2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

cavs with the wire to wire road demolition is one for the “huh” files

― J0rdan S., Monday, October 25, 2021 11:52 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

it’s not what you want to see as a nuggets fan in particular

Nuggets built their whole offseason around 3 point shooting but it will take time for Michael Malone to admit that means he has to play a rookie

one could say that.. both balls are undefeated

Lonzo Ball and LaMelo Ball are the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in the East. They are both undefeated. pic.twitter.com/YRNGYOXfyh

— Basketball Forever (@Bballforeverfb) October 25, 2021

deez balls are undefeated

obi toppin is showing signs of life this season

they overdrafted him but he can do some things off the bench

meanwhile sixers have played two of the worst teams in the NBA and won and played two playoff teams from last year and lost in pretty pathetic fashion both times (pathetic in different ways).

knicks going nuts from 3 tonight but the sixers look to have way less offensive firepower than them which i think is a bit scary. off night from embiid and they’re gonna struggle to hit 95 points

sixers arent that good of a team without simmons just talent/composition wise

i don't really believe in their talent after embiid. an easy tell is how from shake milton to seth curry to maxey, there's always a narrative that some random guy is going to break out and save them.

Embiid also doesn't look explosive going to the net compared to early last year. He looks like he's not confident he can beat guys and settles for a lot of jumpers.

damn sixers had beat the knicks 15 in a row

love to watch jokic bully gobert

ilh is v pro bullying (of gobert)

embiid settling into a mid-career rasheed wallace sort of role is inevitable imo

this spurs-lakers game minus lebron has been excellent. high energy, shot crazy shotmaking. AD might be hobbled tho going into OT.

Jason Kidd says Mavs played all 15 players vs. Rockets per request of Dallas’ three-man leadership council.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) October 27, 2021

"The Time Keepers request that I cancel christmas again"

how bad was the jokic knee injury?

sounds like just a contusion and he was held out out of caution

oh good

Yeah pretty classic banged knees situation. Was always my go-to move defensively

kamikaze is kinda your vibe

someone named austin reaves played 30 minutes for the lakers tonight

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-09-28/lakers-rookie-austin-reaves-explains-why-his-nickname-is-hillbilly

he was awful on defense most of what isaw, but he hit shots and they desperately needed 3s

Jason Kidd says Mavs played all 15 players vs. Rockets per request of Dallas’ three-man leadership council.

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, October 26, 2021 11:45 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

hold up what

http://www.showbizpizza.com/photos/misc/capt07/21.jpg

lol apparently there was an attempt to not reveal who is on the leadership council but then it was promptly revealed lol

who is it

luka kristaps and finney-smith i think

wait its a players leadership council, lol that rules

i know!

need more info on how this works

the rest of the locker room entering into a coalition with luka on some keep your enemies close shit

mavs end of bench is actually pretty interesting… sterling brown, moses brown, frank ntilikina. most teams have like 2-3 guys at the end of their roster who have never played NBA minutes and/or are unplayable. josh green not up to much tho

luka kristaps and finney-smith i think

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, October 27, 2021 11:51 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

i need to circle back and correct this--tim hardaway is the 3rd guy on the council, which i'm now realizing is just "the three highest paid players"

lebron sitting again tonight cos of the ankle...

the lakers best chance is to let russ cook without lebron all regular season then sit him for the playoffs and have lebron be 100% healthy/energized

sitting lebron against teams like OKC whether he's got an injury or not is exactly what they should be doing. he should prob be skipping a game a week at this point

Also, AD playing 38 min/gm doesn't seem sustainable.

it’s weird too because they made major moves for deandre jordan and dwight howard in the offseason i wonder what the issue is

Losing THT was brutal for them. They're playing Carmelo and Bazemore way too much. Most of Davis's minutes have been at PF where they have no real backup.

i dont know how anyone can watch Deandre over the last 4-5 years and think he has anything left in the tank or that he can help you win in any way shape or form.

Losing THT was brutal for them. They're playing Carmelo and Bazemore way too much. Most of Davis's minutes have been at PF where they have no real backup.

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:56 PM (forty-one seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

i take it you mean KCP? yeah him and curuso were plug and play versatile rotation guys

As the last several years have made obvious, LeBron would always rather play with washed former All-Stars than talented rookies.

i dont know how anyone can watch Deandre over the last 4-5 years and think he has anything left in the tank or that he can help you win in any way shape or form.

― It's the Final Cluntdiwn (Spottie), Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:57 PM (three minutes ago)

*camera pans to matt armstrong making the jim halpert face*

i think poly means losing THT to injury. they desperately need THT, nunn and ellington on the court, i'm willing to withhold judgement a bit until we see that. i think nunn in particular is really underrated, dude can PG an offense and score at three levels. he might be their fourth best player. ellington is old but clearly they need shooting.

sure ellington and nunn can score, but they cant defend and bron needs two way players more than anything

oh lol i didnt even know he was hurt xp

They just have no depth at all at PF. Davis and Lebron are their best options and arguably both are out of position there. Anthony certainly is.

They could try to run Doumbouya out there I guess. He can't shoot either though.

thinking about how bron and ad looked in last years playoffs and shaking my head solemnly