Breaking -- The human race has waived Josh Smith: 2014-15 regular season thread part 2

ban wade

human race will be fine now tbf

excellent title

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just wanted to make sure to get knicks fans wearing bags over their heads above the cut

JR thinks too much really, he'd be so much better if he just shot the ball and didn't do things

lol

JR thinks about his bottleservice options, not shot selection

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DAMEEEEE

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http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/047/d/4/kobe_bryant_and_derek_fisher_by_imokdj-d39nz97.jpg

best thread of 2015 ITT

http://mavsblog.dallasnews.com/files/2014/12/NS_20MAVS23MA_41360185.jpg

found that v inspiring

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gotta dust off the old spancer nawes for that one

miami looks old maybe they should petition the league to shorten games to three quarters

miami looks old maybe they should petition the league to shorten games to three quarters
--Clay

if this had been true boston celtics would be like 21-9 this season

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2dXeCRCIAAWcdl.jpg

can we pass a law that mario chalmers can never smile ever again, jfc that was creepy as hell

a cool part abt the kobe pic is there are 3 diff kobe jerseys in it

heat roster is really tough to swallow

just go one at a time

not sure i'm buying what greg anthony's selling here abt the top 4 in the east being as good as the top 4 in the west

thats def untrue

lol knicks fans on twitter pining for giannis brother so sad like just call him up see if hes any good smh

@freedarko How come me saying that Brian's Kobe piece was amazing got like 100 RTs?

probably bc your followers love fake smart stuff just a guess

i tweeted that at him

owned

tho i guess i owned myself too as i am one of his followers

goonie why don't you follow me on twitter it hurts my feelings bro

jord is on board with my #content

i will follow u but what is yr handle

tho i guess i owned myself too as i am one of his followers

― Clay, Friday, January 9, 2015 1:09 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

collateral damage in my vicious campaign of online harassment against the freedarko guy

the tnt knicks rockets highlights are literally a supercut of melo shaking his head in disgust

@freedarko Subtweeting everyone all the time is an incredible burden to bear.

he is beginning to crack under your assault

quick q did they ever free darko? seems like this dude is built for exercises in futility

fwiw giannis claims that thanasis is a better baller than he

what a nice thing to say about his younger brother

http://i.imgur.com/o9xpgU6.gif

rings truer every day

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Happy to see this, esp because I find nothing more frustrating than when a team runs a break w/ numbers and instead of passing it around for an easy dunk one guy decides to take it in and get fouled

http://i.imgur.com/gZHCZBa.jpg

Psycho T what are you doing

lol

smokin weed out of the middle of his forehead

Third eye workin

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Just wanted to add the Stan Van defense to the incredible run of images to start this new thread, good job everyone

#lifecomesatyoufast
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philly reneged on its promise to release ak47 so he didnt report now theyre suspending him w/o pay

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/philadelphia-s-k-j--mcdaniels-takes-bold-approach-to-rookie-deal-143327281.html

underrated NBA storyline imo ^^

someone will give kj mcdaniels at least $30 million right? philly probably will match it but it's nice to see someone get one over on hinkie anyway

yeah he was v savvy to negotiate his deal like that

bold risk taking for sure

if i was a second rounder i'd pretty much try and take that bet every single time

you're only really negotiating away one year (the second year) and the upside is pretty enormous ... & even if you bomb in year 1 and get released you can still bounce around or go to euro and come back balling like hassan whiteside

agreed

only downside is teams have less incentive to develop you

And risk of significant injury

From the other thread:

the lakers have only finished below .500 13 times in 66 seasons

They're making up for lost time!

BTW I like how in the Lance GIF he pops up and the chyron flips over at the exact same time.

http://bustedcoverage.com/2015/01/09/hawks-fan-pisses-off-marc-gasol-after-giving-fake-high-five/

Marc is unchill

can let that sort of disrespect slide man

cant

haha he got plaaaaaayed

cool article about klay's game http://espn.go.com/blog/golden-state-warriors/post/_/id/199/klay-thompsons-six-new-lethal-moves

Clicked the link, surprised I didn't end up on Buzzfeed.

wowwww suns trading for Brandan Wright

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA · 30s 30 seconds ago
Phoenix is sending Boston a future draft pick for Brandan Wright, absorbing Wright into an exception, league source tells Yahoo.

this maybe makes the rondo deal look not so sorry for boston in the long run?

wow they got him for a future 1st rd pick?

i know he's not great on defense but i'm kind of surprised. maybe i overvalue him from his time in dallas

well he's a free agent, so this is a great haul for the Cs

not sure where Wright fits in the rotation, maybe plumlee rides the bench?

xp duh/touche. forgot his status, this makes a lot more sense

split time w plum and also could play the four if they want to go big with a morris at the three

Boston is nearing an agreement to send Jeff Green to Memphis for Tayshaun Prince and a first-round pick, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

danny bonanza

split time w plum and also could play the four if they want to go big with a morris at the three

― Spottie, Friday, January 9, 2015 10:44 PM (48 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

plum is the backup rn

how many first round picks can boston legally have

can they have every pick is that ok

yes.

