Octopus Overlords

Jaymann wrote: ↑Mon Oct 15, 2018 1:00 pm It is upon us with the regular season starting tomorrow. This is the first time in years I am excited about the Lakers' season. LA-Bron, Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma (looks like Lance Stephenson has been jettisoned) should be enough to make the playoffs, but pose no immediate threat to the Warriors' dynasty. Now if James can just start attracting superstar talent like he has at previous stops, maybe they can make some noise.

Jaymann wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:37 pm Lance is still on the team, I stand corrected. Previously when I did a roster check he did not show up.

Lorini wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:49 am Shameful for Ingram to fuck up LeBrons Staple Center debut. I would have suspended him til January if it was me and I’m a Laker fan.

When the first of 14 left Klay Thompson’s right hand, nobody rose.

Not yet, anyway.

Over the next hour and a half, a historic hour and a half, they would do plenty of rising. They would shake their heads in astonishment at an awe-inspiring Golden State Warriors first half. They would erupt throughout the most prolific 26 minutes and 33 seconds of 3-point shooting the league has ever seen...

...Klay kept going, even after smashing heads with teammate Damian Jones “like a couple of idiots” early in the third. With blood trickling down his forehead, he canned Nos. 11 and 12. During the timeout, while trainers worked on the cut, his teammates crowed: “Two more! Two more!” They knew.

Kerr, unaware of the looming record until that point, turned to Steph: Do you have the record? Curry confirmed he did – 13 threes on Nov. 7, 2016, against the New Orleans Pelicans.

But he had no interest in holding it much longer. He, like the rest of his teammates, catered to Klay at every opportunity. They set screens whenever possible. They fed him in transition. Curry passed up a fast-break layup for what could have been Thompson’s 14th, but it rimmed off. Another rainbow for No. 14 went awry soon thereafter, and as nine players raced toward the other end, Thompson crept for a second in the other direction, staring off into the distance, as if in his own fantasyland, unable to process momentary failure.

“I was just so anxious to get the record,” he’d later say.

He hit Nos. 13 and 14 with a bandage and headband stemming the bleeding. Kerr told him he looked like Slick Watts. Thompson, Kerr realized, probably didn’t know who that was.

GungHo wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 5:11 am I don't know that Dallas is actually going to be all that good this year, even an 8 seed will be difficult for this team to pull off, but at least they're interesting again. I feel like this could be another beginning for this franchise much like the playoff victory against Utah waaaayyyy back in the early days of Dirk's career. They have to make some smart moves after this year but they have the cap space to do it. And Doncic is a lot of fun to watch. Pretty incredible that kid is only 19

Jaymann wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 12:22 am Yo Rip, those are some ugly ass uniforms.

Lorini wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:56 pm The Spurs are not the Spurs without Ginobli and Tim Duncan, it's just not the same

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 12:22 pm I had to do a double take when I saw that Jim Boylen is now the coach of the Bulls. That dude is a clown...couldn't wait to get rid of him at Utah.

Still one of the strangest and funniest coach/media interactions I've ever seen was this one. "Ball didn't go in the hoop"

GungHo wrote: ↑Sat Dec 08, 2018 2:20 am

Lorini wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:56 pm The Spurs are not the Spurs without Ginobli and Tim Duncan, it's just not the same

To be fair, the AARP was gonna deny them admission if they played another season. Gotta get that $5 off on the Early Bird at IHOP!
But I agree. Between them being gone as well as Leonard and Denny Green I don't even know who those guys are anymore.

geezer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 27, 2018 11:29 am

GungHo wrote: ↑Sat Dec 08, 2018 2:20 am

Lorini wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:56 pm The Spurs are not the Spurs without Ginobli and Tim Duncan, it's just not the same

To be fair, the AARP was gonna deny them admission if they played another season. Gotta get that $5 off on the Early Bird at IHOP!
But I agree. Between them being gone as well as Leonard and Denny Green I don't even know who those guys are anymore.

Pop’s figuring it out. They’re still a team-first, low drama group that comes to work. Derozen is playing good D and killing it with his passing in addition to his offense, LMA is figuring out his shot, Bryn Forbes has carved out a great role, and Patty Mills still brings the culture. If DeJounte hasn’t gotten hurt this team would be right in the mix, but after losing 3 all-NBA wing defenders and Manu, it’s taking awhile. Still, a Spurs “rebuild” is going better than most teams could ever hope for.

rittchard wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:37 pm D League.

G League

Lorini wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 9:03 pm The Lakers were never expected to make the playoffs without a top tier star so what's going on now with all the injuries should be expected. And groin injuries are tough so who knows where they'll be by the time LeBron gets back.

Lorini wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:09 am Ball is getting much better since you criticized him

Keep up the good work?

noxiousdog wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:54 pm

Lorini wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:09 am Ball is getting much better since you criticized him

Keep up the good work?

Because he had one good game?

noxiousdog wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 1:14 pm 5 facts about James Harden's scoring.

1. Harden would still lead the league in scoring even if free throws didn’t count.
2. Harden would still lead the league in scoring even if the 3-point line disappeared.
3. Harden is obliterating precedent by scoring so many unassisted buckets.
4. Harden scored 50-plus points four times in his first 41 games. In the 2010s, there is only one other instance of a player scoring 50 in more than one such game in his first half of the season. It was Harden last season, when he tallied three.
5. Harden has remained as efficient as ever despite amplifying his volume to previously unseen levels.

Even if isolation basketball isn't aesthetically pleasing, , Harden is crazy efficient at scoring and really good at it.

noxiousdog wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 1:14 pm 3. Harden is obliterating precedent by scoring so many unassisted buckets.