2016-17 Running NBA Thread

He's a regular Costanza. - What would George Costanza have traded to get Bonds and Griffey?

 

13 minutes to go and nothing good yet.

 

What if the Warriors got Durant!

And nobody wants Carmelo. That ship sailed.

 

Wish Cavs got Carmelo, defending his style is right down the Ws wheelhouse.

 

On ESPN.com's front page: Taj Gibson and McDermott to the Thunder, for Cameron Payne, Anthony Morrow and Joffrey Lauvergne. - Sources: Bulls send Gibson, McDermott to OKC - Don't know the cap / contract ramifications, but on the surface, seems like a good deal for the Thunder. Payne probably can't develop properly with playing time scraps behind Westbrook, and McDermott and Gibson are better depth.

 

Anyone who imagined Stephen Jackson getting stoned just before Warriors games might be a bit disappointed.

A month after admitting he smoked weed on some game days, the former Golden State guard clarified his comments to 95.7 The Game on Wednesday.

“You’re going to get 110 percent of me every night,” former Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Jackson said while discussing his marijuana use.

“I’ve never smoked before a meaningful game. I’ve never smoked before a playoff game,” Jackson told Matt Steinmetz and Bonta Hill of The Game. “There’s been times where I’ve been on teams where, at the end of the season, we have no shot at making the playoffs, four or five games left, and really the coach is not even playing me. …

Ex-NBA player clarifies: I didn't smoke marijuana before 'meaningful' games - The Cannifornian

So, if NBA players only smoke weed before meaningless games, that covers 98% of the regular season and the first round of the playoffs?

 

Do the Hawks have a D-League team in Scranton?

 

Smoke enough, and all games are meaningless, right?

 

And the Cousins era begins with a bang in NOLA.

 

And the Warriors. 47 at halftime, drop 50 on the Clippers in the third quarter.

Damn.