How the 2011-2012 NBA season will play out
by Josh Guyer (completely deck) on Nov 27, 2011 9:02 PM CST
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NBA.com has released information on the current pending agreement. We all know that first games are set to start on December 25th, 2011, but what else?
According to NBA.com, David Stern stated there will be a 66-game season this year starting on December 25th. If that stays true, the regular season will end on April 26th, 2012. The playoffs would start two days later, on April 28th. The last possible date for the last game of the NBA Finals is June 26, 2012.
Also included in the tentative agreement is the following information:
- There will be 48 conference games.
- The Spurs will:
- Play 6 teams 4 times (2 home, 2 away)
- Play 4 teams 3 times (2 home, 1 away)
- Play 4 teams 3 times (1 home, 2 away)
- There will be 18 non-conference games.
- The Spurs will:
- Play 3 teams 2 times (1 home, 1 away)
- Play 6 teams 1 time at home
- Play 6 teams 1 time away
- The Spurs will have at least one back-to-back-to-back, but no more than 3.
- Playoff back-to-backs are possible in the second round.
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thigathini? thigathreeni? rigatoni?
I WANT NBA BASKETBALL BACK YOU BASTARDS!
by sleep research facility on Nov 27, 2011 10:01 PM CST reply actions
update your sig, you stupid head!
I WANT NBA BASKETBALL BACK YOU BASTARDS!
by sleep research facility on Nov 27, 2011 10:01 PM CST up reply actions
with…?
I WANT NBA BASKETBALL BACK YOU BASTARDS!
by sleep research facility on Nov 27, 2011 10:02 PM CST up reply actions
who cares?! just do it.
I WANT NBA BASKETBALL BACK YOU BASTARDS!
by sleep research facility on Nov 27, 2011 10:03 PM CST up reply actions
done and done. and i mean done.
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by sleep research facility on Nov 27, 2011 10:04 PM CST up reply actions
Really? Totally done?
I haven’t updated my signature line in over a year. Hmm…
All these GIFs are breaking my browser.
by quincyscott on Nov 27, 2011 11:38 PM CST up reply actions
researching sleep since zzzz….
or
Breakers ABL champs !!
or
dreamin’ your dreams for you
"That kid's a stud.... ...GINO-BLLIII !!!" - Sir Charles
I like the first one. That’s hilarious.
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THIGABABA is the term making the rounds on twitter.
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shouldn’t it be thigabababa?
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by sleep research facility on Nov 27, 2011 10:09 PM CST up reply actions
I like the way you think.
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I like Wayne’s idea: he says we should to call it a Triple Lindy.
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PtR’s way too ahead of the comp.
by silverandblack_davis on Nov 27, 2011 11:16 PM CST up reply actions
back-to-back-to-back…
doesn’t sound good for Duncan. Actually, it doesn’t sound good for most of the Spurs. More playing time for the young ones though.
shit happens.
Expect to see plenty of Tiago, Konami Code, Cojo, &erson and BLAAAAIIIR on the second night.
by transgojobot on Nov 27, 2011 10:34 PM CST up reply actions
Konami Code? I can’t keep up with nicknames anymore.
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It’s brand new — for Leonard.
It started yesterday here. Keep reading; it’s a progression.
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Agreed.
By the way, on the Nicknames page, I think the links should go to the ACTUAL name not the nickname. It’d make it easier to update, and easier to link to!
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I think Pop’s wised up on that one now.
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let’s hope so
"got him at 42……Chad Ford can’t keep up with RC ‘Bargin Basement’ Buford."
Spurs Yoda on Draft Night 2011
by Joe deLarios on Nov 28, 2011 10:09 AM CST up reply actions
Good question. Antonio is a big question mark right now. He never shut the door…
All these GIFs are breaking my browser.
by quincyscott on Nov 27, 2011 11:34 PM CST up reply actions
THAT’S where the draft is coming from.
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Unbelievable Time distortion space is the place Mean Gene Okerlund go down that lonesome highway but don't be hypnotized no- reincarnation doesn't have to be you can concentrate and you can-mental telepathy YEAH! But the beat goes on.
by SpursfanSteve on Nov 28, 2011 8:59 AM CST up reply actions
Playoff back to backs are possible? Me no likey…
"If the NBA season is a marathon, Gregg Popovich is a full-blooded Kenyan."
