in these, the waning days of stern: 2013-2014 NBA regular season thread (part 1)

http://globalgoodgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/shout-champ.jpg

http://sinbapointforward.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/derrick-rose-return-from-injury-chicago-bulls.jpg?w=600&h=425

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18kq3mkrj45bqjpg/k-bigpic.jpg

[Removed Illegal Image]

http://images.gmanews.tv/video_thumbnails/2010a/2011a/12//FTW_EP428_Welcome_back_NBA.jpg

illegal image =

http://cdn.nextimpulsesports.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/BN0TxHnCcAAj7Zd.jpg

apparently Kobe hasn't resumed running yet?

http://espn.go.com/nba/notebook/_/page/nba1314/2013-14-nba-champion

seriously shocked no one's picked the clips

http://espn.go.com/nba/notebook/_/page/west1314/2013-14-western-conference-champ

heh they got the majority of votes to come out of the west but not a single person picked them to win it all

i'm eagerly anticipating the crash of the clippers

excited

http://nimg.sulekha.com/sports/original700/gregg-popovich-kawhi-leonard-2012-5-31-21-50-35.jpg

hahahahahhahahahaha

denvernuggets: If Lawson plays, Shaw says he will start, along with Randy Foye, JJ Hickson, Anthony Randolph and JaVale McGee.

kevin and matt, i'm sorry but the nuggets are not making the playoffs this year

Hickson guarding the 3 spot should turn out well.

jeez

Patrick Beverley named the starter for the Rockets

i'm not sure i'll ever be able to comprehend the idea of jj hickson, anthony randolph and javale mcgee playing basketball on the same team at the same time

wow nugz rip

i'm not sure i'll ever be able to comprehend the idea of jj hickson, anthony randolph and javale mcgee playing basketball on the same team at the same time

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, October 29, 2013 3:39 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

season is off to an amazing start

U guys realize Faried and Koufos aren't that good, right?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/one-nba-general-manager-admits-tanking-2013-14-192122473--nba.html

U guys realize Faried and Koufos aren't that good, right?

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 4:06 PM (8 minutes ago)

whatchu talking bout willis

Sigh. "GM describes traditional rebuilding that we now call tanking."

hah, exactly.

U guys realize Faried and Koufos aren't that good, right?

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 4:06 PM (8 minutes ago)

whatchu talking bout willis

Hickson is pretty much exactly as good as Faried and Koufos is only better than McGee in meaningless games (and maybe only in Karl's system).

i'm sorry you're not really going to defend this line up right

you realize that anthony randolph shouldn't ever set foot on the floor of an nba game that is within 20 points

and that jj hickson is not a small forward

but anyway the issue is less about this one line up and more about this nuggets team making no sense whatever and not in the good george karl way

whatsoever*

Hickson is a small power forward.

Who is gonna put the ball in the hoop?

the other team

lol

even if faried and hickson are as good as each other, why not play the guy who has a slight chance of getting better?

i guess not actually having a small forward makes none of this matter.

lol j0

Hickson is a small power forward.

he's listed as 6'9", which means 6'7". He's strong, but sadly you're last sentence is far too true.

you're? Try your. Aggressive autocorrect on this phone.

gd regular season crept up on me, so many things to predict be4 tipoff in a few hours.

* b4 :0

http://www.businessinsider.com/image/51700712eab8ea2c7100001d/zaza-pachulia.gif

^ oh that reminds me, Joey Crawford.

i'll miss you pachulia ;(

rip

i'm sorry you're not really going to defend this line up right

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:36 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you realize that anthony randolph shouldn't ever set foot on the floor of an nba game that is within 20 points

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:37 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Randolph can guard 3s which I'm sure is what will happen. He's only starting because Gallo and Chandler are both out.

He's also not a terrible player. He's an ok 10th man at the very least.

even if faried and hickson are as good as each other, why not play the guy who has a slight chance of getting better?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:54 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hickson got a lot better last year. He's 2 years older than Faried.

he's like 6'10, 250 or so. He played center all last year and grabbed tons of rebounds. He's not exactly little for a 4. But he can't guard a chair and just imagine him trying to shadow durant is like a cruel joke

― Clay, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:56 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

guys Hickson isn't playing the 3

Chandler is the SF until Gallinari returns, right

Randolph can guard 3s which I'm sure is what will happen. He's only starting because Gallo and Chandler are both out.

He's also not a terrible player. He's an ok 10th man at the very least.

Thank you Chris Mullin for unleashing Randolph on the NBA.

but we got zaza/sanders combo now, heez!

javale at the 3 w skilled-zen playmaking in the perimeter

hey i'm watching basketball

basketball is on!

