2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

despite themselves the rockets have found a bunch of good players for cheap

the ghost of morey lingers

garrison matthews was pretty good for the wizards whenever i saw him. was surprised he could only get a 2 way from the worst team in the league

prob not a coincidence that it all has happened with jalen green hurt

i feel like if you pick MVP not as best player but as "Which team would be least competitive without this player," Denver has kind of proven that Jokic should win again.

The Hawks are choking games in the 4th q just like they did around this time last year which led to Pierce being fired. It’s pretty much all injury related though. They owned the rockets the entire game until 5 minutes left. Having bogdanovic and Hunter out there rather than Cabarrot and Lou would go a long way. Player I’m most excited for though is Okongwu. Might be back in the next couple weeks

oops lol

Rival GM on Cavs: ‘They could trade their entire team for Ben Simmons, be better than they were last season’ https://t.co/ZOkgblEw49

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) September 10, 2021

the cavs thing does make me feel like a lot of GMing success might just be completely random…

Careful, thoughts like that lead to the Process.

theres obvs a lot of randomness but also obvs not totally random

I think every gm recognizes that their jobs have a huge component of pure gambling, but their job has always been to find every conceivable method to impose predictability on the outcomes of their multi-million dollar bets. but gamblers have a saying, 'it's better to be lucky than to be good.'

I mean, look at fucking Elon

did i ever tell yall about the time i got shot in the face with a tshirt canon at a hawks game?

haha no!

it's not much of a story, i was upper deck, saw it coming, put my hands up and bam, got me right in my face. felt like getting punched by an adult. stay alert at you next game. i did get the shirt though

lol

this didnt take long

“The trio of LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook simply hasn’t blended as well as Lakers figures hoped, and Los Angeles has held internal discussions on trade scenarios for Russell Westbrook” 😳

- @JakeLFischer pic.twitter.com/5aUNeFxkQt

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) December 14, 2021

lol. for who

Schroeder

wall

not sure how anyone couldve foreseen westbrook not working out for the lakers

Simmons, lol

if i was the lakers i’d do that in a millisecond but can’t see morey doing another round with westbrook

How about Westbrook for Kevin Love? Sort of makes sense for both teams but I'm not sure if Cleveland would bother

hard to see too many deals for westbrooks $47m a year contract for one more year after this that would make the lakers better, guess they have 2026 and 28 1st available to trade too lol idk they might be stuck

they are stuck

should see if the wiz want to give them their players back

How about Westbrook for Kevin Love? Sort of makes sense for both teams but I'm not sure if Cleveland would bother

cavs have zero incentive to do that.

we all thought wall's contract was unmoveable, too. but if the lakers succeed in moving RWB I'll be amazed

I didn't notice that K Love has been balling. Hmm, I've got to find someone even worse...

I think Love will be a more attractive expiring next year than Westbrook so there’s no reason for the cavs to do it

feels like half the league is out with covid h&s protocols. harden just announced

nets have 7 players in protocols

most were probably vaxxed ~/>6 months ago, doubt players are taking any precautions at all, doubt players' personal wellness coaches or whatever are routinely recommending boosting, it's gonna be a problem unless a huge percentage get boosted or (more likely) the league relaxes the protocols

interesting all three of them are kind of nerdy guys, the shooters mentality

Stephen Curry got emotional being around Ray Allen and Reggie Miller. 🙏🏽

Curry is 2 three-pointers away from the all-time record.

pic.twitter.com/pdC1pf6q1H

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) December 15, 2021

he better make two lol

lol, harden is the next active player on the 3pt list and he has never had a season above 40% on 3s, while steph has never had a season below 40% (except '19-'20 when he played 5 games)

if he hasnt made two by the 4th q then they know what to do:

https://i.imgur.com/o4ojaGe.jpg

jeesh

Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo has entered health and safety protcols and is out vs. Indiana on Wednesday.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 15, 2021

nba players should try not getting covid

steph hit da shot

they should have basically built holiday breaks into the schedule. a week or two off around thanksgiving and again around xmas.

lmao this music

lmao this music

its so funny they stop the game and do a thing

Steph Curry becomes the NBA’s all-time leader in career 3PTers made pic.twitter.com/eUYOxe168C

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) December 15, 2021

this is the most important thing that's happened at MSG in like 25 years lol

nuh uh they won a playoff game last year

pretty cool they did that. and under armour actually figured out a passable commercial for him