2022/23 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD "TANKING FOR WEMBANYAMA"

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NBA back

its happening

this season has been scientifically proven to have a wide open title race. let the games begin.

nuggets
warriors
suns
clippers
grizzlies
wolves
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pels
mavs
kings
lakers

celtics
76ers
bucks
heat
cavs
hawks
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raptors
bulls
knicks
magic?

mvp: embiid
coy: malone
6moy: poole
dpoy: draymond
roy: banchero
mip: uhh maxey?

"[Russell Westbrook is] not gonna come off the bench. We all know that... I need him in the first unit with me. [The media] trying to kill my boy Russ, man."

— @patbev21

(via @PatBevPod)pic.twitter.com/XMfAvAYnaL

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) October 18, 2022

i'm gonna take the over on 10 games with russ on the lakers but not there for the season

to be the catalog catalyst i need russ in the starting line up with me

expecting the mavs to overachieve just got that feeling

jeff van gundy, appearing on zach lowe’s podcast, came out of absolutely nowhere with a take that the lakers should trade for willy hernangomez. he had an entire argument for it ready to go. and he repeatedly called him “billy.”

jvg chaos mode

thats the move that will put them over the top i agree xp

maybe he watched the adam sandler movie

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yeah

if anyone else wants to join in on the fun (opening yourself up to being insulted between the next 6 and 36 months)

nba 2022-2023 prediction thread

insult me early and often

inside the nba has adam silver on and shaq is telling everyone how he punched many teammates over the years "as a leader"

they moved on without acknowledging it lol

haha shaq

“I had to touch people up.”

Shaq killing it real on how he had Draymond moments behind the scenes 🤣 #NBATipOff https://t.co/1UsJKl3EcJ

— Andrew Jerell Jones, Luke 1:37 (IG:twdbk3) (@sluggahjells) October 18, 2022

draymond thing not getting positive reviews on twitter! idk why i personally find the "maybe im not sorry at all and btw who came to mind when i was talking about someone caring about internet comments too much" vibe compelling

“I never really knew how much it blew up. … I was just at home chillin with my children.”

Draymond reflects on the viral video of his altercation with Jordan Poole

(via @NBAonTNT) pic.twitter.com/gOqWpFDfYG

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 18, 2022

that's what we like to call the ultimate teammate right there

dray just doing way too much

i appreciate how proud dray is its a genuine personality trait, but he sabotages things by being not nearly as slick as he thinks he is, you cant just say "i dont care about peoples opinions" its obviously not true, better to do some reverse psychology and pretend to care

ha first possession horf stones embiid some things never change

yeah this woulda just been a good opportunity for him to just stay quiet for a few weeks, ball out then say some stuff. he just cant stop the content machine now that he's engulfed in the media side of everything now xp

he like saying stuff lol

don't like these celtics uniforms they're not bright enough green i keep thinking I'm watching the bucks

ah the nba welcome back... harden getting fouled on a stepback three and coaches doing helicopters with their index finger for a review.

yeah why the bucks green and not just their regular green or white for these unis?

That's a tough call on Horf.

don't like these celtics uniforms they're not bright enough green i keep thinking I'm watching the bucks

― ciderpress, Tuesday, October 18, 2022 7:41 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i hate it, teams should not use different hues of their main color its all wrong, thats the trademark baby, how sick would a normal celtics uni with gold details have been

first take foul call its a new era

refs agree and are punishing them accordingly

Shaq always says touch people up for punching, I'd never heard that before him

shouldve just brought back the old st paddys ones and put a bunch of lil trophies somewhere

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blake griffin two offensive rebounds his first celtics possession

lol cmon

Draymond Green in good spirits ahead of the Warriors matchup against the Lakers 🔥

Money Green seems to be in full effect.pic.twitter.com/Z3S0CkZWm7

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) October 19, 2022

lmao dray going heel great look for him

gotta free the jacket flap cut the lil strings man

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is he wearing google glass

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lmao theyre telling us now that the script on these celtics unis was inspired by a steakhouse bill russell owned

gotta free the jacket flap cut the lil strings man

― lag∞n, Tuesday, October 18, 2022 7:11 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah major tailor foul there

well the fucking dumb tnt overtime thing on nba league pass where you can at least watch the game from one of four of the most annoying camera angles isn't working tonight

did they start paying the refs by the foul this year haha my god

It's terrible.

Found a stream. Don't like how the new Celtics coach chomps on his gum.

heh

no but really if anyone can point out the team that’s gonna trade 3 first round picks for trae young i’m all ears

also analytics would tell you that trae young is a positive value contract but i’m not sure the results out in the real world exactly back that up

nets wizards lakers rockets all seem like reasonable trae targets those were just the first four i thought of

pelicans

the nets are a good one i should've had them in there. that would be a pretty ideal situation for him & if the hawks could pry DFS or cam johnson loose it could be a good one for them too

the rockets maybe out of pure desperation i could see it but trae young-josh green is a backcourt pairing directly from the mind of satan

*jalen green, the rockets are satanic like that tho

if this harden reunion doesn't come to fruition i could def see them doing something crazy/reckless

getting harden back would be even crazier

Trae in Houston is too good I need it

hmm klutch trae is klutch too were through the looking glass here people

Sources: Atlanta is promoting its G League College Park GM Tori Miller to a Vice President position with the Hawks; she becomes one of NBA's highest-ranking women in a front office. The agreement was completed by Klutch Sports, marking its first woman basketball executive deal.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 11, 2023

can’t wait to find out how she knows the owner’s son

guilty lol

ah nice very good nailed it

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— Caleb Melby (@CalebMelby) April 12, 2023

bang up job on the background check by the league office

surprise surprise

Laker have D-lo coming off the books next year which should give them some salary cap

And the pick goes to . . . San Antonio. I was kinda hoping Detroit would get it.

check the off-season thread!