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

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lol jord

how could I possibly think he'll be the greatest 3 point shooter ever

i don't know, because you're projecting a young player with a noted injury history to play for 15 more seasons at this level or better? but other than that i see no way that steph curry doesn't become the best 3 point shooter of all time

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/1031/la_g_curry_300.jpg

"how could I possibly think he'll be the greatest 3 point shooter ever?"

I'm saying it "looks like" he'll be the greatest. And it does look like it because he is already producing at a historic level! At 24!

he's missed 2 games this season, the ankle thing looks like a one year problem

right, and there's certainly zero history of a player producing at historic levels at a young age before his career being knocked off that path

from 3? I can't think of any 3 point shooters with that problem. It's not like he's Brandon Roy or Clark Kellogg here.

I mean maybe his ankle limits his career to 8 years or something but you're acting like I'm saying josh selby will be MVP or something

nbatv doing some cool "i love the 80s" type thing atm

sort of surprised pierce isn't on melo

what are the chances pierce drills a 3 here? 100%?

whoops lol

or not.

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Nash: 2 seasons
Novak: 2 seasons
Peja: 1 season
Steph "lol" Curry: 4 seasons

aw man remember how good peja was

dragic and scola do some cool stuff together

chuck is really sucking doing color tonight

@billsimmons

Only All-Star snub that bugged me a little was Bosh getting in over Lopez. Lopez is getting double-teamed, Bosh is left open all the time.
7:36pm - 24 Jan 13

simmons has a weird thing against bosh

jealousy, bosh is a much better comedian than simmons

Lopez is having a really good season.

PER isn't perfect, but he's 3rd in the league.

Sorry, 4th, after Lebron, Durant, and Chris Paul.

yeah i mean jrue and deng really don't need to be on this team, bosh is pretty much a red herring

noah's not a particularity inspiring choice either. or george. the east sucks basically

simmons has a weird thing against bosh

― k3vin k., Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:03 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark

in the otherwise good lakers back-and-forth with lowe, simmons ruled out the heat as a trade partner for gasol because bosh "knows where The Decision bodies are buried" and not, you know, because bosh is a much better and younger player who has already played with the team's other two stars for 2+ seasons, making the finals and winning a title

it's absurd

Barkley torching the Suns org for doing Majerle and Elston dirty.

I wonder if Simmons would consider a bosh for kg trade straight up to be like totally an absurd suggestion for Boston

I'm saying it "looks like" he'll be the greatest

you're using "looks like" unlike I ever hear it used. "looks like we're having steak for dinner" since mom is cooking steak, I saw it. "looks like rain is coming" because I saw some dark clouds heading this way. not "looks like i'm going to find $1000" cause i just found 2 fives.

dragic is balling

Derozan game winning fade away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWCfMAVd7ck

taste the rainbow! Crikey.

yah that thing dropped straight down

yeah that's not exactly the shot you're looking for but they'll take it.

Trying to predict anyone will be the best at anything is kinda crazy. Too many factors. But yes if he Curry stay healthy for a looooong time then thats probably his ceiling.

*if Curry can stay

you're using "looks like" unlike I ever hear it used. "looks like we're having steak for dinner" since mom is cooking steak, I saw it. "looks like rain is coming" because I saw some dark clouds heading this way. not "looks like i'm going to find $1000" cause i just found 2 fives.

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, January 25, 2013 4:39 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

his first 4 seasons are among the 30 greatest 3 point shooting seasons ever, how many does he need?

Until this year he was never in the top 10 in attempts. It's not just hitting but taking that matters.

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his first 4 seasons are among the 30 greatest 3 point shooting seasons ever, how many does he need?

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:50 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

10 more? 12 more? 15 more? take your pick.

the numbers speak for themselves; his career numbers are a historic combination of volume and percentage

15 more is ridiculous, no way it takes that many for him to be GOAT

you're saying he has to have 19 seasons that are better than all but two of ray allen's

okay, if he does it for another decade.

i mean yes he looks like a historically good 3 point shooter. duh. that was the book on him coming out of college. saying that he's all but certain to be the best 3 point shooter in history is a major leap of faith for a guy still on his rookie deal.

I never said he was all but certain wtf dude

i guess we have different interpretations of the phrase "it looks like"

danny's post is otm in that regard

also in one of those seasons he attempted 121 total 3s

and by danny i mean granny

ok fine then he only has 3 seasons that are better than Ray Allen's 2 best. At age 24.