There's only 25 games left after the break and we'll have a new thread for the offs so might as well get it started now. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWLIh8pVAAAKGUX.jpg
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 16 February 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
looool
― marcos, Friday, 16 February 2018 18:17 (six years ago) link
Jokic's trip dubhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUhrMEyCmnQ
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 16 February 2018 18:36 (six years ago) link
that pass to juancho at 4:15 O___0
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 16 February 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
watched replay of that game, 1st full game I've seen of Nuggets in a couple years or so. Jamal Murray sure is...something eh?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 16 February 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
he hit like 4 3s in a row with the net barely moving...and then threw 2 of the most ridiculous (as in awful) passes I've ever seen in an NBA game.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 16 February 2018 18:45 (six years ago) link
he's still figuring it out and has to play pg until they find one. but its fun surrounding jokic with all that shooting. wilson chandler not looking like a corpse of late is helping too. its a crime that game wasnt televised last night.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 16 February 2018 18:48 (six years ago) link
yeah they are a super fun team offensively. I didn't even know Chandler was still in the league! He looked really good.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 16 February 2018 18:52 (six years ago) link
Nikola Jokic last 10 :
20, 11.5, 953/47/86
Nuggets are 7-3.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 16 February 2018 19:06 (six years ago) link
a special message for the new thread:
Happy Chinese New Year from Me & Rocco! pic.twitter.com/ienF9BYO5k— klay thompson (@KlayThompson) February 16, 2018
― call all destroyer, Friday, 16 February 2018 20:21 (six years ago) link
ty klay n rocco
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 16 February 2018 20:25 (six years ago) link
Kobe Bryant didn't mince words when he told ESPN's Jalen Rose that only a "special" kind of player can be a Los Angeles Laker.The future Hall of Famer, who played his entire 20-year career with the Lakers, was asked whether he would help the team recruit free agents this summer, given the amount of salary-cap space and young talent the franchise has as it attempts to climb back to a championship level.After laughing off the idea of "coddling" players (or "babysitting" them, Rose suggested) and boasting his rings and team banners, Bryant didn't hold back."You know, the thing about this franchise is that you shouldn't need recruiting to come in it," Bryant said. "It takes a special person to want to play for this franchise, and take the pressure that comes along with playing for this franchise. The pressure of following Magic [Johnson]'s footsteps, myself and the dynasty that we've had, it takes a special person to do that."And if I need to convince you come here, to carry that legacy forward, then you ain't the one to be it."The Lakers have 16 championships and last won in 2010, when Bryant was named Most Valuable Player of the Finals for the second straight year. Bryant won five championships as a Laker in seven trips to the Finals; Johnson won five championships in nine Finals appearances."When you're here, the most important thing is winning championships. I don't care about anything else. It's winning championships," Bryant said. "You don't have to like each other, but you will show up to practice every day and play hard, you will focus and commit to winning, and you know, if that's the case, then you'll be just fine.""And if not?" Rose asked."Then you can go play someplace else," Bryant said. "That's fine, too. I mean, it's a certain personality that comes along with it. It's a brand thing. I mean, the Lakers stand for excellence. They stand for winning. We don't hang division banners. You know what I'm saying? We don't do that. We don't retire everyone's jerseys. We retire Hall of Fame jerseys."... The people that are here need to be able to lift that standard and hold themselves to that standard. Which in turn gives you the ability to hold everybody else to that standard. If you can't do that, you can't be here."The Lakers are 23-34 at the All-Star break. They haven't reached the playoffs since the 2012-13 season.
The future Hall of Famer, who played his entire 20-year career with the Lakers, was asked whether he would help the team recruit free agents this summer, given the amount of salary-cap space and young talent the franchise has as it attempts to climb back to a championship level.
After laughing off the idea of "coddling" players (or "babysitting" them, Rose suggested) and boasting his rings and team banners, Bryant didn't hold back.
