2022-23 Around the League Thread

[MHSL82]

Viral James Harden-Marcus Smart opening-night sequence epitomizes exactly why some people hate NBA basketball

There are so many elements to this disaster, it's hard to know where to begin

www.cbssports.com

 

[MHSL82]

Another reason some do not like the current NBA:

 

[nuraman00]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZ4QeJQXkAAcsyG?format=jpg&name=large

 

[MHSL82]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZ4QeJQXkAAcsyG?format=jpg&name=large

As I’ve always said, Manu Ginobli is the GOAT.

 

[nuraman00]

As I’ve always said, Manu Ginobli is the GOAT.

That is true. You have always said that.

 

[nuraman00]

 

[MHSL82]

Howard to continue basketball career in Taiwan

Dwight Howard announced Monday night that he has signed to play with the Taoyuan Leopards, a professional team in Taiwan.

www.espn.com

 

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[nuraman00]

Good find.

I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.

 

[nuraman00]

Towns, Gobert, and Mobley, all had 13 rebounds, in the same game.

 

[MHSL82]

4 of the last 5, not 6. Who do they have working for ESPN Stats and Info? I mean, I know Christmas is over and the Celtics have not won yet, but to include it skews the point of the numbers. And you can’t include the year they didn't count (COVID year started December 22nd.)

 

[nuraman00]

And you can’t include the year they didn't count (COVID year started December 22nd.)

They should have included that year, even if Christmas was only a few days into the season.

 

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[nuraman00]

Cross-posting:

Here's the rules on timeouts:

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NBA head coaches unplugged: The art of calling timeouts

What's in calling a timeout? Do coaches have a go-to move? Law Murray interviewed a dozen NBA coaches to find out.

theathletic.com

There are two mandatory timeouts in each period. If no team takes a timeout before the 6:59 mark of a quarter, then it is taken upon the first dead ball and charged to the home team. If no subsequent timeouts are taken before the 2:59 mark of a quarter, then the other team is charged the other mandatory timeout at the next dead ball. For nationally televised games, the mandatory timeouts last 3:15. For all other local games, the mandatory timeouts last 2:45. All other timeouts last for 1:15.
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This is important because Indiana ran out of timeouts and was charged a technical foul, because they had to take a mandatory timeout in the 4th, and didn't have any left.

Pacers vs Kings, November 30, 2022 | Basketball-Reference.com

IND (114) vs SAC (137). Get the box score, shot charts and play by play summary of the Pacers vs Kings, November 30, 2022.

www.basketball-reference.com

1:24.0	Indiana full timeout		108-136
1:24.0	I. Jackson enters the game for T. McConnell		108-136
1:24.0	A. Nembhard enters the game for A. Nesmith		108-136
1:24.0	Technical foul by		108-136
1:24.0	Indiana full timeout

There's a line item for the forced timeout the Pacers had to take:

PopcornMachine's GameFlows - Indiana Pacers @ Sacramento Kings - Nov 30, 2022

 

[MHSL82]

Mavs waive Walker ahead of guarantee deadline

The Mavs are waiving Kemba Walker before his veteran's minimum salary becomes guaranteed for the season. Walker averaged 8.0 points and 2.1 assists in nine games with Dallas.

www.espn.com

He was playing on the veterans minimum. They really didn’t have anyone else they could’ve cut? They cut him because someone else is getting minutes over him, but I thought it was weird. I don’t know much about him. I just know his name and so I felt that he would be worth keeping.

 

[nuraman00]

He'd be a good addition for the minimum to any team. Plus he'd provide depth on the Jazz in case of injury.

 

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[nuraman00]

Damon Jones once played 14 seconds of an entire game, and hit the series winning shot.

2006 NBA Eastern Conference First Round Game 6: Cavaliers vs Wizards, May 5, 2006 | Basketball-Reference.com

CLE (114) vs WAS (113). Get the box score, shot charts and play by play summary of the Cavaliers vs Wizards Game 6, May 5, 2006.

www.basketball-reference.com

0:14.1	Cleveland full timeout		112-113
0:14.1	R. Murray enters the game for A. Varejão		112-113
0:14.1	D. Jones enters the game for Z. Ilgauskas		112-113
0:14.1	L. Hughes enters the game for E. Snow		112-113
0:04.8	D. Jones makes 2-pt jump shot from 17 ft (assist by L. Hughes)	+2	114-113
0:00.9			114-113		C. Butler misses 3-pt jump shot from 26 ft
0:00.2	Defensive rebound by D. Marshall		114-113
0:00.0	End of 1st overtime

 

[MHSL82]

Damon Jones once played 14 seconds of an entire game, and hit the series winning shot.

2006 NBA Eastern Conference First Round Game 6: Cavaliers vs Wizards, May 5, 2006 | Basketball-Reference.com

CLE (114) vs WAS (113). Get the box score, shot charts and play by play summary of the Cavaliers vs Wizards Game 6, May 5, 2006.

www.basketball-reference.com

0:14.1	Cleveland full timeout		112-113
0:14.1	R. Murray enters the game for A. Varejão		112-113
0:14.1	D. Jones enters the game for Z. Ilgauskas		112-113
0:14.1	L. Hughes enters the game for E. Snow		112-113
0:04.8	D. Jones makes 2-pt jump shot from 17 ft (assist by L. Hughes)	+2	114-113
0:00.9			114-113		C. Butler misses 3-pt jump shot from 26 ft
0:00.2	Defensive rebound by D. Marshall		114-113
0:00.0	End of 1st overtime

That‘s on pace for 429 points almost if he played 50 minutes.

 

[MHSL82]

Spurs at Alamodome to break attendance record

The San Antonio Spurs are set to break the NBA's single-game attendance record on Friday night, when they host the Golden State Warriors at the Alamodome.

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