2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

yeah was just thinking theee clippers sans their stars are the most nondescript boring team

they’re a team I definitely do not think about

Sources: Wizards’ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Montrezl Harrell got into a physical altercation at halftime of Tuesday night’s home win over the Thunder and needed to be separated by teammates.

Details: https://t.co/QYRW3NULwn

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 12, 2022

was a nice few weeks for the wiz there. i think they can feel content having rid themselves of both westbrook and wall contracts

nuggs blew a 22 point lead to said clippers

seems almost impossible to blow a 22 point lead in a game that you lose 87-85

lue is an incredible coach and i like watching the clippers for basically that reason alone

aww

lol nah dats my daughter dance 😂😂🙌🏽 https://t.co/WwWpV3Qsij pic.twitter.com/v5tvqHCjyf

— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) January 12, 2022

ja is winning the hearts and minds of america

Ja Morant: "He was disrespectful with that jersey on. We Memphis. It looked like he wanted to cheer, but he had that jersey on. I apologize to him, but in that moment, bro, take that jersey off and then dap me up. Somebody find his information. I’ll send him one myself." https://t.co/fzDa7rcqrv

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) January 12, 2022

lmao ja 4 president

Hope he’s not a psychopath!

dame out 6-8 weeks with abdominal surgery

uh oh man

season is a write off at this point for portland

their pick is top 14 protected in the larry nance trade, they should 100% go on the raptors plan and tank it out this season with all but like 4 or 5 other teams going for the playoffs and hope the lottery balls swing them a good pick

no reason for them to keep this team together or try at all this season. they have tradable assets are they willing to do it tho

i understand the hesitance to do a full teardown especially in a market like that, you could go another 10=15 years not making the playoffs & just be totally in the wilderness. if they kept dame and tried to put a new team around them i wouldn't blame them. but aside from him they should be selling off anything that isn't simons or little. you'd figure that nance, covington, nurkic have value to contenders. CJ may not be tradable on that deal unless he comes back before the deadline and looks great

ppl have talked about it being a complicated situation there between stotts being forced out, paul allen dying, just seems like a big power vacuum there right now at a time when they really need someone to make some important decisions for the longterm future of the franchise

otm xp
https://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/POR.html
roco and nurk is 24 million expiring and they could both help out a team for a playoff push
nance is only making 10 per year for one season no reason they cant get something for him
CJ might have to play a bit to show he's still got it but his is the hardest to trade cos hes paid like a max player but is a few tiers below.
Dame is for sure tradable if teams were willing to trade for the corpse of john wall then dame is no prob
maybe hang onto simons and little but no reason they are untouchable

fwiw the going theory on cj is he does not want to leave and is delaying his return from injury to make sure he isn't traded

i broadly agree with jordan and have been in full burn it down mode since last summer, but i just don't see it happening with this coach (nobody seems to see billups seeing the end of his contract), absolutely no real front office, ownership nowhere to be seen, etc etc. power vacuum is putting it lightly, there's no rudder on the ship at all

full tear down is looking pretty good for them rn tbh, particularly considering dames age and his generally being on the verge of demanding a trade vibe

for sure, but whos making the calls lol

been a sad state of affairs since allen died

im making the calls and everyone goes

finally a leader of men

im the guy

a full tear down might make the most sense for them (prob does) but i’m not sure it’s looking all that good for them. they don’t even have a permanent GM. if they hire the wrong guy it could easily end up in a situation where you’re making a bunch of 4th, 5th, 6th overall picks and not turning up any superstars & you’re just in this kings, magic, bulls before this season kind of treadmill of mediocrity

We'll reach the midpoint of the NBA regular-season schedule tonight with the Cleveland-Utah game.

— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) January 13, 2022

well at the halfway point of halftime

New Year, New Jerseys

Tomorrow at 5pm, kids 12 and under can exchange any old opposing player NBA jersey for a new Ja Morant or Jaren Jackson Jr. replica jersey + two tickets to the game.

Full Details: https://t.co/BuEbOexfnh pic.twitter.com/uZvdOYMldb

— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) January 13, 2022

That’s incredible

lol get em

hmm i need to find myself a kid 12 and under it seems

try amazon.com they have everything or so i'm told

i know the owner is a weirdo but the grizz seem really well-run up and down the organization. that's such a great promo.

v big 'non-flagship university trying to get students to stop wearing the sports merch from the big athletic colleges from their state' energy

For sure, but sometimes buying fans works

xp what a thing to say about your small-market brethren!

other than a few lame-o laker bandwagonners, we dont have this problem!

yeah, that's very clever.

would be cool if memphis turned into a real griz town, why not seems fun

how do you even live within 50 miles of memphis and not want to be A Ja Guy

i ja i guy

Morant is way more fun to watch than Z-Bo was.

the grizz aren't the main deal in town or anything but i watched plenty of grit and grind playoff games where the crowd was pretty awesome. and yeah ja will only help.

Morant is way more fun to watch than Z-Bo was.

+ this team has a higher celling

lmao joe ingles two techs in the first half!

hahah what set him off?

idk i missed both the plays