2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

21 first quarter points devin booker

Oubre had 39 pts. Such a weird player

Bucks letting PJ Tucker go is looking like one of their worst offseason moves ever

his offensive play this season has been shocking

why did they do that

clearing cap room for Grayson's next contract obv

this is wild
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33153946/the-mysterious-fall-harrowing-story-nba-center

Scary. Sounds like they don't even know how it started.

so it happened last year during the olympics?? nowhere in the piece does it say when it happened. editing is dead.

yah tokyo olympics pretty crazy it doesnt state an actual date

Scary. Sounds like they don't even know how it started.

― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Thursday, January 27, 2022 11:38 AM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah possibly the fall a couple days before? the article kinda just jumps around and then ends, a mess of an article really

he's kinda just miraculously better? i guess thru the PT. crazy

who knows. it was like hes fighting to walk and hug his kids and then a paragraph later hes running and trying to get back in the league lol

right

best wishes to baynes love that guy

a mess of an article really

otm

editing is dead.

― call all destroyer, Thursday, January 27, 2022 1:39 PM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

noticing this particularly in sportswriting these days, just a rushed first draft then click publish, shams obvs the poster boy but its everywhere

it feels like windhorst got this story and pitched and and they said ok brian but don't spend more than an hour writing it up because you have to do 3 podcasts and 4 tv hits today.

Yeah. So what was the diagnosis from the Aussie docs??

It's buried in the text. an MRI showed internal bleeding that was placing pressure on the spinal cord.

Significant injuries continue to pummel the Blazers: The left shoulder labral tear for forward Nassir Little is likely to sideline him for the rest of the season, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 27, 2022

The G League players pray for seasons like this one.

Andrew Wiggins is starting in the All-Star Game. haha

the customer is always right

2022 West All-Star starters:
Stephen Curry
Ja Morant
LeBron James
Nikola Jokic
Andrew Wiggins

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 28, 2022

Wiggggins lol

AD to the locker room.

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) January 28, 2022

i thought they fixed the system so wiggins wouldnt get in

It’s the positional issue that wasn’t fixed

cancel the game.

starting two centers >>>>>>>> starting andrew wiggins, my word

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKJt76EVIAQgs7w?format=jpg&name=medium

media needed to make a bigger push for dray

According to that balloting Wiggins is officially an NBA All-Star and a "top 3" player in the WC. Hurry up and trade him for Simmons!

Seems like the t-wolves have a real defense these days

karl towns put up 15 shots in the first half he was reading our posts

shots are just not falling

I got league pass cuz it's only $50 now and I'm watching the game but it's this weird "mosaic" thing with four weird camera angles going at the same time and it's kinda making me seasick

twolves being better at defense than offense is bizarre to me

yeah it's been pretty amazing this year, Vanderbilt is such a good defense and hustle guy

haven’t watched too many wolves games, but vanderbilt looks legit. great d

i would love to read an analysis of what the wolves are doing on defense to be near the top 10, you'd think any team playing russell, edwards, and KAT that much would be bottom 15 by default. vanderbilt looks like a monster but it can't just be him. finch?

i think that the wolves are several steps away from winning a playoff series, roster needs to get better, then you need to take your lumps, figure out how to play when opponents are game planning for you across 5-7 games etc but even tonight tho the warriors found some breathing room in the fourth you could see the potential of KAT and edwards as the kind of shot making duo that can carry a team to playoff wins just on the backs of their individual skill and shooting

here's a piece on the defensive scheme that Finch implemented in the off-season, that's been a big part of it. Finch isn't going to get that much attention because it's the Wolves but he is a good coach, he knows what he's doing, big change from Ryan Saunders

so I think it's s combo of the scheme, getting KAT, Ant and Dlo to buy in and actually put forth effort and maximizing their D, even if none of those guys will ever be great on D (though I guess at this point it's probably not wise to put any ceiling on Ant on anything)

also, the addition of Pat Bev, the emergence of Vando, and Josh Okogie who is great on D but it's hard to keep him on the court cuz of his offense

https://www.canishoopus.com/2021/10/28/22750980/the-evolution-of-the-wolves-defense

big bummer this year is how profoundly broken Malik Beasley. I swear if he didn't have that contract they would bounce him down to the G League

Jerami Grant, wherever he lands, is looking for a primary role and a 4-year, $100M extension this summer.

(via @TheSteinLine, https://t.co/lOqjCzgZ9U) pic.twitter.com/L6eUDBuzaf

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) January 28, 2022

I wish I had this guy's confidence

that seems about right

the money seems about what he could get but... these type of players, guys in the top ~50 range, tough to get right. theyre gonna be overpaid and you're almost better off getting 2-3 role players for less. especially if they arent willing to play their role and sacrifice for the team success.

brow and bron out tonight.

punting this season huh