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Bron looks like he fell out of love with the game.
Time for his first retirement.

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He's depressed after moving from Miami to Cleveland
 
Stats to know: Grizzlies 117, Spurs 116

By ESPN Stats & Information | December 18, 2014 1:48:35 AM PST
The Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs played a game Wednesday night that looked like neither wanted to end, and that neither could end. If it was a playoff game, it would have been an all-time classic. Instead, it’s just another in a line of impressive wins by the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies blew a 23-point lead and needed a miraculous buzzer-beater just to get the game into overtime. But they finally managed to hold off a depleted Spurs team (playing without Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard) in the third extra session.

Elias Sports Bureau stats of the night
The Grizzlies are the first team to beat the team with the best record in the NBA and the defending NBA champ in consecutive games since the 2000-2001 Bucks beat the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz.

For the Spurs, this was their first triple-overtime game since a win over the Atlanta Hawks on March 20, 1984.

Shot of the night: take your pick
The game featured two buzzer-beating bank shots by seven-footers, with the Grizzlies' Marc Gasol hitting a 3-pointer to force overtime and the Spurs' Tim Duncan hitting a long jumper to send the game to a third overtime.

It was Gasol’s first 3-pointer of the season and eighth in 50 attempts for his career. It marked the second time he has hit a game-tying or go-ahead basket in the final five seconds.

It was the second time in three games that the Grizzlies hit a 3-pointer as time expired in regulation to tie the game. Mike Conley made the other against the Philadelphia 76ers. Both Gasol’s and Conley’s shots were lunges taken off the wrong foot.

The Grizzlies were 4-for-4 on game-tying/go-ahead field goals in the final 10 seconds of the 4th quarter and overtime in this game.

To put the 4-for-4 in perspective -- the league average on game-tying and go-ahead field goals in the final 10 seconds of the 4th quarter and overtime over the last 15 seasons was 25 percent.

Randolph’s big night
Zach Randolph had 21 points and 21 rebounds for the Grizzlies. It was his 10th 20-20 game in the past six seasons.

Only Dwight Howard (20) and Kevin Love (16) have more in that span.

Vince Carter still has something left
If you weren’t a fan of the Grizzlies, you can be forgiven if you’d forgotten that Vince Carter was still in the NBA.

Carter scored in single digits in 20 of his first 21 games, was shooting only 30 percent from 3-point range for the season, and entered Tuesday having made only 6-of-24 shots in a four-game stretch. But he has scored 16 and 18 points in his past two games, with nine 3-pointers.
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"All you do is ask negative questions?"

"I'm embarrassed about losing in the finals"

[emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji] this guy
 
Everret and Verret clowning drake :lol:

Where would Houston rank in the west with rondo? Biggest downside is he can't shoot free throws.
 
I'd take current Harden over prime Melo 8 times out of 8.

We've already seen what Melo is, James is just scratching the surface and arguably already better than Melo @ his best.
 
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This dude Harden tho...

1st team easy

But still will be out 1st but it won't be bc of him.
 
Houston is much better off getting a backup wing. Harden essentially operates as the team's PG.
 
The Rockets have the Pelicans' likely lotto pick and a $8.4 million trade exception to play with...
 
I feel like Harden and Dwight would probably not be the type of personalities that would mesh with Rondo...although they have seemed to act more serious this year.

Harden is in by far the best shape of his life. I think it's because he had to play basketball all summer with some of the best players in the world instead of going back home and partying and eating however he wanted like usual. He's probably on some new diet too.
 
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I feel like Harden and Dwight would probably not be the type of personalities that would mesh with Rondo...although they have seemed to act more serious this year.

Harden is in by far the best shape of his life. I think it's because he had to play basketball all summer with some of the best players in the world instead of going back home and partying and eating however he wanted like usual. He's probably on some new diet too.
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Nah he's tryna make it out the 1st round is what he's doing :lol: but your right the summer helped. He's gonna have to ball out this playoffs on another level

No Rondo to the Rockets. It doesn't make sense.
 
The moment where Ainge realizes he's in Boston:
Market down, but Mavericks make offer for Rajon Rondo

The Celtics were keeping their options open on a number of trade fronts last night, but, according to multiple NBA sources, Dallas is making a sincere effort to land Rajon Rondo, adding that the process has been ongoing for days.

