no reason for them to keep this team together or try at all this season. they have tradable assets are they willing to do it tho
― Spottie, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:06 (two years ago) link
i understand the hesitance to do a full teardown especially in a market like that, you could go another 10=15 years not making the playoffs & just be totally in the wilderness. if they kept dame and tried to put a new team around them i wouldn't blame them. but aside from him they should be selling off anything that isn't simons or little. you'd figure that nance, covington, nurkic have value to contenders. CJ may not be tradable on that deal unless he comes back before the deadline and looks great
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:08 (two years ago) link
ppl have talked about it being a complicated situation there between stotts being forced out, paul allen dying, just seems like a big power vacuum there right now at a time when they really need someone to make some important decisions for the longterm future of the franchise
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:09 (two years ago) link
otm xphttps://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/POR.htmlroco and nurk is 24 million expiring and they could both help out a team for a playoff pushnance is only making 10 per year for one season no reason they cant get something for himCJ might have to play a bit to show he's still got it but his is the hardest to trade cos hes paid like a max player but is a few tiers below.Dame is for sure tradable if teams were willing to trade for the corpse of john wall then dame is no probmaybe hang onto simons and little but no reason they are untouchable
― Spottie, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:20 (two years ago) link
fwiw the going theory on cj is he does not want to leave and is delaying his return from injury to make sure he isn't traded
i broadly agree with jordan and have been in full burn it down mode since last summer, but i just don't see it happening with this coach (nobody seems to see billups seeing the end of his contract), absolutely no real front office, ownership nowhere to be seen, etc etc. power vacuum is putting it lightly, there's no rudder on the ship at all
― Clay, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:29 (two years ago) link
full tear down is looking pretty good for them rn tbh, particularly considering dames age and his generally being on the verge of demanding a trade vibe
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:29 (two years ago) link
for sure, but whos making the calls lol
― Spottie, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:31 (two years ago) link
been a sad state of affairs since allen died
― Spottie, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:32 (two years ago) link
im making the calls and everyone goes
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:32 (two years ago) link
finally a leader of men
― Clay, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:38 (two years ago) link
im the guy
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 January 2022 00:01 (two years ago) link
a full tear down might make the most sense for them (prob does) but i’m not sure it’s looking all that good for them. they don’t even have a permanent GM. if they hire the wrong guy it could easily end up in a situation where you’re making a bunch of 4th, 5th, 6th overall picks and not turning up any superstars & you’re just in this kings, magic, bulls before this season kind of treadmill of mediocrity
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 13 January 2022 00:26 (two years ago) link
We'll reach the midpoint of the NBA regular-season schedule tonight with the Cleveland-Utah game.— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) January 13, 2022
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 13 January 2022 00:27 (two years ago) link
well at the halfway point of halftime
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 January 2022 00:40 (two years ago) link
New Year, New JerseysTomorrow at 5pm, kids 12 and under can exchange any old opposing player NBA jersey for a new Ja Morant or Jaren Jackson Jr. replica jersey + two tickets to the game.Full Details: https://t.co/BuEbOexfnh pic.twitter.com/uZvdOYMldb— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) January 13, 2022
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:11 (two years ago) link
That’s incredible
― Spottie, Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:14 (two years ago) link
lol get em
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:15 (two years ago) link
hmm i need to find myself a kid 12 and under it seems
― Clay, Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:18 (two years ago) link
try amazon.com they have everything or so i'm told
― ciderpress, Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:21 (two years ago) link
i know the owner is a weirdo but the grizz seem really well-run up and down the organization. that's such a great promo.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:37 (two years ago) link
v big 'non-flagship university trying to get students to stop wearing the sports merch from the big athletic colleges from their state' energy
― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, 13 January 2022 01:59 (two years ago) link
For sure, but sometimes buying fans works
― Spottie, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:03 (two years ago) link
xp what a thing to say about your small-market brethren!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:13 (two years ago) link
other than a few lame-o laker bandwagonners, we dont have this problem!
― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:13 (two years ago) link
yeah, that's very clever.
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:23 (two years ago) link
would be cool if memphis turned into a real griz town, why not seems fun
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:27 (two years ago) link
how do you even live within 50 miles of memphis and not want to be A Ja Guy
― Clay, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:30 (two years ago) link
i ja i guy
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:31 (two years ago) link
Morant is way more fun to watch than Z-Bo was.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:32 (two years ago) link
the grizz aren't the main deal in town or anything but i watched plenty of grit and grind playoff games where the crowd was pretty awesome. and yeah ja will only help.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:45 (two years ago) link
― Spottie, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:50 (two years ago) link
+ this team has a higher celling
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:52 (two years ago) link
lmao joe ingles two techs in the first half!
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:54 (two years ago) link
hahah what set him off?
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:56 (two years ago) link
idk i missed both the plays
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:58 (two years ago) link
he did look quite mad tho
jazz only had nine guys dressed too
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 January 2022 02:59 (two years ago) link
they have no centers from the looks of things
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:10 (two years ago) link
The Hawks are truly a mess
― Heez, Thursday, 13 January 2022 04:07 (two years ago) link
man they looked down bad tonight. nine home losses in a row. they have 2 more vs the heat in the next 10 days & it will be interesting to see how those go bcuz there’s a big, um, coherence gap between those two teams right now feels like a weirdly anonymous year from huerter. his percentages are better but i just feel like whenever i catch the hawks this year i forget he’s even out there on the plus side i thought hunter’s three point shot looked good but to say the least he obv can’t solve their defensive issues just by being on the court
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 13 January 2022 04:27 (two years ago) link
Seems like nate has run his course there
― Spottie, Thursday, 13 January 2022 04:34 (two years ago) link
i have to say… i do enjoy watching kevin durant james harden and kyrie irving play basketball
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 13 January 2022 04:35 (two years ago) link
i do too but they need to lose every game
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 January 2022 04:40 (two years ago) link
that is a defensible position
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 13 January 2022 04:44 (two years ago) link
nets just spanking the bulls up and down the court
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 13 January 2022 04:56 (two years ago) link
maybe they could win one game then lose one for the rest of the season
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 January 2022 05:00 (two years ago) link
bucks taking a different approach this year
The Bucks are showing or blitzing on 15.4 picks per 100 possessions, the second-highest rate in the NBA per Second Spectrum. That figure is more than double the league average this year (roughly seven per 100), and more than triple their rate from last season (roughly 4.5).
The Bucks may be the defending champs, but they’re still evolving 👀@NekiasNBA breaks down how their defense is getting more aggressive:https://t.co/EuOZpL4SpI— BasketballNews.com (@basketbllnews) January 13, 2022
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 January 2022 13:43 (two years ago) link
omg Westbrook is so bad! lol
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:21 (two years ago) link
down 4 to the Kings with a minute to play
https://streamable.com/wdab3f
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:23 (two years ago) link
8/40 from 3pt range in the last three games
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 13 January 2022 14:24 (two years ago) link