2022/2023 NBA Season

[Overlander]

"Ja Morant is not a thug. He didn't grow up in the hood doing hood things".

A. Not saying Ja is a "thug" but people change. Clearly he was embracing the thug image.
B. He didn't grow up in the hood but for all you and I know he could have hung out in the "hood" of Columbia.
C. What are "hood" things? My guess (like your guess) is he wasn't a gang banger.

Hey, I apologize for my harsh post but let's both be honest. Neither of us really know jack shit about Ja Morant other than what we have read/heard - true or not.

JFC. Arguing to argue? That my Schtick…stay in your lane.

I think Ja Morant is a fake thug. If I misclassfied his HS as private when it's not, I apologize. It doesn't change anything about my being,as per usual, uninformed yet highly opinionated.

[Shirley]

I figured we could all use something light:

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Hillbilly Kobe / AR-15 balled out last night. MVP performance.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Final score today....

CHI 118
LAL 108

P.S. Anthony Davis played awfully soft today - for a guy in a playoff push.

[InfiniteJ]

Final score today....

CHI 118
LAL 108

P.S. Anthony Davis played awfully soft today - for a guy in a playoff push.

Beverly scored over LeBron and did the "too small" celebration afterwards.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Final score today....

CHI 118
LAL 108

P.S. Anthony Davis played awfully soft today - for a guy in a playoff push.

Beverly scored over LeBron and did the "too small" celebration afterwards.

Yep.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Stacey King is a treasure. Listen to him.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

NBA Action..... It's FAAAAAANNNNNtastic!

[pdub]

Go Celtics.
How’s that for a playoff preview?

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Go Celtics.
How’s that for a playoff preview?

Excellent question!

Celts also beat the Bucks by 21 on Christmas. Fuck the Bucks - minus Giannis. I like him.

My hope is if the regular season is an indicator of playoff success (it's probably not ANY indicator), the Celts have to play the Bools and/or Cleveland in the playoffs.

[pdub]

Celtics Bucks was the best series last season.

I hope they meet again.

[pdub]

Poor Luka.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

I'm going to let you in on a little secret.
Jason Kidd is as overrated as Doc Rivers.
That and Nico Harrison is no better of a GM than you are.

[pdub]

Well sure - but they were 30-26 before Kyrie joined and are now 37-42.
By my math that's 7-16.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Well sure - but they were 30-26 before Kyrie joined and are now 37-42.
By my math that's 7-16.

Numbers/stats don't lie.

I don't blame Kyrie for that as much as I blame screwing up something that may have been struggling but wasn't broken. To me, part of that is on the GM.

Give a solid NBA coach a guy who can give him/her.....
51% FG, 37.7% 3pt, 94.6% FT, 5.1 rpg, 5/9 apg, 1.2 stl pg, 26.7 ppg
and that guy shouldn't make a team go from 30-26 to 37-42.
To me, part of that is on the coach.

[pdub]

Definitely.
Coach and GM have failed here too.
And if they shut down Luka, what does that say about his future in Dallas?

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Good question. Kid isn't having fun. I might say too bad, he's getting paid a crap load of money but he had fun when he was winning. I'm wondering if Cuban roles with what he has or if he feels major changes need to be made. Cleary something isn't working/is broken.

[Shirley]

76'ers vs Celtics right now on TNT.

Phili has more than tripled Boston's score.

Go Embiid!

[pdub]

Embiid on pace for 70.