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

im sure theyd be happy to trade him but i doubt theyd get much hes overpaid and has a player option next year

siakim on the other hand you could back the truck up

fvv also having a more transparently bad year stats wise than last

ANT + the second unit + dlo (sometimes) looking better than the Wolves have looked all season which is cool but also probably not super cool when you're playing better with our your two most expensive players

*sick blues lick*

Extremely dark stuff. A mom was taking her daughter to Madison Square Garden and she wasn't allowed in because facial recognition identified that she worked for a law firm that's suing MSG's parent company. The mom isn't involved in the case. https://t.co/7EsLkH9laZ

— Kevin Buist (@KevinBuist) December 20, 2022

Man alive

this is why we need 100% inheritance tax

congrats to this no doubt terrible rich guy

BREAKING: Billionaire mortgage lender Mat Ishbia is finalizing a purchase of the Phoenix Suns, sources tell ESPN. The deal, expected to be completed in the near future, would end the tumultuous tenure of owner Robert Sarver.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 20, 2022

Bout damn time

if the raptors could move some combo of siakam, FVV, gary trent, and even OG for like 5 or 6 first round picks (not unrealistic) i feel like that would be pretty compelling for them… masai could make a lot of noise on the trade market w/ that kinda draft pick ammo (including their own picks). it just feels like if you wanna make big trades now it has to be thru pick hauls so flipping some of these guys who are late 20s/end of contract and building up a pick stash could be a real avenue for them to reshape their team and not have it take years of being bad. they’ve already showed they’re pretty adept at the one year on the fly kinda rebuild (tho it did require them getting pretty lucky with the ping pong balls)

i take it back he gets a pass for being a baller

https://i.imgur.com/hdoiaAN.png

I'm guessing $4.3B.

Also, a fun fact: Mat Ishbia played three seasons at Michigan State from 1999-2002. He was on the Spartans NCAA title team in 1999-2000. https://t.co/DJXCRlVsni

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) December 20, 2022

In May 2021, Ishbia announced that UWM would not work with any mortgage brokers that also used Rocket Mortgage as a lender, which sparked criticism from the lending community.[8]

cavs-suns owner rivalry incoming

he sounds better than Peter Thiel at least!

Now there's a low bar

https://www.wsj.com/articles/venture-capitalists-seek-to-buy-phoenix-suns-with-potential-financing-from-peter-thiel-and-others-11670704755

interesting. i was curious why espn just dropped another story about how everyone who worked for sarver also sucked.

lol

looks like $4 billion is the reported price

thats a pretty penny i tell you what

ah well at least ol rob sarver has learned his lesson

like writing a penance but you are actually signing 40 checks, each for 100 million dollars

Butler questionable for Heat tonight wirh gastrointestinal illness

— Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz) December 20, 2022

DNPoo

My friend works as a server at the Target Center and Rudy Gobert gave all 450 Target Center employees $50 last night

pfft i do that every year

just thinking of the Nathan For You bit "Rudy Gobert was so nice...he once gave me $50 for no reason..."

who’s the ugliest player in the NBA? is it dillon brooks?

what would have happened if there was no whistle pic.twitter.com/cmCajrONrM

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) December 21, 2022

Kevin Knox looks worse than evil Danny Green.

someone's snitchin

morant seems to know where all the minitramps on the court are hidden

The suns vibes have shifted again what a roller coaster

What do you think is going on here? 👀@PHXFansApp @XinNBA @AndrewLeezus pic.twitter.com/vJXNDUiHaX

— Goober222 (@Goober2221) December 21, 2022

at least ayton cares about something

ok

ESPN Sources: After six seasons, Atlanta's President of Basketball Operations Travis Schlenk is moving into a senior advisory role. GM Landry Fields will oversee basketball operations. Schlenk's acquired significant talent, including Trae Young and reached Eastern finals in 2021.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 21, 2022

so the fall guy has fallen and it wasn’t nate mcmillan

yet

gotta think were about to see some trades

"Throughout this season, Tony and I have had multiple, honest conversations about some of the personal things I've been going through and how I've been feeling, and I appreciate the counsel he has provided me as well as the opportunity he gave me six seasons ago to be a first-time general manager," he said in the statement announcing the news. "As we enter a new year, the timing feels right for me to take a step back, reflect and prioritize my family."

landry fields 100% struck me as the kind of guy who’d be doing front office stuff

great win for the nuggets last night over the grizz btw. what a weird season. nuggets have been hot garbage relative to expectations and despite that find themselves in first place in the west

Lots of good teams just no great teams. Pretty fun season I think. A mid season trade could catapult some of these teams to great and they all should be doing everything they can to make it happen.

Nuggets have a lot riding on Jamal taking the whole season to get back to himself, and having Mpj healthy.

should mention that the nuggets won without their third and fourth best players available too. (gordon is clearly their second best player now imo)

do you guys not have a nuggets thread yet or…

call it the nuggets will win the nba playoffs please

think it’s perfectly ok to talk about the team with the best record tyvm

New York still has 10 second rd. (2 are heavily protected) picks over the next 7 years.

That number can increase to 14 if the first from Dallas, Detroit and Washington don’t convey. https://t.co/tUzyTWGSys

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) December 21, 2022

Well Landry Fields your first job is firing Nate. Get to it

Not one of my teams, but I’m 100% ok with the Nugs winning it all. I want Jokic to have all the legacy points added to his total.

nuggets have the fourth best record… but who’s counting

Knicks have won 8 in a row