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Is anyone else having a problem with NBA League Pass tonight?

Its kicking me out of a bunch of games after a couple of minutes to "Playback error" on my YouTubeTV
I’m having similar issues with my iPhone and Showtime app. Can’t watch Bellator main card. BS.
 

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Is anyone watching this Sixers/Lakers game? It was Philly by 16 with under 4 to go…..it’s now into OT!
 

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The Mavs are so bad at the line tonight (10-24) it may cost them the game, even though Giannis fouled out with several minutes to go. This a real problem for them going forward.
 

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The Mavs are so bad at the line tonight (10-24) it may cost them the game, even though Giannis fouled out with several minutes to go. This a real problem for them going forward.
The West is very flawed.

Anytime Bob wants to add to Golden State's TOP6 they'll just rip through the rest of the conference
 

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Mavs down to 71.7% from the line on the year, 29th (only ahead of Memphis). It starts with Luka (now down to 71.1%) who is just awful for a shooter, but too much of the team is just mediocre to bad. They've got 11 guys with more than 2 free throw attempts, and just 2 of them are over 80%.
 

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Did Chris Paul get into it with Alvarado?

ZION probably shouldn't of dunked it, unwritten rules and all but CP went for a layup 3 seconds before
Phoenix was losing. You’re “allowed” to score when you’re trailing so long as the other team hasn’t purposely run out the shot clock on their previous possession with the Pelicans didn’t do. Zion was in the wrong.
 

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Phoenix was losing. You’re “allowed” to score when you’re trailing so long as the other team hasn’t purposely run out the shot clock on their previous possession with the Pelicans didn’t do. Zion was in the wrong.
Yea it's the perfect example of just run the clock out when the game is over. Thought Paul's lay-up attempt was also dumb, but he's CP3 and is entitled to his hollow POINTZ

The dunk was definitely unnecessary, rub it in the SUNS face move. A 360 with emphasis from ZION with his injury history is epically stupid. ZION should be careful every time he leaves the floor on Sunday. The SUNS got into a squabble with the Warriors earlier this year (Klay was ejected), they don't mind mixing it up
 

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Mavs down to 71.7% from the line on the year, 29th (only ahead of Memphis). It starts with Luka (now down to 71.1%) who is just awful for a shooter, but too much of the team is just mediocre to bad. They've got 11 guys with more than 2 free throw attempts, and just 2 of them are over 80%.
That 4th Quarter was an out-and-out choke. Bad FT shooting is contagious.

In a one-point game with 6:30 left this is what the MAVs did from the FT line:
Dinwiddie 1-2
Luka 1-2
Green 2-2
Powell 1-2
Hardaway 0-3 (he front rimmed the first two -TIGHT)
Finney-Smith 0-2

5-13 down the stretch in a one-point loss :eek:

For some reason, Kidd didn't call a TO after the Bucks went ahead at the 7-second mark. They wasted 5 seconds dribbling it up to halfcourt
 

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Phoenix was losing. You’re “allowed” to score when you’re trailing so long as the other team hasn’t purposely run out the shot clock on their previous possession with the Pelicans didn’t do. Zion was in the wrong.
Zion was 100% in the wrong.

Doesn't this just show how little respect/fear the league has for the Suns? No one is really worried that "oh man, you really pissed off DeAndre Ayton, maybe he'll show up for a playoff game now!"
 

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Personally I love it when these "rules" get broken. It was of absolutely no consequence what Zion does, he's having some fun. Phoenix needs to stfu at that point and go home and figure out how to play better. Getting all pissy about nothing just shows you're a fake tough guy.
 

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Not to pick only on Christian Wood but he’s the player involved here. We talk about veterans > youth when it comes to winning games all the time. I’ve also spoke of how the game is instinctual to where you can’t “think” on the floor or you’re a step behind and of course how freakin clueless Wood is when people wanted him here. Here ya go….Basketball IQ 101 right here.

View: https://twitter.com/halfcourthoops/status/1601459434227568640?s=21&t=u1dPCRONDqCdZneRQOJ86g
 

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Personally I love it when these "rules" get broken. It was of absolutely no consequence what Zion does, he's having some fun. Phoenix needs to stfu at that point and go home and figure out how to play better. Getting all pissy about nothing just shows you're a fake tough guy.
Me too. This unwritten rule shit is dumb. And that was a sick dunk
 

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Personally I love it when these "rules" get broken. It was of absolutely no consequence what Zion does, he's having some fun. Phoenix needs to stfu at that point and go home and figure out how to play better. Getting all pissy about nothing just shows you're a fake tough guy.
Bingo. Message to Phoenix: "play better next time".
 