-Timothy Varner 48MoH
by Jordan Leithart on Nov 28, 2011 11:32 AM CST reply actions
Ain’t nuthin’ a full blooded Kenyan can’t handle.
But I don’t like it either.
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So how are old, aging teams like the Spurs supposed to contend?
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
Andrew Luck and Magic Johnson?
If you're watching a blowout, you can pass the time by counting the double teapots.
Samurai Champloo > Macross
by doubleteapot on Nov 28, 2011 7:24 PM CST up reply actions
doubleteapot for the SCORE!!
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And Tebow
"He was just a young skinny guy who looked like a winner. We didn’t know he was going to be as good as he is."
—Popovich on Manu Ginobili
by spursfan87 on Nov 28, 2011 8:34 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
What time does the game start?
I never take the high road, but I tell other people to, that way there is more room for me on the low road.
In only about six hundred and forty-eight hours!
Good to see you again, SCS. Somebody said “beaches” the other day and I found myself wondering where you were.
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Schedule
I bet the lakers and celtics will get the weakest schedules, they will get to play toronto 2Xand 4Xs, respectively, We’ll get OKC 4X’s and Chicago 2xs, and every possible tough team. and the ones we get once will be the tough teams from the east at their place, and of course well get toronto, new jersey, charlotte, indiana, milwaukee, and detroit at home. some teams are going to get the shaft, we’ll be one of them,
I’m sure there will be lots analysis of the difficulty of teams schedules throughout the season depending on their average opponents winning percentage from the previous season. Hopefully stern expects this and tries to make it as fair as possible. However, I wouldn’t mind playing tough teams if it gets us to improve or at the very least lets the team gauge where they are in terms of contender/non-contender status.
You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime
by the little o on Nov 28, 2011 9:36 PM CST up reply actions
problem is...
The west usually is tight. One year, I think about 2 years ago we were a 7th seed, one game away from the 8th and 4games from the 2nd. In the east it usually doesn’t matter , the 7th and 8th are around or below .500 . So if we play boston twice or the bulls and heat, its tougher for us then if the lakers get toronto and detroit twice, or if we get division teams 4times and then the lakers, and OKC 4 times. It can lead to a huge unbalance. I do agree that tougher teams usually get you better prepared, but our team is older and has problems of late, finishing the season.
and stern...
Has been known to dabble in lottery picks and trades, ( garnet for nothing, gasol for very little, and Patrick Ewing to NYC) if you believe in conspiracy. Stern will do whatever he thinks is most profitable.
. . .“gasol for very little”. . .
I’m not much of a Spurs fan but might I suggest that it is time to re-think that a bit? Sure they gave up Pau Gasol but in return the Grizz got:
- Marc Gasol,
- enough money to sign Zach Randolpf
- draft pick they turned into Darrell Arthur (he played pretty well in the playoffs)
I’m guessing the Grizz are feeling pretty good about that trade these days.
"Hey if repeating as champions were that easy even the Spurs could do it." olf
Well, from that trade, the Lakers got 2 rings, the Grizzlies got a lot of good players and beat the number 1 seed last playoffs. It still looks like the Lakers got the best of that deal.
Sure, the Grizzlies got good players, a young solid core that has a chance to contend for a ring, but there are a lot of other good teams based on a core of young players. The Grizzlies’ chances aren’t that high.
shit happens.
Whatever helps you sleep at night.
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He is right. The deal managed to increase the chances of both teams. If you replace Marc and Randolf with Pau do you think the Grizz beat us in the first round this past season? In retrospect, the widely held believe that the trade was one sided at the time (it seemed so to me as well) send the league into a frenzy. The Spurs for some reason, even with Pops’ comments on the trade, acquired Kurt Thomas. That was their biggest move until the RJ fiasco, which was clearly too little too late.
"If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert"
- DBG
Why won’t you just let me mess with the Laker fan a little bit?
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wait, are you talking about me? I’m no Laker fan. I just feel that the trade sucked and was the only reason the Lakers got those rings. Whatever good it did the Grizzlies now, it still did more for the Lakers.
