THE 2015 NBA PRE SEASON THREAD: BEST WISHES TO LAMAR ODOM

[moneylicious]

i don't have IG or twitter. what kind of grown men follow other grown men on social media? might as well as call him daddy

we don't do that ish in harlem b

I'm sure your son has cookies, B.

 

[brandon3000]

 

[friscostylez]

i don't have IG or twitter. what kind of grown men follow other grown men on social media? might as well as call him daddy


we don't do that ish in harlem b

I'm sure your son has cookies, B.

yeah he got it from your daughter b

 

[moneylicious]

 

 

i don't have IG or twitter. what kind of grown men follow other grown men on social media? might as well as call him daddy

we don't do that ish in harlem b

I'm sure your son has cookies, B.

yeah he got it from your daughter b

i dont have a daughter, i only have one son, B. 

 

[nick.]

 

[friscostylez]

 

 

i don't have IG or twitter. what kind of grown men follow other grown men on social media? might as well as call him daddy



we don't do that ish in harlem b

I'm sure your son has cookies, B.

yeah he got it from your daughter b

i dont have a daughter, i only have one son, B. :x

well my son is still an itch in my pants b

 

[pums]

 

 

[sea manup]

 

 

 

 

i don't have IG or twitter. what kind of grown men follow other grown men on social media? might as well as call him daddy

we don't do that ish in harlem b

I'm sure your son has cookies, B.

yeah he got it from your daughter b

i dont have a daughter, i only have one son, B. 

well my son is still an itch in my pants b

so is his 

 

[8pm at msg]

My guy Jonas up there struggling in that vine

 

[awwsome]

My guy Jonas up there struggling in that vine

Basically his season in a microcosm.


#firecasey

 

[friscostylez]

 

the combo of jay z in the intro to the music in the background to all the dunks, god damn that was pretty ill.

 

[onetrust]

Lol he was basically explaining Lebrons greatness on IG good read I'm sure you'll like it pretty much broke down his game compared to MJ and Kobe and was spot on. Oh and that County fair sure was lit I was dying when I heard they banned him smhhh did you get a chance to talk to him?

Haha, naw I wasn't there. I just took that quote off the article I read that was from his IG. Gillie one of my favorites though. I miss his NBA.com blogs.

 

[vtotheinay]

First link I started to look for as soon as I saw work ethic. Just amazing he is still playing at a high level but he has to be doing something in the offseason. Not on the level off a Kobe for instance, but there has to be at least a low level maintenance program he follows.

one of my boys coaches a high level AAU team in socal and andre was at the event watching some games. he said he legit had a belly and looked like he was legit out of shape he said he even asked him what he's been doing this summer and he said just chillin and enjoying myself. a direct quote was "why do i need to workout right now? thats what training camp is for, to get in shape"

 

[pmatic]

Some interesting Flip Saunders quotes:

One of the best stories going through the grapevine in Vegas was that at some practice, KG ripped into Pek for not getting back on defense — hit him with “************” and everything. And no one had ever seen anyone talk to Pek like that, because he’s Pek and he’s scary. Do you remember that?

That happened during the season, in his very first practice with us. People were talking about it in Vegas, because KG came out and did a shootaround with us there, and people couldn’t believe how energetic he was. And we said, “Well, you should have seen him when he ‘mother******’ Pek because he didn’t get back on defense during a dummy drill.” No one had ever seen that with Pek.

That’s KG. He always said that living up to his contract meant giving everything he had, in practices and games. He expects that from everyone on the team. A guy like Pek has never been pushed.

How did Pek react?

He put his damn head down and started running fast. That’s the thing about KG: He’s running back faster than anyone. If a Hall of Famer, one of the greatest power forwards ever, is doing that at 38, how can you not do it?

And here’s the thing: KG can still play.

Does that include Towns, or is he a center? A hybrid? Does it matter?

It doesn’t matter. He’s a player. Good teams have guys that can play multiple positions. It makes them harder to guard. Besides, it’s not what position you play. It’s what position you can guard. Some nights, Towns will guard power forwards and KG will guard centers. Some nights, it will be the other way around.

It sounds like you think post-ups will retain a prominent place in a league moving toward small-ball, passing, and 3s.

The reason teams don’t post up is that nobody can do it anymore. Teams would like to do it. The post-up is conducive to small ball. If a guy can score down there, the defense has to trap, and you can get open 3s. And that’s what we’re all trying to get — open 3s.

How often do you think about Sam Cassell’s injury in the 2004 playoffs — a hip thing, I think, right before the conference finals against the Lakers?

All the time. It was his hip. He made a shot out of the corner against Sacramento in Game 7 [of the conference semifinals], and he did his little Big Balls dance, and from that, he created a little avulsion fracture in his hip. No question, I think about that dance all the time. But that’s the NBA. I went to four straight conference finals in Minnesota and Detroit, and we had injury issues in each one. The team that wins the title is usually the healthiest team.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/q...ding-the-baby-t-wolves-luck-and-mountain-dew/

at Cassell injuring himself doing the big balls dance.

 

[Clyde Frog]

View media item 1651312

 

[pmatic]

Isn't Jabari #12?

 

[Clyde Frog]

I read its probably the season number, 2015. It was the same number on the jersey when they were revealed.

 

[jc619er]

Not feeling these jerseys. Can Nike get back into the fold already.

 

[suavamente]

 

[bballkid11]

View media item 1651325

 

[bballkid11]

The former NBA player said on Instagram:

"he lacks #selfishness so he will always need a go to guy like [Dwyane] wade was or kyrie [Irving].. he lacks what [Michael] jordan and kobe [Bryant] were..great 1 on 1 players... he needs a pure scorer beside him.



Hibachi Cooking

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

 

[esaw612]

Gilbert does bring up some good points though .

 

[8pm at msg]

Someone give Gil a job please.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Those bucks jerseys yikes

Flip literally saying the big balls dance is hilarious