2023-24 NBA Game Thread
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There will be special courts for the in-season tournament. Most of them are kind of insane and jarring, and I like it:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38772965/how-bold-new-nba-season-tournament-courts-came-fruition
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38772965/how-bold-new-nba-season-tournament-courts-came-fruition
I like the boldness in general, and the willingness to experiment.
That said, my understanding for why they don't use bright colored-courts in other places is that it interferes on TV with the ability of people to see the players, reduces the contrast of player-to-background, catches the eye too much. If your uniforms are still very distinctive from the background then it probably opens up more of the color spectrum to work with, but what do you do about a court that's mostly bright orange? Even dark-shaded uniforms are going to only partially mitigate the fact that it'll be hard to see the body parts flying around.
I'm no good at visual design and certainly haven't tried to run a TV sports production, so this is more of a specific question than a criticism. Like, doing something like this is clearly worth trying even if there's problems with it, or even if they have to go back and tone it down a bit. But I remember someone saying player background contrast was why you didn't have more fields like Boise State's blue turf.
Based on my great knowledge of art, I've shown what would motivate ME to make that pose.
My culture is POP culture, apparently.
Yeah, will be interesting. I assume they thought this out, since it's such a well-known phenomenon.
I haven't given Houston a second thought over the last few years (they haven't been relevant since the bubble), but now that they've got Brooks and Ime, I'd be more than fine if they go 0-82 and get the 5th pick in the lottery (which means they lose it to OKC). It's been awhile since I've rooted against a bad team in the West, it's fun.
This would appear to be a perfect fit, since quite a few NBA players are likely already familiar with Kardashian underwear.
Well the family has done extensive field testing of what works well for NBA players' nether regions so it kinda makes sense.
Edit - just a bit too slow.
Edit - just a bit too slow.
LMAO
TNT or ESPN just needs 5 minutes of KG to be the human cattle prod to some of these players.
Buddy Hield just tried to draw a call on a three by falling down like he landed on DeRozan's foot. Coaches challenge by Donovan was successful as replay showed that Hield landed next to his foot. My question is why isn't that play a clear flopping technical? He fell to the ground with one intention - drawing a non existent foul. Should be an automatic tech IMO
My guess would be that the challenge is on whether it was a foul but that you can't tack on a flop based on review. Have I mentioned how bad the Heat are this year?
Minnesota scored 79 points in the first half tonight.
They scored 34 in the 2nd half.
They lost by 14 to the Hawks.
They scored 34 in the 2nd half.
They lost by 14 to the Hawks.
Familiar with this Munch?Based on my great knowledge of art, I've shown what would motivate ME to make that pose.
I was told there would be no MATH!
View: https://twitter.com/jackmaloneycbs/status/1719171698912542967?s=46
Went to the Munch Museum in Oslo this summer and they now display three versions of the scream in a circular room that's dark... and they only show one at a time. Each one is shown for 1 hour at a time (as I recall) while the other two are covered. Then every hour a door slides over the piece of art. They do this with the intention of trying to preserve them for as long as possible.. exposing them to light 1/3 of the time they'd normally be exposed.
I'm a fan of his work.. have over 20 books on him at least. What's interesting to me is that the scream is unlike anything else he did. Most of what he did was faces/people/landscapes. His landscapes are abstract, but usually his people are pretty nice figurative images. Then there's the scream.
Orlando is talented, long and deep. They are going to be a problem. Maybe sooner than we think.
And now AD turns into Banchero's arm (just standing there, arms up) and acts like Paolo punched him in the eye. Flopping tech? No, because the rule is fucking bullshit.
Obviously biased here, but he is so soft. He needed a breather so he acted like his eye got gouged out on a nothing play.
Fully believe this Lakers team is being overrated by everyone.
Stopping by the Amway Center on a Soshy Evening
Orlando is talented, long, and deep
And they have future teams to sweep.
I’m waiting for Banchero's leap
I’m waiting for Banchero’s leap
They are an annoying regular season team but they won't be a problem unless Paolo makes a leap to all-NBA.
He had a nice playoffs followed by a nice run in FIBA, but on a title contender he's a role player, nothing more. He's decent at creating his own shot when there are better offensive players on the court spreading the floor, but AD/Lebron are best surrounded by elite 3 and D types, and he's not that. If he ends up being the 3rd best player on this Lakers team, they are in trouble.
