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

Found that on a kinda cool blog dedicated to Russians in the NBA (looks like a very big Timofey fan!), Rush'n Hoops.

Shved should really try to rock this look outside of FIBA

http://chernykh.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/shved-fiba.jpg

this column is kind of a powerhouse http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/10089272/the-nba-e-league

yeah meant to post that, A+

yes! really good stuff.

Stefan Bondy ‏@NYDNInterNets 4m
Garnett points out flaw w/ plan: "Losing Lawrence and his philosophies, putting in new philosophies, it’s very difficult during the season."

the mutiny begins

He's not wrong

Also I assume frank is covered under the kg fierce loyalty umbrella from the year he was an asst with the celtics

Kidd just seems so far in over his head that it's impossible to tell if here ever could be a good coach, but he's definitely flailing at a historical level- I've never heard of anything like demoting an assistant as a way to gain control if a team. Maybe it's happened but it was probably way more quiet than this

seems like itd be a good idea to get a couple seasons as an assistant under yr belt first tho i guess there have been successes doc rivers not sure who else

also it's kinda weird bc kg and pierce are m/l Kidd's peers, like who wants the dude from a couple doors down bossing them around all of a sudden

pierce and kidd were pretty intense rivals for a while too

Kidd probably is in way over his head, but there are so many awful angles to this Nets team. If they had any sustained health, I think they'd be doing just fine-- Pierce and Garnett usage% would be down where they'd assumed it'd be, 2nd team would be one of the best in the league, and Williams would help Pierce/Johnson/Garnett/Lopez find much easier shots. They've already started 10 different players multiple games; w/o checking, I'd guess that's tops in the league. Considering that one of their strengths going into the season was their depth from 1-9, it would've been tough to find a scenario where, 20 games in, Tyshawn Taylor and Alan Anderson had both started multiple games. Zero continuity for a team w/ a ton of new faces, of course it's a total shitshow. Not to mention that, w/ all the injuries, you're now overexerting your Olds, which now burns them out faster and makes it less likely that they'll be ready for playoff bball.

But if you build such a creaky ass team and just kinda xfingers that no one gets injured or misses a ton of games, here we are. If they can find some way to prioritize player health over everything else, they can totally finish this season strongly -> have a decent shot in the playoffs.

seems like itd be a good idea to get a couple seasons as an assistant under yr belt first tho i guess there have been successes doc rivers not sure who else

― lag∞n, Saturday, December 7, 2013 2:22 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Bird, too. Mark Jackson, McHale, Isiah, and VDN too, I think? The severe lack in continuity is probably exacerbating Kidd's meltdown more than anything-- think you need a few years on a bench learning how to deal w/ shitty variables like injuries / juggling player egos / etc.

This is kinda like Mark Jackson's first year, too. High hopes entering the season -> bad injuries to key players -> POLL: JAX FIRED B4 XMAS?

Jackson didn't - look - lost tho. And expectations we're make the playoffs not contend for it all.

wait jackson is not getting fired

too late i fired jackson

mama there goes that man

Jackson has that Christian connection w his players. I think the whole team are believers. It works for now.

surely bogut is an atheist, that neckbeard is a dead giveaway, he probably has a FreeTheSheeple screen name someplace

Bogut def the outlier there hah.

really am glad we cleared up that melo sucks, i am shit, and new york is garbage.

two truths and a lie

also lmao at buzza for the first time ever, no one gives a hot fuck about NY

http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

Jackson didn't - look - lost tho. And expectations we're make the playoffs not contend for it all.

― Al He Miola (Spottie), Saturday, December 7, 2013 4:10 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's true that their expectations weren't as high as the Nets' expectations this year.

But w/r/t parallels, that Warriors team was supposed to feature Ellis/Lee/Curry/Thompson/Nate Robinson/Rush, so it's not like they expected a flounderfest. Instead, Dorell Wright and David Lee were basically the only players to start a majority of their games; and, that's kinda where the Nets are headed right now. And now that things are running smoothly for GSW, I think it's easy to forget that everyone was piling on Jax those first few months for being a hilariously overmatched coach.

I think the big diff is that it was a predominantly young team, so it was kinda As Jax Learns, So Do the Youngs. Since the Nets wanted to contend for a title AND have a vanilla coach, they went the opposite route: surround him with vets so Kidd/staff had more latitude for error / wouldn't have to spend practice/gametime on rudimentary stuff.

But like, all of this said, Kidd does look totally overmatched right now, visibly; I just think it's not out of the question for him to turn it around, provided he has a half-decent team to coach. The cup spill + Frank stuff + awful record is tough to ignore, though.

Hahaha xps, fwiw a quick internet search on current NBA atheists brought up:

- Rondo
- Manu
- Bosh

:0

Bosh is a secret Redditor

Rondo, huh.

http://i.imgur.com/ui4NoiP.png

Hibbert has a portrait of himself above his fireplace

lol "hand painted."

wade has some really spectacular portraits of himself at his house iirc from cribs

if i were hella rich i'd prob have some sick portraits everywhere

check me out i'm rich this is my mansion there's a sweet portrait of my face i fuckin own u

yeah same why not

I'm not sure getting a portrait of myself would ever even occur to me

Unless it was me as a centaur

Like, that's what mirrors are for, then the rest of yr walls are freed up for like arts and stuff

If I were rich first portrait I would get would be agent hibachi as a centaur for shre

when i make my fortune first thing im doing is commissioning a copy of this masterpiece from tyrese cribs

http://images.tbd.com/entertainment/xandpac_crop_606.jpg

really am glad we cleared up that melo sucks, i am shit, and new york is garbage.

― Clay, Saturday, December 7, 2013 5:07 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol pls stay buzza seriously I don't think we have a single Knicks fan here

The Knicks have been so amazingly ridiculous for over a decade, I almost feel bad for them, last years barely cracked window of opportunity almost makes it worse since it was so obvious they would be bad

I think melo actually does suck because he only plays 50% of the game which would be a failing grade. I still love him as team usa's small ball 4 since no one plays defense in the Olympics etc anyway

Holy fucking shit is that PAC getting christened or resurrected my Malcolm X because I need that now

christened, the title is 'what if'

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2637/3843613352_d9edbd0b78.jpg

its a mural

WHAT IF INDEED

did tyrese oaint it because it's pretty good the landscape and the ladies in the back have a lil Van Gogh quality to them

he also has this last supper themed one, as you can see marvin, pac again (2 pacs), aaliyah

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/V1pPiPqBwac/maxresdefault.jpg?feature=og

tyrese def did not paint them

haha ok here we go hold on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1pPiPqBwac

Wow

Huh

Hold up I have been googling this and I see no evidence that Tyrese did not paint these himself

Also the last supper is p great actually

I clearly was not on black twitter in 2011 when this first broke

cool that biggie and pac are down to break some heavenly bread