Jason Kidd is shooting 36.296297% from the field this season

still not as shitty as larry hughes, though

i thought this was kidd's m.o.

i mean he has the worst looking shot in the nba i think

besides maybe kevin martin

yeah, but it's even worse than it's ever been

i think joumana might have put a curse on him

nets are cooked too

although anyone who thought they would ever get out of the 2nd round w/ this team was kidding themselves

dude from bc is baller status tho

people are saying good stuff about him...I haven't seen him play in an NBA game yet, but I remember him being impressive against KU last year

Charlie Bell is shooting 0.349.

and it's taken a good january to get him there!

and that link reminds me:

http://www.cnnsi.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/pro_basketball/draft_2002/news/2002/06/27/draftgallery/5.jpg

this man is the patron saint of this thread

WOAH is that tskitishvili!!!!!

the nuggs hat does not lie

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improving!

but also cranky

Looks like he won't be NJ's problem anymore.

I kind of hope he doesn't go to Dallas...if they do that, it seems like they're saying that they either win the championship this year or never win it. Because he's not going to help them more next season, whereas Harris probably would have (compared to what he's doing now). I guess if you're a long-suffering Mavs fan this might be a good thing, but I'd like to seem them continue on for a while longer with the same core.

Even if they manage to acquire Kidd Dallas will still not win a championship. Dallas may currently be the best team in the West but I have almost no faith they would be able to get through the Hornets, Suns, or Spurs and even if they do, they would be stopped by the Pistons or Celtics.

I do want to see Kidd leave though because I dream of being able to see LeBron in Brooklyn.

I have almost no faith they would be able to get through the Hornets, Suns, or Spurs

itll be funny when kidd is traded for a better younger player

which is pretty much anyone at this point !!!!!!!

"We're replacing a 24 year old who's going to make $8 mil a year once his new contract kicks in with a 34 year old with reconstructed knees who makes $20 mil a year. What could possibly go wrong?"

and he shoot 36% and turns the ball over 4 time ar game lol ! great!

ps he cant guard anyone anymore

Our local alpha sports columnist in the Oregonian newspaper was plumping for a trade for Kidd just a couple of days ago. My only thought: OH NOES!

lol wtf, Portlanders

Harris would be a good pickup if they could get him, but Kidd would completely destroy the whole aesthetic of the team.

also a reader comment on the front page of espn about how roy is going to be a surefire mvp candidate someday

aw

Well, it look like this might happen.

looks

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3244102

awz

haha, just like two days ago there was an article saying that cuban wasn't going to do it

0.366120218579235 btw

What's with the 2008 NBA Winter of Discontent and Demented One-Sided Trades

Though I guess this isn't as one-sided as the other two biggies so far. And if shaq works out for the suns, etc etc.

^^greg popovich trade committee

so how does jason kidd going to dallas affect the way sean williams plays?

also how does this affect the all-star game? Has a guy switched conferences after the rosters were announced before?

i'm not too hyped about this

still think they're behind suns, spurs and lakers

This is another one that just seems like it isn't going to make as big of a positive difference as the people involved think it's going to.

jason kidd srsly pretty much sucks now yoo guys (see thread title) - i wouldnt worry too much abt this

itll be funny when kidd is traded for a better younger player

-- jhøshea, Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:04 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

lololololol its funny

also funny: both this and the shaq trades were in reaction to the lakers stealing gasol. lol well show them well make our teams worse yaaaah!!!

which is funny bcuz they traded their best post defender!!!

like it's almost like the nets were like "lol u desperate give us diop" even though they have like no use for him

jamaal magloire, stromile swift and desagna diop. Together at last.

yeah stro has been an all time baller since the womb, diop is aloof but lovely and i once saw magloire throw a ball into the stands after getting ejected then kick a chair into someone in the front row

it must have been rod thorn's dream from the start

"lol u desperate give us diop"

^fun to say

Each of these deals is stupider than the last (with the exception of the Gasol deal which wasn't stupid at all.)

wtf, the mavs are including half their team?! (not necessarily the good half but still...)

I mean, I wouldn't even trade Diop for Malik Allen straight up.

And then you throw in three more guys?

