2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

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Sources: Wood was benched to start the loss to Denver after missing a mandatory COVID-19 testing window. Lucas called out entire team at halftime, and focused on Wood's effort level. Porter had a heated exchange with the longtime assistant, and drove out of arena at halftime. https://t.co/24oAwV2GqC

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 2, 2022

Uhhh hope this kid gets the help he needs before it’s too late

Rockets point guard Kevin Porter Jr. lost his temper during a heated halftime discussion and didn’t return to the court, leaving the Toyota Center during the second half of tonight's loss to the Nuggets, sources told @wojespn and me.

ESPN story coming soon.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) January 2, 2022

Not good

Sources: After Rockets assistant John Lucas called out multiple players including Kevin Porter Jr. and Christian Wood at halftime tonight vs. Nuggets, Porter had a heated exchange with Lucas, threw an object and promptly left the arena – and Wood refused to sub into second half.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 2, 2022

i gotta know wtf lucas said here

“How much of a help has John Lucas been to you since you’ve been here?” pic.twitter.com/3X8u24Tf1R

— Braddeaux (@BraddeauxNBA) January 2, 2022

Horace and Harvey Grant are identical twins. Harvey was decent, was on bad teams.

i gotta know wtf lucas said here

Let’s be honest, KPJ doesn’t have the rope to do shit like this. Second time he’s pulled this act in a very young career.

yeah there are things you can do in the nba and driving home at halftime is not one of them, you can tell because no one does it

some dare to innovate

maybe itll catch on who knows in this crazy world

At least he didn’t come back and choke the coach

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is expected to make his season debut Wednesday on the road against the Indiana Pacers, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. After missing the Nets’ first 35 games of the season, Irving has targeted Wednesday for his return.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 3, 2022

mbise you need a new crib?

Former NBA star Tony Parker’s Texas home is for sale to start this week’s #zgwmansionmondays. It’s listed at $19.5 million and comes with a waterpark, greenhouse, fruit orchard, 1500 bottle wine cellar and 6,000 square foot fitness center. pic.twitter.com/1HKMVuPbJa

— Zillow Gone Wild 🏡 (@zillowgonewild) January 3, 2022

imagine needing to run to H-E-B just because you built too small a cellar and drank your 1500th bottle of wine, sheesh

that fucking waterpark

upkeep costs on the water park might be rough

im actually in the market for a house, not sure if i can swing a $19.5M price tag, bet i can haggle it down to $19.4M

Had to take his teammate's wives somewhere nice https://t.co/ekeiDkVUjg

— The 501st (@Taarec10) January 3, 2022

my one tony parker in the wild story was when he was married to eva longoria and they apparently went to sea world when my brother worked there and were dicks to ppl (dont have anything more specific, sorry, he's the least beloved of the spurs big 3)

so maybe building a waterpark so he can be a dick to ppl in peace

also the infidelity reason, that works too

not sure if this is public info but tony parker is a frenchman and based on my relationship with international cinema i can say such men love three things above all else:

1.) wine
2.) infidelity
3.) luscious, crystal clear water parks

he maybe built a waterpark so he can dick ppl in peace

Neddy Merrill in his own backyard

not sure if this is public info but tony parker is a frenchman and based on my relationship with international cinema i can say such men love three things above all else:

1.) wine
2.) infidelity
3.) luscious, crystal clear water parks

― Clay, Monday, January 3, 2022 7:32 PM (thirty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

just picturing him at schlitterbahn going *french laugh* hon hon hon soon this will be mine

ja morant

clear the runway or die pic.twitter.com/W2fFEcBkNN

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 4, 2022

more like jam or ant

lol the nets just "won" a challenge which resulted in a shooting foul being changed from one of their guys to a different one of their guys. the ref clearly enjoyed announcing that to the home crowd: "the challenge is successful. however.......HOWEVER"

vlatko cancar looks like he might have just had an achilles injury

lol the nets just "won" a challenge which resulted in a shooting foul being changed from one of their guys to a different one of their guys. the ref clearly enjoyed announcing that to the home crowd: "the challenge is successful. however.......HOWEVER"

― call all destroyer, Monday, January 3, 2022 9:53 PM (thirty-one minutes ago)

lol this rules

klay back this week?

Supposedly Sunday

Is kat ok? Lol

KAT gives Jimmy Butler his flowers

“Thank you Jimmy, appreciate you. No matter that we didn't see eye to eye…We got the job done on the court.”

(h/t @AhnFireDigital ) pic.twitter.com/XhcUHJNxEM

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) January 3, 2022

lol that guy is so perplexing, he's constantly acting out some kinda role he thinks he needs to play, having Ant on the team, who's always 100% natural, hilarious and totally himself, make it stand out even more - and i think he's been trying even harder

we beat the clippers but i love how these games basically mean nothing now, it's just who's got who out on covid

wolves gotta be happy with any wins right now no matter how they come

and yeah kat is just not natural at all.

….i’m pretty sure they didn’t get the job done on the court.

hes resting happy that they made the playoffs and won a game

the cavs are 4th in the league in point differential

imagine if the cavs had some true veteran leadership, wonder if there was someone relevant they could poach from a languishing also-ran

oh here’s a thought what about lebron james

Spottie at 1:50 4 Jan 22

wolves gotta be happy with any wins right now no matter how they come

totally - just 6 more to tie last year's record!

it was more just a general complaint, so much of playoff seeding is just going to come down to who had the best luck with covid and/or their 10 day signings

lol the nets just "won" a challenge which resulted in a shooting foul being changed from one of their guys to a different one of their guys. the ref clearly enjoyed announcing that to the home crowd: "the challenge is successful. however.......HOWEVER"

― call all destroyer, Monday, January 3, 2022 9:53 PM (thirty-one minutes ago)

lol this rules

― auld gang syne (k3vin k.), Monday, January 3, 2022 10:30 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

this was hilarious

ja is in the running for that fifth 1st team spot

def

how many point guards can you definitively say are better than him now? steph might be the only one, honestly. dame and cp3 are probably still better but you couldn’t just dismiss the idea of ja being better out of hand the way you could last season. given the age disparity he may well be passing them up right now. you could argue trae, could maybe argue jrue holiday if you’re thinking about putting a title team together. i don’t consider luka a PG. it’s a very very short, possibly minuscule, list

he is absolutely balling the fuck out before our very eyes

although i think he should be docked for making that all we can do now is pray post when he wasnt even that injured

nothing to add, ja is amazing