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

jokic deserves his own thread imo

big honey thread

nets officially up to second in the east… if any team can actually knock milwaukee out of 2 it throws the entire east playoffs into disorder

― J0rdan S., Thursday, December 29, 2022 8:34 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

skeptical that they can maintain it, kd playing out of his mind everyone healthy kyrie/simmons not causing drama, however if middleton never plays its academic anyway

apparently claxton has become an elite defender this year, people are saying so

Somehow the Sixers have the 2nd best DRtg and the 4th best NRtg in the league. Anthony Melton has been playing very well and certainly helps their D at the point of attack versus Maxey/Harden. Maxey is just about ready to come back and there is some discussion about bringing him off the bench as an instant offense guy. Not sure what to think of that - seems like just avoiding the issue whether he and Harden fit.

Also, I had a dream last night that the Sixers were playing the Celtics and Harden was on the bench, but instigated getting tangled up with a Celtics player who was in the game. Harden was just flopping around on the floor with the Celtics player in a highly exaggerated fashion, then the two of them somehow had shaving cream sprayed all over them.

lmao

ilh posts with striking imagery

hawt

sounds like a matthew barney film

open tryouts for the magic

NBA has suspend Detroit guard Killian Hayes for three games and Orlando's Mo Wagner for two games for altercation on Wednesday night.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 30, 2022

NBA also suspended Detroit's Hamidou Diallo for one game, and eight Magic players one game for leaving the bench -- Cole Anthony, RJ Hampton, Gary Harris, Kevon Harris, Admiral Schofield, Franz Wagner, Mo Bamba and Wendell Carter Jr.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 30, 2022

derrick white is the only celtic who knows how to handle himself in crunch time

celtics have done this extended slow down with late leads thing a bunch this year i can only assume they think its good and maybe it is idk it doesnt look great but maybe killing a couple extra possessions is actually worth it

mazzulla is def a progressive basketball thinker

granted he was not coaching tonight due to scratched eye but it could be team policy

maybe they should hire stoudamire tho

Coach | 51-31 | 0.622
Interim Coach | 24-10 | 0.706
Interim Interim Coach | 2-0 | 1.000
📈📈📈

— Ryan Bernardoni (@dangercart) December 30, 2022

white is good tho

the kind of guy that every team would kill to have

he is def an excellent doer of little basketball things and one big one (defense), tho he can disappear at times, and the celtics have been good in the clutch this year fwiw

even that game where they were playing prevent defense they had a couple threes rim out that wouldve sealed

wait damon stoudamire's coaching the c's rn? that's totally wild

yeah mazzulla got his eye scratched up in the pregame coaches pickup game a couple days ago rip

jail blazers redemption story love it

lol joe mazzulla will not do this in fact

Damon Stoudamire said “it makes you feel funny” when you play two bigs at once. Said he wanted to see what Horford and Williams looked like together tonight and thinks the Celtics will play more like that moving forward. Obviously, that was huge for the Cs last season.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) December 30, 2022

shit did not realize wagner got knocked out thats bad, weak ass sucker punch

This is a very unfortunate way to get into the #concussion protocol. Unacceptable. These kind of punches kill people regularly, usually from the head hitting the ground after being knocked out. Bad idea, always. pic.twitter.com/OvMnTrEnOq

— Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. (@ChrisNowinski1) December 29, 2022

he actually looks limp after the shove not sure how that works

i mean i do know how that works but it doesnt look that bad

Very weird stuff from mo on that play all around

if anyone has any more jail blazers-made-good stories please let me know. maybe qyntel woods is a senator now? i don't know how to look this up

Bulls are 7-1 vs. Bucks, Celtics, Nets and Heat https://t.co/nqwEyO6ygw

— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) December 29, 2022

bucks are down bad

if anyone has any more jail blazers-made-good stories please let me know. maybe qyntel woods is a senator now? i don't know how to look this up

― Clay, Thursday, December 29, 2022 11:15 PM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

bonzi wells builds earth houses

mo was already unconcious before hayes hit him - he whacked his face on isaiah stewart on his way down

Finally watched the Luka game last night, wow that was amazing

omg just get it over with

In midst of turbulent season, Atlanta Hawks head coach Nate McMillan has strongly considered resigning from his position, sources say.

Details on McMillan remaining as coach for now and his tenuous status in Atlanta at @TheAthletic: https://t.co/XytwQ2fXST

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 30, 2022

As Nate drinks his morning cup of coffee he muses to himself, "it's all going to hell with this team; maybe I should just chuck it in and let it be someone else's headache."

He fondles his cup thoughtfully for a few moments, then concludes, "Nah. I can turn this thing around."

they really need to put everyone out of their misery including us but first and foremost themselves!

trying to do you can’t fire me i quit without actually quitting is an interesting tactic

is there some money stuff involved? like if he gets fired he gets his money but if he quits he doesnt? cant remember how this stuff works w coaches

yeah if they fire him he keeps the money

So he’s quiet quitting so he gets his money I respect it

cp just got called for an 8 swcond violation ahahaa

perfect encapsulation of the nuggets season tonight. play terribly for 40 minutes, give up 119 at home to miami’s offense, overcome some atrocious officiating, then play great in crunch time and win anyway

happy new years to the fine folks of the I love hoops message board

happy new year pals, love you all and here’s to a great 2023 of ball

^^^^

happy new year, ilh bowl tonight

Happy new year, y’all! Looking forward to shooting the shit with you about many good hoops and hoists in 2023!

HNY ILH! I’ll check back once Nate’s gone

Naz Reid when asked is it a mystery to the players why the Timberwolves are underachieving:

“Not really. We know. We know. We know why. And you know, I’m gonna kind of keep that in house. But we know why.”

(Via @JonKrawczynski ) pic.twitter.com/7r7GMBl5vq

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) January 1, 2023

Happy new years my bros