2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

kyle lowry took a charge at half court on an end of quarter heave by coby white

i'm sure the wolves can get into the play in, just not sure if they can clip the blazers to get into guaranteed territory. it seems possible!

Free agent center DeMarcus Cousins plans to sign a one-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 28, 2021

Well this is very much in character

Is Brook Lopez donezo?

It’s not really clear when he’s coming back. Bucks kinda need a center so it makes sense

The Warriors assigned Klay Thompson and James Wiseman to the team's G League affiliate, the Santa Cruz Warriors, the team announced. pic.twitter.com/srKqAsL8DM

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 28, 2021

klay back

J0rdan S. at 1:20 28 Nov 21

mean to get into the play in the wolves only need to be better than the kings, spurs, and pelicans. if they can’t do that they should just blow up the franchise

plan for the Timberwolves be a good team:
1) don't explode
2) make the play-in tournament
3) tbd

Steph did his annual freak out at a ref cos he got hosed on a call then proceeded to torch the clippers and this was one of his heat check threes reaction

LMAOOOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/s4sc6ahgwr

— LOLKNBR (@LOLKNBR) November 28, 2021

Lol listen to this crowd

Steph hits the 3 then T’s up the Ref 🔥🔥

🎥 @Jron_Erby pic.twitter.com/pQHprSlES4

— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) November 28, 2021

i wish chase sounded like that lol

Dubs next two games are against the Suns, should be some good hoops watching.

Trying to get tickets to the Tuesday game and they are pricy

that dude is a once in a lifetime talent

Before trying oreos with milk for the first time, Giannis had shot above 50% in just 1 of his previous 9 games.

Since trying it, he has shot above 65% in 3 straight games. pic.twitter.com/B0WHmIp1cd

— Nathan Marzion (@nathanmarzion) November 29, 2021

7 laker turnovers in the first 13 minutes

is it possible the Lakers miss the playoffs altogether

yes

unless the play-in games count as playoffs in which case no

man the pistons are fucking dire

and even so it is more or less taking lebron to save the game in the fourth. looked like he may have fucked up his abs again in the process. Intentionally threw a hard pass into the face of a Piston defender!

is it possible the Lakers miss the playoffs altogether

The Lakers seem absolutely bad enough to miss the playoffs. They’re just pretty bad every game and why would that change?

it's not about how bad they are as much as it is about how bad the worst of the west is.

i've had a busy week but wanted to swing by and congratulate the lakers for beating the pistons by 4 at home

lakers could play a lot better than they have so far and they are currently in 6th in the west, like ad will probably not be the worst shooter in the league for the whole season, but on the other had they are a prime candidate for injuries because theyre such an old team, can they miss the playoffs? what are we even talking about when we say the playoffs these days? the play in games are not part of the playoffs i guess so then you might have these one or two games that decide if you "make the playoffs", kind of weird, anyway i think theres a good chance that they end up in the play in games, unlikely they finish totally out of all playoff and playin activities without a lot of injuries which of course are possible

they are 8th in the west rn

not according to the worldwide leader, but its true that 6 through 9 are effectively tied

theyre 9th in point differential

ah ok NBA.com says 8, I don't know what the formula is on tiebreakers, head to head matchups?

NBA has Portland 6, Wolves 7, Lakers 8

should stop doing the play ins it’s dumb and everyone knows it and the bubble is over (kind of made sense in the bubble year?)

yeah its bad theyre not going to stop now that theyve made new weird quasi playoff games

ah ok NBA.com says 8, I don't know what the formula is on tiebreakers, head to head matchups?

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yeah idk maybe espn has some pretend in season tiebreaker where the team with more wins gets to be first cause the lakers are 11-11 and the other teams are 10-10

Lakers have played a lot of bad teams and it’s usually an epic struggle to beat them. They’ve been bad.

yeah I think I read somewhere that the Lakers have actually played the easiest schedule so far? idk they're just reminding me a lot of the Kobe/Pau/Dwight/Nash Laker team where everyone assumes they've got too much talent to crash and that they'll figure it out eventually but they just seem so slow and labored in everything they do. in fact they actually seem like a good candidate to get worse as the season goes on since they're all so banged up already. unless AD goes supernova idk what other teams are supposed to be afraid of.

i think the most likely outcome for them is they finish in one of the play in spots, win a game to get into the actual playoffs and then lose in the first round. even if they got the 6 seed i think they would lose — the top 3 in the west are clearly a cut above the rest of the conference and i think all 3 would beat the lakers. even in the best case scenario imo they get into the 4-5 game, beat someone like dallas, clippers, or denver, and then lose in round 2. they’ve stunk the whole year and westbrook has been a postseason anchor ever since he stopped playing with KD so i don’t see a lot of playoff upside

that play i mentioned earlier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIMcxV5tM6U

lol what the hell

I really think the wear and tear of having to scrap to win every game is gonna show up at some point. Lebron has played a LOT of NBA basketball in his life

yeah theres a really good chance this team implodes with injury

welp

Nuggets F Michael Porter Jr., will undergo a surgical procedure on his lower back and miss an indefinite period, his agent Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports tells ESPN. Bartelstein says Porter’s expected to make a full recovery; timetable on return will come after surgery.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 29, 2021

Really wonder what it is. Seen rumors of a laminectomy

They should vaccinate him while he’s sedated

Gotta think there’s no rush to bring murray back now. Probably wouldn’t be 100% this season anyway

super sucky what a brutal run of luck

that sucks, once you start having back issues it seems like it's pretty rare they ever fully go away.

Nuggets medical staff has an avant garde opinion about that back and they made a 200 million dollar wager about it. We shall see

extremely depressing stuff

re: Matt's Grayson Allen tweet, need to point out that Pat C is currently shooting better on lower pay and with better vibes (but at only 6.3 attempts per game):

Starting in every game to this point, Allen is averaging 14.2 points while shooting 44.6 percent on his field-goal attempts and 42.2 percent on his 3-point attempts. Meanwhile, Connaughton’s time has been split between the starting five and the bench due to early injuries to the roster, but he is thriving wherever by averaging 12.1 points on 49.4 percent field goal shooting and 42.5 percent from behind the arc. (https://behindthebuckpass.com/2021/11/28/grayson-allen-pat-connaughton-thriving-milwaukee-bucks/)

xps re: porter, it definitely sucks but it's not really some unexpected stroke of bad luck, they only got him bc half the other teams did not want to take this risk.

that being said everyone loses when joker doesnt have a great team around him to work his magic