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

Conley went tf off tonight btw, think it was a career high

kd y u so grumpy

Kevin Durant asked about Kerr saying the team needed to play with more anger: “I thought we moved off joy. Now anger? I disagree with that one.” pic.twitter.com/M7o4nFDori

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) March 6, 2019

hates the business part.... wearing an uncle drew hat

Celtics’ Kyrie Irving after blowout win over Warriors: “The business part of it is what makes it terrible for me, honestly. Dealing with all this s—-. ... The basketball part: I have to keep that fun. That’s where I’m great... That’s what makes me happy.” pic.twitter.com/GJGRiDZkpF

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) March 6, 2019

honestly so fucking annoying lol

i do not miss my mid-20's

ha otm. it really is xp. unless they have like legit bipolar issues i just dont get what they are about.

Adam Silver on the "unhappiness" of NBA players caused by social media and being isolated is very interesting and worth a listen. pic.twitter.com/tRhTB7n0F2

— gifdsports (@gifdsports) March 3, 2019

kudos to silver for keeping it real re our anxious alienated contemporary culture tho the nostalgia for the age of jordan and couching it in basketball terms is kinda ridiculous, can totally understand why ppl wldnt have sympathy for super successful athletes but its gotta be an insane amount of pressure trying to be one of the ~500 best guys at something with constant media scrutiny etc

*thinks back to jordan punching his teammates indulging in all sorts of addictive/sociopathic behavior while using oakley as his enforcer* ah those were the days

btw dvr watched that whole bos-gs game and i think the dubs tried for like 3mins total, the nba needs a shorter season the jig is up every player and org totally understands at this point that any single regular season game just does not matter

draymond started that game possessed he was doing all the draymond things but no one else was up to it, unfortunate.

steph and kd were just like nah

Silver otm there, though his suggestion that the bulls were a kinder more loving times smacks of bullshit; if social media had been around in the heyday of Michael, Luc Longley might've killed himself.

the part about phones/headphones being isolating was interesting

Luc Longley is def like one of the many adults who looks back and is glad that Facebook wasn't a thing when they were in high school

increased player movement is prob worth examining re team chemistry too

steph and kd were just like nah

― lag∞n, Wednesday, March 6, 2019 10:47 AM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

once they saw boog get picked apart and roasted throughout the first quarter they were like whats the point. stephs rhythm is way off with boogie. the whole "only one ball" thing was bs when kd came but with boogie in the starring lineup its def real. having 3 guys that need the ball to work at their best + klay who needs shots just doesnt make sense.

boogie at the best of times is not a great defender but watching him drag his leg around out there while the celtics pranced by him is just like this is not the guy this team needs at center

some sort of bench scorer role kinda makes sense except for when u consider that in the offs the dubs are gonna have two of steph/kd/klay on the floor p much all the time

and then just dumping the ball to him in the post on offense on occasion...

a boogie back to the basket post-up is the 4th worst option in the starting lineup

yeah even having to consider getting him shots is counter productive

yeah if he was willing to come off the bench it would make more sense. or ok with being used minimally in certain matchups. im having shaq on the suns nightmare flashbacks.

ultimately it just seems like his body isnt right enough to play even passable D which if that doesnt improve basically makes him unplayable in the offs

yeah. i mean he can still pile up stats vs crap teams that arent smart enough (or dont have the personnel) to pick on him but as we see the games vs the teams that matter arent going to work

im really interested to see what his market value will be this summer. guess it still depends what we see deeper in the playoffs

knicks will max him out

think hell prob get a two year deal at like ~17m a/y w some sort of option

or the knicks might max him out lol

sounds right xp

the knicks think they're getting kd Kyrie and Zion but they're gonna get boogie butler and ja

“The business part of it is what makes it terrible for me, honestly," Kyrie said as he signed the contract that ensures he will be paid more than 100 million dollars, whether or not he is able to 'be great at basketball' by the time the contract has run its course. "I hate dealing with this shit," he added, just before driving back to his mansion in his expensive car.

u know business/capitalism/consumerism are fundamentally unsatisfying traps for humans so i dont blame even the winners of that game for not liking it, like obvs dissatisfaction doesnt represent a complete ethic but i support kyrie feeling that the situation is not quite right and i hope he explores that further while also not watching weirdo conspiracy youtubes anymore

and as far as a way of getting a ton of money being truly excellent at something is good, especially compared to the alternatives which generally have to do with exploiting your fellow humans/sentient beings/world

i don't really mind kyrie being hostile to media prying

i genuinely like when he does bizarre passive aggressive non answer answers

tho imo this is his best media performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry9CqOz5aOo

i support kyrie feeling that the situation is not quite right and i hope he explores that further

He needs to have a long talk with Kareem.

yeah its a fine way to live but he cant have it both ways when it serves his mood (i mean he can but people will naturally think he's disingenuous)

i feel like that dad question completely changed the course of the nba haha

he really stays with the journey, very present

yeah its a fine way to live but he cant have it both ways when it serves his mood (i mean he can but people will naturally think he's disingenuous)

― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Wednesday, March 6, 2019 1:55 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah otm

ryan arcidiacono guarding tj mcconnell is an abomination

the bulls are a kris dunn upgrade away from being decent

omg the bulls just knifed the sixers on an ato. atrocious defense by butler and mike scott.

lebron 0-4 from the line to start this game, jesus

oh my god, lebron just rolled the ball up 75 feet, and then lost the ball when trying to pick it up. what an awful look

Haha just tuned in right when that happened

Rajon Rondo is sitting in the front row a half dozen chairs down from the bench and Mark Jackson goes off pic.twitter.com/zl6qEJj7L6

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) March 7, 2019

nice culture they've got over there

LeBron James just giving the ball to the Nuggets in this Lakers game huh 👀 pic.twitter.com/a80Fqv1mfR

— kingtisemedia (@kingtisemedia) March 7, 2019

beginning to think things aren’t going so well for the lakers