Other Sports ***Official 2022-2023 NBA Thread*** - Page 129

**dirk digler** · 10-18-2022, 04:02 PM

Can't believe the regular season starts tonight. Just seemed like the Finals ended a couple weeks ago.

Philly vs Celtics: 6:30PM CST TNT

GSW vs Lakers: 9:00PM CST TNT

KC_Connection · 04-24-2023, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by smithandrew051

Geeze. 20 rebounds for LeBron.

First 20/20 playoff game for the Lakers since Shaq in 2004.

POND_OF_RED · 04-24-2023, 11:03 PM

Great game. Much respect to the GOAT. What a performance. He never stops impressing. Let’s hope we can get some momentum back in Memphis.

KC_Connection · 04-24-2023, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dirk digler

Game over. Jenkins didn’t do a good job with his rotations.

Lakers would have targeted Kennard with screens had he been out there anyway.

KC_Connection · 04-24-2023, 11:05 PM

In Year 20, on a night he just doesn’t have it, finds a way to make the TWO biggest baskets of the game, to go along with a humble 22-20-7-2 with just 1 turnover in 45 grueling minutes to go up 3-1 on the 2 seed.

Truly one of one. The ��
— nick wright (@getnickwright) April 25, 2023

Nobody has ever done anything like this at this age. The GOAT.

**dirk digler** · 04-24-2023, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Lakers would have targeted Kennard with screens had he been out there anyway.

Probably but you can’t have 4 non shooters out there. Just bad coaching

DJ's left nut · 04-24-2023, 11:11 PM

That 4th quarter and OT was pretty damn incredible; James just wouldn't let 'em lose.

DJ's left nut · 04-24-2023, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Nobody has ever done anything like this at this age. The GOAT.

Damn shame you've gotta put an asterisk by it.

Y'know, with Clarke being out and Morant being compromised and all...

Because that's what we're doing now, right?

kcmulhurn · 04-24-2023, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by dirk digler

****ing amazing

Butler goes to the vet instead of the doctor.

KC_Connection · 04-24-2023, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Damn shame you've gotta put an asterisk by it.

Y'know, with Clarke being out and Morant being compromised and all...

Because that's what we're doing now, right?

Asterisk or no asterisk, Curry can only wish he could show up in the clutch like that in the playoffs for his team. He'll never know the feeling.

Career shots to tie/take the lead in the final second of playoff games (UPDATED):

LeBron: 7
Kobe: 2
Duncan: 2
Paul: 2
Durant: 1
Kawhi: 1
Steph: 0 (<---- lmao)
— Barry (@BarryOnHere) April 25, 2023

DJ's left nut · 04-24-2023, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by kcmulhurn

Butler goes to the vet instead of the doctor.

I'm trying to decide if Butler is an overachiever (based on his draft status) or an underachiever (based on what we've seen him do when he gives a shit).

He's one of the stranger careers I've seen in the league.

Why should this guy be having probably the best season of his career at 33 years old? Doesn't it seem like he kinda coasted for like 7 years or so after he left Chicago?

I dunno - I can't figure him out.

DJ's left nut · 04-24-2023, 11:35 PM

Kenny is making the point that I hope Ham is smart enough to make.

Memphis right now is saying to themselves "We're never losing game 5 - not at home. We've got that. And we know we aren't losing a game 7 at home. So we have one real game left to win..."

LA can't approach game 5 like they approached game 2. Because man, I really don't think you want a team that's so heavily dependent on Anthony Davis going into that game 6 as a true must win game.

KC_Connection · 04-24-2023, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I'm trying to decide if Butler is an overachiever (based on his draft status) or an underachiever (based on what we've seen him do when he gives a shit).

He's one of the stranger careers I've seen in the league.

Why should this guy be having probably the best season of his career at 33 years old? Doesn't it seem like he kinda coasted for like 7 years or so after he left Chicago?

I dunno - I can't figure him out.

I think he's a major overachiever. There was really no rhyme or reason for him to be this good coming out of Marquette or even what he was early in his career with the Bulls. It almost feels like he has these performances through his sheer competitiveness. His bubble playoff performance nearly won a Heat team a championship that had no real business even being at that stage. Just a big game player.

KC_Connection · 04-24-2023, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Kenny is making the point that I hope Ham is smart enough to make.

Memphis right now is saying to themselves "We're never losing game 5 - not at home. We've got that. And we know we aren't losing a game 7 at home. So we have one real game left to win..."

LA can't approach game 5 like they approached game 2. Because man, I really don't think you want a team that's so heavily dependent on Anthony Davis going into that game 6 as a true must win game.

