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

does anyone have any value not so sure

like no one u would give up a 1st rounder for

lol kobe mock choking wade, wade not sure if he shld be afraid

only thing the lakers can easily trade is Pau, imo

they don't have anyone that's first round pick level good but i think henry, swaggy p, farmar & even wes johnson (37% from three!) could be enticing to a contender

i would definitely be targeting underutilized young players on playoff teams... like i'd offer the bulls any of those four guys for marquis teague who would probably be pretty good in d'antoni's system imo

like memphis just signed seth curry, maybe you could get ed davis or jon leuer (perfect d'antoni big) for jordan hill and one of those four guards

the bobcats have the worst wings in the league but could still make the playoffs maybe they'd flip you a few seconds for henry

idk there's prob a lot of deals out there that are upside plays for the lakers

they're letting all these guys rebuild their value this year anyway they might as well cash in on it

kobe is holding the franchise hostage tho cuz they still have to pretend like they have a shot at the playoffs because he's insisting on coming back asap

Dwight has been absolutely on fire with the lefty hook, I'd love to know what his percentage is on it.

@JADubin5: Long story short: NY wants Rondo, but they want him to force his way to NY via trade (a la Melo) rather than waiting to sign him in FA.

lol im sure ny wants lots of things

wow spurs too much nog

wow forgot the rockets could actually be fun

um howard looking very jumpy again

parsons playing point rn

who is the analyst in this game i don't recognize his voice at all also can barely hear him

dwight buys his teammates watches so they'll continue to tolerate him http://www.sbnation.com/2013/12/25/5244086/dwight-howard-rockets-teammate-christmas-gifts

Lol only Harden got the audemars

it's cool to see a guy like aaron brooks buy into moneyball like this, taking quick 3s, getting 2 for 1s, the culture is very deeply ingrained in this team

btw i don't remember the NBA. ever really having a policy against hanging on the rim, it's in college where it's an automatic tech

le goon (J0rdan S.)
Posted: December 26, 2013 at 1:46:29 AM
who is the analyst in this game i don't recognize his voice at all also can barely hear him

george karl!

WHAT ?????

yeah dawg

The hanging on the rim rule was definitely introduced one year very deliberately but I think they're phasing it out http://nextimpulsesports.com/2013/04/25/did-the-nba-secretly-eliminate-the-hanging-on-the-rim-technical-foul/

lin looks great still

p sure theyd still t u up if u pulled yrself up by it

agree they need to turn karls mic up tho damn

they should let guys hang on the rim all they want... if the other team runs it back the other way while some guy is on his 7th rim pull up it only hurts the dunker's team

then if the dunker's team brings it back down the court it's an automatic goal tend on any shot so really the defense should be encouraging prolonged rim hangs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9-M6VNgnKw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y4K-xPstf0

Agree, I think it's one of the dumbest technical fouls in the game

this game is kinda wild

rockets are fun when they're fun

twitter saying the point of the sleeved jerseys is that people will buy and wear them cause theyre tees not tanks

don't people just buy jersey shirts anyway?

how many people want to walk around with a huge metallic logo printed onto a mesh t shirt? it makes no sense

agree

shouldve just made them screen printed cotton tees

omg simmons i hate him

lol why

no shirts just paint the logos onto their chests

trying to give belineli a nickname right off the bat making terrible jokes abt wanting coffee

his shtick is so canned you can just see him at home spitballin jokes/narratives

twitter saying the point of the sleeved jerseys is that people will buy and wear them cause theyre tees not tanks

― lag∞n, Wednesday, December 25, 2013 9:11 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah this is much more plausible than the other explanation which was that sleeves allow for more space for advertising logos which imo made no sense

Going with the vneck over the crew did make me start wondering what an NBA uniform would look like if Dov Charney designed it

Then I thought there must be like 50 million 1970s basketball photoshoots that AA has done so I answered my own question

all these guys wearing brooches AND pocket squares....................... smh

so funny seeing regular ass politicians and celebs walking around w those huge red flowers on them lookin like sad kanye

dwight looks healthier but it's really weird now to imagine him having been in the dunk contest

just seems super fragile now even when he's doing something absurdly athletic

parsons is on one tonight

karl has the worst possible voice for broadcast

The man had throat cancer