Breaking -- The human race has waived Josh Smith: 2014-15 regular season thread part 2

j green at every position - assertive on a whole other level

LOL TURNER JUST SAID HE WAS REALLY ASSERTIVE IN THE POSTGAME INTERVIEW

Nets now tied with Charlotte, I'm sticking a fork in 'em

good, pistons deserve the 8th seed & will make for a good 1st round in the east

clippers-nets deserves one of those deadspin highlight reels w audio of calls by JR jim ross

the hawks are gonna have the best record in the east and a 4+% chance of a top 3 pick

maybe they will get actual fans now?

it seems like they've been attracting bigger crowds of late but I'd have to research further to confirm that

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curry overthrowing lebro on all star votes is kind of crazy to me.

i went to the suns/6ers game and there were actual real life kids wearing steph curry jerseys. and I've seen it other times out in public here in az! still getting used to it

i definitely missed the part where steph curry became the most popular guy in the league

when doing xmas shopping a while back and looking for sports shit, at champs in the NBA section (aside from local celtics shit) all they had were bron, d-rose, kobels and steph jerseys, I def feel like I've seen a handful of ppl rocking golden state gear here

he's got that nice guy rep and all those sick oooooooh krossed u up moves kids get excited about these days

guy at work came and asked me about my love for the warriors (cube has some gsw stuff in it) and told me his 10 year old sun is infatuated with curry and that he loves that he loves him cos he plays ball "the right way" you know, not all tatted up and stuff... he got him a curry fathead for christmas.

ugh the play the right way talk is always the worst, in any sport

yeah hate that. had to defend bron a couple sentences later.

Hoops bros, should I shell out $58 for nosebleed seats to the Warriors-Bulls game that includes entry into the pre-game shoot-around? I'd be hanging with school alums.

of course

i definitely missed the part where steph curry became the most popular guy in the league

― Clay, Friday, January 23, 2015 1:02 AM (5 hours ago)

no yeah i don't think he's more popular than bron yet but it's a thing

yes xp

currys so fun not surprised at his popularity

http://streamable.com/c94

lolllll at kevin harlan's commentary in that vid

i was listening to an nba podcast the other day when one of the commentators (a lakers fan it shd be noted) claimed to "not be convinced" by curry and the dubs and suggested that the matchup of golden state and any EC team would be the lowest rated finals in history.

the next ep of the podcast had a different crew and included a segment dedicated to disagreeing with that sentiment. the second podcast crew then resolved that the only people who don't dig curry are bitter lakers fans which i think checks out pretty well against my preconceived notions abt bitter lakers fans

lakers and knicks fans too just generally have a hard time understanding the nba from inside their bubbles

yeah i mean those teams have such i high profile in their respective city's that you have so many fan's that are just into the teams. A lot easier to be a fan of the NBA in general if you live somewhere that doesn't identify with the local squad like those cities do.

http://dailythunder.com/2015/01/scott-brooks-is-a-good-coach/

ty lawson arrested for an alleged DUI

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant is expected to miss the remainder of the season with a torn rotator cuff, sources told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne.

Bryant, who was being examined by team doctors Friday, suffered the tear during the second half of Wednesday night's loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, though sources said he has been dealing with this shoulder injury since the preseason.

Lakers coach Byron Scott didn't hide his concern about the future of the Lakers star during Friday morning's shootaround in San Antonio.

"Yeah I'm worried," Scott said. "We all in the organization are worried about it."

rip

kobe done

still got nick "i don't miss" young, hitting a robust 38% of his attempts.

woj just said they're waiting till monday for the official decision/announcement, but i find it hard to believe they'd keep him going

I don't like his new IDM nickname, it implies that other dance genres are dumb.

lol

"i don't miss" really is appropriate in a way, in light of his gf's "first things first i'm the realest" line on her biggest song

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8D-zGZIAAAeyrW.jpg

@PhilJackson11 2 minutes ago
@kobebryant at least you haven't lost your sense of humor-pass the Mustard.

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Well I'm not in atl but the crowds def look much more enthusiastic. The coverage is still pretty terrible. The ajc wasn't even sending their beat writer to away games til a few weeks ago.