Lol bosh with a three attempt withn a minute, it's like he's openly taunting ILH now

rose is looking v rosian

miami should score some points

#hoopidea

miami shd score no points?

the lettering color on these miami uniforms is terrible

so so great to see rose back out there

ha yeah heat look like a gold iphone

the lettering color on these miami uniforms is terrible

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:20 PM (7 seconds ago) Bookmark

they look even more like a fast food joint than usual

guys ive seen derrick rose do actual basketball things in late 2013!

next stop sasquatch

oh my god one commercial into the new season and kevin hart is inexplicably appearing chilling with lebron

wait is lebron a lifestyle brand now

no he is a samsung galaxy mvp duh

ha yeah heat look like a gold iphone

― Clay, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:21 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes! this is it!

z-time champion (agent hibachi)
Posted: October 30, 2013 at 12:21:13 AM
the lettering color on these miami uniforms is terrible

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:20 PM (7 seconds ago) Bookmark

they look even more like a fast food joint than usual

the designer never tried yellow marker on white paper as a child i guess

oh i didn't realize we get to watch the clippers gut the lakers after this, should be a treat

it's gonna be weird seeing mike dunleavy on national tv on a regular basis

ha yeah heat look like a gold iphone

I died

bulls not scored much sans rose

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 15s
Y! Sources: All-Star guard Russell Westbrook could return to Oklahoma City lineup within two weeks. http://yhoo.it/16IEiH6

not super cool with some commercial ironically deploying "perfect day" just yet :(

Derrick Rose MVP defense

wade not doing anything out there

mike dunleavy jr. playing like mike dunleavy sr.

Wade looks pretty fucking bad for game 1 of the season

also this thing where i can't tell wade and ray allen apart is not cool

yeah wade with the shaved head moves like ray allen and looks like joel anthony on my tv

god, i despise dwyane wade

man wade looks awful

he says as wade makes a layup and 1

sikk pass by bron

if wade can't post heinrich up he needs to pack it up

like he seems out of shape even

getting yr ankles broken by norris cole, embarrassing

heats looking good now

Wade's lack of hops here is pretty shocking

holy shit guys i think lebron is p good at basketball

btw I really like Tony Snell

bRoN !!

bosh 3 ;)

bulls shooting ~23% from the floor

wow bron

omg Iceman James

fuck me, lebron is out of this dang world

bron basically waited that extra beat so snell would realize what was gonna happen to him, and only then went baseline

then he torches him in the open floor three plays later

yeah that was gervin-esque xxp

lebron is the second coming of bill russell

i was a year early on the bosh 3 pointer thing

Bulls MVP Carlos Boozer

Wade's lack of hops here is pretty shocking

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:58 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

wade's been some combination of hurt/cooked/old for three years running now, not really a surprise

i mean for a guy still generally considered one of the best in the league

he also usually looks terrible at the beginning and end of season now and can let lebron carry those parts

i was a year early on the bosh 3 pointer thing

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, October 30, 2013 1:01 AM (13 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that was pretty wide open though, you gotta shoot at least 60% from there to be good right

Greg Oden is listed as inactive btw

which sucks cuz this looks like a game where he could get some run

actually these heat unis look like laker white unis

it'd be kinda weird/appropriate if those 3 minutes in one preseason game constituted the entirety of oden's comeback attempt but i'm getting ahead of myself

http://img02.mundodeportivo.com/2013/10/29/54392562702.jpg

Pippen looks like he's 35

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/assets/3478243/lescoop.gif

hibbert has 16 rebounds and 7 blocks so far tonight

...against the magic

aaaaaand hibbert is down and grabbing his knee

don't think anybody touched hibbert there!

yeah that's why it's kinda worrisome...

I'm not sure wtf Jacque Vaughn was thinking by starting Maxiell. Looks about 30 pounds overweight.

probably just a torn ACL.

Btw wtf is up with this blue pacers court. When did they change it. A fucking disgrace

hibbert is up and walking, looks ok

scary

hinrich looks like robocop

greg oden's really figured out how to wear a good lookin' suit

Robin Lopez has a cat

thank you #catwatch

so boozer has like 500 points

his cycle was timed well this year apparently

dwyane wade is 2-10 for 6 points through three quarters of a blowout, guess they can't #tradewade anymore

that pass from lebron tho

score is close but i really am loving this clippers team

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9900737

bosh the god

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1828951-lebron-james-vs-derrick-rose-still-plenty-of-room-for-debate

what is this shitty song in the lebron commercial though

It gets even better for true believers. They can get astronomical odds of 9,999-1 if they want to wager at the LVH on the 76ers winning the NBA title.
"It was the highest number our computers would let us put in," [oddsmaker Jeff] Sherman said.

yeah i was gonna say, that's way too low

what is this shitty song in the lebron commercial though

― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:25 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

whoa whoa the Raphael Saadiq one?

ha no the other one where he's running everywhere

oh ok thought you were dissing the gawd

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1828951-lebron-james-vs-derrick-rose-still-plenty-of-room-for-debate

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 11:16 PM (Yesterday

lol

looks like griffin's really improved his FT shot, 3/8 so far tonight

so lame they are calling this delay of game nonsense after catching a ball once it goes through the hoop

also griffins 'post moves' look exactly the same

xp

this is one wacky Lakers rotation. If there is a rotation.

yeah such a weird roster

"another man's trash is another man's treasure" -- Reggie Miller

CP is such a little punk

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/194rh14avwdcxpng/ku-medium.png

lol

Bring back Del Negro imo

Xavier Henry ‏@xhenry7 6h

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.–Ayn Rand #POWER #CONFIDENCE #WILL #HEART #GRIND #PASSION #SHOWTIME

adopting Kobels twitter steez huh

what is this shitty song in the lebron commercial though

― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:25 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

whoa whoa the Raphael Saadiq one?

