2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

in retrospect it is absolutely bonkers that the celtics spent an entire season+ relying on him as their #1 option on offense. during a teardown, but still

in retrospect

Travis Schlenk's full answer on the reason for trading Cam Reddish.

I very much appreciate how open and transparent Travis is with the media. https://t.co/WYhb3uVlxd pic.twitter.com/fp9vwxmTy3

— Chris Kirschner (@ChrisKirschner) January 14, 2022

nice to see a GM give a normal and honest answer

Unlike some teams who dive into the tank, the blazers have now officially stumbled in and drowned. I am officially an orphan, looking for a foster team.

schlenk basically telegraphed in that quote that they're gonna try and turn that charlotte pick into something else. it will be interesting to see what they end up doing w/ it, if this whole excursion results in nothing it means the luka/trae trade will basically have been straight up

streaks update:

memphis has won 11 games in a row
orlando has lost 10 games in a row

desmond bane is just a cool name

This Grizzlies team is so cool. Their backcourt guys have names that sound like characters from DUNE and their front office gets their draft strategy entirely from Twitter. They are the people’s team

— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) January 12, 2022

lol

good news

Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum is expected to return to lineup on Monday vs. the Magic in Orlando, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. McCollum fully recovered from a collapsed lung that he suffered on Dec. 4 against Boston.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 14, 2022

nice

time to answer the question of a generation: what does it look like when cj mccollum has his own team

seems like coming off a collapsed lung into a league that is lousy with Covid might be a great idea?

we're going to find out I guess

That pass from Iggy!

ANDRE IGUODALA WHAT A PASS. 🤯🤯

pic.twitter.com/L8hTerw0hZ

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) January 15, 2022

fearless

Bummer that Lavine got hurt, but nice to see the Dubs put up 78 in the first half.

bulls down by 30 to the dubs a game after losing by 26 to the nets

and lavine has a knee injury

it has been a seriously unpredictable first half of the season

Dubs win by 40+ bulls were really just bored out there kinda weird

maybe it’s just a bad week for them but as good as they’ve been this year watching them vs the top teams it just feels like they’re a few bullets short. demar and lavine are awesome but vuc has been pretty bad this year and lonzo doesn’t really dominate games like that very often. and after those guys it’s a lot of minutes to players who are kinda ehhh

https://www.instagram.com/houseofhighlights/p/CYu3WZPpnat

Damn

oh my golly

prob hard to find a better summation of the lamelo ball worldview than a between the legs alley oop pass

LaMelo's middle name is LaFrance? god I love him

L.L. Ball, seriously?

Mavs whooped the Grizz in Memphis to end the streak. Mavs coming on

if the mavs can hold onto the 5 seed they may actually get a winnable first round match up this year

doesnt seem out of the question at all. i like the grizz but could see them sliding a bit too at some point

lamelo rules

love lamelo lamelo is love

in the past two nights malik monk has thrown an alley oop off the backboard in an eventual loss and lamelo ball had thrown a between the legs alley oop in an eventual loss

the mellow ball

lmao

you can’t say that guys aren’t out there every night trying their best to get twitter highlights

Live for the house of highlights clips

Can’t wait for Curry to get out of his slump tonight vs the lakers

lakers play the nuggets tonight im afraid

I wouldn’t count him out

Why did I think GS oh well

Nets say Kevin Durant is out for the rest of the game with a left knee sprain.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) January 16, 2022

cursed team

10 straight home losses for the hawks. fascinating run! knicks got whatever they wanted in the final 3 mins of the game

this nikola jokic guy is really something

bones hyland drilling 28 footers early in the 4th quarter with the nuggets up 30 and lebron on the floor…chefs kiss

can’t believe he’s still on the floor tbh

sort of wild to me how quickly bazemore got washed that he’s playing mop-up minutes for this lakers squad

bones just out there launching from well beyond the arc lmao