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Not to pick only on Christian Wood but he’s the player involved here. We talk about veterans > youth when it comes to winning games all the time. I’ve also spoke of how the game is instinctual to where you can’t “think” on the floor or you’re a step behind and of course how freakin clueless Wood is when people wanted him here. Here ya go….Basketball IQ 101 right here.

View: https://twitter.com/halfcourthoops/status/1601459434227568640?s=21&t=u1dPCRONDqCdZneRQOJ86g
Wood wasn't one of the jokers at the FT line that choked shot after shot, nor is he the HC that made several coaching errors. Plus Finney-Smith completely screwed up the switch to give Brook a wide-open lay-up.

Christian Wood looked to the bench when he saw Jrue guarding him. He got zero.
Milwaukee is the most veteran-laden team in the NBA, and ranks as one of the best defenses. It's also well-coached. Jason Kidd OTOH.

With 2 seconds left blaming the screener is an odd choice when there were 5 other culprits to that loss.
 
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Wood wasn't one of the jokers at the FT line that choked shot after shot, nor is he the HC that made several coaching errors & Finney-Smith completely screwed up the switch to give Brook a wide-open lay-up.

Christian Wood looked to the bench when he saw Jrue guarding him. He got zero.
Milwaukee is the most veteran-laden team in the NBA, and ranks as one of the best defenses. It's also well-coached. Jason Kidd OTOH.

With 2 seconds left blaming the screener is an odd choice when there were 5 other culprits to that loss.
Dallas has plenty of blame to go around, given their hilariously awful team-building around a young superstar.

Maybe it's all 4D chess to get Luka the MVP. "You think this is bad? Imagine how low we could go without him!"
 

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Dallas has plenty of blame to go around, given their hilariously awful team-building around a young superstar.

Maybe it's all 4D chess to get Luka the MVP. "You think this is bad? Imagine how low we could go without him!"
Adding Christian Wood for the 26th pick + filler is probably one of the better moves they have made over the last few years.

Their handling of Brunsen was an absolute head-scratcher
Brunson apparently wanted to sign a four-year, $56 million contract extension (the same one Dorian Finney-Smith signed in February) with the Mavs, not only before last season started, but again in January. But the Mavs didn’t offer him the extension until after the trade deadline, which sent a signal that Brunson might have been being used as trade bait. At that point, it was pretty much the beginning of the end, although Brunson remained professional about it throughout the remainder of the season.
 

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Why isn't that on the coaching staff? This is the third time the have ran that exact same play and all three times it was sniffed out early.
exactly, wonder where Dallas ranks in ATO plays?

where is the adjustment when Luka and Wood both looked to the bench?

where was the timeout after the Brook Lopez go-ahead basket? 7 seconds is a huge difference from 2 seconds in a half-court inbounds play
 

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Wood wasn't one of the jokers at the FT line that choked shot after shot, nor is he the HC that made several coaching errors. Plus Finney-Smith completely screwed up the switch to give Brook a wide-open lay-up.

Christian Wood looked to the bench when he saw Jrue guarding him. He got zero.
Milwaukee is the most veteran-laden team in the NBA, and ranks as one of the best defenses. It's also well-coached. Jason Kidd OTOH.

With 2 seconds left blaming the screener is an odd choice when there were 5 other culprits to that loss.
Who is talking about FTs in this clip? I’m referring to a specific play where one low-IQ looks to the bench bc he’s incapable of reading a defense and adjusting and another high-IQ player does read the defense, has the chemistry with his teammates to silently adjust and result in a layup.
 

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where is the adjustment when Luka and Wood both looked to the bench?
My exact point. Young players “think” and are a step behind. Veteran players “react” and are a step ahead. The bench or coach shouldn’t be involved when it comes to making reactionary adjustments on the fly. You don’t have time for that…..it’s up to the players to outthink their opponent.
 

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My exact point. Young players “think” and are a step behind. Veteran players “react” and are a step ahead. The bench or coach shouldn’t be involved when it comes to making reactionary adjustments on the fly. You don’t have time for that…..it’s up to the players to outthink their opponent.
how did you want Woods to react or adjust?
 

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Adding Christian Wood for the 26th pick + filler is probably one of the better moves they have made over the last few years.

Their handling of Brunsen was an absolute head-scratcher
Brunson apparently wanted to sign a four-year, $56 million contract extension (the same one Dorian Finney-Smith signed in February) with the Mavs, not only before last season started, but again in January. But the Mavs didn’t offer him the extension until after the trade deadline, which sent a signal that Brunson might have been being used as trade bait. At that point, it was pretty much the beginning of the end, although Brunson remained professional about it throughout the remainder of the season.
Brutal if true.
 

