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

good to know

this was hard to see coming but the suns vibes are not good

luka still has the suns completely figured out

Cruel world having to play him game one after what they did to them in game 7, love it

i dont agree with jokic being viewed as an mvp level player while he can still be so completely embarrassed by a player like sexton

lol what

looks like the nuggets missed a bunch of threes i mean you never see jokic with only 6 assists but i don’t think this game is gonna be used as evidence by ppl who think denver has enough defense to make a real run

they were just out of sorts, murray looked pretty lost, too careless with the ball, and shot poorly. not a great first game. the biggest killer was the glass though, utah outrebounded them 56-37

it’ll take a little bit to get everyone in the flow of the game, murray is going to start slow and a lot of rotation players are new. the defense I’m not too worried about, their personnel is too good. I am a little worried about their size though.

Who is Jack Landale

Murray definitely very rusty. Porter looked like he’s all the way back.

oh my god this Dwyane Wade game show is so gloriously stupid

Sorry phone bugged out

I think it will burn out but this Jazz team has a lot of good role players and guys like sexton have a lot to prove

they were fun to watch for one game at least!

christian wood going nuts lol

Who is Jack Landale

Insanity

17 straight for wood started w a bank 3

Suns comeback w no cp3

mavs are hunting damion lee every time down the floor… feels like he’s playing just a few too many minutes

They have no choice

end of blazers and kings is spectacularly incompetent in every way on both ends, but it’s october

Cam j hurt. Cp old.

They really need a jae crowder to eat up 30 mins a night

I’m not feeling the Luka MVP leap here

dame clanking open threes off the backboard, he looks like he’s at about 40%, but idk what his ceiling is anymore. great contract!

Why are they leaving Lee on an island w luka hahah

did monty williams go home halfway thru the 4th quarter?

Wow Lee just saved them lol

nice win but man i can’t believe that’s the suns’ bench

what a prayer of a shot on that winner

nice win but man i can’t believe that’s the suns’ bench

mavs are no better than last season

well they did make the conference finals…

Brooklyn Nets first 6 minutes of the season (18-4 Pelicans) pic.twitter.com/sIqVcmEQ4p

— a hoop (@A_hoop_) October 20, 2022

zion looking explosive btw

nets for sure look like a team who just played together for the first time

and wants it to be the last time

i would pull a middle schooler for that over and back violation

1pt and 2 TO away from 5x5

― sometimes you have to drink to kill the paranoia (PBKR), Wednesday, October 19, 2022 6:41 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

almost did an arby's

Watching the Nets/Pels from last night and focusing on Simmons, he's unreal just zero effort

seems like he just might be totally done with wanting to play basketball, he does want the money tho

Not sure why everyone lacks confidence in him

"Slowly getting back to who I am and who I'm supposed to be," Simmons said when asked what he's improved most from the start of training camp until now.

"Still taking a lot of time. I've only played four games -- but over time I'm going to get there."

seems like he just might be totally done with wanting to play basketball, he does want the money tho

― lag∞n, Thursday, October 20, 2022 1:33 PM (ten minutes ago)

i'm trying not to overreact to the last few months but it really does feel like his basketball career is on the precipice of being over in a real way

he really got his feelings hurt

Luka and Dirk are very different players but it seems like we’re back in that era where the franchise can’t really get a second star and instead is based around an ever-changing series of role players. It eventually worked and they got a title but was that just lightning in a bottle?

hold that bottle up with enough $$$ behind it, you just might catch lightning twice

Simmons thing has just spiraled in such an insane way. Other guys have had a precipitous fall and washed out of the league from all-star status quickly, but it's wild that he was so ambivalent and fragile that the media turning on him disintegrated his whole life as an nba star. i mean he was never mr tough hard-working lover of the game, but it is incredible that he was able to accomplish what he did given that that was all it took for it all to come crashing down

There are a lot of guys who just don’t like basketball that much and this was his vibe in college. On the other hand Anthony Edwards had that vibe and seems to have decided basketball is cool