― Me & Mahomies (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, October 29, 2013 11:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

it's john legend prod by mike will made it

the best part of tonight is that amongst the lakers bench extravaganza wesley johnson shot 1-11

lol at the clippers in any event

my fav wes johnson moment of the night was when he drove and missed a gimme and Hill cleaned it up and he still pounded his chest and celebrated like he just bammed on Mutombo.

yeah that was pretty strange

this is better than the 'training day' commercial imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYgm8tzVIS4

yeah that one is nice too

being lebron's kid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (450,000 more >) >>>>>> being michael jordan's kid

the shorter version of that is the one spottie was talking about with the saadiq song

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1828951-lebron-james-vs-derrick-rose-still-plenty-of-room-for-debate

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 11:16 PM (Yesterday

lol

― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Wednesday, October 30, 2013 12:20 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not sure i can endure these in game pitches for the bleacher report team stream app every five minutes for the rest of the season

lol at lakers bench crushing the clips tho

diantoni magic is BACK

After Nicholson basically had the best basketball quarter of his life in the 2nd quarter, Jacque Vaughn decided to sit him through e whole 3rd. Oladioo looking super-legit already. He attacks relentlessly and can get to the bucket pretty much at will; plus, he's already putting together some finishes.

Kinda crazy seeing the whole Pacers defense buy in to the verticality rules, think they had four dunk-blocks like that, and a few defensive posterizers. As long as the league continues to non-call those, they're gonna frustrate a lot of teams. Compared to the beginning of last season, their offense looks worlds better for both units.

are there new verticality rules?

Nope, but Pacers defense seems to building on it as a core principle, and afaik they'd be the first team to really do that. Hibbert really started mastering it last year; against the Magic last night, a bunch of other dudes looked to have picked it up. Don't think it was a fluke that they probably set some kind of team record for blocks last night. They did it so well that the moments they bit on shot fakes really stood out. If they continue to improve to the point where they're only closing out + going straight up defending shots it's going to be glorious to watch.

good idea for a team w some tall guys like hibbert and george on there

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1828951-lebron-james-vs-derrick-rose-still-plenty-of-room-for-debate

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, October 29, 2013 11:16 PM (Yesterday

man wha happened to ric bucher, he's down to local sideline reporting for the warriors and trolling on bleacher report

he must have said something wrong to simmons

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/002/581/905/lebronrose1_crop_north.jpg

iverson officially retired today or something, rip the realest ever

also no, there's no room for debate, d rose is really good and hopefully will be back in mvp-competitive form, and maybe if he does his teams will have a shot at competing for the title for a long stretch, that's great

lebron is the best player on the planet for five years running and *guarantees* a decently-assembled team will be a contender and any well-built team with him will be a favorite, and still think we haven't seen his peak

There's not a lot of upside left to lebron, but he prob has 2 more years of this level of physical ability before he starts adapting his game to his slowing down a bit and not jumping as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjp2gHy6Xgk

http://i.imgur.com/v1JtNgL.jpg

now we're having fun! l

man wha happened to ric bucher, he's down to local sideline reporting for the warriors and trolling on bleacher report

He also does local sports talk (and sucks at it).

lol carne, couve been waiting for that one all summer long

hey wade i sitting out the 2nd game of the season

https://twitter.com/ddockett/status/395671589288558592

hah forgot that crash was among the garbage unloaded to the c's in that trade

jeff green at the 2!

there's a legit chance that Adidas pays Bucher to write that shit right?

Nets rip off ten straight to start, pierce looking great

Lol Jeff green shooting guard brad Stevens u so crazy with yr 6 year contract

tanking from the start

Haha I forgot abt Tristan Thompson switching hands in the offseason

This Sixers/Heat game

faverani is great ahn ?

Special to see a Varejao, an Oden, a Bogut, and a Gordon running injury-free in the wild on the same night. Savor these moments fans.

* and a Bynum!!

wait what the heck is goin on in philly rn

Bynum looks pretty good

Haha Pelicans' mascot has a mohawk, very proactive / totally outrageous paradigm.

tristan thompson just shot a left-footed stepback with this right hand

Michael carter-Williams with a near triple double

ummmm MCW

Reggie Evans scores and gets fouled = kg slaps his hand a dozen times before helping him up

Love that giant psycho

the heat are gonna lose to the sixers

Maybe I'll take that 9999-1 bet now

mc-w looks nine years old

also he's threatening that triple-double with STEALS

spurs rattled off 22 pts in a row

Jeff Green, shooting guard, is not the embarrassment we all expected.

