2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

solid -11 in <6 non-jokic minutes for the nuggets in the first half, fucking love this movie!

Turns out it’s hard to win without your 2nd and 3rd best players

Lakers vs pacers is visually very weird the lakers in their gold unis and the pacers in their flo jo throwbacks that are half gold, from some angle it looks like they’re all wearing gold

Joker working on 50 point trip dub

49 points on 25 shots

pacers are running a closing lineup of sabonis - craig - lamb - levert - duarte. their only plus defender is craig and the next best is rookie duarte. the lakers suck.

Omg that pass to Gordon to seal it. You just can’t double jokic on the perimeter he’s got no problem picking you apart from there. Really cool game between him and zubac with a career high in points

beautiful pass by jokic. really great game

almost ready to count the clippers out of even the play in given the recent PG news. that roster just stinks without those two guys

zubac still underrated for my money

Lue has that roster playing competitively I wouldn’t count them out completely

Levert just absolutely TORCHED the lakers in the 4th q

22 pts in the 4th

lue is a great coach and all they have to do is beat out some of the very worst teams and/or franchises in the NBA but they have like… not a real team

reading that tonight was the pacers’ first road win since november and their first win of the year when trailing at half

I think they’d only won 3 away games before tonight lol

Vogel gone by the all star break?

Idk if Russ got hurt but he got subbed out with about 4 mins left and never got put back in

Frank Vogel on his decision to sub out Russell Westbrook for the final four minutes of the game: “Playing the guys that I thought were going to win the game”

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) January 20, 2022

Russ was 5/17 fg up to that point. They need to find a way to cut his FGA in half and give those to Malik Monk

Russell Westbrook left the arena without speaking to reporters.

— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) January 20, 2022

Vogel gone by the all star break?

― Spottie, Thursday, 20 January 2022

well you cant fire lebron

Might be worth a shot

feels like the russ thing is reaching some sort of breaking point, if he’s gonna throw tantrums about being benched in crunch time anyway

teams should stop giving zillion dollar maxes to 30+ year old point guards who are obviously on the way downhill, just a thought i've been nursing recently

Unless you’re cp3

This was really bizarre

"Utter disbelief."

Joseph Blair on the Brooklyn assistant deflecting a Q4 pass from the sideline: #WizNets | #DCAboveAll pic.twitter.com/4rWHujc3tX

— NBC Sports Wizards (@NBCSWizards) January 20, 2022

Weird! You would have to think the NBA will fine or suspend him. Otherwise, zone defense is going to look mighty strange going forward.

that is bizarre

Sources say there is hope Ball can monitor knee and play through it, but if he can't, he may require a minor procedure which would sideline him for several weeks. https://t.co/8Hetg2ZYQr

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 20, 2022

This was really bizarre

🐦["Utter disbelief."

Joseph Blair on the Brooklyn assistant deflecting a Q4 pass from the sideline: #WizNets🕸 | #DCAboveAll🕸 pic.twitter.com/4rWHujc3tX🕸
— NBC Sports Wizards (@NBCSWizards) January 20, 2022🕸]🐦

thats why assistants arent allowed to stand up

the guys reaction after he did it was pretty funny he was just like oh no

New story: Frank Vogel’s decision to bench Russell Westbrook was sanctioned by Lakers management, sources told ESPN. With the team teetering around .500 at the midway point, the staff in essence was told “you got to do what you got to do” with Westbrook https://t.co/DSKiaBSHSe

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) January 20, 2022

The Chicago Bulls and guard Lonzo Ball are expected to make a decision on undergoing arthroscopic surgery for a meniscus injury in his left knee in the next 24-to-48 hours, a procedure that would sideline him for 4-to-6 weeks, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 20, 2022

just get the surgery. if that’s the timeline he’ll be ready for the playoffs.

xp just the idea that you’d need clearance from management for a substitution pattern… very Lakers

Yeah, even if he's not quite 100%, waiting is never a good idea.

xp

told you guys this lakers team would be fun to watch

Bulls just announced on Ball procedure.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 20, 2022

lonzo seems to be just one of those guys that misses 1/3 of every season

Sacramento has considered packaging Buddy Hield, Tyrese Haliburton, Harrison Barnes and two first-round picks for Ben Simmons, Tobias Harris and Matisse Thybulle, per @PompeyOnSixers

“However, the source said the Sixers aren’t interested in that package.” pic.twitter.com/fNHFG2GKGs

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) January 19, 2022

lol morey is insane

how you gonna say no to that!

that three players that help right now and halburton could be a multiple time all star.

the bigger question is why would the kings be looking to move haliburton? over fox?

i guess if u feel that fox can score more and simmons takes up defensive slack, but its the kings so i wouldnt read too deeply into it

fox & simmons is a pairing made in hell so it does seem perfect for the kings

i feel like ultimately the idea that the kings would trade three players w/ value plus two first round picks for simmons, thybulle, and a terrible contract doesn't pass the smell test

but its the kings