Ethan J. Skolnick ‏@EthanJSkolnick 1m1 minute ago
The Pistons dancers are wearing shirts tonight that say "The Wall Vs. Everybody." This is a thing.

right, i think they run wright at the 4 maybe? really not sure i guess plums is gonna get benched

wow they got him for a future 1st rd pick?

― pursuit of happiness (art), Friday, January 9, 2015 5:37 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

damn for half a season of brandon wright, west teams r panicing

god that unprotected nets pick the celts have in 2016...

wright a great fit for the suns tho prob

Man how long is this pistons No Smith.. Zone! euphoria gonnal ast

What if they never lose another game. What if they win the 2015, 2016, 2017 championships

cld happen prob like a 20% chance

god that unprotected nets pick the celts have in 2016...

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, January 9, 2015 5:49 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

B-)

yeah i could see Wright staying in phoenix

alex len has been playing v well and plums is no slouch so this move does seem a little panicky to me tho

plums may have maxed out in the first 2/3 of last season i think

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 3m3 minutes ago
If Green deal is finalized tonight, Boston GM Danny Ainge will potentially have 11 first-round picks over the next four years.

yeeeeeezus

i love draft picks

btw just read that with protections theres a good chance that wright pick turns into two seconds in a couple years fwiw

a high second rounder is good

I could see the wolves being good in a hurry tho

why are the suns doing this

so they cn resign wright even tho theyre capped out?

maybe they gonna ship marcus morris after that blowup at Hornacek the other night

why would you wanna re sign branden wright when you're capped out

idk

celtics are not gonna have nearly enough roster spots for all their draft picks, can they send them all to the D league, then what, something has to give

they're gonna try and pick a few good young players and then deal some of the other picks for an established star

or trade those young players and the picks for a few established stars

i don't think danny is trying to build the thunder

@SeanGrandePBP: Jeff Green just left the floor here in Indianapolis.

yeah i agree thats wht theyd like to do but what if they cant all those pick!

think i saw brandon wright play like 5mins as a celtic, rip

jeff green farewell may u continue to assert yourself in a more winning environment

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 27s27 seconds ago
Boston, Memphis have been discussing Jeff Green trade for several weeks, sources tell Yahoo. Boston had wanted two firsts until recently

ha wow danny audacious

danny just being aggressive and assertive

he is nothing if not

celtics need a star and every first rounder is another chance to hit on that

troo

danny will just keep doing what he do and grinding and eventually he'll either draft a star or trade a bunch of his good drafted players for one

yeah hes opportunistic

still if hes not careful he will literally have too many players

all of their SGs and SFs kinda suck, maybe just draft those for 2 years

Farewell jeff green good luck in Memphis

That draft pick for wright is apparently from minny and top 12 protected the next two years so it almost certainly turns into two second rounders later

Which is fine bc second rounders are perfect trade grease or cheap shots at the next ginobili

minny cld get out of the bottom 12, dont even have to make the playoffs for that

Abby Chin ‏@tvabby 31s31 seconds ago Indianapolis, IN
#Celtics take court without Jeff Green or Jameer Nelson. #Celticstalk

lol jameer too

“And I wanted to get back to that. I’ve dealt with the process of rebuilding, and it’s tough. I want to win. I don’t want to sit back and develop anymore. I tried that for two years." - Jameeerr

on that note today probably isn't the best day of tayshaun prince's life

dude has been on some shiiiiiity teams for a long time now.

Eh he was just on the grizz and won a ring 10 years ago idk

And he wasn't producing so

http://www.austinclemens.com/shotcharts/

pr cool new (i think) tool

this celtics pacers game may be the worst I've seen the Cs play all year

wait it's probably not *headdesk*

i'm not from nyc and i don't really care about the nba but i think these knicks are drawing me in

minny cld get out of the bottom 12, dont even have to make the playoffs for that

― lag∞n, Friday, January 9, 2015 6:42 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Lol oh u

Wiz takin it to the Bulls rn btw I missed the NBA side piece discussion the other day I think the wiz are my east sidepiece and I have a tough time with the west but probably Portland is my west

Obv Warriors are a diff category if u like basketball u like watching them

Also enjoying the mavs a lot even before rondooooø

I think the wiz are my east sidepiece and I have a tough time with the west but probably Portland is my west

my man

btw looks like the josh smith magic has worn off, pistons down 20+ to the hawks near the half

I love Portland the team and the city

minny cld get out of the bottom 12, dont even have to make the playoffs for that

― lag∞n, Friday, January 9, 2015 6:42 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Lol oh u

― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Friday, January 9, 2015 8:24 PM (21 minutes ago)

if the wolves don't win 40 games next year i'll be shocked

weird how tayshaun prince is still out there playing

man john wall is so good

HOLY SHIT

https://vine.co/v/OpUKFAdMXH5

that's possibly the craziest shot i've ever seen

gobert with a shot at a 5x5 here, 4-4-3-2-3 at the half

yeah uh that is one of the greatest things I've ever seen kev

imagine if that had been for the game

Insane

if the wolves don't win 40 games next year i'll be shocked

― k3vin k., Friday, January 9, 2015 8:54 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

