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

lol sorry matt

if i had to guess he's out til the playoffs

forgive me if this is a stupid question: right now toronto (0.462) are above chicago (0.545) in the standings. why is this? is there something else used to rank teams other than pct? this is something i've noticed a few times in the past.

Meniscus ain't a death sentence. Depends on the severity I guess tho

different divisions?

http://i.imgur.com/s5NQ01x.png

Haha what a disaster

Russ had a meniscus tear

Sounds like a painful injury

abolish divisions xp

forgive me if this is a stupid question: right now toronto (0.462) are above chicago (0.545) in the standings. why is this? is there something else used to rank teams other than pct? this is something i've noticed a few times in the past.

― fit and working again, Saturday, November 23, 2013 5:36 PM (15 minutes ago)

the winner of each division is guaranteed a top-4 seed i think

ok that would explain it thanks

Russ had a meniscus tear

Sounds like a painful injury

― 乒乓, Saturday, November 23, 2013 3:43 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've done it (partial tear), kinda weird feeling. Kept playing after and played on it for another 6 months before surgery. Would get random shots of pain just sitting at my desk and shifting positions.

kevin is correct

hahahaha @ griffin running straight to the ref after he gets held by cousins, instead of confronting cousins

wau cp3

CP3

demarcus got hosed there

from what i hear rose tore the medial meniscus, which from what i understand is a less severe injury than if he'd torn the lateral meniscus. not sure how long it would take him to recover, they'd probably treat him with kid gloves once again. was this the same injury as westbrook?

wow cousins grabs thomas and doesn't let him shake hands with paul

Who will have the best record at the end of the year: Boston, Brooklyn, or New York?

atlanta is the third best team in the east now.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/derrick-rose-tears-medial-meniscus-knee-surgery-indefinitely-225500488--nba.html

Rose will need surgery, but the injury is not unlike the one suffered by Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook during last year’s playoffs. Westbrook tore the lateral meniscus in his left knee and later needed cleanup surgery, but he appears no worse for wear during his particular comeback. Chicago won’t know if Rose will be out for the season until the surgery is performed, but there is a sound chance he could return this season.

i miss the news for a day and the whole damn nba gets injured

Torn meniscus for Rose

http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sobbing.gif

man, rubio's defense

Seriously wtf happened last night

Adam silver better have those robotic knees ready for February

wow cousins grabs thomas and doesn't let him shake hands with paul

― k3vin k., Saturday, November 23, 2013 6:20 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This was ridiculous, boogie is a bad sport in addition to barely caring about defense

even when dwight does something right he still looks like a guy who never learned a thing about playing offense

kevin love to brewer 70-foot pass alert

brewer's layup got swatted by parsons, though (tho it hit backboard first and shoulda been a goal tend)

lebron is playing terrible

holy shit milsap just posterized sullinger.

aaron brooks ballin out

whoa wade hasn't dunked like that in like 3 years

rockets hit like 5 or 6 threes to close out the first half

This Rockets Minny game is so sloppy.

did not realize MCW was already 22

wade looks fantastic, he should just play every third game

ha, well, that might be exactly what ends up happening

Honestly, strategically handing out DNP-OLDs every four or five games probably helps more than limiting minutes throughout the season. Bosh and Bron are enough to fall back on if/when they did decide to start resting him, too. He's been so hit-or-miss for the last few seasons, but he can still have a jaw-dropping quarter here or there.

Love Brett Brown on the sidelines btw.

Some of Rubio's outside shots are so damn ugly

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We need Anthony Bennett to gain 20 more pounds so we can start calling him "Notorious D.N.P."

the celts, man

spurs look pretty unstoppable

whoa lin has the biggest bump on his head, ouch

jeremy lin hit the floor mega hard and ended up with this unbelievable knot on his forehead xp

not sure if this is gonna work..

https://o.twimg.com/2/proxy.jpg?t=HBgpaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0cGljLmNvbS9zaG93L2xhcmdlL2RtZDY3ci5qcGcUwAcU4gcAFgASAA&s=mWKqMxRPOaK1UA-4O3PDtNGE_dI3-TDjxbwY3dP3i_o

MANIMAL

brooks had 26 points in 22 minutes.

seems like a lot

all 12 spurs played at least 11 minutes and had at least 6 points tonight.