2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

wtf

in john hollinger’s column this week he said that simmons back injury was “real” and my thought was “what does that mean and where is that coming from” but there’s no reason to have a fake epidural

yikes, also now even weirder that they leaned on the mental health stuff when he could've just been like hey my back is crazy jacked up

ESPN reporting with @RamonaShelburne: Brooklyn Nets All-Star Ben Simmons has remained sidelined with an irritation of the L-4 disc of the lower spine and hope remains he can return for a “couple” of regular-season games prior to the Eastern Conference playoffs. Story soon.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 16, 2022

Is it possible that he passed up the easy dunk last year because he was playing through a back injury?

is this new? would they have traded him if they knew?

that’s my thought too spottie. i think they prob still would’ve done the trade anyway but you do think we would’ve heard about it prior to this week if it had been from earlier this season

yea this is nuts

sounds like he still might play next week though

edit: next month

luka going off

great story from pasch about luka staring down paul pierce (in good fun) after hitting the first shot of the game in boston

ESPN just showed some 3D metaverse highlights that were completely hideous

Lakers 17 p first q and 0-10 from three

Luka was cooking. This reminds me so much of the post cp harden rockets. The ball is in lukas hands for like 90-95% of every offensive possession.

No matter what happens to the Sixers, I'm going to laugh if the Nets just signed off on Simmons' medicals because they just assumed he was faking it for salary dispute until a trade could be had. That would be terrible.

Luka was cooking. This reminds me so much of the post cp harden rockets. The ball is in lukas hands for like 90-95% of every offensive possession.

its no way to play basketball imho

i dunno he’s so fucking good

he’s way more fun to watch than harden ever was imo. he’s a much more varied scorer

hes def extremely good but ultimately i think its just not a sound way to play

if it tires him out in the playoffs every time then no

seth curry has clown pants on

besides the exhaustion aspect which is major its just also too predictable you need to have different looks to keep the defense guessing and lukas always operating against a set D which is unnecessarily hard seems like a no brainer to at least run some actions for him before he receives the ball to get him in better spots

some of it im sure is a personnel issue their front court guys arent great with the ball

i wouldn’t be dying to play dragic a ton in the playoffs but he’s looked better than i thought he would

yeah i thought he was cooked but hes out there making plays

Agree with lagoon on Luka and would add that it def doesn't work in the playoffs

i think the mavs have the right style team around luka. mobile bigs and some secondary ballhandlers to go with the 3 and d parade. they just need better players. like if instead of jalen brunson you had beal

That said I'm only watching Mavs to see Luka so I'm glad his usage is high as apple pie

mavs def need better guys and if they had them they could play more dynamic ball

reminds me of dirk where a midrange j can be the most unstoppable shot

These screens for KD have been *tough* for a long time. There's just not much you can do, he's catching right at the elbow and you trail and he's already up. pic.twitter.com/Ccq1X0OlwD

— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) March 17, 2022

lakers humiliation tour update

Pat Beverly flexing on LeBron James 😤

Beverly is having fun but King James not so much 👀pic.twitter.com/LLpwNYwr5P

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) March 17, 2022

they very realistically could end up playing each other to get the final playoff spot. doesn’t seem great for the lakers

lol at not knowing what the score is

luka bringing out the finger wag its getting serious

damn this game is going off

woww

thats some ice cold basketball baby

This is the stuff

u got dinwiddied

Guy is not afraid that’s for sure

dinwiddie has been awesome for the mavs it’s crazy

he was so bad on the wiz

luka made two insane turnaround no jump fadeaways from mid range at the end of that game

i looked at tickets for this game at like 6:30 and was like, eh it’s a wednesday, i’ll just watch it on TV. big mistake

dragic kinda fucked up here as soon as kd doubled he shouldve rotated or at least split the difference and wouldve been able to put more pressure on dinwiddie

Spencer Dinwiddie calls game with a buzzer beater three 👀pic.twitter.com/v8jOXJXwTV

— Mavs Nation (@MavsNationCP) March 17, 2022

he was so bad on the wiz

mavs vibes are running pretty high right now gotta say

he’s way more fun to watch than harden ever was imo. he’s a much more varied scorer