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

as long as it lasts long enough for us to LOL lakers tonight i'm cool

are they gonna go lux city for JR this summer?

John Hollinger (1:01 PM)

Folks, that's all the time I have, but thanks again for all the great questions -- really enjoy the back and forth with everyone.

...last words

I guess the Lakers just stink?

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

btw reading that final hollinger chat two people brought up the argument the mvp isnt a an award for best player which is just the stupidest fn thought in the world and a good argument for outlawing sportswriting, like people think it wasnt originally just a fancy way of saying best player in the nba, they think one day someone was all hey we should give an award for not the the best player who cares who the best player is lets give one for the player who has the worst backup since that makes so muh sense

I guess the Lakers just stink?

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:21 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i still think they can be real good but obvs a lot of things have to happen

mostly health and a return to defensive form from dwight which prob goes under the heading of health too

the way theyve assembled the rest of the team is obvs shameful tho

dwight trying to kill melo is one thing that could help i guess

netw3rk ‏@netw3rk
Dwight couldn't bend over for a pretty routine ball going out of bounds. His back is an issue.

yep

the amazing plays are when they're in a zone and someone splits dwight and another guy and dwight can't even touch them

I think I'd rather go on a 2 hour car ride with Ted Bundy than Dwight Howard

hollinger news.

the lakers defensive rotations are... not good

that's mighty kind wording.

btw reading that final hollinger chat two people brought up the argument the mvp isnt a an award for best player which is just the stupidest fn thought in the world and a good argument for outlawing sportswriting, like people think it wasnt originally just a fancy way of saying best player in the nba, they think one day someone was all hey we should give an award for not the the best player who cares who the best player is lets give one for the player who has the worst backup since that makes so muh sense

― lag∞n, Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:24 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Barkley just said he prefers to pick the best guy on the team with the best record which is an also flawed but different approach from either of the ones you're suggesting

yeah i heard that, its prob the worst idea of the three

giving it to bron ten years in a row is just kinda boring i guess, they shoudl eliminate all awards theyre so terrible

bron should go pretentious snob if he doesn't win MVP this year
like pfft I don't even BELIEVE in ranking value, I prefer a more holistic approach to evaluating players

man i'm just gutted by this hollinger news

reggie miller on lillard: think derrick rose except less explosive and a better shooter

so rose minus his biggest strength and his biggest weakness ok

I for one am glad that hollinger can no longer write, it allows us to focus on the true qualities of the nba, which are sick dunks and cool crossovers

kobe 44 minutes

if I didn't have to work tonight I might try to find out where Reggie is staying and murder him in his sleep, I bet Obama would give me the medal of freedom.

they should just take mvp literally -- most VALUABLE player is the highest paid. because more money equals better than.

for serious I think being the best player should be weighted heavily but not be the sole deciding factor, like if the third best player in the league plays extra out of his mind and leads his team to a ridiculously better record than expected, but only if that record is somewhere in the top few seeds

I think they should just give it to lebron every year tbh

yeah f that giving it to the third best player garbage, f that attributing team qualities to leadership bullshit

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
Jesse Jackson working the Lakers locker room at MSG, spending several minutes visiting separately with Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard.

not sure anything can top that anecdote

awwwww no more hollinger

http://www.qwertysqoncepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/jesse-jackson-crying.jpg

Omen

Draymond Green ‏@Money23Green
LmaoRT @StephenCurry30: haha reggie miller just compared Lillard to D Rose, followed by a list of how he plays totally different than D Rose

i might have to cancel my espn insider with hollinger gone.

step curry otm

circles otm

i want one of those hipster donuts

Welp rip voodoo donuts, you guys have to deal with Reggie being your hypeman now

oh man great popovich headshake there

lol tnt graphic comparing tony parkers rookie season when he was 18 to lillards who is 22

yeah not sure what the point of insider is without hollinger

my gf was not into the hipster donuts based on their looks

well she doesnt have to have one if she doesnt want

Lol @ sager repeatedly pronouncing it lill-ee-yerd which he was also doing on the one other blazer game on TNT, he just doesn't gaf does he

just puts on a clown suit and figures he done his job

I have never had one a voodoo donut, I think it's like how NYC people don't go to the Statue of Liberty.

My mom otoh loves them.

well she doesnt have to have one if she doesnt want

― lag∞n, Friday, December 14, 2012 12:17 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i will tell her this and deal with the forthcoming snappy comeback on your behalf

you may forward the retort to me @tt