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

he just isn't forced to be 'the guy' now. he's a much more fitting 2nd/3rd fiddle.

Feel like he still took a bunch of hero shots in the final minutes in the few games I've watched

Agree though that he's cleaned up considerably

yeah he's not really changed his game much tbf he still is a total minus on D and gets hero-y a little but he's just happier and a little less prone to jack long 2's cos he can dump off to dirk. him and jennings together was always gonna be a disaster.

Haha like 3/4 of Brewer's buckets could have rimmed out

thunder bout to yam on the pacers

isn't OKC locked into the second seed in the west? seems like they'd rest their starters, v. highly-motivated indy.

lolol this assumes scotty brooks knows shit about anything wrt managing minutes

well, deciding beforehand not to play durant or westbrook or ibaka or whomever takes care of the "managing minutes" issue.

brooks already said he has no intention of resting durant the rest of the way not sure abt the others prob not tho when u think abt it

wow. hm. okay, then. okc: kill indiana.

"my good buddy pat riley wrote A LOT of leadership books" --doug collins

". . . all of which you can now find for 50 -- 70% off retail at amazon.com."

scott brooks is testing fate imo
thats all ill say

agreed. there's no upside.

Tyrone Lannister ‏@CBturnedHeel 2h -- Still laughing at the Heat being petty and purposely losing to the Hawks to keep Melo out of the playoffs.

lol, yup. that's just how it happened.

thunder have had a lot of injuries and are just really clicking again so i can kinda see keeping that rolling particularly considering how tough the draw is in the west this year

man durant is such a joy

first play of the game he received at the foul line w george all over him gave a lil shoulder bump to clear space and rises to hit the easy j, nothing one of the great perimeter defenders could do

meanwhile hibbert catching two feet from the rim v the much shorter perkins and somehow misses a fading hook

zen master's recruiting plan for melo

"carmello, we're going to be pretty bad again next year, but then -- when you're 31 -- i hope to make a big splash in free agency, because of my championship pedigree. if that doesn't work, then -- when you're 32 -- there's always kevin love next year. in the meantime, meet our centerpiece addition for next year, lamar odom." sounds promising.

wonder how much of the pacers slide can be traced back to georges shot selection

its really something

indiana's passing is awful.

cj watson > paul george

like i was saying, the pacers are a juggernaut who will steamroll, undefeated, through the playoffs.

also, no losses next regular-season, followed by a repeat championship, and another, and another. then we'll see.

def the pacers type of game so far

i love russell westbrook

http://i.imgur.com/AoxmGhp.jpg

cj watson keeping the pacers in this

granger made irrelevant by paul george.

paul george soon to be made irrelevant by c.j. watson.

move aside, superstar with two first-names.

lol chelsea

superstar with two first-names.

lebron james? dwyane wade?

yeah yeah yeah

durant <3 dirk http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/mavericks/post/_/id/4701217/kevin-durants-secret-weapon-dirk-nowitzki

what if u jump in the restricted area youre not in the restricted area anymore nba has some dumb ass rules

ref repping for indy today

ffs TOs are/will always kill this team until they get a true point in there

dream the dream of rondo the pacer

are the thunder gonna be doing this "pretend caron butler is kevin durant" shit in the playoffs

No mistake Indy looks dramatically better w/ Quietstorm_32 in the lineup regularly for the first time since maybe March.

secret shame: i don't really like watching kevin durant that much

xps I literally deleted a "rondo" "pacers" Twitter search bookmark after this last trade deadline :/

lol i dont think rondo wld be idea for the pacers cause of their and his general lack of shooting

maybe if they replaced west w a shooter

Durant has a sweet game, but rarely does it inspire fist-pumping excitement.

They have plenty of great shooters; big need is a penetrator / distributor to find them open shots.

Lol Jordan I feel you on that actually

Durant fun like Dirk because his shot is more or less unblockable so defenders are always stressing out on him.

Only ugly thing about his game is the pitcher-beard he's got going.

caron butler is an idiot