Official 2012-13 NBA Regular Season Thread. SPOILERS

drobfan8 · Feb 19, 2013

GarnettFan4Life said:
RIP Jerry Buss. Did a lot for basketball.

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-74430702/

What sad news. What an amazing man and how about that steal of a deal getting the Lakers, the Forum and the Kings, WOW.

GarnettFan4Life · Feb 19, 2013

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baske...laschke-jerry-buss-20130219,0,6762532.column#

Jerry Buss was the greatest owner in the history of professional sports, the creator of the most entertaining championship teams ever, a fearless pioneer who bonded a giant and disparate city under a brilliant blanket of purple and gold.
Yet he felt that watching the Lakers was like watching his children.
''It's a tearful experience sometimes," he once said.

Jerry Buss was the showman behind Showtime, the man who won 10 NBA championships by signing some of the greatest and most glitzy players ever, from Magic Johnson to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, from Shaquille O'Neal to Kobe Bryant.
Yet, during a lunch at his home several years ago, he spoke most fondly of Kwame Brown.
The underachieving center lived across the street from Buss' hilltop home. They would talk in the morning by the mailbox. They sometimes hung out together after games. If you were a Laker, any kind of Laker, you held a piece of Buss' heart forever, and when Buss traded Brown, the owner quietly mourned as if he had just lost a superstar.
"We're friends," he said.
Jerry Buss, who died Monday morning at 80, was the front man of the biggest façade in sports. But he was really a small-town Wyoming guy who ran his operation like a corner grocery.
He will be forever known as a playboy in blue jeans with a manicured mustache, a guy who brought the Laker Girls to the court while accompanying a bevy of starlets through the arena tunnel after games.
Yet he empowered daughter Jeanie to become the most respected female executive in sports, encouraging her to grow into the presidency of the Lakers' billion-dollarbusiness brand.
He will be remembered for spending millions to surround himself with the greatest minds in the game's history — Jerry West was his general manager, Phil Jackson was his coach, no price too high for that rare owner willing to stifle his ego in return for success.
Yet in his waning years, when it came time to give up his seat as the team's basketball boss, Buss gave it to his inexperienced son Jimmy. The decision has been highly criticized, and its ramifications have been felt throughout this season's debacle, but Buss remained defiantly consistent in support of his family.
Finally, Buss will be remembered for creating a basketball environment for the hip and privileged, courtside seats costing thousands, the dimmed Staples Center lights turning each game into an expensive nightclub.
Yet does anybody ever notice how the hundreds of thousands of fans who show up for the team's championship parades didn't look like those courtside folks? Buss charged plenty for the rich and powerful few who could afford it, but he spent much more in building a team that was successful and embraceable enough to be loved by everyone throughout the culturally and economically diverse heart of Los Angeles.
Buss, incidentally, missed the 2009 parade. He was playing poker in a local casino. A photo was released that showed him staring down at his cards while the parade aired on a television above his head. It was Buss. He had put in a hard day's work bringing his family a title, and now the father wanted some time to himself.
It will all be different now.
In Buss' perfect world, the team's majority owners would now become his six children, led by Jimmy and Jeanie Buss. Except Jimmy and Jeanie have vastly different philosophies, and have barely communicated since Jimmy botched the attempted rehiring this season of Phil Jackson, who happens to be Jeanie's fiancé.
There is talk the six children will be unable to find common ground and they will wind up selling the team. Here's hoping that doesn't happen. Here's hoping they can work together to continue their father's legacy.
It is a legacy of family, of success, of love for the city of Los Angeles, which loved Jerry Buss back and will miss him dearly.
bill.plaschke@latimes.com

911_Turbo · Feb 20, 2013

Would have to be one of the top clutch players in the NBA

Rodman91 · Feb 20, 2013

One of the most over rated, over paid players you mean?

drobfan8 · Feb 20, 2013

Rodman91 said:
One of the most over rated, over paid players you mean?

I totally agree with both.

He is clutch, but very overrated/overpaid and just cruises around most of the game. Although now is the time of the year he starts to get it going a bit more.

Matty4292 · Feb 20, 2013

Rodman91 said:
One of the most over rated, over paid players you mean?

Dude's deffo clutch though!! No denying that.

drob50 · Feb 21, 2013

First reported move:
Thomas Robinson, Fransisco Garcia and Tyler Honeycutt to the Rockets for Cole Aldrich, Patrick Patterson, Toney Douglas and cash

Mr Paparazzi

drob50 · Feb 21, 2013

Also, Rockets trade Marcus Morris to Suns for a 2nd Round pick. Now the twins will be playing together!
FabFiveFan

FabFiveFan · Feb 21, 2013

drob50 said:
Also, Rockets trade Marcus Morris to Suns for a 2nd Round pick. Now the twins will be playing together!
FabFiveFan

I am as excited about this news as I was when:
1) Jalen Rose was traded to Indiana
2) Darren Collison was traded to Indiana.

Suns got a steal on this deal, Morris is definitely worth more than a 2nd round pick, and I cant wait to see how the play of both twins improves now that they are back together again.

Mr Paparazzi · Feb 21, 2013

drob50 said:
First reported move:
Thomas Robinson, Fransisco Garcia and Tyler Honeycutt to the Rockets for Cole Aldrich, Patrick Patterson, Toney Douglas and cash

Mr Paparazzi

Yeah my mate just told me think he'll do well at Houston with Lin and Harden.

spurlec · Feb 21, 2013

Today's okc game highlights why okc were crazy not to give the bearded one anything he wanted.....

drob50 · Feb 21, 2013

spurlec said:
Today's okc game highlights why okc were crazy not to give the bearded one anything he wanted.....

Salary cap! They would have had to lose Ibaka to keep Harden I believe!

spurlec · Feb 21, 2013

drob50 said:
Salary cap! They would have had to lose Ibaka to keep Harden I believe!

Hiw much luxury tax we talking?? Would have been worth it.

drob50 · Feb 21, 2013

spurlec said:
Hiw much luxury tax we talking?? Would have been worth it.

Not a lot this year, but they could have lost him for nothing after this season if they didn't extend, and the extension would have cist them around $20mil in tax I believe??

muzikandme · Feb 21, 2013

Yeah the made a decision to save money and keep a good part of their defence, they had to move ibaka or harden

Harsha_12 · Feb 21, 2013

James Harden exploded today! 46 Points!

Kyrie with 35 Points, 7 Assists and 20 of his points were in the last quarter

gemini0928 · Feb 21, 2013

Harden Highlights! http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=8969192

Harsha_12 said:
James Harden exploded today! 46 Points!

Harsha_12 · Feb 21, 2013

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! MKG!

drob50 · Feb 21, 2013

Harsha_12 said:
James Harden exploded today! 46 Points!

Kyrie with 35 Points, 7 Assists and 20 of his points were in the last quarter

I just finished watching the Cavs/Hornets! You failed to mention that Kyrie was on the bench until the 7:00 mark of the last quarter!!!!!!!!!!!!

Harsha_12 · Feb 21, 2013

drob50 said:
I just finished watching the Cavs/Hornets! You failed to mention that Kyrie was on the bench until the 7:00 mark of the last quarter!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lol thats probably because i didn't watch the game but only the highlights

Official 2012-13 NBA Regular Season Thread. SPOILERS

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Official 2012-13 NBA Regular Season Thread. SPOILERS

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Magic Johnson and David Robinson ON CARD autos

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Magic Johnson and David Robinson ON CARD autos

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