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

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!

a team taht hasnt made the playoffs for two decades trading for a type of player that is very good at winning regular season games is understandable imo

hali and fox werent an ideal combo and were thus prob holding each other back but if theyd held on to hali a year longer they prob couldve gotten more

tho it is hard to get a player as good as sabonis in a trade, but the problem is hes also bad

the sabonis paradox

Guess Nesmith would still be buried on Boston’s bench, but he’s been a great addition.

yeah they just didnt have the minutes for him

Buddy Hield definitely playing harder for the Pacers than the Kings

Lmao

hali jfc

WOWWW

shoot it from the squat position why not

welp

damn they turned up

well, it’s a good thing boston is getting a crunch time test drive cuz the car got driven into the ditch

Excited for Indy. Wowsa great win. Vibes check 100%

They simply score more points, Carlisle finally listened.

do the celtics have two point guards or zero point guards

More points > less points. Axiomatic

big IST fan now. gonna need three of these in the reg season.

nba season of all tournaments

i always liked the IST please do not view my old posts

yeah i was skeptical but this is fuckin rad, teams should totally feel fine abt putting a banner up 4 this