Official around the NBA - DECEMBER edition

[KingSpeed]

Don't look now but the Hawks just became the first Eastern team to win 20 games. A couple weeks ago, they were out of the playoffs. In both conferences, a little win streak goes a long way.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Hey, Papanikolaou goes from not playing at all to starting for the Nugs. Still scoring about the same, though. (But got 3 steals.)
Boban 8-8 FTs in under 15 mins. They can't contain him!
Will continues to fill it up off the bench. And LA gets the win.
http://www.nba.com/games/20151226/DENSAS/gameinfo.html?ls=iref:nba:scoreboard

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Some nice passing here (including by Will the Thrill). With Kyle Anderson and Boban, it's like the Spurs' second unit plays under water. (Or are they the third unit?)

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Some nice passing here (including by Will the Thrill). With Kyle Anderson and Boban, it's like the Spurs' second unit plays under water. (Or are they the third unit?)

I spammed S2 with my Jokic campaign during that draft. He had a very developed skillset at 18 amd wasn't projected to go very high due to his lack of athleticism.

Crafty and looking Pau Gasol-like. Quite the second-round steal.

 

[riverman]

Will Barton in 16 min tonight has 16/3/2

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Whatever drug(s) Robert Upshaw took stole his ability to play:

D-League -- 15 games | 6 ppg | 4 rpg | 2 bpg | 42 fg%

Yikes.

Before he was booted from UW he led the nation in: Blks | Blk% | PER

 

[PDXFonz]

Kings Quotebook:

Some random person picked up on the basket mic: Ain't nobody touchin him
Some random person picked up on the basket mic: Go for the high percentage!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Whatever drug(s) Robert Upshaw took stole his ability to play:

D-League -- 15 games | 6 ppg | 4 rpg | 2 bpg | 42 fg%

Yikes.

Before he was booted from UW he led the nation in: Blks | Blk% | PER

I think you've got it backwards - the problem is he's STOPPED taking them.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Anywhere but LAL Durant!

ESPN suggested today that Golden State may jettison Barnes and Bogut in order to make a run at Durant.

Is prefer he go to the Lakers than join Curry on the Warriors.

 

[KingSpeed]

Sixes are good now. They have Ish Smith, top 10 PG in the NBA

 

[B-Roy]

Boban is pretty awesome. Love watching him actually.

He's a perfect fit in San Antonio. He's like a oversized role player but he's to slow to be a prominent starter.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Klay Thompson tabs himself as league's best shooting guard.

Yes, better than Harden, Butler and others.

I mean, I guess what would you expect him to say?

By the way, he is listed at 7th in PER for SGs. CJ McCollum is 9th.

everyone knows butler is lebrons father

 

[PDXFonz]

Wasn't Boban in the movie Big fish?

 

[PDXFonz]

Damn that's really rough about Bledsoe, going to miss the rest of the season with a torn meniscus. As we know knee problems can be scary. He's a great player, and I hope he has a strong recovery and can come back and continue to elevate his game.

 

[santeesioux]

This is really lame, I have a bad feeling the Blazers are going to do something like this and the arena will be full of HCPs cheering for him.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Sixes are good now. They have Ish Smith, top 10 PG in the NBA

Don't ever change, Eric.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Dallas killed GS tonight.

Edit: Just noticed Curry was out. We have been winning with Dame out though.

 

[dead247]

This is really lame, I have a bad feeling the Blazers are going to do something like this and the arena will be full of HCPs cheering for him.

This whole "farewell tour" is pathetic. Dude is actually going to think he's the GOAT now.

 

[PDXFonz]

Dallas killed GS tonight.

Edit: Just noticed Curry was out. We have been winning with Dame out though.

More evidence that we will sweep them in a 7 game series. #Kinging

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Nerlens Noel outplaying Cousins. The Sixers have sure played better since Okafor went down.

(Getting Ish Smith has a little to do with it, too.)

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Dallas killed GS tonight.

Edit: Just noticed Curry was out. We have been winning with Dame out though.

The Warriors were without 3 starters. But it would be nice if this got Klay Thompson and Draymond Green (both 4-15) to shut the fuck up.

 

[PDXFonz]

By the way, I'm worried about Kerr. How hurt is he? Also- why aren't more people talking about Luke Walton? He's breaking all sorts of records.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14470040/steve-kerr-golden-state-warriors-resume-coaching-weekend

Kerr joined the team for its two-game trip to Texas, which begins Wednesday in Dallas and ends Thursday in Houston. It's the first multigame trip this season for Kerr, who has been sidelined since experiencing serious complications following offseason back surgery. He traveled to one game against the Clippers in Los Angeles earlier this season.

 

[illmatic99]

Kings lose at home to the Sixers. Keep an eye on them for some implosion

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

"They're going to ruin someone's life."

-Luis Scola on when Philly got their next win.

 

[-Ace-]

Too bad Walton's coaching doesn't actually count towards anything on record, since he is under the "interim" title. His real coaching record is still 0-0.

 

[PDXFonz]

Too bad Walton's coaching doesn't actually count towards anything on record, since he is under the "interim" title. His real coaching record is still 0-0.

Gonna be interesting to see his head coaching record when he goes somewhere else. I'd actually put money on the Lakers offering him a job. It makes too much sense, Kobe goes out which means you have to shake a lot of things up and the first thing you do after Kobe retires is replace Scott. Then of course you've got the fact that he won two titles with the Lakers and basically played his whole career there.

I'm not too confident either way in how Walton will be as a head coach. But I do know that right now he is surrounded by arguably the deepest group of talent in the league, which already has a season of success leading to a championship under their belt. It's not like he came in with Julius Randle as his best basketball player.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Philly wins and Golden State loses ON THE SAME NIGHT! No wonder giant squid are popping up in harbors and New York is experiencing 60 degree weather in late December.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Kings lose at home to the Sixers. Keep an eye on them for some implosion

I think Rondo might be the root of the problem. He's getting gaudy assist numbers but opposing PGs are lighting him up. He's a shell of the defender he used to be. Sad - he was my fave non-Blazer for a while.