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

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Congratulations to LeBron for breaking the NBA all-time scoring record with 38,388 career points! 🔥👏🏾@KingJames

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 8, 2023

cant argue

i was looking at lebron's other all-time numbers. forgot he moved into 4th all-time in assists, though i dont think he'll move up that list further unless cp3 retires and brong plays for a few seasons more. just crazy. will almost certainly finish top 30 time in boards, too.

they should put up a counter for "points Kareem needs to retake the lead"

Grats to bron gonna miss him when he’s out of the league

i wonder what the lebron james kid is doing right now

ha crazy

LeBron played for the Heat and is also the all-time leading scorer AGAINST Miami.https://t.co/HYWWNG8CSu

— HoopsHype (@hoopshype) February 8, 2023

Lmao that dumb drake clip

that was so not the right thing lol

Drake magic and snoop just bizarre choices there.

Of course the lakers lost haha

drake cursed the lakers

Might be the dumbest out of place clip in nba history lmao

lebron just sitting out the final minute of that game is pretty funny

That was weird! They were still in it and he was just… done?

he was just like “hmmm yeah not sure i need to try and come back from 7 points down with 1 min left tonight i’m good”

also westbrook had two disastrously missed lay ups in the final minute that were called as fouls but until the whistle blew my brain just registered them as normal russell westbrook plays

Can’t knock Russ for trying at least lol. Lebron left the game and ad was watching rebounds bounce around unclaimed in front of him too lazy to take a step to grab the ball.

They’re airing the drake clip again on tnt whyyyyy, Candace’s reaction was classic

OKC is a very fun team to watch already and they have like half a real roster

Yah def, interested to see how Chet fits in.

I think bron hurt his ankle toward the end

lebron breaking the record in a game his team gets waxed by OKC would be funny

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 8 February 2023 3:03 PM

it was indeed

pretty neat to see all that footage from 2003. I forgot the insane amount of hype he had. people were calling him the next Michael Jordan while he was still in high school. wild that he actually lived up to it

yeah he did it

shut da fucc up!!

38,388 Points
0 Morals
0 Values
0 Principles
0 Empathy
1 Bow Down to #China

Congratulations to @KingJames

— Enes FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) February 8, 2023

lol even Skip Bayless wasn't this annoying about it

wld like to see him get to 40k thats a cooler number

at this rate he'll be at 40k by the end of the 2024 season

I'm gonna sound like a real boomer here but it is kind of a bummer to see all those photos of the final shot and when you look at the crowd like 95% of them are recording it on their phone. like c'mon there's probably never gonna be a single moment in your life where you can't immediately pull up a much better angle of LeBron breaking the scoring record

yeah agreed except for phil knight who just doesnt give a shit

Phil Knight is a legend for this one.

No phone. Just living in the moment. pic.twitter.com/EmBEtS0pSY

— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) February 8, 2023

he shouldve passed it bryants got shai sealed

Cant stop thinking about this pose being so pre-planned they had a whole gd tarp printed up already pic.twitter.com/QPIFamabg0

— The NBA Storyteller (@mrtomeoni) February 8, 2023

haa thats so lame

although

That's him tossing up the chalk. pic.twitter.com/gjAn0R1AIU

— Jorge Cantú 🏀 (@JorgeCantu1841) February 8, 2023

hearkens back to KGs "ANYTHING IS POSSIBBBBLLLLLLLLLLLLE"

that one was great cause he fucked it up

yeah that's the classic lebron chalk throwing pose

well thats not as fun

ESPN Sources: Lakers G Russell Westbrook and coach Darvin Ham had a brief, heated verbal exchange in the halftime locker room on Tuesday vs. OKC. Ham expressed frustration with how Westbrook lingered on the playing floor after getting subbed out of game late in second quarter.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 8, 2023

he’s worse than kyrie honestly…

as a hooper? yes.

would you rather your erratic point guard be on the court not enough or way too much

seems like one that ham might want to just let go

russ is annoying tho i get it

breaking that record against the thunder at home, stopping the game midway through the third quarter for a speech, then disappearing in the fourth quarter and sitting the last couple of minutes out (after which your team actually goes on a run to close the lead to 3), then throwing a party on court after taking an L in a must-win game…can’t sum up lebron and the lakers much better than that. great TV tbh

dont think there was even a mention of losing the game in any of the coverage lmao. and the fact that it was kind of a must win for them?

he shd take the rest of the season off go hang out in miami like that one time when he was on the cavs again

in lebrons speech he said i can still help whatever team im on win championships. i could see him shutting it down the rest of this season. if he knows in his heart his team is dead in the water hes not one to push through and give it his all. and by shut it down i think he still wants to put that record out of reach so he'll get his 27/7/7 but on cruise control