It is the years 2018-19 in the National Basketball Association (NBA) - The Regular Season

it's funny i've actually enjoyed watching this team over the last few years bcuz it's so funky and scrappy. i dunno, a middle will always exist in the nba and they paid the tax (figuratively) for having bron, and the bosh stuff set off a cascade of mildly regrettable decisions. but the east is funny--in order to be bad, like tanking bad, you have to be *really* fuckin bad and it's totally understandable to me why the heat had no real appetite to do that. i think the closest analogue to them in the league is the mavs, but being in the west affords you a paradoxical sort of luxury where you can be kinda middle of the road in the context of the league but get so beat up by your own conference that you end up picking in the top 6 or so w/o ever actually having to stoop down to the level of the kings or suns or hornets or whatever.

zach lowe has been saying that the heat have the bleakest longterm outlook in the nba and strictly looking at the cap sheet i get where he's coming from, but they're a well run, non-reactive franchise and even given their state now i'd still put their chances of winning a title in the next 5-10 years above like half the league. i just think that kind of core competency matters a lot... like the wolves for instance have KAT who is 20x more valuable than anyone on the heat, but their franchise is run bad and always has been, and that history tends to matter.

btw they just went 4-2 on a six game western conference road trip w/ wins over the clippers, grizz and pelicans. not dead yet baby!

thats otm. and its not like any of their rotation players are actively bad. they're all pretty good, just overpaid.

Kings next little run of games will let us know if they are for real or just league pass darlings
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id say theyre genuinely not awful

but will prob go through an 8 game losing streak at some point this season thatll knock them out of playoff contention

theyre like worse than the pistons but better than the nets

the suns have won three in a row for the first time in forever and they have a cakewalk tonight on nbatv

kings def have a pretty competent rotation now

smh so many haters on this website xp

i didn’t think fox would be this good in year 2. he’s one of the only guys where you *notice* how much faster he is than everyone else. and he’s figuring out how to control the game with that speed.

hes ahead of sched for sure, cool player

Suns 4 in a row!

suns r good lol

that is a bad loss for the celtics damn

um no its good actually it

im worried abt jaylen brown his head seems not right

rockets nba record 26 threes on 55 attempts

they took 85 shots total jeesus

Donovan Mitchell 5/26 fg lmao. Jazz won tho

donovan stop chucking man its bad

A vintage hoister

It is the Era of Chuckers. Centers are chucking, for gawdsake.

xps that looked like the pre-streak celtics where they were just playing like shit for no reason. they're really frustrating.

i stand athwart history yelling you can probably get a better shot than that

idk what the jazz think donovan mitchell is but they really need to take a fresh look at their team

man

ESPN story on Rick Pitino finalizing a deal in Greece to coach in the EuroLeague. https://t.co/qI68kp50oO

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 20, 2018

the nets have won 7 in a row and the suns 4. this season continues to be weird as hell

And the Dubs (with 4 current All Stars starting) lost to the frickin' JAZZ last night.

CP did his hamstring again

welp

Karma

slow mo shot of cp3 grabbing his hammy while in mid air

Did he flop his way to injury?

excited to catch some mavs v clippers tonight which is not something i expected to say before the season started

oh huh that sounds like a decent watch actually

are these synthwave miami jerseys new this year

they had the white ones last year added pink and black this

doncic's step back is so dirty

nodding

Report: Knicks have expressed interest in Jabari Parker trade https://t.co/b5Pw1Z69AE

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) December 21, 2018

as always i agree with the knicks front office

dirk trying to guard montrezl is just sad to see

montrezl is cool

i hate jabari's game as much as anyone but he's not a total lost cause; he should at least be playing minutes somewhere.

and that place is new york city baby the big apple

i hear they like basketball and great scoring there

jabari the new melo

if you dunk at madison square garden well buddy youll eat free for life

i forgot melo got cut and then nobody signed him, beautiful

ppl that are sitting at home:

1) melo
2) me