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

there seems to be two things at play one is that the nets reportedly wanted to fuck kyrie over by sending him somewhere other than LA, also that the nets still want to be good this year and the lakers have no good players on their team

hmmm

ESPN Sources: Nets-Mavs trade still hasn’t been made official with league office because Nets are evaluating opportunities to expand deal w/ a third team. Teams are expected to make two-way deal official in next couple of hours – unless Nets find something bigger to fold into it.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 6, 2023

kd to warriors book it

nets should be trying for lauri

Among the possibilities for expanding the Kyrie Irving-to-Dallas trade before this evening's scheduled trade call: League sources say that Brooklyn has explored the feasibility of packaging Spencer Dinwiddie and draft capital to Toronto in an attempt to acquire Fred VanVleet. https://t.co/L6kg8rNmoy

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) February 6, 2023

lauri might have one of the most desirable contracts in the league - two more years left at less than 20M per and hes only 25

i think the jazz want to build around him tho?

everything everybody has been saying is that they're not trading him

right i thought i had heard otherwise

looks like the two team trade is official

the jazz frontcourt lineup w/kessler, lauri, and jelly k is great. this is the full range of nba whites.

cam thomas 44 and 47 point games last two since kyrie made big demand

Dubs up 25 on OKC at end of 3rd. Steph? Who dat? Best game from Poole in ages.

The recent run of OKC games has been showing how crucial Lu Dort is.

Lots of interesting hair on that team play two jaylen Williams starting is weird

usual trade means an exchange but idk

The Miami Heat are trading center Dewayne Dedmon and a second-round pick to the San Antonio Spurs, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 7, 2023

No surprise Dewayne Dedmon is being traded. That's been building since that whole incident on the bench. And Miami needed create some flexibility under the tax line. They've done that now.

Spurs get closer to the floor, all for renting a little cap space in exchange for a pick.

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) February 7, 2023

I really want to like Ja he's like the most fun to watch but he's not heading in a great direction

Ja Morant believes the Grizz are the most hated team in the NBA.

"We are, you see it on social media. Anything that has to do with the Grizzlies is front line national television and national people putting it out. Anything else, it don't be said."

— Drew Hill (@DrewHill_DM) February 7, 2023

he needs to listen to a pr professional he should be the most likable and marketable guy of his generation instead of doing this bad nonsense

stop traveling with the crew be normal dad only go to an occasional home game trade brooks

imo the national media knows a lot of stuff about the grizz that they aren't sharing. they got in super late for one of their recent games and tim mcmahon dropped a line about how a lot of their players are actually very comfortable being out at 3 a.m.

lol

a lot of their players are actually very comfortable being out at 3 a.m.

very old school nba, that

This is basically what they want no? To be the most hated team in the league? Can’t tell if he’s complaining about that or not from that excerpt. That’s how they carry themselves and seem to wear it as a badge of honor, so that would be a weird change of direction to complain about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgSIz2AEzck

seems like theyll prob trade him in the offseason prob too hard for a team to put the kind of package they want together midseason and still have a viable team

In aftermath of Kyrie Irving trade, the Brooklyn Nets and Kevin Durant are having ongoing conversations on the direction of the franchise, but organization has thus far told inquiring teams that they’re not planning to trade him before Thursday’s deadline, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 7, 2023

i think they’re good enough even after the trade that they should see what they can do in the playoffs. KD with a real supporting cast around him, you gotta see how that goes. finney smith is a great playoff player

yea Durant on his own can probably win you a series

yeah theyd prob prefer to just keep him but we already know he wants out, they dont have to trade him but id think theyre more willing to since kyrie blew up their chances at contending

the nets are going to be good, but do they really have a shot against the celtics or bucks? even the cavs have to be a favorite in a series against them as presently constructed

yea Durant on his own can probably win you a series

― frogbs, Tuesday, February 7, 2023 1:22 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

2022 says otherwise

i would trade him if i were them, get an absolute haul, move on with their lives

The Dallas Mavericks are interested in acquiring Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton. Christian Wood & Tim Hardaway Jr. have been in trade talks. #NBA pic.twitter.com/ijary0qS62

— Doc Louallen (@LouallenDoc) February 7, 2023

kicking the can down the road seems weird, you’re not gonna win the whole thing this year and the price well may drop come summer, but hope springs etc xp

the nets probably couldn’t beat the celtics or bucks but i think it’s totally reasonable for them to see how the playoffs go. who knows how the match ups break, who gets hurt etc. this is a different situation than last year where they were in the play in for the final 3 months of the season or whatever. they were pushing for first in the east this year before KD got hurt

ok correction Durant on his own can probably win you a series so long as it's not against a 1 or 2 seed

remember when ja booped a giraffe, can we go back to that please
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmEQHHxj8MU

figured it all out

https://i.imgur.com/VjI9MmG.png

ayton and luka together would be a hilarious end to the 2018 suns draft saga

the mavs have this weird obsession w/ pairing luka w/ a big name center going back to the zinger trade

i'd rather trade for john collins than ayton if i was them

they do need a center tho

i think wood is a better fit honestly, at least he stretches the floor for luka and kyrie

he cant defend tho

why, with luka doncic as your best player, would you ever invest that much in a center

yes exactly. lol

the thing that is crazy is that i feel like they were shown the blueprint last year... their resources should go into other ball handlers and 3 and D wings. they can go cheap at center imo bcuz the burden on that player w/in the luka system is very small & he is the kinda player who makes just about any big look good. spread the floor on offense, switch everything on defense. it's obviously not just that simple but that should be the foundation of how they build their team

and yet they were rumored to be a gobert suitor. they're now apparently an ayton suitor. and the two moves they made this offseason were to get centers. i think wood made sense for them bcuz he has a diff offensive dimension but the javale signing is an F- at this point. they need to be trading for wings/guards and then finding the robert williams, al horford and grant williams of the world later in the draft or on low risk FA deals/trades

Truly great times for us NBA sickos

Phoenix Suns new owner Mat Ishbia intends to bring on Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas to have a prominent role in the front office, league sources tell @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) February 8, 2023

oh no

why are billionaires like this (dont answer)

yes hahaha YES