waiting for the other shoelace to drop: 2013-2014 NBA regular season thread (part 2)

lol brooklyn haggling over small time shit like this while getting totally fleeced

if Boston exercises this swap right, then Boston will convey its 2017 2nd round pick to Brooklyn protected for selections 31-45 (if this pick falls within its protected range and is therefore not conveyed, then Boston's obligation to Brooklyn will be extinguished)

are there rules governing draft pick protections & swapping or is it just whatever two teams agree on

feel like maybe you can only do it so far out in the future is the only thing

breaking celtics acquire knicks 2304 and 2567 protected first rounders for chris smith

ha otm

whoops i guess they give them gerald wallace in that deal too

Whatever happened to MarShon Brooks? He seemed like he was a legit NBA player for a bit.

"nick young but sullen" is a bad combo

he was OK on the Nets last year, but not particularly good

one dimensional chucker m/l

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/article/media_slots/photos/001/314/831/hi-res-170251650-miami-heat-players-from-left-mario-chalmers-joel_crop_exact.jpg?w=650&h=433&q=85

why would anyone take this picture

for lolz

lol did guys here Pres Obama zing Chalmers?

lol no

yeah that was great

Greg Oden is active tonight

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-pistons-shouldnt-be-this-bad/

i'm more or less baffled at lowe's bafflement here. it would have been much more surprising to me if this ridiculous team worked as constructed.

yeah that team was an open disaster from a conception standpoint i didn't get the tone of that article either

i mean i guess i'm surprised by how bad they are defensively but their overall record and offensive problems were blatantly obvious

yeah i wouldve guessed theyd be slight better

I'm just gonna reaffirm my love for Danny ainge

He turned the almost literal corpse of Barbosa into Crawford and turned Crawford into some picks, one potentially a first rounder

I mean look at that giant pile of picks, even crazier that he got one for a coach who was ready to check out and they still have all their own, even low first rounders are super valued now bc teams need those cheap contracts under the new CBA- even if some of those later Brooklyn ones are mediocre gms are gonna be circling the like vultures when it comes time for some current taxpayers to try to get under the repeat penalties

And obviously some of the last Brooklyn ones are gonna be lottery jams

I think we found out sometime last thread that you can only trade picks 7 or 8 years out max

jackson really needs to mix up his lineups better tho my god, like two starters shd be on the court at all times, theres no reason why thats not feasible

― lag∞n, Wednesday, January 15, 2014 12:44 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Z Lowe noted this and says the reasoning is so he can get his five starters max minutes together, I'd imagine it also helps reduce their minutes a touch to go with a full bench mob at times, but yeah I agree, u only go 8 deep in the playoffs anyway so he better get a plan for that together by the spring

Like Crawford for them though some Nate rob "steal a playoff quarter" potential there

cad otm re Detroit and Lowe not otm any hoops head should have known that team was gonna be garbage

Only possible positives were the high numbers of lefties and maybe a monster breakout from Drummond

I'm just gonna reaffirm my love for Danny ainge

He turned the almost literal corpse of Barbosa into Crawford and turned Crawford into some picks, one potentially a first rounder

― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Thursday, January 16, 2014 12:29 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ainge is on course to be one of the greatest GMs ever.

projected score: heat 72; wizards 172.

good game.

it's funny how good of a GM ainge is and how patient he is considering he's a former player and one who was pretty fiercely competitive, you wouldn't think he'd be on board with tanking in his next life watching him play

even crazier that he got one for a coach who was ready to check out

― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Wednesday, January 15, 2014 7:29 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol yes this is all time

Rondo on the active roster for tonight.

He won't play, but there he is.

lol i just got an email from the celtics telling me about the trade

just want to keep you up to date your friend the boston celtics

it's funny how good of a GM ainge is and how patient he is considering he's a former player and one who was pretty fiercely competitive, you wouldn't think he'd be on board with tanking in his next life watching him play

― k3vin k., Thursday, January 16, 2014 12:36 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's corny but he really may have learned some things from Auerbach. When Red was asked about waiting a year on Bird he said "Do you realize how short a period of time a year is?"

dear kev,
we wanted to let u know the marshon brooks era is over and stay tuned for when we turn more trash into future picks
love
the mormon gangsta

haha wow will the heat ever win another game this is bad

they should just bench the big 3 and let the rest of the team coast into the 3rd seed right?

*nods*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJW4wNnRj2Y

this prob belongs in basketblolz but feels more watercooler

its true andy kaufman is still alive

Greg oden alert

Also lol heat wha happen

ODEN DUNKED

Also lol heat wha happen

what do you think happen the heat is terrible has-beens

literal human garbage

take them to the dump they deserve it

yup and while you're there, try to revamp the team wade-for-nate robinson lebron-for-what's his name crawford etc

nenes hair

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BeEAgx-CUAEWYvb.png

nene is a golden god in my book

some fun games tonight

manu starting again!

btw there was a 5-on-5 on ESPN today and no one gave the right answer to "what is the best backcourt in the league" which is parker-manu