I hear that santa and his elves is the cheerleaders...

Ahem...this is Orlando we're talking about here.

Treygreen13: I would not put it past the NBA to fail to have an NBA season but have an All-Star game anyway.

And Yao Ming would still get voted in as a starter.

At this point, since the players union has disbanded, couldn't they have teams of scabs ala Keanu Reeves in "The Replacements?"

At first I thought headline referred to this:



/need more coffee

nwafc: I hear that santa and his elves is the cheerleaders...

Santa cheerleaders?


Elf cheerleaders?


OK.

(elf cheerleaders gets some ... interesting... results.

Best thing about the lockout?

He can't "coach" the Lakers!

Basketball is still alive and well in Lexington, Kentucky - with the NBA out of the picture, the Kentucky Wildcats are the best team in the world right now.

lexslamman: Basketball is still alive and well in Lexington, Kentucky - with the NBA out of the picture, the Kentucky Wildcats are the best team in the world right now.

Well, almost. Link (new window)

The Homer Tax: At this point, since the players union has disbanded, couldn't they have teams of scabs ala Keanu Reeves in "The Replacements?"

the union still exists, until the paperwork goes through, it still exists

Insert punchline about people who think there will be an NBA season being in Fantasyland.

Orlando is in Florida, right? There's a tag for that.

lexslamman: Basketball is still alive and well in Lexington, Kentucky - with the NBA out of the picture, the Kentucky Wildcats are the best team in the world right now.

and no labor troubles

/NCAA salary cap = size of boosters' wallets

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lexslamman: Basketball is still alive and well in Lexington, Kentucky - with the NBA out of the picture, the Kentucky Wildcats are the best team in the world right now.

So Cal has got the boys primed up for another big dose of Calipari Style Tournament Failure? Has he added free throw practice to the team's practices this season?

IAmRight: srhp29: So Cal has got the boys primed up for another big dose of Calipari Style Tournament Failure? Has he added free throw practice to the team's practices this season?

In fairness, free throws seems like something that players should be doing on their own time - practice should be for things that require coordination amongst teammates and executing plays (I assume there are limited hours where they're allowed to be "at practice".)

What pct of scoring do you figure is done from the line? I bet it is significant which means there should probably be some time allotted for it during actual practice. What you are saying is that practice should not involve shooting of any kind, with the exception of that which is done at the end of a play being practiced, as players can do that on their own time.

Mike_LowELL: Best amateur team? Probably. Best team? Not so much.

You still think college sport is 'amateur'. How quaint.

lexslamman: Basketball is still alive and well in Lexington, Kentucky - with the NBA out of the picture, the Kentucky Wildcats are the best team in the world right now.

Oh, is THAT why their players are out until all hours the night before a game so they can get hit by a drunk driver?

Maybe it's because I don't care about the NBA and never have, but the lockout has not effected me in one way.

This sucks. Orlando was really looking forward to this season and the all star game. With Dwight's impending departure, we are heading toward a Cleveland 2.0 (but not as shiatty of a town,)

They just built a brand new, beautiful arena and now it's sitting empty with a couple of concerts here and there. It has really revitalized downtown and now all the vendors nearby as well as the employees of the arena are SOL. In college I would have never crossed the other side of the highway but now it's pretty nice since they pushed the shiatty neighborhoods out of the way.

The best thing about the All Star game is that it would have been fun to go out and see all the players, famous folks. Orlando has a fun nightlife and it's contained to a relatively small area so it's impossible not to see famous people mingling around with all the peons. This isn't South Beach or LA where only the elite get into .

/bummer for everyone