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

its funny how there are some guys who really understand the game and try to master it at a high level then there are others who are just weirdly good at scoring and just want to keep doing that

raw plus minus sure, but he’s first among all non-chet rookies in EPM. he obv doesn’t have the offensive game (yet?) to be a primary or even secondary dude but he’s already established himself as a premier connector type guy. just needs some competent teammates

― k3vin k., Monday, November 20, 2023 6:29 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago)

my point wasn't about ausar, it was about the pistons. and him being first in EPM (is this stat real?) but last in raw plus minus (aka what actually happened on the court) would seem to highlight said point

EPM (is this stat real?)

― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Monday, November 20, 2023 7:00 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

its an estimation, rpm is the real one

lol look at how bad this is did brandon miller forget to jump

Jrue Holiday fechando a porta pro Brandon Miller 🤚🚫pic.twitter.com/kx4Vgl0JZe

— Matchup Brasil 🇧🇷🏀 (@MatchupBR) November 21, 2023

we’re making the same point I think jordan, the whole point of the adjusted plus minus stats is to adjust for the quality of teammates and opposition, EPM seems to think them being terrible is mostly not his fault which the eye test seems to support!

speaking of the pistons jokic just got ejected, nuggets are officially reeling, i’m sad

its funny how there are some guys who really understand the game and try to master it at a high level then there are others who are just weirdly good at scoring and just want to keep doing that

― lag∞n, Monday, November 20, 2023 6:57 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

to do a cross-sport analogy there have been some guys like this in baseball....keith foulke did not like the game of baseball but liked the idea of pitching and trying to get another guy out. obv it is a less destructive trait in baseball where you aren't asked to do every aspect of the game.

getting a guy out is pretty sweet

hell yeah

nuggets gut out a win in detroit with jamal out and jokic/malone both ejected in the first half

Giannis was 20-23 tonight

spurs shooting 7-30 from 3 tonight (so far) en route to their 9th straight loss, feels like...bad

the heat's announcer lamented that the bulls looked like a "listless, lifeless bunch" as the heat extend their lead to 24 in the fourth quarter tonight. they also noted at one point in the fourth that zach lavine had only taken 5 shots in the game, despite averaging 17 fga coming into the game

lavine blew off his own team's media person after a win the other day, i assume he's ineptly trying to accelerate his exit

bulls stands for

bad
uvibes
lol
lmao
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it's funny bcuz they just had a rousing comeback win over the heat the other night & followed that up by getting slaughtered, looking like they want the season to end, star player openly quitting etc deeply horrible vibes

had to look up the NBA in-season tournament prize
"The NBA announced on Aug. 15 its schedule for the group stage of the inaugural in-season tournament, which will see the winning team earn the NBA Cup and its players $500,000 each."

Really, you can't call it the Bill Russell Cup or something?

consensus is they’re waiting for some sponsor to come along

ok fine jimmy i like you

Lmao truly the greatest pic.twitter.com/MMf2Dei0vE https://t.co/IGsQPLCfed

— Ryan Cortes (@Ryan_Cortes) November 21, 2023

haa

lol

“Given all that has occurred lately, I have come to the conclusion that the NBA neither needs nor wants my opinion,” Dolan wrote in a memo to Silver that he copied to the other 29 league owners in July. https://t.co/t9pGBlzPtk

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 21, 2023

was his opinion that all games should be played inside his giant eyeball arena

the NBA neither needs nor wants my opinion

Nailed it!

bet some champagne was popped when that memo went out

Adam Silver should prank call Dolan with an offer for his dumb band to play a single song between quarters of some random Tuesday night G-League game in the smallest market in the midwest.

cavs are tough

is orlando interesting now, finally?

let me consult the theory

i watched that game they played vs atlanta in mexico city and i liked their guard rotation a lot. fultz, suggs, black are just good ball players & they can run decent offense thru the first two guys as well as what they get from paolo and franz & it feels like a nice set up

**HALFTIME** Score: Hawks 86, Pacers 73.

With 159 combined points, on pace to threaten the record for highest-scoring regulation game in NBA history (320 points)

— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) November 22, 2023

sick

theyre doing tv show knockout tournament with patty mills and when spongebob came up he tapped his chest very seriously like thats my shit but then the next round he picked bert and erine over them

then they interviewed southside at his first ever hawks game, good stuff

the game is tied at 107 with 4mins left in the 3rd

theyre doing tv show knockout tournament with patty mills and when spongebob came up he tapped his chest very seriously like thats my shit but then the next round he picked bert and erine over them

― lag∞n, Tuesday, November 21, 2023 9:16 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lmao

hali is going effn nuts, hes drilling threes then skipping back on d like a carefree child

He was amazing when they played the Sixers a few games back.

hes very good

final score indy 157 atl 152, they did not break the record but they did score a lot of points nevertheless, indy wins their tourney group

This Sixers-Cavs game has been an absolute slugfest.

Terrible Embiid long 2 to try to win it.

I genuinely like the 76ers court though I do wonder what it's like to actually play on

he also messed up a previous possession getting a clean look on a jumper off a pick and roll with maxey except for some reason he pump faked 3 times and took a horrible contested shot

I don't think I've ever seen a sadder player than Embiid. he just cannot stop frowning

He's better when he's not thinking too much.

xp

oh my god this OT period has been awesome

Sixers did great (defensive) work to get back in to the game from 18 down, but they've kind of botched it down the stretch and OT.

that was an amazing play by nurse to get maxey a free sprint at a lay up, just left it short

can't feel good to get knocked out of the in-season tournament

It might not make a difference to the result in the playoffs, but I feel so much better with Nurse.

Sixers definitely one guy short right now.