2017-18 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD PART 1 ALL OF AMERICAS FAVORITE TEAMS ARE BACK

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spike lee should switch sides like verizon man but change the tag to "we swear it's not the shoes" over clips of Rose in DRose 8s.

Dat Login was the dname u doofus (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 12 February 2018 23:48 (six years ago) link

Emeka Okafor in a starting lineup in 2018 wow

reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 00:30 (six years ago) link

should be a fineable offense

ciderpress, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 01:09 (six years ago) link

that guy was out of the league for a looong time

lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 01:44 (six years ago) link

mirotic experiment not working out so well

lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 01:44 (six years ago) link

Weeeeeeee pic.twitter.com/UIGbNQieTW

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) February 13, 2018

lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 01:54 (six years ago) link

Pels won xp.

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link

jazz 10 w's in a row

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:11 (six years ago) link

what really

lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:16 (six years ago) link

Jingles and Mitchell balling tf out

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:20 (six years ago) link

mitchell gotta be the ROY

lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:21 (six years ago) link

1st option for a (probably) playoff team as a rookie thats nuts

lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:23 (six years ago) link

they need his offense so bad, and now w hood gone he's basically it, if anything getting more shots for the crazy efficient jingles is a better use of shots.

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:42 (six years ago) link

Suns have lost by 48 and 46 within one week.

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:56 (six years ago) link

Warriors were literally coaching themselves.

DJI, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:57 (six years ago) link

lol they lost by 48 and 42 in two of their first three games this season as well. Elfrid looks good tho. And J Jackson and Bender might be able to play idk.

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:59 (six years ago) link

yeah Dray was drawing up plays hah

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:59 (six years ago) link

i feel like i've barely thought about the suns in a decade

Clay, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:00 (six years ago) link

like they're a terribly run franchise and they have mostly drafted poorly and done weird shit like the 3 pg thing a few years ago and it's just bleak as hell

Clay, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:01 (six years ago) link

the chriss and bender picks were killers

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:08 (six years ago) link

bender is prob a rotation player but maybe only like jon leuer rotation player

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:09 (six years ago) link

chriss looks like a flat out bust tho

also the brandon knight trade and extension turned out to be a really underrated franchise killer

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:10 (six years ago) link

they seem like the most hopeless team in the league... even the kings seem closer to winning to me

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:11 (six years ago) link

they have booker!

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:17 (six years ago) link

chriss is indeed bad.

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:19 (six years ago) link

they just extended Mcdonough too lol. ive said it many times on here but that team is going to be stuck in quicksand until Sarver sells.

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:21 (six years ago) link

if they manage to get one of the superstars of this draft then maybe booker and josh jackson slot in next to that guy as really good second and third tier players but....

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:30 (six years ago) link

yeah not much faith they can make the right pick. i bet they can re-sign elfrid for a fair contract, tho. he's still only 23 and is what they need at pg, someone who can feed booker.

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:36 (six years ago) link

Warriors coaching themselves was very cool and a good way to keep them awake against a terrible team in the dog days before all star

I thought he was just gonna have iggy do it each time bc iggy is extremely smart and probably a future coach if he wants but it looks like everybody got a turn

gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 12:05 (six years ago) link

mitchell gotta be the ROY

― lag∞n, Tuesday, February 13, 2018 12:21 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Haven’t seen as much of him as Tatum who has obv cooled way off but he is phenomenal. I thought they were gonna try to ride this “Rodney Hood can be 90% of Hayward” garbage every hoop pundit was on before the season but since that wasn’t real it was smart to just go ahead and hand over the team to Mitchell with jingles sidekickin

Hood is fine btw and I think perfect for where he landed

gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 12:08 (six years ago) link

lol rude to the suns

Kerr is letting the players coach against the Suns tonight 😅 pic.twitter.com/Ty9inJVLtQ

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 13, 2018

lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 14:49 (six years ago) link

Cross training is good.

