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

tbf tv praises players pretty indiscriminately for just making plays

ok

the celtics hit a shot

Dubs with zero inside presence unless looney is in

celtics are not playing seriously, need to get it together

Weird injury for podz hopefully just a lil tweak.

Curry has been legitimately bad (for him) on more games than normal this season. Some of the worst passes imaginable and lazy play. Doesn’t seem focused on a nightly basis.

It's a lower back strain for Brandin Podziemski, per Warriors. He's out.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 20, 2023

gotta be hard to motivate if youre used to winning rings but arent really in the chase xp

Bay reports say he’s been emotionally drained w the draymond stuff

yea he doesn't really look too engaged with this right now

yeah thats gotta weigh on you

btw sorry for cursing podz i meant destroy in the basketball sense, i couldve been clearer

five fouls on steph in the 3rd wow

Podz is good they got a good player at that draft spot I can’t complain

Couple weak calls but whatever

playing the way we're used to seeing steph play is incredibly hard, even for steph. even harder to do if there's not much payoff in terms of fun and wins.

CP joined the dubs and completely lost the ability to shoot

its crazy that hes still in the league at all what with being a little guy and being the second oldest nba player

*3rd oldest actually i looked it up hes one day younger than pj tucker

its crazy that pj tucker is still in the league since he was never that good

Kerr’s insistence on always playing two short point guards at the same time at all times is weird. Moody should be in here instead of Cory Joseph

yeah playing one short guy is iffy in this day and age

"the warriors will not go quietly in this night here" --reggie miller

jfc

Amazing

Loving these Kuminga and TJD lineups

the basketball hoop is conspiring against the celtics

Celtics make a layup challenge warriors make a three challenge

Disgusting overtime lol

Ahahahhahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

i boo this game, boo

Season changing W hopefully

Loon -19
TJD +25

Steph played the whole 4th and OT w 5 fouls what a legend

starting to think this might not be the suns year

they still do not look at all like a basketball team

i think you guys were missing the forest for the trees a bit on ja being an awesome basketball player

i would never do that

btw noticed jas dad was back sitting courtside, id imagine there are nba people who would prefer he wasnt always around, wonder if ja is going to still be bringing his whole crew on the road with him or this was more of a first game back special occasion

the cameras just couldn’t stay off the dad either, would be nice if everyone just quietly agreed to limit his exposure

take a lil break lets things blow over, then try to act normal lol

Suns got 40 from KD and 26 from Booker, and lost to a hollowed out Trail Blazers team which came in having lost 7 straight. maybe its was just an Ayton revenge game but idk things not looking great for them rn

they just have zero depth

yeah kind of a hair brained scheme from the start

kd probably wondering why he cant seem to find the right superteam balance after gsw, probably forgot that the equation that worked there was "me + steph (a top 3 guy) + two more all-stars + many good role players" rather than "me + 2 really good all stars + who cares"

yeah the quality and depth of that team was so much better is the main thing and then dray and klay are big physical guys who can play grimy all of kd harden kyrie beal and to a lesser extend booker are finesse players on the soft side which is not really the mix you want

warriors pieces just made sense together on both sides of the ball. all in their primes too. impossible to replicate.

but this beal trade was extremely doomed from the start. no depth, no defensive identity.

beal declining, kd declining

we all knew the beal acquisition was a misstep from the start

big game on rn twolves sixers