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

11 is not the standard, it’s 6 (or 7 if you want to count horry). you’d obviously never get an honest answer from lebron about anything let alone this question, but I’d be interested which is more important to him. obviously he’s already got the scoring record so it’s a bit of a moot point

also they're not mutually exclusive. he was going to break the scoring record regardless... but he could've done it on a winning team

he could've done it on a winning team

what do you suggest he could have done to ensure that?

he could've signed with the knicks

what do you suggest he could have done to ensure that?

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, February 28, 2023 3:36 PM (two minutes ago)bookmarkflaglink

sign w/ a different franchise? what are you talking about...

you guys are talking about whether one thing is more important to lebron than the other but they're completely unrelated. if he was on a better team such a debate wouldn't even exist

but lets say for the sake of argument he had to choose one, go inside the mind of lebron so to speak, it would be the scoring title

we know the most important thing to him is living in LA. everything else falls after that including winning

every ring is a career pinnacle. i have no doubt that of all that lebron has accomplished, he'll cherish the championship he won in Cleveland the most. he won over the team that had the most regular season wins ever and featured the 'death lineup', while his team had much less talent. The near-miraculous aspect of that championship kind of puts any other ring lebron won before or might win now in a lesser light. any theoretical 'next ring' would be a highlight, but not the highlight of his career.

otoh, the career scoring achievement is a better measure of how his whole career stacks up against that of every other NBA player who ever got minutes in a game and it puts his career at the very top of that list.

they each measure different things, but putting the unique honor of the scoring record next to yet another ring, I think the record would mean more to him as the more enduring accomplishment. but I can't prove that. I'm just typing on the internet.

this is silly it’s apples and oranges, career vs one season, things of that nature

hard to compare the two because titles are a team accomplishment and so much is out of your hands - if Ray Allen doesn't hit that 3 then he probably has one less, whereas if KD hadn't joined the Warriors maybe he'd have 2 more? who knows! scoring title on the other hand makes him 1 out of 1, imo it's as good an argument in favor of him being the GOAT as Jordan's 6 titles. we'll probably see another player hit 6 but idk if the scoring record will be broken in our lifetimes. you have to average 30 points a game for 20 years and not miss any significant time, I just don't think you'll ever see that again

1 scoring title + 4 rings > 5 rings

math

its just more prestigious

records can be broken, rings are forged for all time

friendships even longer

someone has not internalized the lessons of Frodo Baggins and friends, it seems

btw not really getting the AD mvp talk. he's played 37 of the lakers 61 games, currently doesn't qualify for the stat leader boards because of lack of games played, and his team is 12th in the west (and presumably likely to stay there or fall with lebron out awhile). these are not exactly traditional mvp metrics! he'd be lucky to make an all-nba team

bro

BREAKING: The Brooklyn Nets are planning on shutting down Ben Simmons for the remainder of the season, per sources.

Nets brass are disappointed with Simmons & looking into ways to offload his contract this summer pic.twitter.com/BGjA8uJRV7

— JACK SETTLEMAN (@jacksettleman) February 28, 2023

turning his on/off switch to “off”

he cant get minutes on a team that just traded away their two best players, hes done

two more years at $39m per a completely untradable contact

can they even buy him out? that would be crazy but

theyd still have to pay him, guess their could waive and stretch him if that makes more sense

does seem like they might end up paying him to go away, just bizarre, what a flame out

money wise it's insane but at a certain point he's taking up a roster spot that could go to a decent bench player or something

he was very bad vibes too people dont like him

he should get bought out and then sing with the nuggets for the vet min

the nuggets already have a center

wonder if he would even stay in the league doesnt seem like he likes it

the nuggets already have a center

― Clay, Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:30 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

ok but a min contract backup….

i'm not really sure why you keep trying to get ben simmons on your team!

No matter how weird and fat Harden is, he's not Simmons.

I feel like the next steps are Simmons missing the rest of the playoffs, posting gym workout videos all summer, announcing a week before the start of next season that he's not ready, and then being fined by the Nets for missing games.

― we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Wednesday, April 20, 2022 3:13 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink

― we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Tuesday, April 26, 2022 2:05 PM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink

Preferred outcome is still:

Omg it would be amazing if a disgruntled Simmons is left alone on the Nets.

― Am I doomposting? I would say you’re not doomposting enough. (PBKR), Monday, June 27, 2022 7:18 AM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

― Am I doomposting? I would say you’re not doomposting enough. (PBKR), Thursday, June 30, 2022 5:05 PM (eight months ago) bookmarkflaglink

An insane fall from grace

Very charitable use of the word grace there. Although back when he could get out of his own head and actually play ball I will concede there was grace to his game. Alas

the lakers are not making the playoffs

ja flexin on lebron-less lakers. welp.

Luka-Kyrie duo is now 1-4

shaedon vs kuminga choose your fighter dunker

An old school third quarter from the Warriors: 39-17. They’ve come from 23 down. Up five entering the fourth. Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole both had 12 in the quarter. Jonathan Kuminga had this dunk. pic.twitter.com/jSdrAj0RHv

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) March 1, 2023

SHAEDON SHARPE WITH THE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE JAM pic.twitter.com/rErfycSnXf

— Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) March 1, 2023

aww the drew eubanks bench mob reactions, i miss those

there’s been some really good games on TV since the asb

full strength clippers attempting to lose to the wolves

some really horrible westbrook plays down the stretch here. why are the clippers subjecting themselves to this i truly don’t understand

legit feels like point shaving that lue is playing westbrook in crunch time

ant says in his postgame interview that passing to his teammates is "actually fun" :)

warriors in 5th lol

Jason Kidd may not be a good coach.

Shocking development

jesus seriously

The Rockets are widely expected to pursue 76ers guard James Harden this offseason, sources tell @TheAthletic — assuming he declines his player option.

Inside a bond that refuses to dissipate, a tale of two cities and the allure of unfinished business. https://t.co/TzBvcQyqzc

— Kelly Iko (@KellyIko) March 1, 2023

this isnt what happened wtf he mad a total nuisance of himself there were many stories about it

But in spite of everything that transpired, this was a situation unlike any breakup in NBA history involving a star player and a franchise. There was no bad blood between the two parties, just a collective feeling of disappointment. Instead of having it turn into an arduous, drawn-out saga that absorbed most of the season, Harden’s exit was a streamlined process from start to finish. The former MVP had made it clear he wanted to be traded during the preseason and Houston’s braintrust obliged, keeping him abreast of developments on that front.