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I guess Woods could have adjusted by executing a slip (ghost) screen, posted KM on the block, and presented himself to Dinwiddie.

Bad loss, blown a half dozen ways
 
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how did you want Woods to react or adjust?
You’d want your player to identify the assignment and react with his teammates in a similar manner to Lopez, who went out and made a play. He was just…..there, doing nothing.
 

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Nets are sitting Kevin Durant, Ben Simmons, Kyrie Irving, Seth Curry, Joe Harris, Nic Claxton, Royce O’Neale and TJ Warren tonight.

Waiting on the Kendall Gill and Kerry Kittles props to post.
 

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I am highly highly dubious that Brunson would have signed a 4/56 in January never mind at the deadline
Agree, it's an eye-opener, if true

It came from Brunson on the Old Man and the Three pod.

JJ Redick (clearly close) mentioned them talking $$$ on a plane flight (post-playoffs) and they were thinking about getting half of what they eventually got from the Knicks. So ~$50M was in their heads

https://www.si.com/nba/mavericks/news/new-york-knicks-jalen-brunson-free-agency-dallas-mavs-contract-mark-cuban

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This could also be Brunson kinda covering his ass. My guess is the Knicks let him know very early on that they were gonna throw a bunch of money at him. And once the middle of the season rolled around there was no chance he was gonna just sign that extension
 

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A couple of those guys have either been injured recently (Simmons, Warren, Harris, Curry, Claxton) or have played way too many minutes this year and just need a break (Durant), but why on earth are Kyrie and O'Neale out?
 

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A couple of those guys have either been injured recently (Simmons, Warren, Harris, Curry, Claxton) or have played way too many minutes this year and just need a break (Durant), but why on earth are Kyrie and O'Neale out?
If you’re gonna sit 5 of them you may as well get the other two a night off on a B2B and try to steal one in Indy.
 

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This could also be Brunson kinda covering his ass. My guess is the Knicks let him know very early on that they were gonna throw a bunch of money at him. And once the middle of the season rolled around there was no chance he was gonna just sign that extension
Yeah there was zero chance his agent was going to allow him to sign that deal without slapping him upside the head……twice.
 

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This could also be Brunson kinda covering his ass. My guess is the Knicks let him know very early on that they were gonna throw a bunch of money at him. And once the middle of the season rolled around there was no chance he was gonna just sign that extension
Dallas should have got something done after their 2021 playoff exit
 

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Nets are sitting Kevin Durant, Ben Simmons, Kyrie Irving, Seth Curry, Joe Harris, Nic Claxton, Royce O’Neale and TJ Warren tonight.

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Localish guy David Duke may get to play actual minutes?
 

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Zion’s health is always a question mark, but New Orleans has to feel really good about their future with the season they’re having and the fact they can swap first round picks with the Lakers.
 

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Zion’s health is always a question mark, but New Orleans has to feel really good about their future with the season they’re having and the fact they can swap first round picks with the Lakers.
Yup. 1st in the conference, their two best players are 22 and 25 (and both have a lot of room to improve), and then they can dream on those laker picks (swap this year and either the 24 or 25 Lakers #1 pick, whichever they want). It's too bad Giannis re-signed with the Bucks, else those 4 1st round picks from Milwaukee from 2024-2027 (2 swaps, 2 outright) would put this team in even better shape.
 

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Heat lose the the Spurs in Miami, with all their key pieces (Butler, Bam, Herro, Lowry) playing. Miami is 12-15 and in 10th place. They were a prime candidate for regression based on the fact that other EC teams seemed to improve while they were treading water at best (improvement from Bam/Herro doesn't seem to cancel out aging by Butler/Lowry, plus Tucker left), but given the talk about big teams off to slow starts this year (Lakers, Sixers, Nets, Warriors) with relative silence about the Heat, it seems like they were never considered a top team to begin with.
 

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Heat just lost a home game to the tanking Spurs (Romeo: 19 points) with Butler and Bam each playing more than 32 minutes. You hate to see it.
 

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Heat lose the the Spurs in Miami, with all their key pieces (Butler, Bam, Herro, Lowry) playing. Miami is 12-15 and in 10th place. They were a prime candidate for regression based on the fact that other EC teams seemed to improve while they were treading water at best (improvement from Bam/Herro doesn't seem to cancel out aging by Butler/Lowry, plus Tucker left), but given the talk about big teams off to slow starts this year (Lakers, Sixers, Nets, Warriors) with relative silence about the Heat, it seems like they were never considered a top team to begin with.
Miami is combustible. Jimmy may just challenge everyone in the locker room to a fight

on another note, Kemba takes over for a Luka-less Mavs.