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

if u go to teams -> mavs -> lineups

you can also go to lineups from a players page to see all their individual lineups with fewer minutes

yeah if you go to advanced team stats on nba.com and then click on the team it will bring you to their team page and from there the drop downs let you choose line up data and then 2, 3, 4 or 5 man. those numbers i put were just w/ the default per game filter as opposed to per minute

or per possession

the numbers are different when i do it plz send link

being in pristine shape is a skill

Luka Doncic speaks out on his poor defense

“I've been playing basketball for 3 straight years. 4 weeks in between it was free. Sometimes it's really hard for me to play really hard on both ends. But obviously, the defensive end I gotta be way better.”

(h/t @ClutchPointsApp ) pic.twitter.com/TzcN5nPLgQ

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) April 4, 2023

my biggest weakness is i work too hard

if anything i just care too much and im not in great shape

pistons employing a really effective tanking strategy of having james wiseman guard jimmy butler 1 on 1 at the end of a close game

Embiid's midrange fadeaway is up there on the list of all time impossible to defend shots

yeah best bet is trying rip him when he goes into it

I sometimes wish he wouldn't settle for it, but when he's on it's killer.

he kinda needs it in the mix theres def some other shots he could remove from the repertoire

just doing some research tonight.....the mavericks #3-5 players in terms of salary are tim hardaway, davis bertans, and christian wood. they're on the hook for another year with the first two of those guys, and if for some reason they re-sign christian wood they can keep enjoying some of the great +/- stats posted above. they're about to be encumbered 6 years from now (!) because they traded for kyrie irving, who doesn't even want to be there. they used the midlevel exception on javale mcgee despite carrying three other center-type players on the roster, and then he barely played. obviously, they also lost jaylen brunson for nothing. the second, third, and arguably fourth best players from their western conference finals team (which was itself a mirage) don't play in dallas anymore. it's bad!

yeah theyre in a tough spot

the t wolves just called a post up for KAT coming out of a timeout at the end of a very close game. the initial entry pass was denied by royce o neal & so KAT just abandoned the post up and retreated to the corner where he watched anthony edwards drive into 3 guys (and get fouled)

the unconscionable part of the kyrie trade for me was trading DFS and the unprotected first. if it was just one of those plus dinwiddie i’d say it was a worthy gamble, but to put your two best assets into that trade is really reckless

kat is just an animal out there, won't be denied.

i just learned that the mavs are still encumbered through 2025 if the pick from the porzingis trade doesn't move this year

trading an unprotected 29 first for kyrie would still be insane actually but you’d be a much better team currently xp to myself

this is why i don't want to minimize how inept the nico harrison front office seems to be--yeah you can fire him but he's already been strip mining the rest of their decade

i simply would never trade for kyrie under any circumstances

i think nate duncan made the point on the last podcast w/ hollinger that getting a top 10 pick this year would be the best asset dallas could get to improve their team for luka right now & that’s worth being encumbered, if that’s what it comes to

if they felt like making the play in wasn’t going to sway kyrie one way or another they should 100% be running the ball boys out there trying to get a top 10 pick and then putting it on sale for the best player they can get this offseason

xp oh totally agree, they desperately need talent, i just didn't know that the obligation stuck around for two more years

embiid shooting jumpers like free throw tonight jfc

19-24! 47 points still a few minutes left

PJ just made his (seemingly) first two corner threes of the calendar year

*three

playing even with embiid torching you then tucker puts the dagger in wtf

Bucks win, Brewers win, Celtics lose, Judge Janet wins….great day for Wisconsin

nuggets doing everything they can to lower expectations going into the playoffs, always thinking one step ahead, I like it

lol celtics pulling off some crazy end game shenanigans that they were down by too much for it to matter

actually hold on

they somehow had a shot at the buzzer but missed that was wild

Nets lose, Cavs win, Sixers win. This clinches the No. 5 seed for the Knicks and the No. 4 seed for Cleveland. Jalen Brunson & NYK will face Donovan Mitchell and Cavs in the first round of the playoffs.

— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) April 5, 2023

first playoff matchup is set

cld be a pretty nice series

i have chosen the game they will play to decide that series. i went with basketball

solid

good finish to this lakers/jazz game in progress

ok I didn’t actually want 5 mins of ot

sick jelly k game

lol

Anthony Edwards is feeling a lot better.

"I’m feeling great right now, man. As you can see, I got my energy back. Shoutout to my girl. She did a great job of getting me back to where I wanted to be."

— Chris Hine (@ChristopherHine) April 5, 2023

👀

worked out the kinks

tonights lakers clippers game is likely the difference between the 5 or 8 seed

god bless the western conf

russ revenge game incoming

lol

Mark Cuban is blaming Rick Brunson for the Mavs losing Jalen Brunson in free agency, saying “things went south when the parents got involved.”

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) April 5, 2023

things went south when we decided to not extend him

everythings going fine

Mark Cuban on Kyrie Irving: “I want him to stay.” Asked if he’s a max player, Cuban says, “I’m not going to negotiate with you.”

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) April 5, 2023

Mark Cuban says re-signing Kyrie Irving is the Mavs’ top summer priority.

Christian Wood? “I’m not going to go through individual players,” Cuban said.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) April 5, 2023