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

how is that a tech? ball is live you should be able to do what you want with it

yeah is there like a written rule against that?

lamest "taunting" call ever.

Yeah, there's written rule that makes blatantly faking a pass at your defender's face a taunting tech.

“I ain’t think that was nothing. I’ve got that from Michael Jordan,” Stephenson told reporters after the game. “I’ve seen Michael Jordan do that all the time, now it’s a technical foul. So I don’t know if I’ll do that anymore.”

how is that a tech? ball is live you should be able to do what you want with it

― Me & Mahomies (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, November 12, 2013 3:10 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol at tony calling a travel

like Allen i thought that was gonna be a travel

yeah i mean who wouldve predicted a tech there

ref holds a grudge towards lance is the only explanation i can come up with

idk if someone wants to be flippant with the ball, let em be. Maybe the defender should just, you know, steal it from them?

the funny part is it fucked w tony for a second and he does a lil flinch

Jenny Dial Creech ‏@jennydialcreech 18m
Dwight Howard on FTs: "I don’t want to talk about it...just let it go.WE talk about it so much I think about it at the line."

dwight otm stop mindfuckinbig big guys who cant shoot his best ft% season was his first, orlando shdve just been happy w the 65% and left well enough alone

he didn't call his bank

is what i would write in the basketlol thread

Well I guess he's just an asshole :(

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/bucks/larry-sanders-cited-in-january-for-keeping-dogs-out-in-the-cold-b99140898z1-231642171.html

Jenny Dial Creech ‏@jennydialcreech 18m
Dwight Howard on FTs: "I don’t want to talk about it...just let it go.WE talk about it so much I think about it at the line."

dwight otm stop mindfuckinbig big guys who cant shoot his best ft% season was his first, orlando shdve just been happy w the 65% and left well enough alone

― lag∞n, Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:03 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Apparently he really does shoot 80% in practice. He needs a sports psychologist.

Guess it's too late into his career to try switching to his naturally dominant hand to shoot a la Tristan Thompson.

Larry man c'mon

Heat announcers very reluctant to attempt to pronounce Antetokounmpo's name, just let him take a 3 pointer with no comment.

this would not be a problem if everyone could agree on a cool nickname

heat announcers also referred to lebron hiking the ball to chalmers as his "signature move"

actually that was the bucks guy nvm

wow beasley with a sick block and got a BS foul call

I like the bucks announcers, they're endearingly yokelish

Or they could just call him Giannis it's not that hard and we've been putting up up with announcers calling roethlisberger "Ben" like they're good buds for a decade so it's not so horrible

Xp

wow beasley with a sick block

future of the franchise.

Btw z Lowe usually on point but I can't get with this

6. The no-tie look

Basketball takes place in a sweaty gym, amid rowdy fans and trash-talking athletes. Why the need for such sartorial formality among coaches? Kudos to the increasing number of guys going without a tie, a group that includes Rick Adelman, Kevin McHale, Gregg Popovich, Mike Brown, and others.

^no no no
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This way lies madness and Rex Ryan sweater vests and Pete Carroll salesman of the month polos and belichick looking like a hobo who was left for dead by the train tracks in his grimy 3/4 sleeve sweatshirt

No thank you

If you are a man with a job that pays multiple millions of dollars and regular national tv appearances...do us a favor and pack a tie in yr road trip

Maybe we can get wacky for the under-40 guys in the first twenty games or so but c'mon

lebron lebronning

wow 4 steps on that dunk but cool dunk nonetheless

he has a bright future in this sport.

for sure

my cable guide has all these little narrative descriptions for each game and they always choose a weird angle to sell the game, e.g. this is all about Caron Butler's return to Miami

lebron's got "the look" right now, first time all season i've seen it

if only we could play the Bucks, exclusively, up to and through the championship.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9968424/danilo-gallinari-no-table-return-denver-nuggets

At the moment, Gallinari has "no idea" when he will return to the court as he recovers from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

The Italian forward is limited to rehabbing in the weight room from the injury he sustained in April. He said that while he does occasionally shoot free throws, he hasn't really been able to run the floor.

Why hoops?

"My dad was a basketball player. I saw him, and the love and passion began at that time."

How old are you -- 29?

"Do I look that old? I'm 25."

Where do you come from?

"Italy. You know where Italy is? It's far from here, very far from here. It has nice people, as you can see."

Do you love basketball?

"I love to play for Denver and the Nuggets."

miss him :'(

I've embraced the tank already

Have the Nuggets tho? They have some pieces to move if that's the case.

I think Faried is probably dealt, tank or not

Miller too

miller for sure

ooh Giannis hit 3 threes

i don't really get why chauncey signed with detroit. did he get some kinda "you get to be coach after this year" deal or something?

maybe just wanted to retire there and didn't care about contributing to a 'contender' since he already got that ring.

Heat announcers very reluctant to attempt to pronounce Antetokounmpo's name, just let him take a 3 pointer with no comment.

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, November 12, 2013 8:00 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

Feel like if announcres can get a handle on saltalamacchia they can get a handle on antetokounmpo

Back when wang zhi zhi was in the league people would get it wrong on the reg but w/e, points for trying

people still get Nene wrong