2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

i have to say… i do enjoy watching kevin durant james harden and kyrie irving play basketball

i do too but they need to lose every game

that is a defensible position

nets just spanking the bulls up and down the court

maybe they could win one game then lose one for the rest of the season

bucks taking a different approach this year

The Bucks are showing or blitzing on 15.4 picks per 100 possessions, the second-highest rate in the NBA per Second Spectrum. That figure is more than double the league average this year (roughly seven per 100), and more than triple their rate from last season (roughly 4.5).

The Bucks may be the defending champs, but they’re still evolving 👀@NekiasNBA breaks down how their defense is getting more aggressive:https://t.co/EuOZpL4SpI

— BasketballNews.com (@basketbllnews) January 13, 2022

omg Westbrook is so bad! lol

down 4 to the Kings with a minute to play

https://streamable.com/wdab3f

8/40 from 3pt range in the last three games

lol my bad that's just like regular shots. i'm half asleep but damn this dude should not be a starter anymore

hes bad

worse than bad yo! he's a net negative on the court

i never really payed much attention to him in the past and i knew he had lost some of his athleticism but I thought he would be able to contribute some positive minutes and help with Lebrons work load but damn.

he was actually passing up shots under the hoop last night. He’s now just completely in his head and I’m sure it makes it even easier to know lebron and the fanbase want you gone halfway into the season.

Russ on the Kings’ game ops. playing “You’re as cold as ice” every time he missed a shot: “(Laughs) That’s funny. I hope they played that the last 14 years, too. That’s cute.”

— Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) January 13, 2022

the pile-on is in full force

Wtf is Russell Westbrook doing on this team? 😭
The other team just laughing at us pic.twitter.com/nk6YYrmpC4

— Michael B (@Lilmikyb) January 13, 2022

his last three games shooting:

2-12
2-12
4-14

Lol, what's the problem here? I don't see it.

https://i.redd.it/2eormlfz9eb81.jpg

lmao

the pile-on is in full force
🐦[Wtf is Russell Westbrook doing on this team? 😭
The other team just laughing at us pic.twitter.com/nk6YYrmpC4🕸
— Michael B (@Lilmikyb) January 13, 2022🕸]🐦

yeah it was a total backbreaker. lebron and austin reaves had hustled their way back into the game only to have russ shoot it away

laker's

??

ESPN Sources: The Atlanta Hawks are trading forward Cam Reddish to the New York Knicks for a deal that includes a protected 2022 first-round pick via Charlotte. Knicks also acquire Solomon Hill and a 2025 second-round pick via Brooklyn in trade.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 13, 2022

wtf

uhhhh this seems amazing for the knicks

could be clearing something for ben simmons?

just where my mind was going. that pick could be attractive

reddish and barrett together again. fire up the time machine and get healthy college zion in the mix too

i'm still pretty sure Cam's not worth the trouble. Still Hope Schlenk's up top more than just clearing cap space

pretty great deal for the knicks, nice to have extra picks to trade

i assume the hawks took the best deal they could get for reddish, his value must not have been all that high, tho recouping even a protected first isn’t nothing. they prob rightly feel like the idea of a first has more value at this point than the actuality of reddish. even if it’s not for simmons, schlenk all but said publicly he’s about to shake up the team

gotta think theres some interpersonal aspect of this trade, outwardly reddish seems like exactly the type of guy you keep around and develop

deandre jordan is a playoff god lolllll

RAY WESTBROOK (Russell’s bro) on a ‘LateNightLakeShow’ Twitter space: “Nobody gonna f**k with the big 3 come playoff time....DeAndre Jordan is a playoff GOD!” 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/5yWe8cPPYa

— BB3 aka Bean Boy (@BB3_BOY) January 13, 2022

lol sad

gotta think theres some interpersonal aspect of this trade, outwardly reddish seems like exactly the type of guy you keep around and develop

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 13, 2022 12:59 PM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's definitely a "we don't want to pay you anything" trade, could be due to personality/work stuff but the hawks are about to get really expensive so it might be budgetary as well

I’ve see a lot of scapegoating of reddish from hawks fans

Sounds like his effort can be pretty bad at times

deandre jordan is a playoff god lolllll
🐦[RAY WESTBROOK (Russell’s bro) on a ‘LateNightLakeShow’ Twitter space: “Nobody gonna f**k with the big 3 come playoff time....DeAndre Jordan is a playoff GOD!” 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/5yWe8cPPYa🕸
— BB3 aka Bean Boy (@BB3_BOY) January 13, 2022🕸]🐦

i think not only do the hawks not want to pay reddish they also don’t really have time to develop him. he’s still pretty raw and they’re trying to win and have better more established guys who need to get minutes instead of him, especially w deandre hunter back now

yeah my only hesitancy moving Reddish now is that Hunter hasn't really proved he can stay healthy consistently. Hunter is clearly the better investment otherwise

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

MELLO!! lol

lol oh shit Russ too

we love LA

wiggins top 8 in fan votes lol

you see the rumors about donovan mitchell wanting to play for a big market then see stuff like this and it makes sense. also still crazy how many d rose stans are out there.

rose really captured the imagination of a nation

kyrie was near the top of these lists for years

kids love kyrie

rose is also huge in china

what i want to know is who tf is voting for aldridge, lamarcus

bandwagon people just vote for everybody on the team they adopt for the year