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

rick adelman has been gone from the team because his wife is in the hospital :(

http://www.startribune.com/sports/wolves/186250342.html?refer=y

shaq is the fn devil

C Webb >>>>>>>>>> Shaq >>>>>> Reggie Miller > John Barry

yes kobe plz try to d-fence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkgFTaLOld0

Too bad he didnt stick that J when he broke Kobes ankle

http://i.imgur.com/wQD8A.gif

OMG

that looks super painful

hit me while on the phone

the way he slumps in the chair is great comic timing

either that or he was knocked unconscious

oh my goodness

IN the running for gif of the year

that's the cake the winner of gif of the year gets.

that's some lame staged crap. should not be in the running for hoopies

it's pretty hilarious but nothing is beating the kobe inferno gif so it's a moot point anyway

maybe we get some Harlem Globetrotters gifs too

I THOUGHT IT WAS REAL

Sources: Greg Oden Plans To Play Again

Rivers says KG didn't talk about Melo's wife

Wolves' Love (hand) sidelined 8-10 weeks
Cavs' Varejao needs surgery, out 6-8 weeks
Wizards' Wall aims for Saturday season debut

DOC RIVERS: Kevin, in fact, was talking about my wife!

the oden story isn't just that he wants to play again, he thinks he can play again this season!

oh greg

maybe he can? when did he last have surgery

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/alleged-philly-hotel-sexual-assault-victim-andray-blatche-171855965--nba.html

when did he last have surgery

― J0rdan S., Thursday, January 10, 2013 5:09 PM

when didn't he last have surgery!

the last one I remember was like 2010 but it feels like he has to have had surgery more recently than that

Ok yeah he had a (third) microfracture surgery and arthroscopic surgery on his other knee in feb 2012.

Well Rivers isn't exactly gonna come out and say that KG was spitting hot game.

my knees ache just reading about oden

Hope yall are ready for Pacers vs. Knicks, Reggie covering the game http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-dance013.gif

I hadn't really noticed until just now that Durant has made a real leap this season:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=&year_max=&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&qual=&c1stat=ts_pct&c1comp=gt&c1val=.65&c2stat=pts_per_g&c2comp=gt&c2val=27.5&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws

so when's the varsity game?

Gerald Green looks like he bulked up

first to 65 wins

vintage eastern conference game breaking out here

durant's also upped his other stats, too

damn JR that was a little harsh

Fuuuuuck Lance is one of the fastest dribblers in the league. Dude flys downcourt w/ the ball.

Lance's court vision is rad too

they should just make granger the sixth man when he gets back

Pacers are 10-0 when Hibbert manages a double double.

So if they actually got what they thought they were buying with his ridiculous contract they'd probably be contenders.

ya a lot of their early season troubles seemed to be p well correlated to hibbert sucking so bad

... Heh, after spending all this time banging on about Lance, nice to see him finally getting closer looks from statheads / happy that stats are bearing out what I'm seeing. My heart of hearts wants Granger to come back 100% and used as a 6th man so the bench has some scoring opportunities. They're a really strong defensive unit, but unless Tyler does a good job Tylering up the game, there are zero scorers. Lance's talents are lost on them; Paul George can have disastrous games when it falls on him and him only to score. But, Granger would fit in nicely w/ that 2nd unit and give them the jump-shooter they need. Of course, this would absolutely never happen, unless Vogel cloaks the decision as an easing-in of Granger back to playing.

― ヽ（´ー｀）┌ (CompuPost), Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:23 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah you were otm about the starter/bench thing with lance's passing

Hibbert has been playing with an injured right hand since the beginning of the season, which is why he's shooting so many left-hand baby-hooks this year. Dude is still basically 10/10 with almost 3 blocks a game, we'll take it.

And yeah, Lance has LeBron-level wrist strength, so he's able to kinda zip passes at odd points in his dribble. Sadly, none of his feeds have gone to West/George/Hill/Hibbert tonight, though.

I didn't realize until now that Bird gave Lance Stephenson one of those 4 year minimum deals that you can give second roudners, great move.

I really wish gms used that move more often.