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

he had no idea how to play basketball he was just out there jumping around, brook is a legit elite skilled nba player on both sides of the ball and like 1mx better than 2nd year oden was

Glad this discussion is finally bringing people around to the value of Brook Lopez, stalwart of my fantasy team for 2+ years at least

i mean you can understand why everyone was so amped on greg but he has zero idea of how to play basketball at that point

his PER was 23!

i mean it was like a 15 game sample or whatever but i dunno we're in a ~thought experiment~ here

lopez rated 2nd in the nba at opponent fg% at the rim just behind hibbert, he is really really good, only weakness is rebounding

this argument is breaking down but I agree with

lol u are literally out of yr fucking mind

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 9, 2014 9:31 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

his PER was 23!

i mean it was like a 15 game sample or whatever but i dunno we're in a ~thought experiment~ here

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, January 9, 2014 11:54 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i know he was putting up ridic numbers, but he was also very bad, he was very very bad at D, hence all the fouling, lopez would foul him out in like 3mins, i watched some of those games and he was like a great dane puppy running around out there, he was doing on on pure athleticism and size and wouldve gotten eaten alive by a good team that had like ten mins to prepare for him

know way to gauge how good oden could have been. just not enough to base anything on

idk i tihnk he wouldve been a l33t player eventually if he didnt get injured and put in the proper work and all but he was really really green then

obvs who knows if he had the work ethic and mind of a champion eye of the tiger and everything, he def had all the raw tools tho

agree but you know

didn't prime rashard and ray already play on the same team?

rashard was prob not quite prime when he left

You mean on the sonics? xp

yaeh

rashard was like jeff green in his prime

naw rashard was a great shooter and bad at everything else, green is all around mediocre at everything

somehow this wasn't the worst call in the nba last night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQFT6ubFy6g

lol smh

the timing of it too, curry had had it going and that was his 5th foul

but this one on cunningham is just idk
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/421127685297819648

xpost green is great at ... marketing?

that question about players in their prime is actually pretty interesting

There's only one way to settle this: put them all together on the court and let them play each other. Yeah, that's the answer!

but this one on cunningham is just idk
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/421127685297819648

― Spottie, Thursday, January 9, 2014 12:30 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

woww

the elusive no contact foul

Was Crawford reffing that one

probs

Hardwood Paroxysm@HPbasketball

When Josh Smith is on the floor in the 4th quarter, the Pistons are outscored by 26.4 points per 100 possessions. I. Can't. Even.

joe dumars, man...

wtf

lol

giannis truehoop tv alert

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1599617_572527472828279_461776304_o.jpg

oh god all those bald wites are so repulsive

henry abbott looks just like a penis

yeah :-(

arnovitz pulls it off i think

Wait, how many of these guys are there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUtPVAARIZk

nooooooooooooooo

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 3m

Story going online now: ESPN sources say Suns G Eric Bledsoe out indefinitely after team determines Bledsoe needs surgery on right knee

wow wtf

that phantom call on dante cunningham is completely absurd

xxp oh shit

Feel like it was only a matter of time with the way he plays

man i havent even really gotten to watch the suns yet this year dang

btw this silly "everyone in their primes" game is fun but j0rdan u were way underrating prime kg

prime kg was basically the most destructive defensive force the modern nba has ever seen and oh he would just throw in a 20+ and 13 for kicks

dude dragged trent hassell and fred hoiberg to the west finals in a p competitive era

but i have a sneaky funny team to think about their primes ready

03-04 lakers

kobe shaq the glove and yr power forward rotation would be peak karl malone and his backup would be horace grant!

damn

oh yeah they're the boss of this game probably

was all excited to watch wolves/phx last night when I got off work but forgot bled was hurt. game was fun enough till I fell asleep. stupid east coast watching hours bullshit. miss u west coast.

dude dragged trent hassell and fred hoiberg to the west finals in a p competitive era

― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Thursday, January 9, 2014 10:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well let's give cassell, spree and Wally Z a little credit!

Hoiberg was fucking amazing in Minnesota btw, really sucks that he had to retire with the heart problem

lagoon otm jordan is trolling

gutted about bledsoe, fuck this industry

yeah thats a goddamn shame