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

ban wade's return

the hassan whiteside era begins in earnest

sucky games tonight

grizz vs denver might not be too terrible. everything else - woof

millsap, teague, horford & harden will be all-star reserves!

Dame Lillard din't make it

tuff ticket out west

now he'll have a dialog to wrap around like curry did a few years ago when he missed out then went nuts to close out the season

WEST all-star reserves: James Harden, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, LaMarcus Aldridge, Tim Duncan & Chris Paul.

who got jobbed dame, boogie...

conley, zbo would both be on the east roster i think

these coaches are trolling us w/ the wade vote

Eastern Conference all-star reserves: Bosh, Butler, Horford, Irving, Millsap, Teague, Wade.

solid, awesome, awesome, solid, awesome, awesome, wtf

I bet korver gets wade's spot since he will probably be injured

Also ban wade

Count me in on the "Damian lillard goes berserk" prediction I bet we see some monster games from him the next few weeks

it's an actual illegal crime that same for snubbed and all shall feel his terrible wrath

*dame

blazers have the hawks in atlanta tomorrow, nice set up for a guy to flame on

these coaches are trolling us w/ the wade vote

― indie fuxxor albums i have secretly spotified (slothroprhymes), Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:20 PM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i know you're new to this board and you think you're supoosed to hate on everything involving wade, but he's earned a spot with his play (in the east at least)

wade has been quite good this year and there's just not a lot of other guys to take his place. brandon knight or korver i suppose. coaches also tend to lean on voting for guys who've made it before.

have they announced an injury replacement in the west yet?

I don't think I'm supposed to hate wade. it's prob irrational that I do bc he did decently this season and has three titles. I just don't like him, and think you could easily have given his spot to someone more deserving

brandon knight would be a really good pick, or korver or even drummond (if you didn't already have enough bigs)

brandon knight, drummond, really

ok, well like, considering that this is all pageantry and it's called the all STAR game for a reason, yeah I understand why wade is picked. he has a lengthy resume and star wattage. it is prob not worth it to propose underdog reclamation projects

how about derozan tho? I think that would be reasonable enough, in terms of star power and proven quality

derozan has played 25 games with a league average PER

monroe has been better than drummond this year

drummond is having his worst season on a terrible team. knight had like 10 good games and just went down with an injury too. are you just picking names randomly?

the larger point though is that the conference imbalance is just a joke. guys like lillard or cousins, who couldn't even make it as reserves in the west, would probably be the 2nd best players in the east. there are no "snubs" in the east because no one is deserving (with the possible exception of korver)

commish names the replacement players right?

i know you're new to this board and you think you're supoosed to hate on everything involving wade

― k3vin k., Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:17 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no im pretty sure this is in the bylaws

yeah and presumably it'll be one of those 2. i'd lean toward lillard because he's played more

huh, rookie sophomore game is now rookie & soph usa guys vs rookie and soph international players

http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9seprC6FU1rqiud8o1_400.jpg

I thought beal for a moment but his PER is worse than derozan's, so nooooope.

I'm not picking randomly exactly but I was also not being objective due to irrational biases. I do legit like derozan and think he's good, but as you say he's missed half his games

beal's also missed a ton of time and hasn't really looked right this year. you could make an argument for gortat, partic b/c there's comparatively little size on the east team.

I'm assuming pau is the de facto center, which sort of works, with bosh next up

whiteside snubbed obv

it'd be cool if at the last minute they made the 3 pt contestants do the dunk competition and visa-versa.

kinda interesting how it feels like the marquee event this year is the 3pt contest and the dunks are the afterthought, just one more symptom of the changing league

we are in the era of the greatest 3 pt shooting ever and the era of been-done dunks, it makes sense

dunk contests been garbage forever

I forget who it was that dismissed the crowd's excitement over a player dunking the ball back in the 60s or 70s by remarking that a dunk was only worth two points the same as any other basket, but that quote has acquired a different meaning in the modern NBA 3-point era.

yeah but the league and its arms still hyped it, but that seems absent now. xp

dunk contest been downhill since vince in 2000.

replace with nba jam inspired 2 on 2 contest

i have a lot of faith in lavine this year. i saw him almost break his jaw on the backboard in a wolves game this season. i don't understand how one man can have so much ups

that having been said i dont think ive seen a dunk contest since dwight wore the superman jersey which was like 2008? so my bar is p low right now

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5054735442_8123.jpg

i think the average nba player is much more athletic now than in years past which makes big dunks more commonplace and less exciting