2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

he was solid before the injury but they prob dont have time to get him back up to speed

― Spottie, Thursday, February 10, 2022 12:03 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

maybe they can resign him for cheap then idk its weird why have they turned their back on donte

if they sign donte and he’s good and they’re able to keep sabonis around (major if) they prob won’t end up regretting dealing halliburton. as two moves put together i can understand why they like it, they’re def a better team today than they were 2 days ago, tho i’m not as big of a donte fan and it’s still a leap of faith to assume sabonis will want to spend any time there beyond what he has to. he did seem fired up last night tho

i think ppl saw them acquiring future republican speaker of the house grayson allen as basically a much cheaper version of donte who they were forecasting would get an offer sheet beyond what they would want to pay beyond the tax. but they basically went from trading him for bogdan bogdanovic to getting the possibly irreparably damaged serge ibaka & a few seconds so it doesn’t seem like the trade market ever rematerialized for them

The Raptors are trading Dragic and protected 2022 first-round picks to the Spurs for Thad Young, Drew Eubanks and a 2022 second-round pick via Pistons, sources tell ESPN. Pick is protected 1-14 in 2022; 1-13 in 2023 and would turn into two seconds beyond that. https://t.co/SN0sFyVurm

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 10, 2022

raptors giving up a first for thad? tho that pistons 2nd is almost a first

yeah i guess they look at it like dropping down 10 spots. thad will prob fit there even tho he’s been getting DNP CDs for most of the year

feels like there’s lots of pistons second round picks flying around even in trades they’re not even involved in feel like they should’ve kept those

blockbuster for the celtics to get under the tax line

The Celtics are trading PJ Dozier and Bol Bol, a future second and cash to the Magic for a future second-round pick, sources tell ESPN. Dozier and Bol are both out for the season. Cost-savings for Boston.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 10, 2022

i like it

!!!!!!!!!!

The Brooklyn Nets are trading James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond and two first-round picks, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 10, 2022

That's pretty rich, hope Morey has plans to acquire a backup center and another shooter, but let's do this and be legends!

morey was right in the end wow

when you have too many bols, this is the most efficient move you can make

sixers kept maxey, feels like a win for them

sorry i was late on that one, there's a new trade now it seems

and thybulle

trades baby hell yeah gotta love em!

feel like brooklyn did pretty well here

Flight to Philly!!!!!!!!!

— James Harden (@JHarden13) February 28, 2012

yeah that is a haul

nets have like three top 10 spot up shooters now with harris, patty and curry

not to mention kd and kyrie

small ball lineups with kd at center could be really cool. now we can see what ben looks like with shooting

kind of annoyed by this as a Bucks fan

yeah activating ben in the east and harden now being able to take off his fat suit.

over/under on the 'work in progress' being 7 days

Ben Simmons will continue to work with his therapist to get mentally ready to play in Brooklyn. “It’s a work in progress,” according to one source close to him. But he’s thrilled with the change of scenery and has already spoken to Kevin Durant. https://t.co/rVpErjw5Oa

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) February 10, 2022

After all that, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden played 16 games and 364 minutes together.

(via @nbastats)

— Paul Hembekides (@PaulHembo) February 10, 2022

The Boston Celtics are trading Josh Richardson to the San Antonio Spurs for Derrick White, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 10, 2022

Sixers bench was thin before this - hope Morey's got a couple more minor moves to shore it up.

lol 16 games total is insane xp

morey was right in the end*

*had to trade his third best player and two first round picks to acquire a disintegrating 32 year old playoff failure

Would be awesome if the Nets cratered in the playoffs and KD bails and Simmons is left holding the bag.

you misspelled “sixers”, “harden” and “joel embiid”

morey was right in the end*

*had to trade his third best player and two first round picks to acquire a disintegrating 32 year old playoff failure

― J0rdan S., Thursday, February 10, 2022 11:40 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

i just mean in theory he waited and landed who HE wanted. obv this will all go down in flames but he got his guy.

Not to derail this but what the fuck is Enes Freedom doing

South Park Vibes pic.twitter.com/rfylHCuWCi

— Enes FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) February 10, 2022

Also lmao @ the first reply

.@JoelEmbiid tweeted this photo after the reported Ben Simmons-James Harden trade. pic.twitter.com/943Z1uMT1Y

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 10, 2022

thought we agreed on no enes chat

morey was right in the end*

*had to trade his third best player and two first round picks to acquire a disintegrating 32 year old playoff failure

― J0rdan S., Thursday, February 10, 2022 11:40 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

i just mean in theory he waited and landed who HE wanted. obv this will all go down in flames but he got his guy.

― Spottie, Thursday, February 10, 2022 1:43 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

he mightve had some information not available to the general public

The Harden-KD fall out over Kyrie is a classic case of your homeboy's homeboy who ain't your homeboy making shit weird with you and your homeboy. NBA wild as hell this some freshman year of college shenanigans

— ✨🦦America Is Musty🦦✨ (@DragonflyJonez) February 10, 2022

lol

quick thoughts on harden/embiid. they will be killer in the pnr together for sure... but the fact that both of them wear down at end of games/series will play a big factor at some point. they are also both highly TO prone.

richardson has been great for the celtics but i do like this, white is more of a baller than josh, tho i imagine theres more than just those two guys in it

The Boston Celtics are trading Josh Richardson to the San Antonio Spurs for Derrick White, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 10, 2022

lol they just pried back two picks after sending out three + swaps to get harden and they cant wait to ship them out

The Brooklyn Nets are still working to be aggressive in more deal-making today, armed with two new first-round picks, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 10, 2022

answers one question

As part of deal, new 76ers star James Harden is opting into his $47.3 million player option on contract for next season, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 10, 2022

the celtics finally have a real point guard kinda? josh richardson and romeo langford feel like neutral trade value at best players so i guess we’ll see where that pick ends up landing. doesn’t feel like they really gave anything up. not sure it speaks hugely of what derrick white’s value is unless the spurs think weirdly highly of langford

ah langfords in there i see, good reclamation project for the spurs, i could see them getting something out of him, feel like richardson has some trade value but to a contender who needs some spot minutes at guard not sure what hell do for the spurs guess they can always trade him again

Richardson could totally be a Spurs-y role player but this is not a moment in the life cycle of the Spurs where that's what they need

quick thoughts on harden/embiid. they will be killer in the pnr together for sure...

― Spottie, Thursday, February 10, 2022 1:53 PM (nine minutes ago)

pop quiz:

when james harden swings the ball to a shooter in the pick and roll, which sixers player has the best chance of making an open three pointer?

a. tobias harris
b. tyrese maxey
c. danny green
d. mathisse thybulle
e. furkan korkmaz
f. none of the above

Maxey at this point.

thybulle is hopeless but the rest of those guys can shoot, and if philly can find their way to playing good inside out ball they should get some nice looks

the rest of those guys can shoo

can they?