2015-16 NBA Regular Season (part 1) — I’ve got my ring fitted for my middle finger

Basketball Gods please bless us with minimal injuries.

Don't forget league pass will be free for the first week of the season.

http://i.imgur.com/6tiufCE.png

prdx

e:
cle
was
chi
atl
mia
ind
tor
mil

w:
lac
gsw
okc
hou
sas
mem
sac
nop

champs: okc

wow sac huh. i like it

sry micah, rondo is in Sacramento. there will be blood

http://i.imgur.com/uqbmyTd.jpg

the tail end of the west is actually kinda uninspiring this season. like, who are sac going up against? mavs? suns? jazz? not a very competitive bunch.

mvp: harden
coach: mchale
dpoy: gobert
roy: mudiay
6th man: it2
most improved: mccollum

east:
cleveland
atlanta
miami
indiana
washington
chicago
toronto
milwaukie

w:
houston
golden state
la clippers
san antonio
oklahoma city
new orleans
memphis
utah

cavs over spurs

east:
cle
atl
chi
mil
was
tor
mia
ind

west:
SPURS
gsw
okc
hou
lac
mem
nope
jazz

spurs over cavs

hey btw yall upthread know that the spurs signed lamarcus aldridge riiiiiiight

east

chi
cle
atl
mia
was
bos
tor
ind

west

gsw
okc
sa
hou
lac
mem
no
dal

cavs over okc

not able to put as much thought into this as in past years

MVP: durant
coach: donovan
ROY: randle
DPOY: draymond
6th man: IT2

west

clips
gsw
okc
spurs
rockets
memphis
jazz
NOLA

least

cavs
who cares

OKC over cavs

i say this every year but the clips could really break out this year. they had the best starting lineup in the league last year and the worst bench, and they added a bunch of dudes in the offseason. cp3 or blake could be a dark horse MVP pick if they finish with the best record

their jerseys are trash, DJ fake left, thats curse material, doomed to fail, fuck the clippers

chip: clips over cavs
mvp: brow
dpoy: brow
rookie: dangelo russell

Is randle eligible for Roy? He played half a game or so last year

theres no way the pels will win enough games to get the brow mvp.

MVP - Curry
6th Man - Iggy
DPOY - Draymond
COY - Kerr
ROY - Kevon Looney

Warriors over Cavs in 4

feel like the spurs are gonna have some trouble pulling it all together

yeah and pop basically punts so much of the regular season as it is

also tony is cooked :/

maybe if manu rests all season they can get a couple good playoff games out of him. idk

and the spurs only true centre is a 27 year old rookie

*Yawns* K we'll see
*scrolls thru endless array of "spurs are done" articles, touches the infinite void, makes peace with God *

haha there must be a mid season trade in the works

these are the sixth seed spurs who lost in the first round that we are talking about right

Yes, the team that was one win away from the 2 seed that added a perennial all star, that one

theres no way the pels will win enough games to get the brow mvp.

― micah, Tuesday, October 27, 2015 1:52 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feel like a. there is a growing recognition that this is a silly way to go about things b. he might just be enough better than everyone else to overcome this prejudice c. nola actually has a p decent team + a major coaching upgrade (tho they r p banged up right now)

okay guys season commences and so does my hand-wringing about cavs injuries this year

also fu lagoon now we have to see olynyk's goofy-ass face every time this thread opens wtf dude

Don't forget league pass will be free for the first week of the season.

― Spottie, Monday, October 26, 2015 4:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and thanks for the heads-up spottie

pelicans are extremely banged up--starting the season with third-string C, they just signed ish smith b/c tyreke and norris cole are out and jrue holiday is on 15-minute restriction for the next few months. it is entirely the davis/anderson show for a while.

a healthy new orleans is no joke imo but idk if it's gonna happen this season

also fu lagoon now we have to see olynyk's goofy-ass face every time this thread opens wtf dude

― marcos, Tuesday, October 27, 2015 9:53 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

;)

the worst.

a. learn to use bookmarks
or
b. learn to appreciate the delightful kelly olynyk

i use bookmarks. it's just the principle of it, you bastard

kelly olynyk is nice

also suspended for the first game, forgot about that, not that it matters bc celtics open against the sixers

okc over cavs (i want to believe)

okc over gsw
cavs over bulls

gsw spurs clips thunder
cavs heat bulls wiz

gsw spurs clips thunder grizz rockets pelis crapshoot-prob-utah

cavs heat bulls wiz bucks hawks pacers raptos (two of the lower seeds will be 500 or below)

east:

cavs
bulls
hawks
wiz
miami
celtics
bucks
pacers

best west:

dubs
okc
rockets
spurs
clips
grizz
pelicans
mavs

MVP/DPOY: brow
6 god: isaiah
COTY: brad stevens*
ROTY: karl-anthony towns

*homer pick, objective pick=popovich

WCF: spurs over dubs in a hard 7
ECF: cavs over...eh i dunno, prob bulls

champs: spurs

this thread has become unreadable lol

no formal predix but in the west i like the clips rockets and warriors more than the spurs or thunder due to depth. could be clips year tbh.

brad stevens is probably a good COY pick yeah

otm

RPM projections

TEAM WINS SIM PLAYOFF% CHAMP%
Golden State 59.8 58.5 100% 33%
San Antonio 58.3 57.2 100% 18%
Cleveland 55.1 55.4 100% 29%
Houston 54.6 53.0 98% 6%
Oklahoma City 54.0 53.2 98% 4%
L.A. Clippers 53.3 51.2 97% 4%
Boston 47.8 48.5 96% 2%
Memphis 46.7 46.0 80% 0%
Chicago 44.8 45.4 87% 1%
Toronto 44.2 44.2 80% 0%
Washington 43.6 43.6 78% 0%
New Orleans 43.5 42.9 61% 0%
Indiana 42.9 43.4 76% 0%
Atlanta 42.1 42.6 73% 1%
Utah 41.6 40.5 46% 0%
Portland 40.7 39.7 40% 0%
Dallas 39.7 38.7 32% 0%
Miami 38.6 40.0 57% 0%
Detroit 38.2 39.0 49% 0%
Phoenix 38.1 37.6 26% 0%
Milwaukee 37.4 38.0 43% 0%
Sacramento 35.6 35.4 16% 0%
Charlotte 35.2 36.5 32% 0%
Orlando 33.7 34.7 23% 0%
Minnesota 29.8 29.8 4% 0%
New York 28.7 30.1 7% 0%
L.A. Lakers 28.7 28.8 2% 0%
Denver 27.6 27.7 1% 0%
Brooklyn 22.9 24.7 0% 0%
Philadelphia 22.7 23.8 1% 0%

boston #2 in the east!

