2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

Embiid also doesn't look explosive going to the net compared to early last year. He looks like he's not confident he can beat guys and settles for a lot of jumpers.

damn sixers had beat the knicks 15 in a row

love to watch jokic bully gobert

ilh is v pro bullying (of gobert)

embiid settling into a mid-career rasheed wallace sort of role is inevitable imo

this spurs-lakers game minus lebron has been excellent. high energy, shot crazy shotmaking. AD might be hobbled tho going into OT.

Jason Kidd says Mavs played all 15 players vs. Rockets per request of Dallas’ three-man leadership council.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) October 27, 2021

"The Time Keepers request that I cancel christmas again"

how bad was the jokic knee injury?

sounds like just a contusion and he was held out out of caution

oh good

Yeah pretty classic banged knees situation. Was always my go-to move defensively

kamikaze is kinda your vibe

someone named austin reaves played 30 minutes for the lakers tonight

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-09-28/lakers-rookie-austin-reaves-explains-why-his-nickname-is-hillbilly

he was awful on defense most of what isaw, but he hit shots and they desperately needed 3s

Jason Kidd says Mavs played all 15 players vs. Rockets per request of Dallas’ three-man leadership council.

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, October 26, 2021 11:45 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

hold up what

http://www.showbizpizza.com/photos/misc/capt07/21.jpg

lol apparently there was an attempt to not reveal who is on the leadership council but then it was promptly revealed lol

who is it

luka kristaps and finney-smith i think

wait its a players leadership council, lol that rules

i know!

need more info on how this works

the rest of the locker room entering into a coalition with luka on some keep your enemies close shit

mavs end of bench is actually pretty interesting… sterling brown, moses brown, frank ntilikina. most teams have like 2-3 guys at the end of their roster who have never played NBA minutes and/or are unplayable. josh green not up to much tho

luka kristaps and finney-smith i think

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, October 27, 2021 11:51 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

i need to circle back and correct this--tim hardaway is the 3rd guy on the council, which i'm now realizing is just "the three highest paid players"

lebron sitting again tonight cos of the ankle...

the lakers best chance is to let russ cook without lebron all regular season then sit him for the playoffs and have lebron be 100% healthy/energized

sitting lebron against teams like OKC whether he's got an injury or not is exactly what they should be doing. he should prob be skipping a game a week at this point

Also, AD playing 38 min/gm doesn't seem sustainable.

it’s weird too because they made major moves for deandre jordan and dwight howard in the offseason i wonder what the issue is

Losing THT was brutal for them. They're playing Carmelo and Bazemore way too much. Most of Davis's minutes have been at PF where they have no real backup.

i dont know how anyone can watch Deandre over the last 4-5 years and think he has anything left in the tank or that he can help you win in any way shape or form.

Losing THT was brutal for them. They're playing Carmelo and Bazemore way too much. Most of Davis's minutes have been at PF where they have no real backup.

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:56 PM (forty-one seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

i take it you mean KCP? yeah him and curuso were plug and play versatile rotation guys

As the last several years have made obvious, LeBron would always rather play with washed former All-Stars than talented rookies.

i dont know how anyone can watch Deandre over the last 4-5 years and think he has anything left in the tank or that he can help you win in any way shape or form.

― It's the Final Cluntdiwn (Spottie), Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:57 PM (three minutes ago)

*camera pans to matt armstrong making the jim halpert face*

i think poly means losing THT to injury. they desperately need THT, nunn and ellington on the court, i'm willing to withhold judgement a bit until we see that. i think nunn in particular is really underrated, dude can PG an offense and score at three levels. he might be their fourth best player. ellington is old but clearly they need shooting.

sure ellington and nunn can score, but they cant defend and bron needs two way players more than anything

oh lol i didnt even know he was hurt xp

They just have no depth at all at PF. Davis and Lebron are their best options and arguably both are out of position there. Anthony certainly is.

They could try to run Doumbouya out there I guess. He can't shoot either though.

thinking about how bron and ad looked in last years playoffs and shaking my head solemnly

It was not pretty

its sad that the lakers have won zero championships with them

Thinking back to the bubble finals and shaking my head solemnly at how unwatchable it was and how it’s the first finals I didn’t watch in it’s entirety in like 20+ years

as usual i feel awful sorry for the city of angels xp

Thinking back to the bubble finals and shaking my head solemnly at how unwatchable it was and how it’s the first finals I didn’t watch in it’s entirety in like 20+ years

ah thats the stuff baby

Not this year James. Love it. pic.twitter.com/Q2yCG5wVeI

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) October 27, 2021

i know weve been through this before but the wizards have some guys this year

wow today is one of those real bad games nights

heat nets and blazers griz and good, and theyre interviewing donnie wahlberg at the celtics game