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

yeah my post about a person being able to jump really high was not related to austin reaves, just to be clear

it all makes sense now, weirdly reaves can jump higher than you might think but its not the kind of noteworthy jumping of a zach lavine

i think if he could fit into more of a play finisher role rather than initiator lavine could be good for the lakers, they need scoring

feel like i took that thought directly from the podcast i mentioned upthread, regardless i stand by it

be kind of hard for them to trade for him tho they dont have any big contracts to move would have to be a bunch of guy

oh lol i was talking about reaves as well, confusing

im much more aware of zach lavines game

i would not have guessed that hes been in chicago for 7 years though i would have said 4

that does seem like too long

being in chicago isnt that bad if you dont have to play for the bulls. nice city

we need an inverse of the shaq meme that says “actually, i was familiar with your game”

one thing I do appreciate about the Bulls doing nothing but spin their wheels post Jordan is it gives me hope the New England Patriots will be awful for the next 30 years

should be pretty doable if they keep drafting qbs with noodle arms haha sigh

to answer the original question

i think the reaves hype stems from the fact that he’s 6’ 5” and was handling and scoring with efficiency last year. even this year with his shooting being inconsistent he still has a 5/2.5 AST/TO ratio. a guy at that size who can distribute w/ that level of efficiency and can shoot mid 30s from three is a good player. and if you caught lakers games when he was an unknown he was always making plays, putback dunks and stuff. there was one game in golden state where he went crazy

the white guy on the lakers stuff takes it to another level but i don’t think the appeal of him as a player is that hard to locate

ah i see i was talking about austin reaves and you were talking about lavine

I figured this out several posts before this and was lmfao!

ILH has truly found it's "who's on first" moment.

people calling him austin rivers several times is an extra layer of confounding

yeah my post about a person being able to jump really high was not related to austin reaves, just to be clear

― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, November 29, 2023 4:22 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

I was so confused up until this post lol

reaves seems like a really nice player especially on his current contract, though I think he’s probably closer to his ceiling than people seemed to hope for. he’s acquitting himself fine with a higher usage this year but his free throw rate has come back down to earth and he’s turning it over a little more as one might expect of a guy with his pedigree who has to take on a larger role. if his shooting can stabilize (career 3pt% 35.9 confirmed btw) he’s a really nice 4th starter type which again on his contract is a championship piece. but I sort of think we think of him as a guy who’s 22 and might have a huge leap coming up but he’s actually in his age 25 season and steady production for the next few year might be a more reasonable projection

lavine is injury prone. you could maybe justify an overpay if he is the best you can get but he just wont ever be worth it for 60 games per year

this is like all the times you listen to a sports podcast and zone out and then having no idea who "he" is referring to

he’s turning it over a little more as one might expect

his assist percentage has jumped more (15.7%->23.8%) than his turnover percentage (14.0%->17.3%)

something is clearly off this year, though.

here's the net rating on the bron-brow-reaves 3 man line up...

22-23 regular season: +14.3
22-23 playoffs: +6.1 (lakers' most used 3 man line up by 70 minutes)
23-24 regular season: -2.8

the -2.8 rating is actually pretty good for the lakers this year if you look at all their 3 man line ups. but i think you can see why people were excited about reaves as the third piece given last year's numbers.

i think a good lesson to take from reaves is that these guys who kind of come out of nowhere shouldn't get treated like they have the same improvement trajectory as guys with a pedigree.

linsanity!

or with guys who are four years younger xp

i think a good lesson to take from reaves is that these guys who kind of come out of nowhere shouldn't get treated like they have the same improvement trajectory as guys with a pedigree.

hes fine a perfectly ok player i dont even remember why were talking about him

He’s our 2024 Grayson Allen

last night someone asked who is still on austin reaves island and he’s much much better than grayson allen

Just mean the random white guy we continually argue about for a season

i cant even tell allen and reaves apart tbh

Same guy I agree

still a reavesleaver, he's not a star but he's a legit starter

he's better then grayson but i think the idea that he somehow swings the lakers' contender status is not realistic

otherwise smart people also said the lakers had the best offseason of the year because they signed gabe vincent, rui, prince, russell to a “movable contract” etc all this BS

the lakers title hopes rest solely on the wide shoulders of one man, mr dangelo russell

15 losses in a row for the detroit pistons

thats not good

reminds me of the 21 savage bar "all my diamonds pissed on, ayyy andre drummond" and its funny bc pistons sounds like pissed on and they are bad at basketball, bad as piss

going to the jazz/wolves tonight, sweet seats that i won the right to buy through our work lotterly

love it!

just bought tix to dubs vs suns on dec 12 (my kids bday). gonna surprise him just before we head out.

nice

wishing the back to back and load management gods smile upon you both (went to heat-nets last weekend which was a second game in less than 24 hours turnaround for the heat and they sat like 6 guys)

yeah it sucks when you get burned on that

in other news

New: LeBron's longtime manager and business partner Maverick Carter admitted gambling on NBA games through illegal bookie Wayne Nix. He said he "could not remember" if he bet on the Lakers. Scottie Pippen also admitted placing at least one bet with Nix.

oops

uhhhhh

The Pistons, who have lost 15 games in a row and could become the first team in eight years to go winless for a full month tonight, have benched Jaden Ivey and Ausar Thompson for Killian Hayes and Isaiah Livers tonight at MSG against the Knicks. https://t.co/6Kmf4bBDPE

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) December 1, 2023

monty williams is bad

Down 17-31 after 1q

doesnt seem like they should be that bad whats the issue

hayes is rly bad, they have almost no outside shooters, failed vibecheck