stirring the pot lol
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Friday, 20 October 2023 20:44 (eight months ago) link
that’s a good question. who can forget grayson’s run with team usa at the 2019 world championships when he was a fixture of the rotation with some of the best young players in the world
― J0rdan S., Friday, 20 October 2023 21:44 (eight months ago) link
i'm kind of agnostic on what reaves is until we see how this season goes but tbh he could regress and still be a $20M player, guys that size who can score and make some plays on offense are valuable.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 21 October 2023 00:46 (eight months ago) link
This should probably be in the basketlols thread, but The Ringer just ranked Austin Reaves as the 60th best player in the league(!). For comparison purposes they ranked Wemby as 67th best player and Grayson Allen was not ranked at all.
If interested: https://nbarankings.theringer.com/
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 21 October 2023 00:59 (eight months ago) link
austin reaves is miles better than grayson allen there is no point of comparison there… except for one…
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 21 October 2023 01:06 (eight months ago) link
crucial info missing: is matt armstrong an austin reaves guy
― Clay, Saturday, 21 October 2023 01:24 (eight months ago) link
these lists are silly but also there are too many of them
― lag∞n, Saturday, 21 October 2023 01:27 (eight months ago) link
Reeves is 6'5 / 197 lb whereas Grayson is 6'4 / 198 lb... verrry different guys ;)
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 21 October 2023 02:00 (eight months ago) link
wiggins trying to drive on wemby lmao he got wrecked
― lag∞n, Saturday, 21 October 2023 02:45 (eight months ago) link
Victor Wembanyama stays with Andrew Wiggins, blocks his jumper, and drills a 3-pointer of his own 🔥pic.twitter.com/wPzvTkX05g— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) October 21, 2023
― lag∞n, Saturday, 21 October 2023 02:46 (eight months ago) link
america's hottest new comedy is the san antonio spurs because all i can do is laugh when i watch wemby destroy these ostensibly large grown up men
― oatly carmichael (m bison), Saturday, 21 October 2023 02:47 (eight months ago) link
its honestly hilarious
― lag∞n, Saturday, 21 October 2023 02:48 (eight months ago) link
hahah i have no idea why wiggins thought he had a chance there
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 21 October 2023 02:51 (eight months ago) link
dead attempt from the start it never lived
― lag∞n, Saturday, 21 October 2023 02:54 (eight months ago) link
I think a lot of this stuff should be illegal honestly and it is not because I am jealous
― Clay, Saturday, 21 October 2023 02:55 (eight months ago) link
wigdawg not clear on this eight foot arms situation
Wemby just blocked Andrew Wiggins from three. Look at where he started lol pic.twitter.com/mgmuIFqT8C— Esfandiar Baraheni (@JustEsBaraheni) October 21, 2023
― lag∞n, Saturday, 21 October 2023 02:56 (eight months ago) link
stephs turn
Steph wasn't even going at Wemby and still got sent back lol pic.twitter.com/1LSsxl6EOj— Joe Viray (@JoeVirayNBA) October 21, 2023
― lag∞n, Saturday, 21 October 2023 03:02 (eight months ago) link
This was a test of the Victor Wembanyama Defense System. This was only a test. Had it been an actual regular season or playoff game the result would have been the same.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 21 October 2023 03:31 (eight months ago) link
He’ll prob average like 3-4 blocks a game for the first half of the season
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Saturday, 21 October 2023 03:52 (eight months ago) link
nba starts soon
― lag∞n, Sunday, 22 October 2023 14:29 (eight months ago) link
couple nice match ups lakers-nugs suns-dubs
― lag∞n, Sunday, 22 October 2023 14:31 (eight months ago) link
Grizzlies center Steven Adams will undergo season-ending surgery for a knee injury, team says.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 22, 2023
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 October 2023 16:41 (eight months ago) link
dang sucks
― lag∞n, Sunday, 22 October 2023 16:42 (eight months ago) link
damn, he'd been pretty durable up until now
― oatly carmichael (m bison), Sunday, 22 October 2023 16:53 (eight months ago) link
aw man. that’s pretty big for them especially with ja missing the first 2 months
― k3vin k., Sunday, 22 October 2023 17:32 (eight months ago) link
investigation of ja handling fame poorly
Before being drafted by the Grizzlies with the No. 2 overall pick in 2019, scouting reports on the high-flying point guard out of mid-major Murray State revealed little in the way of red flags.
