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

Front office has to make some moves

their home road split is crazy unprecedented even maybe

Warriors on a run

New update finally fixed League Pass!

i feel like the warriors are gonna look at themselves and say "we just won the title last year and we're not scared of any team in the west." but if i was them i'd be looking to package any combo of wiseman, moody and picks to add to the roster

yeah seems like a no brainer

they need two more quality guys their bench has just been so bad

Yikes Steph grabbing his shoulder, going back to the locker room

he had 38-7-7 in 30 mins too

Exciting end to the Pistons/Hornets right now

magic are up 26 on the hawks in the 3rd quarter

― lag∞n, Wednesday, December 14, 2022 8:00 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Ok just finished the 1st q and the magic have scored 50. Gonna change it now

yeah i meat 2nd quarter there

Trae’s been so bad this season

spurs mascot shooting the t-shirt cannon while dressed as wednesday addams

love how the churn is so quick now that something becomes popular and is desperately coopted by every aspect of culture like a week later and then it already sucks

its crazy how much is just marketers looking at tiktok, trying to get some shit going on tiktok

theres no real reason for it other than tiktok appeals to the marketing mind

gonna be hard on the minds of the youths when everything they like is just total coopted nerd garbage immediately

wasn't crazy about the signing at the time, but jalen brunson is cold as hell and the knicks' best player by far.

not a great look for the knicks that he's the best player, but that's not his fault!

the bulls are depressing

Jalen Brunson put Alex Caruso down pic.twitter.com/TtFGBf4xiR

— CJ Fogler AKA Perc70 #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) December 15, 2022

randle really tried to lose this game down the stretch but couldnt pull it off

just some really horrible vooch minutes in OT

randle really tried to lose this game down the stretch but couldnt pull it off

the score after the first quarter in hawks-magic was 50-22 magic

that’s like a fire the coach at halftime type score lol

nuggets defense and bench lineups continue to be a trash fire, however jokic has 33 on 15/18 from the field through 3 quarters

17/20 for 41 now

New update finally fixed League Pass!

lol which of the bad things got fixed
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, December 15, 2022 3:07 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol i should clarify for me it has been literally broken, like i would select a game to watch and it would just go to a black screen and not load. all the bad ux and weird stuff is still there not to worry

shameful to charge money for such a broken product

league ass

Dallas vibe check

dont love this!!!! pic.twitter.com/0rrcCi02Rq

— Slightly Biased (@BiasedSlightly) December 15, 2022

dallas needs a second star stat

id be assembling a godfather offer for siakam

i dont love it but this is prob true nba is turning into an even more freaks league

2015-2017 felt like everyone thought future was 6'6 centers and in 2022 it has turned to 7'0ft'ers who just do things wings can, lol.

Personally, I'd never draft anyone under 6'3 anymore unless they're 99th percentile athlete or scorer.

— A.K (@Kungu_NBA) December 15, 2022

college basketball is a markedly inferior product in every way but this is part of the reason why i still watch (well, and because i have a rooting interest). it's fun to watch basketball "as it used to be," where traditional post bigs or fun little guys or large white guys with 18 foot range can make an impact

yeah true

lol thibs

pic.twitter.com/ZPquohKgxJ

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) December 15, 2022

billy donovan was fully on the court for that entire play lol

dallas needs a second star stat

― lag∞n, Thursday, December 15, 2022 10:21 AM (fifty-nine minutes ago)

this is true of course in the abstract (every team needs a second star) but the confusing thing about the mavs this year is that they're 21st in defense and 8th in offense. so there's something else going on at the root of it beyond just luka needing help

often a playoff series says as much about the loser as it does the winner (i.e. hawks over sixers in the semis) and the mavs are looking like they might fall into that category and perhaps even an extreme version when you consider the two teams they beat were utah (perpetually in turmoil and then immediately disbanded) and phoenix (triggered into turmoil by a legendary meltdown)

mavs playing good defense last year was weird considering they dont have a very defensively talented roster good offense bad defense is more what i would expect from them

the honeymoon is over. it's time to fire Kidd.

sure but i’m not sure who’s supposed to do anything with this roster. it’s a mess.

hope someone is telling luka hes not allowed to kill two coaches in a row

ah well

Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber will miss six-to-eight weeks due to a sprain in his right knee, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 15, 2022

Team has announced a hamstring tear for Kleber as well.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 15, 2022

yikes. they might be play-in bound

a huge issue that no coach can fix is that finney-smith and bullock are both shooting 31% from three after being in the high 30s each of the last two seasons. that's essentially the basis of their whole offense

theres that chart from a lil while ago showing those guys get some of the best looks too, not great

hammy and knee sprain wow