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

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

ah ok

not that individual player

hahaha

hahaha why in the world is he doing media availability now, i mean of all the times

its because he thinks hes a genius who can fix things by saying words

the rich white mans curse

trying to take the heat off the fact they arent going to make the playoffs maybe?

good times in dallas

Tim Hardaway Jr. requested to speak to @CallieCaplan and me to make it clear that he wasn’t happy with his dad’s criticism of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving as leaders. “I disagree with it 1000%” https://t.co/UaWowoArK7 pic.twitter.com/Wy1zol4HSE

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) April 5, 2023

lol wut

Mark Cuban: "I don’t think it’s Kidd’s problem that we didn’t have an identity. ... The game changed in ways we didn’t expect it to change, so I blew it. It was on me, personally, because the game changed in terms of the take foul and the speed of the game."

— tim cato (@tim_cato) April 5, 2023

ah the take foul yes a big deal