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

magic red rocket

the blazers will definitely come back down to earth. they aren't the spurs. but they seem like a lock to avoid the lottery this year.

their point differential is nothing special for a team with such a great record. they're good but i don't think you could call them elite. there look to be only 3 l33t teams right now -- the heat, spurs, and pacers

pretty funny how 2 of the 3 best teams in the league are in the east but then the rest of the top 15 are in the west

yup

tho doubt thatll be true by seasons end

yeah, i think by season;s end stern will mercy kill a few teams on his way out tho

If he told the bucks they had to just forfeit the rest of their games and move to Seattle for next year I would forgive him for everything he's ever done wrong

Bobcats going back to purple teal and grey when they become the hornets yesssss #starterjacket

some jerkholes im milwaukee wd have a hunger strike and demand the return of the bucks and then some1 wd move the bulls to milwaukee and chicago wd start a riot and then theyd move the magic to chicago and orlando wd go to disneyworld because what else is there to do

garnett looks SO old

Bobcats going back to purple teal and grey when they become the hornets

totally forgot the bobcats were becoming the hornets, this is awesome all around

just tried to fill out an all-star ballot.....i guess afflalo has been the best guard in the east this year? what a joke

charlotte hornets in teal and purple is maybe the ultimate #90skid thing to me

ha i thought about polling the east guards all-star list

hornets starter jacket xp

lmao now thinking that as an honor for being in the starting rotation, nuhornets shd get literal starter jackets to wear as warm ups

hornets starter jacket xp

― 乒乓, Sunday, November 24, 2013 2:59 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

#blessed

Details aren't clear, but ESPN's source says Rose and the Bulls might opt to reattach the meniscus, which would keep him out four to six months.

blow this team up, I don't wanna watch this shit for 6 more mos

john wall is a clear all star IMO

agree

Clay
Posted: November 24, 2013 at 9:09:28 PM
Details aren't clear, but ESPN's source says Rose and the Bulls might opt to reattach the meniscus, which would keep him out four to six months.

from what i read this is p much the only reasonable option cause you can come back faster if you just remove it but then youre m/l fd long term

is wall better than kyrie irving??

So very possible that Rose will heal up right around the playoffs and we can wring our hands in consternation all over again over whether or not he should play

ha yes

Didn't want to say anything because I have a soft spot for the Bulls and wanted them to do well / liked the Mike Dunleavy signing over the summer, but was secretly worried that bringing in DunJr. was gonna somehow kill their season, as he's never played for a winning team in his 11-year career (closest he came was w/ a 42-40 GSW team, who traded him to Indy mid-season).

Jared Dudley raining death on the bulls right now

Lol compu good dunleavy curse theory, v solid

garnett looks SO old

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Sunday, November 24, 2013 2:50 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's so sad I think it is finally the end, almost certain he retires after this year

KG being toast is like the third biggest of Brooklyn's problems right now after having two injured main guys and a clueless coach (fourth that pierce isn't really in gear yet but I think that's temporary)

https://twitter.com/paulpierce34/status/228641441138741248

Feel a strong affinity with PP

fwiw garnett has looked cooked at at least three times prior to this

i'm full-bore behind dunleavy curse theory

i reject all sports curses

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fwiw garnett has looked cooked at at least three times prior to this

― lag∞n, Sunday, November 24, 2013 5:16 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This. Haven't looked at his usage #s so far, but I'd assume that the Nets are being forced to use him at a far greater clip than they'd hoped to. Nets look like a mess but they're missing a ton of important pieces atm, so willing to give them a pass for a while. Same goes for Kidd, who is at least wearing his suit well on the sideline.

There's a small chance that the East could be _really_ ugly-- even though the Pacers have looked fantastic so far, they've had one of the easiest schedules. Next week they start a 10-game chunk that includes Clippers, Blazers, Spurs, OKC, Heat x 2, Pistons and Rockets. If they have any meltdown potential, that's probably when it'll come out.

Also shed a tear that the main leaders in all OFF/DEF stats seem to be normalized, have to wait another year for wacky leaderboards.

yeah the pacers seem due for a lil regression easy sched plus some of their guys have been playing out of their minds george cant miss stevensons got two trip dubs, still v solid tho their defense obvs you cant f with, but the heat also are also lookin a lil suspicious, wade only plays sometime and bron cant shoot this well all year

im sad abt rose things would be so much more interesting with him

john wall is a clear all star IMO

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Sunday, November 24, 2013 4:34 PM (2 hours ago)

he's shooting like 39%

he has been turning the corner lately tho def

ok he's up to 41% now

is wall better than kyrie irving??

― Aimless, Sunday, November 24, 2013 4:52 PM (1 hour ago)

no way imo

jeff teague is arguably playing pg better than anyone in the east right now

yeah teague has been playing really well, doing so under the radar because he's jeff teague

and also bc hawks

i have a friend who's a huge jeff teague fan and always brags about "calling" teague being legit after seeing him in college and on youtube mixtapes or whatever, i always thought it was just the saddest thing

not sad at all, i do this all the time and i am not sad ergo etc etc

jeff teague was p. good in college, no points scored for guessing he'd be a good pro.

Udrih has been pretty good but damn man you do not look like a pro athlete

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