THE "OFFICIAL" AROUND THE NBA 2012-13 THREAD...........

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Rondo tore his acl??

Yeah

Rajon Rondo out with knee injury
Chris Forsberg
ESPNBoston.com | January 27, 2013
BOSTON -- Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo was a late scratch for Sunday's showdown with the Miami Heat due to a hyperextended right knee suffered in Friday's loss to the Atlanta Hawks.

Rondo attempted to warm up for Sunday's game, but the injury did not improve. The team elected to scratch him and he was headed to New England Baptist Hospital for a precautionary MRI.

He's listed as day to day.

Courtney Lee will start in Rondo's place.

Rondo tweaked the knee against the Hawks, but still played nearly 45 minutes while producing a triple-double in the double-overtime loss.

 

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Oops I just got an espn alert seconds ago. It won't let me copy it

 

[Natebishop3]

Maybe this trade for Pierce

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=afq6yd4

And this one for Garnett

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=b6dycyv

 

[illmatic99]

Fuck. There goes my fantasy team. And the Celtics' chances. That's the third ACL tear for a PG in like a year. Rubio, Rose, and Rondo? Watch out PGs with the last name starting with R.

 

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Fuck. There goes my fantasy team. And the Celtics' chances. That's the third ACL tear for a PG in like a year. Rubio, Rose, and Rondo? Watch out PGs with the last name starting with R.

Thank god has a last name that starts with L

 

[KingSpeed]

Fuck. There goes my fantasy team. And the Celtics' chances. That's the third ACL tear for a PG in like a year. Rubio, Rose, and Rondo? Watch out PGs with the last name starting with R.

Don't forget Shumpert.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Harrison Barnes does it again. If you're a 7'0 euro and you see him coming at you full steam ahead just get the fuck out of the way.

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I know exaggerating is fun, but Ilyasova is 6'9".

 

[illmatic99]

Kome finally figured out hat he should pass to his teammates. Hope it's too late.

 

[RR7]

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=bavygsa

Boston sends KG and Pierce to Denver for Gallinari, McGee, Randolph and Mozgov

Lawson/Iguodola/Pierce/Faried/KG
Miller/Brewer/Hamilon/Chandler/Koufos

Could make some noise in the west.

Boston goes younger, but not total break it down younger, and has two guys who can play alongside Rondo well when he's back.
Bradley(Rondo)/Lee/Gallinari/Sullinger/McGee
Terry/Green/Bass

 

[THE HCP]

Fuck Russell Westbrook and his girl jeans!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Fuck Russell Westbrook and his girl jeans!View attachment 3058

The epitome of an L.A. douche.

 

[MickZagger]

Westbrook is uber ghey.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Anyone see that ghost foul call on Melo for the 3 point play? I hate him.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Anyone see that ghost foul call on Melo for the 3 point play? I hate him.

I did. BS.

 

[illmatic99]

I thought JSmoove pushed him below.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Maybe, but even the analysts were a bit surprised by the foul call.

 

[NOVoodoo]

Houston seems like they've got the young talent to make a trade, and the supporting talent that could justify taking on some old vets who only want to win rings. They've got Terrence Jones, Patrick Patterson, Marcus Morris, Donatas Monteijunas, Chandler Parsons, Royce White to play with. Making the dollars work might be tough but I think they could get KG and Pierce and end up with a Lin/Harden/Pierce/KG/Asik starting unit.

I'm surprised that Motiejunas isn't getting playing time. I was really expecting big things from him after watching him in the summer league. He really looked like a vet playing amongst rookies. He also posted decent numbers in the preseason and averaged 21/10 in the D-League, but he's only gotten action in 16 games so far this year for the Rockets, almost always in garbage time.

Does McHale have a thing about playing rookies or something?

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm surprised that Motiejunas isn't getting playing time. I was really expecting big things from him after watching him in the summer league. He really looked like a vet playing amongst rookies. He also posted decent numbers in the preseason and averaged 21/10 in the D-League, but he's only gotten action in 16 games so far this year for the Rockets, almost always in garbage time.