via pelton

really weird that they decided to kick off the season on the same night as game 1 of the world series imo

ws descision prob made later

you would think manfried and silver would have each other's numbers to coordinate it tho

NBA always dgaf til xmas anyway tho lol

omg kev

the NBA i mean! i def gaf

just in terms of the number of primetime and weekend games on TV. obv real heads that tream care about the whole season

ok phew

it funny cause the beginning of the season is actually much better than the early winter believe we have discussed this

ooh idk about that, early season always the lowest scoring while offenses figure stuff out iirc

it's good if you like to watch disasters

beginning of the season is fresh teams r excited to play theyre figuring stuff out etc weird shit happens players make the leap mid season is just a slog injuries boredom etc take their toll then around the allstar break it heats up again

energy level def higher first two weeks of nov than jan

also there are fewer dudes with season ending injuries by that point

yup

i mean the quality of play is not great but its more fun than the mid season doldrums imo

also fun to watch new dudes on their new teams. and rookies running around getting yelled at. new coaches expressions etc.

yeaaa

do the pelicans even have 5 guys that can play tonight? or is it just brow vs champs?

steph v brow 1on1

would watch

grantland wtf the world series and the nba start today and they have a soccer story in their main window gtfo

lol

pelis have no choice but to give significant minutes to nate robinson given jrue's minutes limit and cole still being out (i think), love it

brow-nate is an excellent odd couple

nate is old now :(

ya prob cooked

lil guys go downhill fast

In an interview Monday with ESPN's Hannah Storm, Sefolosha said he hasn't fully healed from the injuries, which also included severe ligament damage.
Sefolosha said he elected to file suit both for himself and to embolden others who might have gone through similar situations to stand up.
"There's a lot of unknown about how this will affect me two years from now, five years from now, 10 years from now," Sefolosha said. "Also because I think it's the right approach to put lights in a situation like this and to ... fight back in a legal way and in a way that can empower, hopefully, more people."
Sefolosha had previously filed a notice of claim to preserve his option to file a lawsuit. On Wednesday, sources confirmed to ESPN a New York Post report that the amount of the claim is $50 million, the maximum Sefolosha could see in any potential verdict.

fuck the police

sad this swiss guy comes here just wants to play basketball and has to deal w our brutal culture

otm xp

we saved him from socialism at least tho

I hear that you have to wait 6 mos to see a doc when Swiss police break your leg. Also hear that Swiss police don't break people's legs so I guess it's a wash yay USA.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/report--more-money-bet-on-lakers-than-cavs-to-win-nba-championship-191312561.html

haaaaa

wldnt bet the cavs at 2-1 either tbf

we spent like 3/4 of the year clowning the cars last year

cavs

Lakers fans are also deluded though.

yeah there's more than one lakers fan out there who thinks a lakers championship at 300-1 is the easiest money of their lifetime.

Kobe's not going out without another ring, baby!!

http://i.imgur.com/wDickyR.jpg

friends

Spottie
Posted: October 27, 2015 at 3:45:43 PM
we spent like 3/4 of the year clowning the cars last year

prob wldve been out in the 1st round in the west

http://www.complex.com/sports/2015/10/carlos-boozer-explains-what-happened-hair?utm_campaign=complexmag&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

this band makes me want to die

band w v bad

ugh why doesn't time warner login work for live tnt.com

http://i.imgur.com/yruXKCV.png

my autorenew was set to trigger before their billing issues but my registration broke anyway so i am treamless (sort of, league pass is there and free rn will probably go that way if no other choice)

this is no kind of life

i am treaming via roku for the first time :]

I must be getting old bc I'm not even interested in this first game, but maybe I just find the Bulls kinda hard to watch and the second game is such a better draw

obama just successfully named all the west contenders

russ in the mask looks like a badass super villain

rose in the mask looks like a mannequin come to life

imo

how come deledova hasnt been deported yet whats the hold up

obama just successfully named all the west contenders

lol i need video of this

obama should become a gm when his presidency is over

Super weird to me that love continues to get skinnier. He and Mirotic are like exactly the same size now.

yeah idgi he used to be such a beast it worked fir him

if mirotic has adjusted to the nba three o boy

cavs r cooked

loves hair/headband scene is not great

noah rip

cavs O looking stagnant

just beautiful
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSXWFCqUwAA3M4R.png

sitting next to grant hill lol!

ah guess he performed at halftime p cool

Don't think a human being can look more uncomfortable than that

Is there a way to get rid of bookmarks in bulk without deleting all of em?

http://ilxor.com/ILX/BookmarksControllerServlet

Yeah, feeling lazy and was hoping there's a way besides that nvm

guess bron is still good

wonder if its embarrassing to get teed up in front of the president

Can't really imagine what it takes to embarrass JR

cavs new 82 million dollar man may only have 2 points but he does have 5 fouls

good number of fouls

cavs D sans moz lol

http://i.imgur.com/UdSuANn.png

kevin love!

pau has FIVE blocks

any of u guys watching on ballstream? I haven't re-upped yet but am still leaning towards it instead of league pass because fuck blackouts

Six*
Xp

lol I tuned in like five seconds before lebron got blocked on a game tying shot with like 4 seconds left, glad to have u back nba

Xxp can't reup right now, they are having trouble finding somebody to accept their money so billing is suspended

:(

how come deledova hasnt been deported yet whats the hold up
--lag∞n

ILH should file a change dot org petition

end of that game was p cool

lol @ that perk spin move

As mjax said, that might have been the best move ive ever seen him make

Followed by a successful Perk/dante cunningham dribble hand-off, followed by Perk schooling Bogut in the post a second time...

