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

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.