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

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Ah damn. Poor fella. Was really looking forward to the game, I hope he plays.

This is where we arrive at the most logical destination when we talk about young talents: Who is his best comp?

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At 14-24, Detroit remains in the playoff hunt, but according to Hollinger's Playoff Odds, the Pistons have only about a one-in-three chance at punching their playoff ticket.

lol the east

has been a joy watching drummond play well this season though. really good kid

elton brand!

harden's missed like 4 layups in the 4q

I know we have some Warrior diehards on here (Spottie, right?), so I was hoping you could shed some light on Klay Thompson. He doesn't seem as good as last year; always looking over to the bench, hesitant, slow on rotations, etc. Is something up? Is Mark Jackson grinding him down?

am i wrong in thinking this cavs team could be v good in a couple years, especially if they get a decent piece/pick(s) for varejao?

i dunno, not really a whole lot of talent after irving and maybe waiters

btw, remember when lebron was a bad 3 pt shooter and we all thought he was gonna give up on them? that seems like a career ago now

thompson seems v promising

thompson with 13-12-2 in january, shooting over 50%.

oh right forgot about him

wade with 9-4-2-3-1 in 9 minutes

EZ: yeah klay's's not shooting as well this year. also his assists have gone up, kind of synchs up with the w's whole new "defense + extra pass" thing.

who even knows what's going on w/steph's ankle. I do not trust the w's front office after their lying bogut baloney.

Thanks for some feedback, brimstead.

I figured that was part of it. He was such a joyful player to watch when I caught games last year, but this year -- in the 8-10 games I've caught at least a part of -- he seems to second guess and get on himself when he makes an error. Was chalking it up to Jackson pushing a system harder and him playing starter's minutes with the pressure that goes with that bigger role. Can probably chalk up the shooting drops to playing against the opposing starters more as well.

I was wondering if my eyes were deceiving me or if I had just caught anomalous games.

bron popping off

1 pt to 20k

he's so young and too good of a shooter for me to be concerned - he's still shooting .40/.38/.87

batum has 8 turnovers with 4 minutes to go in the third

I know we have some Warrior diehards on here (Spottie, right?), so I was hoping you could shed some light on Klay Thompson. He doesn't seem as good as last year; always looking over to the bench, hesitant, slow on rotations, etc. Is something up? Is Mark Jackson grinding him down?]

His shooting % was higher but he is shooting a lot more threes this year and still shooting 39% from there. There are games where he looks amazing and games where he makes boneheaded plays over and over. I wonder about his shot selection often, a little too quick to trigger sometimes, needs some patience. He is actually pretty good going to the rim but doesnt do it enough, not sure if he is shy of contact. His team defense is pretty ok overall. He is important to have on the floor as he and curry keep the floor spread and open everything up for Lee/Landry to go work. Not a great season really so far but I'm not overly worried about him yet.

Yeah he was more of a plain spot up shooter last season, might just be going through "growing pains" w/r/t improving all aspects the game. He's too big to be just a cach and shoot guy, though, imo. Idk.

ugh bill Simmons's voice

right? he sounded terrible

early on in his podcasting days he was v. embarrassed by his voice

Yea agree. He has more upside than that for sure. His confidence wanes for sure.

xxxxp

epic lebron half

this lebron kid is gonna be ok

ha xp

wade with miami's first 2 for 1 of the season that i can remember

lebron more like le sucks at basketball

Thanks Spottie!

lebron more like le sucks at basketball

― lag∞n, Wednesday, January 16, 2013 11:47 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he's just big iirc

wait lol the hornets beat the celtics in the garden tonight?

they've won like 4 of 5 or something

thus is the life of a mediocre old ass basketball team, also the hornets are not that bad

also doc let them win

tru

austin rivers 3-6 8pts << evidence

Doc subbed out Avery as soon as Austin first checked in. Didn't want to break the poor boy.

hmmmmmmmm

chalmers is on fire

Doc subbed out Avery as soon as Austin first checked in. Didn't want to break the poor boy.

― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:01 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

i really hope this is true & that it was seriously doc's motivation.

omg chalmers

they're just trying to get bron his 10th assist before they take him out

I didn't notice while watching, but I saw it here:

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Wow, Doc throws Austin Rivers a bone, subbing out Avery Bradley when Austin comes in. What a nice dad.

hah