Noteworthy: 11/6/2013

Boards: Nikola Vujecic got em all. Or at least it seemed that way. He had 21 to go along with 30 points.

Cardio:
Scola going across the length of the court
Scola stealing, sprinting and finishing.



Bad Day:
Guess Larry Sanders didn't learn from Tony Parker's lesson about getting hanging out at bars and clubs, cause he missed last night's game with a thumb injury after a 'nightclub incident'.

No matter, cause Milwaukee won on Caron Butlers huge tip in with less than a minute to go. Good thing Caron didnt celebrate the same way he did against the Celtics.

Bad Day #2:
Vince Carter got crossed over, elbowed in the head and thrown out of the game. Plus Westbrook and Durant were making shots like these all night.



Hooray: Anthony Bennett made first NBA bucket, a three, last night. Now that he's got the first one out of the way, he's got to improve on that 1 for 20 statistic he's logged.

Not completely necessary but niiiiiice:



Reunited:
Gordan Hayward played the Celtics and his old college coach, Brad Stevens. He must have made his old coach proud with his 28-9-5 line. Boston ended up getting the win, so a good day for the first year Celtics coach.

Other: Roy Hibbert doin some self-promotion...congrats to Zach Randolph on the birth date of baby zbo...The Denver Nuggets work out with Billy Blanks.

Noteworthy: 11/5/2013

Dang: Zach Harper said it best. Not sure if Monta is the most improved, but the way hes operating as the mavs playmaker while still being an elite shotmaker is really fun to watch.  Example, 30 points on 14 shots, 9 assists, and only 1 turnover tonight. He almost doesn't even look like the Monta we used to know.

Followin' your shot: Tim Hardaway Jr. scoring two the hard-a-way?

Dagger: Kemba Walker's stepback jumper seems to be really on when he plays at MSG.  Check the UCONN version and then the one from last night (below).

Numbers: Roy Hibbert had 8 points, which was one more than the number of blocks (7) he had, and one more than the whole Atlanta Hawks team had (6).  Pacers still undefeated.

Something about the PH:  Even though PHiladelphia is no longer undefeated, PHoenix is still racking up wins as they are now 3-1 after beating the Pelicans last night.  Good first week for the /f/sounding NBA teams.

Flyin':  In the starting line-up for the first time this season, Kenneth Faried makes nice highlights in the air


First: Heat got their first road win of the year against the Raptors.  Lebron got a little too excited and started hot-doggin' at the end

Similar: Both Al Horford and Paul Millsap had 20+ points and 10+ boards tonight in their win against the Kings.  Harry the Hawk was pretty psyched about this win.  Enough to puff up his feathers in a 13 video clip about it.

Other: Thanks Dime magazine for making it known that Victor Oladipo has some pipes...Michael Redd is retiring...if the Knicks don't start winning, James Dolan might get rid of the knicks dancers altogether (he's already trying to get them to stop dancing), which makes about zero percent sense...not a surprise, bismack biyambo is the least passed to player in the league...c'mon now Dennis schroeder.

John Stockton, Ultimate Love Guru

Check out this honest and hilarious interview with one of the greatest point guards in the history of basketball about how he married his long-time wife.

Some Highlights:

"Twofer Coupon on the first"
"Painting with my momma on the second"
"Police ruined the first proposal"
"Sweatpants and Romance"
"Wrong word"

Not surprised by how humble of a courtship the Stocktons had, cause in terms of NBA players and even people in general, John Stockton always came off as one of those low-key and low-maintenance type of guys.  With all the stories about marriages going down the drain in professional sports and particularly in the NBA,  really hope you enjoy hearing a marriage can turn out pretty good (6 kids!) even sans all the fluff and flash that our culture makes dating out to be nowadays.  Hats off to Stock for finding his lifetime teammate and the great stories he has from the journey.

Noteworthy: 11/4/2013

Too Nice:

Steph Curry put up a triple double with 18 points, 12 assists 10 rebounds and 5 steals.  Iguodala went off as well hitting 7 threes and making this very wordy no-look-behind-the-back-cross-court pass.  He can also catch really far alley-oop passes.

Neat first week for Michael Carter-Williams, the second rookie ever to win Conference Player of the week in his first week in the league (Shaq was the first to do it).  However, C-W's Sixers got whooped by the aforementioned Curry, Iggy and the Warriors.

Tough:
Celtics still havent won. The hero for the Grizz was Jerryd Bayless who hadn't made a shot in the game up until the fourth quarter, but made six in a row in the final period.  Again, Jerryd Bayless was the hero torching Boston for 15 points in the fourth.  This might be a long year for Celtic fans.

Uncle Drew played his old buddy Wes last night. Drew's Cavs won after Wes was unable to hit the three at the buzzer.  Thank you Pepsi for making those names actually mean something.

Treat, unless you're a Rockets Fan:
Clippers put up 42 points and Dwight Howard had 3 fouls in the first quarter.  I mean Chandler Parsons had this nice dunk, but it was called off cause of a Rocket offensive foul, so it was that kind of night for those Houston guys.

Woop:

There it:

Is:

Other: Congrats to Chris Bosh on the birth of his daughter...A Code of Conduct video made by the Hawks that you can kinda sing along to...The league is still really serious about flopping...The Piston's have a guy who looks kinda like movie Jesus...Jamal Craw Craw just moved up to 15th all time for 3 pointers made, passing up the 90's favorite, Eddie Jones...