wes matthews missed an open spot-up three, the dream is dead.
― Clay, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:19 (ten years ago) link
xp, sorry, 26
― to BRR! is humane (m bison), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:20 (ten years ago) link
god the knicks are so fucking awful
― Clay, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:35 (ten years ago) link
blazers play-by-play guy just claimed that "you have to watch out for stoudamire on defense"
― Clay, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
he's right--amar'e may be standing there doing his best statue impression and you could run right into him
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:48 (ten years ago) link
just dangerous and reckless, suspend amare
― to BRR! is humane (m bison), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 04:08 (ten years ago) link
K.C. Johnson @KCJHoop 2m
That's top-five despondent Bulls' postgame locker room I've worked in 15 years on beat.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:24 (ten years ago) link
oh did they lose to the jazz, dang this is gonna be rough as hell. sorry, chicago.
― Clay, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:31 (ten years ago) link
Marquis Teague looks really bad. Thibodeau seems physically ill when he's in there.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:32 (ten years ago) link
hope Thibs does deep breathing exercises every once in a while. Maybe look at a zen garden.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:33 (ten years ago) link
the statue of mj is cursed imho and a mob of brave chicagoans def need to throw it into the river
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:33 (ten years ago) link
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds 3mMichael Beasley wanted to play while wearing black leather Polo boots tonight. "LeBron said no," Beas said.
― lag∞n, Monday, November 25, 2013 8:27 PM (Yesterday)
this just kills me
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:37 (ten years ago) link
kudos to Kobe for pulling a Harry Anderson on Joe Johnson's Larroquete.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:37 (ten years ago) link
i mean i'm happy for beas that he's in a good situation now. he needed someone he respected to tell him to turn down the shenanigans a lil
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:38 (ten years ago) link
was on the road all night but looks like lebron had a pretty godly game, 35 points on 14 shots
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:41 (ten years ago) link
man when did bron get so old
http://fearthehat.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/old-lebron.jpg
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:42 (ten years ago) link
wow, watching the highlights, wade definitely on that
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m63rz6hdAc1rwqzifo1_500.png
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:44 (ten years ago) link
wait so someone explain the nba.com video upgrade to me, i don't see what is different
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:45 (ten years ago) link
wade has to be the most variable player in the nba i dont really get it
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:46 (ten years ago) link
in the box score you can click on any stat and it will show you video of all the relevant plays, like for instance you can see all of chris pauls assists from a game, pretty fn siiiick
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:47 (ten years ago) link
it's insane, one day the guy can't walk and the next day he looks like the most athletic guy in the league again, there's no other explanation
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:47 (ten years ago) link
whatre u sayin theres like two different wades or what
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:49 (ten years ago) link
lmafo wow i feel super bad for anyone who doesnt understand how superior the nba is to all other sports leagues http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-our-bucks-com-billboard-project
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:51 (ten years ago) link
gonna try to make it a habit to click on carmelo's assist highlights every game
― Clay, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:51 (ten years ago) link
*knocks on wood furiously*
looking back at lebron's career numbers his resistance to injury is really a marvelous anomaly, he was playing 42+ minutes a game some of those years in cleveland
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 26 November 2013 05:54 (ten years ago) link
wilt averaged more than 48 minutes one year
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 06:19 (ten years ago) link
Karl Malone missed like 3 or 4 games due to injury in his first 16 years in the league
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 06:32 (ten years ago) link
so i realized tonight that if rose is conceivably cooked he might be the first ever non-hall of famer to win an mvp award
― Clay, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 07:05 (ten years ago) link
It’s common practice that after every game each player is provided a scoresheet. The sheet breaks down the individual players’ contributions as well as team totals.That won’t be happening anymore in Toronto. Rudy Gay has put a stop to it.Gay sees the scoresheets as an unnecessary barrier to team unity or even a temptation to be more focussed on what is best for the individual as opposed to what is best for the team.“We’re not playing for stats,” Gay said.Gay said there was no incident or no moment that pushed him toward this decision but as a leader on this team, he felt it was just something that was best for the team.“I wanted to just nip it in the butt before it became an issue,” he said. “We come in here after losses, after wins and people are staring at those stat sheets, but that’s not what we’re about. We’re a team and the stat that matters is the W.”
― 46. BEETLEJUICE, "乒乓" (1988) (Spottie), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 07:05 (ten years ago) link
"damn rudy did you really go 4 for 21 tonight?"
"get these stat sheets outta here, we're about winning games."
― Clay, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 07:09 (ten years ago) link
point guards are shooting 31% from the field vs. Stephen Curry this season.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 07:21 (ten years ago) link
The Pistons have the worst defense in the NBA according to Synergy, and the best postup defense o_O
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 07:54 (ten years ago) link
wade is kinda the future rose feel good history, he cant play because of the swellen on his knees etc i guess rose follows the same (if he returns etc)
but yeah, wade boggles me
― moullet, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 10:01 (ten years ago) link
wow, the raptors just a lock to playoffs right now
christ
― moullet, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 10:38 (ten years ago) link
Asked if he was surprised that Kevin McHale never returned to Howard down the stretch, Asik said he had not considered it. “I don’t think about that,” Asik said. “I just play whenever I get minutes. I just try to play hard.”
