the lakers have just pooped their big-boy pants: 2012-2013 NBA regular season thread (part 2)

Totally farfetched but exciting just that was (maybe?) floated by either team.

Feel like the Celtics don't do it because they don't need another pg-- think that Bledsoe goes to a team w/o a strong starting pg, and Celtics have two already (assuming Rondo is back by next year).

Not even sure who the starting five would be ... Jordan-Bass-Pierce-Bradley-Bledsoe? Switch in Terry for Bradley and bring Bradley off the bench? I don't know, just think that Bradley is someone you'd want to start grooming right now and pay big bucks in a few years. Not really sure why they'd bend over backwards to get rid of KG for Bledsoe.

It doesn't make sense for the Celtics, and it doesn't matter since KG has a no trade clause and won't waive it.

EZ Snappin with the inside info on where KG wants to play

My inside info is from press reports after today's all star practice. From Marc Spears on twitter:

"If its up to me I will live and die green," KG said. When reminded its up to him, KG said: "OK then. So what are we talking about it?"

When asked if there was any team or circumstance that he would drop his trade clause for, Kevin Garnett simply said: "No."

oh wow so he didn't say "fuck yeah trade me to the clips"

i sort of doubt he'll waive it tbh

KG also says he's retiring and leaving 24m on the table, is that a lock too?

why are KG and chauncey best friends?

They were in Minny together no?

oh that's right

Andrea Bargnani making history

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=&year_max=&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=83&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&qual=&c1stat=mp_per_g&c1comp=gt&c1val=30&c2stat=trb_per_g&c2comp=lt&c2val=4.9&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2013/02/lebron-james-to-start-at-point-guard/

east crunch time lineup should be kyrie-wade-bron-melo-bosh

west crunch time lineup should be cp3-russ-kobe-durant-blake

parker for russ but otherwise yeah

the idea that the lakers would deal dwight for a guy that just tore his ACL has to be the most baseless trade speculation in a really long time

― J0rdan S., Saturday, February 16, 2013 1:30 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agreed that its p ridiculous but its w/in the realm of possibility if the lakers become convinced that a)theyre not making the playoffs and b) dwights leaving in the offseason

is rondo's torn ACL really worse than Dwight's hole in his spine?

probably it is, but it's not like they're trading a healthy dude here

maybe not but if they wanted to trade dwight they could probably find someone who could actually play within the next 12 months

maybe the lakers should try developing their own talent instead of grabbing broken guys who get a lot of all-star votes

well they traded all their draft picks for steve nash (broken guy with a a lot of all-star votes) so that might not be possible

oopsies

maybe not but if they wanted to trade dwight they could probably find someone who could actually play within the next 12 months

― J0rdan S., Saturday, February 16, 2013 9:00 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya but they prob wont be able to get a better player if dwight isnt guaranteed to resign

josh smith?

smith could work, you have to be willing to max him out over the summer tho

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/Michael-Jordan/michael-jordan-not-left-building

amazing piece

― manti 乒乓 (k3vin k.), Saturday, February 16, 2013 11:16 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

classic

"He can be a breathtaking asshole"

i lold

this is a great read

really hate 'sports-style' writing but yeah thats a good piece

sometimes wright thompson is a little too much for me but that was fantastic

Clippers and Jazz have "a level of mutual interest" in a trade which would send Eric Bledsoe to Utah in exchange for Paul Millsap

interesting

wtf?

millsap's a solid player, he's gonna come off the bench? or play the 3? idgi

clippers should leave a good thing the hell alone imo

paul millsap is pretty amazing

well they hate playing deandre in crunch time vs good teams and a millsap-blake frontline would be pretty damn good... def better than what they can throw out there as the alternative

"amazing" is not a word i'd use to describe millsap. i mean, he's better than bledsoe right now but the fit is weird. he's 6-8 and doesn't play much taller than that

but it's like they've spent so long as an org constantly tinkering and filling the holes left when donald sterling refuses to pay anyone beyond their rookie deal that they don't know how to just enjoy having an actual good basketball team for once.

there's a good piece waiting to be written on whatever it was that knocked donald sterling off his donkey and stood him up with the desire in his heart to win it all just once before shuffling off this mortal coil...

he's 6-8 and doesn't play much taller than that

― k3vin k., Sunday, February 17, 2013 12:41 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

what!!

"much" is the key word, he's a nice rebounder for his size for sure, but he's not a shot-blocker or anything

again talent-wise he makes the clippers better on paper right now. i just think the fit's weird

btw the basketball-reference twitter feed is tweeting links to all of jordan's 50 point games today in honor of his bday. here's a 50 point, 14 rebound, 6 assist, 3 steal, one block, zero-turnover effort http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198911030CHI.html

i mean, the only team against which a blake-millsap frontline would be a problem would be memphis, but it's not exactly like deandre jordan is a good post up defender anyway

millsap's PER has been at 20 for the last 2.5 seasons, you could prob say that for like 15 other guys in the league

xpost loool 1st game of the season

i understand what kevin is saying but the clippers system on defense dont really rely on deandre shot blocking abilities. i mean like pacers/hibbert, noah/bulls, dwight/magic, drummond/pistons

personally if i were the clips i wouldnt trade deandre.

i think it's a bad use of money to pay $11m a year to a guy that you're deathly afraid of being on the court vs a good team with less than 5 mins left in the game

wait, the deal was bledsoe for millsap i thought

yeah idk why we're talking about deandre but i would totally trade him in a millisecond in the right deal

sure, the KG deal for example

deandre for kg, ok
deandre + bledsoe, no