?? You'd better take a pair of these...
<img src="http://www.raceglasses.com/firstPicA.jpg" alt=" - " />
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They call Butler "Tough Juice"?
When my wife first saw him, she thought he looked retarded. So we call him "The Retard".
But in an affectionate way, of course.
I'm hoping I get to sit next to the little kid who we once sat next to who uttered the word "Buckets" each time the Wiz scored.
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yeah, Tough Juice. the story goes that at practice some time ago he said that some players on the team needed to drink more "tough juice" and the name stuck. the bog (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/) has covered it a bunch. y'all gotta read that thing, it's great. there are also tough juice t-shirts (http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?op=article&article_id=1856277&PHPSESSID=be0152f7fee4c4dd78ea4d7264536d21#top), a bit pricey tho.
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should be a great one
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i've sat in the upper level a couple of times for wizards games (most recently the last bulls game), and i think i'd rather just watch on TV than sit up there ... i may be spoiled by my sec. 118 verizon center season tickets for georgetown games, but the upper level of an arena for basketball is just incredibly boring
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The last time The Suns had a 15 game win streak (earlier this season) it was stopped by a 139-144 OT loss to the Wizards. Arenas had 54 points in that game and Nash had 42, it was a slugfest with The Wiz delivering the final blow, great game. The Wizards have a reputation as being a streak-busting team. Wish I could be at this game.
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should be a great game....the stretch phoenix is on right now is unreal (nash's miss at the end of regulation in the last wiz game and nowitzki's last second shot are all that stand between them and a 30 game streak)
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how can anybody watch the nba, i went to one game, thanks to free access to a luxury suite, so bored I left at half time, of course that was when Jordan was playing for the wiz against Allan Houston's Knicks, such a different game than college basketball and so lifeless
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you crazy, pollard. granted, jordan-era wiz against allan houston-era knicks is gonna suck, but the NBA is really the only sport worth watching these days. college basketball? please. once you're outta college i don't understand how you can be into it except for gambling purposes. they may play with passion, but they lack the talent, except for the guys that david stern doesn't allow in the NBA cuz they too young, like kevin durant.
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People still watch the NBA?
I'm pretty sure I watch more sports in a year than anybody on this board, but the NBA???
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I will take any college basketball game, and any hockey game over the nba, so much wasted talent in the nba, and way too much turnover to form any allegiances if you don't have a hometown team, and I am not adopting the trailblazers, although they would have been fun if rasheed was still here
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y'all are stuck with 5-year old NBA stereotypes. it's a new era -- lebron, dwyane, gilbert, yao, dwight howard, etc. and the only drugs the guys are on are the good kinds we used to do in college. and there's not really that much turnover, any team that wants to keep its superstars have the system working in its favor to do so. and with that i'm off to the verizon center.
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the only drugs the guys are on are the good kinds we used to do in college.
'shrooms and nitrous???
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are they calling travelling yet?
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I was lucky enough to sit in a box at half court last night for the Nuggets/Griz Melo returns game. Seeing A.I. throw up that high alleyoop to Melo made me about as happy as if I had been trasported back to McNichols Arena in 1986 seeing Fat Lever throw an assist to Alex English while Doug Moe sports a brillant brown coat and tie on the sidelines.
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Actaully, the refs have been cracking down on palming the basketball, and I've seen more traveling calls this year. But the rules are still geared toward the free-flowing up-and-down style of basketball at which both the Suns and Wiz excel.
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I was off the NBA for several years, mostly because I thought the game was no longer what it used to be. Now I have a new appreciation for the style and pace of today's game. The players can be too flashy and arrogant, but there's no questioning their skill. Itâ??s all about the fourth quarter in the NBA.
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No, they're not calling travelling yet and 85% of the "plays" are still isolation for the teams best scorer....