THEY GAVE UP STACKHOUSE

the only dude who showed life during the warriors series last year

this trade boggles the mind

apparently stack is gonna get waived and resign w/mavs - ie just to make salaries work

oh ok thx for that jho it makes a liiiiiiiitle more sense now (lil)

okay so apparently devean george somehow has a no-trade clause in his contract and exercised it to block the deal. Oops!

WAHT

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3244818

holy shit

cuban's gonna murk dude

lol

also lol watching the celtics crush the knicks by 20 w/o a player taller than 68 right now

i was watching gs-pho but one of those home video shows is on court tv right now and some dude just threw a grenade onto the court during an israel bball game

my 15 year old brother weighs in

adamcanes415: this is what they get for giving fucking devean george a no trade clause

how does DEVEAN GEORGE have a no-trade clause

watching the mavs murder the blazers. George somehow not being booed by belligerent dallas fans who think kidd is the savior

i thought kobe was the only guy w/a no-trade?

i thought that too when i heard. obviously nobody was aware of the negotiating prowess of DEVEAN GEORGE

http://www.williamspta.org/faculty/2004_crossing_guard_2.JPG

mark cuban on saturday For us to make the numbers work in a deal like that, we'd have to trade away half the team. We're not doing that, so it just doesn't work. And we like our team. We've got a lot of room for improvement and we hope to get better. But right now, I just don't see anything happening.

http://www.ocregister.com/newsimages/sports/2004/07/0714george.jpg

http://www.newstoob.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/March/punkd.jpg

AND OMGLOL DEVEAN GEORGE ONLY HAS A 1 YEAR DEAL HE ONLY HAS TO PLAY IN JERSEY FOR LIKE 3 MONTHS LOLOLOLOLOLOL

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3746/dirkfy4.jpg

is his wife 8 months pregnant or what it must be soooomething

bonus update: ray allen just snagged jose calderons rightful allstar birth

ray allen really needs a rest and has been a huge disappointment. i would love to actually like get to see calderon on tv, too. that's really too bad.

TURKOGLU= ROBBED

glad to see jamison getting luv tho

That is the best thing that could have possibly happened for Mavericks. That trade is a terrible idea. Of course it will probably go through anyway with a slightly different set of dudes, but still.

yah turkoglu is having a great year but not really much better than the guys who made it

yeah i know he's a sentimental favorite

also bcuz he hits a game winning shot every two days and he is HEDO TURKOGLU

magic would be having a pretty crap year without the EMERGENT TURKOGLU

def the funniest thing i ever saw during an nba game was danny ainge circling turkoglus nose w/the telestrator while breaking down in hysterics abt how ugly he is - so mean and hilariously otm.

then the next year using the telestrator and footage from the previous season ainge exposed turkoglus off-season nose job.

apropos of nothing pietrus just swatted the shit out of barbosa and it was great

it might discredit me but i have no problems saying i trumpeted the heat drafting pietrus over caron butler back in the day

pietrus has been v trumpeted over the years

yeah i know but i thought he was gonna be baller status all star instead of good role player

BREAKING NEWS A PICTURE OF DEVEAN GEORGE'S BED

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/displacedtexan/blogstartdatefeb052005/godfatherhorseheadpic.jpg

cuban is at the mavs/blazers game at the moment so has a 17,000 person alibi

http://espn.go.com/media/nba/2001/0104/photo/a_cuban_hi.jpg

ALWAYS THINKIN'

Devean George so shook that he shot 0-11 tonight.

Ray Allen is a huge disappointment? The Gasol trade wasn't stupid? People don't actually believe the majority of posts they make, I think.
Rick Carlisle said this trade would make Mavs the favorite in the West, but didn't specify. I'm guessing he meant favorite to blow a 3-1 series lead. I like how there was a column in ESPN Mag a month or two ago about how, for various reasons, mid-season blockbuster trades are a thing of the past in the NBA.

uh read thread better

how bout you just say what you mean directly? forgive me for skimming through 100 "lol snarky comment lol NOW I'M IN ALL CAPS wtf" posts. 1st post I make in months and it's immediately followed by useless snarky response. Perfect. From someone who thinks a guy averaging close to a trip dub sucks no less.

lol u mad and rong

i don't think ray allen has been a huge disappointment but i think it's safe to say he's not the player he was. but anyone expecting the ray allen of 3 or 4 years ago may be operating under some unreasonable expectations. i'm sure as hell glad the celtics have him.

