2022-2023 NBA Season Thread

[fightinfunbags]

He was right when he said Hakeem doesn't have a basketball IQ?

He was right when he said the game is different. Basketball is now about the analytical advantage that comes in hoisting threes.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Oh hell no! Hey @Mecca check this out.

Sixers' Joel Embiid fires back at Hakeem Olajuwon over critical comments (from sixerswire)

Embiid...

"It's funny when these old guys always talk about posting up, 'you need to spend more time in the paint', and that stuff. You can't win anymore like that. It's not the freaking 90's or 80's like it use to be. So, they must not have any basketball IQ."


Damn. Saying Hakeem lacks basketball IQ. What an incredibly foolish thing to say.

Embiid blasted NBA royalty and one of the best and most accomplished centers of all time. Not a good idea.

Well, you know how I feel about the Dream.

There is some truth to what Embiid is saying.

Even centers need to be able to stretch the floor.

Still, this motherfuckerr is officially dead to me…..lmao

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

He’s not wrong.

Still, fuck him.

Not what you say.

But, how you say it.

Embiid is the bigger suped up model.

Still a imitation of the original.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

@tlance

What are the wiz gonna do?

Do they really believe beal zinger and kuz is a legit big 3?

Kuz is not staying without a massive overpay.

 

[msgkings322]

I'd take GS plus the points tonight.....no matter who plays/sits.

Love my team but they rarely make it easy and last I saw GS getting 7.5

The difference is you might be a little more upset than me if you lose, though.

Always smart to bet against your team, although maybe bad fan karma. Either you win the bet or your team wins the game.

 

[The Q]

Kuz is not staying without a massive overpay.

I’d tear it down as wash, but that’s never been their style

Maybe the hoop gods reward them with Vic

 

[thunderc]

I wouldn't either but the wife ordered ours....she likes to save money.

I guess I haven’t found anything I can save more than the membership costs yet

 

[thunderc]

I’d tear it down as wash, but that’s never been their style

Maybe the hoop gods reward them with Vic

Nope

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

He was right when he said the game is different. Basketball is now about the analytical advantage that comes in hoisting threes.

Absolutely.

I really hate that knee pad shit that Ja said about Barkley.

That shit was totally out of pocket.

But, sometimes Shaq and Chuck are disrespectful towards players today.

Its part of their job to be critical.

They enjoy that part immensely.

The Dream?

Nah.

Embiid’s statement is nowhere near as toxic as Ja’s.

Still, if that is who he is referring to with the low I.Q. barb?

Yeah, fuck him.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

I’d tear it down as wash, but that’s never been their style

Maybe the hoop gods reward them with Vic

Lol

Vic is going to the Spurs.

So, let it be written so let it be done.

 

[DJ Fieri]

I guess I haven’t found anything I can save more than the membership costs yet

Car insurance, homeowners insurance, a buncha things.

Per the wife.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Looking forward to the Lakers vs Grizz.

'Bron vs Ja. The old man vs the young buck.

 

[The Q]

Lol

Vic is going to the Spurs.

So, let it be written so let it be done.

No. That franchise needs to die in a fire for lying and stealing Duncan

 

[thunderc]

Lol

Vic is going to the Spurs.

So, let it be written so let it be done.

The Thunder still have 2 chances of being in the lottery, not giving up!

 

[Wamu]

He was right when he said the game is different. Basketball is now about the analytical advantage that comes in hoisting threes.

I was never questioning that.

I'm questioning why he would foolishly say Hakeem doesn't have a basketball IQ. That's a pretty silly thing to say.

 

[Wamu]

Well, you know how I feel about the Dream.

There is some truth to what Embiid is saying.

Even centers need to be able to stretch the floor.

Still, this motherfuckerr is officially dead to me…..lmao

See my above comment.

 

[DJ Fieri]

No. That franchise needs to die in a fire for lying and stealing Duncan

*Shots fired*

 

[dtgold88]

So the fans in Cieveland get screwed likely because last night was a national tv game and the Ws couldn’t rest players.

Sucks for the casuals, I guess, but even if going I'm down with whatever gives my team the better chance to win.

 

[dtgold88]

Always smart to bet against your team, although maybe bad fan karma. Either you win the bet or your team wins the game.

I actually never bet on my team...don't need a double whammy if they lose. I'll bet against as long as we are the favorite. Figure either team wins or bet wins as you said and could be both

also helps the Cavs will make it close it seems no matter who they play.

 

[thunderc]

At some point is the leagues hand forced by teams sitting the entire starting lineup?