2017-18 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD PART 1 ALL OF AMERICAS FAVORITE TEAMS ARE BACK

it wld be very funny if the sixers traded fultz 4 games into his rookie season after drafting him #1

fultz is a lost cause lol

the process never ends.......

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— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) October 24, 2017

The thing about Fultz is can you name a guy who started off his career this bizarrely bad and turned out to be better than ok?

coach should be fined for flopping

The thing about Fultz is can you name a guy who started off his career this bizarrely bad and turned out to be better than ok?

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, October 24, 2017 1:09 AM (five minutes ago) Bookmark

d'angelo russell?

nobody was really paying attention to him but gary harris was completely awful his rookie year

It’s not that he’s bad it’s that it’s WEIRD

https://youtu.be/dvQPafKPns8

lol why did he decide to change his shot to "jumping bill cartwright"

ive never seen anything like this what is going on over there

trust the process

weren't all you guys really high on fultz before the draft btw lol, you guys watch college right was his jumper not weird then?

it was maybe slightly mechanical by modern standards but it wasnt like this!

it's not the prettiest shot ever but it's normal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEEP-uTR01I

fultz was a good shooter in college

isn't shooting the thing that least reliably translates to nba

That is definitely an injured guy trying to shoot without tweaking his shoulder, I cannot come up with any other teams explanation

He's either thinking through this weird form he invented or trying not to hurt himself or both, which is why he can't even get the shot away before he's coming down. So weird

Strike "teams" there, iPad getting a little aggressive trying to fill in words there lol

I'm not gonna pretend to know more than Carlisle but this seems dumb:

Just matchups,” Rick Carlisle said about Noel’s minutes after the game. “You can’t put him out there on Draymond Green. It’s just one of those nights. Houston played these guys opening night and they just told Nene before the game, it’s not a good night for you and he didn’t play at all. He could play tonight with Zaza Pachulia out there and JaVale McGee. David West is a bad matchup because of all the picking and popping. That’s the reason, pretty simple.”

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/10/24/16532800/nerlens-noel-mavericks-minutes-rick-carlisle-nba-why

That is definitely an injured guy trying to shoot without tweaking his shoulder, I cannot come up with any other teams explanation

― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Tuesday, October 24, 2017 12:58 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

good call

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/10/24/markelle-fultz-free-throw-form-temporary-result-of-shoulder-injury/

seems like hed be better off sitting until that heals

yeah the messaging coming out of philly is strange....he's injured enough that he can't shoot but not injured enough to sit and heal? this isn't the nhl, he doesn't need to play through it for no reason.

philly may have an issue with its medical/training staff just an observation

all their young players seem to be constantly injured which is weird

philly should trade Jahlil Okafur and a 2nd for the Phoenix Suns medical staff

wld be a steal

lol didnt hinkie try to majorly science/computer their training staff he mustve right

they have one script, whiz.py, that always recommends that they rub whiz on it

https://i.imgur.com/PpxitKi.jpg

i'm confident

The Bulls have said Mirotic can’t have surgery to repair his two facial fractures from Bobby Portis’ punch in practice until his concussion symptoms subside. Asked if Mirotic remains in the league’s concussion protocol, Hoiberg said, “I believe he is.”

It seemed telling that Hoiberg said Mirotic has visited the Advocate Center since the Oct. 17 altercation but didn’t talk to the team.

“It was actually off hours,” Hoiberg said.

When Portis publicly apologized Saturday, he said Mirotic hadn’t responded to his calls or texts. Though the team has made clear Mirotic also acted as an aggressor leading up to Portis’ punch, Mirotic remains extremely upset that he’s sidelined four to six weeks.

“It was unfortunate,” said Zach LaVine, who also texted Mirotic with no response. “That’s what happens when two players are battling, I guess. I don’t think either of them was in the wrong. It was just something that happened, an altercation.

“Men are men sometimes. We never should have that happen, but I think we’ve moved past it. Bobby’s in a good spot. We’ve all tried to contact Niko. I think we’ll all be able to move forward.”

how has no one been able to contact him haah

hes mad lol

i know and all that despite the Bulls making it clear that it was also his fault

can't believe he's still sore (oops sorry)

heh

"Bobby’s in a good spot"

ok

Boys will be boys no one did anything wrong

when all the players are publicly toeing the both were at fault line it makes it seem like mirotic was prob asking for it, he said some shit

Agent to ESPN: Markelle Fultz had fluid drained from shoulder, "literally cannot raise up arms to shoot"

definitely keep running this guy out there every day

seems like maybe he should not be playing

bobbys a nice guy he was just practically contractually bound to break yr face there, no one wanted it to happen

shooting is an important part of basketball imo

i googled "bad shooting form nba lead to injuries" (no quotes) and the first five results are Fultz stories

I think the agent making public injury excuses for his client shooting like he’s had a lobotomy is not a good sign

I don’t really question the sixers training staff. Embiid was an obvious injury case when they picked him, Simmons injured his foot before training camp right?

This situation is so bonkers. You don’t spend months changing your shooting form to compensate for a shoulder injury unless it’s some massive permanent thing.

detroit crowd's lookin' a little light tonight

Pistons home games are already attendance disasters: https://t.co/bS8vzdkOr9 pic.twitter.com/YDz0vtyECt

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) October 24, 2017

sad

best thing about the the portis/nikko incident is that we dont have to watch either of them play and instead get to watch 30 minutes per game of Markkanen