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Hey guys, Im starting this thread for all the NBA fans :smiley:
New season starts Oct 29. Post views about your favorite players and teams. This thread will serve as the NBA thread.

Here is a preseason General Manager’s survey done by NBA.com.

Which team will win NBA Finals 2003?
L.A. Lakers - 61.5%

Sacramento - 30.8%

San Antonio - 3.8%

Washington - 3.8%

Which team has the best chance of dethroning the L.A. Lakers as NBA champions?
Sacramento - 80.0%

New Jersey - 8.0%

Dallas - 4.0%

San Antonio - 4.0%

Washington - 4.0%

MOST RECENT RESULTS

Who will win the 2002-03 Most Valuable Player award?
Kobe Bryant - 30.8%
Shaquille O’Neal - 30.8%
Tim Duncan - 19.2%
Jason Kidd - 15.4%
Tracy McGrady - 3.8%

**GENERAL MANAGER SURVEY: RESULTS ARCHIVE **

Oct. 23: Who is the most intense player on the court in the NBA?
Alonzo Mourning - 20.0%
Ben Wallace - 16.0%
Allen Iverson - 12.0%
Kobe Bryant - 8.0%
Kevin Garnett - 8.0%
Michael Jordan - 8.0%
Kenyon Martin - 8.0%
Ron Artest - 4.0%
Jason Kidd - 4.0%
Gary Payton - 4.0%
Jerry Stackhouse - 4.0%
Jerome Williams - 4.0%

**Oct. 22: Who is the player most likely to make a last-second shot if a game depended on it? **
Kobe Bryant - 42.3%
Reggie Miller - 38.5%
Michael Jordan - 15.4%
Allen Iverson - 3.8%

Who is the player most likely to get a rebound if a game depended on it?
Ben Wallace - 46.2%
Shaquille O’Neal - 38.5%
Dale Davis - 3.8%
Tim Duncan - 3.8%
Kevin Garnett - 3.8%
Alonzo Mourning - 3.8%

Oct. 21: Which team will win the Atlantic Division?
New Jersey - 84.6%
Boston - 7.7%
Philadelphia - 3.8%
Washington - 3.8%

Which team will win the Central Division?
New Orleans - 42.3%
Detroit - 19.2%
Milwaukee - 19.2%
Indiana - 11.5%
Atlanta - 3.8%
Toronto - 3.8%

Which team will win the Midwest Division?
San Antonio - 53.8%
Dallas - 46.2%

Which team will win the Pacific Division?
Sacramento - 65.4%
L.A. Lakers - 34.6%

Oct. 18: Which team do you most enjoy watching?
Sacramento - 44.0%
L.A. Lakers - 24.0%
Dallas - 8.0%
Utah - 8.0%
Washington - 8.0%
New Jersey - 4.0%
Seattle - 4.0%

Which player do you most enjoy watching?
Kobe Bryant - 26.9%
Jason Kidd - 19.2%
Tracy McGrady - 15.4%
Michael Jordan - 11.5%
Allen Iverson - 7.7%
Shaquille O’Neal - 7.7%
Tim Duncan - 3.8%
Grant Hill - 3.8%
John Stockton - 3.8%

Oct. 17: Who is the NBA’s best point guard?
Jason Kidd - 100.0%

Who is the NBA’s best shooting guard?
Kobe Bryant - 92.3%
Michael Jordan - 3.8%
*Paul Pierce - 3.8%

Who is the NBA’s best small forward?
Tracy McGrady - 65.4%
*Kevin Garnett - 19.2%
*Paul Pierce - 7.7%
*Dirk Nowitzki - 3.8%
Predrag Stojakovic - 3.8%

Who is the NBA’s best power forward?
Tim Duncan - 80.8%
*Kevin Garnett - 11.5%
*Dirk Nowitzki - 7.7%

Who is the NBA’s best center?
Shaquille O’Neal - 100.0%

Who is the NBA’s best international player?
Dirk Nowitzki - 80.8%
Pau Gasol - 11.5%
Predrag Stojakovic - 7.7%

Oct: 16: Who is the best head coach in the NBA?
Phil Jackson - 38.5%
Larry Brown - 26.9%
Rick Adelman - 7.7%
Pat Riley - 7.7%
Jerry Sloan - 7.7%
Doug Collins - 3.8%
Nate McMillan - 3.8%
Flip Saunders - 3.8%