Well goodbye heat win streak

Good way for Philly to honor AI tonight imo

Wade obviously the most important Heater.

k love about to open the season with a 30-20 game

let the great nugget experiment begin

Dwight might go for 30 boards tonight

dwight + omer = 40reb

#CloseGameAlert Ps/Ps, tie game, 1 minute left.

huge shot by love

tie game 10 secs left in minny btw

And holy shit Davis' first step looks great this year. The dude is basically one dribble away from the hoop wherever he's standing.

that should have been a 5 second call on afflalo

George Hill str8 jimmering

Been watching Dallas - Atlanta. Teague's gonna have an interesting season. Prob have to lead the team in points. Dirk's been doing some nice passing

timberwhites gonna be real fun this year

rain pourin (actual san antonio weather)
all my spurs is foreign
all my guards is scorin
patty's all like, "jordan!" *mimes shooting motion*

miles plumlee has 16 and 8 in 16 minutes.

i think draymond green is running point for the warriors right now

depending on what len can do this year the suns bench might be worse than portland's last year.

Suns bench might be worse than last year's Lackers.

they're letting this nuggz-kings game be really physical

I always thought Miles Plumlee was way more talented than Mason

worse than portland's last year

That's a difficult standard to surpass, tbf.

oh meant to say that it's totally awesome that channing frye is back after a pretty serious scare.

miles plumlee, really?

so dwight had 26 boards tonight

i don't get it, did faried bang shaw's daughter or something?

also ryan anderson is out 2-3 weeks all of a sudden?

they say toe injury maybe depressed

MANIMAL

if you're gonna liveblog the 40-42 nuggets this year you might need to start your own thread

:)

Mozgov having a pretty great game

Austin Rivers and Derrick Williams open up the season with DNP-CDs

they dropped beer in the court

well derrick williams got his option picked up so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD6AfcoG4o8

cousins MIP

klay thompson has 31 points on 12-14 shooting with 7 to go.

guess someone should pop up a stats thread.

well derrick williams got his option picked up so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD6AfcoG4o8

― J0rdan S., Thursday, October 31, 2013 4:04 AM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think Austin Rivers got his option picked up too, hooray for sunk cost fallacy.

you can make the case based on this game that Hickson should be the starting C for the nuggz

liveblog: klay 15-19

I assume the starters in that GSW/LA game are done for the night?

Kevin Love looked fantastic btw, like he's finally all the way back from the hand injuries

@dmorey: all your rebound are belong to us

Klay Thompson you sexy man

Wade obviously the most important Heater.

― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, October 30, 2013 6:30 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he's at his best when he's on the bench.

How did this Laker team beat the Clips? Blowing my mind.

http://abload.de/img/greg-monroekopkq.gif

Im def interested in detroit this year

@ZachLowe_NBA: It has taken NY fans one game to sour on Bargnani. This has serious toxic fan-player relations potential.

*throws a log on the fire*

is that the only fan base where you have to deeply consider w each acquisition whether they will hate him

bargnani seems like a delicate flower who will be mashed and ground into the nyc pavement

How did this Laker team beat the Clips? Blowing my mind.

― Me & Mahomies (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, October 31, 2013 1:12 AM (9 hours ago)

they went 14-29 from 3. that'll happen probably 0 times again this year

any chance that spoelstra is borrowing from pop's rest-key-players-on-b2b's?

occam's razor says wade's knees are just permanently borked, prob

they're def putting wade on the pop sched but lol the dude is 31 he can play the second game of the season

http://www.denverpost.com/kiszla/ci_24414900/kiszla-new-nuggets-coach-shaw-knows-transitional-change

sort of hate shaw already

@JasonCFriedman: A little extra perspective on Dwight Howard's monster rebounding night: During his 35 minutes of PT, HOU corralled > 46% of its missed shots

Lin looked pretty good last night. it's a cliche at this point, but he's such a great 6th man type player. comes off bench and is immediately attacking the basket.

yeah I saw that beverley only got 10 minutes of burn

looking at the rockets roster it seems kind of...topheavy

they def have some trades to make

they went 14-29 from 3. that'll happen probably 0 times again this year

― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Thursday, October 31, 2013 11:09 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

im betting it happens a bunch more times this year #diantonimagic

i mean the lakers will still suck but diantoni can kinda do his thing w/o the ballstoppers kobe and dwight in there so like a bunch of players will have career years from three

good interview w larry sanders he seems like a cool guy http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/80534/qa-larry-sanders-on-the-new-look-bucks-and-being-larry-sanders

whoa jordan farmar is back and playing for.... the lakers

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9627011/photos/sanders.gif

I started writing your name on Grantland in all caps, and with an exclamation point at the end. It has randomly caught on. The Bucks tell me they use it sometimes in internal communications. Do you know about this?

Yeah, yeah, I do. That’s awesome.

And, most importantly: Are you OK with it?

Oh, yeah! That’s fine! It’s cool.

