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

so nice to have kevin harlan calling that game last night

If Roy Hibbert doesn't do it, how can it be good? [buys bitcoins]

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, November 15, 2013 2:10 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao

feel like there's gotta be something going on with asik beyond match ups. mchale playing a frontline of francisco garcia, omar casspi and terrence jones seems insane

this was way upthread but i dont think it was addressed. apparently Asik asked for a trade again. think mchale is a little upset at his effort coming off bench.

funny thing is rockets are a terrific small ball team (as they were last year). dwight has been ok defensively but a non-factor on offense. he hasnt really delivered on being any kind of low-post offensive threat but he does seem to draw double teams still and passes out of it well--but the team is shooting 3s at an awful rate and id wager that, even more than the defense (it was this bad last year), is the big problem right now.

Lin is the literally the only one of the team hitting 3s

huh didn't hear about the trade request

yeah dwight was a nightmare on offense last night but i thought he had a really good run at the end of the game on D

but i mean it did work against the knicks because they have no low post scorer... melo was getting to the hoop but houston had decent success bringing help and forcing him to throw some wacky shot off the rim

so maybe it was a match ups thing

this windhorst story seems pertinent

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9979264/nba-houston-rockets-learning-fly

iggy's efg% is .706

im fully on the warriors bandwagon yall lets ride

iggy is awesome, i told y'all that was a great move by them

its really the perfect fit

btw jarett jack is shooting 38% from the field this year w/ an A/TO ratio of 3/2

watching the game last night i do see how not having a real back up PG hurts ball movement when steph is out but they have enough individual talent to stay afloat

i think the warriors' front office's decision to sacrifice depth in order to beef up their top 6 for when the playoffs rolls around was a very smart one

yeah it makes injuries more dangerous but seems like a fair risk

yeah i mean it's a gamble because of health problems of various players, but it raises their ceiling for sure

xp

haha

watching the game last night i do see how not having a real back up PG hurts ball movement when steph is out but they have enough individual talent to stay afloat

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, November 15, 2013 10:27 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

They have one in Douglas but he's out for two weeks. He's been good in his minutes, too. Good D and shooting the 3 well.

Thing is with the top 6 they are super strong but any of those other bench guys (Douglas, Draymond, J Oneal, Speights) are all capable.

btw jarett jack is shooting 38% from the field this year w/ an A/TO ratio of 3/2

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, November 15, 2013 10:26 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think we all knew Jack's last year was the best he would ever have. I wanted him back but the price was too high, good job by the Dubs mngmnt on that one.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/chris-smith-has-his-brother-j-r--smith-s-face-tattooed-on-his-back--photo--191744494.html

They still haven't fully figured out how to integrate Barnes either. I think this team will get better as the year goes ((as long as they're healthy (gonna stop using that qualifier now)).

That's some kinda bro love xp

i can get you into the nba but you have to get a tattoo of my choosing

ok

tbf i would do the same thing

http://espn.go.com/blog/marc-stein/post/_/id/242/lakers-clips-would-consider-lamar-odom

who wouldnt tbf xp

i forgot about toney douglas

i like toney douglas

yeah he's been pretty good.

i like speights who shoots every time

they should let odom sign with both teams and only play home games.

literally every time. I've counted three passes this year no joke.

somehow iggy got @andre on twitter

someone visited twitter hq

ha

I know he won't keep up these insane numbers but Reggie otm last night that Iggy can just play free and has no pressure at all. He's like the 4th option on the floor sometimes and he's totally at home in that position.

also sincere apologies ILH for typing the words "Reggie otm"

When the Warriors get Ezeli back they're going to be pretty deep imo.

Is Carl Landry still alive?

*unclicks flag post*

haha

landry got moved and then tore his hip out 3-4 months

so the dubs got the landry/jack thing right kudos

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/82634/getting-angry-about-jeremy-lin-all-over-again

conclusion that the knicks didn't deserve lin is otm

yeah I'm glad he got w Houston.

i have to imagine he is, too.

the idea of being a global icon prob sounds alluring but making $30m and being a "normal" star athlete doesn't sound too bad

thing is he's still a global icon, and china already freaking loved the rockets because of yao. perfect sitch for him

right but obv it would be blown up x1000 if he had stayed in nyc

he seems like the type of person who would enjoy a more private life

some people I know do look at Lin like a traitor, but he did make the right move. and let's face it, he wasn't gonna shine under Melo's politics