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

that really sucks abt conley

the Knicks blurb in the column is specifically talking about top 10 picks by the team, but this being simmons he turns it into a hypothetical by saying:

That's right, your answer to the question "Who is every Knicks fan's favorite draft pick of the 21st century?" is Danilo Gallinari.

listening to the haralabob podcast rn, highly recommended

― k3vin k., Saturday, April 11, 2015 3:12 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

He sounds so bummed! And/or bored...I got through about 15 min and realized I don't know why I'm listening to this guy

It also drives me crazy that he doesn't finish his own sentences half the time

I appreciate his (politely, Canadian-ly) burning hatred of Monty Williams though

Knicks vs Magic, 2nd quarter:

Knicks 8
Magic 7

lowest scoring quarter in NBA history!

xxxp he's rich enough to be a career NBA gambler I imagine that comes with a certain amount of disaffection and the potential for sociopathy

could just be my class warfare talking tho

listening to the haralabob podcast rn, highly recommended

― k3vin k., Saturday, April 11, 2015 3:12 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

He sounds so bummed! And/or bored...I got through about 15 min and realized I don't know why I'm listening to this guy

It also drives me crazy that he doesn't finish his own sentences half the time

― juice college (agent hibachi), Saturday, April 11, 2015 8:21 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the first 15 minutes or so were kind of bad but then they start talking about interesting stuff and it gets better

this frizz-clips game is HUGE in terms of seeding

no Conley, don't think Allen is playing, not feeling the frizzlies' chances

http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2015-04-12/f4dedd30-e0bb-11e4-9ee8-6f782592a649_KNORmid41115.jpg

shot chart for that knicks & magic quarter

gross

good teams

this is a...physical game being played between the grizz and clips

chris paul -> austin rivers has to be one of the biggest drop-offs in NBA rotation history

haha yup

rivers just picked up his dribble at the foul line with >5 seconds left on the shot clock, panicked, and threw the ball to jamal crawford, standing 35 feet from the basket who then had to throw up a prayer

Kurt Helin ‏@basketballtalk 7s8 seconds ago
Grizzlies’ Marc Gasol leaves game with sprained ankle not to return

:|

wow that charge on blake was one of the worst calls i've ever seen

I'm about 30 minutes behind this koufus blake duel is kinda fun

lol yeah and it continues...

if my understanding of the standings/remaining schedules are correct, the clippers have the inside track to the 2 seed now and control their own destiny

The west conference standings and playoff seedings are just bouncing around like popcorn rn. Except the Blazers are a guaranteed 4 seed w/o home court to go with it.

idgi what the point of guaranteeing conference winners the fourth seed is if ur not gonna give them home court, i mean ur really guaranteeing them the fifth seed

get rid of divisions

The guaranteed 4th seed is like a dollop of make-up over a big zit. It hides, but everyone knows what it is hiding.

speaking of get rid of divisions, looks like the clips are still in 3rd because the first tiebreaker is a division winner gets the nod. the clips will almost definitely finish with a better record than the grizz, but if the clips and spurs end up tied (as they are now), the spurs would get the 2 seed

grix clips spurs rockets all w/in half a game lol

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCZH4baVEAAGN7L.png

lol cavs resting every starter except mozgov this afternoon, SUP STARTING POINT GUARD MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA (I would assume)

Cavs resting Lebron Kyrie love jr and David blatt* today

Everything's coming up brad Stevens!

*possibly not true

Lol xp I was gonna go for the dellavedova triple double joke instead

it could happen & they'll probably still lose

pacers face OKC & nets face bucks and heat's loss last night all but mathematically eliminates them so yea brother brad and his ragtag band are m/l a lock

aww perk got a nice clap

celtics win (currently lead by 25ish) + pacers loss = playoff berth clinched, miami eliminated, nets lose any tiebreaker

Russ scored 54, thunder lost to pacers

rip thunder

54 on 43 shots good gravy

Wow

the end of that game was kinda insane

wha happen

Russ taking 43 shots against the Pacers tonight is a bigger deal than the return of game of thrones

there were just a ton of points scored/wild swings/russ losing his cool xp

tim has 20+ points in the past 2 games and his 39th birthday is in like 2 weeks

we're not worthy

Russ also got his 16th technical tonight and if it isn't rescinded he'll be suspended for one of okc's two remaining must-win games

wow, that's pretty huge

😍😍😍😍😍

http://youtu.be/C6jhD_fK7KM?a

He's looking kinda out of shape?

I don't know what's going on, he's playing the best basketball of his life and he looks like a Boulder dispensary owner.

Haha. The George Karl affect I reckon

He looks like he's in one of those movies where they're rounding up the gang after 5 years of hiding and when they found him he was operating a bbq shack in deep Mississippi n driving a pickup