Thread: 2021-2022 NBA Thread

I'll start this off with my boy Ja!

/insert consternation, sorrow, and rage about Russ being on my team.

Bunch of random thoughts right now:

Kyrie is hanging his team out to dry.

The Suns are right to not want to give Ayton max money. Giving max money to a guy who isn't max money worthy sinks franchises.

Rudy Goburt is still overrated and a system player. See him getting pwnt in every playoff series he's ever lost, and some that he won.

Ben Simmons isn't wrong to want out of Philly; when the team and squad shits on you right after a playoff loss you should be mad. But what he's pulling right now sucks.

The Bucks wouldn't have won the series vs. Brooklyn if Harden or Kyrie stayed healthy. Thus rendering GA's "I did it the right way/hard way," a bit of a joke, but storylines > reality.

These threads aren't the same without Beef.

ATL should sell the farm to get Dame, sans Ice Trey.

I'm rooting for Joker to go back-to-back on MVP.

The Kings Front Office is doing Bagley dirty.

I can't figure out if the Bulls assembled a three seed or an eight seed. I"m guessing...a six? Eh? Is that a hot take?

Go wizards. First career win for rookie head coach Wes Unseld Jr. Trez dominated. Kuzma rebounded. KCP hit a clutch three. Thanks lakers.

Glad to have a coach who isn’t Scott Brooks. What a ******* waste of 5 years.

I have no problems with this list and i was even glad to see Dame get on there. There is a cool clip of the TNT crew surprising Reggie Miller who didnt think he would make the list but most certainly deserves to be on it.

If my man AI didn’t make it I’d riot.

Originally Posted by King87

If my man AI didn’t make it I’d riot.

He would be a shoe in. No way he doesnt make it.

Wizards 2-0

Keep it up. No beal no problem. Spencer Dinwiddie was beasting tonight. I like Westbrook but Spence has been an upgrade so far.

Originally Posted by King87

If my man AI didn’t make it I’d riot.

No Chris Mullin is a crime.

Originally Posted by Timmy!

No Chris Mullin is a crime.

It feels wrong.

And I don't like it.

Originally Posted by Fangios Meatballs

Wizards 2-0

Keep it up. No beal no problem. Spencer Dinwiddie was beasting tonight. I like Westbrook but Spence has been an upgrade so far.

You got three viable starters/sixth men players on more manageable and divisible contracts for RWB. It wasn't a sexy trade for you, but it was fine.

Originally Posted by King87

You got three viable starters/sixth men players on more manageable and divisible contracts for RWB. It wasn't a sexy trade for you, but it was fine.

It was a great trade for us

Ja Morant is that dude. He's gonna be all-NBA this year.

He very much is that dude.

At the end of September, the NBA announced some changes to the way certain plays will be officiated. In an extensive Twitter thread, the NBA's officiating account went into detail on their new interpretive change to the way "abnormal and non-basketball moves" by offensive players will be officiated.

The primary focus of this rule change was to no longer reward offensive players who initiate contact with their defender in order to earn free throws. Over the last few seasons, this strategy has become especially prevalent, with offensive players lunging into defenders in an attempt to draw a foul. With the NBA's new interpretation of this move, the offensive player will now be given an offensive foul if the contact is excessive, or the play will result in a non-call if the contact is marginal.

A list of players were expected to be under microscopes this season as fans analyze the way these new rules will impact their performances, and atop that list for many people was Brooklyn Nets superstar James Harden. Since 2012, when James Harden arrived in Houston, nobody in basketball has shot more free throws than him. In fact, nobody is even close.

rest - https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/news...unfairly-targe

Boo-freaking-hoo. If James Harden is the superstar he thinks he is, then alter your game to the new rules. He made a lot of money exploiting a loophole in the rules for years. Now show you can play real basketball.