NBA Chatter Thread

[Smitty]

There's always Wiggins in in 2014. There's your motivation to get through the season.

Even if no Wiggins.... Parker or Randle.

Could be like.... no Lebron, but Melo or Wade.

 

[Carp]

I'll take Wiggins, Parker, Smart , or Randle...then hope that the Pelicans pick is right around 7, then take McGary.

 

[Texas Ace]

Man, the Rockets are going to have a real fun team to watch and yet we won't be able to see them.

Comcast sports network has a deal with the Rockets and that channel isn't available on DirecTv.

Sucks.

 

[Tony D]

Yeah, but if you have a plan, and the Sixers do, that's a reason to be excited. The games themselves will all be losses, but you are just evaluating for next year.

It'd be worse to be a team like the Raptors or Kings, it's like.... what do we have to look forward to? Nothing.

There's always Wiggins in in 2014. There's your motivation to get through the season.

Oh, absolutely. It's actually going to be fun watching the Sixers tank, rooting against New Orleans and watching all the college ball and this stacked draft knowing two of those guys will be Sixers. Looking forward to all of it.

 

[Bob Roberts]

Never mind

 

[Tony D]

Man, the Rockets are going to have a real fun team to watch and yet we won't be able to see them.

Comcast sports network has a deal with the Rockets and that channel isn't available on DirecTv.

Sucks.

This year on DIRECTV both home and away feeds are supposed to be available so if they aren't on that Comcast channel you'll get the other teams feed.

 

[Texas Ace]

This year on DIRECTV both home and away feeds are supposed to be available so if they aren't on that Comcast channel you'll get the other teams feed.

Is that so?

Please explain.

 

[1bigfan13]

I want to say that blackout restrictions still apply. Because I seem to remember trying to watch the Thunder feed when they played Dallas/San Antonio and I was forced to watch the game on FSSW instead of the normal FS Oklahoma.

As an aside, I'm so glad the season is only a couple of days away. I need some NBA to keep my mind off the Cowboys.

 

[Texas Ace]

I want to say that blackout restrictions still apply. Because I seem to remember trying to watch the Thunder feed when they played Dallas/San Antonio and I was forced to watch the game on FSSW instead of the normal FS Oklahoma.

Well, the Rockets have a deal with Comcast sports net or some crap like that.

Before, you could always watch them on FSSW or FSH (Houston), but this contract is with a channel that is not currently on DirecTv so even in Houston you cannot watch the Rockets play unless they are on national TV. Same thing with the Astros, but nobody really cares about that.

As an aside, I'm so glad the season is only a couple of days away. I need some NBA to keep my mind off the Cowboys.

Indeed.

I spent all offseason not paying attention to football so that I'd care less when the season came around, and it worked. It didn't bother me at all when they lost the last 3 games because I got myself not to care. However, while I wasn't mad today, I was disappointed.....can't let that happen again.

I gotta get back to not paying much attention so a good way to do that is to find something else to keep me occupied - that's where the NBA comes in.

 

[1bigfan13]

Is Noah going to be back in the line up for the Tuesday night opener.

The Bulls will need his energy to counter Haslem's.

Gibson is scrappy too, but not on the same level as Haslem and Noah.

 

[Smitty]

Is Noah going to be back in the line up for the Tuesday night opener.

The Bulls will need his energy to counter Haslem's.

Gibson is scrappy too, but not on the same level as Haslem and Noah.

I'm guessing he won't be. It's frustrating but I'd rather him just get healthy.

 

[Simpleton]

Noah said he's 100% playing, Thibodeau said both Hinrich and Noah have practiced in the past few days, I'm guessing they both play but in relatively limited minutes. I really don't care much about the regular season though, all that is important to me is that the team is healthy in the playoffs so hopefully Noah isn't just bs'ing because he hates Miami.

 

[Smitty]

I just wish we had a backup center who wasn't Nazr Muhammed.

 

[Simpleton]

Gibson is our backup center against like 80% of teams since most teams are using such small lineups these days. Nazr is useful for what he does, he's a big body that bangs and does a decent job on the boards.

 

[Tony D]

I want to say that blackout restrictions still apply. Because I seem to remember trying to watch the Thunder feed when they played Dallas/San Antonio and I was forced to watch the game on FSSW instead of the normal FS Oklahoma.

As an aside, I'm so glad the season is only a couple of days away. I need some NBA to keep my mind off the Cowboys.

Well, the Rockets have a deal with Comcast sports net or some crap like that.

Before, you could always watch them on FSSW or FSH (Houston), but this contract is with a channel that is not currently on DirecTv so even in Houston you cannot watch the Rockets play unless they are on national TV. Same thing with the Astros, but nobody really cares about that.

That sucks. Maybe you'll be able to watch the games on the other teams feeds via League Pass on DIRECTV. Do you get that?

 

[Texas Ace]

That sucks. Maybe you'll be able to watch the games on the other teams feeds via League Pass on DIRECTV. Do you get that?

Not even through league pass can you watch them in Houston being as comcast sports net has exclusive rights.

It's no different then when the local NFL team is blacked out - even Sunday Ticket doesn't get the game.

 

[Tony D]

Not even through league pass can you watch them in Houston being as comcast sports net has exclusive rights.

It's no different then when the local NFL team is blacked out - even Sunday Ticket doesn't get the game.

So anybody in the Houston market that has DIRECTV can't watch the Rockets? That's messed up.

 

[Smitty]

Bill Simmons' #1 (Regular Season) team for 2013-2014.

 

[Texas Ace]

So anybody in the Houston market that has DIRECTV can't watch the Rockets? That's messed up.

Correct.

Being as I don't get league pass, it would have been nice to watch the Rockets since they should have an interesting team.

Oh well, I guess it's TNT and ESPN games for me.

The only good thing about this is we get more Mavs games but they are gonna be bad this year.

 

[1bigfan13]

2 hours 'til tip and 1 hour until Inside the NBA pregame.