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

that no goal tend call was costly. Good game

His post game summary LOL

that was a sick pass by cp3 to klay at the end

Klay was clearly… not ready

jaime jaquez jr hit the dagger 3 to beat memphis tonight in what i have to assume was the first battle of JJJs in nba history

― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, November 8, 2023 10:41 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

how’s he been? he was one of the guys I was really hoping would fall to denver

pic.twitter.com/qe5UAWnahz

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) November 9, 2023

jelly fam

oh my

ayton would never pull off that move because it can’t be done in 2k

Anthony Edwards crazy chasedown block pic.twitter.com/qDO3utLhJk

— Timberwolves Clips (@WolvesClips) November 9, 2023

was just looking at the West standings and I really wonder if Memphis is already done, like even if Ja comes back and everything works great, is the hole going to be too big to climb out of?

unless they start winning games asap yeah prob

Yah I think Memphis is done. Too many injuries and ja thing. Utah might be cooked too.

Sweet Edwards block! Almost brained himself on the backboard!

grizzlies will miss the nba playoffs

feels like at this point coming out of the non-Ja games best case scenario is like 8-17 or something

theres 12 teams in the hunt for the ten west playoff spots would be helpful to the grizz for a couple of them to drop out due to injury trades deciding to tank etc

there's currently two teams outside the west top 10 (memphis, lakers) that i could envision replacing two teams currently in the top 10 (houston, new orleans)

when you look at their schedule before ja comes back though, they still have to play: @clippers, @lakers, celtics, rockets 3x, suns 2x, wolves, mavs 2x, @okc, @pels ... not a lot of breathing room. there will be other teams in the west who lose 7 out of 8 but the grizz do need to start winning games

i think they'll be in the play in race to the end so the question for me is more whether they go and add more pieces to the team this year to try and reclaim contender status. because i think the ceiling for this current roster (w/ ja) is making it out of the play in and then losing in round 1. but the smart trade was clearly made w/ the belief that this is a top 2-3 team in the west that should be making the conference finals. that feels disconnected from reality currently

they were 5th in the league in SRS the past 2 years its not hard to see how they could have thought they were close esp before the ja suspension

the real issue is less missing ja than it is adams & clarke suffering long term injuries. they don’t have a real front line. jarren had 5 fouls to 4 rebounds last night. like

yeah being down three rotation guys is not tenable for almost any team in todays nba

chet holmgren has quietly been instantly good sad that they keep putting wemby on national tv but not him hes on a much more watchable team too

maybe dillon brooks wasnt the real problem after all...

spurs are unwatchable right now. im fine just watching wemby highlights.

the plight of only being 7 feet tall

their defense might end up being worse than the wizards

wems looks tired

mitch rob put him thru hell

theyve missed vassell and the point sochan offense sucks tremendous ass

giannis has 54, 6 mins to go, grey court is awful

*giannis commits 15 straight turnovers*

bucks folded

middleton is trash

he looked so slow out there

he’s shooting 31% from 3 again after shooting 31% from 3 last year. before that he had only one season in milwaukee under 37%

Coming off offseason surgery on a ramp up no?

He still may be cooked tho obv

Giannis scoring 54 and the Bucks losing is not how I pictured the Dame era to go

tbf dame didnt play

yeah their starting backcourt without him is not even close to playoff caliber

they should not have traded for dame lol

Oh didn’t know he was out unfortunately I’m on jury duty and don’t get home until way too late

entertaining half of basketball between the hawks and magic

Super sloppy but fun

fultz and suggs is a funny pairing… both have extremely, um, savvy games. but they were both cooking in that half and it was pretty fun to watch. fultz is such a bizarre player — why does he shoot like that on the other hand he still does lots of skilled stuff on the court

this game is fun, someone should make a shot tho

Mexico City court >>>> every nba court I’ve seen this year

i wonder if harden just has a mental block that wont allow him to shoot a three unless he does a sidestep first?

James Harden lacks the ability to catch and shoot, and it’s a glaring problem. Only way this can work is if he takes these shots.

3 open shots that he doesn’t shoot pic.twitter.com/zAESmMLUd1

— ᴅ ʀ ᴇ ᴡ (@FeelLikeDrew) November 9, 2023

catch and shoot threes aren't cool enough, won't do it if he can't be cool