***Official 2021-2022 NBA Thread***

[Pitt Gorilla]

Season tips off tonight! LET'S GOOOOO!!!!

[KC_Connection]

23 players in NBA history have played a 19th season.

LeBron might win a scoring title.

Only 6 others averaged double figures.

Via @Stathead pic.twitter.com/LE6Ty1J3Ob

— Micah Adams (@MicahAdams13) March 12, 2022

Winning a scoring title in a 19th season. The true GOAT.

[ChiefsFan123456]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

LeBron James is the first player in NBA history with multiple 50-point games after turning 35. pic.twitter.com/Yg2JDW4MYr

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 12, 2022

There's no stopping LeBron right now.

In the Lakers' win, James posted his 14th career 50-point game, tying Rick Barry for 6th in NBA history.

LeBron is also the 6th ever with 50+ Pts in consecutive home games, and the only one to do it after turning 30. pic.twitter.com/03RXfi15sl

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 12, 2022

LeBron James over the last 6 Games:

50 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST
23 PTS, 14 REB, 12 AST
56 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST
26 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST
26 PTS, 13 REB, 5 AST
32 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST

Unreal. �� pic.twitter.com/Be2PwjR83e

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) March 12, 2022

The GOAT.

Unreal? It would be unreal if Lebron scored 6 straight 50 point games

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFan123456

Unreal? It would be unreal if Lebron scored 6 straight 50 point games

Maybe you missed the part where the guy is 37 years old in his 19th year and leading the league in scoring. Nobody has ever played anywhere near this level this late in their career. It is absurd stuff.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

LeBron James is the first player in NBA history with multiple 50-point games after turning 35. pic.twitter.com/Yg2JDW4MYr

— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 12, 2022

There's no stopping LeBron right now.

In the Lakers' win, James posted his 14th career 50-point game, tying Rick Barry for 6th in NBA history.

LeBron is also the 6th ever with 50+ Pts in consecutive home games, and the only one to do it after turning 30. pic.twitter.com/03RXfi15sl

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 12, 2022

LeBron James over the last 6 Games:

50 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST
23 PTS, 14 REB, 12 AST
56 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST
26 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST
26 PTS, 13 REB, 5 AST
32 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST

Unreal. �� pic.twitter.com/Be2PwjR83e

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) March 12, 2022

The GOAT.

Hopefully it gooses his trade value.

Guy still built a dogshit basketball player.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Hopefully it gooses his trade value.

Guy still built a dogshit basketball player.

I think you mean team?

And the Lakers aren't going to trade LeBron unless he asks out. No sign that's going to happen.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

I think you mean team?

And the Lakers aren't going to trade LeBron unless he asks out. No sign that's going to happen.

Indeed.

And no, they’ll never trade him against his will.

But with any luck he’ll get those wandering eyes again. Credit to LeBron - he’s always had a good feel for getting away from a team just as he’s wrecked it.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Indeed.

And no, they’ll never trade him against his will.

But with any luck he’ll get those wandering eyes again. Credit to LeBron - he’s always had a good feel for getting away from a team just as he’s wrecked it.

I'd love to see it myself but I think he's at the point in his career where he'd rather just stay in LA until some NBA team wastes a pick on his son.

[Chief Pagan]

So a bit dated but...

As of Dec. 2020, prior to the start of the 2020-21 season, there have been 76 instances of an NBA player scoring at least 60 points.

Stephen Curry was the last NBA player to score at least 60 points when he erupted for a career-high 62 points against the Portland Trail Blazers on Jan. 3, 2021 (ET).

The late Wilt Chamberlain owns a majority of these, having scored 60 or more 32 times in his career. The player with the next-best tally is Kobe Bryant with six.

[KCUnited]

Caruso returned to the lineup last night and the Bulls hold a team to under 100 points since, well, the last time Caruso was in the lineup.

I still feel they're pretenders against top of conference teams.

Also this gem from the post game.

NSFW - Language (unable to embed tweet within the NSFW tags)

Spoiler!

Zach LaVine: *takes headband*

Alex Caruso: “That headband is sweaty as shit.”

(🎥 @NBCSBulls)
pic.twitter.com/et8sPkgL3G

— Bleacher Nation Bulls (@BN_Bulls) March 13, 2022

[smithandrew051]

Kyrie Irving had 41 points tonight…in the first half

[POND_OF_RED]

Going to be an entertaining postseason. Let’s go Grizz!

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

The West sucks and Hong Kong LeBron still couldn't make it.

[POND_OF_RED]

Originally Posted by Carr4MVP

The West sucks and Hong Kong LeBron still couldn't make it.

Westbrook might go down as the worst Laker of all time. It’s crazy to have a player average over 30 a game shooting over 50% from the field and not have him in the playoffs because his supporting cast was just trash. Lebron’s age is starting to show in his injuries over the past couple seasons, but when he’s playing he’s obviously still a top 5 player in the league without question.

[Sassy Squatch]

Lol Milwaukee really dipped out of the 2 seed just to avoid the Nets.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

They won’t for long. They just got crushed by a very mediocre Warriors team with Curry shooting 5 for 21. Apparently some haven’t quite clued in to the fact that Westbrook has been a terrible basketball player for years now despite putting up volume stats on a nothing team.

These projections are probably a much more accurate look at what the Lakers actually are this year: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...a-predictions/

And six months later, that was pretty predictable. Westbrook was atrocious (as expected), AD got hurt (again), and the rest of the roster was arguably one of the worst ever assembled. No idea where the Lakers go from here.