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

wow those look like pajamas, wtf

bennett might obliterate austin rivers's record for worst season ever

Those uniforms look DOA

Expecting cargo ships full of unsold unis to arrive at developing countries sometime next year

his TS% right now is .163

austin rivers btw is shooting 23% from the field this year

can't believe that guy even still exists

so gross http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/11/13/how-the-nbas-sleeved-jerseys-could-change-the-leag.aspx

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=&year_max=&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&qual=&c1stat=mp&c1comp=gt&c1val=1250&c2stat=per&c2comp=lt&c2val=6&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws

here's the list of players to play 1250 minutes and have a PER of less than 6. bennett is at 0.3 right now

god help me but i feel like kobe coming out hard against these jerseys would do a lot of good in terms of turning fans against them

i think lin's PER actually went down last night

he'd have to do something like go 0-11 in the first half of a national tv game and at some point in the 3rd quarter call a timeout and run to the sidelines and cut the sleeves off and then go like 9-9 the rest of the game. xp

haha yes

http://i.imgur.com/wgnwDaa.png

i've always wondered if twitter started or merely exacerbated the trend of kids not knowing how to use apostrophes

like when BJ says "JR smith brother". my hypothesis is that people who grew up with twitter are so used to not being able to make proper nouns possessive (because of the @ symbol), and now people just think it's right

...he says as he struggles to form a coherent sentence of his own

my hypothesis is that people who grew up with twitter are so used to not being able to make proper nouns possessive (because of the @ symbol), and now people just think it's right

― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:32 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark

no twitter is just making this more visible to you

ppl have always had atrocious grammar

Jennings used the apostrophe correctly in "isn't" though so some of that might just be twitter casual style

Or autocorrect which would fix isn't but not Smith's

lol grammar

yeah jordan is probably right, but the "isn't" is a different thing, the de-possessifying (amazingly safari does not underline this word so i'm leaving it) of proper nous is definitely its own thing in my world of young people

no you guys come on

love how smiths response is a subtweet, power user behavior

subtweet?

subliminal tweet ie calling someone out w o using their name

damn these new forms of internet passive-aggressiveness

technology is magical

GUYS

Barry Jackson ‏@flasportsbuzz 1m

Heat says players will end up wearing their nicknames on back of jerseys four times: three games left vs. Brooklyn & Jan. 21 vs. Boston.

wait for it

just wait for iiiittt

one more secondddddddd

Barry Jackson ‏@flasportsbuzz 25s

... All names being used will be announced in a week or so, after NBA approves them. Beasley says he's going with "Super Cool."

yeah jordan is probably right, but the "isn't" is a different thing, the de-possessifying (amazingly safari does not underline this word so i'm leaving it) of proper nous is definitely its own thing in my world of young people

― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:38 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

So is the misspelling of the word 'nouns'

MY GOD xp

lol too perfect xxxp

oh my god this is gonna be amazing

Tim Reynolds ‏@ByTimReynolds 19s

The Name Collection jerseys were a big storyline at Heat practice today. King James, D-Wade, Shuttlesworth all debut Jan. 10.

there's no way ray allen is gonna play an actual nba game with SHUTTLESWORTH on the back of his jersey right?

right??????????????????????????????????

yessss beas

oh there's no other option

not to take attention away from this important development but this is great

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/9975380/jr-smith-new-york-knicks-appeared-threaten-brandon-jennings-detroit-pistons-twitter

the chris smith thing is truly amazing even for the knicks

Chris Smith's inclusion on the Knicks' roster has stirred strong emotions among the team's fan base and, apparently, opposing players.

Knicks coach Mike Woodson acknowledged that Chris Smith's ties to his brother influenced the team's decision to keep the 26-year-old guard. Chris Smith also acknowledged that his relationship with his brother has helped his career.

Beyond that, Chris Smith is represented by Creative Artists Agency, which is an added layer to the Knicks' decision to keep him. CAA represents the Smith brothers and has close ties to the Knicks and Madison Square Garden. Carmelo Anthony, Andrea Bargnani, Woodson, assistant GM Allan Houston and front-office member Mark Warkentien are also represented by the agency.

Some rival agents believe Chris Smith's roster spot with the Knicks was locked in as a package deal when J.R. Smith re-signed with the team in July.

just a very well-run franchise

what i don't get is why the knicks don't just hire chris smith as j.r.'s "personal assistant" or something so he can travel with the team but free up a roster spot they very much need

it's just 490 thousand dollars i guess

i mean they already guaranteed his contract. just figure out a way for him to hang out w/out being on the actual team.

i mean... if they end up sending him to the d league, does chris smith really wanna spend his entire winter in erie??

you trying to get the pipe (frozen)?

haha

super cool!

man

i'm trying not to get my hopes up about the timberwolves right now but goddamn it's an exciting team right now!

*waits for other shoe to drop*

all about health for that team