Jeff, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 15:04 (six years ago) link

http://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2018%2F0212%2Fnba_wine_5x2.jpg&w=1600&h=640&scale=crop&cquality=40&location=origin

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/22358028/the-nba-obsession-wine

The river of black shuttle buses negotiates sharp switchbacks, bouncing upward along miles of uneven pavement that fades into dirt, from two lanes to one, climbing beneath oak forest that blocks out the morning light. Cellphone service dwindles to nothing. Finally, a metal gate appears, a large "M" at its center, and soon the Cleveland Cavaliers pour out of the buses. About 60 members of the franchise gather near tables covered in white cloth, sitting atop cedar bark spread across a small clearing. They clink flutes of 2006 Dom Pérignon in toast. Nearby, all around the property, lies charred earth. Burned hillsides, stippled with the black skeletons of trees, loom ominous.

This is Mayacamas, one of Napa Valley's most iconic wineries. Not many of the Cavs have been here, but LeBron James has, and he recognizes that the area where he's standing now, the small clearing, once belonged to a building that is no more.

The fire, when it came, had raced in from the west, feeding on dry underbrush, roaring over the hills. Winds swept it along the edges of and into Mayacamas' vineyards, the intense heat threatening dormant vines harvested not long before. Workers evacuated as flames neared the winery, not knowing what -- if anything -- would survive. When staffers returned weeks later, they saw how the flames had crept to the edge of the three main buildings, licked up their sides, leaving deep black scars near the foundation. Millions in damage was caused, though the true toll will be tallied when it becomes clear which vines can still bud in the spring. But somehow the fire had devoured only one of the buildings, a 5,000-square-foot, two-story Italian villa-style structure used for hospitality and dining.

"It's a miracle," says Mayacamas assistant winemaker Braiden Albrecht.

Mayacamas hadn't hosted any groups since that October blaze. No groups, that is, until today, a clear, brisk late-December Thursday -- two days before James' 33rd birthday -- when the Cavaliers arrive for a midseason two-day Napa getaway.

At Mayacamas, organizers had rushed to prepare for the Cavaliers, hauling away burned rubble in huge bins. Now, after the champagne toast, players gather beside fermentation tanks before moving next door to a spacious living room, where glasses of 2015 chardonnay and 2013 cabernet dot a heavy wooden table. They playfully sneak more glasses of wine. James tries to tempt rookie forward Cedi Osman, who, along with some of the other rookies, isn't into wine just yet. "Drink me ... " James says, holding the glass near Osman, but Osman declines. "Their loss," James would say later. "More for me."

Mayacamas winemaker Andy Erickson introduces the chardonnay by describing how proud he is that it's not a typical Napa Valley chardonnay, not over-the-top with buttery-tasting notes. The players sip and are asked for their thoughts. Guard J.R. Smith, sitting on a couch against a back wall, raises his hand. What comes to mind as he sips the wine?

"It's like butter," Smith says, smiling. Laughter erupts from all over. Classic J.R.

omar little, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link

god they made Kevin drink alone

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/22358028/the-nba-obsession-wine

omar little, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:10 (six years ago) link

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2018/0212/r327036_608x488cc.jpg

omar little, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:11 (six years ago) link

ha bron focused on the wine

lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link

wine article is a trip

marcos, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link

if i had a fuckton of money i would also get really into wine

call all destroyer, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link

the wine story, the pb&j story, the halal food w kanter & okc story, the cheesecake factory obsession story, my kind of nba reporting

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 18:10 (six years ago) link

also the curry under armour vs nike story

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 18:10 (six years ago) link

agreed good glimpse into the nba life

lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 18:12 (six years ago) link

in retrospect the halal article was when we should have been certain kd was leaving

ciderpress, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link

considering tuesdays are usually the second worst days of the week, the basketball gods have blessed us with a nice lineup of games tonight

k3vin k., Wednesday, 14 February 2018 01:59 (six years ago) link

cavs okc game is a good one

marcos, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 02:06 (six years ago) link

raptors/heat league pass alert

k3vin k., Wednesday, 14 February 2018 02:16 (six years ago) link

Andrew Wiggins is 0/12 ...

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 03:08 (six years ago) link

shooters shooy

lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 03:31 (six years ago) link

cavs are good

they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 03:39 (six years ago) link

smh

k3vin k., Wednesday, 14 February 2018 03:41 (six years ago) link

im mad at the cavs for making cool trades

lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 03:50 (six years ago) link


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