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

mercy killing

oh ok. He is a good coach imo.

agreed

the lakers should trade pau to whatever team in the east is an 8 seed for their playoff berth

they should trade dwight

both, and nash

and kobe

otm sacre is untouchable, everyone else is fair game, THE BANK IS OPEN

no but really dwight is the only "trade chip" they have that could do anything signifiant to their roster

they should trade dwight on account of both he and the team being the worst

Pau has no value?

with the way he's played this year plus his injuries he's not going to bring back anything for them that's going to significantly alter their season imo

hes 32 years old and shooting 40% for the season

having said that considering his contribution has been basically zero this year they prob could improve by trading him for depth

well thats what happens when dantoni wont let you post up or get anywhere near the key

having said that considering his contribution has been basically zero this year they prob could improve by trading him for depth

― lag∞n, Friday, January 18, 2013 1:48 PM (37 seconds ago) Bookmark

agree w/ this tho

yeah that and hes been v unhealthy, lakers hoping obvs he gets healthy and they figure out the whole fit thing xp

lag∞n massive thank you for posting that picture. I remember talking with that dude at an Indy/Lakers Finals game more than a decade ago and could never figure out who the fuck it was! Had always assumed that he was some rich old actor; never really knew how to Google search "actor who goes to Lakers games." Now I know: James Goldstein, NBA Superfan.

Also just about any team in the league would love to have Pau lurking around the post / hitting step-back Js if he has to. He might be a little banged up, but if the Olympics were any indication (and assuming he hasn't sustained some kind of new injury this season), dude still has it and his # drops probably say more about how the Lakers use him than they do about him. Plus, isn't his contract, as big as it is, still more desirable than Dwight's?

haha yeah that dude is everywhere, there was some whole article abt him a couple years back im sure you could dig up, spoiler hes a bit of a weirdo

lakers/indy was secretly a p great series

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http://hoopspeak.com/2013/01/miami-runs-ray-allens-clutch-play-lebron-gets-a-dunk/

Mike D'Antoni says Kobe will defend primary scorers the rest of the season, "unless he dies first": cbsprt.co/13NWlpR

kobe's looked ok on-ball on some good players but this is just not a smart strategy at this stage of his career

simmons is straight slandering d-wade right now

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/A-7H4t7CAAA84F5.jpg

aw

YES

wkiw

matt your mom is adorable

http://i.imgur.com/8Z5gKqx.png

stream freeze

haha

omer's hair is difficult

Ready for a Paul George heatcheck here.

i swear harden's shooting like 25% at the rim the past 2 games

he's really got to develop a floater for when a big meet him at the rim

maybe hes feeling minutes a little bit?
09-10 1738 (76 games)
10-11 2189 (82 games)
11-12 1946 (62 games)
12-13 1498 (39 games)

6th in usage this season

Harden isn't a good finisher but he's so good at drawing fouls that it doesn't matter. I always thought the league would adjust and stop fouling him but I guess he's just a genius at it.

usage obv too.

oh man paul george. lol

hes shifty

xp

no other player has this "lost and found" lvl of relationship w the ball, its like hes always kidding defenders

#hoopidea new stat: almost TOV, then produces pts/ast

wheres bradley

injured

wuts wrong

celtics have no mojo sans avery he's magic

he was punched in the rib by doc

must have swatted austin rivers

ASIK SPIN!

don't know if it's accurate to call harden anything other than a great finisher - the guy shot 70% at the rim last year and 66% this year - but he's definitely kind of unimaginative about it when you watch him a lot. which is kind of the opposite of what you'd think. but almost all his layups are those lefty scoops

yeah wtf matt