2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

beating the rockets by 2 points with westbrook playing 37 mins, lebron playing 36 and davis playing 32…

also didn’t realize the NBA was still doing baseball style series this year, i’m not a fan

its lame but makes sense for minimizing travel

wait the wizards are 5-2?? what on earth

nice espn double tonight dubs/hornets hawks/nets

Old friend from a past job contacted me out of the blue and is taking me to the Wolves/Grizz on Nov 20, excited haven't been to a game in forever

nice get to see ja face to face

nice im gonna try to get to some suns games this year but of course the prices have hiked

Sixers up by 16 over the Bulls in the 2nd without 3/5ths of their starting lineup. Outshooting them from 3 by 54% to 20% helps I guess. I don't even know what to think about this year anymore.

Very interesting, first time I've seen Harden and Trey since the rule changes

Old friend from a past job contacted me out of the blue and is taking me to the Wolves/Grizz on Nov 20, excited haven't been to a game in forever

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aww have fun, i would love so much to go to a game. been way too long.

Michael Porter Jr has been ice cold from 3 this year but the defense is so much better and that’s really the main concern with him

Durant is just amazing

Paul George just unreal this season

gonna watch Hornets/Warriors tonight, should be a fun game

actually I had a dream last week that there was a 4th Ball brother named Larry and he was incredibly scrawny and worked at Panera Bread

thats actually true

it's hard to say what the difference is between dreams and reality tbh

thats true also

Jeff Green washed it seems. Annoying that it’s the nuggets that it happens on

i thought jeff green came pre-washed

He was great last year (empty arenas maybe?)

GSW would be so far behind if they didn't have the greatest sharpshooter in the league (Jordan Poole)

starting to get a little concerned about the nuggets bench but I’m trying to think positive and say they’ll figure it out, MPJ will start hitting shots, jamal comes back, and all is good. really like watching bones hyland play

Miles bridges has made ~the leap~

GP2 playing inspired ball this game

Damn he’s doing it all

must be so cool for him considering how much of a legend his dad is in the bay

starting to get a little concerned about the nuggets bench but I’m trying to think positive and say they’ll figure it out, MPJ will start hitting shots, jamal comes back, and all is good. really like watching bones hyland play

sarver story dropped
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32440987/phoenix-suns-robert-sarver-allegations-racism-misogyny

what a scumbag eject him from the league

it seems like it at least approaches being comparable to the Sterling stuff, but it took like 30 years of all this simmering to get him out. otoh

whoops, was gonna say otoh these things accelerate quickly, so if the right people line up behind getting him out, can def see it happening. would the team refuse to play for him like the clippers did? did monty make a statement earlier when the teaser leaked?

they also had sterling on tape

reading that article every allegation is met with a denial like i would never do that im a nice and respectful boy then finally hes all ok fine i did pants that one guy in front of everyone

the fact that they got a quote from a suns co owner makes me think that this is part of a serious push to get him out of there

guess theres not enough here to out him outright? think they players or the fans will have to revolt or something

yeah this does not feel like a bombshell investigative piece to me but sarver is clearly a shitty dude and a bad owner and there is definitely some sort of scheme to oust him that is not based on nothing

the steve kerr quote really stands out in that article…wonder if he wishes he just said “no comment” now

yeah agree re the kerr comment. he couldve even said in my experience with him and left it open to the possibility of him being a pos.

one things for sure, earl watson... not a sarver fan

i'm curious about the kerr/sarver relationship

also james jones - obv he's still there so a lot more motivation to tow the party line, but both his and kerr's statements are pretty strong

cp3 is one of the most powerful players in the league it will be interesting to see his reaction to this. i don’t think that this story is enough to remove sarver as an owner — they mention in the story how difficult it is?— but if a lot of powerful players put pressure on the NBA publicly maybe silver would try and move on him

i agree tho that the co owner aspect is very telling

this story is also a good reminder that you can hire black coaches and GMs for racist reasons

I thought that was one of the weakest parts of the story actually — how it paraphrased sarver as wanting to hire a black coach who could “speak the players’ language.” obviously how that sentiment is conveyed will mean everything, but the way it was presented in the story made it seem pretty innocuous, essentially the standard neoliberal diversity mantra

the most depressing aspect of the story for me is that even if Sarver is forced out, he'd also cash out at near the team's peak value and be able to pocket hundreds of millions in capital gains.

obviously how that sentiment is conveyed will mean everything

I should add that I don’t exactly trust that sarver had the best intentions

well, to be clear, here is how that sentiment was (allegedly) conveyed:

"These [N-words] need a [N-word]," Sarver told the staffer of his largely Black team, according to the executive.

um ok apparently I completely glossed over that? retracted

that was in reference to lindsey hunter vs dan majerle & not earl watson — nonetheless

in other news, this team is decrepit as hell

New story: LeBron James is out with an abdominal strain. While no timeline for his return has been provided by the Lakers, a source familiar with the injury told ESPN that the team's medical staff "wants to take their time" with James' recovery https://t.co/2Gv9cMhXvH

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) November 4, 2021