seems like itd be a good idea to get a couple seasons as an assistant under yr belt first tho i guess there have been successes doc rivers not sure who else
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 December 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link
also it's kinda weird bc kg and pierce are m/l Kidd's peers, like who wants the dude from a couple doors down bossing them around all of a sudden
― Clay, Saturday, 7 December 2013 19:43 (ten years ago) link
pierce and kidd were pretty intense rivals for a while too
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 December 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
Kidd probably is in way over his head, but there are so many awful angles to this Nets team. If they had any sustained health, I think they'd be doing just fine-- Pierce and Garnett usage% would be down where they'd assumed it'd be, 2nd team would be one of the best in the league, and Williams would help Pierce/Johnson/Garnett/Lopez find much easier shots. They've already started 10 different players multiple games; w/o checking, I'd guess that's tops in the league. Considering that one of their strengths going into the season was their depth from 1-9, it would've been tough to find a scenario where, 20 games in, Tyshawn Taylor and Alan Anderson had both started multiple games. Zero continuity for a team w/ a ton of new faces, of course it's a total shitshow. Not to mention that, w/ all the injuries, you're now overexerting your Olds, which now burns them out faster and makes it less likely that they'll be ready for playoff bball.
But if you build such a creaky ass team and just kinda xfingers that no one gets injured or misses a ton of games, here we are. If they can find some way to prioritize player health over everything else, they can totally finish this season strongly -> have a decent shot in the playoffs.
― Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Saturday, 7 December 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link
― lag∞n, Saturday, December 7, 2013 2:22 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Bird, too. Mark Jackson, McHale, Isiah, and VDN too, I think? The severe lack in continuity is probably exacerbating Kidd's meltdown more than anything-- think you need a few years on a bench learning how to deal w/ shitty variables like injuries / juggling player egos / etc.
This is kinda like Mark Jackson's first year, too. High hopes entering the season -> bad injuries to key players -> POLL: JAX FIRED B4 XMAS?
― Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Saturday, 7 December 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link
Jackson didn't - look - lost tho. And expectations we're make the playoffs not contend for it all.
― Al He Miola (Spottie), Saturday, 7 December 2013 21:10 (ten years ago) link
wait jackson is not getting fired
― k3vin k., Saturday, 7 December 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
too late i fired jackson
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 December 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link
mama there goes that man
Jackson has that Christian connection w his players. I think the whole team are believers. It works for now.
― Al He Miola (Spottie), Saturday, 7 December 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
surely bogut is an atheist, that neckbeard is a dead giveaway, he probably has a FreeTheSheeple screen name someplace
― to BRR! is humane (m bison), Saturday, 7 December 2013 21:30 (ten years ago) link
Bogut def the outlier there hah.
― Al He Miola (Spottie), Saturday, 7 December 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
really am glad we cleared up that melo sucks, i am shit, and new york is garbage.
― Clay, Saturday, 7 December 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
two truths and a lie
― to BRR! is humane (m bison), Saturday, 7 December 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
also lmao at buzza for the first time ever, no one gives a hot fuck about NY
― to BRR! is humane (m bison), Saturday, 7 December 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
― Clay, Saturday, 7 December 2013 22:11 (ten years ago) link
― Al He Miola (Spottie), Saturday, December 7, 2013 4:10 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's true that their expectations weren't as high as the Nets' expectations this year.
But w/r/t parallels, that Warriors team was supposed to feature Ellis/Lee/Curry/Thompson/Nate Robinson/Rush, so it's not like they expected a flounderfest. Instead, Dorell Wright and David Lee were basically the only players to start a majority of their games; and, that's kinda where the Nets are headed right now. And now that things are running smoothly for GSW, I think it's easy to forget that everyone was piling on Jax those first few months for being a hilariously overmatched coach.
I think the big diff is that it was a predominantly young team, so it was kinda As Jax Learns, So Do the Youngs. Since the Nets wanted to contend for a title AND have a vanilla coach, they went the opposite route: surround him with vets so Kidd/staff had more latitude for error / wouldn't have to spend practice/gametime on rudimentary stuff.
But like, all of this said, Kidd does look totally overmatched right now, visibly; I just think it's not out of the question for him to turn it around, provided he has a half-decent team to coach. The cup spill + Frank stuff + awful record is tough to ignore, though.
