waiting for the other shoelace to drop: 2013-2014 NBA regular season thread (part 2)

He probably just needs a shot of B12.

cfgardner ‏@cf_gardner 9m
Chris Paul joked at shootaround he is eager to see tribute video to J.J. Redick tonight when Bucks face Clippers. Clips giving J.J. grief.

lol

http://www.ohio.com/sports/cavs/jason-lloyd-kyrie-irving-s-accolades-outnumber-his-successes-1.461899?localLinksEnabled=false&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

lol cp xp

on the one hand a kinda dumb and very predictable column but that bits about dj augistin and other point guards vs the cavs is o_O

no yeah kyrie hasn't been as good as we'd hoped, and his defense is really awful

kyrie def. a disappointment this year, not sure what happened

besides cleveland sucking, obv

the only really talented offensive player on that team besides him is waiters which is.... not a good thing

and he's playing for the league's least imaginative offensive head coach

just a really, really bad combo all around

yeah agree i still believe in him

cavs r fd

ahh the memories
http://i.imgur.com/OMgF2mZ.jpg

Kyrie is a horrible defender but so are Harden and Lillard. Also point guard defense is so rare these days that it's hard to care that much.

And hey, Augustin is kinda killing it?

i was gonna say DJ ain't THAT bad

every PG in the league is good

Except Brandon Jennings

the Portland Trail Blazers have abandoned plans for new jersey designs after fans showed a strong preference for the current looks and new uniform options presented by Adidas failed to impress.

thank god, can't improve upon perfection

read that as "new jersey" designs

thank god pdx should be on the list of teams prohibited from fucking with their uniforms

Rest of the list: celtics

These Phoenix throwbacks are dope, I loved these unis

The Suns plumlee is the good one right?

Oh wait these aren't even throwbacks all of their unis are just retro now

Approved, heat shd copy

Suns new uni's really grew on me

Yah suns plum is good

every game tonight is uninteresting

ok now it's half a season

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=0&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=pts_per_g&c1comp=gt&c1val=24&c2stat=ast_per_g&c2comp=gt&c2val=9&c3stat=trb_per_g&c3comp=gt&c3val=4&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws

Big O ruled.

lol @ nets

pierce took abt 12 steps before chucking up that last 3

u no u old when the "throwback" uniform doesn't look old-style to you

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/team-chemistry-quantified-researchers-giving-honest-attempt-031147093--nba.html

well this is kinda silly and meaningless

KD strikes again with another 40 point night and a game winner, THIS IS CRAZY GUYS

DOUBLE TRIPLE TEAMED and just runs away from it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMV1sQWnTy0
and thats after getting his team back in it
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400489539

kd is magic

very good at basketball

that guy is gonna be big

Player Efficiency Rating
1. Kevin Durant-OKC 31.1
2. LeBron James-MIA 28.7
3. Chris Paul-LAC 27.4
4. Kevin Love-MIN 26.9
5. DeMarcus Cousins-SAC 26.4
6. Anthony Davis-NOP 26.2
7. Carmelo Anthony-NYK 24.6
8. LaMarcus Aldridge-POR 23.2
9. Dirk Nowitzki-DAL 23.2
10. Stephen Curry-GSW 23.1
11. Blake Griffin-LAC 22.9
12. Paul George-IND 22.4
13. Al Horford-ATL 22.2
14. Dwyane Wade-MIA 21.6
15. Tim Duncan-SAS 21.5
16. Russell Westbrook-OKC 21.5
17. Goran Dragic-PHO 21.4
18. Isaiah Thomas-SAC 21.3
19. Dwight Howard-HOU 21.3
20. Andre Drummond-DET 21.2

Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1. Kevin Durant-OKC .329
2. Chris Paul-LAC .283
3. LeBron James-MIA .266
4. Kevin Love-MIN .261
5. Paul George-IND .233
6. Kyle Lowry-TOR .209
7. Stephen Curry-GSW .208
8. Anthony Davis-NOP .205
9. Blake Griffin-LAC .199
10. Goran Dragic-PHO .187
11. Dirk Nowitzki-DAL .185
12. Nikola Pekovic-MIN .182
13. James Harden-HOU .178
14. Joakim Noah-CHI .177
15. Chris Bosh-MIA .176
16. David Lee-GSW .174
17. DeAndre Jordan-LAC .173
18. George Hill-IND .171
19. Carmelo Anthony-NYK .171
20. Andrew Bogut-GSW .170

win shares is not a fan of demarcus cousins huh

win shares has a lot of trouble isolating a player from the lineups he's featured in, and the kings suck

hard to get win shares when u dont have wins

seems kinda like a dumb stat

yep

it's not necessarily about winning, it's derived from lineup data and +/- and stuff, but yeah if your teammates are bad it's hard to look good. the reverse is true as well

aldridge not in top 20 of win shares either, prob cuz his teammates are pretty good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd4gOjVvRSw

happy birthday pop, should be a national holiday

http://www.sporcle.com/games/chrisofspades/terrence-ross-did-what

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfGF7TyCcAAvP87.jpg

rockets' offence is just so patchy game to game