What

lol my dad texted me abou tthat shot, it has truly gone viral

Booker shot goes down in history right behind JR Rider
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dRDW9idKTxk/UpuFSeWLfZI/AAAAAAAAATA/zk35OSSwmiw/s1600/os+386+293+2.gif

Think I'm on board w that. They were pretty competitive with Rubio and Kmart and also pek has been out. All that has allowed the other dudes to improve and show their worth dieng/shabazz/lavine so they should be much deeper and better next year. Xp

if the wolves don't win 40 games next year i'll be shocked

― k3vin k., Friday, January 9, 2015 8:54 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

What

― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Friday, January 9, 2015 9:30 PM (4 minutes ago)

look at their depth chart. they're gonna be the next 2011 nuggets in a year or two

i wldnt bet on the celtics getting a 1st rounder out of that deal alls im saying is its not impossible

HOLY SHT JENNINGS

and by jennings i mean KCP lol

Wow the nets are pitiful

pistons good job of making this almost a game vs atl

how is that a jump ball call to start idek

I miss JR Rider

cmon pls tie this

Might watch nug Kings - wanna see Demarcus dominate this weak ass Denver front line

more like you wanna see nurkic dominate boogie!

What is that

http://upsidemotor.com/2015/01/08/denver-nuggets-10-things-to-like-about-jusuf-nurkic/

Literally have never heard of this guy - have we talked about him before

dont bother

matt was hyping him up and i traded mozgov for him on my fantasy team since mozgov was losing time to him.

that was the highlight

look at their depth chart. they're gonna be the next 2011 nuggets in a year or two

― k3vin k., Friday, January 9, 2015 9:36 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I kinda forgot that they are wrecked w injuries and they have young dudes I like but man..they're on pace to win 12 games. 40 in the west would be a monster jump, the only way I see that is if wiggins jumps a level a year early and is like an MVP candidate. They'll have a good pick too but I'm not buying a shocking improvement next year, main reason- head coach: flip saunders

anyone know whats going on w joakim? he sucks this year

never got up to speed after offseason knee surgery apparently not sure why

i don't have a real answer, but regression. never bought him as a superstar

this is more than regression hes just not moving well out there, doesnt seem physically right

I kinda forgot that they are wrecked w injuries and they have young dudes I like but man..they're on pace to win 12 games. 40 in the west would be a monster jump, the only way I see that is if wiggins jumps a level a year early and is like an MVP candidate. They'll have a good pick too but I'm not buying a shocking improvement next year, main reason- head coach: flip saunders

― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Saturday, January 10, 2015 3:27 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Flip is a good coach

one interesting thing about the wolves is what exactly they'll use that pick on, since they have two pretty good centers already. Maybe take Porzingis and hope it works.

prob more like 35 wins wld get it done fwiw re wolves-celtics draft pick, roughly the pace brooklyn/denver/sacto are on this year

Nurkic has only been playing the game for five years.

wow

when did embiid start, like 4 years ago right

Mozgov having fun out there

re noah yeah goon otm maybe his knee is taking a while. regression would be fine if it was minimal but he has like cut his numbers in half

derrick rose is probably the worst starting pg in the nba who isn't starting because of an injury

another solid game from wiggins

wiggins lights it up immediately after I call him out, probably an ilxor

def

it's granny dainger iirc

i saw some stat from mid-season last year that JR smith shot 8% if he dribbled

Flip is a good coach

It will take more than "good" to get the wolves to 40 wins next season.

mozgov drawing fouls on bogut like clockwork, can't contain him

35 wins xp

moz-god

i took a minute at work today to take in all of the cavs' recent moves, and i think they're coming out of the east now

idk just a gut feeling

def more likely now than a few days ago

i mean, the wizards are the wizards. the hawks are the hawks. the raptors are the raptors. i think the bulls and cavs are gonna be the best teams at the end of the season

yeah def getting comfortable feelings with that roster now

i was gonna bump the nba opo thread to opo 2014 draftee but it seems like it's pretty much undeniably wiggins after the last couple of weeks unless embiid becomes hakeem

That is crazy xxp

bulls still have a higher ceiling imo cause of defense but theyre not really there either, atl looking pretty strong have no problem seeing them especially if the more talented teams cant quite put it together

i was gonna bump the nba opo thread to opo 2014 draftee but it seems like it's pretty much undeniably wiggins after the last couple of weeks unless embiid becomes hakeem

― Clay, Saturday, January 10, 2015 4:04 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean, if his foot works then it looks like that will be what happens but..

well now it's clearly wiggins. tho we obv haven't seen embiid

yeah lets let embiid play before we make this call, same w parker too tbh

pretty funny to think about a year ago people were talking about there being SEVERAL franchise players in that draft tho, lol

altho tbf it's hard to judge after just half a season. rookies are becoming less and less impactful in today's NBA. someone on ESPN (i think it was thorpe) hypothesized that AAU had turned into a glorified pickup circuit, and with the one and done rule, college doesn't really teach guys NBA skills, so the learning curve is steeper these days

idk guys used to come out of high school

rookies usually just arent too good

but i mean rookies ALL suck now, it's weird

aau argument is odd as players are so much more skilled than theyve ever been

i remember lillard was great straight out of college but he was a 4 year player and has obv improved significantly since then

