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

He’s always been a stiff right? But I guess I’ve only seen him with back injuries so…

the clippers in the month of january:

10 point loss to miami
31 point loss to denver
13 point loss to minnesota
4 point loss to atlanta
12 point win over dallas
12 point loss to denver
21 point win over houston
10 point loss to philly
23 point loss to utah

a cumulative total -70 over those 9 games… or -91 in the 8 games that didn’t involve houston which is just a shocking number. they’re a half game out of the 11th seed now and just kinda seem to be in tatters to me?

yes d'angelo whatever you say

Russell said, “You either take advantage of me and my ability, or f*ck up the opportunity with me. It’s as simple as that. I’m an Alpha as well, you know what I mean? And I feel like I’m better than a lot of shooting guards and I’m better than a lot of point guards.”

its like im always saying im an alpha as well you know what i mean

I’m an XL

re the clippers kawhi and george are just too injury prone the math doesnt work theres no opportunity to put a run together start clicking and so forth

i picked them to win the title but it feels like a fully failed experiment at this point to me

yeah if their stars played they would be very good they have a great coach good role players and a roster that makes sense for the playoffs but if the stars dont play nothing else matters

simply not a franchise to believe in

disagree

https://i.imgur.com/i3gFEug.png

cant think of him now without that gif of him rubbing the guys or wahtever the fuck he was doing

other thing about the clips is the team is predicated on the idea that kawhi and pg are top two way players but theyre both in the 30s which isnt really prime two way age, and then the injuries really exacerbate that too

yeah i mean in a sense the celtics and the clippers are built in very similar ways. the major difference is the celtics guys.... actually play!!!!

its true

the clippers roster is so transparently built for the playoffs that i still think they have some level of upside, when everything gets small and switchy the game starts to be played on their terms. but there is a throughline w/in their organization from that conception of the roster, which in of itself is not a problem, to the fact that their two best players openly don't care about the regular season, to the point that the guy the whole franchise is built around at one point lived (lives?) in an entirely different city while the season is happening. if they were a team that was built for the playoffs but also cared about the regular season there wouldn't necessarily be a problem but they can't seem to separate the two and so they haven't come close to meeting expectations in either the regular season or the playoffs. it's the worst of both worlds

lol kawhi is such a freak hes all i need to play in los angels where im from but actually im going to live in san diego where i went to college

trying to force balmer to take them back home to SD, maybe thats been his play all along

also in my findings in nba twitter and clips fans they are all saying that tyronne lue has actually been rreally bad this season and theyre all up in arms about it cos of how good he was last year. i havent watched them enough to confirm but thats the word on the twitter streets

i'm not sure what he's supposed to do when he's getting instructions like his best player not being allowed to start games.

mb he just doesnt care

yeh prob. id still bet on him pulling the right levers in the playoffs

trying to force balmer to take them back home to SD, maybe thats been his play all along

demands to relocate the franchise are the new frontier in free agent negotiations

levels

also maybe its possible? or did they already buy land in the LA area?

theyre already building the new arena

smh missed opp by kawhi

just do expansion to seattle and SD instead. move memphis to east. done

apparently the bulls and pistons are playing in paris rn

also dubs v celts tonight

glad we finally managed to exile those teams

lol

Illegal screen calls are the scourge of the earth

Wiggins has not been right since his injury/sickness

Time Lord is so good

OMG CURRRRRRY

fuckin hell curry. boston gotta feel a little snakebit

Steph Curry returns to Boston just the way he left it.https://t.co/mOR4JxDqjr pic.twitter.com/qpXa1zBbV0

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 20, 2023

Stephen Curry made a shot at the end of the half that was 46 feet.

He has matched Zach Randolph and Jamal Crawford for the most made shots from 45+ feet since play-by-play was first tracked in 1996-97. @StatsWilliams

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) January 20, 2023

zach randolph???

jaylen in playoff form tonight (playing like his hands are covered in vaseline)

celtics would have this sewn up with average 3 and free throw shooting, frustrating game

That was the first time all season the Celtics won while shooting less than 42 percent from the field. They had been 0-5 in such games entering tonight. Won tonight despite shooting just 39.8 percent.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) January 20, 2023

also only the second game theyve won this year on two days rest

they were the better team but were obviously pressing and dealing with shooting variance on top of that

xp take it to the celtics thread nerd

the warriors really need one more guy

um excuse me these are high quality celtics facts xp

That was a fun game. Kuminga woulda been nice to have active for this one.

celtics eight in a row doesnt feel like theyve been playing amazing but its pretty nice since the nets and bucks have been losing

Poole must have had 4 or more shots rejected at the rim. He’s so fast he can get to the rim - just needs to level up his finishing. A few more xp and he will get there.

ben simmons just got ejected after moaning about his 5th foul (3 offensive) in slightly more than two quarters of ball