***NBA 2012-2013 SEASON THREAD***

[Positive A]

T fuckin Ross, yall!

Just set this boy some screens!

[Positive A]

Sick dunk.

[naturalborn103]

Harden looks very disinterested

[Hayzoos]

People don't understand, dude is gonna come back so much stronger and better than ever. The NBA better watch the fuck out

[Positive A]

Houston cant miss and isnt turning the ball over. Ugly, ugly, ugly.

Now rooting for Asik to go 20/20.

[naturalborn103]

Verajao avg 17.6 boards in his last 6 games.

And the only thing about Rose that is not likable is that Hayzoos is his biggest fan.

[naturalborn103]

No idea with salary how it works, but strictly basketball would Verajao for Leonard make sense for both teams?

[naturalborn103]

What would be better? Verajao/Duncan or ZBo/Gasol?

[Reason]

incredible:

[peanut butter]

How the fuck is it even possible for the Lakers to score only 40 points with 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter?



PEACE

[Brokewax]

How the fuck is it even possible for the Lakers to score only 40 points with 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter?



PEACE

On some shit forreal

[peanut butter]

How long til Pau is traded?



PEACE

[peanut butter]

Kobe with 27 of the Lakers' 55 at the end of the third





PEACE

[Brokewax]

How long til Pau is traded?



PEACE

Hopefully ASAP. Maybe til then they can put a Spain jersey on him and he'll start playing better

[peanut butter]

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=coyj67o

Pau to the Jazz
Paul Millsap and Artest to the Hawks
Josh Smith and Marvin Williams to the Lakers



PEACE

[Brokewax]

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=coyj67o

Pau to the Jazz
Paul Millsap and Artest to the Hawks
Josh Smith and Marvin Williams to the Lakers



PEACE

I'd kill for that, but at this point, even Mitch is gonna have a hard time pulling something like that off. Pau's trade value is dropping by the second, are their GM's dumb enough?

[peanut butter]

Well Ferry seems keen on cleaning house and Smith is a guy in a contract year, who already has a friendship with Dwight. So I dont know how you take the risk of losing him outright, especially when he's shown that he's not the #2 guy that will lead ATL over the hump in the east. And Millsap is the youngest of the group and still improving. Even though he's also in a contract year, his upside is fantastic and he went to school in the south, so he may be interested in resigning in a place near home. Plus Atlanta is a considerably more lucrative town to live in than Salt Lake City. Alternatively, Pau would probably do fine around all those whities in Utah, and the Jazz would get an additional year of control under his contract.



PEACE

[Brokewax]

Well Ferry seems keen on cleaning house and Smith is a guy in a contract year, who already has a friendship with Dwight. So I dont know how you take the risk of losing him outright, especially when he's shown that he's not the #2 guy that will lead ATL over the hump in the east. And Millsap is the youngest of the group and still improving. Even though he's also in a contract year, his upside is fantastic and he went to school in the south, so he may be interested in resigning in a place near home. Plus Atlanta is a considerably more lucrative town to live in than Salt Lake City. Alternatively, Pau would probably do fine around all those whities in Utah, and the Jazz would get an additional year of control under his contract.



PEACE

Word, thanks for the break down PB

Smith would really be a boost towards resigning Howard.

Would that put Utah over the cap? Pau's contract is toxic, @ 19 mil for a declining 32 year old charmin soft center.

But crazier shit has happened so...

[Req]

George Hill was all like FUCK YO DEFENSE

Jamison, MWP, Gasol, Duhon, Meeks and Morris were a combined 4-37

23-43FT

[Brokewax]

George Hill was all like FUCK YO DEFENSE

Jamison, MWP, Gasol, Duhon, Meeks and Morris were a combined 4-37

23-43FT

I've never seen 2 centers fold in the paint like that

[peanut butter]

No doubt. Just fun thoughts to banter around.

The end of that game was hilarious tho. Kobe couldn't do a damn thing more to lead his team. Fuckin guy scored more than half the Lakers total points. George Hill swagged out in the clutch tho and every other Laker looked like a fuckin joke down the stretch. Especially Dwight and MWP missing all four FTs in the final minute.

That squad is justin total disarray. They might get it figured out, but its gonna have to happen fast.



PEACE

[Positive A]

[capable_keL]

Will Mavs make a trade?

Most of the 2012 free agents who signed contracts will be eligible to be traded for the first time in a few weeks and Eddie Sefko of The Dallas Morning News was asked if the Dallas Mavericks will make a move.

Sefko writes: "Very likely. But the Mavericks really can't even talk about trades until Dec. 15. ... Anyway, things will start brewing around the first of the year, I suspect. And if O.J. Mayo continues playing like he is, the Mavericks will have some decent assets. But don't expect some sort of monster deal to happen that's going to save the day. It's just not out there this year, I don't think."

The Mavs want to be major players in the 2013 free agent market and they won't make any trades that will significantly reduce their salary cap room in July. Mayo owns a $4.2 million player option for 2013-14 and he's going to decline it. It would make sense for Dallas to trade the shooting guard if they think they can't retain him with a new deal in the summer.

Belinelli benched

Jimmy Butler has now played more minutes -- 81 to 29 -- than Marco Belinelli the last four games and Tom Thibodeau wasn't willing to give a reason on Monday, but the Italian's poor defense is the main reason, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

"I think he's still learning and putting forth great effort, and he'll continue to improve," Thibodeau said. "His attitude is great, his approach is great, so he just has to be patient."

The Bulls blew a 27 point third quarter lead on Monday and lost to the Bucks. Belinelli never got off the bench.

Scola accepts bench role


Suns head coach Alvin Gentry wanted to add athletic players and spacing to the starting unit, so he moved Luis Scola and Jared Dudley to the bench. Scola is not happy with his new role, but he's being a professional and will do whatever it takes to win games.

"I'm just trying to help the team," Scola tells The Arizona Republic. "If this is what they need me to do, I'll do it the best we can. Hopefully, we can come back to a role that I feel more comfortable with in the future, but only if it's good for the team."

Scola had been a starter since his rookie season and he will likely get that spot back at some point.

[Tweak Da Leak]

[an-also]

[capable_keL]

[Reason]

lol at lakers and lol at this page

[naturalborn103]

Whos that? Others I knew.

[Reason]

we need to give some props to russell and the thunder in general for increasing his passing/assists/ball movement and keeping pace with last year's thunder team, respectively.

[Gregg Popabitch]

No idea with salary how it works, but strictly basketball would Verajao for Leonard make sense for both teams?

I don't know if the Spurs would do that.

In today's NBA you need a good wing defender and Kawhi is the Spurs' best one. On top of that, Kawhi is getting a lot better too. The spurs would probably have to make another deal to acquire a wing defender.