the ray allen of two years ago was ridic - last year he missed 25+ games - this year hes having near career worsts in nearly every statistical category. i mean hes shooting 42% while not being regularly double teamed for the first time in a long time. so yes he has been a huge disappointment. no ones talking abt it cause the celtics are rolling but this could come back to haunt them bigtime.

i dont know if his body is just breaking down or what. he still has plenty of time to get it together. hope he does.

his career shooting % is 44.5 and he's shooting 42.7, it's not an insane drop off. three years ago he averaged 23.9 ppg and shot 42.8% from the field. interesting to note that he's attempting less than 15 shots per game whereas last year he was chucking it up 21 times a game.

he was the primary scorer on his team - now hes getting tons of open looks and shooting his worst ever - the fact that hes not shooting over 40% from three in this situation is srsly retarded

he seems to be dibbling too much on drives and only getting off mediocre attempts around the basket too ffw

but anyway this thread is abt jason kidd

http://deadspin.com/assets/resources/2008/02/jasonkiddtub.jpg

1. Ray Allen's been playing on an ankle that doctors told him to rest completely.

2. Devean George nixed the trade because he didn't want to waive his Bird rights, which apparently going to a new team negates.

3. The Grizz-LOLFakers trade is stupid because of how lopsided the trade was.

3b. ...and because I hate Kobe.

yeah i know but i thought <Pietrus> was gonna be baller status all star instead of good role player

4. This year he's not even a good role player!

ray allen who has absolutely sucked this year is clearly the weak link. his ankles just arent right.

-- jhøshea, Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:46 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

1. Ray Allen's been playing on an ankle that doctors told him to rest completely.

-- Leee, Thursday, February 14,

no see i was first stop telling me things i know this is important

ray allen has shot over 40% from beyond the arc once in the last 6 years. he's only shot above 40% 4 times in a 13 year career. he's currently shooting at a higher percentage than he did last year.

i'll still take 18.5 ppg from a gimpy-legged shooting guard on a team with pierce and garnett.

lee loses points for otm'ing himself.

kevin the whole point is ray ray is getting better shots than he ever has and hes shooting worse ok

im not confident the c's can compete for the whole thing unless rayray plays better

Uhhhh, takes one to know one lol!!! >_>;;

jhøshea otm

i'd say the weak spot for the c's competing for the whole thing is that their point guard is still a work in progress. and ray is playing at a level that he's been playing at for a while. i think whatever open shots he's getting (and they aren't all open) are more than offset by his ankles being fucked.

calling sam cassell!

for real he is the missing link

maybe now that garnetts had his time off ray can get some rest

rondo btw has been absolutely on fire recently - not that his awful shooting v a well prepared playoff opponent doesnt still scare me - but he is so much better now than he was at the beginning of the season

what is garnet’s statues anyway? those abdominal stains never seem to be fast healing and can get reaggravated quite easily

from what i hear theyre just letting him heal fully and giving him a rest as he was looking kinda burnt there for a while - hell be back at full strength after the break - its been a great opportunity for some other guys (leon powe!) to get some burn and theyve gone i think 7-2 w/o him

- not that his awful shooting v a well prepared playoff opponent doesnt still scare me -

yeah, i'm not real worried game to game about him but in a series against a decent coach with a decent backcourt.... well, next year i won't be as worried i don't think.

what is garnet’s statues anyway?

last i heard he was able to run for the first time on sunday but they didn't want to risk aggravating it so they kept him out of tues./wed.'s games and the all star game. hopefully be back soon.

a series against a decent coach with a decent backcourt

billups v rondo is downright terrifying

GILLOOLEY GILLOOLEY GILLOOLEY!!!

Rajon Rondo is shooting 50.1% from the field. Is that mostly layups or something? Seems like a pretty solid percentage, although his FT% and 3P% are both bad.

from what i've seen it's been mostly layups. dude is an INSANE rebounder considering he's shorter than me.

When the Celtics win against good teams its often because no one can answer Rondo.

(A year ago I could’ve never imagined writing that sentence)

Regardless, I don’t see the Celtics moving anywhere in a seven game series, especially against Detroit. Remember, this is a team coached by Doc Rivers!

Nearly every game I’ve been to this year KG is calling nearly every play. It’s embarrassing to have the talent they do and now win by greater margins.

