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

they're saving themselves for the epic first-round series v. the heat.

(epic as in bulls in 5)

lillard is shooting 40% from the field and 42% from 3

― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, December 15, 2013 7:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Rubio is 37% and 38%, respectively.

rubio missed a number of wide open layups this evening

JJ hit 10 3's tonight, Nets hit 21

ok, the game's archived on league pass now so i just watched the last 2 possessions. bradley beal blows by udrih for a layup with like 9 seconds left to put the wizards up 1. udrih then screams at barnita for not helping (barnita shrugs) while at the same time inbounding it to melo. the knicks have a timeout left, which i'm not sure they were aware of. melo slooooowly dribbles the ball up the court, maybe not realizing the game situation, then sees there's like 2 left on the clock and heaves a contested 3 that catches all glass, game over

then there's this:

@HerringWSJ: Shumpert said team didn't discuss calling a TO if they allowed a basket. Said they largely assumed they'd get a stop

assume: stop

omg

knicks loss was goddamn ridiculous. it's like why even come back to tie the game if you're gonna do that.

lolknicks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTBbj-0y5e4

LOL

omg that knicks possession is too much

pacers lost, making the blazers the #1 team in the nba ;)

wow WHODATHUNK!

ya crazy

The #1 record in the nba, for sure, and with the pacers in the east and the blazers in the west, there's a darn good case for #1 in the nba, too. The heat seem a bit sluggish so far, but it is always hard to count out the current champs.

heat r on cruise control they prob go straight from the beach to the game

it's like, you guys climbed back up from 15 down in the third quarter. MELOOOO WHYYY

Melo is the worst, such a waste. Just not a very heady player.

just all the more reason to pull the trigger on that blake griffin deal that makes all the sense in the world

shd make them throw in chris paul tho only fair

maybe doc too

that last play is the '13 knicks in a nutshell, just wow.

Lowe I think made the point how it sucks that schumpert's skill set is just not developing like one would hope.. because he's always standing around (because of constant melo isos).

wait i thought the trade was griffin for love, though griffin for melo also intrigues

lol that manu play, it was a travel first of all, and if it's a foul it was obv a continuation, 2 bad calls refs cmon

duncan has looked great the past couple weeks or so

I would never trade Griffin if I were the Clips. Even if his production has been slightly below expectations, he basically reignited that half-dead franchise.

As for the Knicks, I'm not sure. I never liked the melo trade and I never liked melo, but I still feel like they should be able to get more than Griffin and a couple of randos for him.

i wld trade him for love in one second xp

lol r u srs, melo is bolting after the season and griffin is like 24 and locked into his contract for i think 4 years, they do melo for griffin straight up in a heartbeat

ha tell me ur being sarcastic

xp

i wld trade him for love in one second xp

― lag∞n, Monday, December 16, 2013 11:39 PM (12 seconds ago)

oh no doubt, love would make that team basically unbeatable

i would trade griffin for lots of ppl if i were the clips, he's a good but limited player

he's very very good but ideally they'd like a guy who could shoot the ball in that spot

wait i thought the trade was griffin for love, though griffin for melo also intrigues

― k3vin k., Monday, December 16, 2013 8:33 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/12/14/5209814/blake-griffin-knicks-clippers-trade-rumors-insane

oh i was going by the simmons video lol

oh yeah that article lol knicks fans

comments on that sbnation article are absurd

Would I trade Griffin for Anthony? I think I would because Carmelo could slot right in at the PF with Jordan backing him defensively and CP3 consistently getting him easy shots.

yeah man just slot melo right in at pf shouldn't be a problem

he played great there last year!

tho obvs defensively there could be some issues, jordan isnt exactly tyson chandler

i'd sort of love melo as a smallball 4 for the clips, the problem is their weaknesses generally would be the same and they'd struggle against the spurs and grizzlies bigs

kinda think melo is broken too idk if anyone could fully make him behave

like hed play unselfish swing the ball take good shots then youre in a close playoff game and he just starts... dribbling

melo having to guard an elite power forward pretty much every night in the west would be pretty great stuff

yeah it would be... problematic

lol ryan hollins just chill man lol

wow kobe's averaging 6.3 turnovers since he came back

but they would also have to guard melo so, anyway i would not do that trade

....tony parker just airballed a FT