2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

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That Rick Ross photo is the best.

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suspended for playing with phone in pocket

The Sixers have announced a one-game suspension of Ben Simmons that officially rules him out of Wednesday's season opener at New Orleans. pic.twitter.com/dxI2s2O1Wh

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 19, 2021

hahhaaa

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Simmons was supposed to talk to the press at noon for the first time since June and bowed out.

He's just showing up and trying to do the minimum to get the $$$, which: duh.

would be funny if they just kept suspending him for one game at a time

Comments on canceled livestream:

"TEAMMATES HID IS BINKY"

IS=HIS

situation not improving

Sixers coach Doc Rivers threw Ben Simmons out of practice today and the suspension came shortly thereafter, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 19, 2021

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Doc Rivers: “I thought he was a distraction today. I didn’t think he wanted to do what everyone else was doing.”

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) October 19, 2021

I support Ben Simmons’ venture into performance art

You should listen to Doc's tone. He wants no part of this.

i meant in terms of when to make the playoffs thread, i agree that its not really the offs

― ciderpress, Sunday, April 10, 2022 5:10 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

officially it’s this weird netherworld where the stats don’t even count. but to me the playoffs is where there are 8 teams… the play in teams are trying to get there

― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 10, 2022 6:58 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is correct

― class project pat (m bison), Sunday, April 10, 2022 5:10 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

imo new thread once the final 16 teams are locked in

i do think its really weird that this games dont count for any stats in any way

it’s the worst possible solution

The Lakers are expected to fire head coach Frank Vogel, sources tell The Athletic. Among the franchise’s top targets for the position, multiple sources say, is Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse.

haha

amazing

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im going with this to end up as:

LAC - 7
MIN - 8

BKL - 7
ATL - 8

yeah same. the clippers formula in playoff games is pretty good

did a 9 or 10 play their way in last year? i forget

9 memphis beat 8 golden state

if the 2 celtics play 7 nets this year it will be the inverse of last year when the nets were 2 and the celtics 7

which would be fun but maybe even more fun is the nets losing to the cavs

that would be so good

that would be fun for fans of the boston celtics

hear me out what if they lost their second play in game too

congratulations to the eastern conference!

The Eastern Conference won the season series with the Western Conference (226-224) for the first time since the 2008-09 season.

This is the second time in the last 23 seasons that the East won more interconference games than the West.

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) April 11, 2022

congrats!

we did it

hard to believe the east in no longer the conference of doormats

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, February 3, 2022

figured since the play in games are a weird special netherworld that we should have a weird special thread

*~*~* 2022 PLAY-IN GAMES THREAD *~*~*

we couldn't do it until Lebron left

'Discontent' between Kevin Durant and James Harden began when Harden showed up to training camp out of shape, per @kevinarnovitz

Durant was 'astonished' by his 'lack of explosiveness and sluggish play' pic.twitter.com/FwZ79buYgr

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 12, 2022

harden seems like a good teammate, solid culture guy

likable, not weird and baffling

Mavs announce Luka Doncic has started treatment for his left calf strain and there is no timetable for his return

rip

nba players seem constantly surprised by things everyone else already knows. russell westbrook is gonna shoot a lot of bad shots, james harden is going to be out of shape

ah luka that sucks hopefully its not too bad and he can get it sorted before the offs start

'no timetable' doesnt sound promising for making it back any time soon

yeah

mavs without luka yuck. that roster is already sketchy. but the jazz will probably give up four 15+ point 4th quarter leads anyway.

apparently the median time lost for a calf strain this season is 16 days which isn't good

it will certainly be quite a capper to the Jazz season if they lose to a Luka-less Mavs

rather than specifically giving up big 4th quarter leads, they should probably go up 3-1 and then lose the series, really lean into the art form

we need it

the week off here is pretty crucial for them now. if he can come back by game 4 with them down 2-1 i’d like their chances if he wasn’t hobbled. but it’s all very speculative

the jazz also had guys dropping left and right in the offs last year so maybe the mavs catch a break themselves

also the mavs roster w/o luka looks bad on paper but they’re gonna play a high variance shoot a million threes style game and it will only take a hot shooting night or two for them to make it a series. combine that with the fact that they play small and it’s a very similar formula to how the clippers beat the jazz last year

jazz have not exactly been on fire either

the ol shoe test

More Kidd: “If he’s able to go and put on his shoes, then he’s going to go. If he can’t, we’re not going to put him in a situation to jeopardize it and make things worse.” https://t.co/JG31VWnPoZ

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) April 12, 2022

could def be some mavs gamesmanship going on here to mess w the jazz. not a bad idea really

please don't ruin Luka

ould def be some mavs gamesmanship going on here

no team that could be gamed that easily deserves to win a playoff series

i feel like the mavs both don't know when he'll be back and don't want to put a timetable on it for various reasons that likely include gamesmanship