No seriously what the fuck is going on

the curry/perkins battle america has been waiting to see

curry rn >>>>>>>>>>>>

curry on pace for 80

on pace for 100

lol xp

he is good

ish smith lighting the dubs up!

sager Halloween suit for mvp

my only observation from tonight's hawks game is that rich homie quan's kid is adorable. my wife made me rewind it to watch him again.

you could say that he...made her feel some type of way
*sunglasses*

that reminds me of the DN i wanted to try out

Davis can't find rhythm tonight

o god that bogut hit looked roughhh

Al Shipley ‏@alshipley Sep 17
rich gang, poor gang

Davis had what will most likely go down as the worst game of his career even tho a few garbage time buckets in a row made the numbers look a little better. Looked really bad on offense and not so great on defense. Think he was 1/15 at one point. Curry supernova first q was just what the doctor ordered.

Lmao at Perkins post moves putting in work.

rich gang, poor gang
― lag∞n, Tuesday, October 27, 2015 11:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Dang how embarrassing I didn't remember a month old tweet of someone I don't follow

Jesus, 152 posts in two days? You NBA lot are insane.

We've had to endure 4 months of deprivation, give us a break

https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/unknown1.jpeg?w=1000&h=772

lol rude

Dang how embarrassing I didn't remember a month old tweet of someone I don't follow

― Rich Homie Quan Poor Homie Quan (m bison), Wednesday, October 28, 2015 6:28 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wow man not tryin to h8

thats ilx poster some dude btw

anthony davis under some sort of hex?

hoping he was just thrown by last minute personnel changes and will look better tonight against portland

prob had a least something to do w every other player ont he team being injured

or intimidated by "third-fastest player in the league" ish smith

Davis is cooked

Drummond is gonna go nuts this year without Monroe by his side.

ya shd be good

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSac3LHXAAEi8X7.jpg

lol

Haha

Drummond was a beast last night on the glass but his offensive game looks like it could use some work

awesome face by charles

Dang how embarrassing I didn't remember a month old tweet of someone I don't follow
― Rich Homie Quan Poor Homie Quan (m bison), Wednesday, October 28, 2015 6:28 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wow man not tryin to h8
― lag∞n, Wednesday, October 28, 2015 8:50 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I know I'm just bein sassy :p

u minx

how bout Ezeli getting some buckets last night? very encouraging

Player Efficiency Rating
6. Kendrick Perkins ▪ NOP 30.9

Ezili looked great. he's got nice touch around the hoop.

perkins was unreal last night. never seen him play like that before. even when he was good

did perkins spend his summer off in south beach?

i think it was just all luck, he even looked surprised at what he was doing

starting 5 for the lakers is so weird:

D’Angelo Russell
Jordan Clarkson
Kobe Bryant
Julius Randle
Roy Hibbert

yknow that game where you connect two players who played eons apart by teammates ie 'player a played w/ player b who played w/ player c who played w/ player d' ? that lineup is gonna make that game ALOT easier

Jesus, 152 posts in two days? You NBA lot are insane.

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, October 28, 2015 5:07 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

was thinking the posting was a little light yesterday actually

hawks went w/ weeknd for their code of conduct this year so i get to get used to this - http://youtu.be/H0A-zpBTINE

starting 5 for the lakers is so weird:

D’Angelo Russell
Jordan Clarkson
Kobe Bryant
Julius Randle
Roy Hibbert

― Spottie, Wednesday, October 28, 2015 2:56 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha must admit im intrigued

lakers cld be good again soon smh

like they have enough talent to attract free agents and kobe will be dead

def intrigued! not sure if clarksons talents will be stifled at the 2 tho is my concern.

that bench is still no good tho. Having swaggy and sweet lou come off the bench seems really counterproductive. i could see them starting lou at the 2 later tho and having clarkson/russell take turns at the 1

do they have a pick this year if (when) they don't make the playoffs? can't remembr

Top 5 protected or some shit

That starting 5 would be ok with a nice offensive scheme but fuck that let's run the Princeton

how you feeling about this years team?

they wont be good this year but they cld be soon

i mean rookies dont win nba games

Excited to watch Randle most def

yeah

Hope he lasts a full game this season

guiltylol

that was so sad. and such a weird injury kicking his own leg n all

It's going to be a tough season no doubt. Lakers have one of the hardest predicted schedules obviously cus they can't play themselves at leat two times . Made a stupid bet with my old boss "battle of the worst big market teams" lakers vs knicks. Not feeling to good about it

Hey sup ilh been out of the loop for a week but its time to get back in, watched a little of kinda boring cavs/bulls last night but psyched for that huge slate of games tonight

So is the iPad/internet only league pass really gone this year? Was thinking of just doing that as I ended up watching more games on iPad than anywhere else other than the national TV games

What's the pricing for balltreams? How do I get up in that

Also haha that Barkley pic, season is one day old and already two stone cold classic photos between that and the Stan van the fixie gangsta one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52_VxfRBg6k

sent you a webmail ah with a referral link. someone said upthread that they may be frozen on adding people at the moment.

Donation amounts are:
$7.49 for 1 Day

$12.99 for 1 Week

$17.99 for 1 Month

$39.99 for 3 Months

$59.98 for 6 Months

$89.99 for 1 Year

lol that svg pic prompted a conversation in zach lowe's podcast wherein jvg wouldn't stop raving about notorious, that biggie biopic that came out a few years ago

yeah that was funny, horrible movie.

lakers are directly trolling me by not starting swaggy alongside kobe for the bean's last season

ha must admit im intrigued

― lag∞n, Wednesday, October 28, 2015 9:38 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Russell has looked SO BAD tho

super hype for first real night of the season.

if russell continues to suck then its fine just roll on with clarkson at pg

no way is this the beans last season (unless he gets another big injury)

I think it likely is for the nba, he might play in Europe/China for megabucks after this year imo

i could totally see him playing a year or two in italy for a large piece of team ownership. or in china for more money than you can imagine.

wouldn't be the worse move if he wants to continue to grow his empire post retirement

simmons wants to see him do tv and the couple of times i've seen him in that role he was good at it (better than shaq). tnt seems too invested in their 'we have fun, always a good time' to think about moving shaq which is a shame. maybe they could convince kenny to focus more on the reality show (did that ever actually air? did anyone watch it?) and then you could have shaq and kobe together. i'd watch that.

