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

he's being pretty thoroughly outplayed by Mahinmi tonight. Can't grab a rebound unless it falls right in his hands, getting owned by Henry fucking Sims on defense. xp

Yes Henry Sims shooting a blistering 3-10.

Bynum looked good against uh, the Pistons, in that his knees seemed very limber and capable of lateral movement

OTOH he was whining after like every no-call

everyone looks good against the pistons. i would look pretty good against the pistons.

i do not think i would look good against the pistons.

no daniel you would look fine against the pistons

Yeah I mean it was more to locate when I last saw him play, not commenting on the quality of his play beyond the fact that he looks healthy

he looked great against the celtics in his first game back

no daniel you would look fine against the pistons

― call all destroyer, Monday, March 17, 2014

haha, okay okay

Yeah I mean again Bynum/Turner are being asked to play 20 JV minutes and shoot at their first decent look, both of them exceeding expectations right now, just want everyone to stay healthy for the playoffs. If Bynum/Mahinmi can carry 24min/game in the playoffs, Pacers would be looking good.

Yes Henry Sims shooting a blistering 3-10.

― Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Tuesday, March 18, 2014 1:31 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sims: 9-11-3, 1 TO +8

Hibbert: 9-5-1, 3 TOs -6

great stuff!

#BenchHibbert

love you forever for that hashtag

Hovita Tisci ‏@KTGoesA_Wall 59m
Not wit his Life Alert knees. RT @Clevlanddd: Andrew Bynum Finna take Hibbert spot.

Jefe Wit The Ramen ‏@JefeRaps RT -- “@ThatBiracialGuy: The word I'm hearing is if Hibbert doesn't contribute in the playoffs, they might keep Bynum and trade Hibbert.” hmmmmm

hmmmmm, indeed, jefe wit the ramen @jeferaps

hibbert really doesn't rebound well huh

he is a wilt/russell combo for the 21st century

Nah, but the thing is that they're one of the top rebounding teams in the league-- West/Lance/PG pick up a fair amount per game. Think Lance leads all guards in rebounds.

yeah west is a tank

yup

It's like the same for his scoring-- his numbers are pretty bad, but he's basically the fifth option out there. When his number was called vs. the Heat in the playoffs, his offensive game was fine.

that's cuz he was gulliver in the land of the lilliputians

MIA/IND is gonna be so nutty again this year, really can't wait.

for sure

mismatch this year. it'll be compelling, but mostly for the "challenger finally overcomes the champ" storyline.

Pacers still so full of shook ballhandlers that Heat's pressure d will keep them even.

eh. heat defense has been a step slow and broken far too often this year. maybe they can "flip the switch" in the playoffs, but that's more wishful thinking than anything else, at this point.

Daniel chill they have a .703 record and wade barely played before christmas, let the games play themselves

daniel's paranoia and deprecation knows no end

Faried's iso and postup offense has come a long way, he might be a star after all

Ty Lawson with the rare 5-point play.

Hit the three while getting fouled by CP who immediately got a tech for arguing the call.

Faried / Blake tussles were fun

Loved hearing from Mutumbo too. Could listen to that guy talk all day.

kyrie's out two weeks, so basically the rest of the season

Really like the nickname Splash Brothers, good update on the classic AI/Hughes Flight Brothers

Prob closer to the Oakland A's 'Bash Brothers' Jose canseco and mark McGwire tho

Good call, that's before my time

Nicknames for 2+ players are obviously classic, what are some other ones? Can only think of Twin Towers atm

Run TMC to keep it to the dubs.

Yeah that's all-time

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_in_basketball#Teams

Lol "Jail Blazers" Sorry Clay :~(

Looks like the only other good one is Lob City

Bad Boys, I guess

And fuck the Lakers ya'll only get half a bar

Lol "Jail Blazers" Sorry Clay :~(

ha no in my own internal mythology i coined this term while drunk at The Matador talking to a Willamette Week writer when i was like 22

phi slamma jamma + the fab five are both classic btw

Yeah, that wiki needs updating

Watching some Run TMC vids on youtube and this is basically 7 seconds or less

Oh I see, they're there, I just skipped College like I always do

Damian Lillard - "The Omen"

lil update to that wiki 4 u ;)

;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-fIfKRc3QI

This is bananas

ha the defense in this game essentially boils down to "vaguely put a hand up while turning your head to look at the basket to see if the ball goes in or not"