**Official NBA thread**

[quest51210 10+ year member]

x3

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

I do like Chris Paul. If Bron don't get it, I hope Paul does, but it will more than likely be Bryant. Still think James deserves it, cause I am more impressed when they win, cause it is mostly him. Lakers have Gasol and Odom and when Bynam gets back.

Would be nice to see Bron get some real talent in there. So far Wally is working out and West is playing better, but Smith and Wallace need to pick it up.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

i agree with you there, i think what bron needs is a good defensive permiter player on his team. someone like ron artest would be perfect but only if ron didnt have his attitude and was willing to pass more out of double teams

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

i agree with you there, i think what bron needs is a good defensive permiter player on his team. someone like ron artest would be perfect but only if ron didnt have his attitude and was willing to pass more out of double teams

I would rarther have Ron Artest than Ben Wallace.

 

[quest51210 10+ year member]

would rather have another ring than artest or wallace

 

[quest51210 10+ year member]

2 in a row, still in second

 

[GenderBender]

i agree with you there, i think what bron needs is a good defensive permiter player on his team. someone like ron artest would be perfect but only if ron didnt have his attitude and was willing to pass more out of double teams

Hughes was a good defender. His defense on Billups in the ECF was great.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

i would take artest over hughes any day

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Can't even compare the two. Ice is a complete failure.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

who is ice?

 

[GenderBender]

Well lets see, what has Artest done. He destroyed the Pacers organization. The team has never recovered since he ran into the stands, and who can forget his flagrant foul late in game 6 of the ECF on Hamilton which essentially put the game and the series away? Also don't forget he plays the same position as Lebron.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

look at artests numbers, i would gladly have him on my team. and i said they need someone like artest only if he didnt bring all his extra baggage and cleaned up his act

 

[GenderBender]

That is a huge if. The fact is, he brings a lot of baggage and there is a reason teams don't want him. Cleveland needs a lot of help. They need a PG. They need a shooter like a Michael Redd, Richard Hamilton, or Ray Allen to compliment Lebron, and probably some sort of defensive presence up front.

 

[Pootie 10+ year member]

**** watch Basketball? Weird...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

i agree, but they cant have an all-star PG either. because if you have 2 guys that both want the ball, it wont always work. somone like a beno udrih would work perfect for them, and as far as inside goes, if he could stay healthy i would take kenyon martin all day. i feel like those 2 would be the most beneficial for the money and would be the easiest to get with cleavlands current roster