I predict kobe would be good as a broadcaster in that, after some initial practice at suppressing his true opinions, he would soon be able to synthesize an on-air personality blending the proper amount of seriousness and cliché, with just a pinch of genuine expertise for added spice. assuming he doesn't kill and devour his co-broadcasters off camera.

kobe shd have his own show just a dark room and a spotlight and bean speaking slowly into the camera

just watched about 3 minutes of celtics and saw amir johnson make three nice plays

nice to see Durant back and the thunder passing and executing plays on offense p novel

Thunder running an actual offense is a game changer

fucking christ leaguepass is glitchy and flaky as fuck

i've been trying to log in and watch this cavs game for the past 30 minutes

first guy off the bench for the cavs: richard jefferson, obv

nerlans is having to do a lot on offense for the sixers and it is ugly

i like this guy http://deadspin.com/aaron-gordon-embarrassed-a-series-of-wizards-1739298830

justise winslow's offense is really not there at all but he rebounds like a menace and looks like he's more or less ready to check 1-4 on defense

billy donovan shd start wearing glasses

I hear it helps u be smart??

wow I am really unimpressed with the quality and consistency of the leaguepass stream, the choppiness makes this shit borderline unwatchable

lol
play by play guy: Steven Adams, haha, he's a funny guy.
jvg: I'll tell you what's not funny. The turnovers right now.

kanter doing work tonight. his defense is still pretty bad though

one quarter into the season and I can personally guarantee the blazers will win the championship

Otm

I drafted cj McCollum in one of my leagues 👍

still shocking to me that KG is choosing to finish his career on a horrible team, even if it's the t wolves, instead of chasing a ring with a warm weather team

It is weird but also kinda cool

Tom Haberstroh ‏@tomhaberstroh 22s23 seconds ago
Chris Bosh and I were just talking Narcos. He goes, "Oh I got one for you. You like creepy sh-t?" Uh, depends. "Black Mirror. Whooooeeeeee."

Kobe already 1/5

no what's sad? lou williams on the lakers

Lil B THE BASEDGOD ‏@LILBTHEBASEDGOD 11s12 seconds ago
James harden shoots 28% percent and looses at home because he won't admit that he's doing the Lil B cooking dance sports celebration - Lil B

sports celebration

lil b basically sounds like the time cube guy at this point

nick young 40 foot buzzer beater to end the quarter :---p

apparently ryan kelly is sitll on the lakers

someone save anthony davis

nuggets btw 8-)

@bball_ref: The #Blazers 27-pt halftime lead is 2 shy of the shot-clock era record for largest halftime lead in an opener: https://t.co/cV52pOJDdx

zach lavine looks far from being a competent nba player

Regarding NOP as an acronym for the Pellicans. In 80x86 assembly language, a NOP is an empty operation that consumes clock time while doing no work. Not the best possible team designation tbh.

apparently cousins is hitting threes in DAJs face repeatedly

the mavs starting lineup is depressing. how did shit go so wrong after the championship. felton and zaza are starters?

mavs are the living downside of gunning for a superstar every offseason

this past offseason was the closest it's come to working and even then the superstar was deandre jordan. they've obv been successful at throwing good rosters together on the fly and staying relevant for a long time but they won one championship and nearly won another and neither time was it because that managed to lure shaq or carmelo or dwight howard there. that team was really something for the early stretch of last season though, they weren't going to win a championship (though it's not like the mavs team that did win a championship really looked like they would until playoff time) but they could have been interesting, w/o having given up a superstar or pick that turned into a superstar that rondo trade was remarkably disastrous. i mean whatever worst case scenario they had in mind it couldn't have compared to what happened.

where is carlisle next year?

abt to sign a five year extension they say

god help the Los Angeles Lakers

nice work yung wolves :]

seriously when did rubio learn how to shoot I demand answers

Fools gold. Great game tho. Towns looks p nice. Love how it's all young guys and suuuuuuper old guys like kg prince and dre Miller

KG wrapping up his career mentoring young wolves seems like a very kg thing to do in retrospect, rather than ring-chase, he's already a hero 4 lyfe in min and Boston and a lock hall of famer, so why not

I could even see him just playing like five minutes a game on the end of the roster for peanuts until he's like 43 just to keep yelling at the youngsters as they get good in flip's memory or some other maniac kg thing

kg gon kg

STATS₁₅₋₁₆

KG got a tech of course last night.

Tomorrows espn double header is legit.

cavs game looked good last night, defense was pretty strong, cavs winning by 30 w/ bron only scoring 12 was pretty cool to see

KG got a tech of course last night.

― Spottie, Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:08 PM (17 minutes ago)

https://vine.co/v/eYUuPr2UUtJ

haha i liked what i saw from randle, missed a few close ones but he is not scared or lacking confidence.

lol

dude gives no fucks for sure. wasn't loving Russell but the talent is obviously there he needs time. I loved the way the bench played.

Fuck B.Scott though i just think he's is the worst coach for this team

yeah he's not the right guy at all. russell looked bad, start clarkson bring and bring him off the bench. they were so much better with clarkson going to work.

give russell the reps imo theyre not gonna be good this year anyway and his potential is xtremely high

omg kobe shot 13 3's! i knew he was jacking but thats unreal.

also if theyre bad enough they keep their draft pick

scott is basically a stealth tank is how i break it down

i agree russell needs to play but i don't think clarkson at the two is very smart idk

why do u love clarkson so much maybe u shd marry him

already tried

lol sry

I've probably already given the lakers more thought than the warriors at this point eff this.

