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

they do not nearly have a starting quality nba 2 guard

Dion Waiters was one hell of a draft pick

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huh wow

Point of emphasis this year maybe?

Nene basically already singlehandedly broke the pacers in the first quarter of this game

chris paul is gonna set an assist-to-turnover record this year

if the knicks turn out not wanting to make a run at rondo who does? lakers, sacto? the league is so stacked w good point guards

― lag∞n, Saturday, November 8, 2014 10:12 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

Indy maybe? Not sure what they have to move for him though.

These Timberwolves black road alternate unis are like a compilation of everything we hate in new unis- v necks! Not really any team colors! Super wide side stripes! Sleeves!

I've been trying to see if the side is the pine tree pattern but it doesn't really come across on TV very well

Big problem with mainly black uniforms is the number of dudes wearing giant knee wraps or straight up leggings makes it look like they're in pants

I think they've had these alternates for a few years I've just never happened to catch them I think

saw the other day hornets were all wearing white pads/braces/etc and white shoes w their teal unis looked p cool

rondo and smart out 2nite meaning celtics starting point will be... evan turner o boy

the cavs are loaded at the wing they have no use for jeff green lol

bron looked better to me last night, he had like 10 ast in the 1st half and had a couple of nice defensive plays
--k3vin k.

the cavs are not loaded at the wing but also jeff green isn't good

i mean loaded with players who should probably retire!
--lag∞n

lol or this

i would much rather have marion and miller and their contracts than jeff green. wing is not the cavs issue, they need another big

wow the rckts are really hustling on d

i would much rather have marion and miller and their contracts than jeff green. wing is not the cavs issue, they need another big
― k3vin k., Sunday, November 9, 2014 12:35 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's like the cavs are deliberately ignoring the lesson of the spurs, i.e that depth and defense are paramount

https://vine.co/v/OetiQbimB2i

rookie of the year

dwight howard wishes he was joel embiid

i would much rather have marion and miller and their contracts than jeff green. wing is not the cavs issue, they need another big
--k3vin k.

sure but this is a diff thing than saying they're loaded at the wing

cavs problem is that kyrie and waiters are redundant and you can't play tristan and love at the same time

they have two many 2s and 4s and no 5s

the one advantage the heat had was that they could get away with playing bron-bosh as 4-5 against a lot of teams which allowed them to really tinker with the other three positions and stack shooters

as great as love is he can't even fake it at center so it really constricts their rotation despite lebron's unprecedented positional flexibility

like love's presence on the floor means you have to have a 5 and from there the rotation starts to slot together pretty conventionally

the heat had a bron-bosh backbone and could then mix and match 7 or 8 other guys

i actually wonder if love will make ppl retroactively appreciate bosh's defense

what is this
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abjectly horrific

already hated those camo alts anyway the sleeves whyyyyyy

i think these jerseys are why the sours are playing so bad

SPURS

if kelly olynyk wants to put up an 18/11 regularly i'm not going to complain abt it

wow celtics were up by 17 w 4 minutes left and the bulls cut it to 2 w under a minute w aaron brooks scoring a million points before the celtics pulled it out

smh so many jeff green haters itt is no one listening to me about the assertive jeff green, besides you all are fundamentally misunderstand him, jeff green is disappointing not bad, hes actually a totally useful versatile starting quality nba player, its just he seems like he should be so much better, and he should be, but even so hes still good and pretty much any team wld have no problem finding a use for him

which is why hes a lock to be traded this year

and i personally think the cavs should panic and trade their obnoxious third year shooting guard dion waiters

bulls took 44 2pt shots and 42 3pt shots tonight

i mean rockets

i'm so here for warriors takeover

who cld possibly argue otherwise

my god the brow

brow is against the law

Great game for Giannis tonight, not sure if it was a breakout performance or just the Grizzlies not getting the hint that he can go left

i'm so here for warriors takeover

― J0rdan S., Saturday, November 8, 2014 8:40 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

who cld possibly argue otherwise

― lag∞n, Saturday, November 8, 2014 8:41 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

love yous guys

rubio may be out up to two months

that ankle turn was ugly as hell, surprised it wasn't a fracture of some kind

wow celtics were up by 17 w 4 minutes left and the bulls cut it to 2 w under a minute w aaron brooks scoring a million points before the celtics pulled it out

― lag∞n, Saturday, November 8, 2014 10:18 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

End of that game was freaking hilarious brooks was a fireball Olynyk hustlin Lots of lols

You know who kinda vanished late though...assertive jeff green

Seriously what is it about that backup Bulls point guard spot, it magically makes marginal guys really good and occasionally unstoppable

It also usually makes them starters sad lols

you all are fundamentally misunderstand him, jeff green is disappointing not bad

― lag∞n, Saturday, November 8, 2014 10:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is an important jeff green insight

Seriously what is it about that backup Bulls point guard spot, it magically makes marginal guys really good and occasionally unstoppable

It also usually makes them starters sad lols

― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, November 9, 2014 6:37 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah thibs really understands how to get the most out of quick shoot first point guards, got derrick rose an mvp even

i never totally got why aaron brooks wasn't the player from last night more often over the years.

feel like the degree of difficulty in his game is too high to be consistent

He's small and he's mad so defenses figure him out usually and coaches get sick of him I think

I like his game though he always thinks he's the best guy on the floor