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

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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

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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

yeah bennett is actually almost impossibly bad

yeah hes very bad even for like a 6 pick, which he easily couldve been

'13 draft is looking very bad

guess it didnt help that 3 prospective 10 ten players waited til this year

also noel hasnt played

he's bad for, like, a number 26 pick

hes bad for a d league reserve

he doesn't LOOK like the worst player ever, but when all you do is shoot bricks every time you touch it you are in effect the worst player ever. Tskitishvili is a comparison, but Skita played like 5 minutes in the season before he got drafted and Bennett was one of the best players in the NCAA.

its p mysterious

yeah he "looks" fine it's really astounding

Why are they hesitating to send him to the d league?

i would assume out of embarrassment for sending a number 1 pick to the d league but it can't be any worse than this

I'm sure they're totally panicked over his mental state already, imagine what happened if they sent him to the dleague etc.

and nothing happened before 1980 or so, so that's it

― Clay, Monday, January 13, 2014

The Blazers only championship was before 1980... (weeps gently).

I'm sure they're totally panicked over his mental state already, imagine what happened if they sent him to the dleague etc.

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, January 14, 2014 1:41 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so silly itd prob be the best thing, get some dunks, no pressure

Old man shakes cane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Cxxnw-NEs#t=569

jump to like 9:30

Marc Gasol a gametime decision tonight!

wish he could get traded to a fun team

new thread time? that was post 8002

go until at least 27,000.

marc is back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dmc putting up big numbers on the pacers rn

lot of good points in this lowe warriors piece http://grantland.com/features/why-not-the-warriors

I really love the way the Bucks are losing this year: lots of nagging injuries with no long-term consequences, coach taking too long to figure out a rotation etc. Well positioned to get Exum.

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who's lavine

yeah theres a lot of potential

or upside even

But is Larry a problem?

Dig that warriors piece obv

otm about their offense issues and ILH otm about too many post ISOs with Klay/Barnes

7. Austin Carr’s Laugh
The Cavs’ boisterous broadcast team has grown on me. Carr is sometimes more booster than analyst, but he’s fun in that role, and I love when he just straight-up laughs at some opposing player’s mistake. It’s a scratchy, evil cackle, as if Carr himself masterminded the whole thing and saw it coming several steps in advance.

Lowe wildly OTM

dmc putting up big numbers on the pacers rn

― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 14, 2014 8:50 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha he did nothing the entire 4th quarter after i said this

srsly did he get injured or something his name appears not once in the 4th log http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/playbyplay?gameId=400489436&period=4

got his numbers and peaced

guess so

Scott Cacciola ‏@ScottCacciola 19m

JR: Was not told why he was benched. Learned during game. "I haven't the slightest clue."

who's lavine

― k3vin k., Wednesday, January 15, 2014 2:32 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

very high risk/reward SG with crazy hops

Exum a much better fit for Milwaukee tbh, but it would be sexy

like virtually every permutation of the draft lottery thing on espn.com has him going to denver, obv depends if the knicks keep winning i guess

turkoglu is a clipper

"For [the shoelcace incident] to be the trigger point for all this to happen is ridiculous," said Smith.

Smith wasn't told in advance by Mike Woodson that he wouldn't play in Tuesday's game.

"Communication from my end is over," said Smith.

all you can do is laugh i guess

Lakers have lost 11 of 12, about to start a 7 game trip.

JR can't even sit on the bench w/ his bro anymore, Knicks are some meanies ;_;

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oof

Anthony Welp Bennett

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waiting for the other shoelace to drop: 2013-2014 NBA regular season thread (part 2)