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You do realize they play each other, right?
Good ol' Sheed....stupid as yet funny as well.
You do realize they play each other, right?
Wow.
EVEN I dont think laker will get 72 and to be honest don t think it's wothwhile 16-0 would be better and more about winning a le than the 72 ... 2001 Lakers went 16-1 (well 15-1 becuase of 1st round change) That i the mark grea teams should strive for.
No matter how many rings ColdBee can get but he's still so known as Colorado RAPIST.
True. But, I'm still takin' those 15 rings I got. Splattered CO. balloon knot withstanding.
tee, hee.
I think it would be stupid for a team built around mostly 30-somethings to even try for that mark. They'd be burnt toast by about the second round of the playoffs. What they don't realize is there are about 25 teams that have no chance for a deep playoff run, and the closer they get to that mark, the tougher the resistance becomes. Those other teams have nothing to lose and nothing to hold back for. Unless they want to be like the recent Mavs or Pistons teams to make a run at that mark, they'd better save something in the tank for a two month playoff run.
I agree with this. Pistons and Mavs shot their wad early and to some degree so did the Cavs last year ...they just waited until the ECF to do so. HCA advantage should be first goal of the le contenders ...BUT you should not burn out your team to get it ...I think Pop does a great job with this.
The way I see it there are only 5 truly legit FINALS contenders ...I am not saying that Denver, Dallas, Portland and Utah wont be good (or potentially dangerous) ...but Only 5 teams could win their conference and the NBA Finals those teams (i just mentioned) I doubt can pull BOTH off ...Here are the real CONTENDERS for the crown ...
1. - The Lakers - defending champs so they get top slot
2. - Celts - they won it two years ago so they get the #2 spot (they are deep and they have much thug love or psedu tough guys)
3. - Magic defending Eastern champs (i don't think they are better than Spurs but they deserve it because they kept core from Finals run)
4. - Cavs (i also dont think they are better than SA in fact IF this WAS the Finals matchup I would give every matchup edge EXCEPT SF) but they made ECF and out of respect I puth them here ...
5. - Spurs Although the EC has more top teams I think SA is the biggest threat if healthy to the Lakers outside of Boston
Last edited by Killakobe81; 10-12-2009 at 11:05 AM.
Rasheed with y talk? You don't say.
Lol, but I don't mind it one bit. There are certain people you just can't get mad at no matter what kind of stupid comes out their mouths. Sheed is one of those people for me. Love the guy. Love his at ude, love his flippant iness, love his game. Even though I dislike several players on that Celtics team, I still can't hate on Sheed.
he sure does rape the nuggets on a nightly basis.
Dont forget when the Bulls won 72 games they had 6 games against expansion franchises (Toronto and Vancouver).
The talent pool didnt include all of the international players 13 years ago as well. Its probably unlikely that any team will win 70+ again.
That's right! And just like Jordan, Kobe got to ride Shaq's coattails for his first three....oh, wait...
I think what will keep many teams from winning 70 is the fact that to break the record, you actually need 73. After the ASG, these streaking teams start to drop a game here and a game there. The 73 mark gets away from them, they recover their common sense, and start rotating and resting guys for the playoffs and wind up somewhere around 66 or 67 wins.
I think if a team wins 70 again, it will have to start out with maybe 2-3 losses in each of the first three months, and then go on a tear with one loss each in Feb, Mar, and Apr. When you start out on the record pace, it's tough to maintain it when everyone's talking about it and interviewing you about it. OTOH, a team with 8-9 losses at the end of Jan is only on a 64-66 win pace, and no one would talk about them, other than to say they're having a strong season.
There will be a team that gets 70 again. But as exstatic suggests, 73 is very improbable.
Even a great team will have trouble getting there because it not only takes the talent and coaching, but a lot of luck. The key players have to all remain relatively healthy. The team as a whole has to be motivated night in and night out for 82 games. The team has to have clutch shootings all year long to win those close 1-5 point games late in the fourth quarter. Their offense can't go into ruts basically ever. And they can't be fatigued or rested at the end of the season, meaning the head coach also has to be on board with trying to shoot for that record without compromising a more important goal of having his team in its best position to win a le in the playoffs. So, someone like Gregg Popovich would almost certainly never coach a team that would challenge 72 wins because he's far more concerned about championships and the health and readiness of his players in the post season.
The 1999-2000 Lakers probably had a chance at 70 but they went through a 9 game stretch where they lost 6 games and they dropped their last two games of the season and finished with 67. It has to start from game 1 and go throughout the season.
Every passing day makes me more relieved that clown signed with someone else.
Rasheed Wallace: Celtics can surpass Bulls' 72 wins record
By J.E. Skeets
Ball Don't Lie
'Tis the season for bold statements!
In a recent interview with Tom Halzack of the Connecticut News, Celtics forward Rasheed Wallace claimed his boys in green and white could make a run at the Chicago Bulls' record of 72 regular-season wins set in 1995-96.
"'Oh definitely. Definitely, playing with those three other guys, also combining that with the guys we have on the bench, I think we can definitely can. Me personally, I think we can get that Bulls record. You know we have the talent for it. We have the will for it and ... I think we have the defense for it.'
[Halzack:] Do you want me to use that?
'You can. Because honestly, I really do feel that. That was a good team. They had some [Hall of Famers] on there, but we have a few on this team, too.'"
As ridiculous as this sounds, I'm not going to be the one to tell ol' 'Sheed to cut back on the crazy pills and Kool-Aid. I mean, what's he supposed to say? Something humble and realistic? Reada, please.
As Celtics Town points out, the Celtics won 66 games two years ago and 62 games last year, and now they have a team that, on paper — there's that saying again! — is better than either of those teams. Why wouldn't you set your goals high and dream big?
What's that, you say? Because it's highly unlikely the aging C's can stay healthy for an entire season ... or that they have to play talented teams like the Lakers, Cavs, Magic, Spurs, Nuggets, Blazers, Jazz, Mavs and Bulls some 20-plus times ... or that they don't have some dude named Michael Jordan ... or Scottie Pippen ... or Phil Jackson ... or ... [plugs ears] BLAH BLAH BLAH! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
'Sheed, check this out: 83-0.
Dream bigger.
lol 83-0...the writer has been peeking into Spurstalk.
I don't think anyone is going to touch that Bulls record for quite some time. It has to do with WAY more than just talent. You can't have many injuries, some guys may have to play excessive minutes every game, team chemistry has to be at an all-time high, and the ball just has to bounce your way sometime. People need to stop talking about this record anyway....we all saw what happened when the Patriots went on their "undefeated" season.
Quick some smartass reply that it's possible if you include the playoffs like someone did to me earlier here.
Yeah lets go for 72 wins and burn ourselves out before the playoffs get here.I have hated the Sheed signing since day 1 and now I get the luxary of watching him yap with the rest of the crew.
sheed knows where to get the good weed apparently.
cocaine is a of a drug
I think that's the main reason the Bulls were able to get to 70+ wins without killing themselves in the process. They really didn't have to play excessive minutes. Most of the time the Bulls blew teams out by the 3rd qtr and 4th qtr was basically garbage time for the bench players while Jordan, Pippen, and Harper were icing their knees and laughing it up.I don't think anyone is going to touch that Bulls record for quite some time. It has to do with WAY more than just talent. You can't have many injuries, some guys may have to play excessive minutes every game, team chemistry has to be at an all-time high, and the ball just has to bounce your way sometime. People need to stop talking about this record anyway....we all saw what happened when the Patriots went on their "undefeated" season.
82-0 doesn't mean anything if you don't get the LOB at the end of the season. It's rings that count.
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