Russell has been undeniably better than Reaves this season (SSS alert), but I agree with the point above with regards to him as well - if he's your 3rd best player you're not a championship team. They need AD to be dominant and carry a heavy load this season for them to be contenders. LeBron is supposedly going to max out at 25-30 minutes this season.
I'm intrigued where they go, but also I suspect a bit more cautious about the path to "problem" than you are? They are going to be annoying to play but they are probably two creators away from being a problem, aren't they? Or at least, one more creator and one more shooter (whether through internal development or acquisition?) Jett Howard could be the shooter (Gradey Dick would have been?)
Don't get me wrong--they are interesting and the Banchero/Wagner combo is very good---but I just worry this is a roster that has a high risk of topping out at "good enough to lose in the conference finals" unless they get a very different element added to it. But they have a lot of pieces to get there--if, for example, you swapped out Fultz or Suggs for a Donovan Mitchell-level scorer I'd think you're really getting interesting. The length, the depth, and youth are all interesting.
The NBA: where no one ages anymore. It's truly remarkable across the board, but yeah, Steph is the peak of it.
If it keeps the great players great for longer, I'm all for the drugs. Bring it on!NPA...National Pharmacists Association.
I took a peek at Larry Legend’s career stats to see if there were any full seasons where he didn’t hit as many threes as Steph has through four games (24). Was kinda surprised to see that after lighting the world on fire from three as a rookie (58 made threes, which in ‘79-80 seemed like ten zillion) he reined it significantly from beyond the arc: just **20, 11, 22, and 18** made threes his next four seasons (before jumping to 56, then a league-leading 82 and 90 the next three seasons).
Anyway, you learn something new — I did not know or had forgotten about those relatively three-shy seasons from his 2nd to 5th year. I guess as he got stronger and grew into his man body following his rookie season, he started operating closer to the rim, carving teams up more from the post and the elbows?
Anyway, you learn something new — I did not know or had forgotten about those relatively three-shy seasons from his 2nd to 5th year. I guess as he got stronger and grew into his man body following his rookie season, he started operating closer to the rim, carving teams up more from the post and the elbows?
cadê cunningham looks rusty as hell. Ausar Thompson looking very raw but also extremely athletic.
Rookie Toumani Camara from Dayton is getting a lot of run with the Blazers. He had an excellent first half vs. the Sixers the other night which prompted a Philly fan to tweet this:
View: https://twitter.com/PhilaUnite76/status/1718785445536919772
View: https://twitter.com/PhilaUnite76/status/1718785445536919772
Cavs ceding the Knicks game with five to play. No Lavert or Garland, tho.
Strus with a stout 6/3/3 line in 33 minutes.
I'm not really worried about the Knicks, but they do go 9 deep with legit NBA players.
Strus with a stout 6/3/3 line in 33 minutes.
I'm not really worried about the Knicks, but they do go 9 deep with legit NBA players.
Lol at Pop calling a TO after the fourth possession of the game. I guess he didn't like the Suns first two scores being dunks.
Strus did a lot of that last year too. Big game, invisible, Big game, invisible....
Durant is still so good that it really doesn't matter who else is on the floor with him. Beal and Book both out, but he's unbothered.
Wemby definitely has a lot to learn. Just got boxed out by Watanabe and I really thought he'd be better on the break, but he seems like he doesn't know where to go and often drifts out to the 3pt line. He doesn't seem to be looking for lobs and follows.
Wemby definitely has a lot to learn. Just got boxed out by Watanabe and I really thought he'd be better on the break, but he seems like he doesn't know where to go and often drifts out to the 3pt line. He doesn't seem to be looking for lobs and follows.
Well, that was fun. Durant dunks on (around) Wemby on an inbound play, followed by Wemby dunking over Eubanks from a step farther away than should be possible.
https://x.com/cjzero/status/1719551497799626786?s=20
https://x.com/cjzero/status/1719551497799626786?s=20
Wemby is about as I expected on offense. He's got jaw-dropping potential and will occasionally do things that nobody on earth can do. He also struggles to find his shot in the half-court. He's so big and talented, but also lacks a natural role at the NBA level at this stage of his career. Is he a roll and lob guy? Taking guys off the dribble? Posting up on the block? Pure stretch big? One day he will probably do it all, but for now he doesn't really do any of those things at a particularly efficient and consistent level. It will be interesting to see how he grows into his offensive potential just this season.