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

i wonder what other offers the nets were getting. i can’t imagine any of them were that strong. still seems like they settled for the sake of finally being done with him.

couldn’t happen to a more despicable franchise than Dallas bless them

If Kd stays and healthy, I think I like them better now w dinwiddie and DFS added

i feel like what tipped this over the edge was the mavs putting in finney smith and a first. i don’t think any other team was offering a players + picks package that good. if this trade was dinwiddie and only one of those things i don’t think i’d hate it…

I'm fucking crying pic.twitter.com/7qyi7pFVMk

— ethan ((slut-arc) again) (@verynotmad) February 5, 2023

Huge trade for the Mavs. Luka is only 23. He’s going to learn so much from Kyrie on and off the court, like how to attack a hedged pick and roll and that the United States government killed Amy Winehouse.

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) February 5, 2023

Between this, the fight he got in with a minor recently, and the “let’s see how hollow tips feel” tweet… I’m worried ja might be mixed up with the wrong crowd

Associates of Ja Morant verbally accosted Pacers personnel and someone trained a red laser on them from a nearby SUV postgame on Jan. 29.

“We felt we were in grave danger," a person who was present said.

The NBA investigated the incident.

More from @bkravitz and @sam_amick:

— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) February 5, 2023

yeah just read that not great stuff

wow

That is a total bummer.

ick

just reflecting on the state of hoops and it really something how fast the brooklyn superteam of grumpy men blew up, who couldve guessed

It’s really quite something and was 100% predictable and inevitable

If Kd stays and healthy, I think I like them better now w dinwiddie and DFS added
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Sunday, February 5, 2023

I really think kyrie is gonna despise playing with luka

jfc ja wtf

The ja story is really bad if it is what it looks like it is

Knicks on a 17-0 run, still down by 3 lol

I love this team

Kevin Durant has been ‘less than enthralled’ with Ben Simmons, per @Krisplashed pic.twitter.com/DPn9xUW2p0

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) February 5, 2023

seems like morant might be bad

It’s really quite something and was 100% predictable and inevitable

― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Sunday, February 5, 2023 5:26 PM (thirty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah a lot of people foresaw the injuries and general chaos but like this specific sequence of events is probably the most insane way I've ever seen a contending NBA team fall apart

i really liked the grizzlies until like a week ago and now they're the worst team this is unfortunate

milkshakeduck grizzlies

I want Simmons to have to deal with a disgruntled Durant.

― Abel Ferrara hard-sci-fi elevator pitch (PBKR), Thursday, August 18, 2022 7:37 PM (five months ago) bookmarkflaglink

i think its ok for ja to murder people but i cant abide by dillon brooks

the nuggets third unit is not doing too good against the timberpups tonight

Maybe It’s Me

— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 6, 2023

???

re: ja, i don't like it when i know who guys dads are bc they're always at the games drawing attention to themselves. it's never a good sign.

yeahhhh

Sources: Brooklyn Nets received Los Angeles Lakers’ proposal that did include team’s two first-round picks (2027, 2029) and Phoenix Suns’ offer of Chris Paul, Jae Crowder and unspecified picks: @NBATV pic.twitter.com/cJuABbaYGy

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) February 6, 2023

haynes reporting that everyone's phones are working, that's good to know

they turned down the lal picks? they must have delusions of competing

not sure what bkns pick stash is like after all these trades but maybe they think they can get another piece

it means they ran all the offers by kd, obviously he would pick the mavs one

Latest report from @TheSteinLine confirms that one of Joe Tsai’s presumed objectives in a Kyrie trade was to not send him to his preferred landing spot: the Lakers

— Trevor Lane (@Trevor_Lane) February 6, 2023

Tsai w a final f u and I don’t care about an extra pick you’re not gonna get what u want

ha kudos

that rules in general but especially because of the psychological damage it will do to lakers fans

https://t.co/4RrnTpEAyw pic.twitter.com/nSXuPInkR8

— Micah Sharon (@MicahSharon2013) February 5, 2023

But does he understand the Mavericks tradition

shams stepping up his game for the big trade

When Kyrie Irving demanded a trade from the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, a league-altering domino fell and shook up the marketplace, causing a shockwave across the league and an arms race to get underway. It would pit several of the league’s teams looking for that one difference-making piece that could get them to the top of the list of title contenders against each other.

pic.twitter.com/Lr428qPDCj

— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) February 6, 2023

xp omg i am getting anxiety trying to read that.

is he doing it as a bit? does his deal with the athletic have a no-edit clause? imagine being an editor in the ny times sports section and reading this shit.

shams stepping up his game for the big trade

When Kyrie Irving demanded a trade from the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, a league-altering domino fell and shook up the marketplace, causing a shockwave across the league and an arms race to get underway. It would pit several of the league’s teams looking for that one difference-making piece that could get them to the top of the list of title contenders against each other.

honestly thought you were making this up. incredible

someone should destroy chatgpt by feeing it shams until it doesn't know anything else

*feeding

pic.twitter.com/ZB9NWIZ0Fk

— Isaac Harris (@IsaacLHarris) February 5, 2023

you'd think they would keep the league-altering domino somewhere safer

TBH I'm a little bit relieved that Kyrie is off the table now that Curry's out for weeks, because who knows what impulsive thing Lacob would've pulled.

The New York Post 😳

(h/t @GlobeBobRyan ) pic.twitter.com/7otanZdxNH

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) February 4, 2023