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

have not been to barclays irl but heard they just play jayz constantly which is p horrific and lol

imho it looks good on the lakers but just sort of janky for the nets, not sure why maybe cause the lakers court has colors on it, or it could be the subtleties of the lighting, wouldnt be surprised if Hollywood was better at that sort of thing

― lag∞n, Friday, February 15, 2013 9:41 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Think it's the court, which has pretty dark wood and is really shiny. Another reason might be that Barclays is barely ever filled. Combine the empty seats with the lighting and you've got a pretty weird vibe. I bet if an important game ever happens there w/ people actually cheering, it'd be different.

Some of the NY/NJ Nets-game streams have these stat interstitials with absolutely no color but black/grey/white, which makes me irrationally angry.

Should really be an MJ Taking on All Comers 1-on-1 games somewhere in the Saturday All-Star slots.

Charlotte Bobcats rookie Michael Kidd-Gilchrist confessed Friday that Jordan beat him in a one-on-one game.

"It was hard for me," Kidd-Gilchrist, almost 20, told USA Today before the Rising Stars Challenge rookie-sophomore game at All-Star Weekend. "I lost. I lost to a 50-year-old guy. ... He's the greatest man that ever played the game.

"Oh, yeah. He's good."

How about taking it easy to make the boss look good? The 6-foot-7 rookie out of Kentucky said that wasn't the case.

"No. I didn't allow him to beat me," he told CSNHouston. "Because that's my boss? Nah."

However, CBSSports.com has learned that the Lakers have engaged in preliminary trade discussions with an unlikely trade partner regarding Howard: their fierce rival, the Boston Celtics. The centerpieces of the possible deal, which hasn't gained any traction, would be Howard and Rajon Rondo.

good luck USA

omg please let that happen

oh man, kyrie just punked rodney stuckey pretty bad

kyrie obviously playing a different game than all these kids

shved has had some bonkers dunks

by stuckey i meant brandon knight

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2176441/holykyrie.gif

totally krossed up

holy fuck if the celtics get dwight for rondo :D

more baseless blockbuster speculation:

HOUSTON — The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers have been discussing a deal to trade forward Kevin Garnett for guard Eric Bledsoe and center DeAndre Jordan, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

I am so ready for some celtics blockbusters, also the clips would prob be title favorites w that trade

yeah i love when danny goes crazy.

that'd be a good trade possibly a great move for both teams? dk if it puts the clippers ahead of miami but it certainly makes for a fun and weird group.

Sweet, gonna cut/paste some of these Dwight/Kobe vignettes and just do a search/replace from Kobe to KD.

Praying that both teams don't really think about it too hard and just say What the Hell and do it. Like, I'd rather not even anticipate what that trade would do; just wanna sit back and watch it happen.

* KG

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/Michael-Jordan/michael-jordan-not-left-building

amazing piece

Hahahaha think they're anticipating that this story will get a ton of eyeballs, too many to use the curtains.js script for the story :b

wonder what jordan thought of django

Can I just

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/article/media_slots/photos/000/727/511/Rajon-Rondo-Lakers_original.png?1360989477

the idea that the lakers would deal dwight for a guy that just tore his ACL has to be the most baseless trade speculation in a really long time

yeah it's pretty farfetched

garnett for bledsoe and deandre sounds much more plausible tho

if i were the clippers i think i'd do that in a heartbeat. they might be the favorites in the west at that point

Totally farfetched but exciting just that was (maybe?) floated by either team.

Feel like the Celtics don't do it because they don't need another pg-- think that Bledsoe goes to a team w/o a strong starting pg, and Celtics have two already (assuming Rondo is back by next year).

Not even sure who the starting five would be ... Jordan-Bass-Pierce-Bradley-Bledsoe? Switch in Terry for Bradley and bring Bradley off the bench? I don't know, just think that Bradley is someone you'd want to start grooming right now and pay big bucks in a few years. Not really sure why they'd bend over backwards to get rid of KG for Bledsoe.

It doesn't make sense for the Celtics, and it doesn't matter since KG has a no trade clause and won't waive it.

EZ Snappin with the inside info on where KG wants to play

My inside info is from press reports after today's all star practice. From Marc Spears on twitter:

"If its up to me I will live and die green," KG said. When reminded its up to him, KG said: "OK then. So what are we talking about it?"

When asked if there was any team or circumstance that he would drop his trade clause for, Kevin Garnett simply said: "No."

oh wow so he didn't say "fuck yeah trade me to the clips"

i sort of doubt he'll waive it tbh

KG also says he's retiring and leaving 24m on the table, is that a lock too?

why are KG and chauncey best friends?

They were in Minny together no?

oh that's right

Andrea Bargnani making history

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=83&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=mp_per_g&c1comp=gt&c1val=30&c2stat=trb_per_g&c2comp=lt&c2val=4.9&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2013/02/lebron-james-to-start-at-point-guard/

east crunch time lineup should be kyrie-wade-bron-melo-bosh

west crunch time lineup should be cp3-russ-kobe-durant-blake

parker for russ but otherwise yeah

the idea that the lakers would deal dwight for a guy that just tore his ACL has to be the most baseless trade speculation in a really long time

― J0rdan S., Saturday, February 16, 2013 1:30 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agreed that its p ridiculous but its w/in the realm of possibility if the lakers become convinced that a)theyre not making the playoffs and b) dwights leaving in the offseason

is rondo's torn ACL really worse than Dwight's hole in his spine?

probably it is, but it's not like they're trading a healthy dude here

maybe not but if they wanted to trade dwight they could probably find someone who could actually play within the next 12 months

maybe the lakers should try developing their own talent instead of grabbing broken guys who get a lot of all-star votes

well they traded all their draft picks for steve nash (broken guy with a a lot of all-star votes) so that might not be possible

oopsies

maybe not but if they wanted to trade dwight they could probably find someone who could actually play within the next 12 months

― J0rdan S., Saturday, February 16, 2013 9:00 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya but they prob wont be able to get a better player if dwight isnt guaranteed to resign

josh smith?

smith could work, you have to be willing to max him out over the summer tho

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/Michael-Jordan/michael-jordan-not-left-building

amazing piece

― manti 乒乓 (k3vin k.), Saturday, February 16, 2013 11:16 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

classic

"He can be a breathtaking asshole"

i lold

this is a great read