NBA in March/April of 2023: Girls run the world but stars run the league.

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1634694931431436291

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1635429391261134848

 

[alfdogg]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1636365247207333890

If this is true he pretty much has to stay with the Mavs, right? What are his other options at this point?

 

[909]

We locked into the roster we have now so going after him would have been dumb as hell.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1636461269124259870

I think I can hear @Brocklock screaming from here. Not just another lost season for Bulls fans but now lost seasons. Jfc.

 

[Brocklock]

Bulls really should've blown it up at the trade deadline. Vooch probably walks for nothing now and DeRozan's trade value won't be higher than it was at the deadline.

It's hindsight, but New Orleans had to know something. They traded Lonzo to us for Tomas Satoransky, Garrett Temple, and a 2nd rounder. That seemed way too good to be true and now Lonzo will probably never play again. The 35 or so games he played with the Bulls were the funnest I've watched since the 2010/11 season when the Bulls got the number 1 seed in the east.

Just a depressing situation all around and I feel terrible for Lonzo.

 

[alfdogg]

Michael Jordan is selling his majority stake in the Hornets

 

[Brocklock]

Anthony Edwards got carried out of the Bulls game with a nasty looking ankle injury. Hopefully he's fine and doesn't miss much time, but it looked like a Derrick Rose type injury.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1637257485802254337

Congratulations @Brocklock

 

[Brocklock]

Hope they resign him. He's been a shot in the arm for the team and Zach Lavine has been incredible since Pat Bev came in.

 

[909]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1639480999204765698

Mavericks gave up every good supporting cast player they had for this piece of shit. Luka is about to have to do some Kobe level carryjobs over the next few seasons just to get this team close to the playoffs. Meanwhile we didn't do the dumbass shit and trade for this guy and our team might be dope again. How about that

 

[alfdogg]

I like to think Jason Kidd is still secretly working for the Lakers and this is a spy job on he and Kyrie's part

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

LeBron would be almost as much of a doofus as Kyrie if he decides that it’s a good idea for the Lakers to sign Kyrie. What makes him think he can do a better job of reining him in than he did in the 2010s?

 

[AA484]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1639825014127206402

Re: Jeff Green (from Reddit)

Dude played for Georgetown for John Thompson III *in his first year as coach*, went high in the draft as a versatile offensive wing by the *Sonics* after being part of the "Three Amigos" trades to get *Ray Allen* to Boston. He was then part of the trade that got Kendrick Perkins to the Thunder and got to play with Shaq right before he retired.

Then he sits an entire season out after having *heart surgery* while the Celtics eventually take advantage of Billy Kings unfathomable ineptitude where they trade an eternity's worth of picks for washed Garnett and Pierce.

If you would have told me he was out of the league after the heart surgery, I'd say he had a good run with a lot of interesting historical footnotes.

Nevermind that he proceeds to come back as a full-time power forward and carve a niche out that's lasted for more than a decade.

He's played with the Wizards the year Wall got injured for good, the "y'all look so different" LeBron Cavs, the uber-smallball Rockets where he was the tallest listed player, and the fleeting beauty that was the handful of games the Nets had their full supersquad. Now he's played 1.5 seasons with generational bigman Nikola Jokic - guy's basically the NBA's Forrest Gump.

 

[909]

LeBron would be almost as much of a doofus as Kyrie if he decides that it’s a good idea for the Lakers to sign Kyrie. What makes him think he can do a better job of reining him in than he did in the 2010s?

We can’t sign him now, we have salary commitments that we’re stuck with. And we’d have to get rid of Reaves and Rui too which will never happen.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Kyrie is weird enough to sign a veteran’s minimum to reunite with LeBron though.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1640119107650748416

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Lmao ric flair-esque in his medical journey, Joe

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

After the past year, Idk how ANY NBA team will want Kyrie Irving on their roster. I just really don’t see why you would want someone so poisonous with your organization. I am sure someone will be stupid enough to give him another chance.

Three straight blowout wins for the Celtics and Jaylen Brown got a standing ovation (led by Paul Pierce) yesterday evening. Energy is shifting positively again after a long mediocre stretch!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

And now they are getting blown out by the Wizards (resting Kuzma and Bradley Beal). I just don’t friggin know with this team. I honestly think Thursday’s against Milwaukee will determine whether they are a true NBA Finals favorite or gonna get bounced in the second round.

 

[MFer]

The Kings clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2006, breaking the longest playoff drought of any of the four major sports franchises.

 

[909]

Hopefully the Lakers send them straight back out

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1641294384502280197

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Lost in the shuffle of everything yesterday,The Portland Trailblazers scored the biggest upset in the NBA in 30 years.

I am more surprised someone had a team as inconsistent as the Wolves as 19.5 point favorites, even against a team missing 4 out of 5 of its starters (that is mediocre even at full health).

San Antonio Spurs also beat the SacKings last night as 16 point underdogs. First time since the 1990-91 season that two 15 point + underdogs won in the same night.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Lakers clinched a Top 10 spot. Shannon Sharpe and @909 rejoice.

 

[alfdogg]

Ben Gordon celebrated his 40th birthday on Tuesday by getting arrested again. He was reportedly "acting erratically" at a juice bar in Stamford of all places, and the police found a folding knife, stun gun and brass knuckles on him. Gotta say Ben Gordon wouldn't have been one of the first guys I had pegged to turn to a life of crime post-playing career

 

[Gert]

Fun storylines coming into play for lottery percentages going into the last four games. The ”worst four” are locked in (Pistons, Rockets, Spurs, Hornets).

The next four are:

Portland 33 wins
Magic 34 wins
Pacers 34 wins
Wizards 34 wins

The following players were inactive for Portland’s 129-127 loss to San Antonio last night.

Damian Lillard
Anfernee Simons
Jerami Grant
Jusuf Nurkic
Shaedon Sharpe
Cam Reddish
Justice Winslow
Keon Johnson
Mattise Thybulle

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

If Wemby ends up with Portland and Dame is fully or at least mostly healthy next year, are the Blazers Finals contenders? If we are rigging the draft lottery, that’s who I’d rig it for. I love Pops but frig him getting to coach another blue chipper, I want Dame to have a real shot at winning in Portland l!

 

[Gert]

I wouldn’t hate seeing the Pacers getting him since they have Haliburton and Mathurin are on their roster for a long time.

I really don’t know for sure what Portland would be with him. I almost think Portland should be either all in around Dame or all out. Obviously if you get the #1 pick you take Wemby and try to make it work, but I do wonder if they get hypothetically the #3 pick I wonder what they could get for that plus maybe Sharpe.