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

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

how soon we forget kobe, point-god

all-star returns have Kobe dominating in voting for guards of course, death to nba fans

it's ok it's just the western conference, it's not like there are other deserving guys who are gonna get shut out

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

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, December 12, 2013 9:11 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

eh it's not like his owner is Paul Allen.

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

― k3vin k., Thursday, December 12, 2013 6:56 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

could always do pick swaps

the stuff about the Knicks deft pcks completely boggles my mind anew every single time but I mean you could probably tell me they didn't own a pick until 2034 and I'd be skeptical but I wouldn't outright say it's totally unbelievable

* draft picks

blake injury makes me pretty sure this means derek fisher is going back to the lakers

Am I the only one who read the story about Kim Jong Un killing his uncle and thought about Jason Kidd and Larry Frank.

Chris Paul just crossed up d will and he came up hobbling haha

I've watched a lot of Paul Pierce over the years and while I don't know that he's cooked...he's definitely starting to look a little parbaked

Which is especially weird because he was so good dragging that rondo-less celtics team around last year

polyphonic
Posted: December 12, 2013 at 11:40:04 PM
Am I the only one who read the story about Kim Jong Un killing his uncle and thought about Jason Kidd and Larry Frank.

ha yes but i like it

lol bk is dece w willliams y lopez

Yah and when ak47 and jet come back will help too.

lopez is apparently an amazing defender too the nba drone cameras are saying

Aw man his ankles rip

oh no jinx

Still don't understand how he rebounds so poorly tho

rebounding the key is to get to balls out if ur zone and he's just too slow

How do we explain zbo then? Seems like hustle is one way to go about boarding but just good old fashioned throwing your weight around is just as effective?

this is speculation but my guess is he just doesn't have a natural feel for rebounding to go along with his unathleticism. like some slow dudes can get into good positions but he is not one of those dudes.

AHAHA stern choking on his water better be made into a gif tonight

Sounds about right xp

xp yeah zbo is somewhere where i think he just knows where the ball is gonna be

zbo is more mobile than Lopez ime

if zach had Lopez height he'd be the best player in the world

i think there are potted plants that are more mobile than lopez, his set shot is outrageous

Set bank shot is wonderful

hibbert and Lopez both protect the rim real good and rebound poorly and are slow as hell

This is a big game for the nets psyche imo