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

the idea that anything of substance was accomplished in a few days in Florida is so stupid

kerr doesn’t challenge a clear non-foul that leads to 2 free throws, but then a minute later decides to challenge possession on an airball with 2 seconds left on the shot clock…?

i think jason kidd is the new scott brooks in terms of glasses

hahaha

luka did the bribed refs gesture again

i don't want to dislike luka but man he's making it hard with that stuff

Dying. https://t.co/GBLEUQvhZ9

— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) March 23, 2023

Really nice first game back for KAT, hit two pressure free throws to win, looks sharp

super cringe on-court post game interview, the man is in mid season form!

lol

KAT got away with one

Trae blew that game. They were up like 9 when he came back in the 4th and started throwing the ball away

I'll perk up a bit once the playoffs are set, but for now I'm in a bit of a blazer-induced funk. dame has been on an amazing heater since before the ASB and the rest of the team has curled up like bugs on a griddle.

For those wondering about the play with 1:54 to go on the 3rd, let me explain what happened. The ref called Mavs ball . The announcer announced it. Then there was a timeout . During the time out the official changed the call and never told us. Then when they saw us line up as…

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) March 23, 2023

"worst officiating non call mistake possibly in the history of the NBA"

cool

sure it's possible, but only because he spent about 3 seconds trying to figure out if he knew of any worse non-calls. it's just a regular season game and the Mavs would only have a .500 record if they'd won it, but why should that be a factor in how epochal this alleged non-call was?

That’s like the 4th time Lukas done that payolla gesture. Loser behavior. I’m pretty sure he dribbled it on the line on that play.

luka is fun...to root against wow owned

the thing that is really killing me is ja coming back off the bench as if he's returning from a serious longterm injury that requires him to ramp up his minutes slowly over time

haha yeah he's on a strip club mental health minutes restrictions

I'm curious as to who Luka thinks is interested in paying off refs?

the illuminati duh

the picture on that ja shirt looks like he just slapped his dad across the face

meanwhile cuban is approaching trumpian levels of self-parody with worst call in nba history lmao. i didn't watch the game and kinda looks like that sequence was a shit show but cmon mavs don't notice that all the warriors, and the ref, and the ball, are all at the other end of the court? what did they think was happening?

the no-call on Luka getting his jersey tugged was pretty bad but refs miss stuff like that constantly, it's kinda hard to keep your eye on 5 people at once. wonder if Luka complaining constantly is affecting how he's getting officiated. I am pretty sure some ex-refs said they weren't giving Allen Iverson as many calls because he was just whining so much. plus it's just terrible optics for the Mavs especially when their 2nd best player is Kyrie

yeah that jersey tug looked egregious, but i think mustve just been obscured out of the ref's line of vision. some of the youtube comments on the clip i was watching said that luka/mavs spent the timeout arguing about the noncall on the foul which is why they didn't notice everyone was setting up for warriors to have the ball. seems likely and lol

luka is just constantly complaining to the refs it’s such a. bad look

having watched KAT's antics forever (though having watched quite a bit of Luka this year I think he's worse than KAT now), I think it's totally a vicious circle, the refs resent it and I think are less likely to give you calls

super cringe on-court post game interview, the man is in mid season form!

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lol i saw it

it's always bad when KAT starts trying out different voices and accents

"This is what movies are made of" - beating another mediocre team in a regular season game to hopefully make the play-in

it was very silly and weird

he’s a fascinating person

we all known that guy whos trying way too hard in a way that makes you think they may have an undiagnosed personality disorder

present company excepted hardy har

chyron on ESPN had the headline "Lakers snap 6-game losing streak against the Suns". is it me or is that just incredibly bad wording? they're not on a 6-game losing streak, they've lost 6 straight to the Suns, which seems like something nobody really cares about. don't look now but the Lakers are actually 10-5 in their last 15

someone needs to get a lebron was holding the lakers back storyline together get perk on the horn

the 'after the break' story when I finished running was "will Lebron disrupt the Lakers' chemistry?" so yeah they're working on it

i won't look now

i do hate cherrypicked/misleading stats like that though

nuggets have never lost the nba finals

its happening

Jay Williams on Austin Reaves’ growth on the ball:

“How do you bring back LeBron?”

(h/t @jswissa8 )

pic.twitter.com/7IKFp2cATl

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) March 23, 2023

idea: cancel the MVP award so I don't have to read all these stupid tweets about it

yes

the mvp is me for dunking on... the media

good stuff

Craziest sequence to win the game pic.twitter.com/XcrzxICjxh

— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) March 24, 2023

that's a nice moment for okoro given his struggles to play offense in the nba. great find by levert across the court too.

yah i love how he just kind of nonchalantly just relocates to the corner amidst the chaos

ah i see

Nets say Ben Simmons now has nerve impingement in his back and will remain out of action while sides determine best course of treatment.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 24, 2023

that injury will last until his contract is up then hes done
https://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/BRK.html

He's had issues with his nerves for a while now