Bogut has a concussion :(

thabo recounting his assault by the cops in his own words http://www.gq.com/story/thabo-sefolosha-nypd-assault

scary stuff

definitely sad to hear. hope NYPD pays out the ass for this

otoh, when the cops beat the crap out of a poor person, then their lawsuit for lost earnings won't amount to chump change.

yeah, but losing a shitload of money might actually be something that pushes the NYPD to change their behavior. but that could, itself, be a naive hope

nypd already pays out ~$100m every year in misconduct claims

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSbgQYaVEAETGNg.jpg

what the shit

one thing about new league pass in its favor is the chromecast compatibility but yea kinda choppy

def not paying for this after the trial is over

i havent had any issues on a good connection

dirk and dj going at it

lol Marv won't let off deandre's ft woes

game unwatchable atm unless u dig philosophical dissertations about free throws esp b/t c webb and marv

lol that silver is being forced to endure this

every team hates the clippers so much

doc needs to quit it already w these hockey substitutions what the heck

oh my gallo

every team hates the clippers so much

― (extremely hoops voice) (Clay), Thursday, October 29, 2015 9:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://vine.co/v/eY3UgHrerEw

clippers >>>>>>>

f the h8rs

theyre good for the league. they have so many rivalries and everyone wants to fight blake. and they choke which makes it even more fun.

Kurt Helin ‏@basketballtalk 20m20 minutes ago
Fred Hoiberg implies Joakim Noah suggested bench role, Noah denies http://dlvr.it/Cbr9XG

oops!

I don't have a better place to put this than here; one of my singing friends was interviewed by ESPN about his great-uncle, who helped develop the 24-second shot clock:

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14007640/long-forgotten-leo-ferris-helped-devise-nba-24-second-clock-first-used-61-years-ago-today

thats awesome

yeah really cool!

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/10/30/9643372/everybody-hates-the-la-clippers

Its all cp3s fault (sorry lagoon)

pacers fans were chanting "derek fisher" at matt barnes last night??? that is brutal.

wade looks really good

He was good last year too when he played

Great game okc Magic

Durants back

Omg this game!

Harrison Barnes posterized Dwight, feeling a big contract year for him

lol this game

Ommmmmmmggggg classic game okc Magic going to double ot

wow the box score for that game is unreal

Russ n kd looking like they're loving life taking turns doing crazy things

Feel bad for Orlando, could've been their breakout game.

They were killing em all game then stopped making shots in the 4th.

Boban marjanovic is my pick for garbage time mvp

so the pistons are looking p good so far

Hinkie's gonna get fired

Okafor looks fucking terrible

he looked ok in their first game against boston, i'm still not a fan but it's been two games

okafor still prob roy, he's gonna get volume touches all yr BC who else are they going to inside

in the first game nerlens was getting a lot of offensive touches. i doubt oak will get roy, someone else is going to shine more (see towns, karl-anthony)

This just in: The Cavs are still really really good.

the cavs r bad actually and were never good

love to see love playing well, hope he balls out this year

Seems more comfortable in there now

Its all cp3s fault (sorry lagoon)

― brimstead, Friday, October 30, 2015 6:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its ok i feed on hate actually

https://triviahappy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/vigonormal.jpg

this is being well received
https://instagram.com/p/9fbAX-nJ7S/

Boogie said "I hate them" when asked about the clippers and it sounded like he had breathed out the fires of hell

yea I think it's gonna be a good year for love

xp

At least until Kyrie gets back and his touches go down.

it's cool that won't be until like march lol

Even then there has to be a balance in there that makes more use of their talent than what went on last year.

Curry broke his own record for points in a q on tues then again tonight against the same team w 28. Somehow his dribbling looks way sharper.

lol so i'm watching the dubs/pellies from last night and perk got the first bucket AGAIN smh

holy shiiiiiit the 30 footer steph drains in the brow's eye at 7:50 left in the 1st quarter is sooooooo cold blooded

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2584762-stephen-curry-nails-deep-three-pointer-over-anthony-davis

if gentry is gonna keep bringing anderson off the bench i take back all the nice things I said about him

same

http://www.nola.com/pelicans/index.ssf/2015/11/new_orleans_pelicans_kendrick_1.html

come on

Curry last night was probably the best low stakes game I've ever seen him play. Every time the brow switched to him he took it personal and drilled something in his face.

https://twitter.com/CardboardGerald/status/660922990553526272

what's up ILH i'm back

i can't renew my ballstream that expires in 2 days i'm living in a nightmare

hawks new unis were...something today

praying 4 u xp

international league pass + vpn working out p well for me so far

how much does that cost all in

$129 for the league pass. for the vpn i use tunnelbear to go to the nba site and start the player. once it initializes i flip it off so i don't burn through the free monthly data. it's a browser extension so it adds like two clicks, sounds like more work than it is.

also and this is a big plus, during commercial breaks and shit most streams just play the in-arena jumbotron feed so you get lots of dance cams and t shirt cannons

tho tbrr while i feel like i often see better quality from illicit VLC streams, i am willing to pay for convenience

OMG dayo that Hornets highlight video.

i really like these okc jerseys and i don't care who knwos it

mudiay is reckless

omg faried with the block of the century

i read somewhere that if u submit a ticket to tream and say u can pay w PayPal they'll reinstate. this sounds like horse shit but im trying anyway.

I submitted a ticket but didn't say I can pay with Payapla

maybe they'll offer it as an option. along with perhaps bitcoinz or a burlap sack with a dollar sign on it and a nondescript location for a private drop

If they took bitcoins I honestly would buy a bit wallet and block chain some bats

^ true disruption

my favorite storyline of the year so far is kobe being like "oh? analytics says 3's are good? steph curry won the mvp and the chip last year?" *jacks 13 3's per game*

the hornets gave Jeremy Lamb a 3/21 extension....

is $7 million the vet minimum in the new cap era?

Dubs vs Clips wed night set your calendars. also lol at dubs first five games on national tv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF9QH9d1laI
that the one, kev?

the hornets gave Jeremy Lamb a 3/21 extension....

― J0rdan S., Monday, November 2, 2015 11:32 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hornets r a bad org

http://www.youtube.com/v/oF9QH9d1laI&fs=1&hl=en
that the one, kev?

