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

for sure. but honestly surprised that they look this good so far.

i said this in the predix thread but they remind me of last year’s jazz who were all systems go for about 1/3 of the season before gradually falling into the middle of the pack. if something happens to cp or booker i don’t see how the suns are able to keep pace

monty has a great system in place but it is just a system... i think when it gets figured out (like the mavs did) he doesnt have many counters

Joint statement from Kyrie Irving, the Brooklyn Nets, and the Anti-Defamation League pic.twitter.com/5szamIClsh

— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) November 2, 2022

sorry i faved fake hitler quotes i now know thats not cool

only real hitler quotes from here on out

no more fasle narratives

“I do not believe *everything* said in the documentary is true.”

we need kyrie to make a reaction video

he should become a youtuber after hes out of the league next year

bring a gopro to the supermarket tell you which foods are evil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjB3dO6hVwc

this free-thinking citizen is a triumph for duke university and its basketball program

kyrie should lean into his duke experience start wearing the gear talking about "speaking as someone who went to duke", would be a good bit

kinda wild to me that kyrie was on team usa in an olympics and a world cup, though maybe he listens to coach k, idk

i am led to understand that kyrie no longer listens to K, if he ever really did

i do wonder if he listens to anyone at all? certainly his buddy KD is unable to keep him from doing endless stupid shit

there seems to be pretty broad agreement that kyrie wasn't always like this

im sure hes gotten worse become a conspiracy nut and whatnot but he was alienating people from day one in cleveland

OG anunoby might be dpoy

Bucks have shot 1/20 from three and are up by 9

Dejounte Murray murdered the knicks this evening

hes v good, sad to say

had to turn down good tickets to see memphis tonight, hope it is a bad and boring game!

FPd for turning down tickets

great comeback by the blazers in the 4th, not quite enough in the tank to finish it off but this team is scrappy, i like them.

lakers got another on in overtime and this pass and shot to send it there was incredible

MATT RYAN. WOW 🤯🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/TnkGeKunoy

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 3, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tSiAyO-zTM

Haven’t watched the magic at all duh but damn Bol Bol looking incredible

yeah he does.

it looks like keegan murray is still finding his feet to some degree but he does some impressive stuff out there. it’s gotta be the first time in decades that the kings will have a good young two way wing player… it’s borderline shocking to watch them and see a guy who is just good at basketball playing for their team

davion mitchell on the other hand… if you didn’t know anything about him you’d never guess he was a first round pick. he looks like your run of the mill back up PG… aaron holiday is the nicest comparison i can think of. already feels like a wasted pick to me

kevin huerter has been shooting the cover off the ball. he has games of 6-9, 5-8, 7-8, 5-10 and 4-9 from three this year. him and sabonis have a pretty nice two man game.

and the team basically still stinks

i think that haliburton deal is gonna haunt the kings

if they even notice vis-a-vis all the other decisions haunting them before and since

its true

ok lebron was sick which passed the eye test

“Today was the first day I got out of bed since Sunday night. It hurt me to my soul to miss out on the Halloween party with all my guys on Monday…Tom Brady's been on the injury report for like 20 straight years. Somehow he just plays.”

🗣️ LeBron James

(via @michaelcorvoNBA) pic.twitter.com/nM47ER2c5o

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) November 3, 2022

two carries and a travel :)

TYLER HERRO FOR THE WIN 🔥pic.twitter.com/iNWUh60d9U

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) November 3, 2022

someone woke up from his nap!

"Kyrie Irving made a reckless decision to post a link to a film containing deeply offensive antisemitic material," Silver said in a statement. "While we appreciate the fact that he agreed to work with the Brooklyn Nets and the Anti-Defamation League to combat antisemitism and other forms of discrimination, I am disappointed that he has not offered an unqualified apology and more specifically denounced the vile and harmful content contained in the film he chose to publicize. I will be meeting with Kyrie in person in the next week to discuss this situation."

Kyrie just spoke for over six minutes. He said he took responsibility for his posts — but there was no formal apology like many around the league were hoping to hear. The press conference was cut short by a Nets PR staffer.

— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) November 3, 2022

Kyrie: “I didn’t mean to cause any harm. I’m not the one who made the documentary”

— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) November 3, 2022

“I'm not the one that made the documentary”

- Kyrie Irving

pic.twitter.com/1MXVrWKD3s

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) November 3, 2022

umm. i do think the nets trying to keep him away from microphones was a good idea. lol

otm, this is unbelievable

he’s in a unique position to influence his community

holy shit this is bad

Former Spurs psychologist Hillary Cauthen has sued the Spurs and Josh Primo and is filing a criminal complaint over alleged incidents involving indecent exposure by Primo, alleging Primo exposed himself nine times to her beginning in December 2021 and the franchise failed to act.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 3, 2022

Kyrie Irving is asked if he has any anti-Semitic beliefs: pic.twitter.com/hHI8FFqMbs

— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) November 3, 2022

also there’s def anti semites in new jersey let’s be real. i don’t think that one is exonerating you kyrie

some of the responses on those Friedell tweets :/

abdicating responsibility, the whole "hey do your own research" angle, he's just asking questions, posting links, all this shit requires to gain traction is the idea that "huh isn't it interesting how things are with regards to this group of people..."

"i cannot be antisemitic if i know where i come from" - i think, in his own antagonistic and defensive way, he's referring to what i understand the thesis of the film to be, that black people are the real semites. which, when you're supposed to be disavowing and distancing yourself from it, probably not the most effective move to draw on its premise

what a jackass

“i can’t be anti semitic if you know where i come from” - this is still on the whole "black people are the original jews" thing isn't it???!! unbelievable

lol xpost exactly. he actually is doubling down

there are many people out there who have chosen the conspiracy life over their families their livelihoods and general well being but i think this is the first all star were losing

wild that the kyrie and kanye situations are happening simultaneously, its not great

maybe we could quarantine kyrie's poisonous ideas and actions elsewhere than a thread meant to let us indulge in our joy in the game. kinda like the Trump and Musk threads, but for kyrie's powerful bad vibes