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

the pacers need a few more dudes but this is like watching an F1 race

they need to trade for siakim, now that im a pacers fan im completely devoted to this concept

Think I might step away from watching the hawks for a bit

that bad huh

watched the jimmy 2nd half and man alive what a beast

as much as i hate to praise this sort of thing his anticipation for drawing fouls is borderline supernatural

mental health first, heez

was thinking hes actually one of the foul baiters where i generally think ok he got fouled on that. doesnt seem as unnatural as others

his appetite for contact game in and game out at his age is really crazy

a true sicko

bulls gonna beat bux w no derozan/lavine?

haha ah well nevertheless

look i agree that the guy's name isn't dunk henderson that's the top of the scouting report righ there

― Clay, Thursday, November 30, 2023 9:49 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

his name wasn't shoot henderson, i don't know what they expected

spurs fucking up sochan's best game, sucks

carusoooooooooo

damn it Caruso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zpZ2tiB0xg

is trae young valid

Wolves snapped to it and handled their business against a pretty dog shit Jazz lineup, was fun, Target Center vibes at an all time high

bulls gonna beat bux w no derozan/lavine?

― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Thursday, November 30, 2023 10:18 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

they did it

yeah pretty embarrassing performance all around. guess that's why you foul when up 3

The 3 things that have made modern offenses so hard to guard compared to in the past are transition, 3-point shooting/spacing, and attacking the rim efficiently utilizing said spacing. The Clippers currently do none of those things.

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) December 1, 2023

Yeah they really have no identity at all just hoping talent wins out. Not sure their stars have the personalities to make it work.

that bad huh

― lag∞n, Thursday, November 30, 2023 9:59 PM (yesterday)

honestly i'm not that worried about them long term, they just have not figured it out yet. every 1st quarter they go down double digits and then spend the game trying to come back. if it's someone like the spurs or wiz they can usually get all the way back (like last night apparently) but it's just not fun to watch. also i take all the nice things i said about sadiq bey back. jalen johnson has been the fun one this year but he's out for a month with a injured wrist so i may join him

https:/twitter.com/coupnba/status/1730426001757225245?s=46

the pacers may have a few things they need to figure out defensively

Miami finished shooting 35-of-57 in the paint with 45 free-throws.

Who needs threes?

— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) December 1, 2023

i need threes

Jaden Ivey was a starter in 73 games for the Pistons last season

At the start of this season, Monty Williams did not conduct any meetings or have direct conversations with Ivey to inform him that he would be playing off the bench, per @JakeLFischer

(Via… pic.twitter.com/y8VIWehabo

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) December 1, 2023

suns being good and getting CP saved his career

didnt they pay him a ton to coach there too

6 years, 78.5 million...

several guys need to be rescued from there stat

6 years, 78.5 million...

― ciderpress, Friday, December 1, 2023 10:10 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

thats insane lol

looking at the pistons and spurs i do wonder if coming up on a team with no good established starters isn't bad for development. not even for mentorship or whatever but it seems like it would be important just to have a couple guys on the floor who really know what they're doing at the nba level for the new guys to play off of and to carry some of the load

Last years Rockets

yeah for sure xp. gotta balance some solid vets

wonder if getting Bojan back will help them at all

yeah i dont think very highly of fvv but hes clearly had an effect beyond his own level of production

obv its hard to separate that from just the young guys getting another year of experience but it feels significant

xp yeah now that i look at the full roster they have those guys they are just all injured

6 years, 78.5 million...

― ciderpress, Friday, December 1, 2023 10:10 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

thats insane lol

― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Friday, December 1, 2023 12:17 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

why would they do this lol

we all saw a guy who coached a veteran team to the finals while openly engaging in long term mental warfare with the one young player in the rotation and the pistons looked at that and were like “yeah this is the guy for us”

read the jake fischer piece…troy vincent wanted one coach, arn tellem wanted a different one…and the owner went over the top and opened the vault for monty.

totally fucked organization

jfc get it together pistons

i think there is prob some truth to having vets in the rotation -- especially at point guard -- but then you look at what OKC is doing and maybe the key is not having vets in the rotation it's being a good franchise and not a bad one

troy vincent wanted one coach

old pats players popping their heads out of the attic inside cad's brain to say hi :)

i think there is prob some truth to having vets in the rotation -- especially at point guard -- but then you look at what OKC is doing and maybe the key is not having vets in the rotation it's being a good franchise and not a bad one

― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Friday, December 1, 2023 11:51 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah but they did turn the corner when they got CP and he got shai on the right foot, now hes the vet

lol, dude i am so old now

they should just trade all their good young guys away for vets its clearly what they want. we can't save the pistons fans but we can save the players