Other Sports 2013-2014 Official NBA Thread - Page 48

Al Bundy · 08-06-2013, 04:40 PM

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/ey...4-nba-schedule

With the Schedule released today, I figured it would be a good time to start the thread.

The NBA released its 2013-2014 schedule on Tuesday in a televised special on NBATV alongside a release on NBA.com and its team websites.

The season kicks off Tuesday, October 29th as Miami hosts the Chicago Bulls in Derrick Rose's expected return to the court. Then it's the Battle of LA as the Lakers host the Clippers. It could be the return of Kobe Bryant from his Achilles injury he suffered last spring, and will be the regular season debut of Doc Rivers as the Clippers' newest head coach.

It's a massive gamble by the NBA, considering Rose's struggles returning from his ACL injury suffered in the 2012 playoffs and Bryant's more recent Achilles surgery. If those players were to miss the opening night, it's going to make for a very underwhelming opening night of basketball, regardless of the markets involved for ratings.

Opening week continues on Thursday with the Bulls hosting the Knicks in what is likely to be Rose's return to the United Center in the regular season. The Knicks will be on a back to back, opening the season on Wednesday vs. the Bucks. Thursday night the revamped Warriors visit the Clippers, who are clearly the hot team, with two national appearances in the first three days.

Opening week concludes Friday with the Nets' home opener vs. the Heat, followed by another Lakers home game, this time vs. the defending Western Conference Champion San Antonio Spurs.

On the NBA's biggest regular season day, Christmas Day, starts with the Nets hosting Chicago, followed by the scoring-champ rematch of Carmelo Anthony vs. Kevin Durant as the Thunder visit Madison Square Garden to face the Knicks. Then in the main event, the Heat play the Lakers at Staples Center. Dwight Howard joins the Christmas fun as the Rockets travel to San Antonio to face the Spurs. And in the night cap, the Clippers visit Oracle Arena to take on Steph Curry and the Warriors.

Monday, January 20th continues the NBA's tradition of making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a huge basketball event, with four games on the schedule. Brooklyn travels across the bridge to take on the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, followed by the Grizzlies hosting the Pelicans, the Lakers taking on the Bulls at the United Center, and the Pacers facing the Warriors in the bay to cap off the night.

The Lakers first meet Dwight Howard on November 13th in Houston, and again on January 14th. They first host Howard at Staples Center on February 19th, and again on April 8th.

The NBA Finals rematches occur on January 26th in Miami and March 6th in San Antonio. Will Gregg Popovich rest his starters? It's not a back to back, as the Spurs face Atlanta on the 24th, but it is in the middle of a three-game road trip.

Despite the departure of Dwight Howard, the Lakers keep the max number of nationally televised (non-NBA TV) games in the league at 25, tied with the Knicks and Heat. The Clippers have 21 nationally televised games, while the defending Western Champs, the Spurs, only have 15. The Bulls jump to 24 national games, with the league banking on Rose's return to carry audiences. The Thunder also feature on national TV 24 times.

Houston, with newly-signed Dwight Howard and James Harden, feature 20 games on national television, a pretty low number given the star power. The Mavericks won the NBA title in 2011, and now have just eight national TV appearances. The Warriors meanwhile jump to 17 games, while Eastern Conference finalist Indiana only appears 10 time next season. To put that in perspective, the Denver Nuggets appear 13 times.

The rest of the schedule is at the link.

mcaj22 · 12-06-2013, 04:15 PM

they did something similar last year with Thomas Robinson, basically announced they were trying to trade him and it was like letting everyone know, yea this us showing our hand we are making a play for Dwight

KC native · 12-06-2013, 04:32 PM

Ugh, how the **** is the Spurs and Pacers game on Saturday not on any type of national television.

I hate using shitty streams to watch games (Fox Sports Southwest blacks out the Spurs up here because of the wittle mavewicks.)

kcxiv · 12-06-2013, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Race Card native

Ugh, how the **** is the Spurs and Pacers game on Saturday not on any type of national television.

