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

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pre allstar 54fg%
post 60%

yeah you not only have giannis minutes being dragged down but any minute they’ve played with both giannis and middleton sitting (incl entire games) has prob driven their numbers into the tank. i def have caught the bucks on some nights and you see the line ups they run out w/o giannis and it’s pretty ugly offensive basketball. they’ve been top 5 in offensive rating each of the last two seasons not sure it’s a huge mystery as to why they’re barely above average this year

they also just have a roster slanted towards defense i mean jrue is far from the ideal fit next to giannis on offense but obv on the other side of the ball that’s about as good a defensive duo you could come up with. same for brook like if you’re gonna play another 7 foot center next to giannis he better be able to shoot but they’re still playing another center next to giannis. the fact that they’ve had top 5 offenses the last two years even while building their team this way kinda explains why they’re the title favorites

yeah jrue is good as third option but is way overmatched as a second

Weird last night kawhi didn’t play in the 2nd half. Rumors that they’re trying to duck 5th so they won’t have to play the suns round one. Tied w dubs currently record wise. Trying to maneuver when you’re like two losses from like falling out completely seems not smart.

dallas just gave up a 76 point first half to the heat

mavs r cooked

they're only a half game out but man what a sadsack situation no matter what

mavs

For this season, these are the teams that are estimated to be more than $17.5M above the luxury tax, which is where the new CBA will set some new restrictions:

Clippers- $40.9M
Warriors- $39.2M
Bucks- $28.6M
Celtics- $25.2M
Mavericks- $22.9M
Suns- $22.1M

($ is how far over)

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) April 2, 2023

mavs lost last night, now a full game out of the 10 seed.

they shot 61/41/88!

mav's

bucks-sixers dubs-nuggs airing simultaneously tonight excellent scheduling not sure if joker is playing tho

western conference doesnt really matter anyway

rude to western conf

I was looking at team defensive stats the other day and realized the west just sucks at defense

grizz and pels are good at it but thats it

lol the end of this hawks mavs game is a freaking clownshow!

im not watching overtime im going to watch a real game

bucks already up big

Hell yes

was hoping to see some sort of heavyweight fight here guess theres still time

im not watching overtime im going to watch a real game

― lag∞n, Monday, 3 April 2023 00:29 (eighteen minutes ago) link

These two teams going to OT in 2023 in a fight for each of their playin spots is a seriously sad outcome to the 2018 draft

when will this end

Hawks now 39-39. They have scored 9,209 points and allowed 9,210. They are 24-24 against the East and 15-15 against the West. They have been within one game of .500 for 72 consecutive days.

— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) April 3, 2023

it's.....it's beautiful

Whoa the Mavs may not make the play-in even if they win out

yeah theyre done

are the mavs the weirdest team overall like top to bottom it’s a total freak show

their collapse is like a simultaneous indictment of trying to remake your team with 20 games left in the season, making an extreme sacrifice of D/size for O, and giving up depth for stars. None of these high risk strategies will inevitably ruin you on their own but woe to the team that tries to do all 3 at once

(esp when that star is kyrie, even when he's not up to kyrie shenanigans he never seems to influence winning much)

yeah kyries deeply flawed as a basketball player

I wonder where he goes next?

still waiting for someone, anyone in the media to point out that the mavs turned their team over to a guy whose sole professional experience was working in marketing at nike and maybe that's the entire explanation for this mess

reasonable point

oof Grayson's ankle sprain didn't look good. I know he can get cooked in the playoffs but still he's an important piece

yeah he looked pretty hurt, tho the injury didnt look bad his ankle didnt turn that much

also I'm confused why Connoughton hasn't been playing at all even after he left

I see embiid showed up to work today, got stomped by giannis tho

nuggets beat the warriors without jokic, I’m wiring adam silver a lot of money to erase the tape of the last 2 mins though

nice statement win for the Bucks coming off what might be the worst game I've ever seen them play since Jrue joined the team

still waiting for someone, anyone in the media to point out that the mavs turned their team over to a guy whose sole professional experience was working in marketing at nike and maybe that's the entire explanation for this mess

― call all destroyer, Sunday, April 2, 2023 8:21 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

more of that disruptive innovative thinking u get when u think outside the box my friend #techwisdom #bitcoin #moneymotivation #alphamentality

nuggets beat the warriors without jokic, I’m wiring adam silver a lot of money to erase the tape of the last 2 mins though

why cant the dubs win on the road its so weird, coach nick has a video where he says theyre basically just not defending the corner 3 on the road??

it’s haunted, only the corner in their court has been cleared of the spirits

why cant the dubs win on the road its so weird, coach nick has a video where he says theyre basically just not defending the corner 3 on the road??

― lag∞n, Monday, April 3, 2023 7:45 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

seems right, theyve always kinda of done this but teams are making their shots so maybe adjust idk. theres a lot of dubs storylines this year.

lol

The Mavericks are ‘seriously considering’ shutting down Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving to push for a top 10 pick, per @ShamsCharania

(h/t @RealGM) pic.twitter.com/VwHMSZsVzV

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) April 3, 2023

69D chess

Watching Cuban, Kidd and the Mavs FO sell out in order to bring Kyrie on board, then instantly exploding into tiny fragments has been the greatest satisfaction of the regular season. By far.

great franchise doing normal things

xpost agreed, just wonderful