yeah, i'm talkin dwight / yeah, i'm talkin steve: 2012-2013 NBA regular season thread (part 1)

I mean D-League is like harlem globetrotters for a guy like him. Terrence Williams averaged a triple double

so apparently kobe has his own helicopter

he let steve blake take it to the hospital

diantoni is not in attendance, disappoint

mkg killed today

was seems focused on pursuing shabazzzz. nene/ariza trades worked well en route for the objective, as they play washed up players more than the young ones they go deep in tanking mode. ariza was lanching 16ish footers uhggg

wtf varejao

v tempted to stay up and watch the spurs lakers, got so many punk students who are laker fans that need to be brought down a notch for bandwaggoning

so apparently kobe has his own helicopter

― lag∞n, Tuesday, November 13, 2012 10:41 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah they talked about this in a GQ cover story a few years back. basically his commute to the arena in a car would be over an hour w/ traffic & i guess it fucks his knees up to sit cramped like that all that time? so he just rides a helicopter to the games, so baller

hey kobels pretty sure you can stretch out in a stretch limousine

this is quite a year for tanking, lots of teams that will rival last year's bobcats

bold predic: Shabazz doesn't go number 1

shabazz napier will not go #1

poythress looks like the best player to me right now but it would be good for shabazz if he doesn't play

nerlens is giving me bad al-farouq aminu vibes

Austin and Noel are both really overrated, raw as hell prospects imo

I don't see why anyone would take Noel over Alex Len after what Len did to him

cuz len is a huge 7-footer in a league that may not be long for those types of players?

anyway it's not exactly a fair comparison considering it was nerlens first college game... but i'm def not that impressed by him. no idea where he would play in the league.

haha whatever dude

RIP 7 footers in the NBA

i'm just making a counter-argument, i'm not saying i agree w/ it. it's been 2 games anyway.

i don't like nerlens body at all... he's built like durant but isn't nearly skilled enough to play on the wing

Noel is springy and a legit shot blocker

I feel like raw shotblockers like Austin and Noel always get inflated recruiting rankings that are more about pro potential than how much they'll help a program

yeah... so, larry sanders?

I feel like raw shotblockers like Austin and Noel always get inflated recruiting rankings that are more about pro potential than how much they'll help a program

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:22 PM (12 seconds ago) Bookmark

yeah well definitely that sort of size & athleticism is obviously incredibly rare but guys that incredibly raw on offense really take time if it even clicks at all in the first year

i totally forgot about zeller. he seems like a lock for no. 1 at this point for me.

yeah I think there's too much concern about Zeller's wingspan/athleticism, he just crushes everyone

weird, one thing i like about him is that he seems pretty athletic for a post guy

why isnt zeller in the nba right now idgi

this dude goodwin seems like the best of the recent UK point guards to me, too (excepting wall)

poythress' jumping ability is unreal

according to matt bullard the Rockets set up regular doctor's appointments for White and he hasn't shown up for any of them.

v tempted to stay up and watch the spurs lakers, got so many punk students who are laker fans that need to be brought down a notch for bandwaggoning

Failure of parenting imo

wow this pacers-raptors game was weirder than i even realized. aside from the raptors scoring 5 points in the fourth, the pacers had like 6 attempts at a game tying shot but could not make a single thing

nice 2 rebound effort from Bargnani

he's back, baby

chris, the lakers really started darius morris tonight

since when does dwight wear a headband

there should be some metric that takes into account a players height and position and rebounding to figure out who the worst pure rebounder is hint its bargnani

dwight just wanted to wear the american flag headband obvs

lol it's yellow but i'm still suspicious

the name of c webb's fantasy team is Ain't No Floppin Us

tiago in transition >

there should be some metric that takes into account a players height and position and rebounding to figure out who the worst pure rebounder is hint its bargnani

― lag∞n, Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:54 AM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

was rik smits worse y/n

I feel like the worst rebounder I've ever seen is Maurice Taylor but Bargs is pushing it

i gotta say that listening to the lakers announcer excitedly call wide open three point shots is giving me a lot of joy

"DUHON FOR THREE...." *1.5 seconds of dead silence*

"M... W... P...." *artest somehow shoots a three off the underside of the rim*

haha

hah that play the lakers just ran where dwight slo mo pushed kobes man off the 3pt line while pretending to just be walking to his spot then kobe hit the three