I hate using shitty streams to watch games (Fox Sports Southwest blacks out the Spurs up here because of the wittle mavewicks.)

Sat in basketball arent national tv days. Sat is the worst day to play basketball as far as ratings go.

At any rate. Kobe will be playing Sunday. curious to see how he adjusts his game.

okcchief · 12-06-2013, 04:45 PM

I think the Nets were thinking Marc Jackson when they hired Kidd. He also had zero coaching experience. I've always thought he just had a really good, young team though.

Let's face it. It's more players than coaching in the NBA, but that great coach puts you over the top. I'm not sure any coach makes that big of a difference for the Nets with their age and injuries. I just think people got too excited about them. They'll probably make the playoffs when healthy, but they are an average team at best with marquee names.

mcaj22 · 12-06-2013, 04:54 PM

Marc Jackson got a team where the best two young players had DADS who played in the NBA that he KNEW. They were basically silly putty he could mold

Deron Williams is not mold-able, he ruined the Jazz, and none of those veterans are going to listen to Kidd like the young guys listen to Jackson on GSW. Golden State also did a good job of jettison anyone associated with Nellie ball, where as the Nets just keep piling onto their fire and throwing money at the situation. Golden State built through the draft and complimented it with a couple trades (i.e Bogut, Iggy, etc)

**RealSNR** · 12-06-2013, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Race Card native

Ugh, how the **** is the Spurs and Pacers game on Saturday not on any type of national television.

I hate using shitty streams to watch games (Fox Sports Southwest blacks out the Spurs up here because of the wittle mavewicks.)

Because your dickhead coach always benches his starters during national games.

Nobody wants to watch Matt Bonner for 30 minutes/game.

okcchief · 12-06-2013, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcaj22

Marc Jackson got a team where the best two young players had DADS who played in the NBA that he KNEW. They were basically silly putty he could mold

Deron Williams is not mold-able, he ruined the Jazz, and none of those veterans are going to listen to Kidd like the young guys listen to Jackson on GSW. Golden State also did a good job of jettison anyone associated with Nellie ball, where as the Nets just keep piling onto their fire and throwing money at the situation. Golden State built through the draft and complimented it with a couple trades (i.e Bogut, Iggy, etc)

100% correct

chiefzilla1501 · 12-06-2013, 08:48 PM

Kyrie Irving is playing terrible right now. I'm not sure if Uncle Drew could even win a pickup game. And Waiters is starting to play out of his mind.

**dirk digler** · 12-06-2013, 09:01 PM

hey hey the Celtics beat the Nuggets and are in first place in the awesome Atlantic.

-King- · 12-06-2013, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Bambi

lol

-King- · 12-06-2013, 09:13 PM

Never watched a home Pelicans game. They have an ugly court. Might be worse than the Kings court.

Al Bundy · 12-06-2013, 09:37 PM

Another no-show for the Warriors.

okcchief · 12-07-2013, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by -King-

Never watched a home Pelicans game. They have an ugly court. Might be worse than the Kings court.

They also have no fans in the seats.

tk13 · 12-07-2013, 09:36 PM

The Pacers are putting it to the Spurs in San Antonio tonight.

MIAdragon · 12-07-2013, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by tk13

The Pacers are putting it to the Spurs in San Antonio tonight.

Loving it.

