Breaking -- The human race has waived Josh Smith: 2014-15 regular season thread part 2

Karl might not be the real answer but it'd be way more fun

He could probably get them scoring 130 and just see what happens

karl wld be great imo unless hes like slowly dying rn or something which seems like it cld be the case

the dino claw on ball is....not terrible but they better get the detailing right on the uniforms.

i'm interested in miami vs. cleveland and what they did/are doing on offense. i don't recall miami running a super structured offense and it worked ok. but it's a disaster for cleveland. is this just the skill level of thin bron/love/irving vs. huge bron/wade/bosh? less basketball IQ on cleveland? kevin love's complete inability to freelance? it's weird.

Latter part of this is somewhat illuminating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKCBy0tdj3A

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

blatts whole face

i don't recall miami running a super structured offense and it worked ok.

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, January 14, 2015 11:39 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there was a lot of room to create in it which makes sense cause of their personnel but it was idk if structured is the right word but def very designed to use use players in a certain way and all three of the big three changed their games a lot in miami to fit in with each other and the offense

that makes sense--the adaptability seems to be missing in cle

seems like theyre just not... in the zone

like everyone is playing bad idk

twitter has a new tool shows u where nba teams followers are https://interactive.twitter.com/nba_followers

http://i.imgur.com/55fgygO.png

p cool

al horford nu age superstar http://grantland.com/the-triangle/al-horford-atlanta-hawks-superstar

^^^ 21/10/10 last night in 29 min. 8 of 10 from the floor.

Even so, at what price? Within the NBA, officials expected maybe $10 million a year, perhaps $12 million if Klutch wanted to push it. Well, they kept pushing it. Thompson turned down a $13-million-a-year extension offer – four-year, $52 million, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

jesus

woj's boner ripping thru his pants in this entire column obv http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cavs-need-lebron-james-to-show-leadership-he-promised-173753124.html

Whatever James' agenda on the coaching front, there were those who believed they had it pegged back in the summer. It was no accident Mark Jackson left one of the most powerful agents in basketball to become a client of Paul. Paul had no coaching clients, but immense leverage within the Cavaliers. To hear Jackson overpraising James and the team's talent on television – even defending James on giving Blatt a tepid public endorsement – delivers light in itself to this alliance.

Before James signed as a free agent, the Cavaliers management wanted nothing to do with Jackson as a coach. They did their research and had their answers. Now, they understand the reality: If James won't play for the coach, what choice do they have there? James wouldn't be left to pay the buyout on Blatt's contract, nor the luxury tax on Thompson's extension. It'll simply be Klutch Sports gathering the commissions on Jackson's and Thompson's deals.

this is a GREAT conspiracy theory

i love it

http://i.imgur.com/sfSP5p4.gif

dies http://deadspin.com/whoa-the-2016-olympics-will-have-3-on-3-basketball-1679490551

weird

1 on 1, 3 on 3 need to be made part of all star week

this is my #1 belief in the whole world

Fake :(

:(

this might be better suited to the blol thread but woooooooow:

There are many objects of Nick Young’s affection: Iggy, Meat, Kobe Bryant, Gilbert Arenas, Yves Saint Laurent, Hollywood, Target, the Lakers, the park on Robertson Boulevard, family, shoes, microphones, video cameras, low-percentage shots, three-point goggles, self-inflating whoopee cushions, sugar cereals, adult onesies, and two English bulldogs named Jelli and Space Jam.

http://www.si.com/nba/2015/01/14/swaggy-p-nick-young-lakers-iggy-azalea-kobe-bryant

awesome espn double header tonight, chi/wiz pdx/lac

Melo is fat again

picture?

he has a fat face so even when he's only a few pounds up he looks extra big

twitter has a new tool shows u where nba teams followers are https://interactive.twitter.com/nba_followers

p cool

― lag∞n, Wednesday, January 14, 2015 12:12 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I did this for the Jazz and my expectations were met precisely

Oh and I just looked at the whole thing...ugh the swaths of laker purple across the country

http://basketball.realgm.com/analysis/236243/Cutting-Up-The-Revisionist-History-Of-The-James-Harden-Trade

In Game 1 of the Finals, Harden (22) played fewer minutes than Derek Fisher (25).

haha

well when you put it like that

the glasses made him do it

NBA on ESPN ‏@ESPNNBA 50s50 seconds ago
Demar DeRozan returns to Raptors' starting lineup tonight. DeRozan missed 21 games due to torn tendon in left groin.

think lance is playing tonight too after like 15 games out.

read that zach lowe piece on the magic today so i tried giving houston/orlando a shot but it's really difficult to muster enough interest about either team frankly.

basketball confessions:
i know houston is really good and james harden is probably on mvp pace rn but i just can't/don't care about this team

i love pat beverly but really dgaf about them either.

toronto and philly is more engaging and it took the sixers like five minutes to even score

did the cavs hire mark jackson yet

no but d-rose just got a 3 from half court and made it for the buzzer beater

17 points in Q1

'allo

http://nbcprobasketballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/melo-and-harry.jpg

Coach Core... kind of a weird last name tbh

last name is core coach is a title dumbas

Damn... You learn something new every day #schooled

did not know the prince of wales' scepter is a shoe, great britain is a wild place

hawks are downright murderous and aside from not getting rebounds and putbacks they prob could get I see no major flaws in their game

even tho this is the celtics they're facing, so not a major challenge, they're resting korver and al and still look incredible, their ball movement is dynamic as hell.

damn budenholzer resting guys in january huh, he truly is the son of pop

hawks on pace for 60+ wins, COTY race is bud vs kerr
pop shouldnt have been so generous, now all his proteges are killing it