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

forgot about that.

then again brooklyn has won literally three games so \(o_O)/

I mean hell they managed to beat the Suns who apparently are a playoff team, black is white, cats living with dogs etc.

I still think the Knicks have a much higher chance of missing the playoffs than the Nets, but Kidd's antics make me wonder

yeah well the nets are at least missing their two best players

i think both are still essentially locks to make the playoffs

i'm not sure there are 8 teams in the east that are even trying to make the playoffs

let's break it down to an extent

15 teams in the east

2 teams are 100% locks

miami heat
indiana pacers

1 team is a 98% lock

chicago bulls

3 teams have zero chance and/or are openly tanking

milwaukee bucks
boston celtics
philadelphia 76ers

2 teams are probably in that group but might actually be kinda good

orlando magic
charlotte bobcats

so we're left with 7 teams for 5 spots (assuming heat, pacers, bulls)

atlanta hawks
toronto raptors
washington wizards
cleveland cavaliers
new york knicks
brooklyn nets
detroit pistons

who ya got?

out of that group i like

atl, wash, det, bk, nyk

i think the cavs are garbage and that masai will break apart the raptors

in the tank: obviously doomed: Cleveland, Milwaukee
scrappy overachievers that can't possibly last: Boston, Philly, maybe Charlotte ('Cats definitely trying to make the playoffs though)
weird but talented teams that are trying to be good and might manage it: Pistons, Raptors, Orlando
teams coached by Thibodeau: the Bulls
realistic playoff teams: Indiana, Miami, Atlanta, Washington

I think it's possible that 7 of the teams from those last three groups make it.

now that Oladipo is going beast mode I really think the Magic are in the mix.

I'm sure that Masai is trying to get rid of Gay but that might make the playoffs more possible

derozen has been killing it, I wouldn't totally sleep on the raps

the cavs seem desperate to shed waiters and get a SF, maybe masai can rope them into taking rudy

Rudy is not what kyrie needs right now but Cleveland's management seems incompetent enough

apparently they are trying to do... this

The Cleveland Cavaliers are actively shopping second-year shooting guard Dion Waiters, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

Three teams the Cavaliers are known to have spoken with are the New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls and Philadelphia 76ers, the sources said. The Cavs' targets are Iman Shumpert in New York, Evan Turner in Philadelphia and Luol Deng in Chicago, sources said.

Shumpert was borderline invisible out there tonight btw

http://thenosebleeds.nextimpulsemedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/thibs_gif.gif

hahahaha

pre-nomination for gif of the year

btw after losing to utah the bulls destroyer the pistons tonight

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the cavs seem desperate to shed waiters and get a SF, maybe masai can rope them into taking rudy

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, November 28, 2013 2:44 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha this is all too realistic

what team will kyrie be leaving the cavs for in five years

if i were the knicks i think i'd be all over shump for waiters

me too

tho for his own good i hope he goes somewhere that has a chance of helping him become a real nba player

...boston celtics

ClutchFans ‏@clutchfans 6m

Kevin McHale was asked for his thoughts on Jason Kidd spilling the drink to create a timeout: "Expensive."

jfc, east conf has 2 teams w winning records, ridiccccccccc

west has 10

nets are down 26 at the half

please vote in my jason kidd fire date poll

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/i_voted_9.jpg

cavs down 22 to the celtics

mike brown is the matt flynn of nba coaches

pretty good game in okc despite a real stinker from thompson so far

omg Lance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIeSa4bLHd0

hey mark jackson might be useful to run some kind of play when you can seal a game, idk just a thought i had

holy shit the end of that game holy hell

Zach Lowe ‏@ZachLowe_NBA 6m
GSW clearly got its hands on OKC's crunch-time playbook for tonight, which is just a one page stick figure sketch of Durant shooting.

jackson vs brooks not really a meeting of the minds

nets starters shoot 8/32

lol melo blocked at the buzzer on a potential game-tyer

Just finished dubs/okc game. Wow that was insane at the end, everything about it, toe so close to the line. Shoulda put it away like 3 times. Revenge for the Iggy shot two weeks ago I guess. Curry working the glass all game so nice. Warriors playing really well overall just getting off nights from Klay and Lee is the difference, plus no Iggy.

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/824794474.gif?1385783753

Best thing about that melo getting blocked on game tying shot was that it was by... Randy Foye

yeah I was thinking during that play "well the Knicks got melo isolated on randy foye, woodson not calling a timeout worked" and then.... that happened

I seem to remember Foye winning a game with the twolves in that manner too, during that 20 game stint where he was good.

longest L streak of melo's career

the MSG aftershow was funny with the announcers constantly saying "... by RANDY FOYE(!?)" in clear disgust/disbelief

j.r. has been unbelievably bad