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

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

^i swear I've seen this done wrong by the refs at least three times this year

Xp and it is totally a dumb rule also coaches at the pro level shouldn't be able to call time during live ball scenarios

haralabob is mocking the clips announcers for asking the same question, so i'm thinking it's us who have it wrong. still, i swear there was a rule that said that if you did anything with the ball, ie dribble, pass, etc, you couldnt' advance via timeout

xps I guess I just wonder why more pgs don't spend serious practice time w/ their bigs working on timing/awareness for the play. Not to get all NBA Moneyball but those in the line pass-or-shots are totally underutilized and working in some designed lobs is an easy way to pick up a few extra points per game. It's the only thing in the NBA close to a play-action pass and a really efficient way to get a clean pass straight to the basket for a high% shot.

haralabob is mocking the clips announcers for asking the same question, so i'm thinking it's us who have it wrong. still, i swear there was a rule that said that if you did anything with the ball, ie dribble, pass, etc, you couldnt' advance via timeout

― k3vin k., Sunday, December 1, 2013 6:13 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

Oh I don't know about this rule. The rule that is dumb is the rule that you can advance the ball with a timeout if there's under 2:00 to play in the 4th. Total warp zone

Could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure there are sub-2:00 rules where any timeout can advance the ball to midcourt (or wherever the team chooses).

haralabob is also kind of a humorless ahole so w/e the timeout and advancement rules are totally confusing and it definitely was true that you could not dribble or move and still timeout-warp at least until fairly recently

Compu I think one other reason more pgs don't have the lob connection is partly that in order to get a lob in a half court set usually requires the pg to

Whoops-- to get in the lane and draw a double or pull both defenders on a pick and roll, keep those defenders on hi and find a clear lane for the pass plus enough communication with the big to get him to go up. Just keeping a live dribble during a double team at the nba level is super-hard and Chris Paul is basically one of the best at it

So like, jrue holiday isn't someone you want diving between two forwards with a live dribble while keeping his eyes up to look for the lob usually

Doc rivers also totally runs set lob plays in practice specifically for end-of-game situations and broke them out occasionally in boston

yeah the clips ran a play on their second to last possession that got DJ a lob out of a timeout that looked really nice

Denver choosing Mozgov over Koufos is looking like a solid move

brutal sequence for grievis vasquez, who just threw the worst lob in NBA history, then got dropped by steph curry at midcourt

everything seems to be working for denver, i wonder if they'll try to trade javale

I would just treat Javale like a lotto ticket

Rivers went so far as telling NBA.com's Scott Howard-Cooper on Friday that he is "hoping things work out” with re-signing Odom.

"I honestly haven’t focused on it a lot," Rivers said in the interview. "But he’s somebody that I’ve always liked and I like him more now after hearing from Phil Jackson to Vinny [Del Negro] to all the players the type of guy he is in the locker room. When I hear that stuff, without saying exactly what I heard, you want him in your locker room.”

wonder what it was about odom that doc can't say...

lebron time

terrible call there lol

cole-chalmers crunchtime backcourt is pretty dire

bosh 3 ;)

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if jordan isn't watching this...

WOW, Cody Zeller is having a really rough season

Anthony Davis wrist injury :(

fuuuuuck

barea really needs the hook

RT @BourbonStShots: Anthony Davis suffered a "non-displaced fracture" in left hand and the timeframe to return is TBA.

gross

oh no :(

Davis, Irving, Oden. When will God stop taking from us

durant with the ultra, ultra rare 30-10-10-4-4

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pgl_finder.cgi?request=1&player_id=&match=game&year_min=&year_max=&age_min=0&age_max=99&team_id=&opp_id=&is_playoffs=N&round_is_eds=Y&round_is_edf=Y&round_is_ec1=Y&round_is_ecs=Y&round_is_ecf=Y&round_is_wds=Y&round_is_wdf=Y&round_is_wc1=Y&round_is_wcs=Y&round_is_wcf=Y&round_is_fin=Y&game_num_type=&game_num_min=&game_num_max=&game_month=&game_location=&game_result=&is_starter=&is_active=&is_hof=&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=trb&c1comp=gt&c1val=9&c2stat=ast&c2comp=gt&c2val=9&c3stat=stl&c3comp=gt&c3val=4&c4stat=blk&c4comp=gt&c4val=4&order_by=pts

Rudy Gay Court Vision

http://i.minus.com/ibslTvE42VaHGW.gif

hahaha

rudy set his career high with SEVEN blocks a couple weeks ago

er i mean assists

rudy gif is too good

Knicks can't beat the Pels without Davis lol

Knicks now tied for worst record in the NBA with Milwaukee, Utah hot on their heels

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The stats.nba interactive box score thing is cool but a 15 second ad between each shot attempt is def gonna keep me from using it.

youtube full game player highlights 4 lyfe

ya they dont need to be making that small money its ruining the cool product

portland vs la is maybe the sloppiest professional game i've seen in awhile, just a bunch of guys tryin to play basketball and failing at it

Frank Isola ‏@FisolaNYDN 2m

According to @ESPNStatsInfo Knicks have lost 7 straight home games, matching their worst single-season home losing streak in team history

Most pitiful so far — New York Knicks vs. Brooklyn Nets

WOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0BoGclQI5M

lord have mercy