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

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milwaukee now 2-0 vs. boston, 1-13 vs. everyone else

call all destroyer, Sunday, 1 December 2013 17:08 (ten years ago) link

they shd play more often

lag∞n, Sunday, 1 December 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link

celtics lurking in that highly undesirable territory of not quite bad enough

lag∞n, Sunday, 1 December 2013 17:13 (ten years ago) link

people saying theres maybe 7 franchise players in this super draft, lol prob not, but still try to get in say the bottom four or five worst records and youre in good shape

lag∞n, Sunday, 1 December 2013 17:25 (ten years ago) link

yeah lots of time for bos to put on the afterburners for the bottom

plus the worst record almost always gets dumped out of #1 lottery position right?

z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 1 December 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link

related did u notice that in gif above giannis totally outhustled the husk of gerald wallace

z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 1 December 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link

Seems like they're exporting them exclusively to China. When I'm there next year I'm gonna see if I can buy a bottle. I'll drink it and liveblog it on ILH

― 乒乓, Saturday, November 30, 2013 8:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

can u bring wine back from there bc if so i will totally pay you to bring a couple yaocabs back for me

z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 1 December 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link

hous-spurs was good, totally hoping we end up with them and okc-warriors as playoff series in the west

z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 1 December 2013 21:23 (ten years ago) link

agreed

polyphonic, Sunday, 1 December 2013 21:28 (ten years ago) link

Every time I watch the Clips play I wonder why some other pg/pf/c trios don't figure out those restricted area alleyoops. Guess it starts w/ having a pg who can kinda chill in the paint for a few seconds to draw help defenders, which is a rare ability, but still.

Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Sunday, 1 December 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link

Xxp would be just as happy w clips/dubs too. More bitterness there. But the okc ws games have been the two best games I've watched this season.

Spottie, Sunday, 1 December 2013 22:04 (ten years ago) link

Yeah that inside oop thing is cos cp is so good at stalling in the lane and buying that extra second or two to make defenders chose. Also he's wiling to throw it way early cos he knows Blake/Dre will have no prob getting it. He had that w chandler in NO too.

Spottie, Sunday, 1 December 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link

pacers will go 81 -- 1 this year.

Daniel, Esq 2, Sunday, 1 December 2013 22:26 (ten years ago) link

it is not impossible, technically

k3vin k., Sunday, 1 December 2013 22:30 (ten years ago) link

They'll prove themselves over the next few weeks IMO. Pdx, okc, spurs, heat x2, Houston.

Spottie, Sunday, 1 December 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link

they're proving themselves today, too, no?

Daniel, Esq 2, Sunday, 1 December 2013 22:33 (ten years ago) link

Yes but no MVP reddick for the clips.

Spottie, Sunday, 1 December 2013 22:38 (ten years ago) link

that's true. maybe LAC can somehow trade for nate the great© to replace reddick. a significant upgrade, really, since nate's the nba's biggest star.

Daniel, Esq 2, Sunday, 1 December 2013 22:40 (ten years ago) link

Xxp would be just as happy w clips/dubs too. More bitterness there. But the okc ws games have been the two best games I've watched this season.

Clips/Blazers would be fun

polyphonic, Sunday, 1 December 2013 23:01 (ten years ago) link

ok, if the pacers can advance the ball with that timeout then i guess i just don't understand the rules

k3vin k., Sunday, 1 December 2013 23:05 (ten years ago) link

The only good thing chuck klosterman ever wrote was about the absurdity of that rule

乒乓, Sunday, 1 December 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link

^i swear I've seen this done wrong by the refs at least three times this year

Xp and it is totally a dumb rule also coaches at the pro level shouldn't be able to call time during live ball scenarios

z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 1 December 2013 23:07 (ten years ago) link

haralabob is mocking the clips announcers for asking the same question, so i'm thinking it's us who have it wrong. still, i swear there was a rule that said that if you did anything with the ball, ie dribble, pass, etc, you couldnt' advance via timeout

k3vin k., Sunday, 1 December 2013 23:13 (ten years ago) link

xps I guess I just wonder why more pgs don't spend serious practice time w/ their bigs working on timing/awareness for the play. Not to get all NBA Moneyball but those in the line pass-or-shots are totally underutilized and working in some designed lobs is an easy way to pick up a few extra points per game. It's the only thing in the NBA close to a play-action pass and a really efficient way to get a clean pass straight to the basket for a high% shot.

Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Sunday, 1 December 2013 23:14 (ten years ago) link

haralabob is mocking the clips announcers for asking the same question, so i'm thinking it's us who have it wrong. still, i swear there was a rule that said that if you did anything with the ball, ie dribble, pass, etc, you couldnt' advance via timeout

― k3vin k., Sunday, December 1, 2013 6:13 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

Oh I don't know about this rule. The rule that is dumb is the rule that you can advance the ball with a timeout if there's under 2:00 to play in the 4th. Total warp zone

乒乓, Sunday, 1 December 2013 23:16 (ten years ago) link

Could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure there are sub-2:00 rules where any timeout can advance the ball to midcourt (or wherever the team chooses).

Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Sunday, 1 December 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link

haralabob is also kind of a humorless ahole so w/e the timeout and advancement rules are totally confusing and it definitely was true that you could not dribble or move and still timeout-warp at least until fairly recently

z-time champion (agent hibachi), Monday, 2 December 2013 00:09 (ten years ago) link

Compu I think one other reason more pgs don't have the lob connection is partly that in order to get a lob in a half court set usually requires the pg to

z-time champion (agent hibachi), Monday, 2 December 2013 00:17 (ten years ago) link

Whoops-- to get in the lane and draw a double or pull both defenders on a pick and roll, keep those defenders on hi and find a clear lane for the pass plus enough communication with the big to get him to go up. Just keeping a live dribble during a double team at the nba level is super-hard and Chris Paul is basically one of the best at it

z-time champion (agent hibachi), Monday, 2 December 2013 00:19 (ten years ago) link

So like, jrue holiday isn't someone you want diving between two forwards with a live dribble while keeping his eyes up to look for the lob usually

z-time champion (agent hibachi), Monday, 2 December 2013 00:21 (ten years ago) link

Doc rivers also totally runs set lob plays in practice specifically for end-of-game situations and broke them out occasionally in boston

z-time champion (agent hibachi), Monday, 2 December 2013 00:22 (ten years ago) link

yeah the clips ran a play on their second to last possession that got DJ a lob out of a timeout that looked really nice

k3vin k., Monday, 2 December 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link

Denver choosing Mozgov over Koufos is looking like a solid move

Matt Armstrong, Monday, 2 December 2013 00:38 (ten years ago) link

brutal sequence for grievis vasquez, who just threw the worst lob in NBA history, then got dropped by steph curry at midcourt

k3vin k., Monday, 2 December 2013 00:42 (ten years ago) link

everything seems to be working for denver, i wonder if they'll try to trade javale

k3vin k., Monday, 2 December 2013 00:43 (ten years ago) link

I would just treat Javale like a lotto ticket

Matt Armstrong, Monday, 2 December 2013 00:53 (ten years ago) link

Rivers went so far as telling NBA.com's Scott Howard-Cooper on Friday that he is "hoping things work out” with re-signing Odom.

"I honestly haven’t focused on it a lot," Rivers said in the interview. "But he’s somebody that I’ve always liked and I like him more now after hearing from Phil Jackson to Vinny [Del Negro] to all the players the type of guy he is in the locker room. When I hear that stuff, without saying exactly what I heard, you want him in your locker room.”

wonder what it was about odom that doc can't say...

k3vin k., Monday, 2 December 2013 01:06 (ten years ago) link

lebron time

k3vin k., Monday, 2 December 2013 01:09 (ten years ago) link

terrible call there lol

k3vin k., Monday, 2 December 2013 01:09 (ten years ago) link

cole-chalmers crunchtime backcourt is pretty dire

k3vin k., Monday, 2 December 2013 01:15 (ten years ago) link

bosh 3 ;)

k3vin k., Monday, 2 December 2013 01:16 (ten years ago) link

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k3vin k., Monday, 2 December 2013 01:18 (ten years ago) link

if jordan isn't watching this...

k3vin k., Monday, 2 December 2013 01:18 (ten years ago) link

WOW, Cody Zeller is having a really rough season

Matt Armstrong, Monday, 2 December 2013 01:31 (ten years ago) link

Anthony Davis wrist injury :(

Matt Armstrong, Monday, 2 December 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link

fuuuuuck

k3vin k., Monday, 2 December 2013 01:33 (ten years ago) link

barea really needs the hook

k3vin k., Monday, 2 December 2013 01:58 (ten years ago) link

RT @BourbonStShots: Anthony Davis suffered a "non-displaced fracture" in left hand and the timeframe to return is TBA.

k3vin k., Monday, 2 December 2013 02:03 (ten years ago) link

gross

Matt Armstrong, Monday, 2 December 2013 02:03 (ten years ago) link

oh no :(

Clay, Monday, 2 December 2013 02:06 (ten years ago) link


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