***The Very Official NBA 2022-23 Reg Szn Thread***

Originally posted by 4ML:

The Kings bench's reaction to a Gobert midrange fadeaway 😭 pic.twitter.com/u9gFrkCMrp

— iktaco (@iktacoo) March 28, 2023

Lol. That shot perfectly encapsulates the kings last two games against the twolves. They just make everything.

I'm surprised they're not higher up in the standings. That team is talented. Naz Reid impresses me every time. Not sure why that guy doesn't play more minutes.

Since Jan. 29, the LA Lakers have had the biggest differential of free throws in the league. The differential is 263, which is more than the second (Miami Heat, 123) and third (Philadelphia 76ers, 104) place combined.The Lakers have played 25 games since then, meaning that they get 10.52 more free throws than their opponents on average. Naturally, this doesn't sit right with many NBA fans and some believe that the league has fixed games for the Lakers

https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/news-you-know-fix-austin-reaves-getting-joel-embiid-calls-nba-fans-react-free-throw-disparity-favor-la-lakers

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Originally posted by JustinMT:
THT

Originally posted by JustinMT:

Originally posted by JustinMT:
THT

It's impossible to tank with such a phenomenal superstar.

Originally posted by TreyDeyEeyDey:

Originally posted by JustinMT:

Originally posted by JustinMT:
THT

It's impossible to tank with such a phenomenal superstar.

The team has never tried to tank anyways.

New salary cap rules are wild. NBA making it tougher to spend over 180m to win championships. Billionaire Owners gonna love it - they'll use this to ask players for smaller deals.

Originally posted by 4ML:
New salary cap rules are wild. NBA making it tougher to spend over 180m to win championships. Billionaire Owners gonna love it - they'll use this to ask players for smaller deals.

CBA seemed to have two things in mind

1) Let us smoke weed and 2) limit the success of certain teams (i.e. Warriors)

Teams that don't spend now, choose not to. They will still choose not to going forward, even if there are smaller deals. The CBA should have rewarded teams that draft and retain their talent.

CJ and Crew couldn't beat the warriors on the court, so had to limit us off the court.

Originally posted by ads_2006:

Originally posted by 4ML:
New salary cap rules are wild. NBA making it tougher to spend over 180m to win championships. Billionaire Owners gonna love it - they'll use this to ask players for smaller deals.

CBA seemed to have two things in mind

1) Let us smoke weed and 2) limit the success of certain teams (i.e. Warriors)

Teams that don't spend now, choose not to. They will still choose not to going forward, even if there are smaller deals. The CBA should have rewarded teams that draft and retain their talent.

CJ and Crew couldn't beat the warriors on the court, so had to limit us off the court.

Honestly feel this will end up helping the owners who are willing to spend 200m on the roster. Instead of having to pay mid level exception for certain players - now they'll get the same players on minimum deals.

These are the rules cheap owners bring in and they always backfire on them bc cheap owners can't put together a great team and players looking for 1 year deals want to play on a team where they can showcase their talents in the playoffs or are rung chasing.

Don't think CBA needs to reward teams that draft well or draft high. Draft is 1 avenue to improve team - just like FA and trades. Teams that pick high already got the reward for sucking badly - no need to reward them again.

One basket away from 9 players in double figures.

This is hilarious

Poor Luka

Originally posted by JustinMT:
This is hilarious

The Mavericks are 'seriously considering' shutting down Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving to push for a top 10 pick, per @ShamsCharania

(h/t @RealGM) pic.twitter.com/VwHMSZsVzV

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) April 3, 2023

Heard Luka say that they are losing bc of defense. No s**t. Take some responsibility and play some defense, youre the leader of the team. All the great players that were champioship winners were also studs on defense or at least played well enough, especially while in their prime.

Originally posted by JustinMT:

Jalen Brunson last 2 seasons:

As a Mav — As a Knick —
16.3 PPG 24.0 PPG
4.8 APG 6.2 APG
37.3 3P% 41.5 3P% pic.twitter.com/bnbhLJMRDl

— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 5, 2023

Poor Luka

I don't think Brunson's numbers improve much, if at all, if he's playing next to Luka this year. Luka has to be the dominant ball handler to be effective.

Originally posted by GoreGoreGore:

Originally posted by JustinMT:
This is hilarious

The Mavericks are 'seriously considering' shutting down Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving to push for a top 10 pick, per @ShamsCharania

(h/t @RealGM) pic.twitter.com/VwHMSZsVzV

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) April 3, 2023

Heard Luka say that they are losing bc of defense. No s**t. Take some responsibility and play some defense, youre the leader of the team. All the great players that were champioship winners were also studs on defense or at least played well enough, especially while in their prime.

Could you imagine how good him and Jokic would be if they actually got in shape and tried on defense? Will probably never happen but I agree. He's lazy as hell on defense and adding another lazy defender wasn't gonna make them a super team. Cuban is an idiot for approving that trade.