2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

i think that’s right

it seems like ppl aren’t talking about the scenario where the nets choose harden over kyrie & either trade kyrie, refuse to offer him an extension or just banish him from the team entirely for the final year of his deal. i guess the reporting on harden not liking brooklyn has this “he doesn’t like living in cobble hill” angle but if harden tells the nets “it’s either me or kyrie” why would they choose kyrie

i guess the question is how does kd feel if you cut kyrie loose

also lol at the "doesnt like brooklyn" formulation, how does he feel about the other boroughs, north jersey, long island? westchester?

if harden tells the nets “it’s either me or kyrie” why would they choose kyrie

well hardens play has been ass... so theres that

maybe he'll promise to play better if they get kyrie outta there

pinkyswear

well, i don't think the nets are gonna walk away from harden or aging star players in general even if it seems insane to the rest of us. harden's play is slipping but at least he... plays

even when he probably shouldnt

Yo

how many 30 MPG guys have been worse defenders than Harden this year? pic.twitter.com/DVc4WODZI2

— Lucas Kaplan (@LucasKaplan_) February 3, 2022

awful

lol

That last move is like, "don't make me threaten to play defense."

did the knicks really get Reddish just to bench him?

That last move is like, "don't make me threaten to play defense."

― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Thursday, February 3, 2022 2:06 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's the "whisper of vermouth" of nba defense

lol

LOL!

East Reserves

Jimmy Butler (Miami Heat)
Darius Garland (Cleveland Cavaliers)
James Harden (Brooklyn Nets)
Zach LaVine (Chicago Bulls)
Khris Middleton (Milwaukee Bucks)
Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics)
Fred VanVleet (Toronto Raptors)

West Reserves

Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns)
Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks)
Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz)
Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors)
Donovan Mitchell (Utah Jazz)
Chris Paul (Phoenix Suns)
Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves)

Hardens been doing the “unplugged controller” defense for like 5 years now

who are the snubs cant think of them off the top? whoever they are in the west theyll probably get in cos dray/rudy/dono are out?

middleton is the big surprise i think. pretty mediocre year by his standards. garland got in over jarrett allen. harden and middleton both got in over jrue.

west went complete chalk i think? wiggins getting in prob cost dejounte murray a spot tho i guess draymond will need an injury replacement so maybe it comes out in the wash. but the 7 guys they named 100% needed to be on there

feel like jrue has missed half the season. i like the garland pick.

lamelo and jaylen both having pretty ridiculous seasons, middleton harden not so much

yah i hate the harden pick

someone else will get in from the east bcuz of KD

yeah kd and draymond not playing at the very least

lamelo should get in for entertainment purposes

yeah the league needs to start pumping him up

lowry butler and bam playing in their first game together tonight since thanksgiving

lamelo robbed imo

nets on a roll

ESPN story on the possibility of Brooklyn Nets guard Joe Harris needing a second procedure on his left ankle: https://t.co/0h4KO6z4XK

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 4, 2022

multiple ankle surgeries seems like bad news

Rough

Feel bad for Joe Harris, feel great for the Nets.

pretty cool

The four undrafted All-Stars 🔥:

• John Starks
• Brad Miller
• Ben Wallace
• FRED VANVLEET

Congrats to the Raptors point guard on his first All-Star selection 💯 pic.twitter.com/U7XNCIRtcQ

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) February 4, 2022

love fred, so awesome for him

lamelo and jaylen both having pretty ridiculous seasons, middleton harden not so much

― lag∞n, Thursday, February 3, 2022 8:01 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

jaylen…brown?

FVV’s deep three range is insane, dude has basically turned into damian lillard on offense

the bar in the east is insanely low lmao

the west reserves are better but i don’t think anyone who was left off the west team would get in over anyone on the east reserve list

ugh trae with the dagger

gallo picking booker’s pocket at half court, a single tear falls from my eye

celtics raptors and hawks are going on runs now, the east is legitimately competitive 10 teams deep

hard to believe the east in no longer the conference of doormats

LaMelo seems like the exactly the player the NBA wants in the All-Star game

out of nowhere incredible final minutes in the lakers-clippers game

i think if you combined both these teams you’d definitely hehe the 7th best team in the west

remember when russ and harden were teammates recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D93WiYp6KM

you know its bad when melo is calling you out for defense

Westbrook is so over being a Laker. Or an NBA player for that matter. He just wants to chill out and spend all day enhancing his wardrobe. He needs to retire and do just that. It would make him happy and his teammates, too.

TRADES

The Clippers are trading Eric Bledsoe, Justise Winslow, Keon Johnson and future second-round pick to the Trail Blazers for Norman Powell and Robert Covington, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 4, 2022