2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

please no trades that take the ball out of balls hands tho

all teams need multiple ballhandlers these days and they can play simmons at center anyway

might have to learn how to block a shot or two

he can do that its no problem

yeah that's the other thing about the hornets, they don't even have a real center to begin with. their best line ups are super small w/ pj washington at 5, it makes for an easy fit for simmons

they should also get a real center tho at some point lol

ball-rozier-oubre-bridges-simmons is kinda interesting? not sure if you're winning a first round series or anything but is at least interesting and fun

would be fun for sure

they keep saying locally the Wolves are in the mix, but I can't see Philly thinking a deal with Dlo as the key piece would be enough. they are saying Dlo plus Jaden McDaniel and Malik Beasley plus picks

have to imagine KAT and Ant are untouchable

maybe Pat Bev could be in there but everyone in the organization raves about how much they like him

best deal for philly yet proposed itt imo

this prompted me to check in on dlo's stats this season, and um, they could be better

Wild end to hornets kings. Ended with fox having 2 fts to win it down 1 and… missed em both

yikes

cant say that im shocked by this fox news being off the mark heyo

commentary

the score right now is 9-11 im like, who's doing this game, george w bush???

Some dude named Claxton on the nets completely locked down trae in the 4th quarter. Apparently he went to Georgia so I’m a little embarrassed I’ve never heard of him

Had work and company so missed all the Simmons discussion tomorrow.

The Sixers almost have to get someone back that can play the 3 because Danny Green is washed except once every 3 weeks when he goes 5 of 8 from 3 and Philly wins big.

"NBA source tells me an official update on Zion may be coming later on Saturday (possibly Sunday) and it’s “not good.”"

Zion has un-officially been "not good" for a discouraging length of time

Pelicans’ Zion Williamson continues to experience soreness in his surgically-repaired right foot and is likely to be shut down from basketball activities for time being, sources tell me and @WillGuillory.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 11, 2021

just write off the whole season at this point

weird how weighing 400 pounds is bad for your feet

This is bad

he needs to be traded to a city where the food is bad like boston or salt lake city

would be such a bummer if instead of being a generational player he's the next Greg Oden

ooh girl dont say that

i just looked up oden's career stats, holy fuck

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2007-08 20 Did Not Play (injury—knee)
2008-09 21 POR NBA C 61 39 21.5 3.2 5.8 .564 0.0 0.0 3.2 5.8 .564 .564 2.4 3.7 .637 2.8 4.2 7.0 0.5 0.4 1.1 1.4 3.9 8.9
2009-10 22 POR NBA C 21 21 23.9 4.4 7.2 .605 0.0 0.0 4.4 7.2 .605 .605 2.3 3.0 .766 3.0 5.4 8.5 0.9 0.4 2.3 1.9 4.0 11.1
2010-11 23 Did Not Play (injury—knee)
2011-12 24 Did Not Play (injury—knee)
2012-13 25 Did Not Play (injury—knee)
2013-14 26 MIA NBA C 23 6 9.2 1.2 2.1 .551 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.1 .551 .551 0.6 1.0 .565 1.0 1.3 2.3 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.5 2.3 2.9

Greg Oden did look like a 55 year old man his senior year of college so there's that

There was a big debate on here when I said Zion was gonna have injury problems

hmm idk matt

is this at all like when everyone said they didnt like grayson allen because he trips people and then you post once a week that hes a quality starter

It was only with one person

No the Grayson Allen thing was me saying that Grayson Allen is a solid backup and people spending years not accepting that extremely accurate evaluation

people just dont like him, because hes dirty

No. I said that he was a solid backup and people got very mad and strongly disagreed with this evaluation which is now basically proven

my main complaint abt grayson allen is how when he plays basketball he looks like ted cruz aka the zodiac killer which should dock u some points, like matt u won but at what cost, now u r the Guy Who Likes Grayson Allen

the way i remember it is one person took strong issue with the evaluation on basketball terms, and everyone else was more on the fuck that guy and his face side of the argument

lol xp something like bisons post for example

He had a bad rookie season and got better in his second season and I posted this fact. That’s it.

Jord dug in and said that Grayson is “objectively terrible at basketball”

did he specify *how* he was terrible? for example maybe he meant 'i am filled with reflexive disgust at being reminded of a human waste like ted cruz and the experience of watching him hoop is objectively terrible' that is a defensible position

i dont remember this debate when it happened at the time ("they came for the grayson likers and i said nothing bc he looked like ted cruz" etc)

lol is jordan also the one who said zion isnt an injury risk

Yes

im willing to cut j0rd some slack bc hes a volume shooter on this board, he carries a lot of the offensive load. im a sharpshooter, i pick my spots and hit them bc thats how i am irl.

lmao im glad we had the opportunity to delineate who made the bad posts in question

Nah everyone was in on the Grayson thing

no it was just jordan, he is the wrong one

Nah

grayson allen signed a 2 year $20 million extension essentially admitting in front of the entire world that he is an NBA player of middling value. that closed the book on the discussion for me. that he now makes some wide open practice three pointers playing with the best player in the NBA who makes every scrap heap role player look better than they ever have in their careers doesn’t sway me