― Spottie, Monday, November 2, 2015 12:14 PM (1 hour ago

yeah i don't think i've ever seen anyone block an alley-oop like that, timing and athleticism just incredible

http://thebiglead.com/2015/11/02/dangelo-russell-and-kendall-jenner-are-dating-says-tabloid/#sthash.rSyCGsFU.uxfs&st_refDomain=t.co&st_refQuery=/eQF2WONuco

you'd think these NBA players would learn

ha. its LA

the dream to play lakers and date kardashian

Man players need to stay away from them it literally gets u killed

I decided not to league pass this yr and just gonna survive on local games and natl tv mostly since I barely make it to third quarter most of the time these days damn kids

Sad that balltreams is out tho would have been a good option

Mostly just sad to miss some Celtics and I figure there might be a way to see a few of those on the internets anyway, and gsw

my internet isn't super great so league pass has been essentially unwatchable, definitely will not be spending the money

i watch lp on the apple tv and it's pretty great just being able to watch the games w/e and fast fwd through the breaks. i only care about watching one, non-local team so blackouts are pretty rare.

yea I suppose I could watch the video of the game the day after , that might be better, but live stream is so terrible

balltreams has a day to figure it out before the free lp expires and i begrudgingly throw down the scratch

hoping for a miracle

i have the one cable company in the united states that doesn't carry nbatv or leage pass :(

u could stream it from laptop or Chromecast

League pass that is

boy houston looks like hot garbage so far huh

Dwight is looking ok but harden is shook so far

i could but i feel like everyone thinks streaming league pass sucks

im actually finding it to be a pretty good stream on my end. the streams have been good (better when i use laptop over Chromecast) the blackouts suck but if u have cable u should be able to get around most or maybe all of them.

there's a free trial until tom as well

ok cool, maybe i'll trial it tomorrow

i have the one cable company in the united states that doesn't carry nbatv or leage pass :(
--call all destroyer

RCN?

i could but i feel like everyone thinks streaming league pass sucks

― call all destroyer, Monday, November 2, 2015 9:35 PM (54 minutes ago)

it's ok. if you watch a ton of games it's well worth the $200. my biggest gripe, year after year, is that they black out the NBATV games. other than illegally streaming there's nowhere else to watch those if you're not home, since you can't watch NBATV live from your laptop like you can with TNT or ESPN/ABC

oh also i'm using the roku app this year which is pretty sweet, if kinda primitive as far as features go

oh there's a roku app? that's cool.

and xp no i used to have rcn but we moved out to the sticks and i have charter now.

replay center earning that paycheck on this wolves/blazers game w back to back close calls w 30s left and 2 pts difference

end of this game something of an officiating shitshow

clippers bench gonna clippers bench

lol art, i was coming here to say the same thing. officials not exactly in midseason form. some really bad calls down the stretch too. (The foul on towns on the jumpball when plumlee was clearly holding him as well was particularly egregious)

it's funny 3 years ago the bench was a flying death machine and then...doc happened

just puttering around on box scores and wondering why in the world jerryd bayless played 47 minutes toinght?

Dubs protecting the rim like crazy

xp bucks p thin at 2 guard looks like either bayless, rashad vaughn (rookie i think?) and possibly oj mayo

wonder if the strat is to move Middleton to 2 if jabari ascends and in the meantime bayless gets minutes

ok so i'm watching the clippers feed and they're showing the halftime shootaround and they pan over to floyd mayweather eating a burger in his court side seats. he has this ginormous bodyguard behind him. floyd says "let me see my text" so the bodyguard reaches into floyd's bag (which floyd is sitting on) and holds the phone in front of his face. floyd nods and the bodyguard puts the phone away

still has a 5s btw

Lmao

lollin

what's w Kevin loves 70s porn star deal doesn't he own a mirror? his face is also on screens constantly like computer monitors or cell phones for ex

like he's playing the goatee off the weird headband it's too small town weed dealer imo

Wow this draymond ezili connection is becoming a real thing. Warriors up 35 against the grizz in the 3rd

Omg curry

16 in the 3rd so far

there needs to be rules against him

O m g

44-88

is steph the best player in the nba

if you were "starting a team from scratch" would you not pick him?

As of now probs

I am seeing some steph vines right now that I literally do not believe

is steph the best player in the nba

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, November 3, 2015 12:15 AM (4 minutes ago)

i don't see how the answer could be no. i really don't think anyone predicted that he'd just start playing a completely different game than everyone else.

That quarter for the dubs was unreal. Not just curry.

yeah at this point i don't think any player in the nba even bron affects the game on any end of the floor like steph does on offense and it probably is not close

did i post this before?

https://vine.co/v/e32tl3hUKIa

lol

that bucket counted, btw. i was listening to the game on the radio in the car and the rockets guys were going berserk

Haha worse than that other one last year

how do you make this shot

http://i.imgur.com/uclwlm9.png

curry's 10/16 from the field for 30 points in 28 minutes. his PER should plummet after tonight

i really don't know how jamal crawford does what he does

warriors are about to beat the grizzlies by 40 points

50

Lmao 119-69 final

man

dubs point differential is +100 through 4 games, most in NBA history

dubs/clips on wednesday :D

13 warriors scored tonight

http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0120657/

Player Efficiency Rating
1. Stephen Curry ▪ GSW 52.3
2. Blake Griffin ▪ LAC 37.8
3. Russell Westbrook ▪ OKC 34.4
4. Derrick Favors ▪ UTA 32.6
5. Ricky Rubio ▪ MIN 31.7

what in the world

guh, thinking i might do international league pass to get around blackouts plus it's pretty cheap - ~$80 plus whatever the vpn will cost ($10 a month tops right?); anyone have much experience w/ vpns?

if you just wanna do hawks games you might look for a friend who can give you his cable login so you can just watch the games live on the fox sports feed

yeah i can and will do that and you can get tnt and espn w/ sling (plus beintv, which is you can get an nbc sports login from a friend or parent means you're set for soccer). i basically just want something more reliable and higher quality than rojadirecta i can watch on my tv.

if you were "starting a team from scratch" would you not pick him?

