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

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

unicorn fight

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

Thanks to Shaq.

No question he was one of the best players of his generation, and as a couple of you said maybe the most influential since Jordan. But hasn't it always been the case that he's been a hot mess off the court?

I grew up in Denver, it's hard for me to think of a greater example of lost potential than David Thompson, who retains hero status in Denver but is always in the conversation about "great talent, too bad about everything else."

I can see being salty that he sucked on the Nuggets but I don't think you'll find too many people who agree with you

iverson def had offcourt issue and prob couldve extended his peak longer if he had his shit more together, when he was playing the reception was more mixed but these days seems like its pretty much all gravy

unicorn fight

― lag∞n, Tuesday, November 14, 2023 2:30 PM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

true, but real ones remember the originators

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F-3NOHmXMAAhfhF.jpg

Was trying to find a picture of Stephen Marbury's statue in China but he apparently also has a his own museum too! (And postage stamp)

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/14421623/stephon-marbury-getting-own-museum-beijing

he sucked on the Nuggets

Who, Thompson? Not at first, not even after the foot injury.

He helped them get to the ABA Finals in his rookie year.

Allen Iverson, the guy we were talking about?

Ah well nevertheless

Ben Simmons is experiencing some nerve irritation on the lower left side of his body and is expected to miss some time, per his agent

(Via @NYPost_Lewis ) pic.twitter.com/FMY6d6mhH1

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) November 14, 2023

"the lower left side of his body"

hes done get him outta here

damn he was +3 for the season (FGs - PFs)

im ready for the point sochan experiment to end

hes a great defender, but this offense is an absolute wreck, and all the misses and turnovers lead to easy transition looks the other way

there are some things about what the spurs are doing that might make you wonder if they want to win games this season

its less than ideal!

but getting a high draft pick, maybe good