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

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

I’ve actually quit watching temporarily bc it’s so depressing

yeah sucks

gotta look out for yourself

they’re 21st in net rating rn, the only teams worse than them who are trying this year are bulls, lakers and wizards

I’m happy cos I’m dealing w fam in town for two weeks and don’t have to watch my boys rn. Can just check the box score, chuckle and move on w my day

fucking hell

ESPN Sources: The Charlotte Hornets and restricted free agent forward Miles Bridges are gathering traction in talks on a new deal and optimism exists that an agreement could come in the relative near future: https://t.co/JQoDc5HbYv

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 23, 2022

booo

nice folks

Was gonna say, don’t they know when you’re tanking you don’t need to make moral deals with the devil to bring back a guy like Bridges? But then I see that the Spurs own their 1st rd pick this year unprotected. Oops!

Oof

xp i believe the hornets' pick IS protected (i wanna say lottery or top 16), theyre just doing this bc they dont actually fucking care

it’s top 16

Los Angeles Lakers say Anthony Davis suffered a stress injury to his right foot and will be out indefinitely.

sounds like his foot needs to chill out

that was a strange update because they diagnosed it and maintained "indefinitely" while also saying he was feeling better and would test it in 7-10 days

Jokic is so incredible

I think Jokic plays especially well against the Blazers in order to show up Nurkic.

merry christmas friends! the fam got me celtics/sixers tickets, all is well.

nice! will be good to see al horford play his son joel embiid in person

merry christmas friends! the fam got me celtics/sixers tickets, all is well.

happy christmas to all nba drama enjoyers

ESPN Sources: All-Star guard James Harden is seriously considering a return to the Houston Rockets in free agency this July -- if he decides against a new deal with the Philadelphia 76ers: https://t.co/ZqJGIL1ZeP

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 25, 2022

looking forward to him quitting on a tough playoff series and then hightailing it out of town

Merry Xmas ILH(ouston Rockets)!

woj noting that harden remains “drawn to the […] lifestyle” of houston

houston cant have any interest in signing him tho

his work isn’t done until he shows jalen green all the best spots in town

omg i just accidentally turned on the espn2 broadcast of the game and theyve got a truly twisted thing going where steven a smith is in some huge weird christmas living room talking shit about the game

i watched it for a minute cause i thought it was some interlude, just really not in the spirit of the holiday

merry xmas friends, also got some tix!! (albeit for a much lower stakes game, spurs v okc during spring break, hoping to see poku irl)