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

Vibe check in Atlanta

Trae Young chose to not play Friday’s game vs. Nuggets due to an exchange with HC Nate McMillan during shootaround, per @shamscharania

McMillan reportedly disagreed with Young's shoulder rehab approach and gave him the options to "play off the bench—or don't show up at all." pic.twitter.com/V4DnyoUqKW

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 4, 2022

thats bad

surely trainers are the ones recommending rehab methodology and not the head coach (who is not a doctor)

the head coach (soon ex head coach)

so in reading the story i think the issue is basically that trey wanted to skip shootaround and just play in the game. i have a hard time believing anything useful happens at shootaround so this does feel like an episode of mcmillan exercising control, but also i don't really excuse trey and just hate the vibes of this team

hawks should get a more contemporary coach imho, not that they dont have othr problems, but still

it's funny because when mcmillan took over for pierce they credited him with providing structure, now they don't like the structure. i mean i don't either but this team has failed up and down at finding the right coach.

they had one coach then they got nate idk

should probably demand steve nash as his next coach

Tim Duncan sighting pic.twitter.com/9zmnTW6M62

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) December 4, 2022

hes lowkey kinda hot

like he was utterly swagless as a player, i think hes taken some time to learn how to dress a little

damn I didn’t know he still had hair!

Definitely working on some elder statesman record producer vibes, like he used to run a label with Quincy Jones and now he's decided to branch out into talent management

I’m pretty sure nothing really changed when they went from pierce to Nate. They were underperforming in the first half of the year they let piece go and they’ve consistently done the same thing under Nate. They really need a good coach

Hawks guard @TheTraeYoung this morning… answering all the question about missing Friday’s game and his displeasure with private conversations being made public - worth a listen pic.twitter.com/DjBsgpljiX

— Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) December 5, 2022

"it's unfortunate that I have no intention of sharing any information about this"

trae just skipping a whole game & then getting mad that ppl found out why is pretty funny

low quality performance lol

Hawks venturing into to big shake up territory with an embarrassing loss to OKC tonight

andrew nembhard just absolutely cooked the warriors at home

31-8-13-1 and took charges and controlled the game.

curry 3/17 fg def his worst game in quite some time

is this actually even a carry?

Steph called for Palming violation pic.twitter.com/uFZj2UVIqh

— Alex 👋 (@Dubs408) December 6, 2022

he has his hand wrapped over the front of the ball and pulls it up and back into a stepback motion. i think its a good call

cant really see where his hands at for awhile couldve gotten under there

its not so much about the hand placement as the unnatural motion of the ball

xp

andrew nembhard just absolutely cooked the warriors at home

― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Tuesday, December 6, 2022 1:50 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

crazy on the fly rebuild by the pacers were witnessing here

haliburton and mathurin are huge "slam dunks" nembhard looking pretty nice too

they all have weird names in an oddly similar olde timey way

now all they have to do is start losing some games

yeah they might be too good

maybe if they trade turner and hield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz15LPqWMVQ

nothing fancy but he got the drive game going early and then started hitting the 3....tough to stop if both of those are working

he kinda looks like small haliburton out there, sliding all around almost no jump on the jumper

yeah hes got a trey young looking shot, one motion

he buckled steph at 3:32 on the stepback

re traveling/carrying, devin is mad about how they are reffing poole/curry so he's been trolling and compiling clips of all the stars doing the same uncalled. this one is really wild, these are worse than poole imo

Morant has to be stopped.
Pure basketball has vanished from the earth and I’m snitching on everyone.
- the number 1 social media snitch ref pic.twitter.com/AaHdOuVhxw

— IN THE LAB (@DevInTheLab) December 6, 2022

lmao yeah ja is def one of the worst offenders

that one he does first in that video he does like ten times per game and its impossible to guard cos it 100% looks like he's pulling up

yeah they should not let him do that

ah i see

Anthony Edwards on PnR chemistry: "I gotta learn big Rudy still a little bit more. When he rolls, how long it takes him to get out of the screen, stuff like that."

Then I asked if he has ever played with a straight rolling big -- even in AAU. Ant: "Nope. Nah. Not at all. Never."

— Dane Moore (@DaneMooreNBA) December 6, 2022

he might need to learn to filter himself

not only should they call palming on ja, but after the hundredth time he does it this season they should make him wear a dunce cap.

Nia Long and Celtics coach Ime Udoka have reportedly broken up after the Boston Celtics coach's affair with a team employee. https://t.co/uLhYsLumbe

— TMZ (@TMZ) December 6, 2022

but, oh, the lasting memories!

feel like our guy will land on his feet somehow

xp ja's stuff is egregious AND exciting, what can you do