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

he might be serious http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/pacers-stephenson-motivated-all-star-snub-article-1.1598907#ixzz2s6bki8tU

I don't know much about baseball but isn't this a sport where some old fart high school coach made the majors because he realized he still could throw in the 90s? I wouldn't write off a 6'6 great athlete who was a top pitching prospect in high school.

it would make a world of difference if he was a lefty, as it is cool story but i doubt it amounts to much

Love this pick-up for most of the same reasons I loved the Beasley/Heat signing-- no risk / worst case scenario they just ask Bynum to go home and collect $1m+, thx for the memories.

probably right. fwiw, beasley seems to have caused zero locker-room problems; let's see how it goes with bynum.

also beasley can move

fwiw it seems like the cavs locker room is still fucked up even without bynum. maybe he just hated it there.

he might be serious http://
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Just a PSA, Lance will be going against Joe Johnson tonight.

epic battle of average players

stephenson's average? i dunno.

Ira Winderman ‏@IraHeatBeat -- essence of Heat-Pacers comes down to whether Wade wins his matchups against Stephenson. Not a given anymore.

i'm....not really sure that's what it comes down to

think it's all hibbert/west v. anyone the heat can throw at them?

feel like were really jumping the gun as far as overrating the pacers supporting cast, thats a privilege usually reserved for championship teams

xp the whole line of commentary kinda drives me crazy because a 7-game series will not come down to like the essence of one thing

you may be right. i watch them some this year, and i can't decide if they're a powerhouse champion-in-waiting or more like the recent bulls or 90s knicks teams (good in the regular-season, but can't overcome the-champ in the playoffs).

xp

true; it will be a lot of different things. but the wade/stephenson matchup will definitely be a big-deal.

I think the hill/cole matchup will be v important and decisive def

that's nonsense you didn't even mention oden.

lance is 108th in the league in PER right now (24th in win shares tho)

and if any heat thing comes down to wade performing consistently they're probably in trouble

that's true. i think everyone down here hopes for "moments," i.e., individual-games, of greatness, but not for prolonged stretches (unless this knee procedure he had during the off-season really needs 6 months to heal and get wade's knee right, and he's just on-schedule; who knows?).

lance is a good player, probably a little underrated by PER. he's a vital part of the best team in the league, one with a really specific identity. but the ASG isn't really for those kinds of players

hes maybe the 4th best player on his team w/e w/c

yes but the 4th best player on that team is better than the 1st player on 26 of the other 29 teams.

Ira Winderman ‏@IraHeatBeat -- essence of Heat-Pacers comes down to whether Wade wins his matchups against Stephenson. Not a given anymore.

Lol no
http://www.sportando.net/upload/679a55538ce2f.jpg

that winderman post is so ridiculously misguided. a position matchup between wade and lance is nearly the last thing i would classify as "important" in a potential series between these two, much less the "essence" i mean ffs.

also wade will win it so rip indy i guess

the most important match up in that series is obvs the heat v hibbert scoring twice as many points as he usually does

wait wait, lemme go thru chris webber's keys to the game:

• lebron wake up: he can do that! i'm sure he will do that!
• lebron get on the bus: he'll probably do that. he's a team player, and i think that's how they get to the games?
• lebron show up to game: he's planning to show up! this is easy!

No, C-Webb was predicting the Heat would beat the Hawks, if Lebron did all that. Read the tiny print onscreen.

dammit. i'm depressed again.

durant went 8 for 21 tonight and the wiz clobbered the thunder

He's human? Who knew.

new month, his one-month energy shot has worn off

lynn swan! what a great, all-time receiver.

(celebrities at the knicks -- heat game)

Bank shot by Norris cole, one of our most exciting young players

Wade is really feeling it, must be awesome to be that good and see jr smith guarding you

biggest thing about the game is the tightening-up of miami's rotation. basically going with 8 players? not sure if it's something special, or something they're starting now (obv., they'd eventually tighten the rotation for the playoffs).

this is quite the article

http://www.ohio.com/sports/cavs/jason-lloyd-quiet-grumbling-turns-into-dissension-in-troubled-cavs-locker-room-1.463491

“He’s acting like he doesn’t care,” one Cavs player said of Irving.

wow.

lillard hits a go-ahead shot with 12 seconds to go, yawn

They are involved in so many close games

this one was stupid, the popular rappers came back from 19 down (credit to them, they played hard as hell in the fourth) and took their first lead with 23 seconds to go, then just didn't have the execution at the end of the game.

The who now?

the raptors, it's an in-joke from like 2k posts into the previous regular season thread

Oh yes hah vaguely remember.

cavs are so fascinating

the popular raptors

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10392533/phoenix-suns-explore-deal-los-angeles-lakers-pau-gasol

hmmm

rudy gay's PER in sacto is 22.5 now btw, is he going to keep doing this?