2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

i dont think i can, but im ok with this being funny tonight only

love lamelo props to lamelo

julius randle playing some tuff ball tonight

Seen some really shockingly bad calls tonight….

Mobley looks way ahead of schedule

Brilliant decision by Tatum to fall down and distract the defense

lmao

crazy crunch time steal --> blown wide open dunk --> mark jackson: "this game has had everything"

well that was fun

3 minutes into his first run and cody zeller has already been canonized as the new fan favorite, shocking i know

spurs are 1-0 and a lot of fun. they just run all day, force turnovers, get second chance points, and they actually shot 30 3's tonight (43% to boot). devin vassell dropped a career-high 19 to lead them. 7 guys in double figures. maybe they wont be the worst team!

dame doesn't have the juice anymore

the raptors putting up 83 points on the wizards… yikes

Pels defense without Zion certainly wasn't better, the Sixers shot 52% from 3.

Interested to see if Maxey can ball out against a team that plays D.

The Lad was 6-12 from 3 last night

Perusing last night's scores... yikes Toronto, no one with more than 12 points.

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jonas signing an extension and then going out and shooting 3-19 as the team gives up 117 points is pretty funny

devonte graham, alexander-walker, josh hart, brandon ingram, jonas v prob has to be one of the worst defensive starting line ups in the league. is there any player of that 5 who can stop anyone? they got outscored in the paint 50-36 and lost FT battle 20-9

that bench also looks pretty brutal… their leading scorer off the bench was trey murphy 6 points on 2-7 shooting. kira lewis, naji marshall, jaxson hayes, garret temple … that’s basically a summer league line up. this team might be really bad

i think of josh hart as a serviceable cog in a good defense but yeah he's not exactly going to be able to anchor that group.

i just looked up their lineup to see who else they are waiting to get back besides zion and there ain't nobody. yes they will be bad

also looks like Hart only played 10 minutes - left with a knee injury and did not return

apologize in advance cuz i'm gonna post too much about anthony edwards but i have to put all my hoops hopes and dreams on this kid

24 points in the FIRST HALF.@theantedwards_ came hungry. 🍽 pic.twitter.com/bFFpL0qML8

— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) October 21, 2021

Love the Lad. That dunk was sick.

pretty funny how everyone hated that draft and edwards and ball are clear stars already

yah there seemed like an odd degree of negativity about both of them as top picks, ball i think most of it had to do with his last name/family more than anything

but yeah locally every wolves fan was crying oh we finally got lucky in the lottery and it's the worst draft in 10 years wah wah wah

hard to predict. he had all the tools all the questions were about 'does he care' and what not. seems like he cares!

its really hard for me not to wonder how ball woulda looked flanked by the splash bros...

Now that we get his personal more I could definitely see him coming off poorly in a predraft interview

doesnt seem too interested in doing some canned ultimate competitor schtick lol salute

yah there seemed like an odd degree of negativity about both of them as top picks, ball i think most of it had to do with his last name/family more than anything

I like that Edwards is succeeding as a Fun Guy

yeah its cool

yeah very solid fun guy energy from the kid.

lamelos stats in his stint overseas were not very good and the shot looked broken

spurs are 1-0 and a lot of fun. they just run all day, force turnovers, get second chance points, and they actually shot 30 3's tonight (43% to boot). devin vassell dropped a career-high 19 to lead them. 7 guys in double figures. maybe they wont be the worst team!

if both of them had just been able to enter the NBA out of high school instead of being forced to take 1 year sojourns there prob wouldn't have been as much negativity surrounding them based on like 20-30 games. i don't think most of these kids benefit from being thrown into new situations for 1 season w/ a bunch of guys they've never played with before.

there's some examples of guys like anthony davis and zion who weren't no 1 picks heading into the draft who he really blew up in one season, markelle fultz would be another. but for the vast majority of these kids i don't think it's really beneficial, you're gonna get highly scrutinized in a situation that may or may not be advantageous to you. even someone like lonzo who had a great year at UCLA which got him into the top 2 of the draft, i'm not sure it actually benefited him as a player beyond that, he had to adjust his game once he got into the league and it took him like 3+ years before he was actually good and understood his role.

beyond the money G league ignite offers i feel like the better part is being put on a team where there is no false pretense about winning, or fitting in, or doing anything beyond being put in the best position to showcase yourself as a prospect. like lamelo got criticized for how he played w/ a bunch of australian dudes who will never sniff the NBA, how is that helping anyone really

i think the age rule changes to 18 starting next draft right?

i don't think that's actually gone through

ah ok

yeah still TBD

but yeah that first year of weirdness probably does more harm than good for most of the best prospects. lamelo made like 100k in australia, prob coulda made more at a D1 school lol

tbh given what the league is doing w/ ignite it doesn't seem like they have much motivation to change the rule and i don't think the players union will be particularly motivated to do it either

if lamelo had gone to a D1 school it would've been a complete circus and he prob wouldn't have been able to play like he did in australia which is more like how he's playing in the NBA, i don't think that really would've helped him at all

prob woulda gone to a mid major and just hoisted like mad

he prob would've just gone to UCLA which actually made the final four but getting to the championship game and having big games in the tournament didn't do anything to help jalen suggs draft stock

Ben Simmons described back tightness to several Sixers staff members and was briefly treated for it today, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 21, 2021

oh damn feel better soon ben

Sources: 76ers All-Star Ben Simmons is currently not mentally ready to play for the team and was receiving treatment on his back today due to ramp up process. He will miss Friday’s home opener vs. Nets and is not expected to play for an undetermined period of time.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 21, 2021

DNP - NMR

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— scott.fw.png (@_scottjohnson) October 21, 2021

lmao

haaaa