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

the cocaine has to run out eventually

the mavs trade was still defensible imo at least for the reason kevin said and zach lowe made a good point on the new simmons podcast which is that basically no one gave the mavs a shot to even win like one game vs the spurs last playoffs and then really almost beat them

this situation is obv different and i'd bet on them going out in round 1 but if carlisle got a match up he could work with.......? i don't think they're totally dead in the water

it's not like the roster is *bad*

i think memphis would prob destroy them but if they caught houston?

i don't see how you can look at how those 2 teams are playing and think the mavs would have a shot

i like how indiana has become a weird wildcard late in the season

rodney stucky had 34-6-7 off the bench tonight why

the mavs start and give heavy minutes to two guys who absolutely should never even think about scoring and that's really a problem

worth noting too the mavs were prob due for some regression being that they had the best all time offense, dont think u can really blame it all on rondo especially when you look at who they traded for him unless u think that wright and nelson were all that was holding them together

i'm wasn't saying they shouldn't have done the deal, just that it's backfired horribly. agree that regression was probably inevitable and iirc their early schedule wasn't as rough as many in the west.

rondo has been terrible dont get me wrong just prob hes only one of many causes of their backsliding

if kobe bullies the lakers into giving him a big contract i will support that actually

rondo's assits and rebounds have nearly halved in dallas compared to his boston numbers this year, and he's shooting 29.6% from the line as a maverick

http://i.imgur.com/RiQ7lut.png

Any time you need a laugh tho just look at what the Nets will be paying joe and Daron next year (and Daron for another year after that).
http://hoopshype.com/salaries/brooklyn.htm

― Steph def def (Spottie), Tuesday, March 10, 2015 11:00 PM (Yesterday)

they also have to trade 1st rnd picks with the hawks this yr. that's a potentially 20 pick difference.

compuserve and i were also at the nets/pelicans game tonight behind the basket.
the nets are not a good team. two guys had to be carried off the floor.

They are miserable.

you should tell compuserve he should post here again, he was a v good poster

i will mention.

wait it was compupost iirc but prob the same dude whatevs

er, yeah my bad

Btw what Westbrook is doing is probably the most incredible thing that has happened in the NBA in the 20 years I've been following it. Were this a sport with more defined methods of measurement the conclusion that he was doping would be inescapable, but it's nice to believe in magic.

shit maybe russell is the real juiceman

but while that's always a possibility in every sport I don't get why it's an inescapable conclusion.

devils advocate: he does recover from injuries real quick, historically and this season...

Carlisle played Richard Jefferson, Charlie Villanueva, and Rajon Rondo together. And it was incredible.

They would be an unbeatable volleyball team.

Btw what Westbrook is doing is probably the most incredible thing that has happened in the NBA in the 20 years I've been following it. Were this a sport with more defined methods of measurement the conclusion that he was doping would be inescapable, but it's nice to believe in magic.

:-(

I want to believe in magic.

matt what do you think of my plans for our beautiful white gazelle's career rejuvenation?

imagine how sad it wld be for everyone if russell got busted for juicemanning

feel like there shd be some policy of allowing steroid use for recovery, obvs the details wld be hard to work out but still, like if someone had a season ending injury and stopped the steroids months before they returned thatd be okay right

lakers are an amazing franchise

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 3m3 minutes ago
Lakers eliminated from playoff contention with Pelicans’ win, will miss postseason in consecutive seasons for 2nd time (1974-75, 1975-76)

amar'e on the mavs

I came here to win, and we're [4 ½] games out of being out of the playoffs, which is unacceptable. This is something we can't accept. We've got to find a way to refocus. We've got to key into the details of the game of basketball.

We can't cheat the game. We can't screw around in games and practices and joke around all the time and figure we're going to win games. This is the pros. It's the highest level of basketball. We've got to act that way.

not sure how well this is going to land since he's only been here a couple of weeks, but he's probably not wrong (amar'e would definitely have first hand knowledge of teams with bad work ethics). i never really entertained much hope of ultimate playoff success but the team has fallen off so precipitously. it's a bummer, esp in dirk's twilight yrs (not to say he isn't already cooked as well)

they were def playing over their heads earlier in the year like you look at their roster and it just didnt make sense, prob underachieving a bit now tho

yeah it's def a mix of regression and dysfunction

they are much more of a typical 8 seed than okc. hoping for them to slide to the 8 seed anyway

really desperately want BROW in the playoffs and i dont care who has to die to make it happen

yeah def

can't say i disagree

it shd tbh be the mavs, cause we need playoff westb too

long way to fall tho

KD should sit the year out imo. Let the juiceman ride

otm

mavs still at 95% in hollingers playoff odds

suns and pelis have rough schedules ahead iirc

mavs have a rough rest of season sched as well. keep that nola hope alive

pelicans are inexplicably rolling w like half their roster injured

yeah love that they kept winning sans brow.

alexis ajinca is p fn good now btw

is everyone still convinced monty williams is a bad coach

haralabob was just crushing him like every day for a while

he does seem pretty bad imo

good idea imo http://grantland.com/the-triangle/d-league-deconstruction-the-necessary-plan-to-fix-the-nbas-farm-system

Monty seems like a coach that dudes like to play for, while not a cult of personality MJax type. major major weakness is playcalling I guess? But they seem like they play hard for him and are engaged.