That trade totally changed the NBA landscape, after that, everyone wanted at least 3 superstars in their teams (Celtics, Heat, etc. )
shit happens.
To be fair, the Celtics were the ones that started it. And I was talking about laznirv AKA olf.
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Hey, did I see somewhere that you are now a SoCal resident? Wow that’ll be fun for you when the playoffs start and everyone goes Laker-crazy.
"Hey if repeating as champions were that easy even the Spurs could do it." olf
Indeed I am, sir. Canoga Park FTW.
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Hey great! Well welcome to the land of Metta World Peace.
"Hey if repeating as champions were that easy even the Spurs could do it." olf
The land of Metta World Peace
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America’s Smörgåsbord.
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Nice umlaut, Tim.
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Pounding the Rock
Hey dude, I understand that Spurs fans didn’t like the trade. My point was that maybe the Grizz did. And it didn’t turn out to be “Gasol for very little” (at least in my opinion).
Also, I had to smile when I read the part saying “. . .after that, everyone wanted at least 3 superstars in their teams. . .” Kinda funny coming from a fan of the Spurs – home of “The Original Big 3” (You know, original except Bird, Parish & McKale, or Magic, Kareem & Worthy or Russell, Havlichek & Cousey, or . . .)
Anyway, enjoy the season.
"Hey if repeating as champions were that easy even the Spurs could do it." olf
When you’re talking about any putative “Big 3” let’s keep the list to guys who won at least 3 rings together, shall we?
And I think some of those Boston teams might need to be edited out of that parenthetical phrase.
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I will totally defer to youse guys on the proper use of the “Big 3” moniker. We don’t use that term here in the home of “ShowTime!”
Also, brace yourself. ’Cause yesterday I heard a discussion of what type of offense Mike Brown will install now that Big Chief Triangle has retired to Montana Playa Del Rey. He has said that he plans to implement a “Twin Towers offense – similar to the one run during the Duncan-Robinson era” (or is that the Robinson-Duncan era?).
The main reaction on the show was “Yeah, but how’s he gonna get Kobe to pass the ball?” My reaction is ‘If I wanted to be a frickin’ Spurs fan, then I’d be a frickin’ Spurs fan (no offense).
Anyway, it should be quite a roller-coaster ride of a season.
"Hey if repeating as champions were that easy even the Spurs could do it." olf
He’ll get Kobe to pass in the same way Pop got Stephen Jackson to pass.
Oh, that’s right, Capt Jack DIDN’T really pass much (2.3 assists in 28.2 minutes per game).
Too bad for that plan, Mr. Brown.
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What they should do
Is go 4 games against division opponents (16 games), 2games against the rest of western conference (20games) and 2 games against the eastern conference (home and home 20 games) that gives each team 56 games and there are not any teams that play an unbalanced schedule.
Yup. But that would just be logical. And during the last 6 months, it’s become painfully obvious that the NBA is severely lacking in the logic department.
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Well, doing home and home games with the Eastern Conference would give you 30 games, pushing your total number to 66. Which lo and behold is how many they are doing, and goes to show just how stupid the NBA is for not doing this. I’ve actually thought this should be the league schedule every year, since it would eliminate unbalanced schedules and shorten the marathon season, but these are clearly things that don’t matter to the NBA since they hit on the magic number for a perfectly balanced schedule by circumstance and still managed to screw things up.
GO SPURS GO!
Here’s to the death of logic!
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Tim, in response to your recent awesomeness, your words have been added to the PtR quote page.
Thank you for contributing.
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Fuck it, for the regular season, start Splitter, Blair, Kawhi, Anderson, and Cory Joseph. Give them all around 30 minutes with Neal being the 6th man. Our regular starters could be used sparingly. If we make the playoffs, we’ll win the title, if we don’t make the playoffs, we wouldn’t have won the title anyways.
You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime
Hmmmmmmmm… Lack of confidence in the team you have. Do or do not, there is no try.
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Stern isn’t in anybody’s debt. Anything anyone does for him just lessens the amount that THEY owe HIM. Only one person in the world is actually even with him, and that’s one Michael Jordan.
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