Who is the head coach with the best motivational skills in the NBA?
Phil Jackson - 40.0%
Pat Riley - 40.0%
Larry Brown - 8.0%
Nate McMillan - 4.0%
Jerry Sloan - 7.7%
Nate McMillan - 3.8%
Jim O’Brien - 4.0%
Doc Rivers - 4.0%

**Who is the head coach with the best strategic skills (X’s and O’s) in the NBA? **
Larry Brown - 48.0%
Pat Riley - 20.0%
Jim O’Brien - 12.0%
Phil Jackson - 8.0%
Don Nelson - 4.0%
Flip Saunders - 4.0%
Rudy Tomjanovich - 4.0%

Who is the best assistant coach in the NBA?
Dick Harter - 20.0%
Phil Johnson - 20.0%
Del Harris - 16.0%
Eddie Jordan - 16.0%
Tex Winter - 8.0%
Brian Hill - 4.0%- 3.8%
Brian James - 4.0%
Donn Nelson - 4.0%
Tom Thibodeau - 4.0%
Stan Van Gundy - 4.0%

Oct. 15: Who is the best defender in the NBA?
Gary Payton - 46.2%
Bruce Bowen - 11.5%
Kobe Bryant - 7.7%
Ben Wallace - 7.7%
Tim Duncan - 3.8%
Kevin Garnett - 3.8%
Jason Kidd - 3.8%
Tracy McGrady - 3.8%
Dikembe Mutombo - 3.8%
Shaquille O’Neal - 3.8%
Clifford Robinson - 3.8%

Who is the most versatile defender in the NBA?
Kevin Garnett - 23.1%
Tracy McGrady - 11.5%
Ben Wallace - 11.5%
Kobe Bryant - 7.7%
Gary Payton - 7.7%
Ron Artest - 3.8%
Bruce Bowen - 3.8%
Greg Buckner - 3.8%
Doug Christie - 3.8%
Tim Duncan - 3.8%
Robert Horry - 3.8%
Jason Kidd - 3.8%
Ira Newble - 3.8%
Ruben Patterson - 3.8%
Clifford Robinson - 3.8%

Oct. 14: Who is the best pure shooter in the NBA?
Ray Allen - 34.6%
Predrag Stojakovic - 26.9%
Reggie Miller - 19.2%
Allan Houston - 7.7%
Dell Curry - 3.8%
Steve Nash - 3.8%
Dirk Nowitzki - 3.8%

Who is the best passer in the NBA?
Jason Kidd - 69.2%
John Stockton - 23.1%
Baron Davis - 3.8%
Chris Webber - 3.8%

Who has the best ball-handling skills in the NBA?
Jason Kidd - 26.9%
John Stockton - 15.4%
Jason Williams - 15.4%
Stephon Marbury - 11.75%
Kobe Bryant - 7.7%
Allen Iverson - 7.7%
Baron Davis - 3.8%
Andre Miller - 3.8%
Steve Nash - 3.8%
Jamaal Tinsley - 3.8%

Who has the best athleticism in the NBA?
Vince Carter - 30.8%
Tracy McGrady - 23.1%
Kobe Bryant - 15.4%
Kevin Garnett - 7.7%
Allen Iverson - 7.7%
Darius Miles - 7.7%
Shawn Marion - 3.8%
Jason Richardson - 3.8%

Oct. 11: Who has the best basketball instincts in the NBA?
Jason Kidd - 26.9%
John Stockton - 26.9%
Kobe Bryant - 11.5%
Tim Duncan - 11.5%
Michael Jordan - 11.5%
Mike Bibby - 3.8%
Tracy McGrady - 3.8%
Dirk Nowitzki - 3.8%

Oct. 10: Who is the NBA’s most underrated player?
Steve Nash - 16.0%
Andre Miller - 8.0%
Darrell Armstrong - 4.0%
Brent Barry - 4.0%
Elton Brand - 4.0%
Vince Carter - 4.0%
Doug Christie - 4.0%
Robert Horry - 4.0%
Bobby Jackson - 4.0%
Andrei Kirilenko - 4.0%
Jamaal Magloire - 4.0%
Stephon Marbury - 4.0%
Aaron McKie - 4.0%
Reggie Miller - 4.0%
Dirk Nowitzki- 4.0%
Shaquille O’Neal - 4.0%
Clifford Robinson - 4.0%
Eric Snow - 4.0%
Steve Smith - 4.0%
Kenny Thomas - 4.0%
Ben Wallace - 4.0%

