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

Kyrie is such a piece of shit that his negative creep energy prob is just a huge drain on that squad

It’s just overall really depressing. I can protect my kid from the kyries of the world but can I always protect him forever from the people who will be all heart emojis at what he says?

kyrie performing his version of Lydia Tár guest lecturing at Juilliard is powerful stuff

Kyrie appoints himself a voice of the voiceless then takes offense and deflects and runs whenever asked to elaborate on his commentary. Dude is a joke. A clown. And hasn't done a damn thing noteworthy on the court since 2016. Just a QAnon Monta Ellis at this point

— 🎃👻America Is Musty👻🎃 (@DragonflyJonez) October 30, 2022

I know Kd follows dragon fly or used to. Wonder what he’s thinking about all this

lol qanon monte ellis

qanon monte ellis

deft jab. i lolled.

Lmao at the comment calling him Allen Ivermectin

Ahahahahah

i know it's early but donovan mitchell in cleveland looks good af. averaging career highs and starting off 5-1.

Kyrie is such a piece of shit that his negative creep energy prob is just a huge drain on that squad

― omar little, Sunday, October 30, 2022 2:07 PM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

anyone know what the reporting on this is btw? my guess is that he’s pretty popular with his teammates

i didn't know kyrie is a VP of the player's union? maybe he should absolutely not be a VP of the player's union?

this nuggets-lakers game features what are probably the 2 best 35+ year old in-game dunkers in jeff green and lebron, is anyone else in that conversation?

dude missed a boatload of games to protest vaccine requirements which caused the Nets to stretch themselves thin and lose a bunch of winnable games, drop to the 7 seed, and get swept in round 1. I wouldn't be surprised if someone guys were holding a grudge

35-year-old vince a few years back?

xp

right I mean right now tho

apparently kanye posted a pic of kyrie on his instagram and said "there's some real ones out there"

humiliating last 3 minutes of the third quarter form
the nuggets, not sure what malone was thinking with that lineup

it doesnt sound like myles turner thinks the lakers should trade for him

Should the Lakers give up the two picks? Full audio of Pacers center Myles Turner on The Woj Pod: https://t.co/yP00bwvnMZ pic.twitter.com/GZvSg9BLyp

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 31, 2022

the last two Bucks games I went to featured halftime shows by Vanilla Ice and Arrested Development. I'm not a particular fan of either but still I thought that was really cool

horseshoes were talking about a game of horseshoes

it was 90s night at the suns game i went to. they are clearly trying to keep the millenials coming. that boomer money is gonna dry up sooner than later.

that myles clip hes like please i want no part of that team thx but no

90s nights work. i have a bunch of pistons fan friends who were ecstatic for the return of those teal uniforms.

i miss grant hill and jerry stackhouse as much as the next guy, but there's a reason why they switched away from that color scheme lol

those uniforms are... notable lol, them and the pinstriped pajamas rockets ones

yea Bucks were wearing the purple uniforms and while I like their current ones much better it was definitely cool to see them in person wearing the uniforms you remember when you were a kid

actually the 90s night theme was pretty cool. its the little touches, like switching the organ to some vaguely SNES-like "Pump Up the Jam" synth. all the little references to NBA Jam too. made me feel kinda old but I still appreciated it lol

BOOM shakalaka!!!

I really would hate to find out some NBA players “actually he has a point” re: Kyrie though I’m sure some harbor similar brain dead thoughts. Would like to hear some players or even idk Kerr or Pop speak out against it and not just an owner.

Yeah, the relative silence about it around the league is disheartening. I'm not a big Richard Jefferson fan but it was great to see someone who had won a ring with Kyrie call him out over it.

its kinda hard to call out a current player, especially one who generally plays at an All-Star level. also I suspect most around the league aren't brain damaged enough to even know what weirdo conspiracies Kyrie are pushing.

yeah players just dont do that

also as noted hes the players association vp

wish there was even a bit of mild dissent but again I also recognize it’s a dumb world, people don’t want to make waves (tho kyrie does!), and I just hope someone doesn’t kill my kid someday bc the world is being made safer for “just asking questions” stuff. sorry I’m generally v bummed about the recent discourse even more than I might’ve been in years past.

don’t be sorry! it’s pretty fuckin bad out there

jfc

I started watching the movie Kyrie tweeted out to prepare for today's episode of @debatable. And if you were wondering exactly how insanely anti-Semitic it is, just know that they show this quote from "Adolph Hitler," as such: pic.twitter.com/1Z8bzKzFen

— Pablo Torre (@PabloTorre) October 31, 2022

The NBA announces the 76ers have lost their 2023 and 2024 second round picks as a result of the investigation into the signings of Danuel House and PJ Tucker this summer. pic.twitter.com/Lb84geQ67L

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) October 31, 2022

I don't really want to think too hard on it, but quoting Hitler as having some secret knowledge of Judaism is absolutely mind-boggling and insane.

The way Tucker and House have played so far, I think I might prefer the picks.

was gonna say

orlando giving up on hampton huh

Three players had 23-24 rookie scale team options declined:

RJ Hampton - $4.2M - ORL
U. Azubuike - $3.9M - UTA
L. Bolmaro - $2.6M - UTA

ORL & UTA (or an acquiring team) are capped at paying those players the amount of their declined option in first-year salary as UFAs in July.

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) October 31, 2022

I don't really want to think too hard on it, but quoting Hitler as having some secret knowledge of Judaism is absolutely mind-boggling and insane.

― Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Monday, October 31, 2022 4:10 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

its so crazy and so obviously fake imagine watching that and being like hmm lets see what theyve got to say, and its presented as a dialog thats referred to as a secret document?? everything about it makes no sense

even the typography screams unreliable

sometimes something is so obviously completely bullshit it just has to be real, in fact that’s how you know it’s real

somethings not right here

REPORT: Kawhi Leonard is out for a fourth consecutive game due to “knee management.”

(via @TomerAzarly, @TheSteinLine) pic.twitter.com/1hVByDKKqL

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) October 31, 2022

hes played 42 minutes so far this season + 33 in the preseason, not a lot to ask of a knee

more knee

Ben Simmons is officially out tonight vs. Indiana. There’s hope he will return Tuesday vs. Bulls, sources say. https://t.co/JFFVhK1cCy

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 31, 2022

couple hoop weirdos not wanting to hoop

If I had millions of dollars I would hoop at least every other day.

id be like fuck it im here they made me a uniform lets do this why not

i play twice per week on bum-ass knees but i'd play back to backs if my wife coach would let me #ballislife

simmo the savage would never

Tyronn Lue says that Kawhi Leonard will not be on upcoming road trip, adds that Leonard is frustrated and not where he wants to be. But that he is getting better.

— Law Murray 🎃 (@LawMurrayTheNU) November 1, 2022