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

lebron could probably stay on a roster until he’s 50 if he wanted to. some franchise would pay him just to be around and roll him out for like 10 mins a game vs back ups to let him hit some fadeaway post jumpers

he can do whatever he wants. personally i hope he opens up a dunking booth where ppl can pay to take a charge against lebron dunking on you but you fall into a big pool of water after he plows you

congratulations to our friends

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić and Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum have been named the Kia NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in October/November. pic.twitter.com/3ehktTebWp

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) December 4, 2023

don't forget my close personal friend

Today the league announced that Minnesota Timberwolves Head Coach Chris Finch earned his first NBA Western Conference Coach of the Month award.

Our @Y0Leo recaps the team’s journey that led to Finchy taking home the first of many, here 🏆 ⤵️https://t.co/oPClw42vjY

— Canis Hoopus (@canishoopus) December 4, 2023

can't forget that one frenemy who i still follow on instagram for some reason

Julius Randle is an absolute MACHINE 👏 pic.twitter.com/2SVWTtgpUC

— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) December 4, 2023

rejoice, the IST is upon us

Is Julius Randle gonna be an all star again???

we simply cant have it

he was an all-star over brunson last year, can't imagine that happens again. will both make it tho?

hes shooting 41/28/70 right now so im just not going to worry about it

tough to watch my two favorite teams square off like this i want them both to do well

wonder if the refs are gonna call this like a playoff game, or maybe they have some special new style for this new tourney

I must root for bruce brown in this highly anticipated “IST tournament” matchup tonight

Pacers might’ve crested during the Hali-less win vs Miami. Just hoping they keep things close until the 4h.

this is not the high scoring affair we were promised

One of these teams is still hitting 100 by the end of the 3rd quarter.

Boston strategy of “keeping things close” seems to be working.

gotta keep it close baby

Indy playing like they’ve never seen interior defense / rim protection.

Love the blue and yellow floor. I was on the fence but now I will stan the in season tourney

Indy playing like they’ve never seen interior defense / rim protection.

welcome to the indiana pacers fan experience

They usually see less because they’re in transition.

Young Pacers is the type of team Horford is going to pick apart

An underrated and worrying thing in Summer League was watching Mahurin play a few games and put up a bunch of points, but boy did he look rough trying to finish through contact, which is bad news because that’s his thing atm. He’s still in development mode for another season so who cares, just hope he’s able to become the Jimmy Butler-type player he’s clearly working toward.

this 3rd quarter is more what i was expecting

or at least the last couple minutes

hali hitting some crazy 3s

hali is low key goated if being the next young chris paul is the vibe

gotta be the weirdest-looking-shot good shooter weve seen since... kevin martin?

looks more like steph with that 3pt range

hes better than martin but also not as weird

i just mean form, of course hes better!

hali is pretty weird tho

martin had a lonzo ball style shooting from the wrong side shot

Here have been a few recent games where he’s been gotten hot and done some giddy Steph-like heat checks. Since his shot is so fucked up he compensates by being able to pull the trigger quickly if he wants (if he has time his shot looks even more fucked up).

haha haliburton mvp

hes still 2nd to shae for new PGs but exciting to have two who are this good

i know that the kings are pretty good now and all, but haliburton for sabonis is one of all time great heists imo

well theres ja too but who knows where hes headed

ja is bound to flame out quickly i dont think his body will hold up

deaaron fox is also v fun to watch is decent consolation for kings fans

that tj mcconnol up n under >>>

this game is not going the celtics way

deaaron fox is also v fun to watch is decent consolation for kings fans

― ciderpress, Monday, December 4, 2023 7:06 PM (thirty-eight seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

it did unlock fox a bit yeah but idk you just gotta make it work when you have a couple dudes like that. or at least get more than sabonis

or wait til hali turns into a star then trade him

eventually people will turn on halliburton if the pacers never play defense bcuz they’ll never win anything just like the blazers or hawks have largely left people wanting. we’re in the honeymoon period now where it’s fun and being about .500 doesn’t really matter

I really hope they back off from going full-tilt on developing Nembhard his year; TJM has already swung multiple games, and Nembhard is still very hot or cold / can have some really poor games. TJM hasn’t even played enough to rack up any inbound steals iirc this season.

the issue isn’t that they traded halliburton, that needed to happen. i don’t buy that we’d be seeing this version of either him or fox if they had stayed together. it’s more that they traded him for a pretty traditional 5 type player but before we call it a generational heist i would like to see evidence of the pacers exceeding the success of the kings, which has yet to happen

This team is clearly at the very bottom of their ride, I don’t think their team defense (and rebounding) will stay this bad, esp. with a few solid individual defenders playing heavy minutes.

kornet is a nice roster player but the celtics need to find a real third big as KP/horford insurance come playoff time

yeah

hard to come by!