Oct. 9: Which player is most likely to have a breakout season in 2002-03?
Darius Miles - 15.4%
Richard Jefferson - 11.5%
Rashard Lewis - 7.7%
Jason Richardson - 7.7%
Courtney Alexander - 3.8%
Vin Baker - 3.8%
Jonathan Bender - 3.8%
Mike Bibby - 3.8%
Pau Gasol - 3.8%
Eddie Griffin - 3.8%
Al Harrington - 3.8%
Andrei Kirilenko - 3.8%
Corey Magette - 3.8%
Stephon Marbury - 3.8%
Kenyon Martin - 3.8%
Andre Miller - 3.8%
Yao Ming - 3.8%
Jermaine O’Neal - 3.8%
Jason Terry - 3.8%

Oct. 8: Who will win the 2002-03 ‘Got Milk’ Rookie of the Year Award?
Yao Ming - 26.9%
Jay Williams - 26.9%
Drew Gooden - 15.4%
Emanuel Ginobili - 7.7%
Amare Stoudemire - 7.7%
Dajuan Wagner - 7.7%
Caron Butler - 3.8%
Mike Dunleavy - 3.8%

Oct. 7: If you were starting a franchise today and could sign any player in the NBA, who would it be?
Shaquille O’Neal - 64.0%
Tim Duncan - 28.0%
Kobe Bryant - 4.0%
Tracy McGrady - 4.0%

Oct 4: Which country other than the United States is most likely to produce the most NBA players in the next decade?
Yugoslavia - 87.0%
China - 8.7%
Spain - 4.3%

Which continent other than North America is most likely to produce the most NBA players in the next decade?
Europe - 78.3%
South America - 13.0%
Asia - 8.7%

Oct 3: Which teammates comprise the best duo in the NBA?
Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant - 100.0%

Oct 2: Which team will be the NBA’s most improved in 2002-03?
Atlanta Hawks - 47.8%
Houston Rockets - 17.4%
Washington Wizards - 13.0%
Golden State Warriors - 8.7%
Chicago Bulls - 4.3%
Memphis Grizzlies - 4.3%
New York Knicks - 4.3%

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good post!

I am the first one to let you all know that Boston Celtics will win the championship this year and Paul Pierce will be the league MVP

Go Celtics :)

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[quote]
Which team will win NBA Finals 2003?
L.A. Lakers - 61.5%

Sacramento - 30.8%

San Antonio - 3.8%

Washington - 3.8%

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Is it just me or it looks weird, how does anyone vote for Washington.
Will Jordan play this year ?
The guy needs to retire if there was any sharam left in him. I want him to be remembered as the greatest basketball player of all time, after coming back last year he ruined the rep.

I think this year Sacremento and Dallas will be back with vengence.
San Antonio Spurs have big names in their team but since their Championship win in 99, they have yet to play in big matches.

I think from the East it will be either Miami or Philedelphia and from the west it will be Lakers/Kings/Mavericks.

Can't wait.

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LAKERS gonna kick ass! :D

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Originally posted by Pakistani Tiger: *
**LAKERS* gonna kick ass! :D
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Yet again!

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i dont know who's gonna win... No Predictions... but I like the Kings

Right now... I just wanna see good games...

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Did anybody see the Lakers vs Kings game the other night ?
Rick Foxx and some other guy from Kingz got in a fist fight, and later went on to become Lakers vs Kingz feud with Shaq pushing Vlade Divac. I watched it in the news.
Can someone elaborate on that!
It looks like both teams are frsutrated with each other.
Lakers looking to dominate west like 2 years back but Kingz blocking their way and 3rd straight year for Kingz to be eliminated by Lakers in the playoffs.

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Christie, Fox Fight After Toss

By Associated Press
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings couldn’t wait for the regular season to express their dislike for each other.

The Lakers’ Rick Fox and the Kings’ Doug Christie fought each other in the tunnel near the court after they were ejected from Friday night’s preseason game. Neither player appeared to be seriously hurt.

The scuffle began with a little more than two minutes gone in the final exhibition for both teams. Christie drew an offensive foul when Fox turned and knocked him down with an elbow. After Christie got up from the floor, the players exchanged words. Fox pushed Christie in the face with an open hand, and Christie responded with a left-handed punch to Fox’s jaw.

