2022-2023 NBA Season Thread

[thunderc]

Thunder in Houston tonight. Jalen Green out, I really don’t want to see a 41% shooter sit.

 

[dtgold88]

Too bad they actually count all the games.

Right....many Cav fans and Blame the Coach Guys I keep seeing "we are only .500ish since the 8-1 start"

But the 8-1 start counts. Hell, how about we are 31-17 if we take away the 0-5 slump after that start?

 

[dtgold88]

Thunder in Houston tonight. Jalen Green out, I really don’t want to see a 41% shooter sit.

41% and jacks up a lot of shots...especially if KPJ still out.

 

[thunderc]

41% and jacks up a lot of shots...especially if KPJ still out.

That team seemingly hasn’t done much with their picks, other than Sengun

 

[trojanfan12]

Yep. There has to be a reason for the Bulls to want to do this. They don't want to give Caruso away.

Yeah, it's not like the 76ers are the Lakers and have teams lining up to trade their best players for trash.

 

[trojanfan12]

Uhhhh, thoughts?

…..and am I in the minority of taking Giannis over Luka?

Because, I would.

Im taking Dame over Anthony Davis too.

Both are gimp.

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I'd take Giannis over Luka for basically the same reasons I'd take AD over Dame.

Size and defense.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Right....many Cav fans and Blame the Coach Guys I keep seeing "we are only .500ish since the 8-1 start"

But the 8-1 start counts. Hell, how about we are 31-17 if we take away the 0-5 slump after that start?

I think most Cavs fans would be happy with where they sit given the expectations going into the year.

Donovan Mitchell is a nice add but the teams ahead of them all have superstar core pieces.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[thunderc]

Quite surprised the Lakers game vs OKC isn't being televised nationally as it might be the night Lebron breaks the record.

NBA announces schedule change for Pelicans vs Lakers

Pelicans’ home game against the Los Angeles Lakers on February 4, originally scheduled for 7:00 p.m. CT, will change to a 5:00 p.m. CT start time and will be nationally televised on ESPN2

www.nba.com

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

NBA announces schedule change for Pelicans vs Lakers

Pelicans’ home game against the Los Angeles Lakers on February 4, originally scheduled for 7:00 p.m. CT, will change to a 5:00 p.m. CT start time and will be nationally televised on ESPN2

www.nba.com

Pretty nice of them, but that would mean Lebron would have to average 45ppg over the next two.

While not impossible, the OKC game is much more likely.

 

[thunderc]

Pretty nice of them, but that would mean Lebron would have to average 45ppg over the next two.

While not impossible, the OKC game is much more likely.

I bet this is just the start of schedule changes

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

He should. But I don't think he will be

 

[trojanfan12]

I think we need spell-check on some birth certificates too. Jacyn? I read that as Jacyln before Jason and was starting think a female ref was getting thrown under the bus, lol.

Do we know what his pronouns are?

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

I bet this is just the start of schedule changes

Most likely

 

[thunderc]

Do we know his pronouns are?

Refs have adjectives not pronouns. terrible, shitty, really shitty, etc

 

[Shanemansj13]

Maybe....then again, maybe it's unfair to think 1 year into our best player's tenure here with the youngest starting lineup/core we should be expected to be on their level? Though when I look at the standings, we still are on Miami's. at least for now.

I think that hot start might have raised expectations too much. I mean, the Cs, Bucks, Philly and Miami have all had their best player and the main core together at least into their 3rd season (well, I guess only year 2 with Harden).

But is annoying to be playing worse later in the season and not better at least as far as Ws and Ls.

Yeah around .500 since the hot start. I just seeing a lot of trends that are not good. That’s all. No overreaction, they are young team. I just see them in so many games and late in games is a big struggle at times offensively.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Refs have adjectives not pronouns. terrible, shitty, really shitty, etc

Or "motherfucker"

Instead of:

"He made a a terrible call", it should be "Motherfucker made a terrible call"

Read in Samuel L Jacksons voice of course.

 

[trojanfan12]

I thought it was two 1st and Westbrook for Buddy/Turner. Lakers were only willing to deal one first,

It was.

One first for taking Westbrook and 1 for Hield/Turner.

He obviously knows ref fundamentals like 9 million times better than me. That being said, the ref did clearly move to his left to get a better angle as LeBron was driving. Was it the ideal angle?

I don’t know. I think he got a good angle to see LeBron between the bodies that were between LeBron and the official.

The problem was that Tatum was behind LeBron. And where the official was positioned, Tatum’s arm swung down on LeBron’s almost directly in line with the ref’s viewpoint.

So it would have been very difficult for the official to see definitively if it was a hack or a clean play on the ball from his angle.

I am honestly not sure where he should have moved to get a better angle either. Just a lot of bodies on that play.

Another reason to tweak the replay rules. Because non calls aren't reviewable, the ref will make a call knowing that if it's wrong, it can be fixed on review.

Something like that could have helped on that play with Lebron.

 

[dtgold88]

I think most Cavs fans would be happy with where they sit given the expectations going into the year.

Donovan Mitchell is a nice add but the teams ahead of them all have superstar core pieces.

It's not even they have superstar core pieces it's they have also been playing with their core a long time. This is year 1 for Mitchell here.

will say it's annoying we played better early in season but time to get it together.

 

[dtgold88]

Yeah around .500 since the hot start. I just seeing a lot of trends that are not good. That’s all. No overreaction, they are young team. I just see them in so many games and late in games is a big struggle at times offensively.

They are 6-0 in OT......but I guess that doesn't make the resume because they often ran away with it in OT and won by more than 3.

No doubt annoying how they have lost many of these games, though.