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

his glasses have seen things

wouldn't surprise me

in all seriousness I think it's bc KD and russ (and possibly others but those two for sure) really love that dude

yeah when a team wins and the players like the coach he becomes hard to fire, seems like a total company man who gets along with everyone too, he is the worst coach tho

dubs domination rn

glad mark jackson was such a dick to the organization cos we would probably be stuck in the same boat if he was a normal nice guy

their owners should go scorched earth on the front office this offseason

shrewder looks like he couldn't care less tonight

this crowd would be so much fun in the finals

glad mark jackson was such a dick to the organization cos we would probably be stuck in the same boat if he was a normal nice guy

― Steph def def (Spottie), Thursday, March 19, 2015 12:36 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah that was extremely fortunate

glad mark jackson was such a dick to the organization cos we would probably be stuck in the same boat if he was a normal nice guy
--Steph def def (Spottie)

I was reading an SI feature on the warriors from a while back and it boggled my mind to learn the extent of his bullshit - like turning players against each other, being all religious and saying hella homophobic shit about like jason collins, ugh x 1,000

he is a super bad human

link? xp

there was this from december http://www.insidebayarea.com/warriors/ci_27078013/warriors-co-owner-lacob-lists-reasons-firing-mark

"Part of it was that he couldn't get along with anybody else in the organization," Lacob said. "And look, he did a great job, and I'll always compliment him in many respects, but you can't have 200 people in the organization not like you."

link? xp
--lag∞n

http://www.si.com/nba/2015/02/20/golden-state-warriors-steve-kerr-stephen-curry-klay-thompson-joe-lacob

lots of good stuff about Kerr in there too

mjax also didn't like mike malone, a dude who clearly has some of the worst luck in the league

man that stuff about praying for jason collins when one of jackson's bosses was like the only out sports executive is just heinous

I had kind of forgotten the irony of Nelson being fired by two teams shortly after drafting the players that would change the face of the franchise.

Wtf at that article calling Barnes and klay Thompson "positionless wings," though. Come on.

"Bruce Jenkins is the dean of bay area sportswriters". eat a diiiiiiiick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj56UOT-pFk

The baron davis BS report is worth a watch fyi.

cld easily be a sub 30% 3 pt shooter on a team where opponents can afford to defend him

― lag∞n, Wednesday, March 18, 2015 11:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

this is true but his defense is so good that he would still be very very valuable

too many verys imo

his one-on-one post defense is kinda crazy good for someone his size and he can check wings, it's pretty valuable

warriors play really good team defense, suspect hes not quite as good on that end individually as ppl think, like i doubt the dubs wld be that psyched abt him guarding LMA for a 7 game series, hes this years role player on a great team who ppl have fallen in love with is my thesis m/l

like its easier to get up in ppls grill when u have bogut wandering around behind u

J0rdan S. wrote this on thread the lakers have just pooped their big-boy pants: 2012-2013 NBA regular season thread (part 2) on board I Love Hoops on Dec 23, 2012

it's completely absurd that draymond green didn't get picked in the first round

that is absurd but theres a wide gulf between the first round and the type of love hes getting

here's a great argument against the nba going to a bracket system http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/3/19/8257131/heres-the-nba-playoffs-bracket-we-will-not-get

i can't believe we're gonna miss out on such scintillating first round match ups as warriors-bucks, blazers-wizards, hawks-suns, mavericks-raptors and grizzlies-pelicans

instead well get the entire easter conference, cool

The baron davis BS report is worth a watch fyi.

― Steph def def (Spottie), Thursday, March 19, 2015 7:22 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This was great

cavs-heat is a more compelling first round match up than any of those i named, and i think at this point i'd rather see the celtics in the playoffs than this wheezing suns team

there's literally no way to make every playoff matchup good unless you reduce the number of teams in the playoffs

a. ur tripping. b. focusing on whatever the current matchups are is kinda missing the point c. if u r gonna focus on the current matchups at least consider that one of either durant/westbrook of anthony davis is missing the playoff

xp

if you continue to draw that bracket out you get

warriors vs cavs/spurs
rockets/thunder vs blazers

hawks vs mavs
grizzlies vs clippers

warriors vs ... somebody
hawks vs grizzlies

ziller is making a fairness argument which... whatever, i don't get why sports need to be as fair as possible

from an entertainment standpoint i don't think it makes the playoffs any better at least this year

at least this year... on this date... bizarrely overrating shitty eastern conf first round series lol

its not just fairness, putting the better teams in the playoffs will actually lead to better basketball this is not hard to understand

such scintillating first round match ups as warriors-bucks, blazers-wizards, hawks-suns, mavericks-raptors and grizzlies-pelicans

three out of five of those would be fine imo! not the first one, as the bucks have in many ways failed my hopes of their underdog success, and def not hawks vs. the current flailing suns

current system is why it2 and marcus will most likely be in the 1st round of playoffs so i cant really be mad this time around, otoh it allows one out of two defibrillating teams (heat and pacers) to make it as well - unless the bucks continue struggling and fall out completely, which is totally possible rn, allowing celtics heat AND pacers to make it

its not just fairness, putting the better teams in the playoffs will actually lead to better basketball this is not hard to understand

― lag∞n, Thursday, March 19, 2015 10:26 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

no the question is whether it's worth shifting every match up just to switch out teams 15 and 16 and i don't necessarily think it is!

i think there's a good chance that in more years than not it actually ends up with worse basketball

ur literally off ur rocker

the solution to this problem is figuring out how to get the eastern conference up to par, rearranging the chairs so people sit in different places doesn't actually accomplish anything

worse teams = better basketball, ok

i like anthony davis as much anyone but squeezing his team into the playoffs so they can get destroyed in four games by the best team isn't worth throwing the entire playoffs into upheaval

if the three best teams are in one conference it is a super good idea to have the fourth best team make the finals this is a good system that anyone wld totally invent if they wanted the best possible system

its not just like an outdated legacy system based on travel logistics or anything

isn't worth throwing the entire playoffs into upheaval

― J0rdan S., Thursday, March 19, 2015 10:33 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is basically the definition of status quo bias

all were talking about is putting the best teams into the playoffs there is no upheaval really it wld be utterly painless, if the conference system never existed there wld be no way in hell you or anyone wld be trying to invent it right now because its nonsensical