2022-2023 NBA Season Thread

[thunderc]

Cavs playing decent defense but only the starters. Lopez just gave them free points. So slow and awful defensively

Hopefully the Thunder wake up in the 3rd

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

It’s an epidemic

Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving among 8 Nets players out vs. Pacers

The Brooklyn Nets will be missing eight players on Saturday night against the Pacers including Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.

clutchpoints.com

If that's a "load management" thing by them...then that's a load of crap.

The load management thing many teams are using nowadays is becoming an epidemic.
Even more so of an unnecessary league caused "epidemic" are the silly B2B games mandate.
That shit needs to stop.

 

[bksballer89]

If that's a "load management" thing by them...then that's a load of crap.

The load management thing many teams are using nowadays is becoming an epidemic.
Even more so of an unnecessary league caused "epidemic" are the silly B2B games mandate.
That shit needs to stop.

Only Kyrie and KD i believe are load management. Royce got a personal thing going on. Claxton is injured and the others are guys coming off recent injuries so they not going to play them b2b right now

 

[thunderc]

If that's a "load management" thing by them...then that's a load of crap.

The load management thing many teams are using nowadays is becoming an epidemic.
Even more so of an unnecessary league caused "epidemic" are the silly B2B games mandate.
That shit needs to stop.

And of course the weakest commish in the history of sports is totally silent and powerless on it.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

And of course the weakest commish in the history of sports is totally silent and powerless on it.

I wouldn't quite go that far..but I do place the blame for some of that on the board of governors, and it goes back years before Adam Silver's tenure.

 

[bksballer89]

And of course the weakest commish in the history of sports is totally silent and powerless on it.

What is he supposed to do about it? If it is the same player out all the time then i get your point but if a guy get a scheduled rest day once every 2 months or so then who am i to cry about that?

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Damn, St3ph....that was nasty, bruh.....lol

 

[msgkings322]

End of quarter, Curry dribbling up top as seconds tick off, gets a little space, lets a 3 fly...and turns his back confidently well before it drops right in. I love the swag when they do that. Of course it's also fun when they do that and it misses.

 

[msgkings322]

Damn, St3ph....that's nasty, bruh.....lol

See my last post LOL we both liked that one

Warriors with a great first quarter, maybe this is a game...

 

[thunderc]

What is he supposed to do about it? If it is the same player out all the time then i get your point but if a guy get a scheduled rest day once every 2 months or so then who am i to cry about that?

The load management crap has happened under his watch

 

[msgkings322]

The load management crap has happened under his watch

OK they just fired Silver and made you commish. How do you fix it?

 

[thunderc]

OK they just fired Silver and made you commish. How do you fix it?

Silver already banned it for national tv games, nice look lol

 

[msgkings322]

Silver already banned it for national tv games, nice look lol

OK that's a start. How do you prevent it in general? Thinking about it myself, maybe every player gets 3-4 allowed healthy rest days? But of course how do you police teams pretending a guy has a sore quad?

Easy to bitch, hard to fix.

 

[msgkings322]

Klay having a game

 

[The Q]

OK that's a start. How do you prevent it in general? Thinking about it myself, maybe every player gets 3-4 allowed healthy rest days? But of course how do you police teams pretending a guy has a sore quad?

Easy to bitch, hard to fix.

Yup. It would be a nightmare to enforce

You’d basically need a staff of doctors on call in each city and have to run independent evaluations

 

[thunderc]

OK that's a start. How do you prevent it in general? Thinking about it myself, maybe every player gets 3-4 allowed healthy rest days? But of course how do you police teams pretending a guy has a sore quad?

Easy to bitch, hard to fix.

I agree, the cat is kind of out of the bag. I probably start by trying to get it back in the bag on a few other things first, no question if I’m in charge there would be a long lockout right off the bat lol.

 

[thunderc]

Let’s go Thunder!!!

 

[msgkings322]

I agree, the cat is kind of out of the bag. I probably start by trying to get it back in the bag on a few other things first, no question if I’m in charge there would be a long lockout right off the bat lol.

OK tough guy but again, cat out of bag, cat in bag, what can be done? You call a lockout, and then what?

You rip Silver non stop but you have nothing better to suggest. If it was fixable they'd fix it. Teams are always going to do everything they can to maximize their chances to win titles and load management is one of the ways to do that.

 

[thunderc]

OK tough guy but again, cat out of bag, cat in bag, what can be done? You call a lockout, and then what?

You rip Silver non stop but you have nothing better to suggest. If it was fixable they'd fix it. Teams are always going to do everything they can to maximize their chances to win titles and load management is one of the ways to do that.

You think Stern would have let it get to this point?

 

[bksballer89]

The load management crap has happened under his watch

And he has tried to change it but if a team does not want to play their star in a b2b then they will find a way around it