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

and kevin martin misses.... wow..

this young wolves team is the future. adrian payne, not a great player but could be a nice role (24yo i guess)

― moullet, Saturday, February 28, 2015 10:01 PM (32 minutes ago)

i feel really good about my 40-win prediction

this is a movie about a tendon

barnitas baaack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozWzrGZemnY

kobe does some minor cussing in this doc, def maturing his brand

watching this kobe thing, 10 minutes in, very boring

kobe's press conference when he announced he was skipping college: "I've decided to take my talents to the NBA."

kobe so influential on our top athletes

the way he stares directly at the camera during the talking head bits is really unnerving. it's a method usually used in docs to convey the idea that the subject is being interrogated or is judging you.

uh there's a part where second-year kobe is being interviewed by some old white dude and the guy says he should get a toothpaste endorsement "because you've got beautiful teeth." this was like 1997.

feel like we might need a poll to determine whether it was a shot or a pass

― lag∞n, Saturday, February 28, 2015 11:01 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

–– PASS or SHOT? ––

wow those 4 airballs in a row by Kobe. don't remember that at all.

btw the whole Colorado affair was bad because kobe let his family down

man its so hard to watch him talk

this whole stretch about the alleged rape -- which is never directly addressed -- is torturous and revolting

"So kobe has to deal with these issues, these personal challenges. The black mamba steps on the court and does what he does."

kobe wrote birdman u guys.

yea man can't take it any more. turned it off as soon as they started that part and showed him looking "remorseful" on camera with the soft piano in the background.

kobe on winning the 2008 championship: "[my teammates] had to learn to embrace that villain nature that's inside all of us. it gives you a platform to unleash your anger."

this man has murdered untold scores of his fellow humans.

sorry that was the 09 championship, deep apologies to boston.

"My brain cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I have to look at myself and say 'I'm a failure', that's almost --- that's worse than death."

-- Kobe Bryant on failure.

It's true he relied on the fadeaway midrange J later in his career but he attacked the hell out of the basket when he was young
― 龜, Sunday, March 1, 2015

reading through everyone's liveposts on the kobe doc, can't tell whether it was unwatchable or fascinating

leaning toward the former

Unwatchable not fascinating

close one in the first sunday matinee game, deandre setting multiple records

Guys injuries are never funny but...goddamn I cannot stop laughing about Russell's face dent

And also the sequence of posts above capped by a shot of his...dented face

And the plunger advice clay posted as the grace note. Basically ilh runs this

I think it's mostly the phrase "face dent" that seems kinda amusing, especially considering the fact that most humans experience facial cuts and lacerations, but russ being the 1st soldier of skynet that he is, it's a dent

obviously get well soon tho robot russ

the gif version is amazing. his eyes....

someone should put fire on those ala kobe's reactionn to mike brown coaching

the pitbull intro for the abc games makes the ESPN lenny kravitz intro seen like the height of artistry

pitbull is good

xp *seem

gibson and butler now injured, does anybody give credence to theories that 1) thibs practices are too hard/often, 2) the chicago training staff is to some extent responsible (amin elhassen has mentioned this as a possibility several times since the start of this season) or perhaps that 3)thibs espousing the concept of rest has reached a critical point? is the pace of the schedule & travel the culrpit? interested in ur wildest hottest most speculative takes

also wonder if anybody has done any kind of look at injury rates league-wide to determine if what chicago is experiencing now/this season is outside expected parameters, or if it just seems that way

thibs def plays his players too many minutes this is a proven fact, extrapolating from that wld not be surprised if the entire org doesnt put enough effort into keeping players healthy

aside: lebron on the over-the-shoulder transition fast break block is probably my fav overall nba move

thibodeau's obsessive nature is def a huge factor at this rate and as such it's kinda unsurprising that he has one of the highest career win percentages among active coaches but has not taken a title

playing love w the second unit as much as possible seems like the ultimate no brainer

maybe they have been doing this idk

lol shumpert

wld kinda like to see houston blow cleve out today idk why just in the mood for that

playing love w the second unit as much as possible seems like the ultimate no brainer

― lag∞n, Sunday, March 1, 2015 3:56 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they barely seem to even get him touches with the first unit, it's weird.

gm-coach-player bron h8s love prob

that the wiggins trade is already looking dubious is like wow

wld kinda like to see houston blow cleve out today idk why just in the mood for that
--lag∞n

you like free throws and josh smith I guess, smh man

u like poop

stop lying to us NBA commercial, there are no dedicated nets fans

heads up ilh great opportunity

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