2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

its true

i understand bagley's agent wants him out of sacramento cuz who wouldn't but there's no actual evidence that he's a rotation level player right?

he puts up numbers when he gets run but not quite sure yet (pretty sure tho) if its like jahlil okafor or something of more impact. he's also just been consistently hurt.

20/10 on 50/34 per 36 last year

also i would just like to add that i was perusing giannis stats for the finals, which btw are insane https://www.espn.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/3032977/giannis-antetokounmpo, and he shot 62% from the line for the series so i dont think we can really credit unusual ft shooting for the win, i mean his makes were not evenly distributed but thats normal, what he did do was draw 14 fouls a game which is crazy, took one fewer 3 a game than the regular season while playing 7 more minutes which is nice too

every stat i can find on bagley says he's bad. i mean i know this but

it's also a bit rich for bagley's agent to have allowed him to be like the one guy at the top of the draft who wanted to go to sacramento bcuz it allowed him to be overdrafted and is now complaining about a "case study in mismanagement" on the kings behalf. yeah no shit pal

i agree they should let him play tho i mean hey why not

lets see what the kid can do lol

If Bagley does not start 41 games or play 2000 minutes this season, his Qualifying Offer for next offseason will drop from $14.8M to $7.3M.

ah lol

lol the 1-2 picks in that draft getting picked before better guys now the teams are jealous and playing hardball. no one to blame but themselves.

and also goes to the evergreen question of what are the kings trying to do? why are they prioritizing harrison barnes over their #2 pick? they coulda traded barnes for something last year when he was playing well and they were on the outside looking in.

1st round pick for harrison barnes boom put it in your pocket whats the problem

Jaren Jackson is pretty underrated. The Grizz were smart to lock him up. I think he could have a better career than Ayton.

aytons already proved to be much more valuable so far.

i like jjj a lot he could be a very nice player, also i think its unfair of certain people in this thread to say he just hasnt shown improvement when hes only been in the league three years and was injured basically the entire third year, what do you know about jjjs trajectory basically nothing shush up

Ayton's is more valuable but he doesn't seem like guy who will have a long career

ayton has been better because of his defense but jjj could pass him because of his shooting

the nba is back baby

Shaq's top 3 Laker centers:

Kareem
Shaq
Wilt

Chuck says Wilt is better then Shaq lmao pic.twitter.com/UkcedqAhDL

— Alex👋 (@dbs408) October 19, 2021

blessed content

Bucks coming out hot

fans are sitting on their hands tho its weird maybe they got yelled out during the ring ceremony

thanasis still prob the funniest player in the NBA

they should field a d league team of entirely antetokounmpo brothers

the bucks already had the most chaotic energy of any team in the NBA, now throwing grayson allen into the mix, it’s a lot

i’m sitting here like “who is this new guy on the bucks running around the court like a 10 year old in a go kart…. oh right”

the bucks are looking extremely comfortable on both ends

Nets rotations are horrifying

grayson allen gonna get a lot of open threes in this offense

i still cant believe kyrie isnt playing lol what an all-time moron

i personally respect his decision and hope he sticks to it

in all seriousness besides being a moron i think an underrated part of this is kyrie clearly doesnt want to play in the nba anymore

bruce brown should be playing ahead of like six of these guys

yeah where is bruce

matty pills doin stuff

yeah i didn’t realize the nets are actually gonna give minutes to LMA

https://d2gg9evh47fn9z.cloudfront.net/800px_COLOURBOX3440454.jpg

love to have "the game" on : )

nothin like the game on baby

lol kenny trying to do a thoughtful even handed take on kyrie and chuck just interrupted him like no kyrie is a moron shut up

i've seen enough. nuggets will win the nba playoffs

dang nwora for the bucks looks pretty good esp for a second round pick

nets signed a number of guys who don’t really look like they should be playing many/any minutes in the NBA

lol Kenny and the boys getting contact high in front of Staples

I just teared up briefly when I realized ball is back

ball has always been

we ball eternal

It’s possible that Blake’s moments of spring with the nets last year were all he had left

man carmelo is gonna miss so many threes this year

i thought blake looked fine. he’s pretty good for what they wanna do. LMA, milsap, james johnson, alize johnson… those are the guys who i have little idea why they’re playing