NBA 2021-2022

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

On 1/13/2022 at 6:57 PM, Sbbruin said:

LeBron is having a hell of a season.  Problem is he's the only one on the team worth a red cent.

just 2 years from their title, how can they plummet so much with that much talent and still have AD, LJ, Dwight, Rondo . Miss Caruso that much?

Joker, Embid, Greek, and Lebron are the 4 best players. 

[ztejas 43546]

Grizz may have ran out of gas a little bit. 

[Vic Mackey 47163]

[Mitch Cumsteen 18592]

Fewer 

[ztejas 43546]

He also has fewer* championships than both of them. 

[Kermit 3159]

But how did Kobe and Mike do versus cramping?

[ztejas 43546]

KD with a left knee sprain. Dude just can't stay healthy enough for regular season awards anymore. Although I guess if he comes back fairly quickly he could still make 1st team and qualify for the scoring title. 

[Message Board User 12396]

Bonafide superstar.  Singlehandedly won tonight's game.

 

[ztejas 43546]

Embiid has 10 straight 30 point road games.

Holy shit. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

 

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

Lakers fall under .500. Lost by 37 to the Nuggets.

[Kermit 3159]

2 hours ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

Lakers fall under .500. Lost by 37 to the Nuggets.

You hate to see it.

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

KD out 4-6 weeks with an MCL sprain.

[SilasCoade 2622]

That sucks.

[Message Board User 12396]

 

[aggie08 21555]

Shut up, Stan. There's a reason the fan vote isn't the be all, end all. The player vote is even worse. It is what it is.

[Dutchrudder 11154]

"Brooklyn plays 11 of its next 14 games on the road, and thus it expects to have a Kyrie Irving-James Harden backcourt together for those games. Irving is playing only road games because of his status as an unvaccinated player.

 

The Nets won 16 of 19 games last season when they had Irving and Harden together, but no Durant, according to ESPN Stats & Information research."

 

Interesting, might be worth seeing a few games of the Beard and Flat Earth.

[Underdog 28785]

Booker lost the mascot vote, Dino in particular.  

[Brothahorn 10087]

9 hours ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

Lakers fall under .500. Lost by 37 to the Nuggets.

 

LOL

 

[Zeus 6168]

 

 

 

[Message Board User 12396]

[ztejas 43546]

Dean Wade and who's the 2nd? 

[Message Board User 12396]

5 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Dean Wade and who's the 2nd? 

Markannen.  He's like a taller, more Finnish, Bruce Bowen.

 

Edited January 17, 2022 by Message Board User

[ztejas 43546]

5 minutes ago, Message Board User said:

Markannen.  He's like a taller, more Finnish, Bruce Bowen.

 

I thought y'all defended KD really well in a game earlier this year (I mean I think he still had like 32 on 10/21 or something) by just throwing those freakish 7 foot wings at him. 

[Message Board User 12396]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

I thought y'all defended KD really well in a game earlier this year (I mean I think he still had like 32 on 10/21 or something) by just throwing those freakish 7 foot wings at him. 

And that's what's been fascinating - at a time where the league has been going small ball, the Cavs have zagged and went big.  Markannen has been pleasantly not a disaster on defense and can move better than I would have guessed.

Considering where this team was a year ago (slogging through Andre Drummond's nonsense and Kevin Love's pouting), it's almost inconceivable that they could be in line for a top...4 seed?  Maybe top 2 as they have the easiest schedule the rest of the way while the Bucks have the toughest and the Nets will be w/o KD for the next month or so?

 

[Vic Mackey 47163]

Haha

[shadow_operative 15932]

Omer Yurtseven tonight- DNP- Coach's decision 

 

Woooooow. Fuck Spo for that one. The rookie from Georgetown has been an absolute godsend in Bam's absence and this is how Spo does him. fuuuucccckkkk that. the guy averages 14 pts and 14 reb while Bam is out and you DNP him on Bam'a return. that's so foul. i never thought of Spo as a mindless dickhead, but that's foul. 

