That's a really shitty classless thing to do, IMO. As much as it must suck to be a celebrity, and have total strangers bugging you for selfies all the damn time, it has to really burn to be doing a "fan" a favor like that and have them totally disrespect you in the process. I'd be happy to punch that punk ass bitch on Parsons' behalf.
Heard on a podcast yesterday, no coaches have been fired during this season. First time this has happened in 35 years apparently.
In the past, coaches yelled at the refs and tried to intimidate them. Not any more. Whining (aka lobbying the officials) is the new yelling. I blame Doc Rivers. Edit: LOL at myself. I read that as no coaches have been fined during this season. Nevermind... BNM
Man, those Lakers are the Masters of Tanking. You laugh at those videos, but over half the posters here are jealous and wish the Blazers could be more like that. BNM
Lost in this is how Denver keeps getting these teams in the second nights of b2b. First LAL, tonight the Clippers, WAS and SAC last week, etc, etc. They're getting 2 games at home each week against opponents on the tail end of b2bs. In altitude. It's kinda pathetic that they're not better than they are.
Here in L.A....not so much. Most of them realize that it will take 4-5 more years for the young players to develop, plus an addition of a high profile free agent to be contenders. (Something we do not have the luxury to bank on) I was watching the Blazer/SA pregame show and Jalen Rose and Byron Scott said the same thing. Essentially an 7-8 year rebuild that can only be pulled with an additional star.
If it hasn't happened by now, it probably won't. Doesn't seem like much point in firing someone with 15 games left in the season. None of the teams that are in the playoffs, nor none of the ones that are fighting for a playoff spot, are going to risk that kind of disruption. That leaves the bottom dwellers who actually want to lose. The only reason they would consider firing a coach is if he starts winning too much and given the management decisions to shut down veteran players, it sounds like the front offices in those cases are taking any and all precautions necessary to prevent an unexpected (and unwanted) late season winning streak. BNM
http://www.espn.com/nba/preview?gameId=400900413 Denver (32-35) is riding a three-game winning streak into Thursday's matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers, but to extend it to four it will take some doing. The Nuggets are going to be without leading scorer Danilo Gallinari with a left knee injury as well as Wilson Chandler (groin), their third-leading scorer, and Darrell Arthur.
So, both teams are shorthanded. LAC by intent and DEN by injury. Should be an interesting game. Never thought I'd say it but: Go Clippers!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??????? BNM
You think they would want this game after losing 2 in a row and 5-5 in the last 10. They are only 1 up on OKC. I guess if you don't care who you match up with between Houston and Utah its no big deal......but technically they are only 2 up on 7th as well. (Memphis, OKC, Clips around 500 in last 10
Nuggets handling Clips pretty easily right now. I wish they would just fucking lose already. Clippers look like absolute dog shit so far.
