2014-15 NBA regular season thread: 82 games of injuries and inevitabilities

I would be excited about the ESPN thing but the watch ESPN app is wonky enough can only imagine how rough this will be

i'm taking occasional ilher bear, bear, bear to blazers vs pelis sometime in mid november ;)

this is the time of year where i think about getting league pass but then remember that i subject my wife to enough sports and she would justifiably murder me

shit that's not a bad idea I might as well go see 'em at the garden vs celts in january, can't be that pricey bc people still sleeping on the pels (for now)

thats a good call if i'm going to try to attend a c's game this year

i might have tickets to the cleveland game that's like a week away and i don't even know, seems like too much, i might want to keep that team as some kind of imaginary thing that only exists on tv

honestly haven't really reflected on how surreal it's inevitably going to be to see those cavaliers, preseason highlights aside. it was surreal enough imagining it during free agencypalooza.

all ilhers are welcome to come over to my apt and watch the knicks

someone should start a predix thread before the games start tomorrow btw

istn this it

we usually do a separate one but idgaf. tho when this one is 6,500 posts long it'll be harder to tell each other how terribly wrong we all were

i predict the cavs will lead the league in offensive efficiency and ppg

i predict the suns will make the playoffs and the rockets will not but i am gonna be wrong sry

i like it tho

1 spurs
2 clippers
3 thunders
4 warriors
5 mavericks
6 blazers
7 grizzlies
8 suns

1 cavs
2 bulls
3 wizards
4 raptors
5 bobcats
6 49ers
7 royals
8 manchester united

WEST

1. Spurs
2. Clippers
3. Warriors
4. OKC
5. Memphis
6. Houston
7. Dallas
8. Suns

EAST

1. Cavs
2. Heat
3. Toronto
4. Chicago
5. Hawks
6. Wizards
7. Hornets
8. Detrololoit

Sorry clay

its so hard to predict when all the teams on one side are good and the ones on the other side are terrible

that 5-9 logjam in the west is just nuts also spottie u are mega wrong sry to tell u abt that. rly don't think portland can miss it unless they have a significant injury to one of the all-stars. but i do have them falling a spot. still figure 50-52 wins.

yea predictions serve no purpose beyond being -something- to talk about.

oh and i forgot the heat guess they're in that 3rd or 4th spot on mine, sucks to bump out ManU tho.

theyre having an off year tbh

mvp: kobe
CoY: scott brooks
roy: shabazz

prob

Clippers
Spurs
Warriors
Rockets
Thunder
Blazers
Mavs
Suns

Cavs
Bulls
Wizards
Raptors
Hawks
Hornets
Heat
Celtics

wonder what the record for the 8th team in the east will be, like can you get in with 35 wins this year

sure why not just show up m/l

the eastern conference playoffs who ever shows up plays or whatever

Mookie Blaylock sentenced to 7 years prison

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-nba-star-mookie-blaylock-gets-seven-years-200941839--nba.html

MVP: LeBron
MIP: Anthony Bennett
6moy: Isaiah Thomas
CoY: Jeff Hornacek
Executive of the Year: Flip Saunders
Rookie of the Year: Jabari Parker
Finals: Spurs over Cavs in 6 (Cavs have better record)

come on guys doesn't anyone think derek fisher is in the running for coach of the year, surely you can hand an award to a sock if a dead man can win an election

nah jk there's no way it's not pop's race to lose, and cloudy with a chance of thibs if the bulls go further in the playoffs

pardon me I'm new to full-on-complete NBA junkiedom since last year and league pass is 200+? that's pricier than MLB TV for fucks sake.

fuck, guess I'm watching the national games and a lotta shitty celtics action unless the NBA has an equivalent to At Bat

― blood on the peaves (slothroprhymes), Monday, October 27, 2014 11:08 PM (Yesterday)

it's 199 for TV+broadband+mobile access, but it's "just" 149 for all the same stuff without the TV

i am not putting nearly enough thought into this but

WEST

clippers
spurs
warriors
OKC
blazers
mavs
rockets
suns

EAST

cavs
bulls
wiz
hawks
heat
hawks
nets
hornets

clippers over OKC
cavs over bulls
cavs over clippers

MVP: cp3
CoY: blatt

c'mon Milwaukee is getting that 8-spot

lol probs not

i think the east will be deeper this year than it has been recently tho

Would like to thank everyone in advance for the 6k+ Mike Woodson time capsule thread, which I will be setting aside a few hours to read through today to I know wtf happened after Lebron signed with ... the Cavs, maybe? Did that happen?

NB that thread has over 150mb of jpgs and gifs, good job good effort, folks.

btw free league pass until like the 4th i think

Oooh ty for this I always forget

btw Kev you have the raptors falling out of the playoffs?

nuggets will win the nba playoffs

oh duh the second hawks should be the raptors

nuggets will win the nba playoffs

― ciderpress, Tuesday, October 28, 2014 12:08 PM (6 minutes ago)

always

i considered putting them in the 8th spot but the west is really deep

League pass is the best 200 bucks I spend every year

There's an Internet only version and also a smaller Internet version where you pick five teams you want which should fill up your schedule nicely if you just pick a fave team or two plus a couple contenders

Mini pro tip the league pass apps let u listen to radio broadcasts and pick either home or away sometimes I rock that while walking the dog

(Many xposts to some league pass chatter)

oh duh the second hawks should be the raptors

― k3vin k., Tuesday, October 28, 2014 12:15 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbf hawks are raptors

the internet is rich in previews and predictions today friends here is lowe http://grantland.com/the-triangle/nba-rankings-san-antonio-spurs-los-angeles-clippers-oklahoma-city-thunder-cleveland-cavaliers

xxxpost is there a way to get just the radio? granted basketball isnt as enjoyable via radio as baseball is but it'd be a decent substitute for the giant league pass splurge

how many zillions of words is the lowe piece, trying to decide if I'm gonna get anything done today

it's a preview piece tho you have to read it, ILHer's duty

i'm a couple paragraphs in and no bad jokes yet