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

how about now?

HOW THE FUCK did Hauser make that???? christ

:)

Bucks vs. random dudes are always like this, it's the most predictable shit ever

like I knew someone was hitting a 3 there but what an absolute moon shot

uh random dudes you mean the eastern conference player of the week for a team that went 4-0

apparently coach bud used his challenge like two minutes into this game? what a legend.

you know what I mean whenever a team pulls their starters vs. Milwaukee it's always really close and the Bucks will turn it over 37 times

ya im just playin

celtics are deep tho

yeah they are but man Milwaukee looked unstoppable these last 3 weeks it's crazy they're gonna lose this one at home

this game isnt over!

yeah this celtics lineup can't be that fun to play against, lot of defensive effort and threatening shooters if nothing else

Giannis going 7-15 at the line in a game that went to OT really sucks too

good news Jrue has been incredible

yeah that play he blew up resulted from hauser not being confident inside the arc which is something he'll need to get better at

lmao 2 free throws he didn't even touch him

should not have let them play there--c's should have held to take a 3 for the game

mazzulla needed to call a timeout there celtics had nothing

yeah as soon as grant got the ball outside the arc it was all over

lol passing the buck

Joe Mazzulla said he thought he should have called timeout on final possession after Celtics turned down two open shots

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) February 15, 2023

next time do it joe!!!

lol that’s a great quote

happy fifth anniversary of lonzo ball's debut mixtape born 2 ball

big baller brand

big baller baby would be cooler

tonight's drip

https://bigballerbrandinc.com/collections/bbb-racing/products/bbb-motorcycle-jacket

seeing the new look nets tonight. cam johnson-bridges-finney smith-claxton is a pretty sick line up if you had a better shot creator than dinwiddie. feel like the nets should go after siakam or someone like that and try the raptors blueprint with better wing players and an elite rim protector

career high 41 (and counting) for mikael bridges

saw some of his and cam thomas intro press conference and neither of them seemed too upset to be not playing for the suns anymore

Not having to be Chris Paul’s teammate is true joy

and you dont have to deal with aytons various comedic personas anymore

Ok officially lolling about 5 picks for Sadie Bey. Wtf were they on

do you mean cam johnson? xp

bridges is one of my favorite players, he’s got winner DNA and is probably still going to top out as an elite complementary player, but it’s going to be fun seeing him do a poor man’s young kawhi impression on this team

They should just say fuck it and pick up Russ on the buyout market as a stopgap pg and see what kind of noise they can make in the offs.

well one thing that can be said about luka doncic is he is a guy who shoots a lot of free throws and scores a lot of points

seeing the nuggets without aaron gordon and zeke nnaji try to guard jimmy butler and luka in back to back games is pretty painful. meanwhile… jokic is having the worst first half I’ve seen him play in a while and somehow the nuggets are up 13

KD live introductory presser starting right now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaOrAQ5N8Ms

he should sit down, say "PSYCHE" and then whip off a tearaway suns jersey to reveal a lakers uni, then run laughing from the building
then show up for work at phoenix arena like nothing happened

haha

loll friedell is at the presser "can you sum up your time in brooklyn?" then gets boo'd

kd gave him a pause and "this MFer" look but answered with a lot of emotion, got choked up

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35658669/nba-mvp-straw-poll-20-nikola-jokic-chasing-history-here-why-capture-it

jokic (the best player) way ahead in the latest straw poll

they shdve just given it to embiid last year this is going to make for so much horrible nba media

part of it is he just plays 5-10 more games than the other mvp level guys, both this year and the last two. thats a lot of value thats not really possible to make up for in other ways and all the win share type stats bear that out

yeah being an ironman (top 5 in games played) AND the best per-minute player in a league of softies is a good recipe for being the MV3

sorry, that’s games played since 2018

if he gets it again and doesnt make it past the second round its gonna be a catastrophe out there safer to just give it to tatum

once again begging SUPPOSED basketball fans to google the nuggets playoff roster last year, the results will truly appall you

im sorry i dont google its not best practices