"You know, the thing about this franchise is that you shouldn't need recruiting to come in it," Bryant said. "It takes a special person to want to play for this franchise, and take the pressure that comes along with playing for this franchise. The pressure of following Magic [Johnson]'s footsteps, myself and the dynasty that we've had, it takes a special person to do that.
"And if I need to convince you come here, to carry that legacy forward, then you ain't the one to be it."
The Lakers have 16 championships and last won in 2010, when Bryant was named Most Valuable Player of the Finals for the second straight year. Bryant won five championships as a Laker in seven trips to the Finals; Johnson won five championships in nine Finals appearances.
"When you're here, the most important thing is winning championships. I don't care about anything else. It's winning championships," Bryant said. "You don't have to like each other, but you will show up to practice every day and play hard, you will focus and commit to winning, and you know, if that's the case, then you'll be just fine."
"And if not?" Rose asked.
"Then you can go play someplace else," Bryant said. "That's fine, too. I mean, it's a certain personality that comes along with it. It's a brand thing. I mean, the Lakers stand for excellence. They stand for winning. We don't hang division banners. You know what I'm saying? We don't do that. We don't retire everyone's jerseys. We retire Hall of Fame jerseys.
"... The people that are here need to be able to lift that standard and hold themselves to that standard. Which in turn gives you the ability to hold everybody else to that standard. If you can't do that, you can't be here."
The Lakers are 23-34 at the All-Star break. They haven't reached the playoffs since the 2012-13 season.
― omar little, Friday, 16 February 2018 21:21 (six years ago) link
murray has been incredible since december. he's 20 years old
― k3vin k., Saturday, 17 February 2018 03:16 (six years ago) link
is this the latest in the season the ASB has been in a while or is it just me?
― k3vin k., Saturday, 17 February 2018 03:17 (six years ago) link
feel like it's always around valentine's day give or take
― Clay, Saturday, 17 February 2018 03:44 (six years ago) link
Should Warriors trade Klay for LeBron? Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman disagree with a hypothetical offseason move for Golden State to trade Klay Thompson for LeBron James.
― omar little, Saturday, 17 February 2018 03:48 (six years ago) link
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, February 16, 2018 1:36 PM (nine hours ago)
the way they edit the audio to be so seamless in these vids is sick
― k3vin k., Saturday, 17 February 2018 03:59 (six years ago) link
2018_nba_reg_szn_thread_v2.svg
lol good title
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 February 2018 05:14 (six years ago) link
― k3vin k., Friday, February 16, 2018 10:59 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha wow never noticed that before it is very nice, extremely suspect assist at 3:18 btw
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 February 2018 05:35 (six years ago) link
Yeah Dawkins editing is incredible and he gets them up so fast.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 17 February 2018 05:42 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgWQD0Dv6Zg
have to say I didn't see uncle drew turning into tyler perry shit
― k3vin k., Saturday, 17 February 2018 06:31 (six years ago) link
Hoo boy
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 17 February 2018 06:37 (six years ago) link
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/2/15/17014692/2023-nba-all-star-team
cool exercise - danny chau tries to predict the 2023 all-stars
― k3vin k., Saturday, 17 February 2018 21:21 (six years ago) link
2 nuggets :)
oladipo is an interesting choice, seems like an obvious pick to sell high
― k3vin k., Saturday, 17 February 2018 21:24 (six years ago) link
we need a oral history of how this uncle drew movie got made
― lag∞n, Saturday, 17 February 2018 21:29 (six years ago) link
I hope there's a Uncle Drew .5 like the Jackass movies.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 18 February 2018 00:19 (six years ago) link
are there any coach of the year frontrunners? pringles again?
― micah, Sunday, 18 February 2018 06:04 (six years ago) link
Heard some Casey chatter.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Sunday, 18 February 2018 06:24 (six years ago) link
yeah dantoni and brad in the mix
― Clay, Sunday, 18 February 2018 08:27 (six years ago) link
yeah it ocurred to me today that there isnt a standout like in years past. even the raps probably owe their success more to masai than casey.
