2022-2023 NBA Season Thread

[bksballer89]

Still need to add a 4.

Or they can suck it out this year and stretch Duncan for 9m per for the next 5 years and keep some draft powder dry

agree i think this just means no cray moves

 

[DJ Fieri]

Lot of ball to be played but still.....before the season who thought the Kings would be the 3 seed at this point in the season?

LOL.

 

[thunderc]

Lot of ball to be played but still.....before the season who thought the Kings would be the 3 seed at this point in the season?

LOL.

Actually pretty excited about the Thunder going there tomorrow night, the total will be 240 or more.

 

[The Q]

agree i think this just means no cray moves

I still wasn't sure what crazy movie they were gonna make, i didn't buy moving Lowry away from his BIL, not when analytics say he hasn't been nearly as bad as some say.

But the lack of a real 4 is killing them, or go off the wall and go for Turner and play him next to bam. Crazy rim protection and Turner gives you enough spacing to make it work.

 

[fightinfunbags]

I mean, they are NBA players but for NBA players they were in fact pretty bad for a team that earned a top 6 seed. Wouldn't you say Harden, Maxey and Harris would all have been the #2 on Denver?

Harden is there for like 20 games and playoffs. They were winging it and when it counted both guys were banged up. Maxey is a project coming into last year and he blows up. Jokic gets credit for dragging guys along but we’re gonna say that the attention Embiid gets doesn’t play a role in the growth of Maxey and what’s he’s gonna be able to get? Either way, that’s Maxey’s first year at any level playing the 1. Harris is one of the worst contracts in the league. He was a guy who in his Sixers career had his best production playing with Simmons. Simmons goes and his game took a dip. When Harden comes he actually regressed. Prior to that Harris has never been anything more than a 3rd option. Harris is the only guy that when you look at 2021-22 season is a guy who would have been a 2 on that Denver team. Harden was hardly around for 3/4 of the season, Embiid is the leader of a team that has to produce while also dealing with that Simmons drama playing out. He opens up the court for Maxey who takes a major step forward. And he had his team in the 4 seed through all of that. But for whatever reason NBA media didn’t like that narrative. They felt like on the strength of a 6 seed season Joker had to win his 2nd MVP in a row.

 

[msgkings322]

Thought for sure the Warriors would get pasted in Boston but they are looking good (no jinx). As good as Boston is maybe the Warriors just match up well with them?

 

[fightinfunbags]

Thought for sure the Warriors would get pasted in Boston but they are looking good (no jinx). As good as Boston is maybe the Warriors just match up well with them?

Inside of their organizational process they have found some kind of magical formula for the 3rd quarter of basketball games. It’s uncanny. It seems like every night out they win that quarter and often by a nice margin.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Pretty good buzz going right now.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Not going to lie, getting a little hungry......

 

[msgkings322]

Inside of their organizational process they have found some kind of magical formula for the 3rd quarter of basketball games. It’s uncanny. It seems like every night out they win that quarter and often by a nice margin.

Its super weird but yes that's a thing. Maybe Kerr is a genius with halftime adjustments?

 

[thunderc]

Thought for sure the Warriors would get pasted in Boston but they are looking good (no jinx). As good as Boston is maybe the Warriors just match up well with them?

Thunder put up a 150 spot in Boston a couple weeks ago. Boston just cruising at the moment I think.

 

[thunderc]

Its super weird but yes that's a thing. Maybe Kerr is a genius with halftime adjustments?

The numbers show otherwise, but maybe it’s been as of late.

NBA Stats - NBA Team Average 3rd Quarter Margin | TeamRankings.com

NBA average 3rd quarter margin, by team.

www.teamrankings.com

 

[fightinfunbags]

Its super weird but yes that's a thing. Maybe Kerr is a genius with halftime adjustments?

That’s the most likely explanation. Whatever it is they’re great at it. It starts with a Swiss Army knife philosophy where they have answers and can take what the defense gives them. The West just isn’t strong. This Warriors group could very well round into form and actually make a run as a later seed.

 

[The Q]

Thought for sure the Warriors would get pasted in Boston but they are looking good (no jinx). As good as Boston is maybe the Warriors just match up well with them?

I miss when bostkn matched up well with the warriors.

Gave them fits even when they were peak warriors

 

[DJ Fieri]

Fuck the W's.

That is all.

 

[DJ Fieri]

@msgkings322 remember when @WiggyRuss said Dray was washed?

 

[DJ Fieri]

I don't give a fuck if they a rival.....I will say it.

Glad to see Klay all the way back. Kid had a rough stretch of injuries.

 

[thunderc]

Brogdon going to really help the Celtics in the playoffs

 

[The Q]

Brogdon going to really help the Celtics in the playoffs

I loved that move


And it came out of no where


Brad moves in silence

 

[msgkings322]

Ruh roh