2014-15 NBA regular season thread: 82 games of injuries and inevitabilities

entire nba media jumping on the dubs bandwagon rn btw

so much depends
upon

a pair of glass
ankles

breaking
toward the basket

picked by the white
center

https://twitter.com/Mike_Bresnahan/status/527545144489168897

poor fuckin kid

Very happy for Randle. The dude managed to avoid this whole cursed season.

unfortunately he accomplished that by literally embodying it

he hadn't been on the team long enough for its virus to infect him and had in theory a promising career, i can never take any joy in injuries

basically all my lakers hatred is turning "be careful what you wish for" on me in ending nash's career and seriously jeopardizing the future of julius's

fn hell curse of kobe

You might root for the Dodgers but hating the Lakers gives you a get out of jail free card IMO, slothrop.

the dodgers are only my NL B-team anyhow! there are 3 teams ahead of them.

dang thats a lot of teams

for some relief: brooks's look of complete flabbergastedness here had me lol
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1JBXBNIIAEI2sw.jpg

westbrook is prob wearing cowboy boots instead of sneakers

god i hope so

Early in the 2013-14 season, New Orleans went overseas to bring Alexis Ajinca back to the NBA after two full seasons out of the league. Ajinca was 20 when he was drafted and not yet 23 when he last appeared in the league, and he spent the two years back in his native France improving his body and gaining valuable experience. The improved Ajinca started 30 games for the Pelicans and provided valuable minutes at center.

Ajinca literally grew between NBA stints. Listed at 7-foot when he previously played the league, he's now officially 7-2 and looks every inch of it.

crazy

― lag∞n, Wednesday, October 29, 2014 3:21 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he measured 7'1 in shoes before the draft, calling BS on this one

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Alexis-Ajinca-534/

Ajinca is pretty much the worst case Gobert (which seems like it's not happening)

omg im lobbying congress to make measuring basketball players in shoes illegal starting right now

They play in shoes though so it's a more accurate in-game height!

the dodgers are only my NL B-team anyhow! there are 3 teams ahead of them.

― and also pointsman, octopi don't bark (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:25 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dang thats a lot of teams

― lag∞n, Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:27 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yah that's pretty promiscuous.

there can be only one

They play in shoes though so it's a more accurate in-game height!

― pleeechazunga (Leee), Wednesday, October 29, 2014 4:45 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

leeeee i know u can do better than this

shoes are a variable and variables should be eliminated

yeah and like to not mention that no one has ever been measured for height outside an nba combine its just a really weird cultural artifact from a height obsessed league

Chuckles is 5'6", but he's 7'6" in stilts...

srsly like measure players in their stocking feet and then use those numbers for the official profiles and everything dont let teams/players make up how tall they are i just want the truth mane

leeeee i made my major rooting interest very clear in the baseball thread i thought, but i have other teams i enjoy y u gotta be so rood

goon you cant handle the truth about rudy gobert's feet

man fuck you guys!

lol sry dude

u had a good run

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ok i feel better now lol

...celtics have 17 doesnt change our current suck

i only acknowledge titles i watched personally is my policy, also i stripped the lakers of all their minnesota titles and gave them to the wolves fyi

the only thing i was looking forward to was watching Randle this season as far as the lakers go. sucks yo

yeah thats rough i was looking forward to seeing what he cld do too

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most relevant

and im not a huge Kobe stan so i can care less what he does at this point just counting the days till he's done tbh

swear to god y'all better not even think of trying to court KD

leeeee i made my major rooting interest very clear in the baseball thread i thought, but i have other teams i enjoy y u gotta be so rood

Yeah well, unless I wrote it, I don't read posts all that closely, and even then...

have a weird feeling that the lopsidedness of talent in the conferences is going to hurt the lakers' courting chances in the short term. like if you're kd do you go to dc and get to take half the season playing garbage teams and kids still figuring shit out or do you stay west and play the clippers warriors blazers mavs rockets etc 4 times a year each

rick fox was on the radio station I hate so much for the pregame and he was saying it was essential for the lakers to get 25ish minutes from randle every game or the season is a waste. =(

hate the lakers but this news sucks. donald sterling's ghost is haunting the wrong team.

agreed 100 percent this is not how i wanted them to be doomed

lakers upcoming schedule: suns tonight, friday-saturday back-to-back against clippers and warriors, suns on tuesday. this isn't going to get any better anytime soon.

There's a certain irony to this:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/carmelo-anthony-would-like-to-see-some-stability-1.9544199

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THJ's face is fucking priceless

re ajinca, I think it's quite possible that for someone of his height core strength/posture work could add an inch or two between his vertebrae

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lakers shot chart from last night. byronball is truly majestic.

re ajinca, I think it's quite possible that for someone of his height core strength/posture work could add an inch or two between his vertebrae

― micah, Wednesday, October 29, 2014 6:08 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i had a friend who swore she gained an inch from pilates

three cheers for byron scott coaching it old school