2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

Damn, hope he's back 100% for the playoffs.

always the concern with insanely athletic and reckless little guards

yep just got to hope the issues dont come up around the post season.

for whatever reason i dont have wade in this category tho. just a little too big to be grouped in the small guard archetype.

Iverson was pretty healthy throughout his career no? Not saying that refutes the concept, I just don't wanna believe it's Ja's destiny.

I don’t think it’s his destiny. Iverson can be included as far as all these guys kinda hitting a wall in their early 30s where the other guards like cp, nash, Stockton, curry kept it going into/through their mid 30s.

I do worry about ja tho he is way too reckless at this point. Needs to pick his spots better and learn how to land softly.

*very m bison voice* he shd look at how tony parker managed his career as a high speed, high collision pg imo

I think the key is to not jump too high. #Icarus

worked for tony

yeah i was gonna say, iverson wasn’t an above the rim player to say nothing of parker. dame lillard and steph curry have never had knee issues either. it’s the stress on the knees due to leaping ability i think

ja really has to develop a shot so he can at least mix it up some

The little bastard is back playing

Tomas Satoransky was given a flagrant-1 for knocking Grayson Allen to the floor. pic.twitter.com/BvRFgVf1z9

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) March 25, 2022

pulled the ol just walk away like nothing happened

Booker has 43 through 3 qs

that's a shame xp

just turning this nuggets/suns game on…chris paul is back already?

xp i was hoping for something more inflammatory. that was just a light clothesline.

It’s about as far as you can go without getting fined or ejected

Since AS break Bulls are 4-10. They've lost to the Hawks, Kings, and Pelicans. They have losses by 15, 15, 27, 28, and 15 points in that stretch. They're not getting out of the 1st round.

they just don’t have enough firepower right now. at this point they have to worry about staying in the top 6

Injury bug really messed with them. Lonzo seems to be pretty important to what they do.

Could easily see them in the play in tho

they gotta get their dudes back. last I looked even before this current slide their point differential since jan 1 was like +1.0, they were just winning some close games

yeah if derozan hadn’t hit like 3 of the craziest game winners we’ve seen they’re prob already in the play in

They were doing well without Lonzo for awhile, but yeah that's when DeRozan was on that epic run of his. And Ayo has been doing a good job. But do agree that Lonzo is a key guy.

only caught the 4th quarter of nuggs/suns but playing the full strength suns close for most of the game is a win for me. really hope one of murray or porter is able to be back for the offs

Bulls, Hawks and Charlotte are actually looking pretty weak right now. i was hoping they'd at least be up for putting up a good first round series. Toronto's been surprisingly great

only one game separates the 1st and 4th seed in the East

sick

celtics all alone in 4th… one game out

people will refuse to believe in the celtics-suns finals until it happens

*nodding*

just saw pj tucker say that when durant visited texas when he was a hs junior he wanted to play in their scrimmage, they were ranked #1 at the time, they were like we usually dont do this but ok kid you think you can hang with us and he destroyed them lol

game suspended cos a speaker might fall?

Raptors/Pacers has been suspended, evacuation ordered. pic.twitter.com/JSQqygABsn

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) March 27, 2022

the way bones hyland has been playing this month is so encouraging

lol

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Wild Wild East

y'all should check out the NHL eastern conference

basically all eight playoff teams have strong arguments to win it all; and maybe two teams in the west about whom you could say the same

cavs 3 Ls in a row now in the play-in 7th slot

welp

“Its horrible right now,” LeBron James said about his left ankle injury.

— Brad Turner (@BA_Turner) March 28, 2022

lakers are in 10th place one game ahead of the spurs

if the blazers weren't doing the most radical tankjob in recent history i'm fairly certain they'd be winning enough to be in tenth rn

spurs are 10-9 since the trade deadline, lakers are like peepeepoopoo

meanwhile the heat are doing their best impression of the 13-14 pacers

the way bones hyland has been playing this month is so encouraging

crazy that the Lakers are sort of a prototypical "try to coast into the playoffs without anyone getting hurt" team and now everyone's hurt because they have to play their best guys 48 minutes a game to even have a chance

It's really beautiful if you think about it

what the hell has gotten into the Grizz

they have good players and the west sucks