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

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EXCLUSIVE: Nets pivoted to Udoka after controversial local coaching search pic.twitter.com/wx2jiNXiYV

— myles brown (@mdotbrown) November 1, 2022

the most recent lakers superteam is worse than the Nets superteam i think, but its close.

― Spottie, Tuesday, November 1, 2022 1:50 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

the now this gonna be fun one? idk i think the nets is worse, that lakers team was actually good the first year before injuries predictably caught up with them, and just on vibes and chaos level this nets team is so bad, kyries vax strike fat harden forcing his way out ben simmons lol, also the expectations for that lakers team were really unrealistic too many way over the hill guys, nets team actually had stars in their primes, tho not their peaks

― lag∞n, Tuesday, November 1, 2022 10:56 AM (fifty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i meant the lebron ad and russ superteam

sounds like the nets wanted to do this but just wanted to let the udoka news cycle be out of the spotlight for a month or so lol

ah they won a ring* tho, guess that was before russ

lmao I can’t believe this udoka shit how dumb can ya be

theyre desperate, and dumb

who's driving the bus, KD, kyrie, Sean Marks, Joe Tsai? the random strategy generator 8-ball?

seems like years ago

Kyrie says he plans to re-sign with the Nets: "When I say I'm here with Kev, I think that really entails us managing this franchise together alongside Joe and Sean."

— Scott Cacciola (@ScottCacciola) April 26, 2022

This outcome is truly incredible.

hmm the suns started off the season 5-1 like nothing happened. and also have a white guy named Jock (?)

ah interesting

the nets are currently trying to hire a PR coordinator hahahahahhahhahahahahahahahhaha pic.twitter.com/TTznpUVWti

— sean yoo (@SeanYoo) November 1, 2022

you cant make this shit up

We have vetted the allegations and have determined he can help our defense pic.twitter.com/Bzx7ERpeHj

— Brian Pickett (@BrianPickett) November 1, 2022

PR person better hit the ground running.

i wonder if anyone has checked to see if adam silver is still alive while a team in his backyard continues to employ and antisemite and is in the process of hiring a workplace harasser

there is, plausibly speaking, "nothing he can do" if a team wants to do employ an antisemite and hire a workplace harasser. but stern was a master of soft power whereas silver just seems... soft

thought they'd be struggling without Simmo but Irving is slotting quite well into the "superstar scoring less than 5 points" role

xp yeah figuring out how soft power works is like the entire job description

is there any team that would take kyrie rn, what would that even look like

i think the only team that would have before the antisemitism was the lakers and i'd imagine they are sensitive to that particular issue

final year of his deal wonder what happens next season

yeah might be a Barry Bones "might be okay for a year or two but it's a totally radioactive situation" thing

btw its pretty wild that the Nets' Big 3 are the top 3 "don't make facial expressions" guys

lol harden too

he gets a pass because you can't see any of his face

lol cad that's exactly how i ran through it in my head before i posted the q

lmao i'm glad. also we need to take whatever joy we can from this awful and shitty topic.

been watching suns/wolves for maybe 10 minutes and gobert has botched two interior catches, resulting in turnovers to the suns bench unit

it’s not clear to me what this t wolves team is supposed to be good at, exactly

well they sold the farm for the perennial all-defense center so i thought they would be good at defense

they have the no 7 defense but against a soft schedule. and they’re bottom 10 in offense. not sure that swap is gonna work out for them

charles says of the wolves this season “they’re not dominating in the paint offensively or defensively” which is a good way of putting it

suns are flat out not guarding gobert

lol CP3 did the "am I gonna shoot it?" routine for like 7 seconds then found a dude wide open under the basket

suns starters are blowing the wolves starters off the floor. wolves spacing with that line up is abysmal

in a shocking turn of events the wolves look like a good team whenever they bench russell and gobert and surround edwards & towns with 3 and D guys (and not even particularly good ones at that)

of all the teams who should never be running out all bench line ups the suns have to be near the top of the list

2 point game wow

suns were up 11 after three and just played 3.5 straight minutes with no starters to begin the fourth and got out scored 12-3

I am chillin watching hoops and spinning Popol Vuh and I just realized one of the most beautiful songs of all time "Kyrie" is ruined

Fricke > Irving

suns put their starters back in and immediately go back up 12. lol

i thought the wolves would be good reg season team but this is leaning towards being an all-time disaster trade

was running down the list in my head of everything going on with the nets and the fact they have a former all star in his early prime who's now afraid to play basketball was like #8 on the list lol

"Awful... This right here is the most dysfunctional team I've ever seen."

Nick Friedell on the Brooklyn Nets#NBATwitter #NetsWorld pic.twitter.com/uKKeNsQHVr

— 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣’ 𝙉𝘽𝘼 (@_Talkin_NBA) November 2, 2022

tbh this is leaning toward being an all-time weird season

it is a strange landscape out there right now no doubt

And it's only been a few seasons since the bubble!

def apocalypse vibes in every aspect of life rn very good

KD said he was “shocked” by Nash’s decision to leave — said it was weighing on him during the day.

“I enjoyed coming to work with Steve.”

— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) November 2, 2022

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