[d2o 1602]

 

 

 

[ztejas 43546]

This can't be legal can it? 

https://streamable.com/ar3krz

[4doorsMoreWhores 107]

39 minutes ago, ztejas said:

This can't be legal can it? 

https://streamable.com/ar3krz

What's wrong with it?

[ztejas 43546]

7 minutes ago, 4doorsMoreWhores said:

What's wrong with it?

Spo pushing Herro to start the action.

[4doorsMoreWhores 107]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Spo pushing Herro to start the action.

Oh shit, I watched that twice and missed that. I would say that is definitely NOT legal

[shadow_operative 15932]

21 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

Haha

and he's since deleted the first tweet. but uh, yeah, he's definitely the GOAT for suuuurrrrre. 👌🏼 

[ztejas 43546]

Candace Parker looking especially sexy on the NBATV desk tonight. 

[ztejas 43546]

Also - how about this jump from Ant:

Rookie season:

19.3 ppg on 42/33/78 shooting and 4.7/2.9/1.1/0.5 - boards dimes steals blocks 

Sophomore:

22.2 ppg on 44/38/80 and 5.2/3.7/1.5/0.7 

His turnovers are up to 3.2 from 2.2 but you'd expect that to plateau a bit rather than keep going up. 

Kid is going to be special. 

[Aqua Buddha 14624]

Not a surprise but Paul George now out indefinitely.  They're borderline lottery now as it is.  Okie City owns the pick unprotected:

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

Who Am I?

Per 36 averages:

11.9 ppg, 17.1 reb, 5.4 oreb, 3.7 ast, 2.3 stl, 1.8 blk

Edited January 19, 2022 by shadow_operative

[Mitch Cumsteen 18592]

6 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

Who Am I?

Per 36 averages:

11.9 ppg, 17.1 reb, 5.4 oreb, 3.7 ast, 2.3 stl, 1.8 blk

Steven Adams? Tree Rollins? Paul Mokeski?

[SilasCoade 2622]

Ja Morant's left hand?

[d2o 1602]

 

 

[gsoda3 3283]

dozier's got a bad ACL.  and do the celtics even give bol bol a physical? 

[shadow_operative 15932]

10 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

Who Am I?

Per 36 averages:

11.9 ppg, 17.1 reb, 5.4 oreb, 3.7 ast, 2.3 stl, 1.8 blk

haha. it's Andre Drummond, the best backup C in the league. too bad he plays for one of the most dysfunctional franchises in basketball. if those fools could deal Simmons for some decent wing players/role players they could fuck around and win it all. but Philly gonna Philly. 

 

edit- meant to quote Mitch, but whatever 

Edited January 19, 2022 by shadow_operative

[Wulaw Horn 19153]

1 hour ago, shadow_operative said:

haha. it's Andre Drummond, the best backup C in the league. too bad he plays for one of the most dysfunctional franchises in basketball. if those fools could deal Simmons for some decent wing players/role players they could fuck around and win it all. but Philly gonna Philly. 

 

edit- meant to quote Mitch, but whatever 

Morey is a really really good GM. I fully expect him to trade Simmons for some good pieces and think he’s been smart to hold him until the deadline. We will see. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

5 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Morey is a really really good GM. I fully expect him to trade Simmons for some good pieces and think he’s been smart to hold him until the deadline. We will see. 

i hope so. i still have a tiny bit of rooting interest in Philly, just leftover from the time when Coach Wright was there and they were the team that i followed. i want to see Embiid playing in the Finals. 

[Vic Mackey 47163]

Yikes

 

[Brothahorn 10087]

Yikes
 

How many triple doubles, though? That's what counts.

[4doorsMoreWhores 107]

2 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

Yikes

 

 

[Sbbruin 21898]

3 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

Yikes

 

[aggie08 21555]

1 hour ago, Brothahorn said:

3 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

Yikes
 

How many triple doubles, though? That's what counts.

A little misleading. He's made 309 field goals, shooting pretty close to his career percentages. Kinda unfair to take his layups out of the equation. But his turnover rate is a career high, despite his lowest usage since 2009.

[SilasCoade 2622]

Who's more disappointed in the season so far, Wizards or Celtics? I feel like both teams had playoff ambitions and are just hovering around 0.500 and on the playoff bubble.