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

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

http://www.admit-one.net/webimages/wcflowthumb.jpg

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

http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/27/files/2013/10/7742974.jpg

Haha

udrih has not been pretty good. he's even more out of control than Felton!

At the buffet?

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

― k3vin k., Sunday, 24 November 2013 19:56 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No SG in the west has played better than him either tho

shooting guard has been a really weak position for awhile now. with wade playing every other night and kobe out, there's like one all-star quality 2 in the league (harden)

Feel like Hardens midrangeless game might turn out to be snake oil in the long run.

Plus Afflalo's 22-5-5 ain't something to sniff at

klay counts as a sg right

Afflalo is #1 in the NBA in PER among SGs

yeah we have to deal with the fact that as it stands right now Spencer Hawes and Arron Afflalo deserve to be allstars

udrih has not been pretty good. he's even more out of control than Felton!

― Nhex, Monday, November 25, 2013 1:18 AM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well he had that nice 18-6-4 game or whatever in his second start. Better than expected for a guy who looks like a video game vlogger.

oh yeah klay

harden's avoidance of midrange jumper is the exact reason his game is not fluky! in fact once his 3s normalize he's going to absolutely explode -- he's shooting like 55% on 2s

prob his twos will ]normalize too

hes a cool player tho for sure just needs to learn D

Then the playoffs come around, defences tighten up, transition dries up and he's borderline useless half the time. He needs a midrange and a post game.

Monta and K Mart are better than Klay right now.

idk ginobili seemed to have a pretty good career focusing on high value shots

yeah that is just nonsense dude

and yeah a handful of 2s in the_west are having nice starts but none of those guys are superstar caliber

lol wtf is james harden ever going to do in the post

Hardly a fair comparison seeing as Ginobli has played in a slick ball moving outfit his entire career and had the benefit of playing with 2 future hall of famers throughout their prime. Besides the point anyway because Ginobli would not work as a primary scorer in the post season.

And how exactly is it nonsense? Have we not seen how Harden has struggled in the offs?