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

Yeah the bench is working itself out. Having Donte out to start the season really hurt them. Kumingas been coming on the last couple weeks.

another good pelicans suns game, cp3 kicked his legs out on 3 in ot and was ready to tie it up but the pelicans still had their challenge and ran away with it from there

perfect

The FBI has began a convo with the nba. We are looking to move Chris Paul over to UFC before he ruins basketball.
No one is safe pic.twitter.com/bDBytQPXC2

— IN THE LAB (@DevInTheLab) December 11, 2022

a tear rolls down k3vin’s cheek as he watches a montage of career highlights from his favorite ever player

A "Chris Paul sucks" chant breaks out at the Pelicans-Suns game 🗣️pic.twitter.com/tcuXZoM6FZ

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) December 11, 2022

beautiful

something feels wrong that sacramento is the highest seeded california team right now

Pels crowd otm. Pels crowd is ILH.

i live for the snitch squad

AJ Griffin have a nice rookie season

IMPOSSIBLE pic.twitter.com/4LVrFle0rH

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) December 12, 2022

Love when plays like that work

rockets beat the bucks 97-92 wth

i foresaw this

big fan of this season tbf.

rockets 5-5 in their last ten after 3-13 start with wins over bucks, 76ers, suns, okc, atl

Cade out for the season

the rockets keep getting those upset wins, but they're very inconsistent

thats kinda what you want to see from a young team.

yeah shd be an indicator that theres talent

how many of those rockets wins hold up to scrutiny? i.e. not a back to back for the opponent, full line ups being played etc i know middleton got hurt 5 mins into the game the other night

refs are out of control

luka clapped and yelled at dwight powell "cmon man lets go" and the refs gave him a T and told him to respect the game that memo is wild.

— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) December 13, 2022

lol what is going on this year it's really something else

maybe the refs should try "chilling out"

league pass alert dame is 10/13 from 3 halfway through the third

11 now. Going for klays record

Adding a new award to argue about

New names and trophies for NBA’s major individual awards:

- MVP: The Michael Jordan Trophy
- DPOY: Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy
- ROY: Wilt Chamberlain Trophy
- Sixth Man of Year: John Havlicek Trophy
- Most Improved: George Mikan Trophy
- New Clutch Player of Year: Jerry West Trophy

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 13, 2022

corny moves

it's not great

lame as hell

bad, can't see these sticking. also 'clutch' is far too nebulous a concept to have an award for

might as well make a 'best locker room presence' trophy at that point

they should’ve named the clutch award after james harden

jerry west already has the logo when will he be satisfied

when Max Borenstein agrees to a fist fight

"clutch player" is a terrible award

even more subjective than most improved

jesus i didnt realize they did new trophies

Paying homage through the details.

An in-depth look at the intricacies and stories featured within the design of the new Michael Jordan Trophy for the #KiaMVP. pic.twitter.com/WyOXgsKVxQ

— NBA (@NBA) December 13, 2022

i fucking hate all these little references, dumb ass business guy shit

easter eggs!

The dumb part is that unless it's the Jumpman no one will look at that and think Jordan

lol yeah true

they have this shit in hockey and i can never remember what the selke or lady byng trophy are

feel like theyre more than easter eggs tho they really drive the design, its a need to understand through simple concepts, for people who dont get aesthetics, art etc

1.5" hole in the base for how many seasons he skipped due to gambling debts.

hes standing on a base that depicts isiah thomas face to represent when he blackballed him from the dream team

every one of those little easter eggs is so dumb lmaooo

there are a half dozen iconic Jordan poses they could have based this trophy on, didn't have to be jumpman. wonder if nike/jordan brand had their thumb on the scale a bit. oh,

Mark Smith, a retired VP of innovation special projects at Nike and a Jordan Brand designer, worked in creative partnership with Jordan to design the new trophy
...
With the exception of the Jordan Trophy, all the new trophies were designed in collaboration with Victor Solomon,

by far the "clutchest" thing you can do as a player in the regular season is play at mvp level for the whole season

i feel more neutral about all the renamings, and who cares about the trophies, but yeah adding the clutch thing feels ridiculous. call me cynical but leaning in to this most controversial concept in sports of what it is to be clutch, is there such a thing as clutch, etc. seems calculated to just create grist for the mill of the media machine

they have this shit in hockey and i can never remember what the selke or lady byng trophy are

tbf hockey also has a championship trophy you can drink out of, which is u & k