Hahaha xps, fwiw a quick internet search on current NBA atheists brought up:
- Rondo- Manu- Bosh
:0
― Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Saturday, 7 December 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
Bosh is a secret Redditor
― 乒乓, Saturday, 7 December 2013 22:38 (ten years ago) link
Rondo, huh.
― ☞ (brimstead), Saturday, 7 December 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ui4NoiP.png
Hibbert has a portrait of himself above his fireplace
― 乒乓, Sunday, 8 December 2013 00:20 (ten years ago) link
lol "hand painted."
― Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Sunday, 8 December 2013 00:46 (ten years ago) link
wade has some really spectacular portraits of himself at his house iirc from cribs
― lag∞n, Sunday, 8 December 2013 00:48 (ten years ago) link
if i were hella rich i'd prob have some sick portraits everywhere
― Clay, Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:13 (ten years ago) link
check me out i'm rich this is my mansion there's a sweet portrait of my face i fuckin own u
― Clay, Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:14 (ten years ago) link
yeah same why not
― k3vin k., Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:20 (ten years ago) link
I'm not sure getting a portrait of myself would ever even occur to me
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:25 (ten years ago) link
Unless it was me as a centaur
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:26 (ten years ago) link
Like, that's what mirrors are for, then the rest of yr walls are freed up for like arts and stuff
If I were rich first portrait I would get would be agent hibachi as a centaur for shre
― 乒乓, Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:27 (ten years ago) link
when i make my fortune first thing im doing is commissioning a copy of this masterpiece from tyrese cribs
http://images.tbd.com/entertainment/xandpac_crop_606.jpg
― lag∞n, Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:30 (ten years ago) link
― Clay, Saturday, December 7, 2013 5:07 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol pls stay buzza seriously I don't think we have a single Knicks fan here
The Knicks have been so amazingly ridiculous for over a decade, I almost feel bad for them, last years barely cracked window of opportunity almost makes it worse since it was so obvious they would be bad
I think melo actually does suck because he only plays 50% of the game which would be a failing grade. I still love him as team usa's small ball 4 since no one plays defense in the Olympics etc anyway
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:33 (ten years ago) link
Holy fucking shit is that PAC getting christened or resurrected my Malcolm X because I need that now
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:34 (ten years ago) link
christened, the title is 'what if'
― lag∞n, Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:35 (ten years ago) link
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2637/3843613352_d9edbd0b78.jpg
― lag∞n, Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:36 (ten years ago) link
its a mural
WHAT IF INDEED
did tyrese oaint it because it's pretty good the landscape and the ladies in the back have a lil Van Gogh quality to them
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:37 (ten years ago) link
he also has this last supper themed one, as you can see marvin, pac again (2 pacs), aaliyah
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/V1pPiPqBwac/maxresdefault.jpg?feature=og
tyrese def did not paint them
― lag∞n, Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:38 (ten years ago) link
haha ok here we go hold on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1pPiPqBwac
― lag∞n, Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:40 (ten years ago) link
Wow
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:42 (ten years ago) link
Huh
― Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:46 (ten years ago) link
Hold up I have been googling this and I see no evidence that Tyrese did not paint these himself
Also the last supper is p great actually
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:47 (ten years ago) link
I clearly was not on black twitter in 2011 when this first broke
cool that biggie and pac are down to break some heavenly bread
― Clay, Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:48 (ten years ago) link
There's no way he didn't commission that, cmon.
― Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:48 (ten years ago) link
p sure he wouldve mentioned that he painted them if he did, not to mention they are very much in the style of a hack commercial artist which even if he could paint wouldnt be a category he would likely fall under
― lag∞n, Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:50 (ten years ago) link
Actors got downtime mang u never know that they're gonna get into
But alright he probably did not paint them
I would also pay for a pen & pixel remix of those murals, has it been long enough to non ironically bring back that style
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:51 (ten years ago) link
i like how the video artifacts make an oscillating halo around marvin when they zoom in tho that shit is super anointed
― lag∞n, Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:52 (ten years ago) link
some good games on tonight
― k3vin k., Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:56 (ten years ago) link
too bad love is out
― lag∞n, Sunday, 8 December 2013 01:58 (ten years ago) link
Lebron is just effortlessly dominating this quarter
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, 8 December 2013 02:01 (ten years ago) link