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

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

damn

btw i think im gonna become a pacers fan their stuff is so good haliburton is insane

Wolves shooting like shit

yeah indy is a top side piece candidate

as far as non contenders indy and okc are the most interesting teams ive seen this year

ya those are the top 2

hali 28-2-4 at halftime

theyre really playing loose and free, and aggressive, carlisle is good

he must be so happy to have a star who moves after he passes the ball lol

forgot carlisle was coaching there now

theyre playing really good ball everyone is running around and buying in, on offense lol

its funny when guy change teams and you realize they can do all sorts of things, re obi toppin

obi is balling tonight

lol just got a beer at halftime and saw a dude with a Nikola Pekovic shirt

classic

was it matt armstrong