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

even russell makes sense for they need someone to do stuff when bron sits

oh my god RWB goin to Utah lmao

xps - I just found out that Nickeill Alexander Walker was a Trail Blazer for exactly one day last February. I think I blinked at the wrong moment and missed it.

celtics are tough when they hit threes, missing three starters playing much of the first quarter drunk and theyre up by ten

trader

Danny Ainge took the salary filler from the Gobert trade and a vet he didn't need and got the pick the whole league wanted. Man's still got it.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) February 9, 2023

he really is legendary

this is my own pop psych bullshit but I think D'lo will benefit from being someplace where there's a huge presence like Lebron and he doesn't have ambitions of being "the guy"...KAT is too weird and Ant is too young for him to really defer

his role makes a lil more sense too where in minny theyve got a better guard

heh ok

If Russell Westbrook and the Utah Jazz can agree to a buyout following the three-team trade, the Los Angeles Clippers are said to have interest in the former MVP, per @ChrisBHaynes. pic.twitter.com/HA2HREnBOY

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) February 9, 2023

not a trade, but has a good chaotic feel to it. and ballmer has too much money anyway.

on its face getting three real players for westbrook and a pick is a nice trade, but this pick is a ticking time bomb & you have to imagine the plan here is to give russell a big deal this offseason. best of luck!

The pick the Lakers are sending to Utah in 2027 is top 4 protected

— Tony Jones (@Tjonesonthenba) February 9, 2023

yeah thats prob going to be a good one

blake has five threes just like always

Shake n Bake Griffin

If you ever wanted a quick primer for all the crafty ways Jimmy Butler gets himself to the line, this game is the one.

— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) February 9, 2023

look out for a lakers tank in 2027

An important note here: If not conveyed in 2027 -- i.e. if it falls into the top-4 -- the pick immediately converts to a 2027 2nd round pick, sources say. No other future Lakers first-round picks encumbered. https://t.co/I5CBwnTY05

— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) February 9, 2023

hmm that’s not great!

tim connolly seems to have left the nuggets front office and decided to be bad, which is good!

tbf its pretty important that the wolves dont succeed right now, we dont want anyone to start liking a-rod

I guess I don't really see this as a bad return for D'lo?

sixers looking pretty bad at the end here

yeah rough loss for them

however great win for tatum and the bench

i know theyve been winning a lot but the sixers still fail to convince

trade

The Knicks are trading Cam Reddish and a protected future first-round pick to the Blazers for Hart, sources tell ESPN. https://t.co/whB5mS8lfs

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 9, 2023

Why? I thought hart was pretty good for them no?

celtics beat the sixers down 3.5 starters and with jayson tatum scoring 12, theyve got a lot of guys, which is nice

was at celtics/sixers. just a weirdly bloodless performance. embiid should have been able to get 40.

yeah he didn have a lot of juice tonight was surprised when i looked and he had 28

Why? I thought hart was pretty good for them no?

― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, February 8, 2023 10:05 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

think it gets them under the lux tax

Reaction from Hart being traded right before warmups, he's off to the Knicks #RipCity https://t.co/39Oo4Vrs1u pic.twitter.com/BBGLv9XE77

— Austin White (@ajw_sports) February 9, 2023

sad that luka isn't playing tonight

hart has some weird contract as well. i forget the details but he has an opt out after this season i believe

i know theyve been winning a lot but the sixers still fail to convince

Why? I thought hart was pretty good for them no?

― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, February 8, 2023 10:05 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

think it gets them under the lux tax

Did ainge lose a trade finally? Or at least split it evenly? Seems like it

I guess I don't really see this as a bad return for D'lo?

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, February 8, 2023 9:39 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago)

it acknowledged he didn't have much value, and they got a guy who might help them more in the playoffs, or might not. but they needed to get him off the roster so that ant, KAT and gobert can start to figure it out together

he got the best asset in the trade for guys he had no use for, you cld argue its a win win or a win win win tho xp

mavs shooting the lights out

bullocks got five threes

we'll see how much of a win this is for the lakers once the playoffs are over. if they don't get out of the first round then what was the point

lol four seconds

In the Hart-Reddish deal, the Knicks are sending the Blazers a lottery protected 2023 first-round pick that turns into four future second-round picks if not conveyed this year, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 9, 2023

getting a pick/s for hart is good and fine and maybe it's a signal that the tank is on

that should be a decent first this year. the knicks are gonna make the playoffs

The Knicks are sending Ryan Arcidiacono and Svi Mykhailiuk to the Blazers in the deal too, sources said.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 9, 2023

hold your horses this just got big

if josh green and jaden hardy are actually good the mavs get more interesting

Josh Minott looking good tonight in a rare appearance

The Knicks are sending Ryan Arcidiacono and Svi Mykhailiuk to the Blazers in the deal too, sources said.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 9, 2023
hold your horses this just got big

― Clay, Wednesday, February 8, 2023 10:37 PM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yes these are basketball players of whom I have heard

will be interesting to see how Svi Mykhailiuk matches up against Nickeill Alexander Walker

yes these are matchups that are important

i watch college basketball so i know who all these guys are ._.