Gotta miss the okc game tonight. In the hills of Maine so y'all report back.

sup. so i've gone to a shitload of hawks games this year, somewhat accidentally. before the season i bought tickets to four or five games, almost as much to check out the opponents as to see the hawks (ie the motivations of a true atlanta sports fan), and then have just gone to other games here and there somewhat last minute on a whim. heez you might know about this but if you sign up at hawks.expapp.com you can get last minute deals that are incredible, just ridiculous discounts on great seats where they're dumping the last few seats they have; obv won't work if you have a large group but if it's just you and one other person it generally works. it's literally last minute though, like fifteen minutes before game time, but i've gotten crazy close to the court upgrading from nosebleed, also it pretty much doesn't work on sellouts but if you want to see the bucks on a wednesday or whatever. it's funny cuz i was considering an offer for a job in new orleans and part of my thinking was genuinely 'if i stay in atlanta i'll have a competently run organization but i go to new orleans i'll get to see the best player in the league for the next ten years', thinking at some point in the next two years i'll get season tickets wherever i decided to go. so much stuff you get to see in person at the game, esp close to the court. so i go to that hawks-pelicans game ready to be persuaded and come out of it w/ stronger hawks fever than i've had since tree rollins was on the team and i got the hawks logo shaved into the side of my head. like maybe it's just the inherent differences between basketball and baseball but i really like how playing the smart/right way w/ basketball makes just a much more fun enjoyable game to watch whereas w/ baseball so not the case, like i'm getting what euro soccer fans mean when they talk about playing a beautiful game etc. the last game i went to was this past monday, it was pretty great, young thug was a few rows in front of me, they did this great video on the court for mlk day (those 3d court animations still amazing to me), and then the player intro was something else -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41N6761syW4

crowds have definitely changed. that pelicans game it was largely true hoops heads, ppl rooting for the hawks, clowning on the new orleans coach, etc. i'd look at the crazy priced seats opposite the benches and there'd be a ton of seats empty (and i knew those seats were sold too though i guess it was corporate firms or whatever). a little while later i go to the hawks-clips game. fairly packed but a considerable number of clips fans, esp kids, kids love blake griffin. it was palpably different though, some ppl like me just waiting for someone to put the key in the ignition of the bandwagon some legit hawks fans excited that this team was special. still a noticeable amount of those paid for pricey seats empty though, which really blew my mind - you fucks can't come out for cliff paul and blake griffin? the first game i went to where i was like 'ok this shit is for real' was when the grizzlies came to town. pricey seats filled, crowd genuinely loud as fuck and into it, some small pockets of grizzlies fans there but we're in the south and cities w/ only one pro team get really into that team, it's why hardees focuses on small towns. grizzlies easily the scariest team i've seen in person, they didn't even have z-bo and they were just too big and they played that old style but they played it well, hawks won but i wouldn't want to face them in a 7 game series that's for sure. the hawks organist, sir foster, is fantastic. the only things that really concern me are our size and what happens when a team is just determined to completely knock the korver factor out of the game (or if he comes back to earth). defense concerns me a little but not as much as it did. still, love our starting lineup and budd's had some other lineups that are interesting, he has one w/ teague and schroder on the court at the same time that i don't know how successful it is but i love to watch. it's funny w/ the crowds now you'll hear this gasp and cheer not when korver makes a three but just when he's open from three and catches a pass or even just when the crowd realizes that omg korver is open, dude's in that bird zone where you just assume he can hit it every time. i can't even imagine what it's like for golden state fans right now w/ curry. korver was on svp and russillo this week and svp asked him who was the better shooter him or curry and he answered curry cuz curry just makes those shots in such more difficult situations. anyhow love this starting lineup so much, horford and millsap are great, i'm so happy teague is getting some shine in the national press, but my weird fave is demarre carroll, that dude almost makes me understand why sportswriters get all corny about grit and such.

nice

For some reason Manu saying "take the pledge" in the NBA app commercial always cracks me up

well i can see someone doesnt have appegiance

it's funny w/ the crowds now you'll hear this gasp and cheer not when korver makes a three but just when he's open from three and catches a pass or even just when the crowd realizes that omg korver is open, dude's in that bird zone where you just assume he can hit it every time.

^this is always dope and a sign the fans know what's up

well i can see someone doesnt have appegiance

― lag∞n, Friday, January 23, 2015 8:30 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Man I ain't pledging allegiance to that crashy ass garbage turner digital can tream right off next year

It has provided me with some memorable kobe and Josh smith related notifications this year though

amazing balls post thank you

i totally want to get season tickets to an NBA team someday but my gf and i both want to settle down in...NYC

lol

amazing balls post thank you

You could say it was...

...

... amazeballs.

balls why doesnt anyone in atl like the hawks