2023/24 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD "THANKING FOR WEMBANYAMA"

lol i posted for years about dame's inability to even conceive of defending the p&r, he never sees the screens coming it's really bizarre??

he has expectations now all his flaws are gonna be magnified much more

James Harden ranked second in the NBA in time possessing the ball per game. Behind only Luka last season. I guess if you’re not first you’re last. https://t.co/Cdsbu1xhvR

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) November 2, 2023

I agree this defensive scheme looks a lot like Kidds in how it puts players in difficult positions that don’t really match their strengths but also Kidds thing was he never changed shit even as opponents shot like 70% from 3. So we’ll see if this guy can adapt.

I just came here to post those Harden comments. Lol, talk about getting high off your own supply.

lol why would he say that

Psyched to watch the Sixers for the first time this season. It's a lot more fun when you have no expectations.

i think they can pretty easily be the 3rd best team in the east, maybe even the 2nd if milwaukee cant figure it out. plus they have some flexibility to go get one of the toronto wings or whatever

"i am a system" on a team where he'll be the third option is hilarious

Yes, but that might be an indictment of the East as much as anything. I guess I don't believe in Embiid anymore, so I'm just going to have fun watching Maxey hoop.

xp

he's dominayton the system

plus they have some flexibility to go get one of the toronto wings or whatever

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yeah bet we see another trade

honestly in harden’s defense, the guy was an MVP of the league — literally voted the best player in the world that year. I can see how that might make someone feel immortal. (see westbrook, russell)

I think Morey said doing a deal now for a guy and they can then extend gives them more flexibility than waiting to use the cap space in the offseason.

i haven’t really seen this point discussed much after the trade but the end result of all this is that embiid no longer has anywhere to hide when it comes to his personal and the team’s overall performance in the playoffs. there’s nobody left to scapegoat. as someone who has long thought that embiid basically escapes all scrutiny over how he performs in the playoffs, i’m very excited

time for joel to figure out how to not be exhausted at the end of a playoff game

xp oh yeah, i'm totally with you on that. btw he got hit in the face again and fell down like he got shot tonight--it's like game 5 of the season and they were up double digits in the 4th quarter.

the spurs are going to win the next 16 titles

theyre starting 2 ~*believe*~

omg what is happening in this game

i was informed that the phoenix suns were a big time contender

they are missing one of their "big three (3)" which means they are at 66.66666% strength, also the spurs are hitting like 314159 three pointers #math

listening to the suns crowd boo the officials...feels like 2007 all over again

75 seems like a lot of points for a bunch of young guys to lay on one of the Big Title Contenders in a half idk very interesting

noticed more than one broadcaster calling him wembanyaNa, idk why they like that better, i guess repeating the n feels more normal in english, regardless its not his name

its funny when wemby throws down a thunderous dunk youre like he really got up then you realize he jumped like a foot high

lmao i was just about the post abt that -yana thing, its just lazy af the name is v easy to pronounce!!!

this is like the 3rd time ive watched where a broadcaster cannot resist changing a letter bc they know it makes me mad

can u do microaggresions to a 7'4" guy? nba media aims to find out

reggie was doing it the other night too, these are people who talk as their job

it literally rhymes with "mama" which is the first word ever uttered by babies

theres def some sounds strung together in a not common in english way in his name but ultimately its not too hard, if i were a tv guy i would simply practice saying it for one minute

KD's at -20 ouch

kd is done weve got new kd now

feel like the spurs are starting to realize how easy it is to just throw it up to wemby where no one else can get it then he dunks

that’s what my gameplan would be if I was the spurs

if i played for the san antonio spurs basketball squadron i would simply never allow devin booker to shoot a basketball toward a basketball rim (hoop, which i love)

bates-diop looks pretty good for the suns

hes a good player, he had some random games for the spurs where he went awffff

Wemby ballin

He def doesn’t seem just happy to be out there, dude wants to win

KD and booker are both having quite good games but victor looks like the most unstoppable player on the floor

that three he just put on eubanks was disgusting

damn he’s cooking

En fuego

38 points in his 5th nba game

Already getting gravity assists too. Defense has to be aware and ready to help which opens up cuts

when he starts to shoot 50% from midrange and 40% from three with everything else he can do i’m not sure i understand how the other team will win

Spurs beat suns b2b in phx