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

celtics are winning

celtics shooting is simply too good too continue this way all season but i will say 1. im enjoying it 2. they are generating extremely good looks

25 assists on 39 hoops for the Celtics tonight.

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) November 17, 2022

lot of evidence so far for playing hauser more

Sam Hauser is a +29 in 22 minutes.

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) November 17, 2022

Brutal shooting night, but I’m not concerned in general about their offense. Getting bogdanovic back will help. Just want to add that I hope to never see the holiday brothers on the court again this season

They looked completely off tonight

ah theres our guy

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. for the win. AGAIN.https://t.co/RW6H2JLMLM pic.twitter.com/TsHan0z8ST

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) November 17, 2022

Subtract Luka and it’s like the early 90s Mavs out there (including Kidd)

deandre jordan stinks

Jamychel Green STINKS

Checking in on mavs fans

The Mavs had a generational talent fall into their lap and somehow, 5 seasons later, assembled one of the worst rosters in the NBA around him.

— Coopz (@LukaDaGoat) November 17, 2022

depressing loss to the knicks last night. denver was missing jokic and aaron gordon but playing an opponent on a road back to back in denver used to mean something!

it means less if their previous game was in utah, which it was

kings finally look in good shape to break their playoff drought this year? in which case the torch passes to the hornets i think

i guess they're always 1 injury away from the basement though

kings #2 in offrtg (9th in net)

I won’t believe it til they’re actually in

yeah they seem more like a playin team to me

I guess kawhi is playing tonight

like haley's comet

don't look now but simmo has double-digit points

dame picked poor simmo's pocket in such a way that, sadly, i'm not sure ben will ever be able to dribble again

christmas day 5pm bucks-celtics matchup, pretty sweet

Killa Cam has seen enough

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkRorw3sKSo/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

over the last few seasons whos been in more trade rumors, collins or myles turner?

The Hawks have begun preliminary trade talks surrounding John Collins, per @ShamsCharania pic.twitter.com/WKwaHNjIow

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 18, 2022

id say turner has been in more rumors, collins is more the hawks just really want to trade him but no one is that interested

indy was always trying to sell too high on turner now hes in the final year of the deal theyre not going to be able to get much for him, unless the lakers finally come through i guess

8 games but he's having his best statistical season by quite a bit too

hes a good player im sure they couldve gotten an ok first + filler for him a couple years ago

will be funny if they end up resigning him

have thought all offseason that the heat could really use john collins but not sure i see a trade fit there

wonder what the hawks are thinking theyre getting back

yeah i dont get it, he produces and is really their only 4 of note, not like theyre bringing up a youngster behind him or somethign right? if anything they have a log jam at center and should be moving off capella to free up minutes for okongwu? maybe okongwu can play the 4?

if they could add some wing shooting they could shift hunter to the 4 in closing line ups to play with trae, murray, a shooter and a center. but how many teams are looking to trade wing shooting for a power forward (albeit one who can shoot, this season aside)

Yah I thought of hunter to the 4 but not sure he can rebound well enough, then again I didn’t think Wiggins could and he figured it out. Thats prob the most intriguing option, and with bogdon coming back would free him up for more minutes too. Idk tho, just seems like they want to get off a good player on a fair contract, maybe there’s some locker room or off court issues or maybes he’s asking out behind the scenes. Or maybe they want to duck the tax or lower their penalty?

He’s much improved on D as well. I have no idea why they do this every year. I will say that Collins does struggle posting up consistently, but he’s pretty good in other regard

He’s much improved on D as well. I have no idea why they do this every year. I will say that Collins does struggle posting up consistently, but he’s pretty good in other regard

i made a poll
best young backcourt poll

collins is a good basketball player he just plays an extinct position more or less. he’s good enough to make you dream on it but the hawks have seemed to think he was ill fitting for a while and there’s prob not tons of teams lining up to take on a well paid big who isn’t much of a force around the basket but also isn’t an amazing shooter either

bet hed be pretty good on an up tempo ball movement team like say the warriors

he makes the most sense to me as a small ball 5 who on a good offensive team who plays against back ups a lot and it doesn’t matter that he’s not a center bcuz all you’re trying to do anyway is outscore the other team when he’s on the floor. so christian wood’s role on the mavs basically. it’s harder to fit him into a starting line up for me

he cant just play power forward whats the problem its ok there are still power forwards the celtics (#1 team in the nba) start grant williams

lol wut

Jimmy Butler
Bam Adebayo
Tyler Herro
Duncan Robinson
Gabe Vincent
Dewayne Dedmon
Victor Oladipo
Udonis Haslem
Omer Yurtseven

All nine of these players are OUT tonight against the Wizards in D.C.@MiamiHEAT | #HEATCulture pic.twitter.com/S7ix5IHn81

— Bally Sports Sun: HEAT (@BallyHEAT) November 18, 2022

but grant can play defense, he can guard wing players and bigger guards

the peak archetype of the player collins is trying to be is horford on boston where he can play 4 with another center and can also play 5 in small line ups. but horford is overall better on offense (or at least more reliable) and certainly on defense where he’s a plus. when that guy can’t actually play defense it’s tough. you’re kelly olynyk… except a worse shooter? it starts to make sense that they have trouble trading him when you break it down

from what i can tell the heat are already shifting into “let’s just get into the playoffs and figure it out from there” mode which isn’t a great place to be in

i dont think hes olynyk bad on d hes kind of ok, also hes a good offensive player he put up 22-10 on 58/40/80 a couple years ago even tho the hawks have never really found the right mix for him

my conclusion is that he and trae must have like negative on-court chemistry

feels like they should be a good match idk

i agree but they’ve been doing this for years now and he numbers keep getting worse