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

yeah its all cool for them the only thing thats kind of a bummer is sabonis doesnt know how to play in the offs

mavs taking care of the rockets winning streak, have won a bunch of games themselves

Lmao “WHAT!???”

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— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) April 1, 2024

luka 47 through 3

lebron "lebron james" james was 9-10 from three that is pretty nice

dont have time to do the math but thats a good percentage for sure

sorry is someone going to comment on that finger roll lmao that’s one of the most disrespectful things I’ve ever seen

the shot clock was down he just needed to get one off it was fine

i believe i speak for all of us when i say WHAT

brunson go ahead layup with 4 secs left shai go ahead baseline turn around w 2 seconds left brunson misses almost the same shot at the buzzer

Finger roll is a good horse shot

lfg

The back alleys of Target Center underwent a renovation last fall. At the behest of majority owners in waiting Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez, an opulent private owners’ suite was added just down the hall from the Minnesota Timberwolves locker room.

The suite features marble flooring, a private bathroom, a bar, a dining area, plush furniture and flat-screen televisions. It was designed as a gathering place for Timberwolves leadership with Rodriguez and Lore wanting it to entertain guests, conduct business on game nights and add some pizzazz to the second-oldest arena in the NBA.

Taylor and his wife, Becky, viewed the expensive renovation to be an unnecessary flex that goes against their pragmatic and practical sensibilities. They rarely visited it this season, preferring to eat their pregame meal in a common area where the media and other gameday staffers are served, as they have done for years.

“They wanted that private room for themselves down there,” Taylor told The Athletic. “I didn’t think that was a very good idea. But I OK’d it and paid for it and stuff like this. So I bent the corners a little bit and stuff like this here. But, I mean, that was more of their priority that they had that room than, ‘Who are we trading for?’”

“I would expect to hear that from like, a teenager, not from someone who’s so mature and so astute and who has been so successful,” Rodriguez said in a video call Friday. “Not only is that a cheap shot, but it is disingenuous and disappointing.”

https://theathletic.com/5378492/2024/03/29/minnesota-timberwolves-lynx-sale-alex-rodriguez-glen-taylor-marc-lore/
no paywall https://archive.ph/uaM5H

https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/03/29180355/USATSI_19904733-scaled.jpg

looking around twitter and of course it makes total sense in this case but its weird to see people taking arods side in something

brunson go ahead layup with 4 secs left shai go ahead baseline turn around w 2 seconds left brunson misses almost the same shot at the buzzer

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tough loss. jalen williams was torching all game long, but sga was mostly bottled up, only for that to happen at the end

not to mention a bunch of uncharacteristic missed fgs by brunson

yeah two close losses in a row for the knicks when theyre fighting for playoff position theyre still in a dece situation tho tied in the loss column with the cavs for the third spot and staying out of the celtics side of the draw they have a kind of tough sched the rest of the way but maybe bucks and celtics will rest guys

do you guys know about Becky's lasagna?

no tell us

yeah, if they win two of the next four, i'll be content. it's tough to beat good teams (and, uh, the spurs) without the second and third best players.

i still like their chances against the 3-6 teams in a playoff series, just gotta hope they avoid the heat haha

basketball ref has knicks at 35% to be the 3rd seed and %50% to be 4 or 5 https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/playoff_prob.html

and yeah they need their guys back

doesnt sound great

"It seems OG Anunoby is more likely than Julius Randle at this point."

Shams Charania on the 4-seed Knicks' injury timetable 🗣️

(via @RunItBackFDTV)pic.twitter.com/bO4OIB8xZ0

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) April 1, 2024

https://www.kare11.com/article/sports/wnba/lynx-all-access-team-dinner-with-the-taylors/89-199222067

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ4o7XKOdkI

basically anyone who does business with the timberwolves - or a player who's going to sign a big contract (Andrew Wiggins "looked Glen Taylor in the eye" over lasagna and promised he would be good at basketball - has to go down and have Becky's famous lasagna dinner

I know that A-rod and Lore did the lasagna circuit too

that lasagna looks pretty good she didnt do anything weird with it so while sure its kind of an odd scene at least you get some lasagna, salad is a nice idea but feel like the caesar is too heavy you want something acidic and crispy as contrast, then theres a fruit plate extremely random, seems like shes got the lasagna down thats her thing but overall isnt super into a putting a nice meal together but i would go nuts on it regardless maybe they will give me a million dollars

Andrew Wiggins "looked Glen Taylor in the eye" over lasagna and promised he would be good at basketball

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, April 1, 2024 11:05 AM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lmao good to get additional detail on this legendary moment, maybe wigdawg was so into the lasagna he didnt really hear the question he was just like mmm yeah

then theres a fruit plate extremely random

this is extremely midwestern, enjoyed one at easter at my sister's yesterday

yr putting that fruit on the same plate as yr lasagna over there, god bless

Embiid might be back Tuesday. Schedule the parade!

There's vomit on ARod's sweater already, Becky's Lasagna.

interesting interaction on the hoop collective podcast today talking about what josh hart said about randle and OG. jorge sedano says that ppl in toronto thought OG could’ve played thru injury at times and either windhorst or bontemps then says that is also the implication of hart’s comments, which i don’t think either of them would say without having some other info corroborating it

i didn't really read that into hart's comments, but that's interesting

same which is why i feel like they have to have heard that from other sources w/in the knicks

paul mccartney is at the magic blazers game begging for tshirts

ayton for the win at the buzzer... clank

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GKH0wszWQAAE4DS?format=jpg&name=large

is paul on the magic now that is a big pick up

they needed a bassist

lmao

paul mccartney beckons the t-shirt cannon pic.twitter.com/cYqOGOPpgK

— crowjonah (@crowjonah) April 2, 2024

booker 50 borgor

Death, taxes, and book dropping 50 on the Pels.

damn paul mccartney at an orlando magic game that just doesn’t feel right spiritually

love how hes just having a great time

nevertheless

The Sixers say Joel Embiid was not at shootaround today and he is listed as out for tonight

Tyrese Maxey is questionable pic.twitter.com/Ogrpbc2mSS

— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) April 2, 2024

they have the heat on thursday which has massive play in implications so i bet they’re having all their guys gear up

yeah and theyd have a hard time winning tonight anyway

hes playing, they lied to us

he is very tired

He looks so out of shape. But the team looks completely different even though no Maxey.

hes got maybe barely enough time to shake some of the rust off before the playoffs