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, November 3, 2015 12:16 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

As of now probs

― I know when that Ott line zings (Spottie), Tuesday, November 3, 2015 12:16 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk lets not over react to 4 games, if he continues at 50per for the rest of the year i will humbly retract this statement

i guess i'm trying to find test the validity of "steph is the obvious MVP but he's not the best actual player"

did i post this before?

https://vine.co/v/e32tl3hUKIa

― k3vin k., Tuesday, November 3, 2015 12:22 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmaooooo

i guess i'm trying to find test the validity of "steph is the obvious MVP but he's not the best actual player"

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, November 3, 2015 10:51 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i was thinking more abt the "starting a team from scratch" cause brow is five years younger, steph is prob the best player now tho

i meant for this season

oh yeah prob take steph

we are very lucky to be alive at the same time as steph

steph is cool

I thank the bball gods daily.

pretty cool the dubs/clips are playing both undefeated. warriors have won 20 in a row at home. should be awesome. hopefully bout is back to stir up some drama.

bball gods have provided a lot, exciting time in the nba right now

that said it would be cool from a general nba fan perspective (not nec as a cavs fan) if the east was a little more happening

the pistons are 3-0!!

curry's passing is as exciting as his shooting imo

my ballstreams expired last night and i think i might kill myself?

rip

https://twitter.com/Nai_Roy/status/661669167976714240

iggy consistently does some of the best physical comedy in the NBA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbHoDDiZiIA

this is still one of the funniest things i've ever seen

god that team was so fun

dubs really yukin it up these days https://vine.co/v/e3LdWYWeajz

i was watching that game last night and it hit me that "player for golden state warriors" might be the #1 most fun job on earth

https://twitter.com/TheCauldron/status/661410164390559744

i mean look at this shit

they show up and party every night

god that team was so fun

― k3vin k., Tuesday, November 3, 2015 3:31 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah RIP

they've got motivation to repeat and silence the haters. got reigning mvp. best offense. really good passing/player movement. really good defense. will be tough to stop them in June.

when is kerr coming back

no timetable but with the good start he can probably relax a bit

dont bring him back dont have coaching just party yr way to a chip imo

cld see the dubs in a sailing through the regular season/getting beat up by a hungrier more physical team in the offs type scenario but yeah obvs theyre looking beyond great so far

*all the warriors are dancing*

*whip pan to kerr in sunglasses lying in a hospital bed, pouring out a bottle of champagne*

xp

he still gets the credit for the wins so he might as well party from home, or just watch in the stands with the home crowd

xxp i think steph will first need to regress back into compliance w that fundamental axiom of bball that dictates that defense has an effect on the shooter's success.

wld be xtremely cool if he didnt tbh

otm

watching pelis v magic and there is straight up no middle ground for hezonja, he is either greased lightning or a complete and utter fucking moron, and I imagine his teammates have no idea which one they're getting from minute to minute

vucevic looks great albeit against a hobbled ass pelicans team

how did charlotte put the bulls down by 25

More surprised that they scored 130 in regulation against anybody

magic getting anything they want inside from this pelis second squad.

i guess that's p uncontroversial but still they're very thin

Hornets are alright! Been barely losing.

True, looking like a playoff team but still... http://bkref.com/tiny/cpAmk

Haha

lol early 90s scores

kings look p decent, better than expected - though half of it is the grizzlies looking comatose (in general, they have since the start, also bc they got disemboweled last night)

wtf, JJ hickson is starting for the nuggs?

raps go 4-0 for the first time in their storied 20 yr history

xposting this from the R&B thread but iman shumpert's rapping on this recent teyena taylor song is good, he kinda sounds like early period ludacris on the second verse (not that his punchlines are anywhere near that good)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fszSp8WZlOY

shump first baller to have actual rapper level skills?

master p

cept for kobe (feat tyra) or course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl_WkTiH6-Q

ha youtube autoplay served me up a shaq track next very nice

yeah i was gonna say kobe always kind had the presence of a good smooth r&b rapper

he does a pretty credible later period ll cool j/will smith thing on this track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiMLtKIq0yA

I am not a competent judge, but Dame Lillard thinks he has rapper level skills.

shump sounds v comfortable on the mic

wish I had my Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists...there was a "Rappers who can ball" and "Ballers who can rap" lists, can't remember who all was on them.

cam'ron and mase were p good hs players on the same team iirc

does lil b count

THE HORNETS SCORED 130 POINTS ON THE BULLS

bazemore has been balling for the hawks and i thought justin holiday looked pretty good tonight too... those are spurs-style waiver wire depth pick ups (though i guess bazemore starts technically)

in a less shrewd move, the hawks traded a first round pick for tim hardaway jr. who has started the season with 4 DNP-CD

bazemore has been balling for the hawks and i thought justin holiday looked pretty good tonight too... those are spurs-style waiver wire depth pick ups (though i guess bazemore starts technically)

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, November 3, 2015 10:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

both undrafted warriors d league pickups

he kinda sounds like early period ludacris on the second verse (not that his punchlines are anywhere near that good)

otm! good for shump damn dude

Lillard is the best I've heard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr_Z1J0LE-s

shump >>>>>>>>>> dame no excuse for coming w that corny true skool shit in the year 2015

iirc he has a song abt how hes good at basketball too lol

Nah ain't much more dated than what Shump did, plus corny true skool shit is timeless *clutches backpack tightly*

i have heard shump do migos flow

Eh everybody and their grandma can do Migos flow

who cares

also it pains me to say but i think shaq was a pretty fun rapper

this is a pretty classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f9IgOjZjn4

always kinda liked this too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRYtYOWJCpU

capn jack is alright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2QSqlZfaUg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuCZfj4IQpc

no shaq no schnickens

no u

just me, and yoko

hmm stephen jackson is pretty good!

feel like technically hes on the shaq one level below weed carrier plane but hes obvs much cooler

haha omg https://twitter.com/iAintHarden/status/661964700427509761

curry is such a goofball.