― micah, Sunday, 18 February 2018 12:50 (six years ago) link
it should just be pop
― k3vin k., Sunday, 18 February 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
Pop is my default but just look at that games lost due to injury and tell me he’s not it this year
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Sunday, 18 February 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
right, I'm not really sure how this is an argument
― k3vin k., Sunday, 18 February 2018 16:44 (six years ago) link
although I'll qualify that by saying coach of the year is a dumb award and should probably be voted on by other coaches. it's very difficult for people not on the floor to understand what coaches actually do
― k3vin k., Sunday, 18 February 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link
He’s got a 21 year old point guard an ancient Pau Kyle Anderson pretending to be kawhi and thousand year old Manu off the bench around lamarcus and some how they’re third in the West
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Sunday, 18 February 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
I’d agree w that kev prob should be coaches voting for coaches
it should always be pop
― Men's Scarehouse - "You're gonna like the way you're shook." (m bison), Sunday, 18 February 2018 16:47 (six years ago) link
They should do one per conference for all the awards
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Sunday, 18 February 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
uhhhhh uhhhhhhh PARTICIPATION TROPHIES *pop tart crumbs fly out of my omuth*
― NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Sunday, 18 February 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
awards r dumb, participation trophies only imo
― lag∞n, Sunday, 18 February 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
The NBA already has participation trophies. It's called a paycheck.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 18 February 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
um checks are not trophies bc u cant shine them with a cloth nor can they adorn a shelf u fuckin dummy
― NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Sunday, 18 February 2018 18:23 (six years ago) link
You've never seen a framed check at a business? tsk tsk.
But to be honest, division winner banners are already crossing the line.
These all go WAY over the line. Participation trophies would be better.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/06/11/top-10-most-embarrassing-banners-in-sports/
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 18 February 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link
I like how Pop has (imo) clearly passed Phil Jackson in terms of who is regarded as the greatest modern coach.
― omar little, Sunday, 18 February 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
checks are only trophies if theyre big
https://i.imgur.com/C6limCN.png
― lag∞n, Sunday, 18 February 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
― omar little, Sunday, February 18, 2018 12:40 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
pjax did himself no favors in the front office of the new york knickerbockers basketball franchise
― NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Sunday, 18 February 2018 18:43 (six years ago) link
also pop is the SJW coach the LIEberal media has been waiting for
― NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Sunday, 18 February 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
pop is the SJW coach the LIEberal media has been waiting for
yeah, pop is awesome. he's a pretty great hoops coach, too.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 18 February 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
Popovich has all the bonafides of Jax w/o any of the negatives and patchouli stink.
― omar little, Sunday, 18 February 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link
i guess what it comes down to is what do you value more: chip count (for which phil is untouchable) or sustained excellence. to phil's credit, neither the bulls nor the shaq-kobe lakers teams ever won titles without him, but they also represent some of the most stacked teams of their eras. pop drafted good players and helped make them great and won 5 titles, many of them rather improbably. he's made the playoffs every year and did so without ever leading the league in salary (i'm not sure if they've even ever been top 5).
― NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Sunday, 18 February 2018 20:35 (six years ago) link
lmao
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:14 (six years ago) link
wilson chandler with 0 points in 40 minutes heh
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:15 (six years ago) link
Brad Stevens would coach this Denver team to 55 wins in the West. Don't @ me.— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) April 12, 2018
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:17 (six years ago) link
nuggets with one shot for the playoffs!
