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

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

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

lmao i want to believe

― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 10:21 AM

lool

love that sullinger quote. and the doc rivers double zing. really a great night for the celtics.

5 more assists til 10000 for nashty

melo is a turd and should do another stop snitching vid about ferry

http://deadspin.com/5974083/the-nba-fined-danny-ferry-15000-for-snitching-on-rajon-rondo

lol i'm imagining danny ferry frantically trying to figure out his dvd burning software during the 4th quarter of the game

lol at knicks big mens half hearted attempts to stop melo from going to the vistiors locker room

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

john walls been enjoying his time off

lol at adidas capris

lol nice moobs

lol @ sheed just like "melo's gotta do what he's gotta do"

can john walls jump yet

gay to suns? http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--suns-in-trade-talks-for-rudy-gay-165005609.html

Bill Simmons ‏@BillSimmons
My wife tastes like Frosted Flakes.

oh god no

:O

Royce White on Hang Up and Listen podcast btw. Probably a much, much better platform for Royce to talk about "protocol" since guys like Pesca and Fatsis know how to ask questions better than most/any sports radio jockeys.

They ask about the protocol stuff in about fifteen different ways, and it sounds like Royce has trouble with Morey/coaching staff calling the minute-to-minute shots, rather than having a mental health professional on-hand as a decision-making filter between staff/Royce. I guess he was kind of a bubbleboy at Iowa St. and the staff was happy to genuflect to Royce/his doctors. Think the sad problem might be that Royce isn't a special snowflake in the NBA, even as a top draft pick, and the team -- while being pretty adamant about helping Royce -- would rather not have decisions being held up by mental health professionals having to OK every single decision.

Either way, happy to hear Royce come off as a young & mature guy. Just sad that it sounds like the protocol he wants really doesn't fit with NBA life, and it sounds like Royce is pretty serious about keeping the same protocols that he had in college.

suck it up bb

Bill Simmons ‏@BillSimmons
My wife tastes like Frosted Flakes.

O_O

The very idea of Bill Simmons' wife having a vagina disgusts me for some reason.

i kinda wish someone would ask him if he's willing to play in the d-league if all the protocols are met. or even just ride the bench all season (not as if the other rookies are getting many minutes at all).

there also seems to be a disconnect between his doctor (his family general practice doctor?!) and the fact that the rockets want a say in who the go-between doctor(s) are. complicated.

royce, that is!

FREE SANDERS !!!!
FREE HENSON !!!!
FREE ERSAN !!!!

http://deadspin.com/5974132/a-member-of-the-brooklyn-nets-is-being-questioned-in-a-sexual-assault-case

spoiler: its blatche

fuck blatche

shit

I think the "fuck Blatche"s are a little premature.

xps yeah, totally complicated. It sounds like his big issue is that the Rockets weren't keeping pace w/r/t mental health protocols (like, workplace disability and (reasonable) disability accommodations) and Royce is taking issue w/ that. I'm sure he could D-League it for a while, where he'd probably have much more freedom to press the pause button when he needed to. But, I think Royce knows that, if all goes well, he'll still have to go back up the the NBA/Rockets and deal w/ the same protocol problems. He's still kinda sketchy on what those protocols are; one gets the impression that they're basically, "If I'm having any problems related to my illnesses [which, w/ OCD + anxiety + PTSD, could be basically any problem], I have to have a Dr. on hand to help me decide the best decision moving forward. I don't take marching orders from the coaches/front office w/o checking w/ my Dr. first." In a normal office environment, I'm sure that's easier to accomplish; not so sure about the NBA.

And yeah, his family Dr., I think the same one that diagnosed him in high school! I'm sure he's sticking w/ her (think it's a her?) since she's had his best interests at heart. It's also probably a net positive that she isn't telling Royce, "Dude, NBA ball, suck it up, here's some pills. Have fun flying." Plus, I'm sure there are plenty of front-office people (and players!) who see that kind of support as straight-up enabling. Complicated!

What makes all of this even more complicated is that dealing with all of this must be doing a bad compounding number on his anxiety.

I will never pass up a chance to say fuck blatche

why the f would you trade gay for dudley