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

gotta get that j off against drummond's d somehow, dirkin prob a good choice

lmao

j off against drummond's d

O___O

it is i LOVE hoops after all

lol whoa boy

ha i didn't even pick up on the innuendo, nice

The defender was aggressive but k3v k beat him off handily

that was an accident of phrasing fwiw, I did not at all intend to suggest that kev is turned on by the defensive play of andre drummond. furthermore whomever any of us gets our js off against is no concern of this board unless it is rondo.

lol

stephen jackson huh

Sam Amick ‏@sam_amick 2h
True story: when Rudy Gay learned he'd been traded,he asked for refund on Lakers-Raps tix he'd paid for since his people no longer attended

i wouldve gone to the game

that's fair lol

why did he even pay for them

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bau9BlBCYAABhDT.jpg

lols in light of:

“Do I have a philosophy approaching the game?” Gortat said to a crowd at Hill Country Barbecue Market in the Penn Quarter the other night, responding to a fan’s question. “My name is Marcin Gortat (pronounced MAR-cheen GORE-that). I’m coming from Poland. I represent 40 million people and an additional 40 million in the United States. I represent my mom and dad.”

polish guys, they're just like other guys, they work hard, they love their families, they want blowjobs

as a polish guy i can confirm

Haralabos Voulgaris ‏@haralabob 2m
Doc invented this move back when Celts were tanking for Oden, underrated tank move, pressure D when your team is in penalty. #subtletank

kemba went off on the dubs tonight in a shock bobcats win

guys is polish
40 million peoples is polish
knobs is polish

Gortat otm

Hey every Rudy gay article mentions to at this is part of the raptors "rebuilding process" but I have a question, were the raptors ever "built"? Seriously are they still in the process of recovering from losing Chris bosh and the ability to get bounced in the first round? Or is it rebuilding out of the destruction of colangelo?

Like basically my mental history of the raps goes bad expansion team, bad Vince carter team, bad, bad Chris bosh team but maybe promising, bad again

At no point do I remember the raptors ever being decent oh and also the 81 point game in there somewhere

yeah they've been sucky. but this new gm at least gives them some kind of identity and focus.

kemba went off on the dubs tonight in a shock bobcats win

― Clay, Monday, December 9, 2013 7:23 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Curry did 43-6-9-0-2. Curry and Klay shot 28 threes between the two of them!

They are a weird team w out Iggy.

weird as in bad at defense

sometimes. one game they give up 120 the next 80. just all over the place. generally tho, yes, defense w out iggy is the issue.

At no point do I remember the raptors ever being decent oh and also the 81 point game in there somewhere

― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Tuesday, December 10, 2013 2:38 AM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no they had a couple playoff runs before Vince forced his way out

They were tantalizingly close to being legit a couple times:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/TOR/

I hope all of you saw that the Kings' new owner was the one who pushed for the Rudy trade

vince tmac raps had ~promise~

well there i was on a monday night, kinda bored watching the blazers play the jazz, when i decided for no particular reason to find out if there was nba slash fanfiction out there, and lo and behold

I guess the Bobcats really might make the playoffs?

Remember linsons

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Real barn burner in DC tonight eh.

Pacers/Heat on NBATV tomorrow night, must watch game.

cousins at 32-19 with 4 to go in a blowout.

The Kings are kinda interesting

They were tantalizingly close to being legit a couple times:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/TOR/

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, December 9, 2013 10:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ok I forgot they won one playoff round against the last iteration of the van gundy/Allan Houston/sprewell Knicks and beyond that I see a couple of "lost east first round" across a decade-plus where the east was generally considered somewhere between somewhat and majorly weaker than the west

Vince forcing his way out did really kill whatever promise that era had though. I think we all know now that bosh is really good but not going to carry you far if he is the #1 option, no shame in that I guess, kind of like when Pau was in Memphis. I guess the trick is to realized when you have a second banana who looks like a franchise guy and move on to the next phase as soon as possible

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never forget vince carter graduation scandal

In 2000–01, his third season, Carter averaged a career-high 27.6 ppg, made the Second Team All-NBA, and was voted in as a starter in the 2001 NBA All-Star Game, while the Raptors finished the regular season with a franchise-record 47 wins. In the playoffs, the Raptors beat the New York Knicks 3–2 in the first round, and advanced to the 2001 Eastern Conference Semifinals to face off against the Philadelphia 76ers. Carter and Allen Iverson played in a seven-game series that see-sawed back and forth. Carter scored 50 points on Philly in game three and set a NBA playoff record for most three-point field goals made in one game. On the morning of Game Seven, Carter attended his graduation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He had completed the requirements for his degree in African-American Studies the previous summer and said he felt receiving his diploma was personally significant.[15] Television ratings for game seven soared as one of the highest watched in NBC's history for a non-finals game. As the Sixers and Raptors increased their double team pressures on Carter and Iverson respectively,[16][17] the game winning shot came down to Carter who missed with 2.0 seconds remaining.[18] Afterwards, he was heavily criticized for his decision to attend his graduation by both media and fans. In July 2011, Iverson reflected back on the series. “It was incredible. (Carter) had great games at home and I had some great games at home, but both of us were just trying to put our teams on our back and win basketball games. It is great just having those memories and being a part of something like that.”[19]

imho bosh couldve been the best player on a very good team easy, hes not gonna carry a bunch of scrubs like bron can obvs but if you put a quality team around him in his prime and hes putting up 25pts a night you could do some damage for sure same w pau

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holy shit @ both of those

The timing on that CP pass is just perfection

also how its just in the spot where blake can follow its momentum into a spin

good lowe article on grantland today about brian shaw and figuring out how the nuggets should play offense