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

yes

it looks like he could be a pretty good three point shooter

!!!!

it's really feast or famine with klay huh

yeah

mmmm!!!

wotta game

rough loss for the mavs

rockets have portland tomorrow, gsw on friday, rough couple of days

Dalembert is really the weak link for the Mavs it seems

http://24.media.tumblr.com/4b553c214b47644dc9362ccb4fa7e438/tumblr_mx92u2pgcs1rdqggno1_400.gif

Michael Carter-Williams, PG DNP SKIN INFLAMMATION

hmmmm

god, please lose this game

― k3vin k., Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha my thoughts exactly

ha he was hospitalized, looks legit xp

dalembert is like 45 isn't he?

― Al He Miola (Spottie), Wednesday, December 11, 2013 11:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol i turned the game on and first thing i saw he was goaltending, still out there doing his thing man

playing right into their hands xp

its crazy how they just lose every time he doesnt play and win when he does hes pretty good hope that zit clears up

Maybe he has the chicken pox

Just got around to watching the knicks fan video

Need to point out the sticker was still on his hat

SKIN INFLAMMATION sounds very onerous

Like what if it's that flesh eating bacteria that's just the normal bacteria on your skin that's morphed into the flesh eating kind

Remember some story about a woman whose body started attacking all her skin and her skin sloughed off and then her body made brand new skin but it was weird cause she was like 45 years old and had the skin of a newborn baby cause it was all new

livin the dream

Oh shit you know what it probably is

MRSA

The initial presentation of MRSA is small red bumps that resemble pimples, spider bites, or boils; they may be accompanied by fever and, occasionally, rashes. Within a few days, the bumps become larger and more painful; they eventually open into deep, pus-filled boils.[3] About 75 percent of community-associated (CA-) MRSA infections are localized to skin and soft tissue and usually can be treated effectively.[4]

Damn MCW

Pullin for you

its prob smallpox

Athletes[edit]
In the United States, there have been increasing numbers of reports of outbreaks of MRSA colonization and infection through skin contact in locker rooms and gyms, even among healthy populations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u5m1EYRkmY

i've been looking for more info on what exactly MCW has, just in a medically-interested way, but i can't find anything. it actually probably is MRSA, but that wouldn't be all that surprising -- we all have MRSA living on our skin and it's a pretty common cause of cellulitis, which is what it sounds like MCW has

doesnt it usually affect people whos immune systems are already compromised tho

cellulitis or MRSA? MRSA is just the bug that causes a variety of infections, MRSA being the one it sounds like MCW has

a poor immune system is generally a predisposing factor for any infection, but the first line of defense when we're talking about cellulitis (an infection of the skin) is the skin. athletes are known to be at somewhat higher risk because of all the trauma/cuts/etc their skin has to take. like i said, we all have staph aureus on our skin, some of which is MRSA, but the chances the infection is due ot MRSA are generally higher if you're in and out of the doctors office/hospital a lot, or if you have a lot of close contacts -- living in a dorm, sharing showers -- again athletes falling under this risk category

MRSA*cellulitis* being the one it sounds like MCW has

interesting anyway im sticking with my initial diagnosis of acne

knicks looking to trade for kyle lowry, good idea, cool guy coming into great situation.

knicks reportedly looking to trade felton to the raptors for lowry. lets see what kind of magic masai can work

sorry on phone and it doesn't tell me about xposts

the earliest 1st rounder the knicks can even offer is 2018, and they don't even OWN a 2nd rounder till 2017, so this will be interesting

some tweet was saying they might have to include tim hardaway jr

chris smith, 2017 second rounder, 2018 first rounder

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/12/12/5199192/matt-bonner-spurs-feature-2013

awesome

Right now I'm reading The Grapes of Wrath. I never realized "Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen was based on the main character, so I was pretty excited when I got to Chapter 2 and discovered that.

we all have MRSA living on our skin

I might miss the rest of the season because I have to burn all my skin off, lemme know how it turns out

MRSA can be some serious shit. A friend of mine who wrestled in high school got an infection from a wrestling mat that spread to his lungs and ultimately killed him.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/knicks-pursuing-trade-for-kyle-lowry-204933654.html

masai is probably stonewalling and the knicks are gonna end up throwing in a 2018 first rounder, what a world

the knicks are not really gonna trade their 2018 first round pick are they

are they

they're not going to, right?

alternate: how attractive is a 2018 pick to masai? masai is good obviously but how many GMs stay somewhere for five years?

yeah but he might be thinking about having that pick as an asset for a trade in 2 years or something. still if a team could provide a more immediate return i'd have to think that would be preferable to him.

yeah that's the thing, he's probably working on the morey model

MRSA can be some serious shit. A friend of mine who wrestled in high school got an infection from a wrestling mat that spread to his lungs and ultimately killed him.

― Heez, Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:47 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark

You would think Brett Brown and Sam Hinkie could find a better way to tank than purposely exposing their breakout rookie star to a potentially deadly disease

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2013/12/09/david-stern-adam-silver-interview-sirius-xm-radio-conferences-divisions/3926529/

Silver gonna consider dumping divisions :)

we all have MRSA living on our skin
I might miss the rest of the season because I have to burn all my skin off, lemme know how it turns out

― Clay, Thursday, December 12, 2013 2:38 PM (1 hour ago)

ftr i oversimplfied this a little, probably not EVERYONE has the resistant strains living on them (though i don't think we can say this for sure) but we do all have staph aureus on us and the percentage of people without regular healthcare contact (ie without risk factors) that are found to be colonized with MRSA is growing rapidly. but obv just having bacteria on your skin is no biggie usually, the body has 10x as many bacterial cells as human cells, it's game over already we lost, i for one welcome etc

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Injury Update. Steve Blake has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. He is expected to be out a minimum of 6 weeks.

lakers have no available point guards on the roster atm