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

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!!

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— 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

i think it was the post game interview actually

yeah thats what id expect him to do and hes not wrong i mean obvs the lakers have no shot

The Lakers, Jazz and Timberwolves are in discussions on a three-team deal that would send D’Angelo Russell to the Lakers, Russell Westbrook and draft compensation such as a first-round pick to Utah and Mike Conley Jr. to Minnesota, sources tell me and @Tjonesonthenba.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 8, 2023

lakers are gonna re-sign nick young and get the band back together

wow weird trade i like it for all the teams

Three-way talks with Lakers, Jazz and Timberwolves would potentially land D'Angelo Russell and Malik Beasley with LA, Mike Conley, Jr., and picks with Timberwolves and Russell Westbrook and picks with Jazz, per sources. Jazz remain engaged elsewhere on Conley Jr., too.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 8, 2023

yeah thats not bad

im sure the jazz will release/buyout russ right?

imo that trade is a lot of deck chair rearranging except for the jazz where it's just found money

flipping russ into d russ and beasely is a positive for the lakers. they need bodies, and particularly bodies that can shoot.. and they got two of those

conley to the wolves just makes them older but hes a good locker dude and vet

well if there's picks going to utah and minnesota one has to assume the lakers are sending out both of their available firsts which for russell and beasley........ idk man

gotta do something to try and keep lebron

yeah if they have to send out both first its not great especially considering they had better deals available earlier but it still is a nice upgrade for their team

i like conley to the wolves a lot but it's not like i'm watching a lot of utah games over here

rumors about vandy to lakers too, thats a pretty good deal i think

conleys def a better fit than russell but hes old think its more about getting russell out than anything

what happens if utah buys out russ, does anyone take him i need to see this play out v badly

maybe the nets

so there's some deal with the salary cap (and i might be messing up this description) but if we let d'angelo walk after this year we lose some cap space (an exemption maybe?)

if we can get a first round pick back i will be super happy. i haven't watch conley much but this team definitely needs more dudes that are just pros and treat the game that way.

it's definitely more about getting Dlo out than anything else, he's shot great at times this year and definitely won the wolves games but i get the sense he's been worse in the locker room than has come out in reports. i just don't think he's a winning player tbh.

the wolves would be better off in the playoffs if d'angelo russell sprained his ankle in the first minute of game one and didn't play for 3 months months, and conley will prob get hurt anyway. so in a roundabout way it will prob work out