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

RUDY GAY, SF

+ Smooth, long wing with high-arcing jump shot. Can shoot over the top of a defense.
+ Outstanding transition finisher. Shies from contact and doesn't draw fouls.
+ Doesn't see the floor once he starts dribbling. Underachieves defensively.

Gay has All-Star talent, but his jump shot let him down last season and he hasn't picked up his game in other areas. For starters, there's the jumper. Gay's stroke looks wonderful, but it doesn't go in as often as you think. Last season he made only 33.8 percent of his long 2s, and his 31.2 percent mark on 3s dropped his career mark to just 34.7 percent. He can get his shot off against anyone, and there's value in that, but there's not a lot of evidence that he's an above-average shooter.

What does have value is when he takes shots near the basket. Gay shot 64 percent at the rim and had a high foul rate for a jump shooter; in particular, if he gets a step going right, he can throw down some vicious dunks. He also ranked in the top quarter of small forwards in both rebounds and blocks. In a related story, he played a lot of small-ball 4 and at 6-foot-9 may continue doing so going forward.

However, he regressed in other areas. Gay is guilty of dribble blindness, and while he's improved from a few years ago, he still ranked among the bottom 10 small forwards in pure point rating. Defensively, he's had a hard time converting elite athleticism into decent results. His length nets him a lot of blocks and steals, but the Grizzlies gave up 6.0 more points per 100 possessions when he was on the floor.

hah griz players should prob subscribe to insider

lol

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 (2 hours ago) Bookmark

wait whaaa

http://contactanycelebrity.com/cac/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/jm-sl11.jpg

spike u r so weird

spike, for christ's sakes, you're an adult

Spike Lee does more dishonour to his ancestors at Knicks games than Tarantino could even dream of.

O_o

...

It's cool that Schultz let Spike pick his own clothes

hah

whois tsrobodo

spike is just living the dream

tsrobodo is a british person, please ignore

Thank you very mucho ts robodo

spike has an nba comercial abt bernard king running now where he does an unacknowledged clyde frazier impression, lends it a subtle literary quality, multi layered nba weirdos

last night reminded me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=o10_AoHv5Xo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o10_AoHv5Xo

haha see bron knows how to play the game

tsrobodo is a british person, please ignore

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, January 8, 2013 2:02 PM

if you're going by 'dishonour' spelling, could also be canuck

in any event

pls ignore the raptors fan

BARGNANI SLAM DUNK M8

Earlier today, Blatche tweeted:

"Im ok and I didn't do anything jus was n the area when it happened" He later deleted that tweet.

About 30 minutes later, he tweeted:

"Getting ready for the game"

BlatcheLawyer: @drayblatche bruh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_(legal_term)

What does being a British person have to do with me being ignored?

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/01/08/sports/basketball/08garnett-offthedribble/08garnett-offthedribble-blog480.jpg

is that john wall photo real?

i think so, didnt really consider it tho

dying @ adidas capris

lol looks like jerry lewis wrestling

What does being a British person have to do with me being ignored?

― tsrobodo, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 2:43 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is what's called an "open goal" in your way of speaking i think

Spike Lee does more dishonour to his ancestors at Knicks games than Tarantino could even dream of.

― tsrobodo, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 11:47 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

smh

tbf dreaming of dishonour is one of the things tarantino excelles at

this is what's called an "open goal" in your way of speaking i think

― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 19:52 (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Only if you're making a ton of additional assumptions.

hi tsrobodo welcome to ilh

otm

tsrobodo, who's your team?

thanks am0n (aw shucks got me feeling all welcome and what not)

I'm a Spurs guy. Didn't have much of a choice in the matter.

tsrobodo, atm ilh needs someone to provide energy off the bench, box out consistently, and contribute some extra fouls to our hack-a-dwight strategy. can you do that for us?

tsrobodo, where are you from, where do you reside now, how come you spelled dishonor with a 'u'

You mean the Tottenham Spurs right

New here and not sure if that's supposed to be a euphemism sooooo, maybe?

Born in London formerly residing in Houston + Toronto currently in London/Essex. (pretty sure that covers everything)

And yup, I'm most definitely in a hoops thread talking about Tottenham.

just reflecting on how funny it is that john hollingers first order of business upon arriving in memphis is to try to trade rudy gay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv2EpvWQjc0

melo anthony, shook one

lol

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0108/nba_g_nash-dantoni01jr_576.jpg

"HIM"

first rule of ILH is no talking about soccer

other than that welcome!

I don't play by your rules man