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

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

maybe the Knicks will escape the play-in this season. no, that doesn't sound right.

Warriors down 91-51 at half to the nets everything is fine

i'm sorry, at the half?

celtics down 28 at the half at home to the pacers everything is fine

last years finals teams are bad, an embarrassment to league in fact

siakam 45 points on 16-of-24

scottie barnes . . . rather less so

blazers lose two close ones back to back on the road @ okc because of just straight up dumbass play both times

this is when a coach should be reminding his players, "we can win this game, but don't pull any dumbass shit, ok?"

both ny teams and philly on heaters - not good

Sixers have been playing a bunch of bad teams - Kings at home is the only decent team they've beaten recently (not counting GSW w/o Steph).

less and less psyched about the bucks-celtics xmas showdown tbh i think the celtics are going to get murtalized

smoke billowing out of atl

B/R Sources: Rival executives are of belief Hawks guard Trae Young could be next star player to request trade if team doesn’t make inroads come playoff time. More news and nuggets for @BleacherReport: https://t.co/7u9PY3fpjJ

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) December 22, 2022

really weird one

who is lining up to trade a gajillion picks for a 6 foot malcontent point guard who can only play a style of basketball where he gets to do everything on offense

the knicks lol

I guess the trae and dejounte honeymoon is over?

i don’t think it ever actually happened

It’s a good roster with no direction. John Collins has games where he gets like 4 shots off. Trae’s playing the worst he has in his career which doesn’t help. Just bring in a good fucking coach already