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

bah, Love and Pek play just fine together.

on offense, sure

ya dieng and love are an ideal pairing, itll be pretty cool for the next 1.2 seasons

Not like they didn't just give up 98 over 3 quarters. Always felt it was an Adelman/team defense issue.

Not like they didn't just give up 98 over 3 quarters. Always felt it was an Adelman/team defense issue.

― tsrobodo, Friday, March 21, 2014 1:59 AM (20 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's extremely difficult to have a good defensive team when both of your bigs are very slow and don't block shots. I can't think of a good defensive team in the modern era whose starting 4 and 5 combined for 1.0 bpg. There probably is one but it's rare.

True enough, just feel more intelligent planning and a better culture on D would go a long way.

dame alost had a gorgeous putback dunk to close the first half and got hip-checked in mid-air -- he was way, way up -- and had a pretty scary fall

nic batum leads all players in rebounding in march by a fairly wide margin o_O

aw giannis

right now there is a high school freshman somewhere who will be one of the top picks of the 2018 draft and go to the celtics via nets from the kg/pierce trade

chicago is getting 6.5 points tonight vs indy, in case anyone likes money

all the gamblers are pretty focused on ncaa tonight

Andy Vasquez ‏@andy_vasquez 11m

Billy King said Brook Lopez had surgery to "clean out" his left ankle and "repair a tear." Said timetable for Lopez return is still June.

royce white apparently might actually play in an nba game tonight

So are we still pretending that Paul George is a top 5 forward?

― tsrobodo, Thursday, March 20, 2014 6:06 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i was just looking at his monthly splits--dude really needs to decide if he's a 40% shooter or a 30% shooter from 3, it kind of matters and he doesn't seem to do middle ground.

― call all destroyer, Thursday, March 20, 2014 8:16 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he just needs to take fewer shots, its kind indys fault for having such a shitty offense and no legit first option, like im sure in a more functional system he could shoot high 30s from deep, he takes a lot of bad shots

― lag∞n, Thursday, March 20, 2014 7:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

More or less OTM-- Pacers ball movement has been toast since the All Star break, and the biggest part of that has been PG / Lance having a ton of dribble-dribble-dribble-20ftr sequences. It's not for a lack of scorers -- 1-5 can shoulder the scoring load in a win -- but w/o the ball movement, they're not finding any of those super-high% shots that Spurs-level passing yield. And so many turnovers ;_; Still think IND/MIA is happening, but Indy's play of late is a lot more distressing than Miami's.

also his head clearly got a lil fucked up by hitting every shot he threw up for two months and everyone calling him an mvp candidate

― lag∞n, Thursday, March 20, 2014 7:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^^^^^^^

Heh, plus that whole offering-to-pay-for-abortion thing kinda came and went and no one made a big deal out of it / dug a little deeper into it.

hmmm?

it is for a lack of scoring tho, i mean indy is not a good offensive team talent wise

Nah, they have more than enough options, it's just that they turn the ball over a shitton + trading high % shots for low %, it's not really that complicated.

Of the five, Hibbert is the weakest on the offensive end, but when his number is called he does well (MIA in playoffs essentially). Like, last game Knicks had Aldrich on him, and he went to work, was 8-10, but they weren't feeding the ball into him enough. Kinda bitched about it after the game.

West - Stephenson - PG - Hill all totally capable scorers, kinda obviates the need for a #1 to pour in a ton of shots.

Their perimeter D hasn't been as sharp post All Star break, either.

no they really are not a good offensive team, at their best theyre average, unless you think theres some sort of hidden never utilized talent there

Kinda surprised teams haven't used Suns' game plan vs. Indy, which was to relentlessly run the ball Loyola Mrmt. style. They're the only team that looked decisively better than Indy this year.

like if they had a legit #1 option maybe but thats a rather glaring missing piece

Eh, I think PG is there (or will be). But if Indy wins it all, he'd easily be the weakest offensive #1 since someone on that '04 Pistons team.

yeah indys not winning it all

Ha, George Hill just picked up three straight pushing fouls in about ten seconds.

Damn, 76ers come back from 17 down with 5:00 left, blow it at the end, history is happening March 29 vs Pistons, only teams w/ worse streaks are three different Cavs teams.

do cavs play 76ers between now and the 29th? @cavsdan should step-up, for his team, and let philly win. cavs place in history is at stake.

bracket buster siren, tor-okc in 2ot

oh yea westbrook got knee injured again

how bad?

george heard you guys talkin and dropped a kidd, 10-12-10. 3-13 fg.

lol at Durant turning into basketball jesus once Westbrook gets hurt again

doesn't sound good.

After being struck on the knee by Lowry's leg, Westbrook immediately turned and called timeout, bending over in pain. He hobbled along the sideline for a few steps and was tended to briefly by the trainer before walking off the court with help from center Hasheem Thabeet.

damn, is okc ever gonna be healthy (please say no, go spurs go)

sprain

westie said he it was bad at first but then after the game it felt like nbd

Warriors/Spurs on nbatv tonight.

Pacers/Grizzlies just tipped... final score prediction of like 81-79

Even the chinese commentators who are usually shit are commenting on how the pacers are playing too much 1 on q right now

1on1

blazers color guy on al jefferson: "He's a 20 and 10 guy, and he's only 29 years old. It's not like he's 38 years old. He's just been around for 50 years." #numbers

Pacers/Grizzlies just tipped... final score prediction of like 81-79

― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Saturday, March 22, 2014 5:11 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao griz won 82-71

eastern conference so washed

BACK TO BACK TIAGO AND1s

YALL CANT HANDLE THE REALNESS

he missed both FTs by the way. never change, lurch.

I'm just finishing the 1st q. Yalls ball movement is something special. Also Boris loves playing us.

I forgot that was on tonight will be on it asap

finally a nice game to watch, dubs vs sas

oh yes tiago !!!

another monster game by anthony davis