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

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correct

they could have a podcast

i’ve seen several games where cade looks like an all NBA player. i think the bigger problem is that the two perimeter guys who play 30 mpg for them are ausar thompson and killian hayes. they are shooting 40/15 and 40/32 on the year respectively. their two best shooters are isiah stewart and alec burks. i just think it’s a disaster of a roster especially for a guy who is more of a basketball player than an athletic freak. i don’t think it’s a coincidence that he went to the team usa camp and got on the floor with real players & ppl were talking about him as one of the best guys on either roster

just saw harden take an actual catch and shoot 3 (he missed)

he made one after that tho sadly

kawhi looks like a small child getting switched onto jokic down low, jokic is so ridiculously strong

hes been waiting to do this forever pic.twitter.com/b5ZmWzgyWw

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) November 15, 2023

uhhh… this should be a extremely significant suspension

what the fuck

Klay and dray ejected 90 seconds into the game

pretty sure one player could beat another with a hammer and not be suspended by silver for more than 3 games

i hate draymond so much lol

Think dray saw Gobert get klay around the neck and snapped

hahahaha i wanna be mad i promise but hahhaaha

uhh yeah the NBA's kinda gonna have to do something about that one even if it was Rudy Gobert

gobert didn't do anything there that was above and beyond what other people were doing

putting a guy in a chokehold is uh kind of a no-no across various walks of life and to hold it for like 10 seconds as he’s tapping out???

no but like if they did an anonymous survey of "which NBA player deserves a chokehold" Gobert would def be top 5

but yeah maybe I shouldn't joke about this that was like Kermit Washington-level borderline trying to kill the guy shit

i hate draymond so much lol

― call all destroyer,

i get it, we all know rudy gobert sucks but the guy who enjoys punching his teammates doesn't get the benefit of the doubt here

although imagine if the Kermit Washington punch happened 90 seconds into the game lol

kat had dray in a headlock at the end there human centipede style

dray with a player option for 28 mil in 2027 lightyears ahead

lol

hah

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— ArtButMakeItSports (@ArtButSports) November 15, 2023

Draymond had already gotten ejected last game, too.

i get it, we all know rudy gobert sucks but the guy who enjoys punching his teammates doesn't get the benefit of the doubt here

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, November 14, 2023 9:43 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i don't want to sound like a 75 year old sports crank here but i feel like if one of your players violently assaults another you have to find a way to get rid of him, otherwise this kind of shit is always on the table

i guess draymond is a bit of a special case but whoever thinks he is gonna get suspended for a bunch of games should refer back to the jokic-markieff morris incident

they're gonna have to do something pretty significant, you can't let a violent chokehold be a 2-3 game thing

dray seems pretty frustrated

jokic basically broke morris’ neck and got a game so gimme the under on the adam silver judicial system

idk we'll see if adam silver can wake up for this one, it's not about something as important as bespoke court designs

kat had dray in a headlock at the end there human centipede style

― lag∞n, Tuesday, November 14, 2023 10:46 PM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

btw lol, this made me think about how well human centipede has held up for reference purposes

its pretty funny considering what a disgusting idea it is

I mean you shove a guy out of frustration what Dray was doing looked like he was trying to put him in the hospital. also it's coming from the dude who's known for punching a teammate in the face and stomping on a guy's head. I mean okay yes Silver can fuck this up but surely even he can see how bad this looks

yeah could see him getting a big one cause of his previous record but idk

The league doesn't like repeat offenders and that's Draymond. I think he sits for a few

warriors seem kinda fucked in general wonder whats gonna happen, steph is still really good but the rest of the team is falling apart

it's also just an extremely ugly visual, there's several seconds where rudy is clearly not fighting back, just bugging his eyes out like he's in shock that this is happening to him. but dray doesn't let go, no plausible deniability that he was just pulling him out of the fray. if we've learned anything about athlete punishments it's that when the video looks real bad it makes a difference

draymond is gonna be out at least five games

should be more, can allow a guy to take out his rage like that

dray needs to play with that edge to be successful, the edge where sometimes you choke a guy out

also he had a clear view of the situation and immediately went after Gobert who was not even really involved. like he woke up and just went I'm gonna try to kill Rudy Gobert today

miles bridges essentially got a 10 game suspension for felony domestic violence. i think this draymond choke is going to register less in the league office than you guys think…

and yeah if he just puts him in a brief headlock it's one thing but watching that actually made me anxious

he's really skated by being on a team with such a positive sentiment over the years, like he owes steph royalties because i don't think his act would have worked if he had been on the rockets or something

i think my favorite part of the video is KAT having no ability to offer gobert assistance in that moment

like he woke up and just went I'm gonna try to kill Rudy Gobert today

who among us

sure, it's all fun and games until you choke someone into unconsciousness

miles bridges had the good sense to do it away from the sponsors

"My leg got grabbed -- the second time in two nights -- and the referee is just watching. I got to land my foot somewhere, and I'm not the most flexible person, so it's not stretching that far. ... I can only step so far with someone pulling my leg away."

draymond after he jumped onto sabonis' chest last spring