it's art
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
this is the rockets 3&D replacement for Mbah Moute and Ariza??
Free agent James Ennis has agreed to a two-year deal with the Houston Rockets, league sources tell Yahoo. Deal includes player option in second season.— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 11, 2018
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
ennis isn’t bad. their system should make it seem like luc mbah types can be found anywhere... ariza they’ll def miss but they should have a lot of time in the season to try and find a replacement somewhere in the league
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 12 July 2018 00:57 (five years ago) link
great news, guys. chase budinger is enjoying a second act as a pro beach volleyball player.
https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2018/7/11/17553494/chase-budinger-interview-beach-volleyball-avp-league
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 July 2018 01:51 (five years ago) link
ha thats pretty cool
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:00 (five years ago) link
You mentioned basketball players giving beach volleyball a try earlier. What NBA players like to play?
I’ve got a crew that I play with. Luke Walton and Richard Jefferson love to play. When Blake Griffin was here, he’d play all the time. Steve Nash loves to play. And Sasha Vujacic.
THE MACHINE?!
Yeah! He’s a really decent player. All of these guys live in the area, and once you live in this area, you kind of get attracted to beach volleyball. And once you start playing, you really start to love it.
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:01 (five years ago) link
chase accepting noms for the most so cal motherfucker ever
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:04 (five years ago) link
just a chill guy catchin rays
― Clay, Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:06 (five years ago) link
lol, i was wondering what happened to budinger recently. i do remember his being an elite volleyball player in high school.
― circles, Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:07 (five years ago) link
feel like he cldve been a pretty dece nba player if not for all the injuries
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:14 (five years ago) link
Yah he had a solid all around game
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:34 (five years ago) link
budinger got me thinking about arizona dudes, and, holy fuck, michael wright who was on those early 00s teams with walton and jefferson got murdered a couple years agohttps://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2016/11/03/michael-wright-murder-new-york-knicks/93266706/
― circles, Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
yeesh what a mess http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/213869756/michael-wright-murder-mark-holdbrooks
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:56 (five years ago) link
i'm starting to let trae young into my life. i think at the very least he'll be a good playmaker. he really does have great instincts. gonna take a while for him to be physically ready to lead a team through a whole season though.
― Heez, Thursday, 12 July 2018 03:53 (five years ago) link
some good offseason footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQK7RkZ1ha0
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 04:24 (five years ago) link
that's so sick
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 July 2018 04:50 (five years ago) link
yeah def gonna be needing more of that.
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Thursday, 12 July 2018 08:05 (five years ago) link
my god they're all so huge
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
i know its funny when u see them like that embiid doesnt look thaat much bigger than tatum, but of course he knows how to use his size and destroys him down low
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
myers leonard showing up early all "lets get this" cracked me up
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
Tatums upper body is ridic, tiny waste and then it's \__/ from there
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
meyers leonard should be so much better than he is
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
yeah just one of those guys who doesnt have the feel
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:37 (five years ago) link
also got a chuckle out of changing up the video during the markelle parts to make them seam all mysterious, not showing his shot
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:37 (five years ago) link
also lol at whoever it was making fun of his dumb hat "wtfs that on yr head bro"
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Thursday, July 12, 2018 3:35 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah hes gonna be real tough to deal with once he reaches his full grown strength like what do u do when he gives u a lil bump with his shoulder then pulls up
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
it was an appropriate clowning/question xp
re tatum idk if he'll ever be able to bump anyone off their spot like lebron, need lower mass to be able to do that and he's pretty small from waste down. but opponents arms will def bounce of his shoulders/arms and he'll be able to finish through contact for sure.
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
yeah but when u have those long arms and high release u just need to get yr defender off balance a lil then raise up
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link
true. he's gonna be very good obv.
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
its funny how beanpole legs correlate with jumping ability
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
like its not what u wld expect/not sure how that works
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
aw shit dubs are truly unbeatable now
Free-agent forward Jonas Jerebko has signed a one-year, veteran-minimum deal with the #Warriors, the team announced Thursday. https://t.co/Psb5cYU2y7— Sporting Green (@SportingGreenSF) July 12, 2018
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
warriors becnh was dead last in 3pt shooting last year, happy to have jonas
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
i love jonas he was awesome on the c's
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
Meyers strikes me as a very tall guy who just does not like basketball very much, like the dumb rich kid in law school bc he has to be
― Clay, Thursday, 12 July 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
he just seems really clumsy to me
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 12 July 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
athletic 7 footers don't just grow on trees
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 July 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link
no humans do, silly
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 12 July 2018 22:43 (five years ago) link
I remember going to outdoor court long time ago and there was this guy who had the platonic ideal of a basketball body and was throwing down crazy dunks while warming up. Then he got in an actual game and he...sucked. A lot. Always think of him when I see NBA guys like Meyers.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 12 July 2018 22:47 (five years ago) link
i'm tall enough to be a nba forward but sucked at basketball so i know the feeling
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 July 2018 23:03 (five years ago) link
What was that crazy fact I read in some depressing Larry Bird piece a couple years back? Like 17% of all 7 footers in the U.S. wind up playing in the NBA?
― omar little, Thursday, 12 July 2018 23:24 (five years ago) link
yeah there are very few actual 7 footers
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 July 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
right, and it's not like they're just born with basketball talent. it's no shock they're less skilled than the little guys
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 July 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
that michael wright stuff is super weird and sad. but it did lead me to this video that i watched in full last night. high school ball is so funny to me, how do we break the full court press? just throw it up high to KG and see what happens...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPX4QClR9EY
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Thursday, 12 July 2018 23:57 (five years ago) link
(michael wright is on that team w KG and was a freshman, looked like the best player on the floor during big chunks of that game)
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Thursday, 12 July 2018 23:58 (five years ago) link
Free agent guard Isaiah Thomas has agreed to a one-year deal with the Denver Nuggets, league sources tell ESPN. Thomas will reunite with Michael Malone, who coached him with the Kings.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 13, 2018
brutal
Veteran's minimum deal for Thomas, sources tell ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 13, 2018
― sprout god (lag∞n), Friday, 13 July 2018 03:46 (five years ago) link
i don't know enough about nuggets roster minutae but this doesn't seem like the most obvious fit? monte morris had a nice summer league so i thought they'd be giving him some minutes but maybe they felt like they needed another pg.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 13 July 2018 03:50 (five years ago) link
^^that was the post where i revealed my weird investment in monte morris because he has the same first name as one of my cats
― call all destroyer, Friday, 13 July 2018 03:51 (five years ago) link
Meyers strikes me as a very tall guy who just does not like basketball very much
I tend more toward lagoon's assessment that he just doesn't have the feel for the game. He gets lost on the court sometimes, doesn't anticipate well and therefore can't block shots or cut off a driving opponent, and holds the ball too long before passing, mainly because he can't feel the flow of things on court. He has the NBA body, size and 'athleticism', but lacks an NBA talent for hoops.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 13 July 2018 04:06 (five years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Thursday, July 12, 2018 11:51 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmao
― sprout god (lag∞n), Friday, 13 July 2018 04:08 (five years ago) link