2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

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

It was not pretty

its sad that the lakers have won zero championships with them

Thinking back to the bubble finals and shaking my head solemnly at how unwatchable it was and how it’s the first finals I didn’t watch in it’s entirety in like 20+ years

as usual i feel awful sorry for the city of angels xp

Thinking back to the bubble finals and shaking my head solemnly at how unwatchable it was and how it’s the first finals I didn’t watch in it’s entirety in like 20+ years

ah thats the stuff baby

Not this year James. Love it. pic.twitter.com/Q2yCG5wVeI

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) October 27, 2021

i know weve been through this before but the wizards have some guys this year

wow today is one of those real bad games nights

heat nets and blazers griz and good, and theyre interviewing donnie wahlberg at the celtics game

oh that's who that was, i was cleaning up from dinner and heard a boston guy voice from the other room

lmao

love october basketball

oh dear. pic.twitter.com/rtLnVvx6Ey

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) October 28, 2021

Love that they’re all getting a kick out of it tho

beals whole existence in dc is so chill

Nate Duncan added two more harden plays to that tweet. Yikessss

gonna take him a minute to unlearn that stuff lol

This is the greatest call in NBA history. https://t.co/OD7YxpHGc4

— Ben Taylor (@ElGee35) October 28, 2021

beautiful

Bless

that’s a bad call imo

what on earth pic.twitter.com/jpz8BsAdnu

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) October 28, 2021

melo never retire friend

Another one

Harden has Bam beat, tries to draw the foul instead of making a play. Refs ain't biting. At least the 4th time tonight. pic.twitter.com/c6gtIK4mF1

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) October 28, 2021

dame is 33% from the floor and 17% from three 4 games in they should've traded dame

feel like we should just circle back to the lakers losing to OKC

zach lowe kinda mentioned this in his recent podcast but man it really does feel like the nets need kyrie. patty mills was a good signing but there’s a lot to be desired with the bulk of their rotation. even joe harris just kinda floats through games a lot of the time

Having harden play like himself would help in the interim

I am loving the FUCK out of this Cavs team. Sexton has been absolutely balling out, Mobley looks to be for real, and J.B. Biggerdick is the best coach we’ve ever had. I can’t believe there was serious chatter at the end of last season about possibly canning him.

let’s revisit this post in 2 months

anfernee simons looking pretty good this year

Nets lose, Clippers lose (to Cavs), Lakers lose (to Thunder). You love to see it

Just put Jaden McDaniels on an All-Defensive team now. Absurdly special solo weak side defense. pic.twitter.com/wsABxTKWpI

— Tyler Metcalf (@tmetcalf11) October 28, 2021

Feel like things have changed for the cavs because of this guy. Amazing talent

Evan Mobley was incredibly dominant on defense tonight. He deterred and affect so many shots.

A sampling I promise is worth the watch: pic.twitter.com/Qs82fdYKGT

— Jackson Frank (@jackfrank_jjf) October 28, 2021

I like how bickerstaff has gotten the team to buy into the markannen small forward thing. It’s not optimal and they are just doing it because Love has two years left on his deal but they’re making it work.

you have to admire the triple towers if nothing else

That video is great. Dude just waits and waits and never over commits which is rare for a rookie.

yeah mobley is incredible

The rare rookie big who’s immediately impactful

I've seen Harden get his dribble picked out top multiple times this year after it happened roughly zero times in the previous decade. https://t.co/mnyXrNuc3D

— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) October 28, 2021

he looks broken

in 5 games, harden's numbers so far:

16.6/7/8 on .359/.333/.933 splits with 4.6 turnovers a game

i know hes got a lot of shotmaking ability, but ive never seen someone go down to rule changes this bad

broken feels strong to me but he does seem to be lacking explosiveness... his first step is still quick enough where he can get by guys most of the time on the perimeter but he doesn't feel incredibly threatening once that happens. have to assume he's easing his way into the season but who knows. i feel like given what we know about what harden gets up to in the offseason maybe being on a team where everyone just knows going into the season that the first like 5 months or whatever essentially don't matter plays into his bad habits...

there's as many or more instances per game of harden scoring like james harden as there are him baiting for a foul and not getting it, it's all the in between stuff that is more puzzling, like you just haven't really feel his presence out there all that much. i think he needs to shoot more

prob some combination of rust being out of shape/coming off of injury and adjusting to the new rules, not a great place to start tho could easily spiral into being banged up and out of rhythm all year, feel like were also seeing a lot of guys struggling to care as much as they used to which of course is also a larger cultural phenomenon a lot of people are going through