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

so a 4-paragraph aside abt asik being a "bitch ass" in an international game three years ago is good journalism, ok, got it.

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"Analytics is really popular, so you have to worry about all that smart stuff now."

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/10148890/the-reliance-3-pointer-whether-not-hurting-nba

support widening the court to make the 3pt line uniform

Had a dream last night where the Trail Blazers ended up 9th in the West and missed the playoffs

But very specifically it was mentioned in my dream that they had a better record than the East 3rd seed ( don't recall which team it was in my dream)

hahaha

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― lag∞n, Tuesday, December 17, 2013

chris sheridan of sheridanhoops.com said the indiana pacers would win the nba championship even before the season started so he knows what he is talking about.

hey dayo stop havin such dumb dreams jeez

http://i.imgur.com/TMf69Wc.jpg

me irl

support widening the court to make the 3pt line uniform

― lag∞n, Tuesday, December 17, 2013 9:45 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

they really should bump the width up by a foot or so- some guys (lebron) can barely fit their feet between the three line and the out of bounds line in the corners! dudes are just bigger all around for the most part than the days when tommy heinsohn was a burly ass power forward at barely 6'6

also, why not, it's not like forcing someone out of bounds gets you points, it would just free up more movement for both sides

btw hall of fame lols by the knicks last night, every gm should just show melo the tape of that possession when presenting him with a lowball contract offer this summer

Make the court into a square and increase the number of baskets to four #hoopideas

everyone rides a bike on the court #hoopideas

mascots can be subbed in under two minutes to play #hoopideas

lebron is full time quarterback #hoopideas

League officials are less concerned with uniformity and the triumph of math than they are with stylistic appeal, per several team sources who have discussed the issue with the league or attended meetings in which officials brought up the topic.

Man I had always suspected this was the case but sort of weird to see it openly admitted to

This Ben McLemore season is pretty rough

i'm watching portland vs cleveland on a huge time shift but oh god i finally get to see bennett, looking forward to this

feel like waiters could eventually be really damn good when he learns the difference between good and bad shots and how to pick his drives

if andrew bynum could play like this regularly rather than once every couple weeks the cavs would be, well, around .500 probably but vastly improved for sure

bynum seems to be moving in the right direction and playing alright recently, some games hes not getting too many minutes not sure why

sex vs pizza vs watching kyrie dribble

matt dellavedova, who i'd never heard of before tonight, kinda rules, lovin' this kid

bynum seems to be moving in the right direction and playing alright recently, some games hes not getting too many minutes not sure why

― lag∞n, Wednesday, December 18, 2013 2:17 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

seems like he gets frozen out of the offense. They're a weird team.

well ...
http://www.singleblackmale.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Mike-Brown-iono.jpg

haha

Had a dream last night where the Trail Blazers ended up 9th in the West and missed the playoffs

But very specifically it was mentioned in my dream that they had a better record than the East 3rd seed ( don't recall which team it was in my dream)

― 乒乓, Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11:00 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

So you feel as though you're often unfairly passed over in favor of someone less deserving, in spite of your merit. Tell me more.

damian was seriously unreal tonight. back-to-back game winners! how often does that happen i mean ffs

All i remember about a crazy streak of game winners was like Linsanity and that one random month that Arenas had before his big contract where he hit what seemed like 8 game winners.

League officials are less concerned with uniformity and the triumph of math than they are with stylistic appeal, per several team sources who have discussed the issue with the league or attended meetings in which officials brought up the topic.
Man I had always suspected this was the case but sort of weird to see it openly admitted to

― 乒乓, Tuesday, December 17, 2013 7:01 PM (3 hours ago)

well obv the league is a product to be marketed. i think the concerns are weird though, 3 pointers are fun

"I really like the direction the game is going," says Terry Stotts, the Blazers' head coach. "It's exciting. When a guy takes a 3, the home crowd is on its feet, and the opponents are like, 'Oh no!'"

lol

"at least thats what its like here, what do u think, dolan?"

*dolan sobs fitfully into conference table*

Everyone plays on the same court and everyone can take shots wherever they can find them, so what's the concern concerned about?

NATE

wait i asked this in the wrong thread:

is dame better than kyrie now

i mean if you had to have one of the two of them for this season only you'd definitely take dame right?

oh for sure

dame, hes a WINNER

but for the next three seasons it would be tough to pass up kyrie

oh i put this on the stats thread, but dame might seem on kyrie's level b/c he's a number two guy whereas kyrie is carrying his team.

Damian seems to have some strong intangibles that have catalyzed the chemistry of the blazers as a team this year. He was pretty amazing last year as a rookie, too. I love kyrie's game, but as a blazer fan I would not mess with this team no matter what was dangled in front of me (or almost no matter what). If I were the blazer GM, no way I'd take a straight up trade of kyrie for dame right now. How can you argue with 22-4?

kyrie in a perfect situation would be a better player but it's hard not to feel like (dumb intangible alert) you could always go to war with dame

I do think Damian has been climbing up the pgs under 25 opo ladder for sure

like a few weeks ago I was the only one saying dame > wall but I have a bias obv

we're all lucky to be alive

lillard's game winner against detroit was unbelievable

lillard is two years older than irving, never forget

he is v good tho

One of the best things about lillard is that stats and touches mean absolutely nothing to him. His coach might have strong opinions about how he needs to be involved in the offense, but lillard invests zero importance in his personal numbers once a game is over. His whole demeanor shouts the truth of that.