wish that could be photoshopped w/ dwight being held on the tray by otis smith

yeah, dwight might be incredibly immature — multi-millionaire at the age of 18 who legit pretends to be superman....

outrageous. there is only one “superman,” and that is Shaq, “The Diesel”, “Shaq Fu”, “The Big Daddy”, “The Big Agave”, “The Big Cactus”, “The Big Shaqtus”, “The Big Galactus”, “Wilt Chamberneezy”, “The Big Baryshnikov”, “The Real Deal”, “Dr. Shaq” (after earning his MBA), “The Big Shamrock”, “The Big Leprechaun”, “Shaqovic,” and “The Big Conductor”

every time i convince myself that i hate shaq i remember his nicknames

The Big Agave

“wilt chamberneezy” is a personal favorite.

damn bruh

Tom Haberstroh

Stan Van Gundy to media on what went wrong: “If you guys can’t figure it out right now, you’re in the wrong business.”

can’t help but think this is a bad strategy by dwight.

warriors trade Lou Amundson for Brandon Rush

and b davis to the lol knicks

the Knicks are a misplaced MSG banana peel away from having their entire team becoming crippled

brandon rush is gonna go hammer from three in GS

dwight’s line is horrific but did he actually do something bad?

the Knicks are a misplaced MSG banana peel away from having their entire team becoming crippled

― q: are we not bel biv men? a: we are bel biv devo (m bison), Monday, December 19, 2011 2:13 AM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

hoopselsior

Can someone more knowledgeable than me take a stab at who the Knicks are going to start at PG and SG? Davis and Bibby = an old, tired back line, but otoh Bibby can hit threes and Davis is a good passer. The younger guys are all pretty young and untested though. I guess whoever starts, the backup is going to see heavy play time?

feel like baron has a lot more left in the tank than bibby. i’m almost certain that he’s the starting pg and will play ~30 mpg. i imagine you’ll see a lot of different combinations of landry fields, bibby, toney douglas, etc. split between the guard spots, though.

NYK have talent, but they’re very injury-prone, and i think chandler was worth far more to dallas than he will to new-york.

most importantly, tho, i am confident that mike d’antoni will screw it up.

I can sort of see an offense that relies on Davis getting it inside to the big men quickly and kickouts to bibby. I sort of don’t know where Carmelo fits in, but I don’t exactly understand how he fits in to any offense other than just trying to score a lot.

“scoring a lot” is ‘melo’s niche.

also: throwing tantrums ‘till he’s traded.

I mean my impression of it is “scoring a lot in a not particularly efficient or useful (beyond the fact that it is scoring, obv) way”

isn’t baron injured until february or something?

hey dudes the new ruler of north korea is a lakers fan just a heads up on that

bad timing

wow first odom now Kim-Jong, things lookin bleak in lakerlland

classic

uhhh that will haunt my dreams.

Is there a sandbox fantasy thread?

Waiting for vid of KG taunting his own hand, as in:

god dammit, i love kg

Any recent pictures of Baron, cuz I think I just saw him on the street in midtown, going into a cafe or something. Was sort of distracted b/c rushing back to work. He had less facial hair than I remember though so wondering if he trimmed/shaved it recently.

yeah found one

lol

was kinda hoping that was gonna be a thxgiving day parade balloon

lulz

no belt, wow

jesus

grizz lost darrell arthur to a torn achilles

q: has KG ever done the clapping/taunting shit to a black player

lol at cubes spitting game kardash

lol at baraekwon the chef davis

a: Yes, Jerryd Bayless two years ago, when JB was a rookie who barely played.

another q: has KG ever done the clapping/taunting shit to anyone who wasn’t tiny and/or Eurosoft?

another q: has KG ever done the clapping/taunting shit to anyone who wasn’t tiny and/or Eurosoft?

a: villanueva?

eh that’s trash talking—I’m talking about the clap + wolf in yer face thing he did to calderon

The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded.

