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

he threw his mouthguard into the stands out of frustration with poole haha

ewwww steph wtf

The best video of the Steph Curry mouthguard toss and ejection via @NBCSWarriors. Clearly upset at the Poole shot choice. pic.twitter.com/AdqNbfnqqn

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) January 26, 2023

Yah he was pissed. Waited for him in the tunnel after the game to hug it out. You could tell they really wanted to win that game

these are pretty good except for kyrie

2023 West All-Star starters:

LeBron James (captain)
Stephen Curry
Luka Doncic
Nikola Jokic
Zion Williamson

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 27, 2023

2023 East All-Star starters:

Giannis Antetokounmpo (captain)
Jayson Tatum
Kevin Durant
Kyrie Irving
Donovan Mitchell

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 27, 2023

sure what are you gonna do

Really should be embiid over Kyrie and get rid of positions.

no worries. embiid will get chosen to play. now that the fans do their voting thing being a starter is not quite as impressive anyway.

fans have voted for the starters since the inception of the all-star game, iirc? it's only since 2017 that they've taken some power away from the fans, allowing player and media votes to balance out the (dumb) fans

players taking their responsibility very seriously lol

In the NBA All-Star voting results by players, Chet Holmgren received 4 votes despite being out for the season 👀 ⚡ pic.twitter.com/KPmHGX7DRh

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) January 27, 2023

fans have voted for the starters since the inception of the all-star game, iirc?

a quote from: https://www.nba.com/all-star-voting-format-explained

Fans were first given the opportunity to vote for NBA All-Star starters during the 1974-75 season.

being a starter has not been as impressive since 1974

true dat

Lmao the disgust on thibs face after that Brogdon 3

Impressive comeback by the Cs

Good game!

Jericho Sims is a good name I approve

dammit jaylen

Those barely hit rim lol

this would be a pretty bad loss for the Suns. you're at home vs. a team that is reeling and without their superstar. c'mon you gotta find a way

also I'm all for alternate uniforms and color schemes but I think if your tertiary color is your opponent's primary you shouldn't be allowed to wear it for that game. too weird seeing the Suns in blue this game

Ayton is so soft lmao

Embarrassing loss

they bring him in just to get that board

tbf he did put up 19-20 tonight albeit not efficiently. and whoever that was on the suns knocked the rebound out of his hands like an idiot

javale mcgee with a DNP-CD tonight that was mayan the single worst signing off the offseason

maybe*

tbf he did put up 19-20 tonight albeit not efficiently. and whoever that was on the suns knocked the rebound out of his hands like an idiot

the raptors are currently the worst team in the NBA among teams that are trying (excluding magic, hornets, pistons, rockets, spurs)

bottom 5 records excluding those teams

toronto raptors 22-27
chicago bulls 22-26
washington wizards 22-26
los angeles lakers 23-26
portland trailblazers 23-25

Beat! - L! - A! - Beat! - L! - A!

jokic with the upper hand over embiid to start, you love to see it

i’m not sure that’s quite the case but i’m gonna let you cook

the control jokic has over the game is just at a different level, it’s pretty obvious if you watch the games, don’t know what to tell you!

i’m watching the game my friend :)

PJ tucker just kinda runs around doing nothing out there

yeah tucker is just a limited player at this point

pretty much an ideal half for the nuggets, everything is flowing. the bench did a serviceable job in the few minutes with embiid out there and jokic sitting

this game is instructive insofar as the sixers were hailed as having the consensus best offseason in the league when it was clearly the nuggets who did

ok now everything is not flowing

nice adjustment from doc to put tucker on jokic and let embiid play safety. disrupting a lot of denvers preferred actions in the paint

jokic needs to respond by just trying to score a lot now I think

feel like hoops is more 'a game of runs' than its ever been. seems rare to get a game with a ton of lead changes anymore

i’ve been watching for the last 20 minutes and i don’t think the joker has scored a bucket? fun game though

sick embiid reverse jam

lotta thicc boys on the sixers

lol what was bruce brown thinking embiid was foul hunting and not even interested in shooting

god I need a cigarette

embiid coooking

embiid is on one

when embiid is hitting his mid range shots, blowing by the other center for dunks, hitting multiple step back threes, shooting double digit free throws and getting close to 20 rebounds he looks completely unstoppable…

yeah, he was incredible today. jokic was way too passive in the second half

Today's bleak Lonzo Ball update: Billy Donovan said before tonight's game that Lonzo is still "nowhere close" to returning.

Still no formal conversation about a cut-off date, but Billy said the Bulls will have one after the All-Star break if nothing improves by then.

— Julia Poe (@byjuliapoe) January 28, 2023