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

4-6 weeks for Bledsoe. Removed meniscus. Bad move long term but he wants to get paid so idk.

oh no they took it out! terrible

don't you like need yr meniscus?

i guess you don't but you'll end up a semi-cripple like wade

*semi*, ha.

that guy is finished.

Haha notorious jvg and gray mamba! Excellent

Would totally buy a notorious jvg jersey except its a heat one maybe we should all chip in on one for j0rd or something

-Anthony Bennett dropped a one trillion.

― Spottie, Saturday, January 11, 2014 1:38 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You know who is super excited about this Bennett problem yup Austin Rivers

wow, bledsoe. damn.

i hoping it wasnt just some terrible decision and that his meniscus was beyond repair or something

Bledsoe had a previous problem with that knee right? I wonder if they were looking at being able to play for five years mostly healthy or ten years always on fete injured list

Hopefully he'll be good- can anyone think of other players with similar?

how did autocorrect change "the" to "fete" burn in hell jony ive

Bledsoe slotting nicely into the "talented shooting guard from the Clippers who is now always going to be injured" position

But yeah I asked upthread who are the explosive young point guards who have come back 100% from knee injuries

I guess Shaun Livingston?

DERIICK ROSE HAHA

hypebrook im guessing is prob gonna be totally ok

Livingston is an ok reserve but he was a good solid starter who was coming into his own. I'd say he's about 65% of what he was.

Yeah it's just two surgeries in less than a year on the same knee is kind of worrying xp

well three actually

Can't wait til the day when you like lick a swab or something and then a month later the doctor's grown some cartilage from your tongue cells and stitches it into yer knee

otm

cool pic

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/assets/3839481/170031216.jpg

Whoa

kinda terrifying

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kinda otm this season is a bummer :(

nah... PG and lance make the leap. suns explode. most efficient lebron season ever. new york teams implode. raptors post-rudy gay transformation. thunder juggernaut engaged.

i've been feeling it

Yeah great season

its been a p cool weird season but all the injuries are defa downer

the whole tanking thing is mostly media-created garbage anyway. Most of the supposed tanking teams have been pretty fun to watch, it's the ambitious teams that have been miserable

tru

I don't know how to feel about the whole meniscus thing. Re-tearing after a repair is certainly not a great thing.

also they have those secretic satanic ritual healing powers in Phoenix so it'll probably be alright

secretic!!!

lebron pisses me off sometimes too but i mostly keep that to myself

the whole tanking thing is mostly media-created garbage anyway. Most of the supposed tanking teams have been pretty fun to watch, it's the ambitious teams that have been miserable

― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, January 11, 2014 7:03 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agree 100%

i guess the nuggets are just going to average 30 point quarters now

what a schizoid season by the nuggz so far

kinda terrifying

― Clay, Saturday, January 11, 2014

like a fascist youth-group rally.

lawson's really having a quietly great season. he'd be one of the best guards in the east

i am very excited for rondo to come back i miss that guy

he'd be one of the best guards in the east

all within like the last 30 seconds of the suns game

PJ tucker 3 to tie
JOsh Smith 3 to go up 3
gerald green fouled on a 3 point attempt - makes all 3 to tie
josh smith hits a crazy runner from the right side with a second left
gerald green misses a wild shot

seems like very few starting pgs in the west wouldn't be one of the top guys in the east?

dirk 40 points on 20 shots, poor guy has to play for the mavs

they'd be good in the east

very nice 13-11-5-2-2 for Giannis

Giannis the third youngest player to put up 10-10-5 (McGrady and LeBron)

smh presti

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=2014&year_max=2014&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&qual=&c1stat=per&c1comp=lt&c1val=8&c2stat=mp&c2comp=gt&c2val=500&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws

haha awesome

Jon Hartzell ‏@jhartzell2 16m

"I'd go to war with a guy like that any night." - Durant on Giannis