the lakers have just pooped their big-boy pants: 2012-2013 NBA regular season thread (part 2)

good job great effort

Tim MacMahon ‏@espn_macmahon
DeMarcus Cousins says shot to O.J. Mayo's, um, groin was "not intentional." Mayo: "That guy has some mental issues."

hah

http://hoopspeak.com/2012/12/houstons-offense-a-combination-of-great-shot-selection-poor-shooting/

Last season, the other teams that populated the top of the Long Two Leaderboard were teams like Charlotte (last in offensive efficiency), Philadelphia (20th), Boston (25th), Toronto (29th), and Washington (26th).

this argument would be much better rendered in ts% not efficiency! of course then the celtics wouldnt be cellar dwellers and yr argument isnt as good, celtics problem as always was turnovers, good piece overall tho

yeah v interesting. parsons drilled 4 or 3 threes in the last 5 minutes last night. toney douglas is shooting p well last games (strange)

LMA in this houston team is my morey-project. a scoring big who could pop out. could turn out to be pretty (& efficient) bball.

anthony davis back tonight!

sweet

Givony (draftexpress): "As a Suns lottery pick, it is downright disturbing how poorly point guard Kendall Marshall is playing for Bakersfield of the D-League."

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/heatindex/articles/20121210phoenix-suns-putting-bad-bad-news.html

In their landfill of losses, the Suns were dumping the same empty regrets and re-commitments after one of their more lame losses when an opposing player summed it up more succinctly.

“We’re the ‘Bad News Bears’ and they’re worse than us,” the player told a cohort.

I realllllly want to know who said this.

beasley

has super cool been shitty? once adelman gave up on him i knew there was no hope

super shitty.

tbh Adelman hates a lot of players who are good, he's a fickle dude

remember when he took forever to bench Nick Anderson for Peja? Man I'm getting old.

*finicky, not fickle

Shaun Powell ‏@Powell2daPeople
Suns source: Michael Beasley is "toxic," team in tailspin, could lead to major shakeup.

fickle or not, beasley is a headcase beyond belief

"I don't know who labels people stars, but even [T'wolves owner] Glen Taylor said: I don't think Kevin Love is a star, because he hasn't led us to the playoffs," Love told Yahoo! Sports. "I mean, it's not like I had much support out there.
"That's a tough pill to swallow."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--kevin-love-remains-unsure-about-timberwolves--future-200009299.html

oh no kevin.

twolf karma

the player told a cohort.

hey I guess insulting your player for your entire tenure as a GM leads to problems whoda thunkit

i'm praying that kupchak fucks up the lakers cap situation before they realize they should be already planning for the day love walks

nah they know what's up

Nash expires in 2014-2015, they'll do a lot of 2 year deals this summer and that will be that.

they're gonna need to shoot kobe's helicopter down with an RPG

has derrick williams been that bad? they really can't find him any minutes? that seems insane to me

hes like.... a bad #2 pick. remember evan turner rookie year?

i said it in last year's thread and i will say it again

ladies and gentleman, your starting 4 for the 2015-16 boston celtics...kevin love

this is downright garnett-esque too:

"I have a very, very good memory, and I always remember the people who have done right by me, and the people who have done wrong by me," he says. "It will be embedded in my brain, and something I won't forget about. There's no telling what will happen. I would love to compete for a championship in Minnesota, but …"

lots of smh quotes in the woj piece

not only does kahn draft players unworthy of his high picks, he then forces them to play ouf of position. david kahn!

the first public thing Kahn did as Wolves GM was tell a group of season ticket holders that Love would never be an all-star and that his ceiling was the 4th best guy on a contending team.

yeah okay but youve got ricky rubio coming back, andrei kirilenko, nikola pekovic, chase budinger, a #2 pick backup, luke ridnour, even a russian guy ...

that's a roster no matter what love says

i'm not sure anyone could ever trust kahn

blow three top 5 picks in that fashion seems unforgivable regardless of anything else you've managed to do

4 top 6 picks, Al Jefferson, mountains of cap room and 3 full years as GM = Ricky Rubio, Andrei Kirilenko, Alexey Shved and Brandon Roy.

the only player from Kahn's first two years that remains is Luke Ridnour.

two years of acquisitions that is.

fuck me

ladies and gentleman, your starting 4 for the 2015-16 boston celtics...kevin love

― questionable motor (agent hibachi), Tuesday, December 11, 2012 5:04 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

four kevin loves

a vision

Strange conversation

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/conversation?gameId=400278024

@kpelton Austin Rivers is on pace to rate 8.1 wins below replacement. -6.5 (Jason Collins, 2006-07) is the lowest mark on record.

._.

George Karl frantically shuffling the lineup; Anthony Randolph gets two awesome blocks

lakers down by 14 to the cavs nbd

kobe, dwight, and six guys who are completely brutal in one or more ways

good Javale

Jason Maxiell has 6 blocks in 18 minutes