"You cannot direspect the caterpillar and rave about the butterfly." --Mark Jackson

nba transition is probably easier for bigs than wings too

when's the last time a rookie was an impact player? chris paul?

xp duh dame was pretty good

griffin was pretty good in his first healthy season

kyrie too

nba game is more complex than its ever been but im not convinced rookies are so much worse than theyve been since guys started regularly coming into the league young, rookies who contribute have always been the exception and the ones who put up big numbers are always chucking on bad teams

dame was ooold his 1st season tho

roy was too

wld benefit both the pro and college games to raise the age limit a year

smh no

it wld!

roy was too

Do not speak ill of the dead

rip

yeah was gonna bring up roy, but he's another 4 year guy.

durant, lebron, anthony, wade all had big rookie years obv

I feel like we're all living in an alternate reality since the Booker shot

durant was p awful tbh

I feel like we're all living in an alternate reality since the Booker shot

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, January 9, 2015 11:24 PM (19 seconds ago)

yeah it's weird how more is not being made of this

durant just pulled a booker every time he touched the ball his rookie year iirc

was he? my memory could deceive me b/c i spent that entire season deluding myself into thinking oden would come back from having microfracture at 19 and be just fine xp

Love gonna drop a 20-20 here

this gonna be one of those games where cleve hangs in then the dubs score 14pts in 50 seconds and its over

mhm

kyrie really needs to not jack those early shot clock threes like he's steph or dame

he is not

what happened to sage steele?

lol

https://vine.co/v/OpPi0bK2mjZ

:D

okay i am climbing on board this nurkic train

who

mike jones

who?

the variety of incredulous sarcastic hand movements kevin loves uses to complain to the refs is p funny

suns really squandered a big game tonight. Spurs needed that one bad

suns held the spurs to 10 in the third and gave up 41 in the fourth

wow monster block by bogut on mozzy's slam attempt

ya sick v strong

klay nose broke blood everywhere

ugh

jackson complaining about the warriors firing him from the booth, nice look for everyone involved

it's actually weird espn would let jackson do a warriors game

gave em a story is all

i just fought @haralabob and won

are you at war with all of the nba's twitter elite

its my mission

your definition of tons was a little liberal tho

enough to know he wasnt just not taking 3s for no reason, its was fine imo

i mean that was a pedantic change of subject on his part

saying kg didnt take threes cause he was "too tough" trying to slander the god some nerve

if love ends up leaving cleveland the wiggins trade is gonna be one of the most lopsided of the last 20 years

yeah cleve very very desperate to show some promise this season, anything less than making the finals is dangerous

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B690XUUIEAEg8EY.png

guess it wasnt his nose?

JR is playing very well tonight

svg's advice to the knicks: be sensible

until that shot

lmao at haralobos thinking KG was too tough for long jumpers

sometimes I really wonder if that guy is just a dude who ran hot

he seems pretty astute

not as omniscient as his twitter tone wld imply tho

also obvs yr hit rate is gonna be better when youre betting and using yr whole custom analytics system than just running r mouth on twitter

I just love the idea of 3 pointers being wussy but 20 footers being rugged

tbf he was saying thats what kg thought for whatever reason

idk why he thought kg thought that tho

i can almost guarantee you charles barkley thinks that xps

Blatt looks like Putin after a few sleepless nights.

his mouth/lips are so weird when he talks

i can almost guarantee you charles barkley thinks that xps

― Clay, Saturday, January 10, 2015 5:54 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

but he took a million 3s!

and was also tough as nails so

wow steph just embarrassed irving to top it with a cherry

omg all these ppl favoriting the tweet harabob telling me i have a strange definition of tons im so mad

i can almost guarantee you charles barkley thinks that xps

― Clay, Saturday, January 10, 2015 5:54 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

but he took a million 3s!

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, January 9, 2015 9:58 PM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark

i bet he considers this his wussy period tho

oof klay being interviewed w a bloody bandage and swollen nose nagl

HD man, sometimes its no good

have to be more careful what they put on there

cavs are just so bad at getting back on d

yeah srsly why cant they just run back there doesnt make sense

maybe shd still fire blatt

love that klay article that was posted earlier today about his new moves or whatever. Like every explanation of each of the moves was like "i dunno, i learned it from steph basically"

shump and healthy lebron gonna help this team so much

hah some of those things were not really that noteworthy but i like the idea/presentation xp

Hire Lebron, not like he's doing anything ATM. xps

Like every explanation of each of the moves was like "i dunno, i learned it from steph basically"

"Then there was that time Steph dumped water on me."

xxxp yeah exactly. so a guy come flying at you at the 3 point line you can A. get blocked B. side step and get an open 3 hmmmmm

westbrook's face after booker makes that volleyball shot is priceless btw

is it just me or did k love take it pretty easy on defense this game

like put your hands up sometimes idk

pretty much his standard behavior

he has a lil of that harden thing where u think he might be in a trance or something

yeah he may be worse than lee on defense

no one is worse than lee cmon

right right but you know its fun to throw his name around as if to say listen love you are almost as bad man cmon

esp noteworthy given that he should be asserting his game rn. with lebron out this is kind of like his time to define himself for an audience that probably isn't familiar with his t-wolf days (which is many/most folks out there)

moment of clarity u r almost as bad as david lee whats up man

i'll take lee over glen davis!

