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

"I just play basketball," he said. "I'm a basketball player.

"I do basketball stuff."

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"I'm just a basketball player"

Kind of makes you wonder if he could be a near-elite player if he wasn't such a moron

he could imo, also if he cld shoot better, also if his team played him at pf

basically he needs to goto the spurs

I don't think he's really going to fit into the spurs system with that attitude

iirc he's played both sf and pf, and surprise, his shot selection was exactly the same. dude just needs to quit it.

would love to see a breakdown

Think his zone % were the same, only diff is that his usage went up a bit and accounted for more fts per game, which is the right direction.

but why the fuck should i pay attention to this if Josh Smith won't ffs.

It's obv to me he knows where he is when he takes a shot and he thinks his shot selection is perfectly good. Maybe he thought that by phrasing it this way he could avoid getting into an argument about the subject. He's wrong. He sounded like an idiot. He seems like the kind of guy who'd respond to this by saying if we're so smart, why don't we have an NBA contract, huh, why don't we?

well why aren't you, guess you're not taking enough shots aimless.

his shot selection is not perfectly good!

According to Chris Broussard's newest column Josh Smith is "overrated".

breaking

Also on the overrated side is Rudy Gay

Nine time all-star Chris Bosh is underrated.

everyone is perfectly rated... by me

tnt has knicks/heat and nets/nuggets tonight. quality programming.

Prob sounded good before the season started.

In a way every Knicks game is entertaining

All Miami Heat games are alike; but every Knicks game is entertaining in its own way.

lol i don't get people who are dismayed when the knicks are on tv twice a week, watching that franchise burn in real time is quality entertainment

^^^^^^^

butler was officially waived today btw so i guess heat are gonna three-peat after all

Giannis is a really good passer

A high % of his passes are either smart dumpoffs or passes from the perimeter that put the receiver in a great scoring spot.

i don't really understand these complaints - don't you guys have cable, NBA channel, ESPN, etc.? You can watch like almost any game without league pass

Is there a summary judgement yet as to why he refuses to stop taking long jumpers / 3pters at mid to high volumes for the Pistons?
― Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Thursday, February 27, 2014 3:54 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Why did Baron Davis take 7 three pointers a game at 28% or whatever it was in New Orleans? Answer: because he was an uncoachable asshole.

You guys this Manu exploding shoe may be like next level injury protection technology. That thing may have saved his ankle from turning over!

― Spottie, Thursday, February 27, 2014 12:06 AM (21 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol what how did this pass without comment

also Manu is batman obviously

i don't really understand these complaints - don't you guys have cable, NBA channel, ESPN, etc.? You can watch like almost any game without league pass

― Nhex, Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:27 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The schedule is mostly cleared for the Thursday and Sunday afternoon (later in the season) games so when a trash fire team like the Knicks is on it means we're never seeing a team like Phoenix on those days

There's also just something about the games that get the national treatment with marv Albert or mike breen calling them vs watching them on league pass or w/e

I agree w Jordan that it's actually funny to watch the Knicks right now but they should be banned from the ached for next year after this years debacle

From the schedule fuck off autocorrect

nets vs nuggets is a way more garbagey national tv game than heat vs knicks

Manu confirms for me that Nikes are overpriced garbage and not actually well-made/designed as athletic shoes

The Ached - good name for the Knicks

not watching Knicks b/c at work, but I see that Anthony is putting up numbers as I figured he would against the Heat, being all about having pointless shit to prove

Hahaha wtf happened to Josh Smith in '09-'10? Here are his yearly 3pt attempts:

2005-06: 34/110 31%
2006-07: 38/152 24%
2007-08: 25/99 25%
2008-09: 26/87 30%
2009-10: 0/7 0%
2010-11: 51/154 33%
2011-12: 28/109 25%
2012-13: 61/201 30%
2013-14: 46/195 23%

In 2871 minutes, dude shot seven threes, how is that possible without a season-long sulk.

prop bet is really the only viable answer imo

omg at this season

already 195 attempts what a phenomenally dumb person

his defense has been bad too

so many Knick fans at this game lol

Heat getting soooo many calls

not that I mind

i like this "masked-lebron" look.

the knicks cannot guard any position

Hahaha wtf happened to Josh Smith in '09-'10? Here are his yearly 3pt attempts:

2005-06: 34/110 31%
2006-07: 38/152 24%
2007-08: 25/99 25%
2008-09: 26/87 30%
2009-10: 0/7 0%
2010-11: 51/154 33%
2011-12: 28/109 25%
2012-13: 61/201 30%
2013-14: 46/195 23%

In 2871 minutes, dude shot seven threes, how is that possible without a season-long sulk.

― Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:44 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is fascinating