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

hard to imagine indy wouldnt agree to some sort of protections its not like theyve got amazing players everyone is beating down their door to get

the lakers concluding that turner and hield don’t move the needle for them in a significant way and they’re better off just riding this season out & making major moves in the offseason when they have real cap space again and even more picks to trade is a completely justifiable position to me

keeping in mind that bron is fading so they might not have another year of competing, win now pressures etc

their inaction on that trade (assuming it is actually still on the table) feels like an indicator of one of two things: either lebron is not really calling the shots anymore and they are trying not to blow up all their future equity for a win-now move that won't actually help them become a true contender anyway; OR lebron is absolutely calling the shots and doesn't want to trade a fellow star of his era if he's not getting back another player he personally sees in the same class. i'm gonna put my money closer to #2

its a fun place for the lakers to be

lakers trade options are somewhat limited imo - the tanking teams who would be willing to take on westbrooks contract have already traded away their good players. you could probably get markannen, maybe jerami grant but there arent a lot of options

maybe jerami grant

never. the blazers would have to be out of their minds to take on Russ and his contract in exchange for grant.

everybody loses!
http://i.imgur.com/AfyK0dj.png

lakers should trade brow while the microscope isnt on the fact that hes been the worst shooter in the league since the bubble.

The Lakers need shooting!

They have made just 24 of their 101 jump shots this season.

Starting 5 Jump Shots, First 2 Games:
LeBron James ........ 6 of 22
Lonnie Walker .........3 of 14
Anthony Davis ........ 2 of 12
Patrick Beverley ...... 2 of 11
Russell Westbrook ... 2 of 11 pic.twitter.com/qPaqvezchn

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) October 21, 2022

i think this is fine they don't need to bother

just do dunks everytime

the lakers concluding that turner and hield don’t move the needle for them in a significant way and they’re better off just riding this season out & making major moves in the offseason when they have real cap space again and even more picks to trade is a completely justifiable position to me

― J0rdan S., Friday, October 21, 2022 10:44 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is not laker culture

lol they only have five players under contract next season and theyre still spending ~$90m

https://en.hispanosnba.com/salaries/los-angeles-lakers

Doc Rivers said Joel Embiid had plantar fasciitis this offseason, which has contributed to his conditioning not being at its best early in the year.

Rivers said Embiid isn’t bothered by that now, that he expects him to get into better shape and a better rhythm.

— Noah Levick (@NoahLevick) October 21, 2022

five is all you need

five guys

explains a lot about embiids start. maybe doc should play him 25-28 minutes a game until he gets going tho ffs.

is austin reeves the lakers third best player?

embiid had plantar fasciitis which left him in the same condition to start the season as he had been every year except for last year

Of course he did poorly he was guarded by Brook

I didn't hear one mention of planta fasciitis in the offseason.

jo whyre you so fat

my... foot sore

brook took TWELVE attempts from three last night lol. made 4 so like.. kudos i guess.

he can shoot!!!

it seems so, i never realised. in the playoffs last year he didn't really do that

Thats pretty much his game space the floor on one end and clog the paint on the other

i thought brook looked good. we don’t really think about centers as 3 and D players but he’s prob one of the better 3 and D players in the league when he’s healthy

never. the blazers would have to be out of their minds to take on Russ and his contract in exchange for grant.

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), 

thought he was still on the pistons

i rewatched that blazers game and i kinda like the roster? scrappy bunch

they dont have the starpower to compete with the best of the best but they should be competitive every night. of course this is all dependent on dame playing like a top 10 player and all these role players staying healthy. gp2, winslow, hart will be hell on defense and hustle.

dame looked pretty bad in that game, he’s 32 and coming off a weird surgery for an athlete…

yeah hope it was just rust and getting back to it. likely his best years are behind him tho

seems like a lot of star PGs succumb to age faster than other positions, cp3 excepted. isaiah thomas, kemba, dame, russ, etc

yeah the quick guys are in trouble when they lose a step, cp3 solved the problem by turning his midrange shot into a layup

cp very crafty and was always a plus on defense too. those things age well along w the midrange sniper game.

kemba russ dame all SO bad at defense where if the offense slips even just a bit it all comes crashing down pretty quick

kyle lowry also looked unplayable in the heat’s opener

he'll be 37 by end of season. he lasted longer than the normal PG expectancy

yeah i didnt include kyle bc he's been such a solid defender, but he looked cooked the other night

i thought gordons hair was like a fake out funny thing for a day type thing but uh no thats his hair im seeing it now on my tv

Lauri!

LAURI MARKKANEN DESTROYS RUDY GOBERT 🤯pic.twitter.com/dnpEo3xHH8

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) October 22, 2022

kyrie was awesome tonight vs toronto

lowry also looked lightyears better

some really nice minutes for christian braun for the nuggets so far

jazz 2-0 lol

nuggets look incredible

Damian Lillard has 28 of the Blazers 47 points in the first half.

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) October 22, 2022

wow dame lurking rude

make a post coward

DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION OR NAH pic.twitter.com/bnal7pAExj

— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) October 22, 2022

dpoy is when you stand at the ft line pointing its mostly a pointing award

just completely atrocious effort from the nuggs on the glass the last 5 minutes, smh