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

no doubt, low bar tho, not that nurse isnt good, i think hes good

Clips have scored 1.32 points per possession with Harden out today .82 when he is in.

They've given up 1.32 points on D with him in .72 with him out.

Not great.

— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) November 12, 2023

Loving this

Clippers' James Harden finishes w/ 11 points (on 4-12 shooting), 4 rebounds & 3 assists in home debut.
- Ty Lue sat Harden for first 10 mins. of 4Q in 105-101 loss to Grizzlies.
- Harden on-court: minus-28 in 29 mins
- Harden off-court: plus-24 in 19 mins
- LA: 0-4 w/ Harden

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) November 12, 2023

Harden with the air ball in the clutch 😬 pic.twitter.com/kjZLMVQl3O

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) November 12, 2023

That's a shame.

damn wow

Maxie cookin

indy looking pretty crazy so far #2 offense #27 defense

Maxey 50/7/5 nbd

harden did the sixers a favor

top offense bottom defense is the good shit we love

the other way around is theoretically cool too but only if it's really extreme

James Harden: “I AM THE SYSTEM”

the system:

pic.twitter.com/O5ue5ztdvz

— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) November 12, 2023

this game is passing him up, its kind of a sight behold. i am trying to think of an nba player who has set fire to his legacy as much as harden.

amazing you'd think Ben Simmons was the best example of a recent All-Star that you're definitely better off without and he wound up getting traded for the one guy who's arguably worse

idk what Harden's legacy is even gonna be he's like both of the teams from a Globetrotters game somehow inhabiting the same person

this game is passing him up, its kind of a sight behold. i am trying to think of an nba player who has set fire to his legacy as much as harden.

― oatly carmichael (m bison), Sunday, November 12, 2023 9:30 PM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

westbrook dabbled in it but kinda salvaged it with the clippers

he really was the guy he thinks he is until he left houston

Reading a couple updates on Oubre - he has a broken rib after a hit and run where the side mirror just clipped him - and it sounds like it could have been much worse. I imagine he will be back in 2-3 weeks as it's probably just a pain tolerance issue at some point.

Maxie cookin

― infinite wiggles (Spottie),

I have an Aunt Maxie who is an excellent cook. i will now call Tyreese "Aunt Maxie"

lol

uncle joel and aunt maxie

The Bucks say Jae Crowder suffered a left adductor and abdominal tear in Saturday's loss in Orlando. He will undergo surgery tomorrow and be out for the next eight weeks.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) November 13, 2023

i am trying to think of an nba player who has set fire to his legacy as much as harden.

Iverson?

Although tbf, his legacy-torching activities were off the court.

ai is a legend!

factiod via hollinger

Where do they put the statue of Mike Muscala? That’s the first order of business if the Philadelphia 76ers improbably navigate their way out of the James Harden era and straight into an NBA championship.

In the wake of Tyrese Maxey dropping 50 points Sunday on the Indiana Pacers, the latest eruption in a breakout season that has him ninth in the league in scoring and sixth in PER, the legend of Muscala’s late-game exploits in a meaningness 2020 bubble game for Oklahoma City only grows. His feat preserved a top-20-protected first-round pick for the Sixers from the Thunder, the one they used to steal Maxey with the 21st pick in the 2020 draft. Maxey even shouted him out after the game.

Thus, for all the intent of The Process, the great irony is that a savior may have arrived in the most random way possible. Muscala played 47 games as a Sixer himself, yet his greatest contribution to the franchise unquestionably came on Aug. 8, 2020, against Miami. His two 3-pointers in the final 35 seconds, the second one with just five seconds left, were the decisive points in a 116-115 win that made the Maxey pick possible.

Iverson is in the argument for the most influential player in the NBA since 1980 outside of Jordan.

yeah iverson is broadly revered afaict, in fact he's doing national commercials again

this celtics knicks game is good

im accustomed to the celtics scoring more points

xps Stephon Marbury is a better example of a guy who set fire to his legacy both on and off the court, but that's a sadder falling apart story. Harden doesn't seem to be struggling with mental health issues or anything like that.

then he redeemed himself by becoming a legend in china

indeed. per Wikipedia Starbury played on 4 teams in China over 8(!) yrs. Those team names:

Brave Dragons
Dralions
Ducks
Fly Dragons

say what you will about the man, he was both brave and fly

he dragged on

also his last CBA game, with the Fly Dragons, was a win over the Dragons (not the Brave Dragons or the Dralions)

funny that theres not a single dragons in american sports seems like it shouldve happened, nets were almost the swamp dragons shouldve happened obvs

Momentum of the game changed after this mistake by Kyle Kuzma 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/zzaxNMWVDA

— BASKETBALL ON 𝕏 (@BasketballOnX) November 14, 2023

huge comeback by the raps

this wiz team is unreal

22-1 run to close the game. up 16 with 6 mins left and lost lol

oops

https://i.imgur.com/mYCNHgq.png

lol that's a tough graph

The wiz are right on track imo. Just need three or four years of this. Trust the process

the wizards fielding one of the most embarrassing teams in recent NBA history in the season between victor wembanyama and cooper flagg is a great example of how bad franchises stay bad

i don't know who copper flag is but they can easily field an equally bad team again next year if they want

no reason they can’t roll out the same team next year personally I think that would be fun

*big tuck voice* who said that we ain't hope stealin' wizards

i don't know who copper flag is but they can easily field an equally bad team again next year if they want

― ciderpress, Monday, November 13, 2023 11:55 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

maines own cooper flagg

pistons may have bumbled their way into some guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvGYATHz8_Y

wemby v chet tonight