NBA 2022-2023 Season Thread

[aggie08 21497]

4 hours ago, Underdog said:

The Suns reaction to that dunk is pretty damn petty. 

Fuck Phoenix. You're an entertainment product. Getting a chance to watch Zion do a dunk contest dunk is a big part of why people are paying money to watch a December basketball game. Suns trying to act like they're the "been there, done that" classy, veteran team. Fuck all that. Can't wait to watch another postseason of Chris Paul not winning a championship.

 

[Brothahorn 10087]

3 hours ago, Zonahorn said:

Dyson is nice, thanks Lakers

 

Fucking LMAO

 

Thanks Zona

 

 

[aggie08 21497]

Blake Griffin is on the Celtics? Neat.

[Message Board User 12395]

😬

 

[aggie08 21497]

ESPN pays that dude actual money for exactly those kinds of insights for...reasons.

[HookEm 2467]

Nets are now tied with e other teams with the best record over the last 10 games at 8-2, including winning last night with none of their top 5 players.  Maybe coaching was the problem after all.

[aggie08 21497]

He's bound to have a J.R. Smith moment one of these days. Right? Right???

 

[Zonahorn 8079]

God damn Larry

[Aqua Buddha 14591]

Pistons getting a head start on the tank:

 

[RabidM 2666]

Boston with back to back blowout losses.  This is a poor defensive team right now.  Horford and Williams both being out hurts. They desperately needed another quality big in the off season, but didn't acquire one. Perhaps that was a luxury tax decision.  Maybe how the team looks without their starting bigs will force their hand at the trade deadline.  They're still one of the best teams in the league, but it's hard to see a championship with this defense. 

[closetohumping 17440]

Perkins must have some incriminating photos of some higher ups at ESPN.  He’s awful

[Pam Cummings 9640]

13 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Perkins must have some incriminating photos of some higher ups at ESPN.  He’s awful

I'm pretty sure that at this point, ESPN considers "says a bunch of dumbass shit and pisses everyone off" to be a "talent". What a world.

[Mitch Cumsteen 18547]

4 hours ago, Pam Cummings said:

I'm pretty sure that at this point, ESPN considers "says a bunch of dumbass shit and pisses everyone off" to be a "talent". What a world.

They should be mining this place.

[SilasCoade 2622]

how old is this man to be doing petty shit like this 

 

 

[Zonahorn 8079]

 

Bruh

[Message Board User 12395]

And they say Svi isn't an all star...

 

[SilasCoade 2622]

1 minute ago, Message Board User said:

And they say Svi isn't an all star...

 

I should have practiced more. 

 

And also chosen parents with better genes.

[SilasCoade 2622]

On 12/10/2022 at 5:43 PM, aggie08 said:

Blake Griffin is on the Celtics? Neat.

I'm not really sure. I mean, it kind of looks like Blake Griffin, and that's the name the announcers keep using, but he plays more like my dad than like this guy:

Edited December 14, 2022 by SilasCoade
my dad is 68 and sucks at basketball

[Message Board User 12395]

 

[Pam Cummings 9640]

21 hours ago, SilasCoade said:

how old is this man to be doing petty shit like this 

 

 

Yeah, when they played the Bucks in the finals and there were actually people rooting for the Suns and "hoping CP3 finally gets one", i was very confused. Dude is one of the least likable people in the game lol.

[Dutchrudder 11138]

He's got that Short Man Syndrome, always starting shit to try to act tough. Sometimes it can look scrappy, but most of the time it makes him look like a bitchass.

[Fastbreak 3984]

How about a modified Lakers trade:

Lakers get:
McDermott
Richardson
Hield
Turner

Spurs get:
Westbrook
2027 1st unprotected

Pacers get:
Beverley
Nunn
2029 1st unprotected

Lakers:
Shooters, depth, 3 and D

Spurs:
A possible great 1st, get off a year of McDermott money. They can just release Russ. Net loss of money over 2 years isn’t that much.

Pacers
Get off a year of Hield at 20m. Possible great 1st.

[Murfdogg21 4412]

8 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:

How about a modified Lakers trade:

Lakers get:
McDermott
Richardson
Hield
Turner

Spurs get:
Westbrook
2027 1st unprotected

Pacers get:
Beverley
Nunn
2029 1st unprotected

Lakers:
Shooters, depth, 3 and D

Spurs:
A possible great 1st, get off a year of McDermott money. They can just release Russ. Net loss of money over 2 years isn’t that much.

Pacers
Get off a year of Hield at 20m. Possible great 1st.

These trade proposals for Russ rarely make sense to 3rd party non-Laker fans. Why would Indy do this? They are the #7 seed but would give up Hield (18/5/3 assists) and Turner (18/8/2.3 blocks) for Pat Beverly and Nunn (5 PPG?) and a pick that neither the current GM or coach will be around to see?