Good. I mean, I just felt like your game merited that kind of treatment. Part of that was the emphatic shot blocks, but I have to admit, the stuff with the referees and the ejections played into it.

That’s funny. But it’s cool. Keep doing it.

His biggest struggles, obviously, were off the court during his time in Philadelphia. The guiding force for Iverson, and the man whose name he couldn't bring up without crying, was former teammate Aaron McKie.

mckie was the best, AI was the best, man, emotions

Yeah that retirement speech thing :(((

ai is the realest ever

wish he could play forever

"But I'll watch tapes of AI, too. I don't take anything from AI. Well, I do -- his will. They say he was 6 feet, but AI was like 5-10½. Do we even want to say 160? 170 [pounds]? Do we even want to give him that much weight? And he played like a 6-8 2-guard. He was one of the greatest finishers we've ever seen. You could never question his heart. Ever. He gave it his all. AI was like my second-favorite player growing up, after MJ."

Asik had 14 boards last night, so he and Dwight combined for 40. Pretty good.

fuck analytics imo http://www.thenbageek.com/teams/phi?season=2000

then bag eek?

they def have some trades to make

probably, but at the same time i really buy that they want Asik/Howard to work. (there's just no cool way to combine those two names, sadly. Asward? Howsik?) in much the same way i think Lin/Beverly are kind of a cool second team wreck crew. how many teams can transition from a two towers rebounding and paint protecting behemoth to rapidfire small ball like that?

i got it: Ho-mer!

the crash brothers

im sure dwight will figure it out (the stupid name, that is) if asik sticks around.

poor asik

i got a lot of pleasure at asik's hang dog and exhausted looking put-uponness last year--paired with dwight he seems like the long-suffering straight man in a bad comedy routine.

haha yes

still can't believe that article on shaw i posted earlier. pound the ball inside...what year is this?

Hours before deadline, it remains unlikely that Utah and Gordon Hayward will close the gap and agree on extension, league source says.
5:15pm - 31 Oct 13

NBA STATS 13/14 fyi

yeah I saw that beverley only got 10 minutes of burn

looking at the rockets roster it seems kind of...topheavy

Beverley left the game with an injury.

still can't believe that article on shaw i posted earlier. pound the ball inside...what year is this?

Shaw is a Triangle guy and it's a post offense.

IMO when they get Gallo back they should run the post with him a lot since he's the best passer on the team.

Apparently the Kings declined Fredette's option.

nuggets talk will be banned when they slip below .300, everyone agree?

lol sorry jimmer you'll be great in china next year

I always thought Miles Plumlee was way more talented than Mason

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, October 30, 2013 11:11 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

i love some nba randoms but holy cow i had no idea there were two plumlees

otm

Jimmer will get one more shot with a team before heading overseas, no?

the asik-howard dynamic reminds me of perfect strangers except the straight man is the euro and the wacky guy with bad fashion sense is the american

also they're not cousins

im sure someone will give jimmer one more cheap contract- probably a contender looking for threes off the bench- but the league is p close to full employment right now and there is a deep draft coming

of course the likes of daequan cook and james jones hung around forever so who knows

hope no one ever floats to dwight that he belongs in sitcoms xp

feel like seeing Asik's slumped shouldered dejection in the background behind Dwight beaming his huge smile is gonna be my enduring memory of this season. i dont think i've ever seen Asik smile once and i watched like 95% of the rockets games last year.

yeah asik always looks sad poor guy

Lonely guy just thinking baout things

http://www.awolfamongwolves.com/2013/10/happy-halloween-from-alexey-shved/

um

Jimmer will get one more shot with a team before heading overseas, no?

― Me & Mahomies (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 31 October 2013 23:42 (Yesterday) Permalink

He improved a great deal last year, I think the Kings are making a mistake here.

if you can shoot 40% from 3 in the NBA you have a NBA roster spot, pretty much

Hummer will be restricted, right? So they can see what the market bears. No reason to lock him up now.

Hummer? My autocorrect doesn't like Jimmer I guess

knicks are ass tonight

klay thompson looking more ripped

cp3 dunk

Hummer will be restricted, right? So they can see what the market bears. No reason to lock him up now.

― EZ Snappin, Friday, November 1, 2013 1:02 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no, by declining his option they lose his restricted free agent rights. They're done with him, pretty much.

mo speights just drilled a 60-footer

clippers 2nd unit should be running teams off the floor just like last year in no time, but they've got some kinks to work out

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BX9F_z1CMAEilsz.jpg

Are they low fiving?

yup

Cliff Paul ads still exist huh

Saw a dude that I was pretty sure was dressed as Jason Williams for halloween. I only saw the back of his "williams" jersey but the purple trim sure looked like kings, and he had a shaved head with a purple headband. Didn't think to check the number. Going as an athlete is generally kind of a lame costume but that one got my approval.

deandre jordan just airballed a freethrow about as bad as you can airball a freethrow

blake is goin' nuts out there

ugh jermaine sucks

Bazemore alert

Saw a dude that I was pretty sure was dressed as Jason Williams for halloween. I only saw the back of his "williams" jersey but the purple trim sure looked like kings, and he had a shaved head with a purple headband. Didn't think to check the number. Going as an athlete is generally kind of a lame costume but that one got my approval.

― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Friday, November 1, 2013 4:30 AM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I went as Bjorn Borg a couple years ago, is that ok

it's a costume, of course it's ok

curry has hit like 35 threes.

G.O.A.T.

oh yeah of course that's an ok costume. I just hate when some chunky bro doesn't do anything but throw on his Tom Brady jersey and is like "I'm Tom Brady for halloween."

http://www.campbellsoup.com/Images/products/2418.png

rivalry in the making here

yup was gonna say the same thing

curry has hit like 35 threes.

― Clay, Friday, 1 November 2013 05:17 (45 minutes ago) Permalink

also had 11 TO's apparently

The rivalry started last year. All their recent games have been like this. CP flopping like usual tonight. Dude seriously bugs me sorry ILH.

My main knock on curry still is he gets nonchalant with his passes and his dribble far too often.

Reddick is looking like a great fit. Just what the clips needed. Also was reminded they got gentry as an assistant. Love that move.

Curry/Paul were incredible at shooting tonight. Cp first player in like 40 years to do 42-15assists-5steals

Sorry 6 steals.

Lol chuck saying he'd take klay over curry Hahahaha

does chuck even watch basketball anymore

steph last night >>>>

...minus the TO's

solid analysis here, interesting:
http://nba.si.com/2013/10/30/jeremy-lin-patrick-beverley-bench/?xid=ob_top

...minus the TO's

― Me & Mahomies (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, November 1, 2013 10:59 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

By my count from the box score the Curry TO's directly led to at least 8 of the Clippers' points in an 11-point win, so that definitely dampens the performance a little.

yeah super sloppy with the ball he was. Best thing ever was him pulling up for a 28 footer on a 3-1 fast break when like 2 options for a alleyoop were wide open and me and everyone watching being totally cool with it.

2:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnRfZsJdXt8

i would watch a supercut of every 3 currys ever made

did you see the one of all his threes in the 2012-13 season?

ha yeah

i felt very in the zone by the time it was over

I tried quickening my release like his and it's really really hard to shoot as fast as he does and have any kind of accuracy.

Those three yoops in a row were very disheartening, I was totally making that Mark Jackson face you see here

http://www.sbnation.com/2013/11/1/5053686/blake-griffin-dunks-three-times-mark-jackson-is-unimpressed

super sloppy with the ball he was. a great disturbance in the force i sense in this one

the one where chris paul threwi t from like half court while blake was still at the 3 point line, was increidble

haha i made that descript up before clicking the link but yeah this one, shocked to see that i remembered the details exactly right

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/assets/3493447/BGhalfcourt.gif

super sloppy with the ball he was. a great disturbance in the force i sense in this one

― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Friday, November 1, 2013 9:54 AM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm haha

lol i was riffin' on your post above

i was gonna say i support the random usage of yoda sentence construction

XD

lol John Wall already warned for flopping

Shaved-head Gerald Henderson bothers me

why are we hearing so much Pitbull this year

Ugh I know DONT STOP THE PARTAAAAAY

jeff adrien is kind of abusing bynum

http://i.imgur.com/FFY3TMw.jpg

good games on tonight

howard looks so good

I can't imagine anyone else is watching Bucks v. Celtics but the Bucks do not look good. The Celtics don't look good either, but they're playing hard.

howard's getting 30 boards tonight

Maybe he and asik have a bet

Nobody impressed by the shade that chalmers threw huh

this guy favaroni the celtics got him 4 years $9m and he looks like a legit nba center lol ainge is a gangster

If they can get him in NBA shape he'll be even better.

twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.)
Posted: November 2, 2013 at 12:21:55 AM
howard looks so good

was watching him the other night and his athleticism looked srsly back, that quick 2nd jump tipping rebounds to himself, houston is legit

all that time on the spurs bench has really rusted dejuan blair, wow he's bad

The Mavs look fucking terrible

Nobody impressed by the shade that chalmers threw huh

― 乒乓, Friday, November 1, 2013 5:32 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol this was great

Samuel Dalembert/DeJuan Blair center combo is nagl

The Mavs look fucking terrible

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, November 1, 2013 5:55 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

feel like calderon and dirk and monta are just horrible fits with each other all around

remember when people said Ainge signed Faverani as a way of tanking

dejuan blair didnt rust, he just never improved

the crazy thing about Faverani is that he's actually pretty athletic even with what looks like a lot of body fat. One of the most unathletic-looking athletic dudes you'll see.

Flaveroni is ballin'.

breen noted that pierce looks slimmer which he totally does- kind of hoping he has a whole forgot about dre kind of season

wow pelicans getting absolutely spanked

More so than Paul Pierre? xp

Yo it's night 3 vs the bucks lets not build a statue for v flavorito just yet

Remember when greg stiesma was the next dikembe

extremely awkward/bitter AI interview with doris on ESPN right now

This Doris Burke interview with Iverson is awkward and yet endearing

xp!

