2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

lol celtics leaving westbrook completely open from three and hes just out there bricking

halsey, like many of us, would just like to watch basketball in peace:

I mean this in the most kind way possible but if you don’t watch basketball pls don’t @ this account to bait me into responding to something 😩 this is my only safe zone 🥺❤️🙏🏼

— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) December 8, 2021

lakers starting ad at center finally

― lag∞n, Tuesday, December 7, 2021 10:09 PM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

he is not preventing rob from dunking

he is in fact getting dunked on by rob

and just got stuffed by the much shorter grant williams at the rim

ROB WILLIAMS DUNKS ALL OVER ANTHONY DAVIS pic.twitter.com/mqWzJwpPZs

— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) December 8, 2021

Rob Williams on AD AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/SkFRiZmZ8w

— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) December 8, 2021

celtics have completely flipped from a good defense/bad offense team to the opposite this road trip

#1 boston sports fan in da house baby

Bennifer resurrected at The Crypt for Lakers vs. Celtics @JLo @BenAffleck pic.twitter.com/0CdA4R0Y7j

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) December 8, 2021

he should be wearing a bird jersey tho

if you got extra points for posterizations the celtics would actually be winning this game by more than a point

pipe down grandpa!

"2 years ago AD stopped all these lobs easily..." pic.twitter.com/9K7M1TbAYN

— Half Court Hoops (@HalfCourtHoops) December 8, 2021

schroeder returning to staples and reminding the lakers of what they're missing out on

hes been pretty good this year fwiw especially as another guy who can create a shot for the celtics, i mean hes not $84m good but hes a steal at the tax payers mid level

lakers def could use him

yeah it was always a nice signing

inside the NBA just did a whole segment on brow looking unathletic and getting D'd up by guys he should be dominating

hes still only 28 dont know what the deal is maybe too many injuries hes still never had a major one tho

love how people are still mystified that anthony davis is inconsistent and frustrating

but now hes just not moving as good also

If the @Lakers are going to turn their season around there are 3 things they must do on defense. First, they must play better individual defense. Second, play better team defense and third, transition. They must improve their transition defense!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) December 7, 2021

hard to argue with

but now hes just not moving as good also

― lag∞n, Tuesday, December 7, 2021 11:16 PM (one minute ago)

yeah there's inconsistent and then there's backing down grant williams and trying to dunk on his head and getting completely stuffed

on the offensive side of the ball, they need to work on their passing, shooting, and rebounding!

yeah idk, he's always been someone who is amazing in ideal conditions with rapidly diminishing returns after that.

kinda funny the lakers have three of the formerly most athletic guys in the league

four actually with dwight

not great stuff from the celtics, absolutely spazzing out there

ben got a towel

Russ with the towel assist! #NBACelebRow pic.twitter.com/PBTJ7KblCq

— NBA (@NBA) December 8, 2021

that game took a turn

Solomon Hill out for the year. Not a huge loss, but damn, SG/SF was our deepest position at the beginning of the season and now Reddish, Bogdanovic, Hunter and Hill are out

lol @ this broadcast constantly pointing out that Curry is 16 3s away from the all-time lead. as though they're just begging him to try it

nets (no kd) bout to lose to the rockets

wow he really is playing like he's gunning for it tonight, he bricked 4 3s in the first 5 minutes

ohh I see they've got 5 straight games on the road. lol he's gonna go for it

He’s been playing weird since this record got in reach. Needs to get past it so he can move on.

uh oh

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGLIPUqVQAowePF?format=jpg&name=medium

speaking of the Athletic, I think one thing ppl don't appreciate about Trae is that he's a really good dude

The Athletic's Hawks' reporter called a fan 'broke' for not wanting to pay to read his article.

Trae Young wasn't having any of it 😤 pic.twitter.com/t6W1YME6xI

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) December 9, 2021

They ran a lot more plays for Turner last night!

lmao trae. usually it's the players calling ppl broke, real role reversal

love it

pacers need to ditch brogdon and sabonis. they're the same sort of player in that they both soak up a lot of posessions but are very limited in what they can make out of them. sabonis can't shoot at all or score on anyone bigger than him when it counts, and brogdon can't pass to the roll man (pretty important thing to be able to do if you are going to insist on being the "point guard").

per zach lowe "Indiana has some weird, minor allergy to hitting their big men rolling to the rim; they average only three plays per 100 possessions on which someone screens, rolls, and shoots -- 22nd overall."

this compilation is typical https://streamable.com/jpa006

turner needs to play with a solid pnr ball handler to bring out his best and he hasnt had that since darren collison in 18-19. he's right to be pissed about levert and brogdon being given licence to chuck up all sorts of shit while the team is going nowhere

All true. Tough to know where to begin w/ the direction the roster should move. Their Top 5 is just a mess of borderline All-Stars with no glaring weaknesses (Sabonis' defense was probably the worst, but he's looked much closer to average this year), and they're all on decent contracts.

Curious if they end up moving LeVert. I think the outside hope was that he'd continue to develop into a crunch-time scorer, since that's one thing Brogdon/Sabonis/Turner demonstrably cannot do. He's off to such a slow start this year, but I wonder how much patience they'll have with his recovery.

Haaaate to say it, but I kind of want them to keep the team together through this year! I think the rotations will improve, and idk I just wanna see if, by the end of the year, all of these dudes are actually able to share the court at the same time. Honestly mostly bummed that McConnell is out for a long stretch; it's been nice to see Oshae getting more minutes, as well as Martin looking like a perfectly fine 2nd team scorer.

Or they can blow it up, and that would be fun too!

All true. Tough to know where to begin w/ the direction the roster should move. Their Top 5 is just a mess of borderline All-Stars with no glaring weaknesses, and they're all on decent contracts.

― ヽ（´ー｀）┌ (CompuPost), Thursday, December 9, 2021 7:49 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

if they just traded them all they could get a lot back, i mean borderline allstars on decent contracts who doesnt want that

indiana apparently!

good news: my son got a free ticket for the spurs, so im gonna see spurs v. heat dec 29th, hes gonna stay home tho

lol jp jp, the whole family is going. got lower bowl tickets for the first time in probably 12 or 13 years.

one of the plus sides of the spurs sucking now

nice