billionaire techbros club - 2016-17 NBA regular-ass season thread (the first of a series)

well that was just wonderful. i dont think it tells us too much about the dubs tbh but it's in play that they're more 2011 heat than 2012 heat this first go-round. guarantee jonathan simmons's deal!

also, league pass is free-99 till nov. 1 for those of us w/o 200 to drop

J simms is guaranteed now but not when he joined the team last year

ah, word. i see he's getting just under 900k for this season. considering where he was last year that ain't bad at all

https://66.media.tumblr.com/95771070a42bbebc837dc06f2da8a597/tumblr_ofn67fiRbA1qa9yvvo1_500.jpg

lol

celtics playing nets in the opener, scheduling sense of humor

do the nets actually play bball though i thought they were more of a real estate holding company or something similar

they're all designers iirc

headphone marketing concern iirc

the nets are not completely terrible now unfortunately, they should trade brook lopez asap

i feel like third time's the charm for Nyc and maybe the timberwolves could relocate to staten island

the nets are completely terrible p sure (i watched a preseason game so im kinda an expert on this topic)

theyll be better than last season bc i'm sure lin will win some games on his own through chucktasticness, but not by any significant amount. i for one am not worried about the draft pick

(by "some" i mean like "three, four tops," to be clear)

it has the potential to be as bad as the 6th or 7th pick instead of the 3rd is what im saying

im having a hard time seeing why theyll be better than last year

potentially, but isn't this upcoming draft supposed to be loaded af?

(xp)

they will be worse. they lost Thad

who are these five or six teams thatre worse than them

the warriors, for starters

https://twitter.com/royceyoung/status/791320106534072321

yeah i mean they were an extremely bad team who lost two starters in johnson and young and replaced them with... lin? how does that make them better

they got a couple other rotation dudes who can kinda play a bit iirc but yeah youre right theyre still prob the 3rd worst team

royce young is still legitimately in tears every day because kd left

the only nice piece they have with upside is who... RHJ?

can't believe they havent secured a first round pick for bropez yet. let that man free

obvs a lot comes down to injuries, randomness, trades etc but cld easily see them being the worst team with philly and lakers showing a lil life

lakers and philly at least have pieces of a future tho, and should be entertaining on occasion

if they trade lopez they're the worst team probs unless embiid evaporates into steam tonight when he attempts to walk onto the court for an actual nba game

joel embiid is already the all time greatest player

seems like no one wants lopez, hes a good player but just too slow to fit with what most teams are trying to do

i give that at least a 60% chance of happening btw

i just looked at the roster and forgot how completely fucked the frontcourt is beyond bropez and rondae hollis-jefferson

luis scola yall! anthony bennett!

if they trade lopez they're the worst team probs unless embiid evaporates into steam tonight when he attempts to walk onto the court for an actual nba game

― ciderpress, Wednesday, October 26, 2016 3:54 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is 100 percent in play

lol poor former #1 draft pick anthony bennett

he is indeed a poor player

hes not good

remember his rookie year when he like didn't make a field goal for a week, that was a thing

prediction game: who will be the worst player to have a 40 point game this season

derrick rose

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvqoFzLXYAEKapf.jpg

did everyone see that block btw its good https://twitter.com/NBA/status/791129050286854146

hassan whiteside

alternate: iso joe

prediction game: who will be the worst player to have a 40 point game this season

― ciderpress, Wednesday, October 26, 2016 4:06 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

derrick rose

― nomar, Wednesday, October 26, 2016 4:09 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark

i can't think of a better answer than this

maybe jeremy lin but i htink he might be better than rose at this point

Rose is a good answer but it could also be one of the bogdanovic bros or teletevic. maybe Lou Williams?

yeah feel like point guard chucker on a bad team is the way to go (doesnt need anyone to pass it to him)

Lou Williams and bojan were correct answers last year

also Kobe lol