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

but besides that

― lag∞n, Monday, December 31, 2012 10:29 PM (24 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think you're kinda forgetting how Magic was a physical force similar to Bron. Magic wasn't really a great ballhandler (probably a little worse than Bron really), but he was 6'9, fast and strong so it allowed him to use his passing skills and his incredible feel for the game.

magic was a great argument for the giant point guard, it must be sweet to back down little guards and be able to look and pass right over the top of people

i remember seeing one episode of the magic show where magic and whoever the first guest was were just lecherously fawning over tyra banks who was on second, it was suposed to be all in good fun but it felt a lil too real

^^^I REMEMBER THIS IT WAS WEIRD

was the guest arsenio??? or did the same thing happen on arsenio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa2553WddoA#!

lol magic in straight mac mode

dood ur on tv

obvs skills are not the ultimate arbiter of greatness but as far as all time greats theres something particularly crude abt bron

― lag∞n, Monday, December 31, 2012 4:47 PM (55 minutes ago)

dude wtf he's an amazing passer and ballhandler for his size/position, likewise but less so as a rebounder, probably one of the best wing defenders ever...he's basically a walking advertisement for what a basketball player should look like. you're using some kind of arbitrary standard for "basketball skills" i'm unaware of

also this has nothing to do w/ this particular argument but bron is shooting 77% at the rim this year...

bron is just big hes not good at basketball sry case closed

dam

http://i.imgur.com/0SAhW.gif

bobcats beat the bulls in chicago today, life's a funny thing

Vucevic has 13-16-1-3-1 2 minutes into the 3rd

I think that Vucevic got around five rebounds on the same play. Tipping it up and up and over and up and in.

they gave him 4 on that I think

25 rebounds with 6 minutes left

wow

Bynum trade looking pretty rough for philly

man vuc drills a clutch 18 foot rainbow

oh man overtime!

vucevic 29th rebound, breaks shaq's franchise record

wow

some other stats from that game

bron 17 pts in the 4th
wade 3-10 from the line

holy shit harden

18-8-6-4-2 for kemba tonight, dude is just quietly a very solid player

I think I mentioned this upthread but kemba rules and his stats for December are pretty eye-popping.

19.9 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 6.1 apg, 46-38-77%s, throw in 1.5spg.

I think it's mostly that he shot 36% from the floor on the year last year. 46 is a leap. And 30 to 38% for three b/w last year and this.

pj tucker is playing some amazing defense on durant

dragic is doing some things tonight

10.5 FTA/36 for harden in december

one of the painful things about the nba draft is that sometimes guys learn to shoot (Kemba?) and sometimes they just don't (Rubio?)

btw remember when the 2011 draft was supposedly super terrible

yeah that was pretty obviously wrong about halfway into last season. kyrie, faried, klay thompson, kemba, kawhi all look like solid starters for the foreseeable future

plus you have a bunch of solid role players on top of that

kyrie kemba klay kanter kawhi... reads like a list of roger clemens's kids

should start a boy band

wilt was just big hes not good at basketball sry case closed

shaq was just big hes not good at basketball sry case closed

malone was just big hes not good at basketball sry case closed

malone had stockton hes not good at basketball sry case closed

btw remember when the 2011 draft was supposedly super terrible

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, December 31, 2012 8:50 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

always these projections of overall draft quality are meaningless, couple guys pan out and it swings the balance

aimlesses pledge to live an irony free life i see is panning out

lol @ clemens comment

“I [have] to be inventive and find ways,” Carlisle said. “I don’t have a better answer than that. The last week, I’ve had to literally scream in the face of two guys in practices and shootarounds to get the point across. And I will continue to do that.

“If I have to start suspending guys for not doing things they’re supposed to be doing on the court, I’ll do it. And Mark and I will get into it about that. But somehow, things have got to change and it can’t just be about that it’s a tough schedule. It just can’t.”

it cant just be about its a tough schedule and a mediocre team

The mediocre team was winning through sheer effort earlier this season. The lack of effort of late is telling (see also Celtics, Boston) so I'm happy to hear Carlisle isn't accepting that from the Mavs.

they were kinda winning through oj mayo shooting 20% above his lifetime 3pt average

that was a huge part of it. But they also moved the ball well, and made quick and proper defensive rotations. That isn't happening of late.

yeah i mean its carlilses job to not take any excuses but theyre just not a great team and theyve had a tough recent schedule, also they havent played very well, they can prob be okay once dirk is up to speed

If they can get and stay healthy, they could be a lower tier playoff team and maybe nab a game or two. This is not a team likely to make the second round.

ya especially since the west is so stacked this year