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

suns are seriously the best

― k3vin k., Monday, December 30, 2013 10:04 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

blake got stuffed by frye in the post, def a new low for blake

Jazz now 9-7 with Burke and Williams starting

wow frye

man matt if you watched bobcats-jazz with all the sick games on tonight we really need to talk

haha respect tho if he did

haha no I didn't, I stat-watched it though

Dragic is kind of maraviching out there

The Clippers got booed literally 90 seconds into this game btw

was just gonna say I'm barely at half-time and he has like 5 highlights already, just carving out whatever he wants xp

haha they hope these clowns lose in the first round again

*I hope

super cool iced the game tonight with a 3 with 30 seconds left B-)

@billsimmons
If we're talking MVP candidates, the difference between LBJ/KD + everyone else is that LBJ/KD don't ever take nights off (like CP3 tonight).

this is BS tho, bron sleepwalks through games all the time these days, and paul's not taking tonight off, he's just not playing well. their game score distributions are almost identical

NB obv lebron is much better and should be MVP

so many highlights in this suns game

and just pure comedy watching blake all night in the post

bron sleepwalks through quarters not often thru games tho

i think the more accurate point is that bron is so good that he can sleepwalk through a game and still put up numbers that dwarf everyone in the NBA

not taking nights off is overrated, there are so many nba games

jordan otm

The Clippers got booed literally 90 seconds into this game btw

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, December 30, 2013 10:18 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I bet Donald Sterling started it

god that Kevin Love no-call...

Cool to see some Rubio thinkpieces start to trickle out, and happy that the Goldsberry piece hammers home the fact that Rubio's J is mediocre but not atrocious / real problem is around the rim. Reminds me of Rondo 3-4 years ago, when it seemed like the league all at once decided to start giving him +5 feet of space for any shots outside the lane. There was a month where it seemed like it was massively fucking with his head / would pass up the wide open shots and drive anyway (and finish because, unlike Rubio, Rondo is an A+ finisher). iirc Rondo started taking and making enough of those jumpers where defenders started playing him honestly again.

What sucks more is that finishing at the rim seems less ... practicable? The work involved with improving your jumpshot is basically the muscle memory of thousands and thousands of jump shots, tighting form, etc. Like maybe Rubio can bulk up a bit so he can use his body to clear out a bit of space for himself down there, or like I think Goldsberry mentioned develop a Jax teardrop from 4-8ft rather than bungling layups. idk just want lil Ricky to change face, have fun, enjoy.

Lol d wade what a scumbag

I guess his book was accurately titled though

the thing w rubio and rondo being dece jump shooters isnt really true, just no one guards them, which makes getting high % harder

you mean easier?

higher % shots harder i shouldve said

RIP chris smith

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/10/29/5041970/lebron-james-free-agency-the-decision-miami-heat

he drank all that vitamin water

hawks/celtics yall!

watching elton brand is kinda depressing. he used to be pretty great.

he was so good! people forget

he produces movies now

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1580954/

2005-06 25pts 10reb 53%fg 2.5blk 7fta

he's actually been decent for the hawks this yr, but man he lost all his agility

yup injuries as always are the worst

"A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping recover from a career-threatening injury."

http://www.multipleversesvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Watch-Just-Wright-2010-Streaming-Free-Online.jpg

"When Todd Anderson signs a $30 million deal with his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets, he knows that his life is set for a big change. To keep things real, he decides to throw a barbeque at his place -- just like the ones his family used to have. But when you have new and old friends, family, agents, and product reps in the same house, things are bound to get crazy."

http://shop.tcm.com/imgcache/property/resized/000/313/088/catl/00544438-474138_500.jpg

A US basketball player's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNzUxNzUzNzU2MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTgzNzU2NA@@._V1_SX214_.jpg

...

http://i.imgur.com/aYPvxl6.jpg

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10220178/los-angeles-lakers-cleveland-cavaliers-talk-pau-gasol-andrew-bynum-trade

So the price of signing Kobe to a two year extension is to let go of Pau

so is it ol-LEN-ick or OL-in-ick?

the former

well he's killing the hawks right now

oh man if the lakers do that trade

well actually if its just to clear cap space then I guess but why re up kobe for so much if you are rebuilding?

milsap with a nice 34/15

love that guy

Bynum as instant expiring contract is hilarious and I'm totally behind it