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

There's more to McGee than he lets on. He writes music. He creates clever comedy sketches featuring his alter ego, Pierre McDunk. (He has a tattoo of a mustache on his index finger, which he puts over his lip when he's in character.)

ahhhh

wait you've never seen pierre mcdunk before??

his mom's been famous

http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HdWMqR6l1ou8sb3BNlof6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnbaexperts/pamstaredown.jpg

yeah javale's mom was an ilh thing during the playoffs last year.

i remember that! i just didn't know about the tattoo

follow him on instgarm

feel like this guy really gets javale

When friends and family have computer problems, they call JaVale.

this

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--david-stern-stumbles-again-in-his-failed-culture-war-against-the-spurs-194828970.html

Woj doing what he does

this photo caption

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/kobe-bryant-congratulates-himself-influencing-ethic-generation-210017129--nba.html

didnt read the javale yet, but loved the classical piece on rubio! thx whoever posted.

http://nba.si.com/2012/11/30/gregg-popovich-david-stern-spurs-fined-nba/

The NBA announced Friday that the Spurs have been fined $250,000 after coach Gregg Popovich gave four key players the night off during Thursday’s nationally-televised game against the Heat.

Also fuck that.

that's utter insanity

at least it's the spurs and not pop specifically tho

all woj debates aside, it's a good point that the spurs are getting fined this much when the Knicks blatantly cheated the draft system with basically the same punishment

So, of course the Spurs can appeal, right? Can they request a mediator or something? Feel like NBA's strongest case is "Dunno Stern wuz butthurt and now he's doubling down."

any neutral arbiter would see the arbitrariness of this shit; stern cited them for violating the rule against "resting players against the best interests of the league," and he's done zero about tanking

this is such a joke

byron mullins has some serious armpit hair

duly noted

it's impressive that the world gave up on calling him BJ Mullens, I thought maybe they would refuse

kinda like when Brian Cardinal told us that it's pronounced "Cardinale" and the world said "nope"

this bucks-wolves game is kinda big, both teams really need a win

So each CD-DNP is now worth a $62,500 fine? That's going to make a lot of bench sitters very, very happy.

Has anyone read any updates on Channing Frye? I wonder how he's doing.

kinda like when Brian Cardinal told us that it's pronounced "Cardinale" and the world said "nope"

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, November 30, 2012 8:10 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark

or when jr smith insisted he was going to be earl and no one listened!

btw if stern can fine spurs 250k for disappointing fans and not acting in the best interests of the league then he should fine the wizards infinity dollars for the same reasons

jeff green outplaying his reputation tonight btw

tommy heinsohn off the chain tonight too, he spent a solid minute just making fun of meyers leonard

He called him Lurch. I think if he had read Of Mice And Men he would have called him Lennie.

meyers leonard is big goofy kid who's about 1.5 seasons away from being a strong contributor on the floor, so as long as tommy's not too cruel, then he's not too far off base to make fun of him. the kid still gets lost on defense about one out of six trips down.

Larry Sanders has 6 blocks in 7 minutes!

Tommy was a little over the line, like a grandpa telling jokes that make you shake your head. Not malicious, just dumb.

yeah meyers....should not be playing significant minutes at this point in time

I'm a bit surprised he's not getting heavy d-league minutes.

close portland watchers might tell me differently but it seems like that team is so thin off the bench that they're just letting him figure it out in the majors

eh from what I've seen Meyers is a useful big already, we're not talking Thabeet 2009 here

I guess with such miniml expectations he can learn on the fly. I'm a bit surprised he's averaging almost 20 minutes a game.

such minimal expectations it doesn't even warrant an "a" towards the end.

Honest question: should I watch the second half of this Celtics game or edit the podcast I need to edit? I don't have time for both tonight.

well, if they win, there will be no suspense, if they blow it, you will be angry you watched.

meyers has the tools and raw ability, plus he applies himself and works like the devil, so he's learning the position about as fast as he can. he's def not thabeet redivivus. his minutes are directly tied to how inexperienced the blazer bench is, tho.

courtney lee is playing a really nice game despite unexciting stats

Leonard's stats are really good too; he doesn't turn it over he shoots a good percentage and he blocks shots, all you can ask for at this point really

close portland watchers might tell me differently but it seems like that team is so thin off the bench that they're just letting him figure it out in the majors

I've been posting the team's bench points numbers when I remember or when it jumps out at me. I was def at a game where the first bench score came halfway through the third. It's woeful.

In other news these teams' unis really getting me in the spirit of the season.

I'm going to try leaving the game on but muted. I'm sure it'll crash my computer eventually but until then I can keep an eye on one thing and an ear on the other.

clay they scored 3 bench points in the first half of tonite's game

Yeah that seems about right.