2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

[Deathofthebambino]

I want nothing to do with the Heat until we need to meet them. Alternatively, I'm not sure this Philly team is a lock to beat Chicago or Atlanta (whereas I think Miami rolls either of them). Let the Knicks and Heat beat the crap out of each other for 7 games.

 

[lars10]

Maybe if you didn't flop every chance you get, you'd get more calls Lowry..

 

[PedroKsBambino]

jovic being something helps Miami with both spacing and size.

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

I change my mind. I’d rather Philly or Atlanta/Chicago get the 8. They’re awful with a gimpy, out of shape Embiid.

 

[TomTerrific]

Sixers seemingly keep running the same stultified set on offense, it would make any D look good. Miami has shown real skills in the playoffs in the past but I’m not sure this is it.

Of course, Miami may feel they don’t need to change a damn thing

And of course now Philly goes on a mini run

 

[Royal Reader]

Chik-Phila appears to have sparked a rally.

 

[Ed Hillel]

I want the Sixers, Embiid is cooked.

 

[InstaFace]

So how was he putting up 30 in the last regular season games? Lousy teams (except for Orlando)?

I only watched his first game back, against OKC, but he couldn't shoot, couldn't move - but could get to the FT line, where he was 12/12. A playoff whistle and he'll get fewer of those when he's not able to aggressively drive the lane like he used to.

 

[ifmanis5]

Remember when Playoff Caleb Martin was better than Kobe and Giannis combined?

 

[Ed Hillel]

Embiid is a 0 on D

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

Jimmy can’t get by Nic Batum.

 

[Ed Hillel]

jimmy flops

 

[Ed Hillel]

Jimmy is abhorrent

 

[lars10]

One nice development with the whistle change.. apparently Jimmy can't be fouled any more.

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

Jimmy is abhorrent

He looks toasty. Maybe it’s the knee but he has no burst. He’s just shamelessly trying to draw contact but without the burst it’s not working.

 

[dhellers]

I know it is better if the Heat win this game, but damn I just can't help rooting for them to lose.

 

[ifmanis5]

I do like Jacquez, plays hard and smart.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Speaking of flopping, Ed Hillel is flopping on who he wants to win.

 

[lars10]

jimmy flops

On that second drive to the basket it looked like he definitely got hacked by Maxey.

 

[stp130]

God, the entitlement of Jimmy Butler is nauseating. Approaching LBJ levels.

 

[Ed Hillel]

On that second drive to the basket it looked like he definitely got hacked by Maxey.

He threw the head back so violently it’s hard to tell.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

"aggression!"

 

[ElUno20]

God, the entitlement of Jimmy Butler is nauseating. Approaching LBJ levels.

Don't speak ill of the great jimmy butler. He's like a 5 time "almost/should have been" nba champion.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Sixers gotta beat these Dodgecoin Lakers

 

[lars10]

God, the entitlement of Jimmy Butler is nauseating. Approaching LBJ levels.

When you've got foul calls you haven't deserved for a decade I'd imagine it creates a certain amount of entitlement.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

All I know is the fucking refs better not call a single tech on a Celtic fir complaining about a call, clapping their hands or waiting their arms after the shit Draymond and Lowry are able to get away with.

 

[lars10]

He threw the head back so violently it’s hard to tell.

Fair.. I may have been fooled, just thought there was a lot of contact to go with it.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Embiid reinjured that knee second to last game for sure.

 

[lars10]

I know it is better if the Heat win this game, but damn I just can't help rooting for them to lose.

Just think of it as rooting for the Heat to be someone else's problem

 

[ElUno20]

I'm no celtics fan but I'm rooting hard for the heat. I want to see the celtics beat them by 40 a game in a round 1 sweep.

I hate the heat.

 

[lars10]

All I know is the fucking refs better not call a single tech on a Celtic fir complaining about a call, clapping their hands or waiting their arms after the shit Draymond and Lowry are able to get away with.

why would things change now?

 

[Royal Reader]

I'm no celtics fan but I'm rooting hard for the heat. I want to see the celtics beat them by 40 in a round 1 sweep.

I hate the heat.

Wait. Then you aren't rooting for them, are you?

 

[dhellers]

Just think of it as rooting for the Heat to be someone else's problem

I understand that well.... but that "damn" is still there

 

[lars10]

I'm no celtics fan but I'm rooting hard for the heat. I want to see the celtics beat them by 40 a game in a round 1 sweep.

I hate the heat.

If the Heat win they play NY.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Any Heat loss is a wonderful outcome. Cs need to play who is in front of them.

The Heat are like the Lakers just with even more inbreeding and STDs

 

[ElUno20]

Wait. Then you aren't rooting for them, are you?

I forgot this isnt the 9 v 10. Damn it.

 

[lars10]

I understand that well.... but that "damn" is still there

Also hoping they win so I can enjoy the first series... the Heat make every game a slog to watch

 

[PedroKsBambino]

I can’t remember the last game I wanted both teams to lose this badly.

Colts vs Jets?

lakers vs martians in a space jam fanfic?

 

[dhellers]

Also hoping they win so I can enjoy the first series... the Heat make every game a slog to watch

I will try to embrace these facts... not sure it will work

 

[scottyno]

I only watched his first game back, against OKC, but he couldn't shoot, couldn't move - but could get to the FT line, where he was 12/12. A playoff whistle and he'll get fewer of those when he's not able to aggressively drive the lane like he used to.

He made 42 fgs in the 4 games after that

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Embiid is 4-13. Maxey hasn’t shown

and yet….

it’s tied

 

[lars10]

Tyler Herro is so well named for what his game is like or how he sees himself.

 

[Ed Hillel]

He made 42 fgs in the 4 games after that

He went down 2 games ago and hasn’t looked right since. And his D has been very bad overall since returning. He will struggle mightily in a long, physical series.

 

[Nator]

Both of these teams have looked like hot Whaleshit for long stretches of this game. I don't care which one comes to play the Celtics. They are going to destroy either one of these frauds.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Oubre Oubreing

 

[JCizzle]

Kelly fucking Oubre just reacted to a foul like that without getting a T and folks say Tatum complains too much.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Batum for MVP

 

[ifmanis5]

The Batum Game?

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Kelly fucking Oubre just reacted to a foul like that without getting a T and folks say Tatum complains too much.

It was a stupid foul too

 

[lars10]

Is Herro not allowed to pass to Jimmy or something?

He went down 2 games ago and hasn’t looked right since. And his D has been very bad overall since returning. He will struggle mightily in a long, physical series.

He looks like he's struggling to get through every game.