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Amen to Vansmack.... My issues with the NBA go more to Basketball as a whole... I was watching the end of Marquette/Pitt the other day... phantom call at the end. Gift wrapped it to Marquette. The coach was lipping "A (darn)shame"... So that is what 40 minutes comes down to? But the whole game seems to me to be built around the "in the area" calls. Your name is Johnson, Jordan, Bird, James and you drive the lane... the whistle is a blowin'... automatic. And back when I played, pick up your dribble: one step. Do us all a favor and just do away with dribbling altogether. I'm sick of watching Lebron pick up his dribble halfway between the time line and the three point line and run over someone only to get a blocking foul and the basket. Then on the next possession someone gets called for shuffling their feet while passing... I just don't see the validity in it all.. and I wish I could, because I like to play it... but watching it-that's another story.
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well, i'm glad that only cost me $10. if you think the NBA is all iso, you ain't watching the suns.
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If you're not watching Nash play, you're missing something special.
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Check out a cool Nash video here. (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2007/01/can_gilbert_dribble_with_his_f.html)
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so i'm at the georgetown game tonight and i see arenas just sitting there 30 ft away from me holding one of those foam fingers in between a couple of groups of 20-something gtown alumni guys wearing t-shirts
can you imagine if kobe bryant or kevin garnett or shaq just sat down next to you at a college basketball game without some kind of crew along with him??
gilbert arenas is hilarious, such an eccentric guy for a superstar
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Nash and Nowitzki should have been voted all star starters. Why weren't they? I say racism.
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The starters are simply a test of who --or whose PR lackeys-- can mobilize their fanbase best : Gilbert had a lot of help from Vitiman Water in his surge past Carter. But he certainly deserved to be a starter. I think you'll agree that Garnett doesn't deserve to start ahead of Nowitzki nor Shaq ahead of anybody. In any case, Dirk will probably start at Center for the West, since Yao most likely won't play. An argument certainly could be made for Nash ahead of Wade. Anyway, it's who's named as reserves -- Josh Howard certainly is worthy of a nod, as is Shawn Marion. Beyond that, I'm curious to see if Iverson is picked in the West. Caron Butler must be on the team.
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I think you mean Nash ahead of McGrady, not Nash ahead of Wade.
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Clippers supporter here. Four wins in a row, we are now at 50% and eighth in the western conference. This year, not only the playoffs, we also need to try to make it to the conference semifinals.
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No, they're not calling travelling yet and 85% of the "plays" are still isolation for the teams best scorer....
how do you know if you dont watch the nba?
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Well, maybe. I was thinking Nash ahead over Wade because McGrady nevers plays the point, whereas Wade does, quite often. And what Houston has done without Yao for the last month is amazing. Miami has only been average with their center missing and they play in a far weaker conference. If I had to take one of those guards off, it would be Wade, despite being the champ.
T-Mac doesn't have a commercial with Barkley, though, so...
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but yeah, I meant over McGrady, since I've gotten my conferences confused to an embrassing degree. Screw Kobe, anyway. He's a pyscho. Let's kick him off.
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can you imagine if kobe bryant or kevin garnett or shaq just sat down next to you at a college basketball game without some kind of crew along with him?
kobe thinks college ball is beneath him, so I doubt he'd ever show at a game crew or no crew
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he worships coach k
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Props to the Suns, though. 17 straight. Those boys can ball. Even if the Mavs own 'em. ;)
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the suns have no concept of defense, luckily for them david stern has reworked the rules so that onesided teams like this never have to learn to play a complete game
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not entirely true. Suns D has quietly improved (as anyone who watched the Suns/Wiz game can tell you). Raja and Marion in particular are good defenders.
nash is so locked in right now its amazing. they're schedule is about to get tougher so it'll be interesting to see if they continue to be unstoppable.
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Three games to go, if we win them all, we will be in the playoffs!
<img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/45/fullj.getty-71797724ng019_clips_lakers_3_23_18_am.jpg" alt=" - " />
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wait...wait...when did the wizards bandwagon start rolling?
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This is as close I could find to a Wizards thread, and since both the Sun's and the Wiz were involved, enjoy:
https://deadspin.com/an-nba-trade-just-fell-apart-because-someone-confused-t-1831116327
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When Moritz Wagner and Rui Hachimura are on the court at the same time, they really should be playing "Impossible Germany" over the PA. If it doesn't happen, it's an opportunity missed.
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Mo Wagner was not the best player I ever saw play for Michigan, but he was by far the most fun. Glad he's not washing out of the NBA in 2 years (like I feared).