2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

Oklahoma City Thunder 7-footer Chet Holmgren will miss the 2022-2023 season with a Lisfranc injury to his right foot. Holmgren, the No. 2 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, suffered the injury in a Pro-Am game in Seattle on Saturday.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 25, 2022

I can’t imagine being the person who signed off on that pro am

jfc

mistakes were made

wow

bummer

gaaah can't we get anything good

I'm seeing the (stupider) commentariat saying this was inevitable because lolskinny, but that seems wrong in this case? Like, you'd think any foot-related injury would involve it supporting a lot of weight, right? Not a doctorb obviously.

doubt he was more or less injury prone than any 19yo player

Yeah with 7 footers and foot injuries generally more weight is bad

given that he suffered his injury playing on a wet court in a game that was subsequently called off 20 mins later, it doesn't feel like anything to be alarmed about longterm

Pro ams w current nba players had a good run

courts will only get wetter from here

Blame the Splash Bros for that one.

Seattle finally getting its revenge on OKC

sad lols

Chet Holmgren Assures Fans He’ll Be Back And Perfectly Healthy For 9 Games Next Year https://t.co/c3ZDprE4pM pic.twitter.com/naBQraYILQ

— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 26, 2022

hey embiid missed his first 2 seasons and turned out fine

I’m trying to think of it like he has a year to be 20 and hang out on the couch and bulk up a bit, but that still hasn’t happened for me and I’m almost 24

lol nice try

the interesting thing is if they get the no 1 pick next year and get wembanyama w/o having any idea of what they have in chet, but i guess that would be a good problem for okc. maybe not so for chet tho

chet-wembanyama-poku is a team of plastic mans

i think i would be looking to rent in okc if i was poku...

they should get kd back for the full effect

Given the way the lottery works the thunder are just as likely to get Scoot Henderson

i appreciate that our euros want to rep their countries but its just too much after an already too long nba season, they need to rest and recover, especially luka

Luka Doncic just limped off the floor in Munich, Germany. He was grabbing the area of his right ankle.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) August 28, 2022

seems like hes fine but still hes out there taking damage when he should be in getting massages and whatnot

Ja Morant bought a pair of side-by-side mansions in Memphis for him and his family 🏠

(🎥: @JaMorant) pic.twitter.com/4rWMqpmkY8

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) August 28, 2022

i appreciate that our euros want to rep their countries

yup, NBA's euros each have their dedicated fan bases in their home countries who will never be able to attend an NBA game. part of this is about payback for those fans.

would be funnier if the houses looked identical

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s stat line vs Belgium today in the World Cup Qualifiers:

-62 Points
-20 Rebounds
-12 assists
-10 Blocks
-3 steals
-0 turnovers
-20/23 86%
-7/7 from 3 👀
-15/16 From the line

Wow. Wow. Wow. 🤯🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/Xd9bdYiLgu

— βⓄ𝕓в𝕐𝓢𝓌𝓞𝐑𝓵𝐃🏀 (@BobbysWorld414) August 28, 2022

wild

tbf: belgians

lmao thats the most ridiculous line

a quadruple double with a 103% true shooting pct, just another day at the gym

lol i gotta be careful posting shit from twitter, that's fake

actual stat line: 22 pts, 7 reb, 2 stls, W

haa

thats the worst stat line i've ever seen

wow giannis can’t even drop 60 on the belgians

Europe continues to take it easy on the Belgians

lebron confirmed to okc and things of that nature

LeBron tells @SInow he wants to play with Bronny AND Bryce 🤯

“I’d definitely be looking at who got first-round picks in 2024, 2025, things of that nature; 2026, ’27. I pay attention to that type of stuff.” pic.twitter.com/clD3sLPwUI

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 30, 2022

wonder if bron is going to be able to pull that off at his further advanced age

if bronny is looking like an nba player by that point its no prob but 40 y/o bron trying to bully you into waisting a pick on his son idk, do you have to play him too

rivals has him at 60th in his class and hes been as high as 30 so its not out of the question that he becomes an nba player but its not exactly "a slam dunk" either

does lebron have tom bradys juice connect?

...looking at who got first-round picks in 2024, 2025

I notice he didn't say 'number one' or 'lottery', just 'first round'. And if a team takes bronny in the second round does that mean he would snub them?

one of the all time great meltdowns

Reliving historical postseason fantastic finishes... the @okcthunder stormed back from down 7 with 49.2 left to take a 3-2 series lead in the 2014 West Semis! #NBA75 pic.twitter.com/qF3VK96IOB

— NBA History (@NBAHistory) May 2, 2022

multiple backbreaking chris paul mistakes in that clip, great stuff

doc rivers face turning inside out

i still cant believe that jamal finger roll didnt drop but also lol at jamal clearing everyone out so he could iso in the most important possession in franchise history

and chris paul being like “ya ok you got it”