The Perpetual NBA Thread

**Gumusut_Amige** · February 14th, 2007 12:20 PM

4-days lang yata ang playing days before the A/S itong week na ito. hirap din kung yung players mo ay 1 game na lang sila... siguradong bagsak na naman ang standing!

**ssaloon** · February 14th, 2007 12:30 PM

Stern chooses Allen, Okur as injury replacements for West
February 13, 2007

Utah Jazz center Mehmet Okur (13), of Turkey, runs down court during a NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in this Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007 file photo, in Salt Lake City. Seattle's Ray Allen and Utah's Mehmet Okur were chosen Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, by commissioner David Stern as injury replacements for the All-Star game.
AP - Feb 13, 5:50 pm EST

NEW YORK (AP) -- Seattle's Ray Allen and Utah's Mehmet Okur were chosen Tuesday by commissioner David Stern as injury replacements for the All-Star game.

With Steve Nash (shoulder) and Allen Iverson (ankle) both pulling out of Sunday's game in Las Vegas, the Western Conference was in need of a guard. Allen is seventh in the league with 26.9 points per game.

Okur's clutch late-game play has helped Utah keep rolling despite the absence of Carlos Boozer, who was chosen for the All-Star game but also was forced to pull out because of a hairline fracture in his leg. That had left the Jazz, whose 34-17 record is third-best in the league, without a player in Sunday's game.

Allen is headed to his fourth straight All-Star game and seventh overall. Okur is a first-time selection.

"It's always a great honor to represent my team and our city at the All-Star Game," Allen said. "As an athlete, I cherish these opportunities to be recognized along with the league's best and to continue the Sonics' proud All-Star tradition."

Besides Nash, Iverson and Boozer, Yao Ming of Houston also had to pull out. New Jersey guard Jason Kidd is going to miss the next two games with a strained lower back, but the Nets didn't say if he would play Sunday.

Also, the NBA announced that Hornets point guard Chris Paul will replace Nash in the Skills competition on Saturday night.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

**empy** · February 14th, 2007 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by kimpOy

Arenas is way too ahead of himself...though some reporters are taking him too seriously (he's just 25 remember....25 going 14 he..he)

oh btw its Dwade vs Dirk now Cuban bites back...

http://www.blogmaverick.com/2007/02/...wade-a-leader/

i said this in a previous post that i don't feel like repeating - Mark Cuban, you are a whiner. nothing is ever your fault or your team's fault. it's always someone else's. and sadly, your team follows your terrible example, from the head coach, to the star player, on down. go fukk yourself.

**phat_azz** · February 15th, 2007 11:16 AM

anybody want to join a pinoy fantasy league at ufc.nba.com? it's a private H2H league (i didn't create the league btw. just helping fill up the league)...

Name: PBA Finals 2007
Password: ginebra

**ssaloon** · February 15th, 2007 01:48 PM

pano ba laruin yung ultimate fantasy commisioner? same lang sa H2H ng yahoo fantasy?

**theveed** · February 15th, 2007 04:24 PM

NBA Players... Please... Think before you open your mouth...

After Ty Thomas, Timmy Hardaway naman hehe

Retired guard Hardaway regrets comments on gay people

Feb. 14, 2007
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports

MIAMI -- Retired Miami Heat guard Tim Hardaway said Wednesday that he hates gay people, but later said he regretted the remarks.

"You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people," he said while a guest on Sports Talk 790 The Ticket. "I'm homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States."

The discussion was sparked by last week's announcement that retired NBA center John Amaechi is gay. The host asked Hardaway how he would interact with a gay teammate.

"First of all, I wouldn't want him on my team. And second of all, if he was on my team, I would, you know, really distance myself from him because, uh, I don't think that is right. I don't think he should be in the locker room while we are in the locker room."

If he did find out that a teammate was gay, Hardaway said he would ask for the player to be removed from the team.

"Something has to give," Hardaway said. "If you have 12 other ballplayers in your locker room that's upset and can't concentrate and always worried about him in the locker room or on the court or whatever, it's going to be hard for your teammates to win and accept him as a teammate."

He later apologized for the remarks during a telephone interview with Fox affiliate WSVN in Miami.

"Yes, I regret it. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said I hate gay people or anything like that," he said. "That was my mistake."

**ILuvDetailing** · February 15th, 2007 04:40 PM

^^ Tim Hardaway ws never know to be a thinker... he he he

Buti na lang di naging analyst he is more annoying than Bill Walton

**mazdamazda** · February 15th, 2007 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by phat_azz

anybody want to join a pinoy fantasy league at ufc.nba.com? it's a private H2H league (i didn't create the league btw. just helping fill up the league)...

Name: PBA Finals 2007
Password: ginebra

sumali na ako... Raptors ako. hehe.