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

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

Indiana Pacers Forward Danny Granger Says “Good Chance” He Returns Friday http://bit.ly/1fh4OIh by @andrewlynch

kind of weird how they haven't traded him yet

not any value until he can stay healthy prob

maybe the Kings would be interested.

if he can play seems like indy prob wants to keep him

unless they could get players back that could help them more now i guess seem p unlikely tho

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/10112168/jason-kidd-brooklyn-nets-ranted-assistant-lawrence-frank-loss

Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd reportedly used a 13-letter word in an expletive-filled rant against assistant Lawrence Frank following the team's loss in Orlando on Nov. 3, NBA.com reported Monday.

"Sit the (expletive) down! I'm the coach of this (13-letter word) team! When you're on the bench, don't (expletive) move," Kidd said, according to NBA.com reporter David Aldridge. The report did not offer further details of what the 13-letter word was.

The argument ultimately led to Frank being reassigned to a reduced role which Kidd described as "doing daily reports."

Frank was told at one point by somebody in the organization to curb his behavior on the bench during games and not be as active and demonstrative as he was earlier in the season, sources told ESPNNewYork.com. The week before he learned he would not be helping run practices or sit on the bench during games, it was definitely noticeable that Frank wasn't doing as much.

"Sit the (expletive) down! I'm the coach of this (13-letter word) team! When you're on the bench, don't (expletive) move," Kidd said.

Kidd then threw a french fry at Frank, before motioning to a ballboy to bring him a cup of soda.

circumflexing? accommodative?

http://www.becomeawordgameexpert.com/wordlists13.htm
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http://www.jasonkiddmadlibs.com

"Sit the (dingdong) down! I'm the coach of this (nightclubbing) team! When you're on the bench, don't (fecal matter) move"

MOTORBOATINGS

this is my motorboatings team!!

kind of weird how they haven't traded him yet

― k3vin k., Tuesday, December 10, 2013 1:35 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Eh, he has an expiring deal, so his contract will finally be off the books. Since they assumed he'd be healthy and ready to play a full season -- and they're gunning for the Finals this year -- they assumed they wouldn't similar same-season value in return for a former All-Star / 20+ppg scorer. Normally (and this was the case in probably the previous three seasons) they would've tried to ship him off, but the return value would've been so much better.

Plus I don't think that there many teams right now willing to part with commodities in return for a hobbled volume scorer.

Like, atm I read Granger Back This Friday and think, eh, he'll probably be back some Friday in January, who cares, ship is sailing pretty smoothly w/o him.

Bosh on tonight's game: "No, it's not a championship game. It's like the 20th game of the season. It's tough to play like there's no tomorrow when there is."

yeah he could conceivably be very helpful to them in the playoffs

He was probably going to start coming into the season, but at this point there's absolutely no way they could take Lance out of that starting line-up. I guess it won't hurt to have him coming off the bench and taking some shots, but honestly I'd rather have Scola shooting spot-up 17ft shots than Granger willing his way to 40% shooting.

how long has it been since granger was playing totally healthy, like two and a half years?

The beginning of last season-- the Pacers set everything up with Granger as the only #1 option, he gets injured, and for the first half of the season the Pacers had an almost historically bad offense.

theyre still only middling even tho everything seems to be clicking beyond anyones wildest dreams, if grainger could come back and score decently off the bench that could help to stabilize things for sure

he could be a great scorer off the bench if he embraces the role

i forgot where i even heard this -- it must have been some podcast -- but bill simmons said that jalen was down with the pacers in the phillipines and he came away thinking tha granger was totally finished

Based on what? Seeing him at a charity event?

“I put a high premium on talent and character, and Rudy Gay has an abundance of both,” said Bryan Colangelo, the former Raptors general manager who acquired Gay from Memphis last January in a deal that was widely regarded as a salary dump by the Grizzlies. “Obviously, Pete (D’Alessandro) has a mandate to increase the talent level of his team as opposed to depleting it. This move is a pretty good indication of that.”

Based on what? Seeing him at a charity event?

― polyphonic, Tuesday, December 10, 2013 6:17 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

watching him play pick up games? i'm not saying its gospel or something, just an interesting note from someone who saw a guy up close that no one in the public has seen play for like an entire year

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BbKUaZvCYAAHkjB.png

lolz wow

would love to see bron take it personal tonight

like the pacers play such good D maybe just trying to dunk on the everytime rather than being tricky will work out better

watching him play pick up games? i'm not saying its gospel or something, just an interesting note from someone who saw a guy up close that no one in the public has seen play for like an entire year

Didn't mean that sarcastically btw

yeah i mean, that was however many months ago, and granger still hasn't even played yet. safe to say jalen didn't catch him at 100%

nobody's interested in colangelo defending Rudy Gay and backhanded sniping at Ujiri?

I thought it was funny but also I secretly want Rudy Gay to do well for some reason.

Colangelo still feeling salty

wow the knicks might get blown out again here

25-9

birdman would go 0-100 on post ups vs Hibbert

bron taking it personal

lebron is destroying the pacers

Pacers should be down 10.

so bummed i'm missing this

the heat are going for broke for steals on every possession

K Love with 19-11-5 at the half

Seriously West's passing this quarter has been almost hilariously bad.

it took vogel three quarters to just stick a shooter on the weak side cuz the heat are just flooding the ball but better late than never

lmfoa ray allen defending george

cavs 88 knicks 69