“this is not the jumpshot you are looking for”

lmao

this is cracking me up btw, ball don’t lie’s season preview of t’wolves:

bucks?

oops yeah

that gabe pruitt thing is my fav photo ever

• Softest thing from Italy since gelato. Abhors contact, rarely rebounds.

guys guys guess who paid off his spanish contract and is gonna be in the nba this year

that’s right BISMACK BIYOMBO

i wish our regular season thread could be audio of marv yelling his name

thread title i mean

i really wish i knew what concept kg was trying to get across in that photo also, i feel like hes explaining the psychological advantages of using your war face in the post

happy trails, peja stojakovic!

also also, baron can be flat-out awesome when he’s engaged and having fun, but between the lockout and his back i cant see him being in decent shape in february. that said even fat baron was really fun playing with blake for a minute last year

predrag is retiring? aw!

also also, baron can be flat-out awesome when he’s engaged and having fun, but between the lockout and his back i cant see him being in decent shape in february. that said even fat baron was really fun playing with blake for a minute last year

― concussion section, Monday, December 19, 2011 4:50 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

Strangely enough, he started playing better after Sterling started openly berating him courtside.

god, i totally forgot about that

I would have taken Biyombo 2nd, btw. I’m all in BB.

other than it being totally tacky and inappropriate that was probably the only time sterling has ever been OTM

peja’s stats for 03–04:

81 games played. 48% FG, 43% 3P, 93% FT, 6 boards, 24.2 PPG

that is pretty insane for a jumpshooter

3rd place MVP that year iirc

it was, imho, the greatest shooting season anyone has ever had.

lmao

what’s the highest TS% hollinger has ever recorded?

the sexiest shooting season

^^ why the hall of fame is a total joke. Colangelo had to create a ABA separate committee to squeeze Artis in because the hall of fame committee was filled with idiots.

true shooting percentage is kind of a joke unless you’re using it right

wtf at sam dalembert not being signed a week before opening day!

maybe he goes back to the kings?

spurs for the mini mle

nah jk, matt bonner is a legit starting C

nah jk we shd play kawhi leonard at C

i think dalembert made clear he wouldn’t accept even the full mle.

he was looking for 8 — 10M a year, IIRC, and thought he could get it.

lol too late, who even has room for that?

rockets and/or kings?

true shooting percentage is kind of a joke unless you’re using it right

― k3vin k., Monday, December 19, 2011 9:07 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

well it’s better than PER, which can never be used right.

well this game has already been awesome, couple of crazy kobe shots, some cp3 magic, monster deandre jordan dunk

xp gtfo

PER is total nonsense, an “efficiency” stat that rewards inefficiency.

paul’s defense has slipped a lot, blake has embarrassed him a couple times. Still an offensive genius though.

mcroberts is a totally fun player, shame he both played for duke and now the lakers

I’ve always been a McRoberts stan

I feel like he’s always taken too much shit because he disappointed at Duke

PER is total nonsense, an “efficiency” stat that rewards inefficiency.

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, December 19, 2011 11:01 PM (5 minutes ago)

this is very much more of a theoretical concern than a real one, in any event look at the top 10 players in the league in PER and then the top 10 in TS%, which one better reflects a player’s worth? obv it’s not a perfect stat but there’s not a better one i don’t think, composite or otherwise

getting beat backdoor by steve blake is pretty embarrassing, but paul’s still one of the best defensive 1s in the league, his advanced numbers were not great last year but he wasn’t 100% obviously—it’ll be interesting tho to see how he plays on d this year.

this morris kid has no idea what the hell he’s doing out there

this is very much more of a theoretical concern than a real one, in any event look at the top 10 players in the league in PER and then the top 10 in TS%, which one better reflects a player’s worth? obv it’s not a perfect stat but there’s not a better one i don’t think, composite or otherwise

― k3vin k., Monday, December 19, 2011 10:19 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

TS% is a stat that actually means something, PER is just a hodgepodge of garbage.

a list of the top 3p% wouldn’t be a list of the top players, but it at least means what it claims. PER means nothing.

lmao @ cp3’s little re-enactment of bynum’s post move

<3

I seriously don’t understand why Utah still has 47 power forwards.

well one of them has to be the next karl malone right

Favors went off tonight, should be the starter.

It just seems like millsap and jefferson are very tradeable, why not trade one of them now since Kanter and Favors are the future.

Billups at the 2 may be brilliant.

clips looking explosive

lol I just heard DJ has 4 blocks already

Billups at the 2 may be brilliant.

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, December 20, 2011 12:26 AM (17 minutes ago)

yeah i really, really like this team