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

russ coming off the bench "for foreseeable future"

also fuck kyrie, get him outta the league

doesnt seem good

The Spurs have waived Josh Primo, the team has announced.

Primo was the 12th overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. pic.twitter.com/kgH4GbSwF9

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) October 28, 2022

Truly shocking

that’s bizarre. all i was hearing was how much they liked him.

must be some criminal shit right

Especially in light of:

The team is using the likeness of Josh Primo on billboards around the city to promote ticket sales for the 2022-23 season

^ from article posted by MSN a couple of weeks ago.

yeah something must have happened they just picked up his option for next season a couple weeks ago

must be some criminal shit right

yep, "conduct detrimental to the team" seems like only explanation. if it were some rare disease or horrific injury the story would not be so terse.

No Zion :( :( :(

noooo. sorry spottie

I really love christian braun. seems like another home run draft pick

anthony davis taking a game off I see, it has been a long brutal slog of 4 games so he deserves the rest

No ingram either lol alright we get to see CJ cook

It really sucks when you bring the kids and they do load management

deandre jordan just hit a three

makes him 2/13 for his career lol

That’s kinda amazing

Lotsa jock Landale and Torrey Craig highlights in this one lol.

CP looks pretty cooked to my eyes. But he could be just coasting idk

Getting called out by your owner on Twitter

I’m disappointed that Kyrie appears to support a film based on a book full of anti-semitic disinformation. I want to sit down and make sure he understands this is hurtful to all of us, and as a man of faith, it is wrong to promote hate based on race, ethnicity or religion.

— Joe Tsai (@joetsai1999) October 29, 2022

many xposts, i hate to even speculate what's going with the primo situation. the spurs FO is fuckin ft knox. but its gotta be something criminal and/or abuse related.

Sports are fun

OKAY DeAndre Jordan 🎯🎯

Second 3-pointer of his career 😂 pic.twitter.com/CoHiYqAxpS

— Richie Cozzolino (@RichieCozz) October 29, 2022

I’m really glad the refs didn’t call a travel and ruin that moment

This was an unreal sequence of "basketball" pic.twitter.com/O97nCzq3yA

— CJ Fogler AKA Perc70 #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) October 29, 2022

Having to deal with kawhi seems like no fun. Why is he allergic to playing

“Kawhi practicing today?”

Ty Lue: "I don't know."

"Do you know yet for tomorrow?"

"Just continue to do his rehab. We don't know if he's playing or not tomorrow yet either, but I don't think so today." pic.twitter.com/iUOzmLEgtb

— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) October 29, 2022

so wild how the stars just run the show. kawhi doesn't get paid to talk to his coach or teammates

kawhi is ridiculous he prob wont play but if he does youre contending

Who knows!? We haven’t seen him in like 2 years and he still won’t play consistently

spurs diagnosed him correctly smh

Is bol bol good now?

Reporting with ⁦@wojespn⁩ The San Antonio Spurs’ release of guard  Josh Primo – the No. 12 pick in the 2021 NBA Draft --- stemmed from multiple alleged instances of Primo exposing himself to women. https://t.co/4qV7FzmkNI

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) October 29, 2022

good riddance

ugh

bizarre lack of details in that “reporting”

Sources: A former Spurs female employee has alleged that guard Josh Primo exposed himself to her, and she has hired attorney Tony Buzbee.

Buzbee represented the women in the sexual misconduct lawsuits against NFL QB Deshaun Watson.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 29, 2022

Ok that's fucking foul

great reason to waive him.

in lighter news, gordon hayward's haircut looks even worse live on television.

this is a very spirited overtime from the hornets without their best couple players

nets just lost at home to the pacers without myles turner. eek

i've been thinking about something in the context of the bad starts for the nets and lakers and a few other teams who arguably have a couple top 20 players--the league is so deep that having a couple guys like that doesn't give teams the floor that it used to. players 3 through 9 matter more than ever, roster construction and fit matters more than ever. i don't know if it's right but that's absolutely how it feels when you watch the nets and lakers get blown off the floor because their role players suck.

the nets and lakers both being garbage this year is just a blessing from hoops god, hoops god >>>>>> christian god once again

i've been thinking about something in the context of the bad starts for the nets and lakers and a few other teams who arguably have a couple top 20 players--the league is so deep that having a couple guys like that doesn't give teams the floor that it used to. players 3 through 9 matter more than ever, roster construction and fit matters more than ever. i don't know if it's right but that's absolutely how it feels when you watch the nets and lakers get blown off the floor because their role players suck.

― call all destroyer, Saturday, October 29, 2022 9:06 PM (thirty seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is it. gotta defend in space, spread the floor, have the conditioning to run all day, guys who buy into team schemes, etc.

there was a time when bron could assemble a crew of his friends and mario chalmers and win playoff series, those days are gone

i think you could prob still do a super team but itd really need to be perfect, top guys in their absolute primes with good fit and nice vibes

but yeah agree that the pendulum has swung towards depth

cad otm

do it all guys also seem to matter less than dudes filling a couple roles perfectly

Cad otm. Another thing to consider is that lebron and brow aren’t top 20 guys any more.

was gonna say

also speaking of our beloved superteams, simmo had 3 FG and 4 fouls tonight

watching the jazz and i can see the appeal, you'd think these guys have played together for a couple years

better this way, imo