Does McHale have a thing about playing rookies or something?

I would love to get him on the Blazers. The guy looked awesome in the summer league. Lots of post moves, decent outside shot, etc. Not sure why they're not playing him.

 

[NOVoodoo]

I would love to get him on the Blazers. The guy looked awesome in the summer league. Lots of post moves, decent outside shot, etc. Not sure why they're not playing him.

Yeah, I was impressed with his style of play. If the scouting report on a 7'0"er from Europe highlights his outside shooting, then you sort of assume he fits that typical Euro mold of soft, mid-range jumpshooting bigs, but after watching him in the summer league, his outside shooting only looked like one facet of his game, not the whole package. He's aggressive, crashes the board, and looked good playing in the post. I'm with you, I'd want my team to give him a chance as well.

I can't really find much on the net about his lack of playing time though...

 

[Natebishop3]

Yeah, I was impressed with his style of play. If the scouting report on a 7'0"er from Europe highlights his outside shooting, then you sort of assume he fits that typical Euro mold of soft, mid-range jumpshooting bigs, but after watching him in the summer league, his outside shooting only looked like one facet of his game, not the whole package. He's aggressive, crashes the board, and looked good playing in the post. I'm with you, I'd want my team to give him a chance as well.

I can't really find much on the net about his lack of playing time though...

He completely schooled Meyers Leonard. I remember that much.

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[NOVoodoo]

He completely schooled Meyers Leonard. I remember that much.

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The great thing about that reel is that he really only had that one set-shot from the mid-range, and the rest of his buckets came in the post. The one move he put on Leonard at 0:36 was a veteran move in a rookie game. Even all of the put-backs he had, granted against a lower level of competition, show that he's got good awareness around the rim for a Euro 7'0"er. Zeller does things like that, and people go crazy calling him the best prospect in the draft.

I was also digging his confidence. In most of his Vegas League interviews, he was eluding to the fact that he was better than the level of competition, and then you have this -

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He's definitely got confidence in his abilities...

 

[Natebishop3]

The great thing about that reel is that he really only had that one set-shot from the mid-range, and the rest of his buckets came in the post. The one move he put on Leonard at 0:36 was a veteran move in a rookie game. Even all of the put-backs he had, granted against a lower level of competition, show that he's got good awareness around the rim for a Euro 7'0"er. Zeller does things like that, and people go crazy calling him the best prospect in the draft.

I was also digging his confidence. In most of his Vegas League interviews, he was eluding to the fact that he was better than the level of competition, and then you have this -

[video=youtube;ui5qthxTVvw]

He's definitely got confidence in his abilities...

Yeah, the ball fake on Leonard was awesome. I remember watching that at the time and thinking this kid is going to be good. I really don't understand why he isn't getting playing time.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

in 264 career games, serge ibaka has 80 assists, 0.3/game

 

[THE HCP]

in 264 career games, serge ibaka has 80 assists, 0.3/game

He's the ANTI-RONDO

 

[THE HCP]

espnstats

.@KyrieIrving is one of only 4 avg. at least 24.0 pts, 5.0 asts, 1.5 stls (@KobeBryant, @KingJames, @JHarden13) #NBAAllStar

 

[THE HCP]

BergCBS

Prospective Kings buyer Mark Mastrov met today in Sacramento with about 20 local investors committed to keeping the team there.

 

[THE HCP]

Bogut making his return tonight. Help or hurt the Ws?

 

[MickZagger]

Bogut making his return tonight. Help or hurt the Ws?

HELP.

That team is going to be stacked.

 

[THE HCP]

Cousins is like 6'11" 275 and only averages 0.5 blks a game! WTF!

 

[THE HCP]

Just started watching this Wiz/Kings game....... there must be only 2,000 fans in the stands!