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

i hope someone throws up a pierce video compilation from tonight... i was watching the football game

yeah I guess Vucevic did have 29 rebounds vs. them, that's not great

all you need is at the end of this video http://espn.go.com/video/clip?categoryId=2459789&id=8823320

heat are totally coasting

and i mean tbf why not

http://cdn2.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1378353/piercekisses_1.gif

can u get gifs on tombstones yet

I don't really think the Bucks are underperforming (.500 sounds about right for them) so I wonder what drove this. Why now?

hahaha tommy never change http://www.celticsblog.com/2013/1/7/3848942/tommy-heinsohns-rant-on-rondos-suspension

Im sure Skiles just LOVED coaching Monta and Jennings!

every coaches dream backcourt

it all falls into place when you try to imagine a player he likes

Especially when you remember that he was a guard.

always figured that was mcmillan's problem. dude constantly feuded with/aliented his pg's, never had much to say at all about frontcourt guys.

with like a very obvious if unspoken "why can't these guys just play the why i played damnit" vibe.

Why now?

3 seasons PHX
4 seasons + 25 games CHI
4 seasons + 32 games MIL

with like a very obvious if unspoken "why can't these guys just play the why i played damnit" vibe.

― Clay, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 7:14 AM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

which is funny cuz Skiles wasn't exactly a boy scout

We're at the tipping point where, instead of it being hard to believe that the Lakers won't make the playoffs, it

may be harder to believe that they will. It sounds crazy for a team with so many veteran stars, but consider: the Nuggets right now are in the 8th spot with a winning percentage of .556. That translates into a 46-win season. Over the last three 82-game seasons, 46 wins is the lowest threshold for making the Western Conference postseason, so it's perfectly reasonable to expect that pace to be the price of admission. For the Lakers to collect 46 wins this season, they have to go 31-18 the rest of the way. That's 31-18 without Dwight Howard or Pau Gasol for the foreseeable future. That's 31-18 for a team that, to date, has played the 19th hardest schedule, which means the rest of the way is going to be tougher, not easier. That's winning darn near two of every three games for an old team -- Kobe's words, not mine -- that is 5-7 overall in back-to-back games and has 10 more to go. I know, Lakers fans, a lot can happen between now and then, the Black Mamba still wears purple-and-gold, etc. For now, it's still harder for me to wrap my head around the Lakers in the lottery than making a charge and sneaking into the postseason, too, but the cold, hard facts suggest otherwise. Might be time to start preparing for that harsh reality.

Ric Bucher lays out the grim reality.

well I guess I'll accept Phil Jackson as Bucks coach

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0107/nba_u_spike_gb1_288v.jpg

the fuck u dressed as lil boy

i remember first seeing spike wear that get up and assuming it was a one-time thing

ya i really dont understand what his deal is

lol melo down bro http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/8823531/new-york-knicks-carmelo-anthony-sought-confront-boston-celtics-loss-sources-say

he went to the locker room he went to the bus he yelled at the sky

haha

"That's testy? That's testy?" Celtics rookie Jared Sullinger asek. "I've seen way worse stuff in the '80s and I wasn't even born in the '80s. So, if that's testy, I didn't see it."

"I'm going to let y'all figure that one out," Rivers said. "I'm going to stay out of that. If it was the playoffs, I'd tell on him, but since it's not, I'm going to just be quiet."

doc subtweets danny ferry

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/6235555/159095466.0_standard_730.0.jpg

lol man http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/1/8/3850260/carmelo-anthony-kevin-garnett-team-bus-celtics-vs-knicks-video

KG on some mantis style shit

jus hanging out by the bus w 10 tiny security guards waiting on kg

haha camo vest melo what are you thinking

lol in the background of that pic violet palmer looking on like why me

can i just say here for a sec the kg only fights euros and lil guys and is afraid of full sized american basketball players meme is so ridiculous, kg doesnt fight anyone, he just fucks w them

should he want to fight them idk

gary washburn@GwashNBAGlobe
If I read Melo's lips correctly, he told Garnett "(Bleep) you (female anatomy)" as they went to the bench for the timeout #celtics #knicks

the internet claims kg said 'lala tastes like honey nut cheerios'

lmao i want to believe

i guess melo didn't take biology int hat one year of college

that game was inevitable, pierce just always owns the knicks and melo just lost it under kg's playoff-level trash talk

can't believe i used 2 like melo

its funny how no one in the world right now is all what happened to the knicks after their hot start, everyone knew

― lag∞n, Monday, January 7, 2013 9:34 PM (51 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Impossible for career 36% three-point shooters to shoot 68% for a season.

― Ya Bish Bosch (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, January 7, 2013 11:37 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

also everyone in the world knew amare was gonna fuck up the rotation when he came back

remember when Melo punched Mardy Collins and ran away? He really shouldn't pretend to be the hardman.

i love melo when he is shredding euros as team usa's power forward and hate him as an inefficient un-clutch nba player

melos having a great year tho, last nights game excepted, garnet and pierce are tough matchups for him

"That's testy? That's testy?" Celtics rookie Jared Sullinger asek. "I've seen way worse stuff in the '80s and I wasn't even born in the '80s. So, if that's testy, I didn't see it."

― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 9:36 AM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hahahaha

i love melo when he is shredding euros as team usa's power forward and hate him as an inefficient un-clutch nba player

I hate Melo but he's one of the most clutch players ever and stats bear it out.

i love melo when he is shredding euros as team usa's power forward and hate him as an inefficient un-clutch nba player

― questionable motor (agent hibachi), Tuesday, January 8, 2013 10:26 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he's actually p clutch and having a pretty amazingly efficient season!

sorry stat nerds, i meant to impugn melos ability to win in the playoffs outside of that one year in denver actually

and yes he is actually awesome this year, i just enjoyed his meltdown last night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BJPCAu_nhg