2022-23 Around the NBA Thread

[TJ]

They can't have him. Book is loyal to the Suns.

There's no such thing as loyalty in the NBA. If the Suns go back to being a perennial doormat, it wouldnt shock me if Book asks to be traded to a contender

 

[JCSunsfan]

They can't have him. Book is loyal to the Suns.

If we win a championship, Book will go. I will worry about that then. He would absolutely OWN LA.

 

[GatorAZ]

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[AzStevenCal]

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Great numbers, not sure what they mean on a 1-4 team - especially since their only victory was a close win at home against the team currently at the absolute bottom of the league. I don't watch them play but just looking at the box scores and highlights, I really can't tell if he's making that bad team a little better or if he's just padding stats while benefitting from disengaged opponents.

 

[95pro]

Great numbers, not sure what they mean on a 1-4 team - especially since their only victory was a close win at home against the team currently at the absolute bottom of the league. I don't watch them play but just looking at the box scores and highlights, I really can't tell if he's making that bad team a little better or if he's just padding stats while benefitting from disengaged opponents.

A little bit of both, with the Jazz he was good for 18pts a game over three seasons.

 

[1tinsoldier]

LeBron to Phoenix
45 minute flight...Do it JJ

though i'm not a Lebron fan, i'd rather him than Durant and postulated about him coming here at the end of last season

it would surely make sense for him and would give both him and Paul a great shot -- one last hoorah for him and a first for Paul

 

[GatorAZ]

Great numbers, not sure what they mean on a 1-4 team - especially since their only victory was a close win at home against the team currently at the absolute bottom of the league. I don't watch them play but just looking at the box scores and highlights, I really can't tell if he's making that bad team a little better or if he's just padding stats while benefitting from disengaged opponents.

If he’s your best player then it will be a terrible team. Here he’d be our 6th man.

What the Pistons gave up would’ve been the equivalent of Saric and a 2nd rd pick or something.

 

[Proximo]

though i'm not a Lebron fan, i'd rather him than Durant and postulated about him coming here at the end of last season

it would surely make sense for him and would give both him and Paul a great shot -- one last hoorah for him and a first for Paul

NO.

 

[Muggz]

It seems like Ben Simmons is doing everything in his power to make Durant leave.
I hope he keeps it up.

 

[Muggz]

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That's awesome for Bojan. He's put his time in and deserves a team that will play him and pay him.
Thats not Phoenix atm

 

[Muggz]

The Lakers are gonna have to blow it up and I for one hope we don't catch and LeBron shrapnel. Or worse
Maybe there's a Crowder trade in there somewhere if its a multi team thing.

 

[GatorAZ]

The Lakers are gonna have to blow it up and I for one hope we don't catch and LeBron shrapnel. Or worse
Maybe there's a Crowder trade in there somewhere if its a multi team thing.

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Lebron would welcome a trade to Phoenix with Sarver outgoing but I doubt Jeanie would trade a figure like LBJ. The Lakers would be at peak irrelevancy in their history. Even during the dark days of Kwame/Pau you had prime Kobe capable of scoring 50 points any given night and carrying them to the playoffs.

 

[Covert Rain]

I don’t mean to laugh at anyone else’s pain, but… this is ridiculous.

OMG. Anthony Davis I think is trying to invent new ways to get injured.

 

[Phrazbit]

They will go for Booker on his next deal.

Booker, above everything else, wants to win and 5 years from now the Lakers are likely to (still) be one of the saddest teams in the league. I don't see him voluntarily joining a team and surrounding himself with trash talent.

 

[Mainstreet]

Damian Lillard will be evaluated in 1-2 weeks with a calf strain.

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[GatorAZ]

I kinda feel bad for the guy at this point…
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[95pro]

I kinda feel bad for the guy at this point…
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Why? Dude has made millions sucking.

 

[95pro]

Mavs Nets, I’m not sure why the nba keeps trying to make Richard Jefferson happen

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

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So stupid not trading for him

 

[Finito]

I kinda feel bad for the guy at this point…
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Yeah it’s clearly in his head and having thousands tell you you suck everyday gots to be a crazy feeling

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I kinda feel bad for the guy at this point…
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Wow

 

[Cheesebeef]

OMG. Anthony Davis I think is trying to invent new ways to get injured.

That guy’s body has got to be really jacked up to tweak his back on something like that.

Like, constant pain that he’s gutting out on a nightly basis. I know he’s got a billion millions, but that’s a crappy way to go through life.

 

[95pro]

That guy’s body has got to be really jacked up to tweak his back on something like that.

Like, constant pain that he’s gutting out on a nightly basis. I know he’s got a billion millions, but that’s a crappy way to go through life.

Nah there was talk of him not willing to change his training regimen. He’s just not putting in the work to get his body in shape for nba play.

Just look at his pictures during his pelican days compared to his Laker body.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Nah there was talk of him not willing to change his training regimen. He’s just not putting in the work to get his body in shape for nba play.

Just look at his pictures during his pelican days compared to his Laker body.

Nah. This is the exact opposite of what happened this year. Last year, the Lakers wanted him to bulk up because they thought he’d need to in order to man the middle. That was obviously a disaster for them so this year, he came into camp 20 pounds lighter this year after putting on too much weight last year.

Ain’t making a difference. That body has been creaming since he stepped onto an NBA court. His first 4 years, he missed an average of 17 games a year and this was wayyyyyyy before any notion of player conditioning loading and being held out of games.

He had a couple solid seasons after that, logging back to back 75 games seasons, but his body has always given him nagging injuries and as big guys get older those issues all get worse.

Reality is if the Lakers didn’t have a two month break during the pandemic, I bet he probably doesn’t stay healthy that year either.

 

[Dback Jon]

Nah. This is the exact opposite of what happened this year. Last year, the Lakers wanted him to bulk up because they thought he’d need to in order to man the middle. That was obviously a disaster for them so this year, he came into camp 20 pounds lighter this year after putting on too much weight last year.

Ain’t making a difference. That body has been creaming since he stepped onto an NBA court. His first 4 years, he missed an average of 17 games a year and this was wayyyyyyy before any notion of player conditioning loading and being held out of games.

He had a couple solid seasons after that, logging back to back 75 games seasons, but his body has always given him nagging injuries and as big guys get older those issues all get worse.

Reality is if the Lakers didn’t have a two month break during the pandemic, I bet he probably doesn’t stay healthy that year either.

As for your last statement yes the only reason the Lakers won the title in 2020 is they got plenty of rest both AD and LeBron