After they were ejected, the players left the court in opposite directions, but Fox apparently went around the back and met up with Christie in the tunnel that leads to the locker room area. Fox grabbed Christie in a headlock, and they had to be separated by security, as well as the entire Kings bench.

The episode detracted from what ordinarily is a go-through-the-motions finale to the preseason.

“I thought it was going to be fun,” Kings center Vlade Divac told ESPN. “The last game of the preseason, you try to work on your game and get ready for the regular season.”

The teams have become rivals only in the past few years, as the Lakers started winning titles and the Kings started challenging them behind Chris Webber. Last season they battled to a seventh game in the Western Conference finals last season before the Lakers prevailed and went on to beat New Jersey for their third straight title.

They don’t play each other in the regular season until Christmas Day, and Friday night was their first meeting of the preseason. The game was played as a doubleheader at Staples Center. Cleveland and Milwaukee played the early game.

The teams regularly trade insults, but the rhetoric heated up before Friday night’s game as Lakers star Shaquille O’Neal said, “I’m not worried about the Sacramento Queens.”

[Penalties Could Come Today](http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp lakers27oct27,0,928150.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dsports%2Dnba 2Dlakers)

By Tim Brown, Times Staff Writer

Rick Fox did not practice Saturday, and the NBA did not issue its sanctions for Friday night’s fights, and so the Lakers and Sacramento Kings stood about where they did when Fox and Doug Christie were pulled apart, each defiant and disgusted.

**The Lakers figure on a suspension for Fox, who fought Christie twice during Friday’s exhibition game, once on the court and again after running 100 feet or so through a hallway, past a handful of security guards. They also fear a short suspension for Shaquille O’Neal, who left the bench to defend an outnumbered Fox in the far tunnel at Staples Center.

Christie, who during the first altercation threw a closed-fisted punch that connected with Fox’s chin, also would seem to be destined for a suspension, as would many of his teammates, who left the bench area when the second fight began.**

According to the NBA rule book, during an altercation “all players not participating in the game must remain in the vicinity of the bench. Violators will be suspended, without pay, for a minimum of one game.”

The league would stagger those suspensions for the Kings.

A league spokesman said Saturday that Stu Jackson, NBA vice president of operations, would rule today at the earliest after reviewing tape and referees’ accounts of the incidents. Fox, the Lakers’ starting small forward in all three championship seasons, could be out five games or more and be fined a substantial sum (not exceeding $35,000, according to NBA guidelines), and the other suspensions should lessen from there.

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SHAQ Says:

Sacramento Kings is the best WNBA team :rotfl:

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Fox out for 6 games
Christie out for 2 games... both missing the opener tommorow

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JASON KIDD..........is the man

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For being such a confident team, its ironic how Lakers take such cheap shots no? And what is it with the whole elbow thing. Lakers are always elbowing the Kings players. Especially SHAQ for being so big he tends to act a little too defensive. Their whole team needs anger management classes.

P.S. GO KINGS!

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^ ya
he acts like a baby sometimes...

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Lakers, without Shaq and Fox, lose opener to Spurs: 87 - 82

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The Lakers unveil their 2001-02 championship banner before their game against the Spurs.

While Sac Queens beat the Cavaliers: 94 - 67

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^ :rolleyes: man… keep ur cheap talk outside of this thread plz
Thanks

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Name calling by Lakers shows the frustration they have becuase Kings is the only team who could beat them, the barely won last year in the playoffs, and they know doing it again will be a huge task.

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Exciting game yesterday b/w Lakers and Portland.
Kobe Bryant recorded a triple-double for the second straight game on Sunday, as the Lakers forced overtime and held on for a 98-95 victory over the Blazers. Bryant finished with 33 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists.
Watch out for Kobe, it wont surprise me if he wins the MVP of the season award this year :D

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Kobe Bryant's big fourth quarter rescued the Lakers Sunday night.
(AP)

Sacramento suffers first loss as Miami Heat Kings: 88 - 78

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Kobe could win it... he's running the team while Shaq is gone...
what a game yesterday... against the wizards... Wizards winning it in the last 2.9 seconds...

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UNBELEIVABLE STUFF BY WASHINGTON WIZARDS.....this was the game......jordan missed free throws when the really needed em but STACKHOUSE made up for them scoring in the last 2.9sec to win by 1point.

how do u upload images???

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toronto sucks this year in everything.