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

hammy per shams

that sentence would be nonsense to most people

shams goin' ham reports hali hammy per shams

dr. seuss is rolling in his grave

pacers 103
celtics 101
end of the 3rd lol

first time both teams over 100 in the 3rd since 2004

that cant be right

those particular teams in the same game maybe? neither has been much of an offensive juggernaut this century

think maybe in a celtics game, thats not what they said tho

bucks down 31 at the half in .... utah

uniforms not clean enough

Tyrese Haliburton injured his Left Hamstring on this play. MRI will determine severity and time of healing

Grade I: 1-2 weeks
Grade II: 4-8 weeks
Grade II: 12+ weeks/surgery if torn off bone pic.twitter.com/SF1pMlxLwy

— Dr. Evan Jeffries, DPT (@GameInjuryDoc) January 9, 2024

i think were looking at a grade 2 here

apparently you can hit a shooter in the head and it's ok if you get ball too

the fix is in

gucci mane ref hosed them

Was the claim that he hit ball first? Seems like a crazy call to overturn

he barely touched the ball and basically simultaneously hit his head, unbelievable

Wow man. Refs overturned this call with Jaylen Brown being hit in the head pic.twitter.com/UbJ8RBoica

— Oh no he didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) January 9, 2024

then came as close as you can to pulling off this crazy shit

This end of game play from Boston has had me in a headlock. pic.twitter.com/C3ItYQdgDF

— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) January 9, 2024

That call man, something not right with that. Gotta be fixed

The @memgrizz announced the following medical update: pic.twitter.com/Cr7xKj1Wm4

— Grizzlies PR (@GrizzliesPR) January 9, 2024

prob not great for ja to have 9 months of time alone to stew on things

also this sucks

WOW

awful

grizz need to get bizzy tanking

they have their pick and another 1st rounder via some confusing scenario
https://fanspo.com/nba/teams/Grizzlies/15/draft-picks

ok yeah maybe this franchise is never recovering from last season

windows open windows close

KD, booker, beal, kawhi, PG, harden all in the line up tonight (on nba tv)

i don't think memphis' window ever opened...

i mean they won 56 games and locked up the 2 seed and everyone was young and locked in for years

i guess you could say the window was ready to open

they were in a nice spot

they were never considered legitimate title contenders at any point. people thought they had one of the best young nucleuses in the league but that’s different

I guess you can split hairs on what a "legit title contender" is but roster-wise they've had absolutely had a team for past few years who could make a playoff run out of the WC if things fell right. They're also always hobbled by playoff time, so at that point they're never "legit title contenders" because they have no hope to win anything unless, at the very least, they have Ja able to fly around. I'm not sure they ever even had a chance to use their preferred starting 5 in a playoff game, ever? I guess they were one of those way-ahead-of-schedule teams that never really got a chance to run at full speed.

And now it's beginning to look like it's never going to happen. If Ja is out for the season, he'll be at a 50 game / year clip after first five seasons, essentially where Embiid was after his fifth season, so things could still turn around. Not looking good though ... congrats to Dillon Brooks for getting out at the right time!

they were "probably a year away", like where okc is now, and then they never had all their guys again

pretty unusual for a young team to win 55+ games and then fizzle out before the core players even start leaving but i guess the suns also managed it

it was really the one season in 21-22 where they won 55 games and entered the playoffs healthy... they were also 8 games back of the 64 win, 1 seed defending conference champion phoenix suns that year. maybe i'm misremembering but i don't remember anyone positioning the grizzlies as genuine threats to come out of the west let alone win the title

they've had absolutely had a team for past few years who could make a playoff run out of the WC if things fell right

there are two types of "contention," one of which is largely accidental ("if things fell right") and not actually real. recent teams in this category would include the hawks team that made the ECF, the mavs team that made the WCF etc. these are teams that were ostensibly in "contention" but they weren't really. then there are the teams that people think are truly good enough to win the title ... we're prob talking about 2-3 teams per season max ... and i don't think memphis has ever been considered that

it's so inspiring that Adam Silver talked Draymond out of retiring from the stress that comes from kicking people in the balls and choking them

draymond was going to walk away from the game he loves until he was visited by the slender chief executive

good news

Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton will be re-evaluated in approximately two weeks following the team’s West Coast trip after an MRI revealed a Grade 1 left hamstring strain sustained during Monday’s game against the Boston Celtics, league sources confirmed. ESPN was the first to report the news.

Nice

"Dejounte Murray is trade eligible starting today...One team that has a level of exploratory interest I'm told, is his former team, the San Antonio Spurs."@ShamsCharania on Dejounte Murray's current situation.

📺: https://t.co/wdT8I0ST8g pic.twitter.com/clX8AebJXn

— Run It Back (@RunItBackFDTV) January 9, 2024

this is...hilarious? and i dont hate it??

i thought they didnt get along with him

i think its fine, like anytime he's in town he and pop have a lot of warmth for each other. the trade was a "just business" kinda move and now that he's got a long term deal and the spurs have the hawks picks from 25-27 plus wemby (and a gaping void at pg), i think dj might be excited to come back. who would you rather be #2 to: a 20-year-old stretched-out french existentialist kareem, or a 6' guy who plays your position (on a team that is going nowhere fast)?

i mean i know what i would like, to be on the boston celtics baby! haha jk

they should send atlanta less then they got for him initially then get him playing really well and trade him again