2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

I was thinking earlier today how LeBron is a one-off. His combination of size, strength, amazing athleticism, intelligence, durability, and complete skill set is unique. From the look of it he could play another three or four years at a pretty high level, if he wants. I wish he wasn't so determined to be a multi-billionaire as his only visible ambition outside of playing hoops.

What ambition do you wish he had outside of playing hoops?

Kazaam 2

he pretty much just made kazaam 2 but it was the sequel to the bball player movie people actually like instead

klay really jumped in the time machine tonight

― J0rdan S., Saturday, February 12, 2022 9:15 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

hes been looking GREAT. honestly looks so much better than i could have ever hoped. really fun game. kuminga showed out. russ played pretty much exactly how they need him to play. lebron was uncharacteristically bad in the 4th q.

i’m mostly wondering how he’s gonna hold up on defense in the playoffs. obviously his ability to release threes quicker than anyone in the league is still intact, and it seems like he’s been doing enough damage inside the arc to keep teams honest

injuries piling up for the bulls, kinda didnt believe in them anyway, but they are in danger

Chicago Bulls All-Star guard Zach LaVine will travel to Los Angeles to see a specialist for his left knee early this week, sources tell ESPN. LaVine has been dealing with recurring discomfort and will get further evaluation. He’s still planning to participate in All-Star Weekend.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 13, 2022

why is he still planning to participate in all star weekend…

Bulls have been terrible against good competition. Even fully healthy I don't think they have enough to truly contend.

gonna be some pretty good east teams going out in the first round this year

why is he still planning to participate in all star weekend…

― J0rdan S., Sunday, February 13, 2022 11:33 AM (forty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

maybe he meant the parts not on TV

gotta say seeing the heat and cavs with the 1st and 3rd seeds while the lakers struggle to keep their play-in hopes alive…that’s the good stuff

yeah lol

the bulls have the 13th best net rating and are down to 19th in defensive rating which def puts them pretty far outside contender status as far as we understand it but i do think having two individual scorers as good as derozan and lavine does make them slightly dangerous in the playoffs

Jokic got over quick for that block!

Are ball and Caruso gonna be healthy for the offs? Cos those are their defenders

Milwaukee Bucks guard Pat Connaughton will undergo surgery to repair a fractured fourth metacarpal on his right hand Monday and is expected to return to the lineup before the end of the regular season, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 13, 2022

Allen probably caused the injury.

if the 8 east playoff teams end up coming from the group of miami, milwaukee, chicago, philadelphia, cleveland, brooklyn, toronto, boston, and atlanta i don’t think there will be a single bad east playoff series

i plan to watch all the east ones and none of the west ones until the conf finals

going to be a bloodbath in the east

Unless Dray comes back with a healthy back, Suns are going to have a pretty easy road.

Hawks/Celtics has been fun so far

THE FLYING ANT!!@Timberwolves | #RaisedByWolves pic.twitter.com/e51Yo3KtlD

— Bally Sports North (@BallySportsNOR) February 13, 2022

norman powell broken foot

east is full of solid teams that as currently playing are not really impressive championship contenders

i need that lakers hbo series now

otm, i was getting pumped during that ad

Suns are going to have a pretty easy road.

Seems like for most of a decade whichever team came out of the east had a virtual cakewalk to the Final, while the west team had been battered in at least two hard-fought series. This would be an interesting turnabout.

wait till you find out how the suns made the finals last year

its a real injury?

The Sixers say James Harden is out through the All-Star break as he continues to rehabilitate his left hamstring, and that he won’t play in the All-Star Game.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) February 14, 2022

it was a hamstring in the playoffs last year right? i kind of assumed it was real because if you're going to make up a fake injury just do something that doesn't suggest a chronic issue.

oh please they’re running cover for him by letting him miss 2 games before the break

i mean obvs nothing is too weird for james harden but taking a vacation immediately upon forcing a trade to a new team would be pretty weird

the nets TV commentators were saying during the heat game on saturday that seth curry & drummond would’ve been available except there was an unexplained “delay” in getting harden’s physical done in order to complete a trade, the implication being something nefarious was happening in order to further screw the nets lol. the relationship between these two teams moving forward should be very fun

jordan otm. another week to lose a couple more lbs too

Harden is supposedly not limited at practice, so I am not worried. I’d also rather he have the ASG break to heal aka party.

i wonder if james harden would be attending the all star game if it was happening in a city that isn’t cleveland

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLk_y-MWUAQxiU6?format=jpg&name=medium

if den gets porter and murray back with the way jokic has been playing

Michael Porter Jr. update.

This is apparently his second pregame workout today. pic.twitter.com/YIHtTO6G8H

— Ryan Blackburn (@NBABlackburn) February 15, 2022

Portland has been uhhh pretty impressive these last few games

should have traded dame

anfernee simons has done a crazy amount to high quality hoisting since hes gotten minutes

they can always trade dame when they need to. but apparently dame's been playing hurt for almost six years. he may be worth keeping now that he's fixed that problem. the guy's a stone cold killer.

a reasonable question is who would you rather have than dame that you could trade dame for

idk, 3 first round picks?

Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine has privately told people that he feels tightness and almost clicking at times with his left knee, per @KCJHoop on the Bulls Talk Podcast.

— Daniel Greenberg (@ChiSportUpdates) February 15, 2022

that didn't stay 'private' very long, did it?

I have the same problem!

man that sucks... sounds like it might be headed to surgery