ha well glenn at least has an excuse

lee's bad d is a little different to me, he is just very heavy footed and slow laterally

hes all that and more

dont sell him short

its amazing how u can be a professional basketball player and just be all naaah to half of the game, there are actually a lot of players who do it lol

lee isn't one of them he just sucks

idk u can suck that bad w/o not caring

slow man

he cares a lot, which makes it extra sad

its not just his foot speed

i mean its possible he tries hard to understand how to do D and just cant get it i guess

he really really sucks at one on one d, like maybe the worst I've ever seen but he's not usually out of place or getting burned on back cuts while sleeping

agreed

jackson complaining about the warriors firing him from the booth, nice look for everyone involved

― Clay, Saturday, January 10, 2015 12:34 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's actually weird espn would let jackson do a warriors game

― Clay, Saturday, January 10, 2015 12:34 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

I was thinking earlier what a good metaphor for this would be, was thinking its like Mark's ex got engaged to his best friend and Mark was asked to be the best man

I had a post on Zing all going into this

then Zing crashed and I lsot the post

then JVG strted talking about mark like he had been divorced from the warriors

so I dropped it and felt an incredible need to take a shower

rip roy tarpley

lol xp

rip roy u clda been great

fuck man that's sad

Last nights broadcast was great. So many weird moments like jvg trying really hard not to diss the guy right next to him while still singing Kerrs praises. Choosing his words verrrry carefully.

Jacksons butterfly/cacoon line was great btw.

kinda cruel to put him on that game

I'm sure they asked him?

was watching at the bar with no sound, both glad and sad that I missed that cringe-comedy experience

also like how he was fired not for coaching reasons but because after all his endless preaching about professionalism he couldnt get along with one other human in that organization

I'm sure they asked him?

― Spottie, Saturday, January 10, 2015 10:31 AM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

mark jackson is not a good decision maker!

you cant just let him do what he wants

Yah it's really weird. He was asking for that pop control without those pop results.

seems like he could prob get other work if he wanted it, I'm guessing he kinda wanted to cover that game for some weird masochistic reason

suspect hes just fundamentally insufferable to be around xp

who knows maybe he will learn, he will def coach again, tho if hes waiting around for as sweet as an assignment as golden state i doubt its gonna come

how bad would he be in sacto? if his personal skills are what got him bounced I'm guessing the answer is "fucking atrocious"

which would also be why vivek might well end up hiring him

Vivek would never give up control

vivek wants mullins

prob just roll w the interim til next season havent heard them interviewing anyone

he shd def coach the lakers tho

Mullins or jax?

JAXXXXX

he sure as shit couldn't be worse than b-scott

If the Lakers weren't such a prestigious coaching job, I'd be delighted to see Mark Jackson saddled with it. But even as bad as the Lakers are at present, it would be better than Jackson deserves.

Jackson isn't THAT bad, jeez.

Also maybe he worked the game last night because it's his job to? He already ducked out of the first ESPN broadcast earlier this season. He couldn't do it forever.

https://vine.co/v/OpUmphtZYBV

Rudy Gobert or Rudy Gohard??

Also I forgot why Matt hates this guy

doesnt like tall foreigners iirc

breaking sixers no longer have the worst record in the nba, not even second worst!

http://i.imgur.com/IpvvgNc.png

Danny Ainge wants to get Austin Rivers and I'm starting to long for the M.L. Carr era.

well if its rivers or salmons as the throw in in the green deal who cares hardly seems like grounds for longing for a time when the celtics were truly hopeless

also shh rivers has turned into a kinda ok nba bench player

I hate Austin Rivers and don't want to see him in Celtics green.

Has any team ever led by more than double the other team after 3

wld think

lagoon u talking about the same austin rivers who just lost his rotation spot to jimmer fredette or another one

ha he is bad but whatever is my main point hes just a throw in

john salmons might actually be dead, i'll take rivers

in my ongoing war against nba twitter i have attempted to engage @haralabob in a philosophical argument https://twitter.com/on3ness/status/554012967441031168

haralabob clearly hasn't read Hume

Oh lord the c's could actually put out an Evan turner- Austin rivers backcourt, incredible

Bob being a lame internet teen atheist makes too much sense

@WojYahooNBA: Boston's on phones now, trying to find a deal to move on Austin Rivers, league sources tell Yahoo.

lol celtics desperately trying to avoid rivers

also shh rivers has turned into a kinda ok nba bench player

― lag∞n, Saturday, January 10, 2015 7:52 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No. Why do you think this?

just cause its a fact

it's not, it's a really bad opinion actually

he isn't as horrific as he was in his rookie year but he is still bad and shouldn't be in a reasonable rotation

@ESPNSteinLine: Grizz poised to get Jeff Green/Russ Smith; Celts to get Tay Prince/Austin Rivers/Grizz first; Pelicans to get Quincy Pondexter/Grizz second

