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

with so many teams in the mix there gonna be a lot of buyers for quality rotation guys at the deadline this year

lotta buyers but less sellers

yeah only a handful of teams are tanking rn, maybe get a couple few more by the deadline

lottery changes really helped can only imagine what kind of ridiculousness would be going on right now if teams were chasing the worst record

yeah between that, the cba working to spread talent around and the play-in the nba has done some things to alter tanking drastically

i even like the playin in now i thought it was adding too many playoff teams but its almost like they took some away since being a play in team is shameful

Hey so who's going to claim the "Wanking for Tembanyama" d/n?

do it lol

in any other year, it'd be "scoot it and boot it"

Boot Scoot-in' Boogie

real nice choke by okc in miami tonight

heat went 40-40 from the line

suns have one starter playing tonight

dubs black uniforms gray court situation is such a disaster

steph is back tho

watching jimmy butler take and make 23 free throws would probably put me on suicide watch

i only watched the 4th quarter so i survived

Jesus....

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— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 11, 2023

three potential game tie shots and none of them by dame eh

i think they should give dame a shot, the kid's got potential

https://theathletic.com/4080234/2023/01/11/nba-all-star-game-roster-picks-2023/?source=user_shared_article

man the east really is stacked compared to the west

the west was so much better than the east for so long that this still takes me some getting used to

lebron and ad starters?? lol

LA's fan vote is both outsized and irrational

well those were hollinger’s picks. but that was my impression initially but when I checked the other candidates I had a hard time being mad

yeah bcuz of the backcourt/frontcourt thing you can only have 2 of luka, steph, shai, booker. obv jokic takes up one frontcourt spot so that leaves you with two spots for: lebron, AD, sabonis, markannen, zion, PG, aaron gordon etc. you could prob pick any combo of 2 from that group and have it be more or less defensible

pick any two except both lakers

eh. you could throw zion in there for sure but i'd still take the lakers guys over the rest of those guys w/o thinking twice

davis has been great but 25 games played is pretty borderline, zion at 29 is a lil better

Taurean Prince is nice to have on your team

if you need an RPG character, i guess

when you read about ppl’s potential all star ballots the name dejounte murray is not one that comes up much

man the bucks’ bench is a rough loss. sheesh

rough watch**

the bucks blew a 20+ point lead to the hawks who nonetheless couldn’t manage to win the game. giannis scored 7 points. not sure which team should be more depressed

Bucks doing that thing again where they're just unspeakably awful for 6-7 minutes at a time

wolves gave up 135 to the pistons tonight. that team needs to be fumigated

kings are in 4th place

didnt know mitchell was such a celeb

LeBron James and Kevin Durant lead their respective conferences in the second fan returns of #NBAAllStar Voting presented by AT&T.

Fans account for 50% of the vote to decide All-Star starters. NBA players and a media panel account for 25% each.

The next fan update is Jan. 19. pic.twitter.com/SEwhsuNWcE

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) January 12, 2023

ja barely ahead of shai is crazy thought he had broken through as a bigtime star

maybe the canadian votes are flowing in for shai

those ja numbers are surprising tho

going by this ja has the 15th most votes -- 14th if you exclude wiggins -- which doesn't seem crazy to me... everyone ahead of him aside from zion and possibly mitchell are more accomplished or just have been around much longer. i guess my main takeaway is that cleveland fans really really love mitchell

It just seems like that’s who all the kids are loving and latching onto these days but the numbers aren’t matching that

do kids vote for the all star game

i dont know anyone who does

Tyler Herro was already ruled out today because of Achilles soreness, but he'll also miss tonight's game for another very good reason.

Tyler and Katya Elise Henry welcomed their son, Harlem Herro, to the world this afternoon.

— Anthony Chiang (@Anthony_Chiang) January 12, 2023

haa

Harlem Shake Hero

wolves gave up 135 to the pistons tonight. that team needs to be fumigated

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being a wolves fan, you're always in one of the five stages of grief