2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

Cmon lol pic.twitter.com/VutoEWiAVR

— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) October 29, 2021

lol wtf even is that

giving the same insane grin as brad pitt in 12 monkeys

lol that rules

watched the fourth quarter of bulls knicks and the bulls had lonzo checking randle for the final 5 mins or so and man was he giving randle problems

lonzo is just a cool ass player

he's come a long way!

they don’t seem to wanna play patrick williams at the ends of games bcuz he can’t score so it’s been caruso with the 4 starters which basically leaves lonzo as the de facto stopper on any player who isn’t a center. he was up in randle’s shit tonight

Trae Young does not like the new officiating:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32499723/atlanta-star-trae-young-speaks-new-rules-frustrated-missed-calls

Especially a smaller guy like me who's going up against bigger and stronger defenders, they're using their body and they're using their legs and their hands to stop me."

Lol, the unmitigated gall of these defenders.

lmao trae welcome to Real Basketball my guy

While looking for a twitter link for this story, twitter presented me with a video of a HS kid shooting lights out during practice and at the end of the 60 sec video I realized the HS player was actually Trae.

Misread the headline that it was a guy that looked like Trae:

Trae Young not missing a shot for 1 Minute.
pic.twitter.com/f8L2ZSc5k9

— Brad Ballislife (@BradBallisLife) October 28, 2021

i am kinda worried about the little guys hope the refs can remove the begging fouls while still protecting them from hand checking and so forth the emergence of dominant small players is one of the great things of the no contact era

steph is the canary if he starts getting beat up its bad news

I am not worried about it, but agree this is the optimal outcome:

hope the refs can remove the begging fouls while still protecting them from hand checking

as someone who watched AI get bodied worse than most QBs these days.

not worried because the arc of NBA history bends toward offense

Trae will be fine. It's not like he's off to a bad start or anything

are trae and harden the only two that have spoken out against the new rules? cos lol

steph is the canary if he starts getting beat up its bad news

― lag∞n, Friday, October 29, 2021 5:44 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

steph doesnt rely on the bating and he's used to getting held all the time as he runs around. his game wont change and he's been getting the normal calls he gets imo.

if they started letting on ball hand checks go that would be bad for him is alls im sayin

shit was out of control last year this was needed

I wouldn't say that Steph relies on the baiting per se but it was a part of his arsenal.

i remember back in steph’s MVP years all the talking heads would be like “rough him up, knock him on his ass, be physical with him.” i feel like that stuff has never bothered steph & he’s basically solved the concept of defense (in tandem with draymond) entirely. maybe if defenders were allowed to hit him with 2x4s that might help

i mean imo if steph been iversons contemporary he wouldnt have been as good as he is now, which is not at all a knock on him, the game is better and purer now

Chicago Bulls forward Patrick Williams is expected to miss the rest of the regular season with a left wrist dislocation, source tells ESPN. He will undergo surgery soon.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 29, 2021

dang

but if iverson played in today’s game i still don’t think he’d be better than steph

agreed, iverson would be better than iverson tho

lol

iverson would presumably have made himself a better shooter if he played today, but not close to steph's level. i'd say their work around the basket woulda been a wash. but obv it's steph's shooting that makes him so special

Bulls need Ben Simmons

— Trenton Hassles Carmelo (@TrentonHassles) October 29, 2021

The Spurs don't play Thad much...

kinda true about simmons but if it means they have to trade lavine i’m not sure it’s doing much for them in the end

yeah i dont think theyd trade lavine

there’s weird contract stuff there but i agree. again i just don’t see who in the NBA is trading a dynamic offensive player for a guy who literally refuses to shoot outside of 3 feet

maybe they could do some three team trade except they already blew their draft picks on demar and vooch lol

heat-hornets is a good one on ESPN tonight. heat’s D rating is otherworldly right now i’m excited to see them vs a younger team that wants to push the pace a bit

dislocated wrist sounds a touch unpleasant

I just momentarily popped mine (buckling my seatbelt, lol) and it was like getting hit in the wrist with a lightning bolt.

/athlete

heat are killing the hornets

heat are playing so hard every game. they were +20 in rebounds vs the nets last night and are +20 tonight in the first half alone

herro looks like he might be the best bench scorer in the league

he might even hold that title for a couple of seasons

Harden 19 fta tonight

the refs rewarding blatant foul hunting might have faded momentarily but the star calls are still there

not a great 3rd for the Mavs

the lakers are so bad lol

they should probably just full court press because their defence breaks down after a maximum of two passes every time

Cavs not looking terrible! But yeah, Lakers are kinda uh