If AD follows his pattern, game 5 should be a good one.

PAChiefsGuy · 04-25-2023, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I'm trying to decide if Butler is an overachiever (based on his draft status) or an underachiever (based on what we've seen him do when he gives a shit).

He's one of the stranger careers I've seen in the league.

Why should this guy be having probably the best season of his career at 33 years old? Doesn't it seem like he kinda coasted for like 7 years or so after he left Chicago?

I dunno - I can't figure him out.

It's mostly his attitude that is the problem. He seems to have a hard time getting along with his teammates unless he is the leader of the team.

ChiefsFanatic · 04-25-2023, 01:34 AM

I tried again to watch an NBA game, and once again, the ridiculous officiating makes it maddening to watch.

People get bumped or hit hard, and there is no foul, but a guy just watching a layup, playing zero defense, makes a crappy swipe at the ball, doesn't make contact, but it looked like he did, so they call a foul. The lack of consistency, and the questionable timing on when fouls are called, will make me believe the outcome, or at least the spread, is being manipulated, and it won't change until the officials change.

The entire Laker team pouted and cried, and threw their hands up whenever they thought they were fouled. That's LeBron's leadership, the biggest whiner in the NBA.

And dribbling, without traveling or carrying the ball, is like the most fundamental part of the game, but players and officials ignore that rule. Well, except when a ref needs to influence the game, and then they call it.

Imagine if NFL officials suddenly started called passes that bounce once a good catch. And they call a one bounce pass a good catch until the game is on the line, and suddenly they call a one bounce pass incomplete, because the rules say the call can't touch the ground.

It makes no damn sense. I cannot understand how traveling and carrying the ball, which happens on almost every single possession, became acceptable even though the rules say it's a violation.

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04-24-2023, 11:03 PM	#1922
POND_OF_RED The talking stonehead Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Blue Springs, MO Casino cash: $-1816854	Great game. Much respect to the GOAT. What a performance. He never stops impressing. Let’s hope we can get some momentum back in Memphis.
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04-24-2023, 11:05 PM	#1924
KC_Connection Perpetual Mediocrity Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $1662783	In Year 20, on a night he just doesn’t have it, finds a way to make the TWO biggest baskets of the game, to go along with a humble 22-20-7-2 with just 1 turnover in 45 grueling minutes to go up 3-1 on the 2 seed. Truly one of one. The �� — nick wright (@getnickwright) April 25, 2023 Nobody has ever done anything like this at this age. The GOAT.
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04-24-2023, 11:11 PM	#1926
DJ's left nut Sauntering Vaguely Downwards Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia, Mo Casino cash: $-720901	That 4th quarter and OT was pretty damn incredible; James just wouldn't let 'em lose. __________________ "If there's a god, he's laughing at us.....and our football team..." "When you look at something through rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
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04-24-2023, 11:35 PM	#1931
DJ's left nut Sauntering Vaguely Downwards Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia, Mo Casino cash: $-720901	Kenny is making the point that I hope Ham is smart enough to make. Memphis right now is saying to themselves "We're never losing game 5 - not at home. We've got that. And we know we aren't losing a game 7 at home. So we have one real game left to win..." LA can't approach game 5 like they approached game 2. Because man, I really don't think you want a team that's so heavily dependent on Anthony Davis going into that game 6 as a true must win game. __________________ "If there's a god, he's laughing at us.....and our football team..." "When you look at something through rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
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04-25-2023, 01:34 AM	#1935
ChiefsFanatic DeadPunisher Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Blue Springs, MO. 64014 Casino cash: $309205	I tried again to watch an NBA game, and once again, the ridiculous officiating makes it maddening to watch. People get bumped or hit hard, and there is no foul, but a guy just watching a layup, playing zero defense, makes a crappy swipe at the ball, doesn't make contact, but it looked like he did, so they call a foul. The lack of consistency, and the questionable timing on when fouls are called, will make me believe the outcome, or at least the spread, is being manipulated, and it won't change until the officials change. The entire Laker team pouted and cried, and threw their hands up whenever they thought they were fouled. That's LeBron's leadership, the biggest whiner in the NBA. And dribbling, without traveling or carrying the ball, is like the most fundamental part of the game, but players and officials ignore that rule. Well, except when a ref needs to influence the game, and then they call it. Imagine if NFL officials suddenly started called passes that bounce once a good catch. And they call a one bounce pass a good catch until the game is on the line, and suddenly they call a one bounce pass incomplete, because the rules say the call can't touch the ground. It makes no damn sense. I cannot understand how traveling and carrying the ball, which happens on almost every single possession, became acceptable even though the rules say it's a violation.
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