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

ha wow lmao nets

breaking jason kidd and lawrence frank dead in freak jet ski accident

man this is like that TV show the wire

aw, i'd be friends w/marc. i still haven't seen captain phillips!

my friend was in the VIP with a bunch of Twolves last week. Said Pek was the coolest. Love seemed really annoyed and pounded Grey Goose.

Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps 55m

Kidd initially declines to elaborate on the situation.

Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps 53m

Kidd says it was "different philosophies" that led to the change. Will not be adding anyone.

Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps 52m

Kidd says his staff will just "be coaches." No longer will have an offensive or defensive coordinator as he did before.

just everyone out there coaching around together

keystone coaches

god this does not sound good

OTOH, can it really get worse for the Nets?

if they lose tomorrow...

http://youtu.be/hwcE6DIfm2o

I'd embed that but I'm on my phone and YouTube app sucks. Anyways, for anyone who missed the Paul George stuff last night this is must-watch. fourth quarter blowup starts ~1 minute in.

there's no way he can keep shooting like this right?

why doesn't bkref have shooting splits this year, ugh

if he does keep shooting like that maybe he is an mvp candidate but it seems super unlikely especially since hes shooting like 15 points higher on 2pt jump shots than last year

Yeah was surprised how many of those points came from pull up long 2's

yeah he's been feasting on long 2s and is sure to regress some, otoh he's clearly made a huge leap in multiple parts of his game so maybe it'll be a gentle regression

yeah he is playing w a palpable amount of confidence the shots he taking look like good shots for the most part and he looks really balanced and smooth

ok if nba.com is to be trusted he's only shooting 32% on his 2-point jumpers, so maybe i'm overstating how lucky he's been

Sinatra in his prime had less confidence than Paul George has right now

ha

Would be cool if LeBron answered that performance tonight.

i just saw some thing that said he was shooting 50%+

it's really wild watching Afflalo this year. They build their whole offense around him and he posts up a lot.

yeah looks like hes shooting well better than 32% on 2s maybe u were looking at last year kev

http://i.imgur.com/rKkKcLK.png

last year

http://i.imgur.com/rVsEQf4.png

i hadn't paid attention to pg's jump shot form before but it's looking great atm--the high release, soft wrist flick, doing a good job repeating it every time.

he had two green spots last year he has eight now!

yeah looks like hes shooting well better than 32% on 2s maybe u were looking at last year kev

http://i.imgur.com/rKkKcLK.png

― lag∞n, Tuesday, December 3, 2013 7:47 PM (18 minutes ago)

2 pt jump shots tho

http://stats.nba.com/playerStats.html?PlayerID=202331&groupFeedtype=splitsShooting&MeasureType=Base&PerMode=Totals

if you scroll down to "jump shot" and take out 3s you get 32/101

altho yes given that shot chart it doesn't seem like it could be 32%, unless a lot of his "jumpers" are like 5 footers in the paint

even then!

not to overstate like three games or whatever but brook lopez might be one of the most important players in the nba this season

yeah hes their best guy for sure

it's funny last year he was like 5th in the league in PER or something but everyone pretends not to notice

the nets are *competitive* when brook plays. when he sits they literally are down by 20 at the half in ever game.

deron had a ridiculous 2nd half last year and now hes injured and terrible again too

10 rebounds in 7 minutes for Drummond

11

nate has been extra fun this year. it's too bad karl's not around still.

MCW's got 11-4-3-3 at the half, this kid

Drummond is a weird character

drummond misses 4 free throws in a row, gets back to back steals on the next two heat possessions

it's profoundly stupid that i can't watch the heat/pistons on league pass, like hello yes i have NBAtv obviously since i spent 200 dollars on this service, sorry i'm not at my house every waking moment but i'd like to watch the game

I feel you, I've boycotted that shit since signing up for it 1 yr and demanding my $$ back

yeah u shd just get all the games what a sick joke

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/jason-kidd-s-relationship-with-top-assistant-deterioriated-after-heated-staff-meeting-013231698.html

guys this really could be an amazing unraveling

wow kidd just seems like not that cool of a guy, always my impression fwiw

yeah he seemed tough to like as a player

unchill vibes always