― moullet, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 11:35 (ten years ago) link
a bit worried about what rudy's nipping the butt of
― micah, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 14:18 (ten years ago) link
Man never knew this about Wade
No wonder
Dwyane Wade, after all, has been where Rose is—not just literally, as a fellow product of the Chicago area, but also figuratively, as an involuntary veteran of knee ailments.So, after resting his knees for a week—and before scoring 27 points and defending dynamically down the stretch in a 101-99 win against the Magic—Wade was asked to recall his own experience with a torn meniscus, at a time he was trying to make his way at Marquette."It was 13 years ago, so technology was a little different," Wade said. "When it was taken out, it was the thing to get me back on the court quick, but it wasn't a long-term type of thing, so it opened me up to having some knee trouble. The only thing you do, the doctor that you choose, they give you the best advice."Did Wade have any say in the decision to take it out rather than repair it?"No, I wasn't educated, I didn't know anything," Wade said. "I just knew it was hurting, and I wanted it fixed. That was after my first year at Marquette, and I never dealt with any injury until that time. So it was all new to me. And I just wanted to get back on the court."
So, after resting his knees for a week—and before scoring 27 points and defending dynamically down the stretch in a 101-99 win against the Magic—Wade was asked to recall his own experience with a torn meniscus, at a time he was trying to make his way at Marquette.
"It was 13 years ago, so technology was a little different," Wade said. "When it was taken out, it was the thing to get me back on the court quick, but it wasn't a long-term type of thing, so it opened me up to having some knee trouble. The only thing you do, the doctor that you choose, they give you the best advice."
Did Wade have any say in the decision to take it out rather than repair it?
"No, I wasn't educated, I didn't know anything," Wade said. "I just knew it was hurting, and I wanted it fixed. That was after my first year at Marquette, and I never dealt with any injury until that time. So it was all new to me. And I just wanted to get back on the court."
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 14:26 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zTtLYdU.jpg
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 14:29 (ten years ago) link
mchale raises an interesting question that you guys can probably answer better than I can: who's the best player to also be a good/successful coach? (jury still out on mchale I guess--he probably has another year at best to produce major results)
― ryan, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link
phil jackson?
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link
or do you mean the best superstar player who also became a great coach
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
yeah I mean superstar players. I don't actually know how good Jackson was as a player!
― ryan, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 14:52 (ten years ago) link
Well he's already doing better than Isaiah
Larry Bird was a pretty great coach imo
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 14:56 (ten years ago) link
i guess nate mcmillan or doc rivers
― moullet, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:21 (ten years ago) link
my fav wolves blog on the williams/camaroon prince of my dreams trade:http://www.awolfamongwolves.com/2013/11/report-wolves-trading-derrick-williams-to-kings-for-luc-richard-mbah-a-moute/#more-2204
There is a certain point in which divorcing yourself of a player’s draft position becomes the only logical step in understanding what their value is in the NBA. Derrick Williams is one of those players. Yep, he was the second pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. That wasn’t very long ago. The potential he was dripping with leading up to that draft and his rookie season has dried up and isn’t anything people around the league are really counting on. It doesn’t mean he can’t be a really good player in this league; it just means nobody is pretending he can be a franchise-changing guy at any point in his career.
Because he’s a former No. 2 pick in the draft, it makes people expect him to still have star qualities. I don’t want to be harsh here but he just doesn’t have that. Even when he goes up for a dunk, there is a good contingent of Wolves fans wondering if he’s going to finish it. That’s mostly because he missed 12 dunks last season, which is a lot when you’re only attempting 80 of them. Of the previous 10 No. 2 picks in the draft (we’re not counting 2013), only a handful of them are guys you’d really want on your team.
Darko Milicic, Marvin Williams, Michael Beasley, Hasheem Thabeet, and Derrick Williams are guys that were either reaches because of poor scouting or reaches because their draft wasn’t very good. Darko, Williams, Beasley, and Thabeet were results of poor scouting. Williams was a product of being in a crappy draft with very little guarantee of an impact player at the time of the pick. And the jury is still out on Evan Turner but it’s unlikely he turns into a franchise guy. What was their value when they were dealt?
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
wait so is that trade happening or what
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:36 (ten years ago) link
that trade still seems underwhelming to me but having a very good situational guy like moute is good for a playoff team
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:37 (ten years ago) link
wow didnt realize gay was coaching the raptors now, doesnt seem like the best hire tbh
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
seems to be living up to his name, nipping butts and all, can't say they didn't know what they were getting themselves into
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:46 (ten years ago) link
ok these new video things on nba.com are v cool, sort of wish they'd do it for in-game box scores tho
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 26 November 2013 16:37 (ten years ago) link