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The month of March has been an unmitigated disaster. In 11 games, Barnes is averaging 6.5 points in 26.8 minutes per game, shooting a miserable 30.8 percent overall and 21.9 percent from long range. The last five games have been especially wretched, with those shooting numbers dipping to 20.6 percent overall and 6.3 percent from deep. That includes an 0-of-7 goose egg in a win over the Milwaukee Bucks in a tighter-than-expected win on Thursday.

"We're going to have to draw the line in the sand somewhere," Bosh said. "We don't talk about it. We're not expressing ourselves in the locker room or on the court. So I figure I'll be the first one to say it, 'We suck.'

"And we need to turn it around. And if we don't turn it around, we'll be watching the championship at home.

Ring_Wanted wrote:T-Mac missed that mark by 0.5 rebounds per game in 2002-03.

Commissioner Adam Silver told Bleacher Report he intends to revisit the issue after the season. He plans to meet with LeBron James, one of the loudest critics of the jerseys. The NBA could decide to curtail the use of the sleeved jerseys, leave it up to individual teams or simply kill the program for good.

INFORMER wrote:

Commissioner Adam Silver told Bleacher Report he intends to revisit the issue after the season. He plans to meet with LeBron James, one of the loudest critics of the jerseys. The NBA could decide to curtail the use of the sleeved jerseys, leave it up to individual teams or simply kill the program for good.

King James gets beat in a game where he wore a sleeved jersey, cried about it, and now the "shirseys" have to go.

iLLmatic wrote:I don't understand his complaint; did he not wear a tshirt growing up when playing basketball?

In2ition wrote:

iLLmatic wrote:I don't understand his complaint; did he not wear a tshirt growing up when playing basketball?

I'm not a fan of the shirsey's. Good for fans, but not great for players. Tshirts can affect a jump shooter when they are really small and pull on your arm as you are reaching up. Just that tiny pull can affect muscle memory when shooting. I imagine that it is worse for LeBron, since the tshirt is going to feel even smaller for him. As a shooter growing up, I wouldn't wear tshirts while playing, because I didn't want to feel the short sleeve pull on my arm as I am going up with the ball. I feel like it's a legitimate gripe. Besides, I am not a fan.
Why would we want the players to wear anything that negatively affects performance?

Mori Chu wrote:I heard some blogger say that the real reason for the sleeved jerseys is that they will put ads on the sleeves. Makes sense.

In2ition wrote:I imagine that it is worse for LeBron, since the tshirt is going to feel even smaller for him. As a shooter growing up, I wouldn't wear tshirts while playing, because I didn't want to feel the short sleeve pull on my arm as I am going up with the ball. I feel like it's a legitimate gripe.

Ayres: “You get in at whatever time. I took my room key. I could hear stuff in the hallway, like people in their rooms. So I’m thinking people are watching TV or whatever. So I get to my door, and my key doesn’t work, but it sounds like there’s somebody in my room. Like I hear a little baby, not crying but making noise. I’m like, ‘What the heck?’ I keep trying my key and it doesn’t work. So I go downstairs to get a new key, and I tell them (somebody’s in the room).

“So they call the room, and nobody answers. They’re like, ‘We can get you a new key and send you up with security and make sure nobody’s there, because there shouldn’t be anybody in there.’ Then they’re like, ‘We’ll just get you a new room.’ It was the creepiest thing. I heard a couple of other guys heard babies in the hallway, kids running down the hallway. Creepy. I really heard voices and a baby in the room, and there wasn’t anybody in there. It was crazy.”

EAST PLAYOFF PICTURE UPDATE: The Heat trail the Pacers for No. 1 by two games. Toronto and Chicago are tied for No. 3; Brooklyn is two back. The Hawks have a 2.5-game lead over the Knicks for No. 8.

WEST PLAYOFF PICTURE UPDATE: San Antonio leads OKC by two games for No. 1. The Clippers lead the Rockets by 1.5 games for No. 3, and Houston has opened up a safe 3.5-game lead on Portland. Memphis is in No. 7 by a half-game, and Phoenix and Dallas are tied for No. 8. Guh! Race to the finish!

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Dammit Thunder, REBOUND THE BALL and its over.