2022-23 NBA Thread

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Bucks come out with 0.0 focus to start the 2H.  Can't happen.

You're amazing

[MuggsyB]

You're amazing

The Bucks had no business losing G1.  They still have a tremendous amount of work to do but this was a good response. 

[Jockey]

The Bucks had no business losing G1.  They still have a tremendous amount of work to do but this was a good response.

You really have no clue about the NBA game.

[MuggsyB]

You really have no clue about the NBA game.

Not true.

[Uncle Rico]

Not true.

Eh

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

I think Muggs has a clue about the NBA game, but he just over-reacts to thing that are pretty common especially come playoff time. Like a team down big coming out at halftime with a couple of wrinkles that score some quick baskets.  Or a team on the other side losing some focus.

It's a 48 minute game - you can't get too excited about what happens in any two-minute time frame.

[MuggsyB]

I think Muggs has a clue about the NBA game, but he just over-reacts to thing that are pretty common especially come playoff time. Like a team down big coming out at halftime with a couple of wrinkles that score some quick baskets.  Or a team on the other side losing some focus.

Maybe, but I'm always looking at the big picture.  I still have concerns about the Bucks vs Boston or Philly.....although I'm 90% sure Boston will be there.  I've also seen the Bucks give up a ton of points on their sag defense and it has hurt them quite a bit.  They are fantastic in transition but imo their h-c offense is capable of being much better. 

It's a 48 minute game - you can't get too excited about what happens in any two-minute time frame.

[lawdog77]

Not sure if this had been mentioned. Wont be able to skip the combine if invited:

https://www.eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/1491297/players-reportedly-cant-get-drafted-if-they-skip-nba-combine/#:~:text=Under%20the%20new%20system%20as,go%20into%20effect%20in%202024.

[MuggsyB]

Kawhi out tonight?  What on earth is going on?  The injuries are crazy. 

[MUfan12]

Maybe, but I'm always looking at the big picture.  I still have concerns about the Bucks vs Boston or Philly.....although I'm 90% sure Boston will be there.  I've also seen the Bucks give up a ton of points on their sag defense and it has hurt them quite a bit.  They are fantastic in transition but imo their h-c offense is capable of being much better.

I agree the Bucks will have their hands full with Boston. Philly they'd beat in five.

[tower912]

Embiid with a dirtier shot than Green.  Allowed to remain in the game.   Until he hurt his back.

[Uncle Rico]

Embiid is trash

[withoutbias]

Embiid is trash

Believe the proper term is “thug.”

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

They weren’t kicking him out 2:30 into the game.

[rocket surgeon]

You know how many spent 11,500 on fanduel for the man? That’s what the refs put their headphones on to find out before they made the call

[rocket surgeon]

Hardens shot was intentional?  Now they can read minds

[MuggsyB]

Harden tossed there?  Wow. 

[MuggsyB]

Who's the genius for the NBA that scheduled two games tonight 30 mins apart?  WTF?

[MuggsyB]

You gotta love Kevin Harlan when he's on his A game!

[forgetful]

They weren’t kicking him out 2:30 into the game.

Which is an example of how the NBA is a joke officiating wise, particularly in how it treats its stars.

That absolutely should have been a flagrant 2, and an ejection. An intentional kick to the nuts of an opposing player.

It was so egregious that they later ejected Harden for something that should have been a common foul.

Green will probably be suspended for an extra game for Embiid's nut shot.

[Jockey]

Doc Rivers quote:

"... If we're going to start punishing the retaliators, and not the instigators, then we've got a problem in this league."

Sabonis was clearly the instigator - even the most ardent Green haters will concede that fact. The League really needs to explain why Green was suspended and Sabonis wasn't.

[forgetful]

Doc Rivers quote:

"... If we're going to start punishing the retaliators, and not the instigators, then we've got a problem in this league."

Sabonis was clearly the instigator - even the most ardent Green haters will concede that fact. The League really needs to explain why Green was suspended and Sabonis wasn't.

Rivers is right. I said something similar earlier, where the NBA is just encouraging teams to provoke players.

But the NBA has another problem. They are treating players like Embiid differently than someone like Green. Embiid's play was significantly worse than Greens, but nothing. Because...

They weren’t kicking him out 2:30 into the game.

That makes the game a bit unserious.

[wadesworld]

Draymond has 19 career flagrant fouls in 905 games played. Embiid has 21 career flagrant fouls in 441 games player. But Draymond gets ejected and suspended for stepping on an opponent who grabs his leg while on the ground while Embiib gets a simple flagrant one for blatantly kicking a guy in the nuts because of “history.”

Hmm.

[Jockey]

Clippers need to blow the team up. Not really going out on a limb to say they can never win a title with Leonard and George as their 2 stars.

[wadesworld]

Clippers need to blow the team up. Not really going out on a limb to say they can never win a title with Leonard and George as their 2 stars.

I mean, you kind of are. Kawhi carried a team with…Marc Gasol? Fred Van Vleet? Serge Ibaka? to a title.