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

no bogut tho

or oneal. so small is the name of the game tonight

this throwaway bit from the woj article on cavs organizational issues is kind of hilarious:

He stopped trying on the floor, and became a disruptive presence in practices. Before Bynum was thrown out of his final practice and suspended, he was shooting the ball every time he touched it in a practice scrimmage, sources said – from whatever remote part of the court he had caught the ball.

tbf, this strategy made carmelo a superstar

spottie your fixation on jermaine oneal is adorable, dude is beyond broken

god i hope that blake/bieber story was real and that blake used the godfather's "you can act like a man" backhand on him

the most awesome part of the woj story is the unnamed cavs exec who yelled "we're never coming back!" when they won the 2013 lotto.

part of what's so great about it is that it's obviously 100% true

lol bynum

spottie your fixation on jermaine oneal is adorable, dude is beyond broken

― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Wednesday, February 12, 2014 3:12 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I know I know but when your bench is as thin as the warriors bench you take whatever hope you can get. just let me be.

hah

idgi if this griffin fellow was offered two gm jobs why was he an assistant at cleveland doesnt sound quite right

Before Bynum was thrown out of his final practice and suspended, he was shooting the ball every time he touched it in a practice scrimmage, sources said – from whatever remote part of the court he had caught the ball.

love this guy

surprised no coaches stabbed him to death

bynum is a worthless asshole with no redeeming qualities.

he's the rebel's version of a wolf in sheep's clothing

he's interesting in a sad way... not every difficult nba player is breaking ground. some just suck as humans.

Not a v chill dude

bynum is funny in a broken indifferent cog in an otherwise well oiled money printing nba machine kind of way

i feel like there's a definite post-iverson desire to incubate/celebrate(/fetisihize) difficult nba players but some don't deserve that embrace

bynum sucks as a human and is a drag to watch. there's no artistry in his game. he has no personality. there's no frisson. he's just a clown, sometimes a sad one.

good riddance

Pacers greats

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/84d3bc33c50d8f917167ae0034e0ac96147d3bf2/c%3D280-208-1716-1292%26r%3Dx404%26c%3D534x401/local/-/media/Indianapolis/Indianapolis/2014/02/05//1391646784000-Pacers-Nets-01.jpg

pacers signing copeland to a multi-year deal then nailing him to the bench is like the 255th most bizarre aspect of the 2014 season but bizarre nonetheless

i can kinda see it. they don't really need to give him the minutes atm and he could be a good long-term grower

he's 29!

lol

@ZachLowe_NBA: Marc Gasol is lip-synching "Call Me Maybe," playing over the PA system, as he warms up.

hah ok, that's true

Zach Lowe ‏@ZachLowe_NBA -- Important info from Orlando press row: Marc Gasol is lip-synching "Call Me Maybe," playing over the PA system, as he warms up.

lol

I forgot copeland existed until that graphic, what a middle finger to the Knicks "oh look you have an interesting player there guess what no ones ever gonna see him again"

Amin Elhassan ‏@AminESPN -- Oh no RT @ZachLowe_NBA: Gasol holding his left knee. Immediately raised his hand, asked Joerger to call a timeout.

f--g a.

boo

blame carly rae jepsum

Some people are called Jimmer Fredette.

Nuggets season is so weird

chris paul looks like the damn iron man with all his protective gear

every time i watch the warriors i become once again astounded by how many harrrison barnes post up/isos they run

btw the knicks have 11 home games in the second half

ELEVEN

here is their sched

road, road, road, road, home, road, home, road, road, road, home, road, home, road, home, home, road, home, road, road, road, road, road, home, home, road, road, home, road, home

they legit might miss the playoffs

that's insane

well knicks are currently 2.5 games behind charlotte for the 8th seed. currently at .385, assuming that the 8th seed remains at .434, the eight seed will need to win 36 games on the year, so the knicks need to win 16 of their last 30. so they're probably missing the playoffs unless they play above .500 ball here on.

hollinger predictor has them with 34 wins, which puts the knicks at $2.5m in player salary per win btw. (phx projected at $1.1m/win atm)

wtf was that defense bron

don't even hate that foul from leonard

ugh that cp3 flop

wow lebron's crosscourt no-look side-pass game is so right

looking at the matchups, literally every single west first round series will be better than anything in the east excepting the ecf

rolling into the all-star break it's currently okc vs phx, spurs vs mavs, pdx vs gsw, clips vs rockets. i'd watch all of these rapt, other than maybe spurs/mavs. dirk could get hot and make it interesting tho.

lebron is really sassy tonight

35 lead changes thus far in lac/pdx

wow cp3 just did something i've never seen before -- he had a jump ball with robin lopez, so instead of trying to outjump him, he ran behind lopez as soon as the ball went up, caught lopez's tip, and started running for his own basket. apparently this is a violation of some sort because the refs didn't allow it, but still pretty cool

omg lebron

let's see if lebron gets the 2 for 1 with 47.7 secs...