2022/23 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD "TANKING FOR WEMBANYAMA"

im a fan of lonnie the person, but lonnie the basketball player shouldnt be getting these kind of minutes

love to see russ out-rebounding AD

Coming off the bench is physically harmful

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34827948/lakers-russell-westbrook-cites-coming-bench-hamstring-strain

feel like that belongs here

shit that looks like an onion article but isn't

dr russ

starting him is a silly conversation tho just start him and then pull him early and stagger his minutes with lebron as much as possible, or you know trade him to indy

is this good

The Lakers have 2 of the least efficient jump shooters in the NBA in their starting 5

Lowest eFG% on Jump Shots last 2+ seasons*
1. A. Davis ... 35.99
2. J. Butler ... 40.31
3. A. Pokusevski ...40.35
4. G. Antetokounmpo ... 41.13
5. R. Westbrook ... 41.68

*min. 500 attempts

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) October 19, 2022

i just checked and it’s not

damn

what happened to brows shot might be the biggest story in lakerland

guys who dont have big passion for the game seem to decline early, maybe cause your athletic peak is in your early 20s so you need to compensate by getting better at basketball in better shape savvier etc, and if youre not really about that your career just ends up following your athletic curve

reflecting upon it the thing that hes seems to care most about in basketball is not playing center

tbf he looked pretty great last night

its true he did, especially at the beginning of the game he was just everywhere

love to manage the knee

Bulls All-Star Zach LaVine (left knee management) will miss tonight’s opener vs. Heat.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 19, 2022

ugghh. the bulls entire situation right now feels deeply cursed

A *hyped* up Karl-Anthony Towns, pounding the table at post-practice media this morning when asked about tonight’s game.

I’m sure video will float around. But it was clear, he wanted everyone to know that he’s serious and the expectation tonight is a win.

— Dane Moore (@DaneMooreNBA) October 19, 2022

weird guy

he has this really odd effect where it's like he's cosplaying as an NBA player while actually being an NBA player

yeah everything he does is performative

he's the Garth Brooks of the NBA

the pounding mightve been a little over sold

"It's always talkin about us being good and are we good enough and sh*t. It's time to be great. It's not time to be good anymore. It's time to be great. We made these trades, so gotta be great. Good is not good enough anymore."

— Karl-Anthony Townspic.twitter.com/mKgtfsQtXc

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) October 19, 2022

well look he's certainly not wrong about any of that

idk seems unrealistic imo the wolves be good would be fine

yeah thats more normal than anticipated

i'm def of the position that if the wolves don't at least make the west finals at some point in the next 3 years the gobert move will be a failure. would be great for them to win a playoff series and all but you shouldn't have to give away the largest trade package in NBA history just to win a first round series

i mean it was a bad trade but whatre you gonna do somehow become one of the best teams

i think that's their thinking!

no doubt, but theyre dumb (traded 20 picks for rudy gobert)

idk maybe if edwards becomes a truly elite player but hes still only 21 so it wouldnt happen for a while anyway

hes their only hope. and its not impossible

KAT has the same energy as Russell Wilson

kat reminds me of when nerdy actors have to play tough guys

Yeah he is just a nerd and I don't think he's a bad guy, I think if he just started being a goofy nerd like he probably is people would like him more

If I were his PR agent I'd get him in a D&D group with Vin Diesel

the thing w/ russell wilson is not just that he was a robotic cornball but that his teammates despised him bcuz he was phony and did stuff like made them call his manager to get in touch w/ him. i don't get the sense that KAT's teammates dislike him. aside from one prominent example lol

guys who dont have big passion for the game seem to decline early, maybe cause your athletic peak is in your early 20s so you need to compensate by getting better at basketball in better shape savvier etc, and if youre not really about that your career just ends up following your athletic curve

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brow not caring:

Looking through the game, it’s actually shocking that he doesn’t set more screens lol. But let’s take a look at the few he did set (oh there’s more in the 1st & 4th too). Tell me right now this is a serious basketball player. https://t.co/wT3em5NQPz pic.twitter.com/svFdNw3WkE

— kingtisemedia (@kingtisemedia) October 19, 2022

its actually crazy how bad some of our best players are at the most basic and fundamental parts of basketball

man, unhealthy flashbacks to watching hundreds of lamarcus aldridge games and constantly harping on how he doesn't ever set a screen, just kinda feints towards a defender and immediately pops or rolls without the tiniest bit of contact

maybe noted most valuable screen setter daniel thies can become the next big man sensei like when guys would go to olajuwon to learn post moves

lmao id honestly be more excited about a star player doing that in the offseason vs watching olajuwon footwork, trying it for a couple hours then forgetting it forever.

12 games tonight.

zinger has facial hair now and it looks pretty good

20-4 pels over nets to start love to see it

Current Magic lineup is

Mo Bamba (7'0")
Wendell Carter Jr (6'10")
Bol Bol (7'1")
Caleb Houstan (6'8")
Franz Wagner (6'10")

— Brian (@BrianJDraft) October 19, 2022

wow god bless

lil caleb houstan

good to have the world famous 'dunk' back in our lives

JALEN DUREN CAUGHT A BODY 💀pic.twitter.com/uF7ylFhKnL

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) October 19, 2022

brandon ingram looks like he put on some muscle i was like who is that guy

ooo

KEVIN DURANT WITH THE NASTY REJECTION ON BRANDON INGRAM 😱pic.twitter.com/xfsQbbJpP0

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) October 20, 2022

net are bad