08-06-2013, 04:40 PM
Al Bundy Damnit Peg Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $5391831	2013-2014 Official NBA Thread http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/ey...4-nba-schedule With the Schedule released today, I figured it would be a good time to start the thread. The NBA released its 2013-2014 schedule on Tuesday in a televised special on NBATV alongside a release on NBA.com and its team websites. The season kicks off Tuesday, October 29th as Miami hosts the Chicago Bulls in Derrick Rose's expected return to the court. Then it's the Battle of LA as the Lakers host the Clippers. It could be the return of Kobe Bryant from his Achilles injury he suffered last spring, and will be the regular season debut of Doc Rivers as the Clippers' newest head coach. It's a massive gamble by the NBA, considering Rose's struggles returning from his ACL injury suffered in the 2012 playoffs and Bryant's more recent Achilles surgery. If those players were to miss the opening night, it's going to make for a very underwhelming opening night of basketball, regardless of the markets involved for ratings. Opening week continues on Thursday with the Bulls hosting the Knicks in what is likely to be Rose's return to the United Center in the regular season. The Knicks will be on a back to back, opening the season on Wednesday vs. the Bucks. Thursday night the revamped Warriors visit the Clippers, who are clearly the hot team, with two national appearances in the first three days. Opening week concludes Friday with the Nets' home opener vs. the Heat, followed by another Lakers home game, this time vs. the defending Western Conference Champion San Antonio Spurs. On the NBA's biggest regular season day, Christmas Day, starts with the Nets hosting Chicago, followed by the scoring-champ rematch of Carmelo Anthony vs. Kevin Durant as the Thunder visit Madison Square Garden to face the Knicks. Then in the main event, the Heat play the Lakers at Staples Center. Dwight Howard joins the Christmas fun as the Rockets travel to San Antonio to face the Spurs. And in the night cap, the Clippers visit Oracle Arena to take on Steph Curry and the Warriors. Monday, January 20th continues the NBA's tradition of making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a huge basketball event, with four games on the schedule. Brooklyn travels across the bridge to take on the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, followed by the Grizzlies hosting the Pelicans, the Lakers taking on the Bulls at the United Center, and the Pacers facing the Warriors in the bay to cap off the night. The Lakers first meet Dwight Howard on November 13th in Houston, and again on January 14th. They first host Howard at Staples Center on February 19th, and again on April 8th. The NBA Finals rematches occur on January 26th in Miami and March 6th in San Antonio. Will Gregg Popovich rest his starters? It's not a back to back, as the Spurs face Atlanta on the 24th, but it is in the middle of a three-game road trip. Despite the departure of Dwight Howard, the Lakers keep the max number of nationally televised (non-NBA TV) games in the league at 25, tied with the Knicks and Heat. The Clippers have 21 nationally televised games, while the defending Western Champs, the Spurs, only have 15. The Bulls jump to 24 national games, with the league banking on Rose's return to carry audiences. The Thunder also feature on national TV 24 times. Houston, with newly-signed Dwight Howard and James Harden, feature 20 games on national television, a pretty low number given the star power. The Mavericks won the NBA title in 2011, and now have just eight national TV appearances. The Warriors meanwhile jump to 17 games, while Eastern Conference finalist Indiana only appears 10 time next season. To put that in perspective, the Denver Nuggets appear 13 times. The rest of the schedule is at the link.
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KC native Banned Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Casino cash: $10049239	Ugh, how the **** is the Spurs and Pacers game on Saturday not on any type of national television. I hate using shitty streams to watch games (Fox Sports Southwest blacks out the Spurs up here because of the wittle mavewicks.)
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12-06-2013, 04:45 PM	#709
okcchief MVP Join Date: Jul 2008 Casino cash: $9849890	I think the Nets were thinking Marc Jackson when they hired Kidd. He also had zero coaching experience. I've always thought he just had a really good, young team though. Let's face it. It's more players than coaching in the NBA, but that great coach puts you over the top. I'm not sure any coach makes that big of a difference for the Nets with their age and injuries. I just think people got too excited about them. They'll probably make the playoffs when healthy, but they are an average team at best with marquee names.
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12-06-2013, 04:54 PM	#710
mcaj22 MVP Join Date: Feb 2010 Casino cash: $10014454	Marc Jackson got a team where the best two young players had DADS who played in the NBA that he KNEW. They were basically silly putty he could mold Deron Williams is not mold-able, he ruined the Jazz, and none of those veterans are going to listen to Kidd like the young guys listen to Jackson on GSW. Golden State also did a good job of jettison anyone associated with Nellie ball, where as the Nets just keep piling onto their fire and throwing money at the situation. Golden State built through the draft and complimented it with a couple trades (i.e Bogut, Iggy, etc)
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