[Fastbreak 3984]

You think the Pacers want to make the playoffs?

[Francisco 2.0 32389]

 

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

stop me if you've heard this one before:

 

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

the lakers took more than 13 seconds to get the ball past half court. i thought this was illegal?

 

[Pam Cummings 9640]

They stopped calling travel and carry, what's one more little rule?

[SilasCoade 2622]

n/m didn't realize it was out of a made basket not dead ball

Edited December 17, 2022 by SilasCoade

[Dutchrudder 11138]

16 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

the lakers took more than 13 seconds to get the ball past half court. i thought this was illegal?

 

It's 16 seconds left on the shot clock is when they call it. Shot clock starts when they touch the ball, game clock was still running, so they were trying to waste time with the lead. Lazy old Lakers lol...

[Message Board User 12395]

 

[UpperWestside 6163]

40 minutes ago, Message Board User said:

 

Shocked I tell you! 
 

Let him come back from this injury, see what kind of dominant streak he can put together again and then trade him to whatever contender is willing to give up at least two or three first rounders for him. There is zero reason to look at Davis as part of any future Lakers plan when he will just be Bill Waltoning his way through it. Giancarlo Stanton looks like Cal Ripken in comparison to AD.

[Vic Mackey 47027]

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[Message Board User 12395]

Boston loses to Orlando in Boston on Friday...and then again this afternoon (shows you what a grind the NBA season is and how bad losses will happen to all teams, though Orlando has a bright future and Paolo and Franz are great building blocks.. @d2o ).

Bunch of Orlando players tweeting and retweeting this clip - 

 

Edited December 18, 2022 by Message Board User

[shadow_operative 15932]

dime of the year candidate:

 

 

[Vic Mackey 47027]

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Edited December 19, 2022 by Vic Mackey

[HookEm 2467]

The Nets are even less structured now and have won 10 of their last 11.  As much as anything they have been injured and haven’t had extended run together.

[Dutchrudder 11138]

1 hour ago, Vic Mackey said:

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2 James Harden posts in 2 days?  Did he break your brain or something?  He's doing pretty well since he came back a few games ago, 22/10/6 is a good line of averages. Philly is looking better since he came back, and they should be a top 5 seed in the East by the end of the season.  They will have a chance at going somewhere in the playoffs, but not a bad outlook after a rough start to the season.  

[SilasCoade 2622]

4 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

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It wasn't that he asked for a trade it's that he quit giving any effort on the court at all. KD asked for a trade and continued giving top effort. That this narcissist can't see the difference is not surprising at all.

[Message Board User 12395]

 

[Message Board User 12395]

How soon until Luka demands a trade?  The Mavs kind of suck.  Maybe they'll make the play-in but JFC they look bad, they're capped out through next season, and their first is owed to NYK (unless it falls in picks 1-10...which may actually happen).

[closetohumping 17440]

Watch till the finish

Edited December 20, 2022 by closetohumping

[MinerProphet 71]

On 12/19/2022 at 3:19 AM, shadow_operative said:

dime of the year candidate:

 

 

I had to replay this 4 times to catch it. It's like a magic trick.

[Brothahorn 10087]

It wasn't that he asked for a trade it's that he quit giving any effort on the court at all. KD asked for a trade and continued giving top effort. That this narcissist can't see the difference is not surprising at all.

And it was the 2nd time he had quit on a team!

[Aqua Buddha 14591]

11 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Watch till the finish

I see them.  Good find.

 

[closetohumping 17440]

3 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

I see them.  Good find.

 

It’s like magic.   Or science 

[Message Board User 12395]

New rivalry?

 

[Aqua Buddha 14591]

At $4B, he either wildly overpaid or Rob Walton got a great deal on the Broncos at $4B.  (Broncos are worth far more than the Suns.)

[Dutchrudder 11138]

5 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

At $4B, he either wildly overpaid or Rob Walton got a great deal on the Broncos at $4B.  (Broncos are worth far more than the Suns.)

I think it's a big overpay for the Suns. Other NBA teams would be worth that much, but I don't see how Phoenix would be right now. I would imagine he's financing it with many other minority owners. 

He's a huge basketball guy, played as a walk-on for the Spartans NCAA team and was on the team in 2000 when they won the championship. I think that's pretty awesome to have a guy with D1 experience buying a team. Yeah he's probably and an asshole like every other billionaire, but at least he has some first hand knowledge of the game and how it's done.  I couldn't care less about the Phoenix Suns, but I think that's about as well as you could do for getting a new owner.   

[Vic Mackey 47027]

Kyrie gets back and the Nets are now on a roll. No coincidence at all.