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

kinda hard to argue that it's a better season than 10-11 though

but yes he's got his 3p% back up to his career high of 33, keep chunking Russ

well as you say his WS/48 is at a career high & his PER is right in the same range so i don't think it's an appreciable difference esp if you factor in improvements from durant & ibaka

also his shooting % for january is up at 43% now which is still a tick down from the past two years but not something that's going to kill them and it wouldn't be a shock if he just played better in the second half either

also in a head-to-head match up w/ parker, i'll still take russ

i'd rate that group durant >>> russ > duncan > parker > manu

well as you say his WS/48 is at a career high & his PER is right in the same range so i don't think it's an appreciable difference esp if you factor in improvements from durant & ibaka

― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Monday, January 28, 2013 11:21 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't think he's worse, just not any better.

oh yeah i'd agree with that

russ over duncan, really

kind of feel like m bise and i are the only ones who watch spurs games

i mean it's likely that each will have regressed toward his respective mean come playoff time, but duncan is a legit MVP candidate and russ is having an average russ season

If Duncan was playing another 8-10 minutes a game people would totally be talking possible MVP. His numbers are stupid good considering minutes he's averaging.

Ha, was reading about Pacers vs. Nuggets history, and I ended up reading about some really dramatic Pacers/Nuggets ABA playoff series. The Pacers introduced Dancin' Harry during those playoffs as a kinda mascot. His only job was to put "the whammy" on the opposing team:

"During a time out, he would dance, twirl his cape, and shake his fingers at the other team's huddle ... In the 1975 ABA Playoffs, Dancin' Harry's hex worked against the heavily favored San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets, but failed in the Championship Series against the Kentucky Colonels.

Here is an artist's rendition of "The Goldfinger" hex:

http://www.remembertheaba.com/OnlyintheABAMaterial/FashionGuide/DancinHarry/DancinHarryProgram.jpg

Which looks nothing like the real Dancin' Harry:

http://www.remembertheaba.com/OnlyintheABAMaterial/FashionGuide/DancinHarry/DancingHarrySideline2.jpg

To combat The Goldfinger hex, the Nuggets hired Robota the Witch:

http://www.remembertheaba.com/OnlyintheABAMaterial/OnlyInTheABA/Witch/WitchPacersBenchBuse.jpg

And for the whole game:

"The witch put a spell on the entire Pacers team during pre-game warmups, including a pensive Darnell Hillman. She cast a special curse on George McGinnis, using a life size cutout of Big George and a smoking cauldron at mid-court. During the game, she spent time behind the Pacers' bench casting even more spells.

Don't know why I don't just spend a year reading about the ABA.

Ha just reading up on Dancing Harry now ... he also danced for the Knicks and some other teams, too?!? Is this why Homer is called "Dancing Homer" in that Simpsons ep?!?

bring back the ABA

i got a book about the ABA (Loose Balls) for christmas last year but still haven't read it

it's good you should give it a read

well yes almost every player's numbers would look better if they played 10 mpg less

i'd take westbrook in a playoff series bcuz i like his night-to-night upside of being able to explode for 40-something points (or have a game like he did in game 4 or 5 of the finals, I forget which it was)

but either way we're just arguing about perennial all-stars

well yes almost every player's numbers would look better if they played 10 mpg less

― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Monday, January 28, 2013 8:28 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wha

Really can't believe how quickly our jinx of Stephen Curry struck him down. His 9th ankle sprain in the last season and a half.

best 3 point shooter of all time

I wonder if he could play with one of those blade legs like that sprinter.

Curry, man. Argh.

so Bogut done did 12-8-2-1-4(blocks) in 24 minutes on his first game back.

So happy Bogut is back. Really really hope that team is as healthy as possible when playoffs come.

Bought looked pretty good. Will be a huge help when he rounds into shape.

yeah i'd really like to see that team play w/ bogut, hope they're on national tv soon (but it's probably lakers vs mavericks every thursday til april)

Damn Nuggets have some butthurt announcers.

Wow! Paul George just stuffed Gallo at the rim on a fast break. Beautiful.

Ha Quinn Buckner called it a "smothered chicken," I'm not familiar w/ that term for a block.

New one on me, too.

Asik with 19 rebounds with 3 mins left in 3rd

yeah i'd really like to see that team play w/ bogut, hope they're on national tv soon (but it's probably lakers vs mavericks every thursday til april)

― Clay, Monday, January 28, 2013 8:01 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

They play Dallas on TNT this Thursday.

Asik is bad man.

oh that's awesome i'll be watching, thanks for the heads up spottie!

good guess w/ Dallas tho haha

Bogut looked really good but then every time he walked back to the bench it looked like he had a wooden foot

is javale hurt?

bruised shin

Bogut looked really good but then every time he walked back to the bench it looked like he had a wooden foot

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, January 28, 2013 8:49 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Curry could use said wooden foot about now.

Curry looked alright after the game fwiw

Nuggets have been pretty awesome ever since ILH stopped talking about them every night

yeah well their schedule was apparently historically tough early in the season

Curry looked alright after the game fwiw

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, January 28, 2013 8:56 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh cool, I didn't get to watch tonight.

Lawson was clearly not 100% xp

well damn http://www.sbnation.com/2013/1/28/3927064/harrison-barnes-dunk-warriors-raptors-aaron-gray/in/3688705

He has some crazy smashes this year.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/554511_10100855191925325_661281651_n.jpg

the raptors logo underneath the basket trips me out something fierce, i really don't like it

I'm used to it from soccer so I don't even notice it anymore.

yeah everyone knew the nuggs would roll once that early stretch of games was out of the way