Spencer Hawes going off again lol

naw flavoroni is obvs a player, no one on this board for instance took the steemer srsly

Steemer was all hustle and no clue. Respect the work ethic but he never looked like a talent. Vito looks good so far, both pre-season and in the first couple of games.

Heh true

I imagined the other day that kg in practice might wonder about brook lopez's defense and then catch himself and remember that two years ago he was playing next to the steamer

I think the pelicans might just be bad even if the brow is really good

wow mozgov looks good

bill russell got a statue of himself outside the fleet center tonight fyi

sixers are 2-0

netw3rk ‏@netw3rk 1m
*Sixers high-giving in the visitor's locker room* *Sam Hinkie enters with a tight, sarcastic smile, and slow claps*

When Brooklyn appeared as a suitor, he heard from Coach Kidd. "We're trying to get Kevin, too." Pierce quickly got on the phone with KG, who'd have to wave his no-trade clause. "His initial reaction to everything is 'no,'" Pierce explained. So Pierce wore him down, arguing that core guys like Lopez, Deron Williams, and Johnson would still be around, promising they could contend again. "[I said], 'I know you don't wanna retire. I know you don't wanna retire!'" The call lasted about an hour and a half, with Pierce pacing around outside in the summer heat. By the time he hung up, he was dripping sweat. And Garnett was on the hook.

Plenty of time for them to lose 60 games

Hey I know the answer but can anyone explain why the lakers are scheduled for nat'l TV games so much right off the bat? I mean the nba and TV producers know a) they will suck and b) Kobe is out a while right???

"His initial reaction to everything is 'no,'"

lol perfect

bill russell got a statue of himself outside the fleet center tonight fyi

― lag∞n, Friday, November 1, 2013 9:23 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

bout fuckin time

was wondering that myself too and then remembered they're the lakers and we will always need to endure them xxp

Kg hates change it's the only reason he stayed in MN so long

I bet his car has a six disc cd changer with nothing but 36 chambers and midnight marauders in it

he stayed in MN so long because they gave him the biggest contract in NBA history

Dallas woke up to make this a game, thankfully

z-time champion (agent hibachi)
Posted: November 2, 2013 at 1:33:17 AM

I bet his car has a six disc cd changer with nothing but 36 chambers and midnight marauders in it

lmao

Celtics calmly blowing a 20 point lead.

brooklyns ball movement looks scary good for a team just integrating a bunch of new dudes

hackadwight alert

I think he's 0-4 so far

i think tommy just lost his mind and started rapping did anyone else hear that

0-6

rapping is just rhythmic speaking, as j0rdan says xp

wow celtics have a super pretty new sideline reporter, way cuter than that weird guy in the bad suits

Nate Wolters +13, Gary Neal -17, great starting lineup decision Larry Drew

Gary Neal at PG, what could go wrong

brooklyn unsurprisingly matches up well with miami

miami nightmare playing brooklyn and indy back to back in the playoffs

Drew's not worried. 32 wins get's you that eighth playoff spot in the East.

the bucks are going to be really bad. i mean they play in the east so they'll probably make the playoffs but still

lol xp

Nate Wolters might be better than Brandon Knight already, faint praise I know

who is wolters first im seeing this lil wite

IIRC he was like one of the top 5 scorers in the NCAA last year?

played for someone weird like north dakota

Do you remember Wolters?

lmao

That was just sad. Celtics can't even foul correctly.

otm

Bass has the basketball IQ of Russell's statue.

did not see the wolves beating down the thunder like this

Without Russ they're the 'Under.

ummmmmm what in the hell is going on in minnesota

gonna say

i see faverini is ballin outta control tonight?

he is a baller

Yup. Tommy even said if he keeps this up he'll be an all-star.

norris lookin like one of our best young players tonight

losing Kevin Martin for nothing may hurt more than expected

likewise harden

wow JVG going on a sly pro-drug rant, never change

on the grantland previews jalen predicted that KD is gonna leave OKC for houston and russ is gonna go to the lakers with love

i really hope durant doesnt stay on a sinking ship cause hes such a nice you man shd it come to that

I hope Durant and Russ leave, attendance drops, and the franchise gets sold back to Seattle.

i only heard the end of that JVG rant, it sounded like he was calling out kidd at the end there for his DUI. what did he say?

yall realize the thunder are going to really suck without russ right

wade double-clutches on a buzzer beater from only like 35 feet away, so lame

Switched to the Wiggins Bowl. Phoenix off to an early lead over Utah.

