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

+ david thompson elgin baylor david robinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_single-game_scoring_leaders

luka's gonna go for 80-40-30 next week

Might as well

i finally watched an edited version of the doncic 60-point game.. what's funny is that he starts pretty slow! a missed layup, a missed free throw.. it doesn't really feel like he's dominating until midway through the 4th. and wow what an all-time insane finish. the excitement fizzing from him after he actually executes the play every kid anywhere has practiced in their own backyard hoop a million times.. just out of his mind with 7-year-old excitement

on the other hand i decided i would also pay attention to what he was doing on D and friends.. it's best not to look

crazy that both the luka and mitchell games involved them pulling off an intentional missed free throw getting the rebound themselves tying it up and then piling up a bunch more numbers in ot

luka's little celebration dance was so funny

Xpost it was definitely a hard fought game and you could make the argument that the Knicks deserved to win

knicks have bad luck thats why their owner sings the blues

there have been more insane stat lines over the last 2 weeks than I can remember in a full season. even Lebron putting up 43/11 last night at his age is crazy

Joel Embiid has been named Eastern Conference player of the month, earning the award for a fifth time to surpass Allen Iverson for the most in franchise history.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) January 3, 2023

embiid has disrespected iverson, unacceptable

The city of Philadelphia is powered by spin-cross technology developed by Allen Iverson. Joel Embiid has developed 0 spin-crosses.

man ugh

New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson is expected to miss multiple weeks with a hamstring strain, sources tell ESPN. Williamson underwent an MRI today.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 3, 2023

aw cmon

saw someone on twitter that when a player leaves a game with a muscle injury youre almost always looking at at least couple weeks which is interesting and correct in this case

hammy tweaks are always rough

its true the hammy is so crucial theres no way to play through it

Take my hamstring Zion, I don’t need it. Take both so you have a spare.

hopefully it doesn’t go downhill if he gets a bit out of shape which makes it harder to recover from the hammy and on and on

i ripped my hamstring up pretty bad in fall of 2021 and it's SO touchy to recover from it, you have to do everything just right or it drags on forever, took me two months before i could reliably run again

Hoopin?

trail runnin

trail hoopin (new sport i just invented)

wow clay is a true trail blazer

it's true they named the team after me

thats pretty cool

i try not to brag about it yeah but there you go

55 for Giannis tonight

wow clay is a true trail blazer

This NBA season is incredible, every player is extremely good while every team is mediocre

— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) January 4, 2023

hard to be better than medium if you never play vs bad players

Kings v Jazz is fun

Yooooooooooooooo

Just another night in the NBA.

(didnt count)https://t.co/VXMYohmjMk pic.twitter.com/aNkIobASzf

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 4, 2023

so close

Such bad defense switching so easy on the play before so Lauri is on an island vs fox

Wtf thunder. Offensive juggernaut.

Or bad defense Boston.

Giannis drops career-high 55 points to stop surging Wizards

respect but honestly when have the wizards ever surged

lord of the rings comes to mind

If the Mavericks can't come to terms with Christian Wood on a new contract, they are widely expected to explore the trade market for him before the league's Feb. 9 trade deadline, per @TheSteinLine

(Via https://t.co/FgwRrSC7eA) pic.twitter.com/rycIEgZ0KE

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) January 4, 2023

he just started playing well lol

Suns v Cavs can either team reach 40 by halftime challenge

grizzlies outscoring them both

what the fuck just happened in Toronto. Raps just scored 11 points in like 40 seconds to tie it up

they were up 22 with 3 minutes left. up 12 with 48 seconds left. some inexcusable reffing down the stretch but seriously what the fuck

what is this reffing? they've blatantly blown like 5 straight big calls in favor of the Raptors. Two of which were under review!!! Am I wrong here??

thank christ lmao

thought the final shot was destined to be a 4 point play

grayson allen got to slip a little nut punch in