"Zero," said one veteran NBA scout who scouted Morant for a lottery team in position to draft him. "He was the consummate coachable teammate, a choirboy. Underrecruited. Didn't have many scholarship offers. Played with a chip on his shoulder. Glowing stuff. Nothing. There was absolutely nothing."
Said a second veteran NBA scout: "I studied him inside and out. There was not one person who had a bad thing to say about him. Very much a late bloomer. Good family. Had a work ethic. Humble. He checked every single box."
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38674600/then-alligators-got-memphis-grizzlies-star-ja-morant-18-month-downfall
― lag∞n, Sunday, 22 October 2023 18:22 (eight months ago) link
yeah read that piece, pretty classic too much too soon situation. i hope he gets over himself.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 22 October 2023 19:33 (eight months ago) link
a guy who is constantly beefing with randos naming his boutique streetwear brand “my brothers no others” seems a little too on the nose
― circles, Sunday, 22 October 2023 20:08 (eight months ago) link
Hopefully he’s not in too deep
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Monday, 23 October 2023 02:35 (eight months ago) link
Signing Rose to mentor Ja is like, uhhh...
― Jane Eyre Jordan (Leee), Monday, 23 October 2023 02:53 (eight months ago) link
will derrick rose be the first NBA MVP *not* to make the HoF y/n
― mookieproof, Monday, 23 October 2023 04:52 (eight months ago) link
he should be the first for many, many reasons
― oatly carmichael (m bison), Monday, 23 October 2023 11:06 (eight months ago) link
westbrook should be the 2nd
― ciderpress, Monday, 23 October 2023 12:43 (eight months ago) link
jk i don't particularly care about the whole hall of fame thing
― ciderpress, Monday, 23 October 2023 12:46 (eight months ago) link
“It was anything to go against what I would have wanted,” Lillard told The Athletic, “That part was irritating. Just based off how it was happening, I knew (it wouldn’t be Miami).
“(The Blazers) hadn’t talked to Miami. So once it started happening like that, then I started hearing about all these other random teams, I was like, ‘I’m probably not going to Miami.’ So I wasn’t holding on to that too (much).”
What he had done, though, was green-light a message to Milwaukee in mid-September that would have everything to do with what came next.
When Lillard was convinced that Miami was off the table, Goodwin wanted to know if the Bucks were among the teams in serious pursuit of his seven-time-All-Star client. They weren’t.
But when that backchannel blessing was given, with the Bucks learning that Lillard would be excited about a possible partnership with the Bucks, the chase was on. And so the work began for Horst and his small group of trusted front office associates.
https://theathletic.com/4982925/2023/10/23/bucks-damian-lillard-trade-giannis-antetokounmpo/
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 October 2023 14:07 (eight months ago) link
btw hes not shams level but sam amick is a really bad writer
A businessman who was part of the group that bought the team for $550 million in 2014 and sold at a valuation point of $3.5 billion nine years later.
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 October 2023 14:11 (eight months ago) link
the nytimes should give the athletic some editors just an idea
https://i.imgur.com/a430Ioi.png
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 23 October 2023 14:16 (eight months ago) link
seems like a lot
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels has agreed to a five-year, $136M contract extension, his agents Nima Namakian of @InnovateSports and Bill Duffy of @WME_Sports tell me and @JonKrawczynski.— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 23, 2023
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 October 2023 18:21 (eight months ago) link
One year for each finger he broke when he punched the wall and fucked his team's playoff chances
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 23 October 2023 18:37 (eight months ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 October 2023 18:41 (eight months ago) link
ok who’s starting the new thread
― k3vin k., Monday, 23 October 2023 18:49 (eight months ago) link
2023/24 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD "THANKING FOR WEMBANYAMA"
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 October 2023 18:57 (eight months ago) link
last of the stashing - hawk's extend Okongwu's rookie deal, 4yr 62mil but do not extend Bey who will now be a free agent this offseason
― Heez, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 02:22 (eight months ago) link
that could be a steal of a contract for okongwu
― oatly carmichael (m bison), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 02:24 (eight months ago) link
agreed he fits a whole lot better in Snyder's scheme. replacing Collins and Capela with Okongwu and Johnson is going to make the hawks really fun
― Heez, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 02:32 (eight months ago) link
locking up a young guy on a cheap deal usually works out pretty good if theyve any promise
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 02:41 (eight months ago) link
i guess thats not totally a cheap deal but it seems pretty reasonable
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 02:46 (eight months ago) link
in *this economy* thats a great deal
― oatly carmichael (m bison), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 03:01 (eight months ago) link