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

ha that wasn't even a foul

Bennett played 7 minutes and didn't take a shot! That's a good step for him.

If the draft was held again where would Giannis go? 4th?

idk but bennett might not even be drafted at all

waiters is very obviously the next jamal crawford

bennett tried to take a shot off the dribble but he traveled

fucking hate when lebron does this

portland 111, philadelphia 79 -- end of third quarter

WOW man

i saw they had 71 at half

whoa

Philly is a good fit for Wiggins imo

it took portland three quarters tonight to break the franchise record for team threes made in a game.

lebron just had one of the craziest behind the back passes i've ever seen unfortunately bosh didn't shoot the ball

sad i was deprived of getting to check out mcw tonight. philly w/o him is obv unwatchably bad, though i think wroten might have a solid future, he was fun before they cleared the bench.

damn well orton just clocked meyers leonard in the jaw, we may have a rare double flagrant call here!

sad i was deprived of getting to check out mcw tonight. philly w/o him is obv unwatchably bad, though i think wroten might have a solid future, he was fun before they cleared the bench.

― Clay, Sunday, December 15, 2013 2:56 AM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nah they're still fun to watch, they're just bad

Bulls have been under 80 pts in 4 of the last 5

wow JR pulled a kobe tonight http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/knicks-coach-woodson-chided-day-one-shot-night-article-1.1548120

er, last night

“Mike said that after all I’ve done for you I can’t have you talking back to me like that,” the source claimed. The same source added that Smith made a lewd comment that angered Woodson.

:-(

he's been a trainwreck this season

Anthony Bennett says he has lost between 12 and 15 pounds since training camp. He has changed his diet and has watched hours of film from his college days trying to get back to the player that made him the No. 1 pick in the draft.

“I just have to get back to the player I was in college,” Bennett said. “I was playing with a smile on my face. It was fun, carefree, running up and down a lot. There’s a whole bunch of stuff I can try to get back to.”

smile and run, play against inferior competition

Eric Bledsoe: 19.2ppg, 6.3apg 49.3FG%
Goran Dragic: 19.0ppg, 6.2apg, 49.4FG%

http://i.minus.com/iOQAcYqwTcvgW.gif

damn hornacek must be wiping some magic dust off his face cos the suns are decent

They're getting more than expected from everyone on that roster.

i forget if it was linked itt but there was a report out there this week that the suns were open to trading a first round pick in 2014 draft if they could get a presently good player

which I think they're lined up to have like 4 first rounders next year or something

2013 first rounders with minimum of 100 minutes played and shooting over 42% from the field: Steven Adams, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Tim Hardaway Jr.

grisly

#2011draft

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=2014&year_max=2014&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&qual=&c1stat=pts_per_g&c1comp=gt&c1val=16.5&c2stat=trb_per_g&c2comp=gt&c2val=4.5&c3stat=ast_per_g&c3comp=gt&c3val=3.5&c4stat=ts_pct&c4comp=gt&c4val=.60&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws

lol yeah that's gonna save it

uh

it's not like that draft is hanging by a thread, you're like the only guy who is still hooked on the lame 2011 draft thing

lol you and kevin are the only ones that ever bring it up

my first instinct on seeing that list was "i bet if you lowered the ppg to about 13.5 batum would be on this list" and lo and behold.

which reminds me that i brought up parsons and batum as pretty comparable players the other day

i mean that draft is very weak, it's not a controversial opinion

it's the two of you who seem to be consumed by it

here is only one of the most prominent nba writers with a column that talks at length about the stagnating progress of 2011 draft class players

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/10070788/the-young-nba-players-looking-make-leap-greatness

i think the thing is the top 15 of that draft just outright sucks outside of kyrie, klay, kemba, and kawhi (weird!). there's some interesting role-players after that.

Eric Bledsoe: 19.2ppg, 6.3apg 49.3FG%
Goran Dragic: 19.0ppg, 6.2apg, 49.4FG%

― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, December 15, 2013 3:52 PM (3 hours ago)

yeah those two are one of the best parts of this season

i'm not as high on that class as matt, it's clearly a weak draft

maybe not as historically bad as jordan says it is, the 2013 one looks like it'll probably be worse, but it'll probably produce a below-average number of good players

here is only one of the most prominent nba writers with a column that talks at length about the stagnating progress of 2011 draft class players

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/10070788/the-young-nba-players-looking-make-leap-greatness

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Sunday, December 15, 2013 11:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you know this is an article about players from multiple drafts that are struggling right

nice factual error in the intro when he writes that they're all from the 2010 and 2011 drafts, great job Grantland

the morris twins have exactly the same tattoos on the same parts of their body

I kind of love those two.

curry just had a hilariously bad missed layup. got away from the defender at the top of the key, gets into the lane for an easy lefty layup, decides to try to bank it all the way off the top of the glass, way too strong

Lillard!