At this point, the Celts have been given an offer led by 6-foot-9 forward Brandan Wright, the eighth overall pick from the 2007 draft, who is in the final year of his contract. The Mavericks’ interest stems from the fact the pass-first Rondo would fit extremely well with shooters Dirk Nowitzki, Monta Ellis and Chandler Parsons and that free agent signee Jameer Nelson hasn’t panned out as well as hoped. Others beyond Wright would have to be included to make the numbers work and make the deal palatable to the Celtics.

But as of late last evening, nothing with Dallas or any other club was imminent.

The key element here is that there has apparently been a change in thinking behind the scenes that is affecting how the Celtics approach the next two months and beyond.

Sources are telling the Herald that the reality of the marketplace seems to be setting in as regards to Rondo, leading to the belief the Celts could get less than they hoped — or maybe nothing at all — for the four-time All-Star point guard on the last year of his contract.

The prime plan, as noted here for more than a year, has been to add a high-quality player to a rotation featuring Rondo, believing this would be the quickest way to push the club toward contender status. That was the desire last summer when the Celts tried most everything possible, to no avail, to get into the Kevin Love sweepstakes.

That was the plan to some degree even into last week. But president of basketball operations Danny Ainge has, according to league sources, begun to realize that the chances of acquiring an impact player are moving from slim to pipe dream and that the feared longer rebuild may be on the horizon.

That leads to the second option on the working script, which is to find a proper trade for Rondo, with the understanding that if the roster around him doesn’t improve, he will be harder to keep when he becomes a free agent next offseason.

The third option, if the Celtics cannot get a star to pair with him or get a worthwhile return in trade, would be to let Rondo walk. This would be the last choice, but word continues to be strong that the club will not take on anything that might weigh down its rebuilding just to get something for its best player.

Ainge wouldn’t comment on any trade speculation last night, but, said one general manager, “There’s only a couple of untouchables in this game, and you even have to find out what they’re worth or you’re not doing your job. That’s all that’s happening here, from what I can see.”

The difference, according to NBA sources, is what the Celtics are being told.

Rondo’s value is not what one might expect for a proven All-Star who has come back healthy from February 2013 ACL surgery and has posted some spectacular, if inconsistent, numbers, including three triple-doubles this season. The overall averages are clearly suppressing his attractiveness to suitors, with Rondo on pace for career lows in field goal and free throw percentage.

Rondo has said repeatedly his goal is to re-sign with the Celtics, but the club has no guarantee of that and appears to be operating as if an agreement is far from a foregone conclusion. And one has to wonder whether he’ll want to stick with the reconstruction project here if the locals aren’t able to show significant progress toward being able to compete for at least a conference championship.

What’s more, sources are questioning whether the Celts are willing to give Rondo a maximum contract, a deal he has said he believes he’s worth. This point could, however, be moot if Rondo makes it to the open market.

“A lot of teams are looking at Rondo,” said one league source. “There are a lot of teams he could really help. But at the end of the day, you’re still wondering about his shooting and the contract, and people still ask about what kind of guy he is.”

The reports from behind closed doors are that Rondo has, in fact, been perhaps his most coachable this season, and the best evidence along those lines is that he’s not dominating the ball as much, a key to Brad Stevens’ offensive plan.

But while the Celts know more definitively what they have in Rondo, the actuarial tables may be helping to ultimately lead them in a different direction.

Marcus Smart has had to deal with ankle and Achilles’ tendon injuries, but he’s made a strong early impression. Ainge has been saying since the draft that Rondo and the rookie can play together, but it’s hard to shake the notion that they are two alphas. And at 20, Smart is eight years younger.

What this means in the near term as the Feb. 19 trade deadline approaches is that Rondo will again be a hot telephone topic throughout the league. But if a move involving him does get made, it may not be the big bang many had theorized.
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i like Parson state stuffing...plus hes more of a playmaker then Trevor

hes shooting 45 & 38 while Trevor is 36 & 34

but i guess Trevor does strap up a little more.
 
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i like Parson state stuffing...plus hes more of a playmaker then Trevor

hes shooting 45 & 38 while Trevor is 36 & 34

but i guess Trevor does strap up a little more.
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A little more? There's a significant difference defensively.

Rockets needed defense to match with Harden. Now what they need to do is add a reliable bench scorer. Jones will hopefully be back soon.

Also the Rockets really don't need Rondo if it means trading someone valuable away. They could use a scorer now..

But Houston better off with Ariza than Parsons, just the fit is better
 
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