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

i think based on how well kyrie is trapped yes

well yeah

is nate robinson really at the 10-day contract stage of his career?

has he proven he has anything left since his ACL?

I mean he was doing this as recently as October 2014 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sEUBr7kp0K8

shrek and donkey reunited!

the trades got them a legitimate nba lineup, not a championship lineup imho, i say they go down to a more disciplined seasoned well rounded team

― lag∞n, Monday, March 2, 2015 1:27 AM (5 days ago)

i meant to call this post out at the time but to me it's clear that the cavs have as good a chance as anyone

really have u checked out their bench, do u know they start jr smith

their coach has never coached in the nba before

they have 7 playoff-quality players, that added to their top-heaviness is all you need for the playoffs

theres not really any such thing as a "playoff quality player" i mean different guys are appropriate for different roles, and they have at least a few who dont fit the mold, jr smith as a starter, tristan thompson as yr backup center, not sure what you think theyre gonna do about back up point in this seven man rotation either

worth mentioning too theyve been playing a tighter than most teams basically an eight man rotation over their recent successful streak, so the idea that they can tighten things up for the playoffs is a bit suspect, most other playoff teams have a more cuttable minutes going to mediocre players than the cavs do now

also bron has in the past been able to ramp up his minutes for the playoffs bigtime w/o any ill effects but i suspect that might not be the case any more, kyrie for all his brilliance def seems a little not ready too, feel he could be funneled into some pretty bad play

but they will prob make it to the efc just as a default so i guess w a little luck they cld beat atlanta, still overall i dont think theyre too strong

maybe the bulls will beat them in the 2nd round? wld be p cool

also they def lean too heavy on the stand around and watch bron / watch kyrie offense which doesnt play well in the 'offs

pelicans just beat the girz a night after losing to the celtics nba is crazy

lol wut sixers beat the hawks go home NBA you're drunk

i watched some of it hawks cldnt buy a shot, sixers D is p good tho

if noel can find a way to do anything useful enough offensively to stay in the game he will be a force on the other side

re: cavs talk, they almost definitely make the east finals, they also prob don't move to the finals but if they don't it hardly means "welp they're fucked for good now rip cavs forever"

dont think anyone was saying that

not you specifically, but the NBA schadenfreude thirst is real among a decent portion of close hoops followers, for various reasons

they have to be coming around to the fact that the cavs a pretty good now at least, tho long term love walking away is obvs a potentially a dire scenario for them long term

on the other hand not like hes been any good for him so maybe they cld use that money to replace his production in some sort of better way idk

Rubio flirting with another tripdub

bron not getting any younger too tho it seems like his old man game will be pretty legit as long as he can keep his body healthy/maintain his roids connect

wolves looking shockingly competent

guess they did start the season w three of their starters injured

wolves looking shockingly competent

― rational_skull_collector_69 (lag∞n), Saturday, March 7, 2015 10:11 PM (35 seconds ago)

i'm saying,,,

plus #garnetteffect, plus tonight seems committed to being a stopped clocks night in the national basketball association

well it is daylight savings

for a guy not known for shooting like at all that was a p critical rubio 3

xp true good point

o shit lillard: activate

what must it feel like to be shabazz napier when tyler johnson is getting minute in front of you

feels like "I peaked in college and won a title for free in a corrupt system instead of in a different corrupt system that at least pays me, didn't i, fuuuuuuuuuuuuck"

middleton out here tryna save the bucks' lives

man the blazers are so zonked w/o matthews rip

middleton w/ 30-9 on 11/20 shots incl. 6 made 3s, MCW with 12-3-9 and a bunch of critical defensive plays in the 4th (also 4 turnovers elsewhere but that's kinda low for him)

whoops shldve been in stats oh well

basically jason kidd really is a point guard whisperer isn't he

"I heard some people calling me that but I know I'm not a stretch-four," Love told NEOMG. "I'm a post player who can shoot. Right now I'm just doing what I'm called to do. For good, bad or indifferent, I'm playing my role and doing what's asked of me. Tonight, I stayed out on the perimeter." [...]

this dude is all messed up rn & needs to see a shrink or something

hes in denial of his true nature: boston celtic

a scoring big man who can't protect the rim even passably seems like, not the move when tyler zeller is already there and could maybe learn to sort of rim protect eventually

(I know zeller can't score like love can, obviously, most definitely not right now)

the boston media fawning over love would be lol-worthy for a while, to be sure, and then would revert to its usual feeling, which is something akin to doing shots of ipecac

i don't think you say no to kevin love because tyler zeller has turned into a halfway decent player

if it somehow happened and he was a perfect fit I would 100% eat crow over it, but A. him leaving is unlikely and B. going of all places to boston seems more unlikely

https://vine.co/v/OEnEd27wjiQ

Used to be you'd see this kind of play once every week

they just showed baron davis on a commercial for latino branded nba merchandise and he looked very fit

Kevin Love quotes are such a bummer he should just stop talking altogether ala marshawn lynch and Bron should just pony up for any fines he gets

I mean if u can't be happy playing on a team that's getting hot at the right time next to the best player and probably has a a 50/50 shot at going to the finals what is wrong with you

Anyone know if he got dumped right before the season or something, shit seems deep

thinking part of it may be he slimmed down too much his game relies a lot on strength and he was always very strong

cant really say why hes so sad other than he has been playing very bad and bron hates him