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

Armed with the encouragement of Warriors star Draymond Green, Golden State owner Joe Lacob reached out to Lakers owner Jeanie Buss to inquire whether James' apparent public frustration could be interpreted as an opening to discuss a trade, sources said.

light years ahead (listening to draymond)

double up watch
celtics 68
nets 32
halftime

the nets did not come to play, it appears

its a lot, to play a basketball game

more like the nyets

welp they didnt double them up but they did win by 50

acceptable

they were resting brown and horf too

btw seems like brandon miller is good

yeah def

classic jokic “I don’t want to win MVP” performance tonight

looking around nba twitter stumbled upon this one mavs have won six in a row and their fans are ascending to a higher plane, lol love this shit

Next 10 Mavs games:

Suns
Pacers
Cavaliers
Raptors
Celtics
76ers
Pacers
Heat
Pistons
Bulls

How many wins?

— Luka Updates⁷⁷ 🇸🇮 (@LukaUpdates2) February 15, 2024

Beat the Suns as #1 priority, if you lose to Cavs and Celtics that's fine, but I feel we'll beat at least one of them. 8-2 with a loss against one of the two + another one against the Heat

— Mr. Donsex (Mavs enjoyer) (@JarderMavs) February 15, 2024

7-3 being realistic
8-2 being optimistic
9-1 being delusional

— Tommy_O76 (@_Tommy76_) February 15, 2024

Be careful, from now on Mavs are hunted, the gold standard, the team to beat.

— Lonestar (@lone_N_little) February 15, 2024

that win streak considering opponent injuries included one quality win and was proceeded by a bunch of losing, theyre in 7th place in the west

Reads like pretty standard fan delusion IMO.

exactly zero people in the replies or quotes suggesting that the mavs might not rampage through this very tough stretch lmao

i love the incorrigible mind of "the fan"

was watching the clippers the other night and saw norm powell and was like “wait is it ash wednesday? is an NBA player out there with ash on his face?” (note: idk what date ash wednesday is nor am i sure that the game in question was even on a wednesday). anyway turns out he just has a really gnarly scar right between the eyes now

Norman Powell: “I’m not a tough shot taker, I’m a tough shot maker.” pic.twitter.com/pPDAbu1UH0

— Joey Linn (@joeylinn_) February 15, 2024

he was the one that was bleeding like crazy all over the court the other day after taking an elbow

evidently so!

looked like a broken nose at the time, guess not lol

dunno if true but worth a shot for anyone without league pass:

100% serious, If you sign up and vote on Jayson Tatum’s shoes you get a year of league pass premium for free…

Just sayin, power to the people (took me 2 minutes)https://t.co/3nchgN5aEi

— NBA University (@NBA_University) February 15, 2024

reading the comments looks like its legit (but only works in usa)

thanks for that. seems to have worked for me! it ill be nice to see some games.

I had to create a Nike account and an NBA account and link them. and I did have to give credit card info or other payment info though it seems like I won't be charged til the next year starts if I forget to cancel, which is too likely. just providing this in case anyone else is thinking of signing up.

yeah i decided to not give them my card too because i already have league pass through nbatv but i think it is good for a full year so through all star break next season

I just did it, hopefully it doesn’t mess up my league pass, I already paid thru this season, but I figure I’ll get the first 5 months of the next season free this way?

seems like it

thank you jayson tatum, man of the people

the guy with the best shoes

looks like they fixed it and it no longer works :/

prob not a great sign when the 14 year veteran coming off ACL surgery who was riding the bench for the two worst teams in the league spots an opportunity in your rotation

Free agent F Danilo Gallinari plans to sign with the Milwaukee Bucks, his agent Michael Tellem of @excelbasketball tells ESPN. Gallinari — a 14-year veteran — chose the Bucks over a few contenders because of the opportunity to play a role in Doc Rivers’ frontline rotation. pic.twitter.com/Lnx3Q0pCy1

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 15, 2024

probably just signed him for the theme song

ngl wanted him back on the nuggets

a buck is not so different from a gazelle, after all

i wanted him on the heat too. but he didn’t spot an opening in the rotation

full strength bucks lose to the beyond a skeleton crew grizz, great way for doc to go into his duly earned position coaching the all star team

Doc Rivers, on the Bucks effort tonight:

"We had some guys here. We had some guys in Cabo."

— Eric Nehm (@eric_nehm) February 16, 2024

lmao

letting GG jackson and ziaire williams go crazy on you is a red flag

Bucks under Doc Rivers:

23rd in ORTG
11th in DRTG
19th in NETRTG

And a 3-7 record. pic.twitter.com/2Mf1LujDlR

— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 16, 2024

ayton watch: 2-4-3-3-1, 6 fouls, in 20 minutes vs the wolves

Ant playing HORSE during live NBA games lol

Anthony Edwards has (intentionally) banked in 3s and free throws this week.

Ant when asked what's next: "Left-hand jumper. It’s coming soon. You saw it, right? I beat Mike. Y’all saw that. So yeah, a left-hand jumper is definitely coming. If we’re in the fourth, up 20-plus, and…

— Dane Moore (@DaneMooreNBA) February 16, 2024

what happened to the bucks offense is it cause middletons been out, defense is better, if they could get the offense back to what it was and keep the defense in the top half theyd be good

all that stuff about them running really hot and also on the league's easiest first half / hardest second half schedule is bearing out now

doc coaching the all star game is so funny

what happened to the bucks offense is it cause middletons been out, defense is better, if they could get the offense back to what it was and keep the defense in the top half theyd be good

Dame is just flat out bad this year and that’s like 75% of their problem

yeah that the sched/luck stuff and middleton being out is prob it, and maybe some discombobulation due to having two new coaches so far this year

yeah pretty sure they are like a 48 win team that might win a few more than that due to the early season luck but it'll still be seen as a failure. extremely funny situation for doc to step into midseason

yeah i wonder what is thought process was regarding that, obvs he got a shitload of money, and he has a perennial mvp candidate, so both of those are good, but did he think he was gonna come in and turn this ship around

Probably just felt good to be wanted.