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

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Pekovic looking sassy tonight

omg, epic harden flop

Wolves such a great fit for Moute

good finish here houston/SAS

ooooh nice game from Giannis

pop hacking dwight in a 2 point game

not sure how pop didn't get T'd up just now

yeah if you're talking about that harden 3, he must have been saying very nice things in a very loud voice

wau

amazing take by harden there to get the 2 for 1 too

crazy circus finish to this game

ugghhhhh cant wait for the spurs to beat a good team, this is ridic

big win for houston

u guys

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/assets/3656411/GiannisOMGdunk.gif

whoa

man dragic has looked great

yeah he's having a great year.

which buck is that

it's giannis

hayward otoh looks like he needs a new situation pronto, really ugly year for him so far

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

wow

giannis!

Bynum highlights are pretty darn impressive

man that bennett tape is gruesome

that missed dunk against the timberwolves is like the nba version of "the scream"

also when he makes a basket the cavs announcers act like he's a 13 year old cancer patient who is playing in an nba game thanks to make a wish

that said i still feel like even in watching that tape you can tell why he was the no. 1 overall pick

his shooting form is really good and for a guy his size he looks good off the dribble. hopefully it's just a combination of conditioning and wild pressing.

milwaukee now 2-0 vs. boston, 1-13 vs. everyone else

they shd play more often

celtics lurking in that highly undesirable territory of not quite bad enough

people saying theres maybe 7 franchise players in this super draft, lol prob not, but still try to get in say the bottom four or five worst records and youre in good shape

yeah lots of time for bos to put on the afterburners for the bottom

plus the worst record almost always gets dumped out of #1 lottery position right?

related did u notice that in gif above giannis totally outhustled the husk of gerald wallace

Seems like they're exporting them exclusively to China. When I'm there next year I'm gonna see if I can buy a bottle. I'll drink it and liveblog it on ILH

― 乒乓, Saturday, November 30, 2013 8:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

can u bring wine back from there bc if so i will totally pay you to bring a couple yaocabs back for me

hous-spurs was good, totally hoping we end up with them and okc-warriors as playoff series in the west

agreed

Every time I watch the Clips play I wonder why some other pg/pf/c trios don't figure out those restricted area alleyoops. Guess it starts w/ having a pg who can kinda chill in the paint for a few seconds to draw help defenders, which is a rare ability, but still.

Xxp would be just as happy w clips/dubs too. More bitterness there. But the okc ws games have been the two best games I've watched this season.

Yeah that inside oop thing is cos cp is so good at stalling in the lane and buying that extra second or two to make defenders chose. Also he's wiling to throw it way early cos he knows Blake/Dre will have no prob getting it. He had that w chandler in NO too.

pacers will go 81 -- 1 this year.

it is not impossible, technically

They'll prove themselves over the next few weeks IMO. Pdx, okc, spurs, heat x2, Houston.

they're proving themselves today, too, no?

Yes but no MVP reddick for the clips.

that's true. maybe LAC can somehow trade for nate the great© to replace reddick. a significant upgrade, really, since nate's the nba's biggest star.

Xxp would be just as happy w clips/dubs too. More bitterness there. But the okc ws games have been the two best games I've watched this season.

Clips/Blazers would be fun

ok, if the pacers can advance the ball with that timeout then i guess i just don't understand the rules

The only good thing chuck klosterman ever wrote was about the absurdity of that rule