@ESPNSteinLine: As my colleague @GwashNBAGlobe reported earlier tonight, Boston is already trying to move Austin Rivers. LIKELY in a separate deal, though

matt btw read the thread

lag∞n
Posted: January 10, 2015 at 2:57:25 PM
ha he is bad but whatever is my main point hes just a throw in

fence sitting

lmao if the clippers trade for another Rivers

kinda makes sense that the hornets are better with a lineup that's just kemba walker and 4 guys who play D

(Zeller pretty solid on D imo)

philly has a one point lead over indy with 32 seconds. if they hold on they'll be owners of a two game win streak.

lol players and fans celebrating like they just won a playoff series. so much joy in philly!

nice

jelly k leads the nba in personal fouls btw

The Quest for One For the Other Hand

http://i.imgur.com/tSRWzOf.gif

^^^awesome

hah, still crazy that the nba had a 10 year run with either kerr or horry on the championship team

need to get rings that fit on his fingers

Fat Finger Kerr.

lmao where is that graphic from even its snowing??

let's remember 23 and 16 by hassan whiteside when deandre jordan get maxed out this summer

Wow Hawks smashed the wiz by 30

hawks good

i mean, the wizards are the wizards. the hawks are the hawks. the raptors are the raptors. i think the bulls and cavs are gonna be the best teams at the end of the season

― k3vin k., Friday, January 9, 2015 11:02 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

*Wraps this post in aluminum foil and saves it for later*

nice OT going rn, phx @ memphis

marc gasol is dominate

i like him but really bad turnover by isaiah thomas @ teh end of 1st ot, looking to be a heartbreaker

I think dame lillard may have made the dunk of the year holy fucking shit

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas

https://twitter.com/blakeellington/status/554503568795787264

his entire fourth quarter should be encased in glass and shown in museums xp

I'll have to catch up on full highlights later if they're anywhere near as great as that good gawd almighty

david blatt is going to be shot out of a cannon very soon

yeah that comment is pretty indefensible and obv above his paygrade too

Ahahah blatt

Illard owns every fourth q tbf

blatt is done.

So, the blazers are first to 30 wins. Take that, GSW!

https://vine.co/v/ODqqwdYnjU7

Assume this is what Clay was talking about

blatt comment has been take way outta context fyi

well yeah, it's something to do with the cavs and a not insignificant portion of the NBA audience seems to lowkey want the cavs to fail spectacularly, so, anything anyone says on any level at the team is gonna get twisted somehow

that said, this particularquote is kinda NAGL for blatt. GMs can worry about player salaries.

xp *any level of that team

what did he even mean by that, i mean kevin love is a max player, is it cause he didnt get the five year megamax

odd comment

then like lebron is also not a max player

A "max contract" has a very specific definition.

There are currently 7 players in the NBA on max contracts, Lebron and Love are not among them.

The question Blatt replied to referred specifically to Love and Kyrie (who is on a max contract).

In that vein his comment could be viewed as entirely innocent and I'm inclined to give him the botd even if its a lot more fun to take it the other way.

blatt comment has been take way outta context fyi

― micah, Monday, January 12, 2015 7:07 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

even if this is true at this point it doesn't even matter

What it comes down to is whether or not Love did take it personally and how he responds when questioned about it. He has shown a lack of tact in the past.

A "max contract" has a very specific definition.

There are currently 7 players in the NBA on max contracts, Lebron and Love are not among them.

The question Blatt replied to referred specifically to Love and Kyrie (who is on a max contract).

― tsrobodo, Monday, January 12, 2015 9:46 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not true!

i mean max contract has no specific definition, its a colloquialism, but within what youre talking about as far as the maximum contracts teams are allowed to offer in the nba there are two types one that lasts for four years and one that last for five, teams are only allowed one guy on the five year deal, you can say only the one that lasts for five years counts as a "max contract", but that would just be you saying that

I haven't watched the cavs kings game yet but who are the "guys" lazing on transition defense?

"This is a team in disarray," the scout said. "They are so discombobulated out there with their new pieces. And it's not just that, there were guys not even crossing half court to get back on transition D."

i mean, the wizards are the wizards. the hawks are the hawks. the raptors are the raptors. i think the bulls and cavs are gonna be the best teams at the end of the season

― k3vin k., Friday, January 9, 2015 11:02 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

*Wraps this post in aluminum foil and saves it for later*

I've heard this line of thinking so much the past couple weeks. I guess people just aren't watching? The hawks are so clearly one of the best teams in the league that even if the bulls/cavs start playing at their max potential they would struggle to win a series against them

idk the hawks are playing the best they have like ever its not unreasonable to expect them to backslide some

i don't think the cavs are gonna be one of the best teams at the end of the season

people are forgetting that the hawks were wrecking shit last year before horford got hurt, this isn't completely out of nowhere

the east is not that good so its possible imo but they def wldnt be my first pick

people are forgetting that the hawks were wrecking shit last year before horford got hurt, this isn't completely out of nowhere

― J0rdan S., Monday, January 12, 2015 10:29 AM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i resent u for making me check this but anyway its not true

My biggest concern right now is injuries. They're on an unbelievable pace right now and could def see them cooling off a bit, but the way they play is highly sustainable.

