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

i want to live in a world where kenneth suddenly learns defense

law-son.....

lawson has wbrook-type lapses

Josh Smith turned 27 today...

Just started the Nugs/Hawks game and had to ffwd all the way to the end cos I cant listen to John Barry for more than 2 minutes.

guys how do former ballers get selected for tv duty? it feels incredibly random, like u put a box of 90s upper deck (collectors choice, no sense in running nice trading cards) into a bucket and draw

oh I got god shammgod guess he's doing TNT coverage with cuttino mobley

idk, been wondering this too. i guess backstage talks during their careers, players that like to talk a lot (jalen rose comes to my mind)

parker / de colo / manu !!!

melo hurt his finger tonight, might sit vs the heat tomorrow night

btw mavs & suns are the late tnt game tomorrow night so everyone make plans

pop just seated duncan in the final quarter. not a word...

vucevic vs enes going on alert

Blake just got v v high

melo hurt his finger tonight, might sit vs the heat tomorrow night

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:53 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sit them ALL

maybe this is a new thing, bench yr stars vs heat, don't give them the satisfaction

Unless you're the Wizards

every team benches their staters v the heat they end up w/the best regular season record ever entering the playoffs w no idea how good they are having not played a meaningful game all year

game 1 of the playoffs, d wade scratching his head
I DON'T GET IT he thinks I WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO BLOW BY COURTNEY LEE AND SCORE 47 PTS

CBSSports.com polled 35 NBA types, guys who have been out running from tourney to tourney over the first month of the season, on who they would select if picking first. Here's the tally:

Cody Zeller (Indiana): 31 percent
Nerlens Noel (Kentucky): 23 percent
Alex Len (Maryland): 11 percent
Shabazz Muhammad (UCLA): 11 percent
Alex Poythress (Kentucky): 9 percent
Rudy Gobert (France): 6 percent
Tony Mitchell (North Texas): 3 percent
Archie Goodwin (Kentucky): 3 percent
Anthony Bennett (UNLV) - 3 percent

did they really need to use percentages there

Austin Rivers watch: 28.3%

Mickael Pietrus just threw down a nasty dunk and is having an awesome game, believe it or not

Would be a perennial all-star if they widened the court by a foot on all sides.

austin rivers plummet like the dow jones ;]

oh I got god shammgod guess he's doing TNT coverage with cuttino mobley
― shave and a haircut...2 CHAINZ (m bison), Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hahaha I think God Shammgod was the big high school senior the last time I read Street and Smith.

rly feel like y'all are thinking too small with the whole statue thing
I mean rly, Kobe clones in perpetuity is the only homage fitting mamba, just an endless array of baby frobes, 81 pt ballhog extremism Kobe, pau tolerating Kobe, pau hating Kobe Dwight eating Kobe, come out of retirement to play for the pelicans Kobe u know
― shave and a haircut...2 CHAINZ (m bison), Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This + Press Conference Kobe with Vanessa Bryant. Could have a whole series of statues with +1s being bummed out by Kobe (Phil, Shaq, etc.)

Probably not the right time to mention that thus far Kobe is having one of his most efficient shooting season of his career.

Kinda want to 'shop this into a statue right now; basically the moment where the Black Mamba was born I think:

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2010/2/19/1266589342397/Kobe-Bryant-seated-next-t-001.jpg

Cuban is dreaming of Dirk's return:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_melignw5va1qzb7vjo1_500.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/aHXD1.jpg

early kobe statue

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/856572/thumbs/s-KOBE-DEATH-STARE-GIF-large.jpg

ho lil kobels wearing one of those jordan caricature tees

lil kobels 'n' lil scrub squad

My question is how many of those kids grew up to be his teammates on the 2005-06 Lakers?

Scott didn't offer an explanation regarding the baby dolls before the game, but each player realizes the hazing is just part of the game. Waiters' baby doll, Mary, and Zeller's baby doll, LaQuesha, sat quietly on the side of the Cavs' locker room while Jones' baby doll, Connie, sat in front of his locker.

way 2 show connie some respect

props to the writer who just dropped the dolls names in there casually

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WagOhD3fUpg

haha wtf

Peep the guy at 0:10 putting his head down smh lmfao.
Luis Medina 18 hours ago

haha, needs to be in the basketlolz thread.

loma what even happened there

was it paranormal

Odom was always an awful finisher

oh god is dallas vs phoenix really tnt's late game tonight, that is sure to be riveting television

I love it when they program TV schedules based on who was good 5 years ago

the way knicks/heat was the worst basketball ever and never went away

kaman vs. dragic

some nice passes from bron

The Phoenix Suns are so confident in what team president Jason Rowley calls their "exciting brand of basketball" that the team is offering fans their money back - regardless of the game's outcome - if they're not completely satisfied with the experience at Thursday night's matchup against the Dallas Mavericks.

that is sad

chandler is 51/62 over the last 9 games O_O