2022-2023 NBA Season Thread

[Shanemansj13]

 

[The Q]

That’s why they traded thybulle for him

Cheaper and good enough d

 

[tlance]

Not sure if someone posted the link here or not…

But I read an article recently talking about how much wear and tear some of these guys have as 19 year olds when they enter the league.

Because players specialize too early and play ridiculous AAU schedules and never really take time off from baseball during their formative years, the average 20 year old has more mileage on the tires than a 12 year NBA vet from 30 years ago.

It was suggesting that these guys really do need load management.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Really? Because I can see all of them easily happening except for the Nets beating the Celtics

Okay...we shall see.
Good luck with all that.

 

[The Q]

Not sure if someone posted the link here or not…

But I read an article recently talking about how much wear and tear some of these guys have as 19 year olds when they enter the league.

Because players specialize too early and play ridiculous AAU schedules and never really take time off from baseball during their formative years, the average 20 year old has more mileage on the tires than a 12 year NBA vet from 30 years ago.

It was suggesting that these guys really do need load management.

They need reasonable schedules as kids

 

[DJ Fieri]

JFC.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Not sure if someone posted the link here or not…

But I read an article recently talking about how much wear and tear some of these guys have as 19 year olds when they enter the league.

Because players specialize too early and play ridiculous AAU schedules and never really take time off from baseball during their formative years, the average 20 year old has more mileage on the tires than a 12 year NBA vet from 30 years ago.

It was suggesting that these guys really do need load management.

Yeah it was posted last night on page 1229.
The article & study is from 2019....but still applicable today it seems.

 

[The Q]

@Mecca


He broke again

 

[bksballer89]

Fox is back.

No Kawhi, Powell, or Morris

Smells like another L for the clippers

 

[The Q]

Fox is back.

No Kawhi, Powell, or Morris

Smells like another L for the clippers

That kennard trade is aging like milk

 

[DJ Fieri]

Fox is back.

No Kawhi, Powell, or Morris

Smells like another L for the clippers

0-5 would be sweet.

 

[CitySushi]

This lead to a text exchange between myself and a friend in the group chats today. He said what Brooks said was true. Then we started going in circles on the argument leading to semantics.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Okay...we shall see.
Good luck with all that.

So which match ups are you questioning?

 

[tlance]

They need reasonable schedules as kids

Yeah, it is crazy that teens with still developing bodies are playing 6-8 games in a weekend.

Old school players who were so “tough” barely touched a basketball in their off seasons as kids because they were playing different sports.

These kids have muscle imbalance issues because they are too specialized too early.

 

[msgkings322]

He took those shots because the Warriors baited him into doing it. They were literally not even bothering to guard Westbrook last night, sometimes to comical degrees. It's why he's basically unplayable in the playoffs. It makes it extremely hard to have a high functioning offense when no one guards him and he's prone to bad shots and turnovers. You could maaaaybe survive if he was a lockdown defender but he's not. He's a reckless gambler on defense too.

Yeah they mostly leave Draymond alone out there too.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

So which match ups are you questioning?

Why?
It's actually no big deal right now.
No need to really stress or worry about tonight's games.
There are still 20 or so games to go in this regular season.
Things will be getting much more urgent towards the end of this month, and for sure into April.

That said....I don't believe the Celts will lose tonight, nor do I think the Clips & Jazz will lose either.

All the Lakers need to do is focus on taking care of their own business.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Why?
It's actually no big deal right now.
No need to really stress or worry about tonight's games.
There are still 20 or so games to go in this regular season.
Things will be getting much more urgent towards the end of this month, and for sure into April.

That said....I don't believe the Celts will lose tonight, nor do I think the Clips & Jazz will lose either.

All the Lakers need to do is focus on taking care of their own business.

And hope the teams ahead of them fuck up too.

Plus, Clips? Really?

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

And hope the teams ahead of them fuck up too.

Plus, Clips? Really?

Yep...plus the Pels could surprise the Dubs imho.

 

[Shanemansj13]

This lead to a text exchange between myself and a friend in the group chats today. He said what Brooks said was true. Then we started going in circles on the argument leading to semantics.

I have more of a problem with who is saying it considering he is a nobody. Part of it is true, I think Draymond wouldn’t be the same player w/o Klay and Steph but that’s all fairytale land. The facts are he did play with them and he was one of the best defenders of all-time. He meant A LOT to those teams. Brooks is essentially a 4th or 5th best player on a team that can’t get past the 2nd round.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Why?
It's actually no big deal right now.
No need to really stress or worry about tonight's games.
There are still 20 or so games to go in this regular season.
Things will be getting much more urgent towards the end of this month, and for sure into April.

That said....I don't believe the Celts will lose tonight, nor do I think the Clips & Jazz will lose either.

All the Lakers need to do is focus on taking care of their own business.

Kings are -7.5 faves so Vegas disagrees with you. Now, I don't think the Kings cover that spread but they should win. The Clipps are without some key players.