jeff teague seems like a pretty prime regression candidate

My biggest concern right now is injuries. They're on an unbelievable pace right now and could def see them cooling off a bit, but the way they play is highly sustainable.

people are forgetting that the hawks were wrecking shit last year before horford got hurt, this isn't completely out of nowhere

― J0rdan S., Monday, January 12, 2015 10:29 AM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i resent u for making me check this but anyway its not true

Wrecking shit might be pushing it but they were a solid 3rd in the east and were just getting to know the system

here are atlantas results from last year open to public perusal http://espn.go.com/nba/team/schedule/_/name/atl/year/2014/atlanta-hawks

i resent u for making me check this but anyway its not true

― lag∞n, Monday, January 12, 2015 10:31 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

well they didn't go on a 22-2 run, but they were a very good team

horford was injured on boxing day 2013 at which point the hawks record was 16-13, again i resent you for making me check this, stop making things up

Let's focus more on how great they are this yr

I'm having a very chill morning at work: drinking coffee and watch hawks/wiz

lol

the hawks were onto something last year is all i'm saying

even if the hawks regress to some version of the mean, the only way i see them not being top 3 at this rate is injury

idk imo the top five in the east is pretty fluid

i'd be much more sympathetic to the idea that the hawks are gonna fall back if they hadn't, like, beat houston, dallas, portland and the clippers on the road -- it doesn't seem like a fluke!

I've heard this line of thinking so much the past couple weeks. I guess people just aren't watching? The hawks are so clearly one of the best teams in the league that even if the bulls/cavs start playing at their max potential they would struggle to win a series against them

― Heez, Monday, January 12, 2015 10:24 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk the hawks are playing the best they have like ever its not unreasonable to expect them to backslide some

― lag∞n, Monday, January 12, 2015 10:27 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i don't think the cavs are gonna be one of the best teams at the end of the season

― J0rdan S., Monday, January 12, 2015 10:28 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

people are forgetting that the hawks were wrecking shit last year before horford got hurt, this isn't completely out of nowhere

― J0rdan S., Monday, January 12, 2015 10:29 AM (16 minutes ago)

yeah obv my post was a little tongue in cheek, and also i called the hawks being very good this year. but they're playing a little over their heads right now i think. to me they're definitely in the top 3 of what i see as the eventual 3 best teams in the east, along with the cavs and bulls

i think if anyone is gonna fall out of the top 3 or 4 it's toronto

torontos D has gone to hell for some reason idk why but if they can start defending again they shd be right in there their offense is great

assertive jeff trade made official

its funny how u cant make trades on weekends

NBA is like, family first y'all *schedules 13 games on Christmas*

yo can someone tell me who's slacking on Cleveland's defense enough that it gets singled out in a slag Blatt espn article but w/o naming names? name names plz I want to know who to watch and laugh at on league pass later tonight.

Probably Love right?

literally everyone

like love and kyrie are known slackers but bron has been comically blatantly slacking, obvs not playing tonight tho

they were on the sleep train I guess

tho clearly love is the next in line for scapegoating

the sleep train... arena?

yessir

I'm trying to sort out which of yesterday's games to watch tonight & if the cavs slack is fun enough to watch. here in olde europe I watch games a day late which once you get past the lack of live drama is nice b/c you can skip the dogg games & watch only the classix i.e. watch gsw every night

Spurs meeting the pres right now

Lol shoutout to red mamba's sandwich blog

heading to the garden to catch celtics vs. pelicans - v pumped

AD is gonna destroy the Cs but oh well

like love and kyrie are known slackers but bron has been comically blatantly slacking, obvs not playing tonight tho

― lag∞n, Monday, January 12, 2015 5:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Kyrie was getting better in the games I saw during their second crisis point of the season

LeBron's season has been totally shocking to me, the loss of athleticism, injuries, lack of leadership, generally paranoid approach to the media

why can't I find the raptors-pistons game on league pass

don't leave me hanging I want to see the wall

LeBron's season has been totally shocking to me, the loss of athleticism, injuries, lack of leadership, generally paranoid approach to the media

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, January 12, 2015 7:53 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

for real its odd a bigger deal isnt be made out of this, maybe everyone is just burned out on bron drama

luv u kg https://vine.co/v/OD1i2KP6P1M

btw for everyone whos ever said kg only goes after lil guys (and hairless/non euro for the more knowledgable fan)

Howard threw a punch. Was he ejected? That would be sweet if kg's headbutt got dwight tossed, too.

twitter saying just kg, maybe it was open handed? or maybe theyll catch it later and suspend him, cant quite tell from the vine

absolutely beautiful work by kg

And in one vine I gain all my respect back for kg

btw howard exited vine left p fast

btw for everyone whos ever said kg only goes after lil guys (and hairless/non euro for the more knowledgable fan)

― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 13, 2015 1:01 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

exception that proves the rule

ive explained this before but kg just hates little guys and euros and hairless players more, he has rumbled with plenty xl guys also

xl hairy americans shd say

I'm shocked that Dwight Howard doesn't have more enemies who try to go after him that way around the league honestly

Matt a did you find Pistons raps I have both feeds on league pass

I love the Toronto feed Canadian commercials and the announcers had to do a promo for something drake related that had a url like raptors.com/drakebonanaza or something equally ridic

