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

maxey 32 at half 11/15 and 6/6 on threes

I respect Kelly Olynyk for looking like how an NBA player would look in a Wes Anderson baseball movie

grant hill isn’t very good at making me excited about the moment

hes so dry, not a fan at all.

fun time to be a knicks fan. idk if they can keep it rolling without og and randle (and their absence might deter them from making a midseason trade - still think they could use some offensive juice of the bench), and idk if they would have beaten indiana last night without hali's minutes restrictions, but still. brunson is special, just an incredible player to root for (and the best knicks point guard in what, 50 years?)

yeah hes great and perfect for the new york state of mind

they were debating on hoop collective pod the other day whether brunson is the best knick since ewing aka is he a better player than melo. bontempts argued that melo was a top 3 MVP finisher (did this happen with the knicks?) and thus was better than brunson but man idk it feels different

i still think they don’t have enough shooting + thibs playoff history is what it is but with their defense and home court they *should* be able to win a first round series again this year. unless they get the heat but let’s see how it shakes out

yeah melo finished 3rd in mvp voting in that 2012-13 season

melos a funny guy to judge hes top ten alltime scoring got mvp votes was a superduper star, and yet just a very unsatisfying player, no defense alltime ball stopper just did the same shit over and over

wore hats things of that nature

brunson has already at least equaled the melo years in terms of playoff success and idk if last year’s knicks team was better than that one good melo team that lost in round 2

brunson has already at least equaled the melo years in terms of playoff success and idk if last year’s knicks team was better than that one good melo team that lost in round 2

i'd say that 2013 team was better, lost to a better playoff opponent

then melo decided he didn't like playing the 4 anymore and the rest is history

learning today that there's a guy named 'franz wagner'

and his brother teammate mo wagner

aka moritz wagner

what the hell i thought we won a war

i know

Rumors heating up about miles bridges to the suns and man what a disaster that would be for the franchise

low shit

michigan state connection, ishbia will vouch for him

gross

the use of medical term no one has ever heard of & the vague gestures towards non surgery lead me to believe they’re trying to make this seem not as bad as it is

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid — the reigning NBA MVP — has been diagnosed with a displaced flap of the meniscus in his left knee and is weighing rest/rehab or a procedure, according to two sources.

Story at @TheAthletic with @joevardon: https://t.co/Fj99JlJV3v

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 3, 2024

its just a lil flap

can’t figure out if this makes it seem better or worse…

Re: Joel Embiid: We now know the specifics regarding his meniscus tear. A flap tear is a specific (and unfortunately complex) type of tear that is most commonly treated with a partial menisectomy. I’ve heard it compared to a hang nail or a door jam.

— Jeff Stotts (@InStreetClothes) February 3, 2024

When it happened it looked more like a pie ledge or a thumb screw to me.

on the one hand, a hangnail is pretty easy to fix. on the other hand, your knee ligaments are not your finger nail

If the recovery period for a partial menisectomy is less than four weeks, embiid might be wise to get it done quickly, so part of the recovery time happened during the all-star break. It seemed to be interfering with his mobility enough that he should just bite the bullet and not worry about this season's MVP so he can be ready to compete for the playoffs.

That’s the version of a meniscus tear I had. Get that baby scoped and he should be back within 3-4 weeks

Was about 15 years ago and haven’t had a single problem with it since

its like a hangnail but inside your body

intriguing

That’s the version of a meniscus tear I had. Get that baby scoped and he should be back within 3-4 weeks

Same here (mine in 2014).

scope scope scope scope

well I guess zach lavine isn’t getting traded

love to konsult with klutch sports group

Bulls say Zach LaVine, in consultation with team and Klutch Sports Group, has elected to undergo season-ending surgery on his right foot.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 3, 2024

should be back in time for next trade deadline

Zach LaVine is expected to have surgery during the upcoming week and miss a total of 4-to-6 months. https://t.co/ORe6buhLHm

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 3, 2024

steph 50 points

2pt game vs hawks 1:30 left

tie game one min left

steph 52

steph runner misses at the buzzer were going to OT

Fun game

Old legs on a b2b and everyone out injured or fouled out ugly OT

welp

Can’t believe how many games have gone this way for the dubs this year

Wiggins disappeared at halftime and the Atlanta broadcast team hasn’t said a word about it

steph got 60 tho