prob the least a-doggin superstar athlete ever, its beautiful

did gerald green actually have a mental breakdown http://deadspin.com/reports-miami-heats-gerald-green-had-to-be-restrained-1740630820?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

or perhaps just some bad shrooms

dang sounds rough.

really weird story, the heat need him pretty badly

Jabari back tonight.

excited for the Comedy Central roast of the Los Angeles Clippers by the Golden State Warriors

haha should be a greta game

i hope for many fights and much dancing

Both teams are 4-0. Should be fun.

celtics not looking very promising rn. marcus smart is out which i think makes bradley their only defense at 1-2

it2 just threw an inbound pass from the far baseline and banked it into the hoop

I decided to actively watch Cleveland for the first time and literally within ten seconds varajao is rolling on the floor holding his face

Not a real injury but ballers very much in character nonetheless

my treams hath returned

oh happy day

klove gotta get rid of this facial hair he just has to

no beard or full beard there is no in between for him

spurs blew a game in DC, lord

lebro fighting against the sleeved jerseys is the best thing, he straight up got pissed and ripped the sleeves they're now just all nasty and torn lmao

also his shorts are unusually short! and the mustache haha what is he doing tonight.

melo stay jackin long twos

blazers @ jazz is unwatchably bad, surprise surprise

stoked for the madness go clippers! lol

f u

jk luv u bro

my entire self-worth relies on this game being extremely crazy

lance hais got to be the most herkyjerky unsmooth players of all time

wow bs

both calls

OHHH EZILI

that was beautiful

quality block

Klay's offense has been bad so far this year

wow let em play

https://vine.co/v/eLOgvMXT2qD

PACKED

pretty lame first q with all these foul calls both ways. refs ESTABLISHING CONTROL

def one of the worst concepts

http://i.imgur.com/ysqgAxy.png

stfu fb

lol ok facebook my wife is traveling i'm drinking beers watching nba alone better tell all my friends

also i muted the tv for a while to watch some old videos of battles playing live i'm sure my friends want to know about that

like

clippers bench still a problem eh

austin rivers - check

steph is too good, shd be illegal

Clips announcers have been all on Dubs' jock since the jump

get on that espn feed

Klay's offense has been bad so far this year

― I know when that Ott line zings (Spottie), Wednesday, November 4, 2015 11:00 PM (39 minutes ago)

i wanted to put a lot of money on klay averaging under 24 ppg but my bank wouldn't approve my deposit to bovada

other bet i was gonna make was on the lakers under smfh

curry is so so so so fucking good man

paul's having a great game

paul absolutely destroying klays D

Cp takes this matchup personally. And I'm not sure klay is gonna average 20 this year. His slump goes back to the all star break last year basically.

yeah klay really gets into his own head sometimes imo

btw it was jae crowder not it2 with the full court heave https://streamable.com/4n4f

that shd count imo

been a good season for draymondo believers btw :)

yeah he's been great

picked up where he left off in the playoffs

i really hated lance stephenson but i gotta say him being on the clippers is pretty perfect

clips offense w/o paul lol

Griffin was amazing during that stretch where Paul was hurt that one time.

So pissed that they are still running with this dumbass State Farm campaign

Clippers bench came through

is this like year 4 for cliff Paul? please let us move on from the disaster.

Hb takeover haha

strategically speaking, when do u think is the optimal time for the clippers to waive josh smith?

As bad as he can be he's such a major upgrade to whatever they had last year

Barnes go boom

Yessss

game is fire

Barnes was feelin it so hard, jumped 10 ft at blake's pumpfake haha

Currerreereeyyy

Man refs just let em play

as intense a november game as i can remember

That play off the j ball was awesome

Imagine this team without deandre

how does austin make the crunch time squad, wait i have 1 guess

oh deandre...

airball the ft lool

-_- steph

steph from the parking lot

Game matching expectations

Iggy FTs got me biting nails

steph from the parking lot

― INTOXICATING LIQUORS (art), Wednesday, November 4, 2015 10:07 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

jvg said that they were giving him too much room on this shot and i was like "bro he was like 31 feet out"

off iggy

So close. His finger was still on the ball

Not sure they can overturn

Or not

cp3 not going for the immediate 2 for 1 absolutely shocked me

he was really feeling that contested 3 late in the shot clock

wow yeah chris has to get a quick shot there. amazing d from draymond again

then he goes for the quick 2 while down 4 with like 19 seconds left against basically the best ft shooting team in the league? what's up cp3?

whoa he just went to the bench

drama

he was pouting postgame
state farm commercials making me have pavlovian loathing for him

I rewound it and cp was holding his groin earlier on the klay foul the you see him nursing it later

Actually it was on his layup

omg just seeing bron ripping the jersey sleeves god bless him

Hope all the players start doing it

LMA got shooook
https://vine.co/v/eLMQ71taPJH

man u dont need calculous to figure out doc substitution patterns blow https://nyloncalculus.com/2015/11/05/doc-rivers-death-valley-lineup-imbalances-in-action

he forced him into a tough shot tho xp

yeah for sure, whats he gonna do

omg just seeing bron ripping the jersey sleeves god bless him

― lag∞n, Thursday, November 5, 2015 1:30 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yea this was amazing, i fucking finally hope the league gets the message jfc

Tim Kawakami ✔@timkawakami
Steph Curry set the NBA record by making 286 three-pointers last season. He is currently on pace to make 459 this season.

why not a cool thousand tho

might as well go for it.

may the hoops gods grant us such bountiful threes

From Clippers locker room last night: one player raves about Knicks' Porzingis, compares him to Dirk. Paul Pierce counters with Bargnani

hehe

haha

Since when did ballers start shaving off their sideburns? Am I just really late to noticing this?

Man, I love this dub team so frickin much, I don't deserve this.

@tomhaberstroh: NEW BIG NUMBER -- Ep 0: Nick Young has never assisted Kobe Bryant in the 371 minutes they've played with each other. https://t.co/xooS8mkGFT

that is a great stat

it really is quite something

That's incredible, now I want to know what the longest stretch of one player not assisting another would be

This Derrick rose face mask and hair combo is really something, he looks like a new cgi programmer tried to render a mid 90s native tongues rapper

irl lols