2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

Having your team be trash is a blessing and a curse

dont remember celtics tickets ever being cheap even when they were bad

let me introduce you to a fellow named Dolan

what weird random of characters

Celebrate Christmas Day on NBA Lane. #NBA75 pic.twitter.com/xBk2bQJKiR

— NBA (@NBA) December 10, 2021

*cast of characters

nice to meet u Dolan

ESPN reporting with @ZachLowe_NBA: Philadelphia's trade conversations on Ben Simmons gathering momentum in recent days. More teams engaged, more two and three-way deal structure talks ongoing as 76ers try to land a Top 25 player for Simmons.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 10, 2021

lets do this baby

hell yeah brother

Much of the renewed impetus surrounds Wednesday, when 84 percent of the league's 446 players become eligible to be traded. Right now, 65 percent are eligible to be moved. https://t.co/f2nYMp353z

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 10, 2021

its time

please stop calling us

The Portland Trail Blazers have made to clear to the 76ers that All-NBA guard Damian Lillard is not available to be discussed in trade talks and franchise has no interest in moving him, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 10, 2021

CJ tho

true

cj is still the guy can they do better than cj + asset(s) i think probably not

and we know the blazers would do the trade via trying to make dame happy

both teams get better i dont see any reason not to do it

theres some incentive for the sixers to drag it out until the deadline in case they can do better but they should just do it get on with their lives

well CJ having a collapsed lung currently would be one reason why not

"While far less frequent in the NBA, there are several examples. During the 2008-09 season forward Gerald Wallace fractured his fifth rib which resulted in a collapsed lung. The injury was significant and required a chest tube to drain the air from around Wallace’s injured left lung. Houston big man Terrence Jones also suffered the combination of rib and lung injuries during the 2014-15 season. Neither player missed a considerable amount of time as Wallace was sidelined for seven games and Jones was back in six."

hes got two lungs

i was reading about the type of collapsed lung cj has and tbh i think “collapsed lung” makes it sound worse than it is.

yeah he'll be fine. prob a made up injury to protect him from injury in prep for this trade tbqh.

pdx just announced their interim gm, who hinted that roster changes will be aggressively sought. I'm thinking cj will be packing his bags as soon as an acceptable deal can be struck, whether for simmons or some other deal.

i don't know why the sixers would just up and do that trade now. does it even make them better?

yes

i mean theyre getting a good player who fills a desperate need for a guy who isnt playing

but i also think theres a good chance theyll hold out... unless embiid is putting pressure on them to make a deal

does it even make them better?

Woj hinted at a multi-team deal, so who knows who ends up where.

i'm not sure they have a desperate need for a shooting guard

oh i didnt realize they had shooting guards sorry

if morey wasn't willing to trade simmons for mccollum 1.5 years ago i don't know why he would be now, given that he's having his worst shooting season in years and is also injured

he would do it because he has to trade simmons now

1.5 months ago i mean

why does he have to trade simmons now?

that whole team is just uninterested this season his shooting will normalize in a better situation

why does he have to trade simmons now?

― J0rdan S., Friday, December 10, 2021 5:25 PM (thirty-three seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

not right this moment but by the deadline

embiid is putting pressure on them with his great play. they need to start meshing the new teeamates sooner than later.

also is there anyone on the blazers who couldn't be traded prior to the 12/15 deadline? what is the impetus for a cj mccollum trade right now keep in mind he is out indefinitely with a collapsed lung

jordan woj says its heating up

right and then you guys were like "it's for cj mccollum" i dunno he is expensive aging not having a good year injured and plays a position where the sixers already have a glut of pretty decent players

those are just the facts not sure what you want us to do

but also none of that supposed glut of players does what the sixers need most which is dribble into the paint and make plays

blazers are desperate to “”””change the narrative”””” rn and are probably eager to be fleeced is one thing

not sure the blazers will be the ones getting fleeced if they dump mccollum

mb the sixers can take them for cj and a couple picks then route those picks through another team for a second guy

getting two guys is never bad

with as bad as the blazers have been their picks are rising in value

dont think this is meant to be info just saying whats obvious, if they could do it without giving up either jay then yeah but seems extremely unlikely, although do not think simmons would be happy in boston which is bad

The Celtics are kicking the tires on Ben Simmons. Debate amongst yourselves on how smart that is, but it’s happening.

— A.K (@Kungu_NBA) December 10, 2021

cj was also bad in the playoffs last year so i'm not sure that helps the sixers specific problem of having a player who is bad in the playoffs

well maybe he wont be bad in the playoffs this year

i do think playing with embiid would prob be pretty cool for him