2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD

broo

maybe they make the east finals or whatever and this is all moot but if the playoffs go south for philly — i.e. they lose in round 1 or lose to miami in 5 or 6 in round 2 — i’ll be really curious what happens with the harden contract. the vibes are already off at least w the fanbase but it feels like he & philly are stuck with each other for various reasons, and if he demands the full 5 year max i’m not sure how daryl would be able to say no to that. is there any chance harden is like “yeah me signing this contract would obviously be a disaster in waiting for this franchise based on my recent play and age, i agree to some sort of discount”? just seems highly unlikely to me, in which case if they don’t win a title or come extremely close in the following two seasons then the trade is just an outright disaster, potential embiid career killer bcuz the last three years of that deal… i just don’t see how it’s positive at all for the team who signs it. i would respect daryl if he walked away from harden and he was just like “yeah actually i screwed up that trade but i’m not tying an anvil to this franchise” but again that seems highly unlikely too, he & harden just seem too close on a personal level

and they gave up too much like whats their team without harden

i think they would have some cap space if they let him walk bcuz they would’ve cleared simmons out but i don’t even remember who’s a free agent this summer

speaking of are the celtics going to lose on purpose to get the 4 seed and avoid milwaukee in round 2 or are they gonna play their guys vs memphis? is there any reason for memphis to play their guys? does philly try and tank their way into the 4 seed too? i can’t get a read on this

boston has the tie breaker against philly so if philly want the 4th spot its theirs... except that would mean playing toronto where thybulle cant play cause hes not vaccinated so maybe theyre aiming for 3 and the celtics can tank for 4 which would be my choice, also they have the tiebreaker against the bucks who are resting tomorrow so it seems like the celtics could have the 2 seed if they want it

you know ironically philly's problem here may be that they stopped ......... trusting the process

much to think about

the really interesting thing about harden is that his discontent feelings about his various teams have conveniently mirrored his decline as a player. so now two teams have talked themselves into being his change of scenery, but the signs of the real decline have been there the entire time imo.

i think they trusted the process too much. one thing i’ll give morey credit for is being willing to trade simmons even before he melted down in the playoffs, of course the guy he wanted to trade him for was harden so i’m not sure if they’re in a much different place one way or another. but he at least didn’t treat simmons and embiid as some untouchable duo that was going to be the nucleus of a multi time championship team

what you're talking about is a low bar honestly but i may be on the extremist end of people who don't like simmons very much

there were plenty of ppl who said they wouldn’t fit together but also plenty of ppl who argued that they would. i’m pretty sure sixers fans really bristled at those accusations and would point to the offensive and defensive ratings when the two were on the court together etc to show that it would work. so i do give him credit for actually trying to make a move with simmons when he was at something close to his peak value, he just didn’t want to trade as much as the nets (justified). obv i think he screwed everything up after that

pretty funny that even tho he was ahead of the curve on trading simmons he was trying to do the same deal that he did a year later

lol lets do this

Reports that Ben Simmons could return during first round of playoffs https://t.co/ug6WZ9UPjQ

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) April 10, 2022

Strange final day. All 30 teams play today, but the few 'meaningful' games are ones where neither team really wants to win.

Simmons must play or this season will not complete the true cycle

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQA91uGXsAIlKA8?format=jpg&name=medium

I forget does play-in warrant an ‘offs thread?

play-in is the start of the offs imo

the Meta Quest NBA Play-In Tournament

quest = playoffs, meta means beyond should really be whatever the ancient greek word for before is

proteros quest

just googled what meta quest the first result was their twitter which i had already blocked lol, its some virtual reality shit

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6198f91a5cae080ff837d998/18f34255-3e4f-4ad8-b50c-01648adcf2a3/metaquest+logo+sugg.png?format=1500w

https://www.meta-quest.co

Earn rewards by killing monsters and competing in tournaments against other players.

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i'm sure this is a different metaquest but also this feels right

play-in is the start of the offs imo

whether its vr or crypto either way just great stuff

i'm jumping on both right now because as i see it both are the future of basketball (and, perhaps, life?)

i meant in terms of when to make the playoffs thread, i agree that its not really the offs

officially it’s this weird netherworld where the stats don’t even count. but to me the playoffs is where there are 8 teams… the play in teams are trying to get there
― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 10, 2022 6:58 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is correct

tatum had a 50 point game in the playins last year thats basically off the books

forgot about taht

TNT is running a john konchar triple double watch stat box. gotta love the last game of the season.

lol im watching the celtics broadcast and scal was just reading the stat sheet and was like oh wow john konchar triple double watch

oh he got it! nice.

anti vax hippie category

Thybulle: “This was a decision i made a long time ago…I was raised in a holistic household, anti vax is not a term that was ever used…we grew up with Chinese medicine and naturopathic doctors.” Says he has had to reconsider and look at situation differently

— Kyle Neubeck (@KyleNeubeck) April 11, 2022

does any other coach talk more shit about his own players

Doc Rivers on Paul Reed potentially getting the backup center minutes in the playoffs: “We’re not going on a Paul Reed victory tour. We’re trying to win a world championship, man.”

— Austin Krell (@NBAKrell) April 11, 2022

xp ah apparently his mom was some kind of new age doctor

what a dickhole

Nah this is crazy lmfaooo pic.twitter.com/D70jnIB8tN

— CliffNotez (@_YoCliff) April 11, 2022

more like dic rivers

he's going to be an amazing coach for the lakers

doc is not gonna be coaching that team next season

right. lol. “now i’m gonna say this for everyone very slowly. against big 5s we like dwight howard. against small 5s we like derrick favors.”

thybulle got one shot of pfizer and was like "i'm good"... incredible

simply unbelievable

As things escalated and as this situation has played out, I’ve obviously had to reconsider and look at it differently. To that point, it got to the point last year during the playoffs where I did actually consider getting vaccinated and went through with getting the first shot, the first dose because, at that point, I was under the impression that getting vaccinated means that I could not get the disease and transmit it to other people. I felt like if I’m gonna be a part of society in the position I’m in, I need to do what’s right for the greater good. That argument of the greater good held a lot of weight for me.

As things progressed and this virus has changed in many different ways, it just showed to the science that that wasn’t the case anymore. That even while being vaccinated, you can still spread the disease so for me, in my reasoning, it felt like getting vaccinated was not something I need to do to protect other people and it was something that I would have to do to then protect myself and with that being considered and the holistic background of my upbringing and just the way I view medicine in general, I felt like I was secure in going to the doctors that I have to treat COVID if I did get it and in the case that I did, I was able to go about it in my holistic way and I’m able to sit here today healthy and be OK because of it.”

this scenario is too stupid to be real im flabbergasted

one thing i've truly never understood is people whose whole thing is "well i was brought up a certain way so that's it, that's who i am, nothing can ever change about me!" but c'est la vie right

nba needs to get rid of the one and done rule bc ppl spend one or two years in college and feel qualified to say shit about anything, like college freshman dorm takes for the rest of your adult life, fuck

either you drop out of HS or you get your degree, no inbetweensies

Two straight games to end the season, Thunder played only these six players:

Vit Krejci (min contract)
Jaylen Hoard (10-day)
Georgios Kalaitzakis (10-day)
Zavier Simpson (10-day)
Melvin Frazier (10-day)
Isaiah Roby (making $1.5M, but has only played 14-18 min in these 2 games) https://t.co/91d9CDY6o9

— Tom Ziller (@teamziller) April 11, 2022

chet holmgren come on down