Richard Jefferson is playing. Utah is taking their tanking seriously.

respect

If I were the Knicks I'd be planning to try to steal durant and ditch melo already but they are a crazy mess

Really don't want to see durant waste his peak in OKC if they can't figure shit out but maybe they will

Probably as soon as they move on from Scott brooks

Kirilenko is so fun, remember the days when he and Shawn Marion were easily the top fantasy picks

is ray allen the worst defender in the nba rn

Steve Nash is still alive so no

wow who the hell is alan anderson

If the Suns want to do this right they'll have to trade Dragic. He's too good for the rest of their team.

the mvp of the croatian league apparently xp

Btw on league pass non-tv you can now pick home or away feed, did we talk about this because it's awesome, I never have to hear the heat's clown announcer this year

one cool funny thing abt this brooklyn team is how kirilinko obvs took a huge russian backroom deal to play there

I forgot how crappy Jefferson's "RJ" tattoo is:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1kafs36F51rspt4fo1_400.jpg

haha i love that its so indie

lol brook lopez is such a spazz weirdo

dying @ that xxp

Kirilenko is so fun, remember the days when he and Shawn Marion were easily the top fantasy picks

― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Saturday, November 2, 2013 2:24 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

remember when Brent Barry was an efficiency monster in roto

its like a decemberists tattoo

It's so crappy, but there is something charming about the Schoolhouse Rock "RJ" lettering.

yeah you could totally believe it was on purpose on a diff guy

Totally. On him it feels like it was just cheap.

ha pierce just blocked bron brooklyn is my new fav team

its like a decemberists tattoo

― 乒乓, Friday, November 1, 2013 7:32 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

was gonna say it looks like the cover of a forgotten pavement 7"

i was wondering if you c's guys were just gonna pretend the nets were from boston this year

looking that way

also as i may have mentioned they play literally two blocks from where i lived for a long time

and because theyre a new new york team im not conditioned to hate them

i already think of the nets as the celts relocating and trading rondo + eveyone for brook lopez and deron williams

If I expected to watch a ton of hoops this year the Nets would be my second team.

yeah i keep forgetting that kg is playing for them when i check my fantasy roster, it's a surprise every time. i say go for it.

ty 4 yr support

The Wiggins Bowl is such a sad mix of washed-up vets and clueless rookies. One has knowledge but no longer the ability and the other the ability but no knowledge. Horrible, horrible, basketball is the result.

ahh heat cut the lead to two w 18 secs left

bk has owned this whole game

lmao @ super cool beas yelling "ONE MORE STOP" in the huddle as brooklyn gets the ball back with 18 seconds left

hahahaha

raaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

lawl

these games are gonna be fun tho, thank god KG & pierce didn't get broken up

yeah its fun they got to goto the same team

well damn

smh @ pierce pleading for a delay of game

court lawyer

calling the delay of game in every meaningless situation and then swallowing the whistle in the last 10 seconds is pretty gutless

theyll stop calling it in like a week

bosh rocking the gnarly forehead pimple tonight

lol bosh

lol bosh, what a treasure

srsly how hard is missing a ft

oh god the lakers why

denver looked fuckin terrible tonight

jose calderon is 1-15 over the first two games, gl dallas.

can the Kings just embrace the Isaiah Thomas experience already

pellies got trounced by the magic, tyreke shoots 0-7 from the field

brow had 26-17 tho

what are we gonna do about this miles plumlee situation

I said this before but I was always confused by the Plumlees because Miles seemed to be almost as athletic as Mason and way more fluid of a player, but Mason had the greater status as a prospect all throughout high school and college.

RJ tat is a national treasure and the only thing that was ever unique about him.

can the Kings just embrace the Isaiah Thomas experience already

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, November 1, 2013 10:00 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seriously.

Wow just checked the game and Pierce looks so famished! He's been the same weight for like 15 years. Weird.

B Shaw will be gone by Christmas.

you definitely get the feeling that the Nuggets players don't trust the new system.

I don't understand why they didn't trade Faried if this was the plan. Supposedly Shaw is waiting until Faried adjusts to the new offense before putting him in (he missed a lot of preseason), but more likely it's just not wanting to put Faried and McGee on the floor together. And ownership is demanding McGee start so...

Wow just checked the game and Pierce looks so famished! He's been the same weight for like 15 years. Weird.

Black is slimming.

http://media1.sulia.com/static/user_images/95/2013-11-02/69df68ed-bb17-4789-a4c7-38dbad3c7db4.gif

bron really didnt look like he had his usual explosiveness last night, lil bit out of shape maybe, tired, injured, off night idk

c'mon folks I don't think Milwaukee is gonna be THAT bad

ha bosh is full of surprises http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/10/chris-bosh-why-everyone-should-learn-to-code

pls someone find a pic of Bosh and his Wizkids high school club.

that's pretty cool actually

bosh is cool, bosh dgaf

so not baller but so cool

http://deadspin.com/unconscious-nuggets-mascot-lowered-to-court-in-macabre-1457332643

dark omens

sounds like a simpsons gag

ha wow

For me winning isn’t “winning” — it’s 01110111 01101001 01101110 01101110 01101001 01101110 01100111 (that’s W-I-N-N-I-N-G in binary code).

Looking at the standings this time of year is the best

Ladies and gentlemen some of your division leaders:

Philadelphia! Charlotte! (tie) Phoenix!