2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

Bucks center Brook Lopez underwent back surgery and is out indefinitely.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 2, 2021

shit

dropping like flies out here

Just in: Lakers star LeBron James has been cleared from health and safety protocols to return on Friday vs. Clippers, after testing positive but since registering multiple negative COVID-19 tests, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 2, 2021

what if he gives his whole team the vid

trying to have his "flu game"

something fish emojis going on

maybe that tweet wasnt him complaining about the covid protocols, what if he was just braggin about getting away with shenanigans to be able to play

"something fishy going on--" *rubs hands together* "and u can call me legorton's fisherman hahahahahahahahahaha"

my interpretation is lebron went scuba diving

lol

bought into Slapfish

for the record assuming that initial positive test was a PCR, this is medically nonsensical

as a medical professional would you say it's 🐠?

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The Grizzlies just defeated the Thunder by 73 points — 152-79 — the largest margin of victory in NBA history.

that's great, but i'm currently writhing in disgust at the generic christian worship band the phoenix suns have selected as their halftime entertainment

it's so horrible but i can't look away

152-79 holy fuck

no one on the Grizz played more than 28 minutes lmao

I'm sort of surprised the record margin was only 68

idk its pretty common to play your five worst players when up 40+ and usually those guys aren't taking it too seriously

Six short of doubling up, the ocd in me rages

rebounds: 53-26
assists: 41-14
steals: 16-2

and the griz didnt have their best player

weird stuff

okc was without shai and giddey so after that its like 10 g leaguers and vibes

if i were shai and/or giddey i would never let this shit down, like u want ME to pass U the BALL, why so we can lose by 73 again, fuuuuuuck you

The Portland Trail Blazers have fired president/GM Neil Olshey.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 3, 2021

“out of respect for those who participated in the investigation we will not release or discuss it” not sure that’s how this is supposed to work…

shams will prob have all the details by EOD

LeBron James has been tested rigorously since returning to L.A. from Sacramento - he’s had eight Covid tests since Saturday, all of which have come back negative, sources told ESPN. His test in Sacramento was a false positive and James will return to the court Friday against LAC

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) December 2, 2021

Well THAT ought to get them back their national TV slot.

sucks to hear about good ol’ neil j/k fuck that guy

Those yellow ATL jerseys are yikes

smh guy at the hawks game did a football pass style halfcourt shot for 10k, needless to say it bounced off the backboard

cavs putting the wiz in the trash can tonight after doing the same to the heat the other night. evan mobley might have a top 10 MVP case

hes gotta be ROY and def an all-defense candidate. is he that high for top 10 in the league consideration?

idk. but if you judge it by how his team plays w/ him in the line up vs when he's not in there, he might

if the cavs make the playoffs w/ a team that is basically ricky rubio, darius garland, jarrett allen, lauri markkannen, evan mobley, kevin love and isaac okoro i wouldn't argue w/ you (matt armstrong) if you said that mobley had a top 10 MVP case

on windhorst's pod they had a stat about how so far this season he has totaled 37 personal fouls and 34 blocks which is just absolutely crazy

yeah hes doing crazy maybe unprecedented defensive things for a 20 y/o rookie

he has not yet gotten 5 fouls in a game as a rookie big man playing super impactful defense with starter minutes. that is insane.

It's interesting that he plays so much with Allen. Twin towers

there is nothing materially different w/ their team from last year except ricky rubio and lauri markkannen. and they don't have sexton (tho maybe that's a better or worse thing). and it looks like they're going to improve by 20 wins. allen and garland are playing better, it's not like it's all mobley. but he feels like he might be a walking .500 record as a 20 year old

the way cad puts it it's sort of hard to internalize and reckon with, absolutely crazy

The no foul trouble thing might be more impressive than anything else. Unheard of.

Garland has been really good since sexton went down it probably doesn’t make sense to have two 6’1” guards starting next to each other.

the no fouling thing ties into one of the things i was hearing about mobley pre-draft which was this impression that he was sort of casual with his movement and rarely looked like he was going at max effort...he may just be one of those athletes who is really well-calibrated to have an innate sense of how to get to where he wants to be, and it just looks too easy to the rest of us

He’s very smooth out there for sure

ayton kinda seems like that too

chill bigs who are great at nba basketball