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

There’s something really weird and depressing about the Celtics. Hayward looking like he’s 43, Jaylen brown turning into Corey brewer without the joie de vivre. It’s not fun

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, December 25, 2018 7:46 PM (forty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haywards been steadily improving this game notwithstanding but idk whats up w brown hes on the verge of falling out of the rotation head seems not right, also this team is cool not depressing dont be rude

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According to @ESPNStatsInfo, that Ben Simmons 22-footer is the longest made shot of his entire career.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) December 26, 2018

lol

Ever since I heard "Draymond shoots like he has a backpack on" I can't unsee it. 😂

— Laker Film Room (@LakerFilmRoom) December 26, 2018

who is the argument against the lakers being the second best team in the west

for: they have lebron
against: there are a bunch of other teams in the west

lebron looks good tonight

There’s something really weird and depressing about the Celtics. Hayward looking like he’s 43, Jaylen brown turning into Corey brewer without the joie de vivre. It’s not fun

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, December 25, 2018 7:46 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

counterpoint--kyrie is insanely fun and awesome this season

who is the argument against the lakers being the second best team in the west

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, December 25, 2018 9:05 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post

their point differential, roster, other teams being better, things of that nature

the celtics have definitely been pretty dreadful at times but they seem to have been more fun since they rejiggered he lineups

lebron getting hurt prob not a great argument in the lakers favor

well that sucks

“I felt a pop” pic.twitter.com/CQT8DCcWsy

— Dieter Kurtenbach (@dkurtenbach) December 26, 2018

curry is ridic

what western conference teams do you guys trust more to make the west finals than the lakers (and warriors obv)

lebron felt a pop jordan

not very good when lebron feels the pop

every team in the west gunning for the warriors is pretty flawed. the lakers are flawed too but lebron has taken worse supporting casts to the nba finals let alone the conference finals in middling conferences

rough to learn on christmas of all days that jordan has lagoon and me killfiled

i felt a pop

i want to be sympathetic to the lakers wcf theory but i think someone's going to pick them off. seeding is going to be huge in the west.

popped groin lol

Lakers officially say LeBron has a strained left groin and he is questionable to return.

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) December 26, 2018

the lakers might still make a move which could change things but their indicators do not have them as being serious contenders and they are not going to have the luxury of beating up on the pacers/hornets/knicks or whatever flavor of the year east 8th seed lebron has feasted on for a decade

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its true the second seed is kinda up for grabs in the west and the lakers have lebron but idk............

id say i like the nuggs better but im suspicious of their ability to keep playing D at the level they have

houston cld def come around, okc is an extremely good defensive team but russ shoots 22% in the playoffs

lakers roster outside lebron seems pretty exploitable

i haven't and won't watch the thunder enough to really speculate if they're for real

morey prob wants to make a splashy move but the not-enough-basketballs thing will always be a problem with that roster imo

they really just need to add a wing defender or two

lakers roster outside lebron seems pretty exploitable

― lag∞n, Tuesday, December 25, 2018 10:04 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is it to me, like no one else on this team is remotely scary in the playoffs

harden is doing insane things again this year everyone hates him but he is very good, hes shooting 40%+ on unassisted 3s!

and the rockets O is rolling massively

need to learn defense tho

i mean harden will fail in the playoffs ultimately but he might take out the lakers first

he came one cp3 hammy from (very possibly) winning it all last year

yeah but he shot 40% (and 30 from 3) in the playoffs and i'm counting on nothing from cp3 this year.

obva if the rox want to make noise they need cp3 to do something and tbh i wldnt put it past that little bastard to have one last run in him

hardens slow 1on1 style of ball tho yeah isnt built for the offs, gotta keep the ball swinging if you want to beat good D

“the little bastard” would be a great nickname for cp3 too bad he’s cooked already

he is the little bastard, nothing more nothing less

this is funny to me

I'm not really convinced that the Warriors are in trouble—we have them at even money to win the title—but a *lot* of our forecast's optimism is based on Cousins coming back and being reasonably effective. Boogie may be more of a necessity than a luxury. https://t.co/AOrx3xBIJi pic.twitter.com/O4ZJ8MqW5B

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 26, 2018

he came one cp3 hammy from (very possibly) winning it all last year

― lag∞n, Tuesday, December 25, 2018 10:10 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

zach lowe was talking on his pod last week about the insane number of people who seem to be convinced that this wasn’t the case and that the warriors were always bound to win it

dubs just got run off the floor by rondo and the lakers bench

andre iguodala led that game with those rosters in scoring

i think kuzma is a great fit next to lebron offensively... and i like hart and lonzo around him too. they prob need to make another move.

i just don't see a team other than the warriors i would pick to beat lebron and this cast rn... rockets and okc would be close. i don't think denver is ready for that.

lonzo shoots from the wrong side of his head

zach lowe was talking on his pod last week about the insane number of people who seem to be convinced that this wasn’t the case and that the warriors were always bound to win it

― k3vin k., Tuesday, December 25, 2018 10:24 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

some analysts that i generally like beat this drum...like i'm sorry, if you're losing going into the second half of a game 7 you technically had a significant chance of losing.

reasonable point