LeBron's season has been totally shocking to me, the loss of athleticism, injuries, lack of leadership, generally paranoid approach to the media

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, January 12, 2015 7:53 PM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Feel like the 30+ decline hit a little harder and faster than anyone expected bron included and was exacerbated by injuries but the weirdness I think is that bron thought bron the gm learned all he needed to know from Riley and that this slide over to the cavs and recruit k love and what not would all go much smoother

celtics pelicans tied at 49 at the half - jae crowder making himself a lil bit of a highlight reel

xxp the way they pronounce mazda

Feel like the 30+ decline hit a little harder and faster than anyone expected bron included and was exacerbated by injuries but the weirdness I think is that bron thought bron the gm learned all he needed to know from Riley and that this slide over to the cavs and recruit k love and what not would all go much smoother

― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Tuesday, January 13, 2015 1:39 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't buy this as entirely an aging thing, he lost a lot of weight and suddenly is injury prone? Has the stamina of Luc Longley?

He started the season calling for timeouts multiple times a game because he was out of breath.

it could be a lot of things, loss of desire, being far away from biogenesis, but no way this is all aging

Luc Longley: Now that was one fine-looking human.

feel like its prob mostly depression/regret re moving back to cleveland

he lost all the weight before the decision tho, I mean what the hell is going on with him

xp lebrons back formed a wall

idk it cld just be some unrelated stuff coming together but it is kinda sus

I think depression over something else in his life is more likely than it being going home to cleveland

hey u guys eric gordon sighting

Yeah I didn't mean to say it's just aging I think there are probably other factors

He's probably still bummed the hair transplants didn't take

tbf u didnt say it was just aging

Roy Jones was never the same athletically after he dropped a lot of weight that he'd packed on to fight at heavyweight, there may have been some PED shenanigans and it was a different sport but makes me wonder

dang KG was going for the nose break

just your standard 34-10 for Jennings

also sealed the game with a defensive play, what we've come to expect from Brad Jenning

anyone know enough about gambling to understand

@haralabob: Anyone betting these games early in the AM that wants to talk damage control, hit me up.

@haralabob: Or we can all act like idiots and ruin the angle forever.

@haralabob: You know I could also just start tweeting these games overnight and then nobody earns. So if you are betting em, get in touch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-HJ3DyJ4QM

not nba but re: crazy shots ala jazz dude already forget his name

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtmpEPNiqB4

it's worth watching the whole kg vs howard scrum, kg literally would have killed dwight howard if they'd let him

@basketballtalk: Report: Lakers have called Pistons about Greg Monroe, Brandon Jennings

hint take these calls

doubt they're going to shake things up too much with the way they're playing

I like Matt's biogenesis theory, he went back to Miami to catch some more PEDs

gotta think long term man xp

what do the lakers have, picks?

idk just like monroe is gonna leave and jennings is garbage

Classic buy low sell high shit for real

Yah man Pistons need to strike NOW

yeah if svg really thinks jennings is a stone cold 30 & 10 guy welp

better off convincing ol' mitch he is the cornerstone of the next lakers dynasty

it's worth watching the whole kg vs howard scrum, kg literally would have killed dwight howard if they'd let him

― Clay, Monday, January 12, 2015 10:44 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

omg what was he so mad about! love the classic pretend youve chilled out then try to get back at the guy move, never works

So fake. He knows he protected. I never bought kg as an actual tough guy tho

o gosh

maybe he just really hates dwight, totally reasonable

protip: next time, grab the back of Dwight's head firmly before applying your head butt, kg. that way you can add some arm strength to your move.

pretty widely held opinion tbf xp

Is there history or just general eastern conference rivalry stuff?

its dwight howard

btw for everyone whos ever said kg only goes after lil guys (and hairless/non euro for the more knowledgable fan)

― lag∞n, Monday, January 12, 2015 8:01 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

dwight is emotionally a 12 year old, KG basically headbutted a child ... this might be his most cowardly provocation yet

i never quite understood why lebron lost weight, i assume his people thought it would help him in the long run?

i'm starting to wonder if the heat didn't wear lebron out in the last few seasons. aside from the sheer number of minutes, their style was so frenetic and he could rarely take plays off (although he started to on defense last year). he just looks beat down.

i saw a haberstroh piece saying he's played 7,000 more minutes than MJ had at age 30.

did you guys know lebron has played more career minutes than andre miller?

i'm willing to accept that he's been playing hurt all season and if he can just get healthy he'll be back to elevating at the rim and stuff but if i had to bet i'd say he's on a permanent downslope starting this season

you cld see the decline last year too but i do think a lot of it has to be injury or something

last year he def dropped on defense but that looked mostly like an effort thing, his offensive game was still in peak form

i guess the more i think about it it seems crazy that his game could drop off as hard as it did in one offseason, so i'm willing to entertain the theory that he just hasn't been healthy all season and if/when he can get healthy he'll look like bron again

of course he put himself in a position now where his team can't really afford to have him sit any more games

recall talking here about how he didnt have his youthful explosiveness, first signs of decline, i dont think it was universally received but imo was real, what we wld be seeing this year prob w/o injury is a continuation of that slow decline