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

groan's always been great

ya were all very excited about that tbh

a lot of his numbers are down

― k3vin k., Saturday, December 21, 2013 3:35 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not really

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, December 20, 2013 10:46 PM (20 seconds ago)

his rate stats are down a little across the board, which taken together signal a slight regression. otoh subjectively his defense is still amazing, as reflected too by his win shares, your favorite stat

his layup shooting is very good NOT

burn

I've had a soft spot for dragon for a while too, but he has exceeded my expectations

his rate stats are down a little across the board, which taken together signal a slight regression. otoh subjectively his defense is still amazing, as reflected too by his win shares, your favorite stat

― k3vin k., Saturday, December 21, 2013 3:50 AM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no, some stuff is worse, some stuff is better. Because he's basically having the same season.

his box score numbers are very similar but down ever so slightly. i didn't see what simmons said exactly but to say that he's regressed a bit (offensively) isn't the dumbest thing to say

dragic has been awes for years, glad the nba public is finally noticing

This is what I meant when I said it seemed like bass is just logging time waiting for a trade- no real reason for him to be on that team

― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Friday, December 20, 2013 8:42 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this may be true but the thing about bass is he's always done stupid shit like this. i feel like the more you watch him the more frustrating it is, like his game is limited in the dumbest ways.

this suns/nuggs game is good, suns came back from like 23 points

his box score numbers are very similar but down ever so slightly. i didn't see what simmons said exactly but to say that he's regressed a bit (offensively) isn't the dumbest thing to say

― k3vin k., Saturday, December 21, 2013 4:11 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what do you mean by "box score numbers"

i mean the box score stuff (true shooting, assist rate, rebound rate, usage (his steal and block rate are up but negligibly)) as opposed to the lineup stuff (win shares)

Crazy comeback by the suns! Awesome game

the TRB% decline is pretty negligible too. It's all pretty negligible, which is my point. Not an "across the board" decline.

these wolves unis are an unmitigated disaster

the TRB% decline is pretty negligible too. It's all pretty negligible, which is my point. Not an "across the board" decline.

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, December 20, 2013 11:33 PM (2 minutes ago)

yes it's more or less the same, which is bad

taking a step back by staying in the same place, I guess that's like giving a guy the MIP for getting more minutes

DRUMMOND (Slowly): All motion is relative. Perhaps it is you who have moved away -- by standing still.

i really, really dislike watching cory brewer play basketball

Lol rigt on queue

Something about his posture is super weird to me

PAU + NICK YOUG BUDDY COMEDY

http://cjzero.com/gifs/PauSwaggyGrinsWolves.gif

here is someone who is not mad about kobe bryant being out:

pau gasol

"the swag is rubbing off on everybody"

-- nick young postgame interview

L8R KOBE

And dantoni, and everyone but delusional Lakers fans xp

AMERICA'S TEAM

https://twitter.com/lakers/status/414283068510203904

Kinda beautiful watching the rest of ILH slowly turn on Harden.

But not as beautiful as seeing Pau smile in-game. Very happy to get behind a Pau/Xhenry/#RamboSwag to snag the last WC playoff spot.

this may be true but the thing about bass is he's always done stupid shit like this. i feel like the more you watch him the more frustrating it is, like his game is limited in the dumbest ways.

― call all destroyer, Friday, December 20, 2013 11:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh totally. I'm super tired of watching him. He has probably the least court/situational awareness of any starter in the league, but he's always made up for it with that automatic jump shot. On the plus side his lack of hoop IQ also seems to be accompanied by a total ability to be unmoved by what's going on around him which made him ideal to play next to KG...and probably would be good to put next to Dwight again

I still want to love James Harden but only playing 50% of the game means I can only enjoy watching him play 50% as much really

He's also picking up disturbingly Wade-ish tendencies hanging back to argue with officials rotating late etc and Wade is terrible so

No lakers in the playoffs pls thanks compu we had enough of that last year

nick is becoming too powerful. he must be stopped.

gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh brook lopez broke his foot + might be out for the year

time to revisit!

Who will win the Atlantic Division 2013-14

http://www.netsdaily.com/2013/12/21/5232786/brook-lopez-has-broken-foot

Christ, this season...

I'm starting to dislike Harden too -- something about him comes off smug and a little gross

bummer brook

harden's exactly the same player as he was last year he' just been really cold from 3 to start the year

also houston still has to figure out how to play offense w/ dwight on the team

they feel like a team that could go on a 13 game winning streak or something in the second half

hes getting to the line quite a bit less too

i dunno how to even use sportsVU but i'd bet harden's percentage of drives that end in fouls is about where it was last year but that he's just driving less

aka blame dwight

I'm starting to dislike Harden too -- something about him comes off smug and a little gross

the whole team comes off like this imo. they seem like self-satisfied punks.

itd be v easy to find out if hes driving less except theres only data for this year xp

his shot selection from what ive seen seems worse than last year too particularly threes

which i you could argue is all howard clogging things up but even so he needs to adjust and basically just stop taking contested pull up threes

also play defense

even just a lil bit

"James, we really need you to play some defense. No, no, not super hard or anything, we want to save your energy for acting like you've been fouled after not being touched on a drive, but maybe just a little bit? Like know which guy you're guarding and where he is? You okay, buddy?"

knicks getting trounced by the grizzlies rn