NBA/ Basketball thread

[maverick94]

Not long till the season now, who is everyone's early favourite for the following

Champion: OKC (or just anyone, as long as its not Cleveland)
MVP: Kevin Durant aka KD aka The Durantula aka Slim Reaper (he's getting the scoring title too)
6MOTY: Isaiah Thomas
Defensive player of the year: Anthony Davis
Most Improved: Aaron Gordon
Rookie of the Year: Mario Hezonja
First time all star selection: Kawhi Leonard

 

[SerenityNigh]

Cool! I'm not sure if we will be there when a match is on as don't get there til Sat eve but if there is I will check it out! Thanks!

Thought it'd be good to see the game as wanted to see the stadium and I think baseball season is finished now?

Mets have should have a playoff baseball game going on. You'd need to pay through the nose to get tickets, but if you're in NYC for a game, just pick a good sports bar to watch live with the locals and you'll enjoy.

 

[GlosBlue]

Mets have have a playoff baseball game going on. You'd need to pay through the nose to get tickets, but if you're in NYC for a game, just pick a good sports bar to watch live with the locals and you'll enjoy.

Yeah the basketball ones were expensive enough so doubt I could stretch to play off tickets!

I shall do some research into decent sports bars tonight! May have to do a little sweet talking to the Mrs too!

 

[SerenityNigh]

Not long till the season now, who is everyone's early favourite for the following:

All I know about the NBA really is that I like Popovich and Kawhi Leonard

 

[SerenityNigh]

Yeah the basketball ones were expensive enough so doubt I could stretch to play off tickets!

I shall do some research into decent sports bars tonight! May have to do a little sweet talking to the Mrs too!

Legends is supposedly a great place too, but the NYC Evertonians meet at Mr Dennehy's

 

[DualityNSNO]

I've not seen any NBA in a long, long time...

How are the Mavs doing?

 

[maverick94]

I've not seen any NBA in a long, long time...

How are the Mavs doing?

Ermm... not going to be a fun season this year I'm afraid Dualz. Aging team of injury prone players, but if the stars allign there's a chance we could play some nice basketball! You a fan?

 

[DualityNSNO]

Ermm... not going to be a fun season this year I'm afraid Dualz. Aging team of injury prone players, but if the stars allign there's a chance we could play some nice basketball! You a fan?

Yup, ever since I actually played basketball when I was small I picked them cuz of Dirk and Nash and just followed them since lol

I'm ridiculously out of date right now though, time zones are always a bitch ffs!

 

[maverick94]

Yup, ever since I actually played basketball when I was small I picked them cuz of Dirk and Nash and just followed them since lol

I'm ridiculously out of date right now though, time zones are always a bitch ffs!

Never too late to get back in to it! promises to be an interesting/unpredictable season this year too.
Tell me about it mate. Always tell myself that I'll just watch the first quarter, then it ends up going to overtime and I'm still watching. At that point there's not even time to sleep before I go to lectures anymore lol

 

[Connor]

Not long till the season now, who is everyone's early favourite for the following:

Champion
MVP
6MOTY
Defensive player of the year
Most Improved
Rookie of the Year
First time all star selection

Also is it worth buying league pass?

Champions - Spurs
MVP - Russell Westbrook
6MOTY - Whoever comes off the bench for the Clips, maybe Lance
DPOY - Kwahi Leonard
Most Improved - Elfrid Payton or Tobias Harris of the Magic.
ROTY - Want to be bias and say Rondae Hollis-Jefferson but I'll take Hezojna
First time all star - Tobias Harris, big fan of his.

 

[TheFinnFan]

just throwed tenner on pacers for winning the whole shebang

 

[maverick94]

No idea who is good these days but I shall be watching the Knicks at Madison Square Garden next week! Can't wait!

How much did you spend on tickets? Looking to get myself to MSG when I'm over next April!

If you're around on an Everton match day, check out the NYC supporter group at Mr Dennehy's.

Do you know of anyone on here based in NYC themselves? I believe we have United away whilst I'm in the states, so would love to watch it with the fellow blues there!

 

[DualityNSNO]

Never too late to get back in to it! promises to be an interesting/unpredictable season this year too.
Tell me about it mate. Always tell myself that I'll just watch the first quarter, then it ends up going to overtime and I'm still watching. At that point there's not even time to sleep before I go to lectures anymore lol

Haha, exactly! And I'm in Europe, so it's a lot worse lol Staying up until the morning just to watch the game... Can't do that every time really

 

[TheFinnFan]

 

[maverick94]

Haha, exactly! And I'm in Europe, so it's a lot worse lol Staying up until the morning just to watch the game... Can't do that every time really

Haha as am I, although the name wouldn't suggest it. Not an abundance of scouse NBA fans lurking around though unfortunately