2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away

lebron: 🤣🤣🤣🤣

um, nagl. not after slamming his elbow hard into the guy's face and drawing a flow of blood from his both right eye and his mouth.

MPJ needs to pray on this decision

Xp Aimless, that was a parody acct.

I’m sure this is easy to look up, but not sure how. When was the last time Bron was ejected? Ever?

Ok I googled it. This was his second. First 2017

yeah I remember him getting tossed for yelling at a ref in a game they were absolutely dominating. was kind of a big deal at the time. it was weird but I suspect there was some backstory there.

Giannis knew from the start that Stewart was a menace. pic.twitter.com/x6pcwQY5h6

— KNOCKED AWAY AND STOLEN BY HOLIDAY… (@champsznBucks) November 22, 2021

wonder what this was about

from what ive seen hes kinda like a young steven adams where hes just always getting under everyones skin with general hard physical play and bruiser tendancies

if bron meant that elbow to the face as a warning to cease and desist or face painful consequences, I don't think Stewart heard the message

great timing for that michael porter injury

NEW: Denver preparing to announce mask mandate, sources say - KDVR

— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) November 22, 2021

Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart will be suspended two games for his role in the roughhousing with LeBron James on Sunday. James was suspended one game.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 22, 2021

so theyll meet again on Saturday *eyes-emoji*

James will miss Tuesday's game against the Knicks at MSG. https://t.co/KxrtLDdz2S

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 22, 2021

TNT game too

lol at roughhousing

roughhousing is a truly magnificent word

couple smart alecks roughhousing just what we need

putting the ghhous in roughhousing

dadgum knuckleheads roughhousing

on saturday i think they should fight for real

each should have to fight a paul brother of their choice and the winner from each fight should have to fight the other paul brother

is stewart a legit psychopath and going to wait until he's on the court to tackle lebron at tip off? is there a line on this outcome as of yet?

Bucks leading by 43 before half

four in a row for the Wolves against mediocre to bad opponents, but beating bad teams isn't nothing for them

Josh giddey looks like he’s gonna be a nice player

great win for the grizz tonight in utah with the jazz playing their full team. 32 for ja, 28 for bane, 26 for JJJ, and a great sequence at the end for him

JAREN JACKSON JR. WINS THE TAP AND DRAINS THE THREE FOR THE @memgrizz WIN! pic.twitter.com/nkPEgWaiM0

— NBA (@NBA) November 23, 2021

Awesome

NBA schedule has Lakers vs Pistons and Heat vs Nuggets on back to back nights like it’s a UFC fight card

— 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 (@Three_Cone) November 22, 2021

that rules lol

streaks!

suns have won 13 in a row

rockets have lost 15 in a row

streaks!

love a good streak

the rockets really should not be that bad

i dont think they have a lot of defensive talent but also last night they were just not playing defense, looked like the celtics were running drills out there

beyond jalen green they're playing otherwise decent to above average NBA players. christian wood, kevin porter jr, eric gordon, jae'sean tate, daniel theis are in their top 6 in minutes. 3 or 4 wins should not be that much to ask. silas jr had some of the worst coach body language i've ever seen the other day vs the knicks and they were winning that game well into the fourth quarter

i couldn't discern like a single offensive set they may have run in that game. it just looked like they were running random pick and rolls and then someone would eventually decide to shoot. also 1 out of 4 possessions someone threw the ball out of bounds for no reason. and yet they still could have won!

mike breen kept complaining about how bad the game was

yeah silas seems bad, but maybe hes good... for tanking

wall isnt playing due to tanking considerations and i guess theyre just totally hopeless as far as trading him, but he is traveling with the team and they say hes been a very good citizen, gives him something to do i guess, weird situation, have to think theyll do a buy out next year but then why not buy him out this year, maybe they think they can move him when hes expiring or hell be useful as cap filler in a big deal idk

they just have a buncha young dudes figuring it out with a crap coach. when i watch them they are suuuuuper sloppy and turn it over like every other possession plus no ball movement on the other end. just checked and yep they are dead last in TOs per game + dead last in assists per game

it's always kind of funny-sad with the last players left behind on a tanking team. I remember the Free Thad Young campaign at the beginning of the process. Thinking about Eric Gordon now more than Wall - I don't have a ton of sympathy for him as I have always found him to be a heel but you gotta think it grates to be out there playing 30min/g with this team after running with Harden for years. He is also expiring next year, at 20 mil. Seems like if he doesn't get bought out, he should get moved at the deadline to a contender looking for a microwave bench guy but hard to say at this point who that would be.

silas jr had some of the worst coach body language i've ever seen the other day vs the knicks and they were winning that game well into the fourth quarter

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, November 23, 2021 2:24 PM (fifty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

hollinger has been saying that perception around silas is much worse than people might realize for a while now. there's probably no reason to move on this year but doubt he gets another year after this.

The rockets season is going perfectly.

it's always kind of funny-sad with the last players left behind on a tanking team. I remember the Free Thad Young campaign at the beginning of the process...

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, November 23, 2021 1:57 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

whats funny/sad is that thad is now the lone thirtysomething on the spurs first honest rebuilding effort since the 80s (going p good, losing a bunch of games)

Wow at the clippers mavs end of regulation. Clips come back from 10 down with a couple min left pg ties it on a crazy 3 that left his hand at the last possible millisecond.

Then zinger took over in ot. 30 points and he’s looking good of late.

fun game. the zinger put back dunk in the 4th q had me concerned for a moment the way he landed. but he has looked very decent

the lack of size/athleticism from cade cunningham still has me reeling, like… what happened there? i still don’t understand. i thought he was supposed to be a small forward. was i gaslighted? did i gaslight myself? he’s still filling up the box score regardless so i think he’s gonna be a really good player, prob will make several all star teams, but it feels way more lonzo ball-ish at the moment than i was led to believe… i feel like the comp for him coming out was khris middleton? i’m confounded. i think if you spin his ceiling as like jason kidd but with a real jump shot that’s a pretty tight player. but it really feels like they should’ve taken evan mobley.

i feel 100% gaslighted, usually mainstream draft coverage is at least adept at describing the physical profile of a player

I never understood the Cade thing and I think people got intoxicated by how good Doncic is with B+ athleticism

The draft nerds loved Cade because they watched film and he didn’t really have flaws and has such a good understanding of the game, and what the hell do I know maybe that’s the right call for Detroit

i do think there’s something to be said for safety. my thing is more that i can’t remember a high level player where i thought he was going to look/play like one thing and it ended up being something totally different