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:19 (six years ago) link
here we goo
― 龜, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:19 (six years ago) link
Jimmy Waited to long to go
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:19 (six years ago) link
hyperventilating. m@tt no hard feelings either way lets go
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:20 (six years ago) link
Wow TAJJJJ
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:21 (six years ago) link
what is HAPPENING
― Clay, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:22 (six years ago) link
wow :(
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:22 (six years ago) link
i don't really care who wins and *my* heart can't take this
murray outta gAs
― 龜, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:27 (six years ago) link
man i don't miss having teague as our point guard
― Heez, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:29 (six years ago) link
Lol right one cue he hits the floater
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:35 (six years ago) link
jokic has been really bad the past 5 minutes
where’s matt armstrong?
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:35 (six years ago) link
taj really has been wrecking jokic xp
― Clay, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:35 (six years ago) link
joker prob gassed as are a lot of these guys
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:35 (six years ago) link
Jokics conditioning remains an issue
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:36 (six years ago) link
joker's also been rushing it / looks panicked, could be just cuz they're getting the ball to him so late in the clock
― Clay, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:36 (six years ago) link
that being said i would not want to have to fuck w/taj in a game that matters
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:36 (six years ago) link
yeah jokic for sure gassed
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link
the whole overtime has had shot clock pressure. dudes are trying to catch a couple seconds of rest and getting into actions super late.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link
Is this happening?
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:40 (six years ago) link
8 dudes in this game have clocked 40+ minutes tbf
― Clay, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:40 (six years ago) link
aw :(
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:41 (six years ago) link
wilson chandler did it, 48 minutes 0 points
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:42 (six years ago) link
well done twolves
― Heez, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:43 (six years ago) link
― ciderpress, Wednesday, April 11, 2018 10:42 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that is fucking crazy
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:44 (six years ago) link
Why was Wilson in so long? Gary Harris is better even at 80%
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:44 (six years ago) link
really tho incredible late-season run outta the nuggs and obv a bright future to boot, much props
― Clay, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:45 (six years ago) link
so rox-wolves, dubs-spurs
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:46 (six years ago) link
east is set btw
1. raps vs 8. wiz2. celtics vs 7 heat3. sixers vs 6 bucks4. cavs vs 5 pacers
― Clay, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:46 (six years ago) link
What a game. Grats to Matt sorry to kev and other nuggets fans.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:47 (six years ago) link
grats to lebron for picking up the crucial home court advantage in round 1 of the playoffs xp
― Clay, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:47 (six years ago) link
about all you could want from a play-in game
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:47 (six years ago) link
rip nuggets. the end of the season was really fun
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:48 (six years ago) link
jokic +7 tonight. really proud of him even tho he’s gonna beat himself up over those last 6 minutes.
― k3vin k., Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:50 (six years ago) link
isn't it Bucks Celtics
― frogbs, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:51 (six years ago) link
Sorry Kev, I am honestly shocked
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:52 (six years ago) link
2004....wow
Good feeling man.Cheering for a team in the playoffs is so much fun. And jimmy healthy makes so much difference
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:56 (six years ago) link
so MIL and MIA finish tied, who loses the tiebreaker and thus plays the celtics?
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 April 2018 03:14 (six years ago) link
Milwaukee does
― frogbs, Thursday, 12 April 2018 03:15 (six years ago) link
oh thank god
― lag∞n, Thursday, 12 April 2018 03:16 (six years ago) link
― Clay, Wednesday, April 11, 2018 10:45 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
need 2 find a coach tho
― lag∞n, Thursday, 12 April 2018 03:17 (six years ago) link
seems conservative
offs thread pls
― micah, Thursday, 12 April 2018 03:51 (six years ago) link
Clay, there was a brief moment early in the season when you repped for McCollum as better than Dame. Was that a passing thought, or still your opinion?
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 12 April 2018 04:13 (six years ago) link
hello friends it's the 2018 NBA Playoffs, a place where dreams GO 2 DIE
I DID IT
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Thursday, 12 April 2018 04:13 (six years ago) link
i think cj's prob a better podcaster than dame sure
― Clay, Thursday, 12 April 2018 04:21 (six years ago) link