2007-2008 NBA Schedule – Second Glance

Here are the rest of the highlighted games to circle on your calendar as you prepare for the 2007-08 NBA Regular Season:
11/6
Denver at New York
Early in the season we have our first opportunity for suspensions. Oh wait; the first opportunity is when Rasheed Wallace walks on to the court on Halloween.
11/9
Dallas at Golden State
At halftime they will bring back Celebrity Boxing with Nellie versus Cuban.
11/24
Miami at Orlando
We get to find out if there were any hard feelings between Stan Van Gundy and Pat Riley.
12/25
Heat at Cavs 2pm ABC
Suns at Lakers 5:15 ABC
Sonics at Blazers 8pm ESPN
The league puts it’s best foot forward with Shaq, D-Wade, LeBron, Durant, Oden, Nash, and Kobe. Good job! I am looking forward to these games more than I am to Santa!
1/4
Heat at Mavs
By this point in the season Dirk will need a Shrink, and so will Nate Dogg.
1/18
Blazers at Miami
Oden versus Shaq on HDTV. Note to self: Buy a Bigger T.V.
2/8
Boston at Minnesota
Boston loses on purpose, but this year to say thanks to Kevin McHale the best GM in sports.
2/22
Boston at Phoenix
NBA Finals Preview (this prediction according to Big D…Nate Dogg is going for the Mavericks in 07-08)
3/9
Spurs at Phoenix
Western Conference Finals preview and I will be courtside to walk 25 feet on to the court so that Amare can stay on the bench and not be suspended by a stupid rule.
4/11
Cavs at Bulls
Joakim Noah, Varejao, and Big Ben Wallace on the floor at the same time. Let’s go crazy with the marketing and hand out free wigs!

NBA 2007-2008 Schedule Opening Week

The 2007-08 NBA Schedule has been released and here are some of the opening week highlights:

Tuesday, October 30th
Portland at San Antonio – Timmy welcomes Oden to the league, but Oden is more interested in meeting Eva Longoria during shoot around (TNT).
Houston at LA Lakers – Two of the best off-season point guard upgrades (Steve Francis and Derek Fisher) go head to head. Oh yeah, Kobe might be there, too (TNT).

Wednesday, October 31st
Seattle at Denver – Kevin Durant plays the first of many 10:30 EST “past our bed time” games on ESPN.

Thursday, November 1st
Phoenix at Seattle – Kevin Durant plays the second of many 10:30 EST “past our bed time” games on TNT (this will get old fast).

Friday, November 2nd
Washington at Boston – The other Kevin makes his Celtics debut and scores 101 points because he is so excited to be wearing green (ESPN).

To view the entire schedule click here

Kevin Garnett to be Traded to the Boston Celtics

Ladies and Gentlemen: Kevin Garnett is finally free after 12 long years in Minnesota. Just when it looked like K.G. would remain with the T-Wolves for the rest of his career, a blockbuster trade by Danny Ainge and Kevin McHale will send K.G. to the East for the following: Danny Ainge’s Ferrari, one of Paul Pierce’s headbands, an autographed Larry Bird Celtics Jersey, a Celtics championship trophy, the rights to ESPN’s overhyped Sebastian Telfair series, half of the Celtics coaching staff, and everybody currently on the team not named Ray Allen or Paul Pierce. Actually the last statement is close to reality. Check out the following AP article that lists out the potential package that will make Kevin Garnett a member of the 2007-08 Boston Celtics:

BOSTON (AP) — Kevin Garnett is leaving Minnesota after the Boston Celtics agreed to acquire the All-Star forward in a multiplayer trade with the Timberwolves, a Celtics official told The Associated Press on Monday. Among the players who could be headed to Minnesota are forward Al Jefferson, guard Sebastian Telfair, swingman Gerald Green and center Theo Ratliff.

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If you are not a math major and need help breaking down the trade numbers check out Marc Stein’s article at ESPN.com

Are you a Programmer? NBA Fans Need You.

Here at NBA Unplugged we have some grand visions of what fans, just like ourselves, want in an NBA website/blog/resource.

The thing is, God has blessed Big D and myself with a lot of good looks (haha), just not enough web development abilities.  So we are wondering, is there anyone out there that would want to take our ideas and build a new site for us.  Maybe we go to WordPress.org, maybe not.

The requirements would be, you have to love the NBA, you have to be really good at building websites (we have this graphics designer that can create images for us if necessary), and you have to be willng to do it for the love of the game (a.k.a. free).

So how about it?  Lets build a site that does everything we’ve been looking for in an NBA site.  Let’s build a site that allows fans start out at one place to find all their NBA stuff they want to find.

Just email us – nbaunplugged@gmail.com, and we can chat from there.

NBA BUZZ: The Top Ten Questions of the Week

01. How could an NBA Finals with Lebron James get the lowest TV ratings ever?
02. How could the top two draft picks in the upcoming draft go to the West and not East?
03. How could you hire the ex-GM of the Boston Celtics to be your GM in Memphis?
04. How could Kobe change his mind about wanting to be traded by the LA Lakers?
05. How could the Lakers organization ever consider trading the best player in the NBA?
06. How could Kevin Garnett finally get legit trade rumors without whining like Kobe?
07. How could there even be a decision to make between Oden and Durant for Portland?
08. How could Joakim Noah be projected to go as high as #8 in the upcoming NBA draft?
09. How could Larry Brown consider coaching Ron Artest and the Sacramento Kings?
10. How could San Antonio win 4 championships in 9 years and not be a dynasty?

NBA Unplugged Podcast: Summer is here, time for Flip-Flops…Kobe Bryant, Billy Donovan, and much more.

Who would have guessed it, Kobe Bryant looking to get traded from LA?  Plus our special guest from Canada, and also one of the smartest people I know, Rhome Dyck.

You may need to click on play twice, once to activate the control, and the second time for it to begin buffering.

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Brought to you by your guides, Big D, and Nate Dogg.

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