2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

I do think suns/bucks would be the coolest finals I hope we get a rematch

that’s prob true xp tho his FT shooting to me seems sustainable i just think he’s shooting them with better form and confidence. but also the amount of FTs he was shooting in that series was a symptom of the fact that they couldn’t guard him. i think you could just as easily say that the suns can’t put him on the line 17+ times in three games and expect him to miss enough of them for the suns to win the series

like, they actually have to figure out a way to guard him

my buddy in Milwaukee is at a wedding that's in the same hotel the Mavs are currently staying at. they just watched the Duke/NC game with the entire team lmao

another god awful loss by the jazz tonight sheesh

on zach lowe’s podcast tim mcmahon was adamant that donovan mitchell was not gonna finish his contract out in utah and may ask out as soon as this summer

certainly why would anyone be on the jazz

Man it’s so fun when klay gets hot

the suns get pretty thin prettt quickly if anyone gets hurt

losing dario saric in the finals last year honestly hurt them, the dropoff to frank kaminsky was steep. javale and even biyombo are an upgraded big man rotation

…in theory

Jazz vibes are not good

quin snyder would make a good joker

Snyder has been holding down pole position in the NBA-coach-as-movie-villain sweepstakes for awhile now.

Though the subject always makes me think of this post that has remained stuck in my head for lo these past 17(!) years, from the greatest blog ever:



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fuck

http://chaunceybillups.blogspot.com/2005/02/please-bring-my-cake-back-tip-your.html

other noteworthy contenders include Hitler mustache'd Rick Adelman, Riley at his oiliest, and Thibs (would be a good Penguin to Snyder's Joker)

quinn synder to me is a crooked cop with a gambling problem

yeah. always slightly overheated. ready to explode.

sweaty, sallow

every time i watch the mavs i’m stunned anew by how good the porzingis trade has gone for them

zinger was so bad and such a bad fit the addition by subtraction part was kinda a no brainer but yeah dinwiddie going from borderline unplayable on the wiz to actually good on the mavs is nice for them

I think it’s been good for the wizards

*as well?

and bertans gives them pretty decent minutes! xxp

Gonna have to eat some crow if the Mavs continue to play this well

5 turnovers for jokic in 6 minutes lol

zinger was having a good season statistically! I didn’t watch a ton of mavs games but when I did it just seemed like he didn’t fit what they were trying to do

absolute cone on d and 28% from 3

gets to the line a fair bit and making his FTs, doesn’t turn the ball over, I have been a documented zinger skeptic but I think he still has the juice to contribute to the right team

the problem with zinger isn’t necessarily what he does on the floor it’s that you can’t rely on him to play like a month of games straight

idk being a non shooter and a non defender is pretty bad

yeah. i mean, not sure what he’s contributing to a winning team really. being on the wizards feels right for him

He’s an energy vampire, folks.

lakers are now 2 games deep into 11th place with 4 games left

rip

we are all witnesses

the heat swept a three game road trip @ boston, @ chicago, @ toronto. up 2 w/ three to play, home charlotte, home atlanta, @ orlando. i believe 2-1 clinches the one seed for them, feels like that *should* be wrapped up

looks like jalen green figured out how to shoot. been pretty hot for a month or two now.

wait the suns lost by 20 to the thunder? guess they are shutting it down since they locked up the #1?

booker didn't play anyway

yeah they sat 3 starters

tehy are saving their energy to slam the door on the lakers tomorrow

lakers have to play suns, dubs, nugs in 3 of their last 4

i bet they'll lose all 4

phx and denver could rest their guys depending on how things play out dubs prob not

the blazers made their switch to tank mode so decisively and effectively in the week before the ASB that over the past 17 games they only have two wins, despite playing houston twice, the wolves twice, the pelicans, the pistons, the thunder, the spurs three times during that run. mission accomplished!!

hollinger:

The knee-jerk “blame the injuries” analysis glosses over how fraudulent the Lakers’ full-strength roster was as any kind of contender to do anything of consequence. Yes, James and Davis only played 22 games together … but the Lakers went 11-11 in those games and were outscored this year with the two on the court together. In their biggest game of the season, with everyone playing, they lost at home to the 34-43 New Orleans Pelicans.

Wait, it gets better. The Lakers have been outscored this year with James on the court … and with Davis on the court … and with Russell Westbrook on the court. They have been outscored with James and Davis playing together, and when James plays without Davis, and when Davis plays without James. They’ve been outscored with James and Davis playing with Westbrook, and with James and Davis playing without Westbrook. Tell me the scenario, and the Lakers were beaten in it.

hmm yes but what if they had 2015 lebron and ad

no games today what is this sorcery

only one game (college game)

never hard of them