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

@freedarko doin some deep thoughts on westbrook rn

lakers down 24 to phx. what if kobe is on the team that sets the record for most losses? what will even happen?

i wld laugh and pray they dont get the #1 pick

it wld be a true accomplishment to outdo philly when youre not even trying to tank

Milwaukee just blew a 22 point lead in the 4th to a crappy team, sounds right

@haralabob Lakers have been outscored 75-15 from the 3pt line so far this season. No big deal.

#ByronBall

love thinking abt all the sad celebrities and industry people sitting on those $$$ season tickets no relief in sight

i notice simmons isn't on the toyota halftime show
--Clay

he left the studio for the grantland bball show

he died rip sully house and goobie gambled blackjack on him until he dies its sad

good stuff https://vine.co/v/OMF2OjKnIqm

yeah that's my shit right there

its dope

maybe if you watch that vine for three hours thats the whole game idk

it might be the lakers whole season no one can say

portland looking like theyre starting to figure out if you double or triple team westbrook he will still try to dunk

kobe averaging 25 shots and a technical per game.

he only once averaged over 23.5 shots per game, in 05-06, when he was 27 years old.

are we still saying the lakers aren't trying to tank. they totally are. kobe either doesn't get it or is in denial, and maybe Scott is pretending to be the same, but yeah they're tanking...but even if they weren't they'd still be pretty atrocious

theyre not they just couldnt get any good players to play for them because kobe is the devil

phoenix owns their pick this year top five protected fyi

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1K2S7gCEAA8PGB.jpg

i think one of the problems with russ's game is nobody can keep up that kinda insane energy for 48 minutes. been shooting jumpers all second half, can't get to the line at all. maybe batum figured him out some but it hasn't been pretty.

watching this Blazers starting 5 get hot in a home game is one of the true joys of the NBA

russ doesnt know how to adjust his game when defenses adjust to him hes got no counter

wow my dudes just droppin daggers all over

ya p sweet

ha hubie talking truth kobes playing to pass jordan on the alltime scoring list

russ' first half was some dang electric stuff though

he really needs jackson or really anybody who can create a shot to run with so he doesn't have to carry so much load all game

Russell Westbrook is an uncoachable moron who doesn't play defense. Enjoy the ride!

ya i dont like his chances with defenses targeting him sans durant i mean portland isnt a great defensive team and they figured it out by the second half you just have to smother him once hes decided to drive then after a while hell start taking those pull up twos and hes mostly harmless, obvs hes unstoppable on the break regardless but this recipe has worked against him in the playoffs even with durant so idk im sure hell have some great games but good defensive teams shd be able to contain him

idk if hes uncoachable tho not sure anyones ever tried

he freelances too much on offense but that's a real far stretch from uncoachable

brooks just needs to give westbrook glasses you guys chill out

http://i.imgur.com/usqqTZI.png

kobes playing to pass jordan on the alltime scoring list

and the money doesn't hurt either

money is cool

love that stuff

okc's problem is that they don't have a system on offense and thus shit looks completely broken without KD out there.

teams with fluid systems can plug and play and more or less survive the loss of great players. when your entire offense is "our great player does incredible shit" you're gonna have a problem when that great player is out.

the first half of this season was laid down years in advance

agree totally

what kind of coach would be ideal for the durant/russ combo? a carlisle disciple?

Scott Brooks on managing Russell Westbrook's minutes: "It's never easy to take him out. ... But you've got to be smart."

"smart. smart like my glasses."

he freelances too much on offense but that's a real far stretch from uncoachable

― J0rdan S., Thursday, October 30, 2014 5:12 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is like the hallmark of uncoachability: busting the offense with no consequence or shame

the fedora lounge

http://i.imgur.com/I7rMGo2.jpg

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

melo: "sorry guys, i gotta cut this short, have to be at a thing."

*melo drives to jazz club, sax cradled close to his body*

coach brooks: right. here's the play. we'll let westy create something or other. you guys run around in case he needs to pass.

westbrook: look! a puppy!

coach brooks: ok! go get 'em, tiger! (slaps westbrook's butt)

yup

the griz logo is just a bigger twolves logo

that is my deepest observation for tonight

i'm hanging out on lakers twitter where the main problem, other than #Byronball, seems to be that kobe doesn't get enough calls.