2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

definitely thought you made up david duke jr.

lol

no... no... that is absolutely a real person

plus, we know grayson allen plays for the bucks

...lol

hahah jordan

lol that was the exact thing I was thinking before scrolling.

strikingly even team stats and it's nip and tuck in that nets/raps game. kessler edwards, who i at least recognized as the name of an nba player, has had a nice game off the bench but it might be in a losing effort.

check that! we've got overtime baby!

patty thrills ;_;

I really don’t like u https://t.co/CdTs4ZReko

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) December 15, 2021

Phoenix Portland second half is really entertaining

that cp shot is always so pure

Yeah like does he ever miss that

Here's a fairly crazy thing I learned while perusing this page:

In 1998, Gary Trent was traded from the Portland Trail Blazers to the Toronto Raptors 41 games into his third season. 23 years later, Gary Trent Jr. was also traded from the Portland Trail Blazers to the Toronto Raptors 41 games into his third season

Doncic questioned Carlisle's authority in front of the team on at least one occasion early in the 2020-21 season: "Who's in charge -- you or Bob?" Doncic barked on his way back to the bench during an early-season game. He was referring to then-Mavs director of quantitative research Haralabos "Bob" Voulgaris, whose rise in power played a role in Dallas' front-office dysfunction and who many players believed dictated lineups and rotation decisions to Carlisle. Carlisle relied heavily on Voulgaris' data but always had final say, team sources said.

The details leading up to the divorce with Rick Carlisle that Luka Doncic didn’t ask for but desperately wanted: https://t.co/VAynCddkYe

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) December 15, 2021

This article about my time there is spot on. And that’s coming from staff members n players! Y’all don’t even know the half. https://t.co/9gh2DI4xPu

— Dennis Smith Jr. (@Dennis1SmithJr) December 15, 2021

yikes

I don't subscribe to stathead but apparently only 3 players have averaged 35 points/100, 15 rebounds/100, and 10 assists/100. jokic currently is at 40.3/20.9/11.1

oopsie wrong thread

isn't that quote you posted from the original story months ago? is there new infos

yeah theres new info, i just posted that quote because i know you guys like bob, its the only mention of him tho, anyway the article is basically about carlise being a jerk

you can't just be an asshole anymore, people won't tolerate it.

kind of funny how it still comes through how good he was at his job

Carlisle, for his part, doubted Smith could be a productive NBA starter, team sources said. He had wanted the Mavs to draft guard Donovan Mitchell, and had completely soured on Smith midway through his rookie campaign.

seems like you can be a major asshole as a coach if you’re really good and can lord over the franchise until a bigger asshole comes along and he’s one of the best players in the league. the town is only big enough for one asshole

the mavs chose luka over carlisle. the spurs chose kawhi over pop. the heat chose riley over lebron

idk if luka is really an asshole, might be kind of a diva

guess thats a typical dynamic, last superstar who was really a stone cold a-hole was prob kobe

yeah the narrative that article advances is that rick was an asshole to guys luka had good relationships with and so luka was like hey fuck this guy, he's an asshole

prob some generational stuff in there too, being a diva is more contemporary, assholes are old school

"It wasn't really about how Rick treated Luka," a Mavs player on the 2018-19 team said. "Luka hated how Rick treated other people."

yeah i feel like with the younger generation it's much more important to appear outwardly nice even if you are then a selfish baby who messes everything up for others (not saying that luka is that tbc)

thats the thing if you just eliminate overt aggression what you end up with is passive aggression, i mean its prob better but can also be tougher to deal with

guess thats a typical dynamic, last superstar who was really a stone cold a-hole was prob kobe

old man cranky kobe forever angry about how the kids these days play seems like it would've been a given in 20/30 years

jimmy is kind of an ahole but hes really more of a cool guy who doesnt suffer fools

i'm sure this has been posted elsewhere but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYuzQfzBMhc

i feel like “luka is not an asshole he’s just standing up for the little guy!” is spin that will prob not age well but we’ll see. i guess diva is a better word

whole thing is funny cos their answer was to hire kidd. i guess its cool they all talk now tho!

they are friends now, and bad at basketball

really tho luka needs to just get in shape and stay in shape. he really is harden-esque in many ways.

Everyone agree with me: Trae is better than Luka in year 4

prob true so far tho i havent been keeping close watch over either of them

haha he's playing better this year so far but I would still fade that pretty hard by seasons end

he's killing it this year!

plus he's a joy to watch now that he's not foul hunting so much

i really need him to do something about his hair

The Utah Jazz are hiring Danny Ainge as alternate governor and CEO, sources tell ESPN. Ainge will oversee basketball and Justin Zanik will remain GM.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 15, 2021

SLC is danny's spiritual home

woww

dennis lindsey is still kicking around somewhere too although i can't imagine that lasts long now.