*not

uh they have by far the largest margin of victory in the association

nothing but injuries is keeping them out of the finals - and then its on

and rondos 50% looks good but its somewhat illusory - his .527 ts% is good for 32nd amongst point guards. and he gets left open from 15ft out all the time.

from what i've seen it's been mostly layups. dude is an INSANE rebounder considering he's shorter than me.

have you seen his arms omg so long lol

http://pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=202&size=550x550_mb&ptp_photo_id=595924

http://i29.tinypic.com/dg163d.jpg

Although Kobe Bryant is the only player in the league with a specific no-trade clause in his contract, league rules dictate that players on a one-year contract -- but who also ended last season with the same team and are thus eligible for Early Bird or full Larry Bird free-agent rights at the end of the contract -- cannot be traded without their consent. George, who earns $2.4 million this season, is one of 18 such players in the league at present, afforded the right to either approve or veto trades because those Bird rights are lost if they do get traded.

i wonder if they knew this and we're crossing fingers that he wouldn't pull the trigger or when it happened they were just like OMGWTFNOOOOOOOO

conventional wisdom would say they checked it out but idk if they would've let it leak or even said "done deal" if there was any inkling that george would do this

stackhouse all like u crazy

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3247183

l o l - dallas front office is looking like serious amateurs here

jhøshea, are you from Boston? Or are you delusional?

is this just our kuh-razy trades threads now? Because Mike Bibby is a Hawk in exchange for a bunch of expiring contracts.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3250819&campaign=rss&source=NBAHeadlines

And, we're back.

im from boston and i dont really see how saying a team w/the best record, point differential and def eff has a shot at winning it all can be described as "delusional"

"It's done," Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told ESPN.com via e-mail. "J-Kidd is a Mav."

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0213/nba_kidd_dallas_412.jpg

J-Kidd? Does anyone in the NBA have a nickname that doesn't start with their first name's initial, which is followed by a monosyllable?

M-Less.

dude got ran by chris paul tonight XD

except for assists, dude was clanking tonite v spurs which was 2nd best game ive ever been to (bowen blocking nowitzki at the end was a religious moment)

looking at the box score wasnt that bad for him (3 for 8) but dude made some bad mistakes (threw to no one at a pretty critical point). michael finley lighting up and dirk missing 4 free throws, tho, a+++++++

he's going to tighten up the mavs well before playoff time.

isnt making the team tight dirk's job?

yeah yeah zingin dirk over here

i didn't catch the game but Avery getting taken to task for not having Kidd on the floor for the finish.

omg kidd is so shook - 1 for 8 and 0 trips to the line v the c's just now doesnt really explain how fucking obviously broken his confidence is - he is going to kill kiiiiilllll dallas in the playoffs

he shot an air ball 3 that reggie miller described as 2 feet short and 3 feet wide - the other announcer initially thought it was deflected

he blew a couple easy layups and passed up 1m open shots

he has a combined 8 points in his last 3 games

omg soooo shoooook lol

omg kidd dallas is so shook

this is news.

u hav to see to believe. and maybe you have. i watched kidd all the time on the nets cause i get all their games and ive never seen him behave like this before. a few times rondo was double teaming clear across the court and kidd got it and just swung it. no drive no shot nothing.

hes shook shoooooook !!!!

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Perfect. From someone who thinks a guy averaging close to a trip dub sucks no less.

-- Granny Dainger, Thursday, February 14, 2008 2:04 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

lolololol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZTU5gMiP1M

lolololomgomgwtffwiwbtwlolol

!!!!!

flagrant foul and ejection

http://blogs.sohh.com/nyc/archives/mobbdeepshook.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD7oMY2qeho

the end of an era

36.296297% SHOOTING IS WHAT JASON KIDD BRINGS TO THE TABLE,,,,,,,,,,

But think of all the intangibles, fellas. The intangibles!!

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/packageart/mugshots/kiddmug.jpg

jannero pargo's head looks pretty tangible there. the things i am missing without cable ;_;

supaman dat pargo

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0428/nba_g_kidd_600.jpg

http://farcef.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/10000.png

u aint a crook son

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/01/08-15/jason-kidd-family-bathtub-kids-sports-illustrated.png

lmbo @ that giant ugly baby

jason's kid is growing 366.296297% from the dome this season

http://i41.tinypic.com/348rm6v.jpg

http://twitter.com/jasonkidd

gross bathtub pic