The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Night

[ill steelo]

Memphis needs to just accept the gap year and acquire a high pick. Draft a high level prospect or trade the pick for established help.

Blessing in disguise. You scratch & claw to make the play-in advance & there’s a chance you end up with Denver, or even the Lakers first round

Playoffs last year shows they need pieces even with Ja. A high draft pick would really help them.

 

[pmatic]

They’ll be around 7 games out with 57 games left, so absolutely not mathematically impossible. But the West is so deep.

They’re realistically leaping only Golden State/Houston or the Pelicans if Zion gets hurt again (he still doesn’t look in shape )

Ja also has to stay healthy obviously. His playing style has made that impossible.

I don’t think Memphis makes it

Lakers were in a similar boat last season. They had to play like .600+ ball the rest of the way and even then had the luck of the Mavs/Blazers/Jazz waving white flags and Pelicans/T'Wolves being hit with injuries to sneak in.

 

[RustyShackleford]

RustyShackleford silver heard you

How does help me? I already paid for the year

Half-Court Henry Kissinger can kiss my ***

 

[pmatic]

Blessing in disguise. You scratch & claw to make the play-in advance & there’s a chance you end up with Denver, or even the Lakers first round

Playoffs last year shows they need pieces even with Ja. A high draft pick would really help them.

They've had some bad gaffes lately. Trading Melton for the pick that became Roddy (I like him though) because they liked Konchar so much, letting Brooks and Slow-Mo walk for nothing, Ziaire Williams, Kennedy Chandler and LaRavia picks. Tough sledding moving forward.

 

[Mister Meaner]

I’m failing to see the humor in any of that but enjoy. He only takes the toughest perimeter assignments nite in nite out and plays w/ a score first pg getting few shots in between the mid3.

 

[pmatic]

 

[HIM]

How does help me? I already paid for the year

Half-Court Henry Kissinger can kiss my ***

Forget I said anything. Keep your weird beef with Adam Silver

 

[finessence]

Buddy is built like Robert Traylor and Rodney Rodgers. And he’s shorter than both. 6’6” 280+ has never been a sustainable NBA body type….

Rodney had to cut weight

 

[MVP]

Where's the free league pass at?

 

[don ramon]

i wonder who leaked that presser

these trickling attempts to fat shame zion are gonna lead him to nyc where there's nowhere to eat

 

[nick.]

 

[dacomeup]

Buddy is built like Robert Traylor and Rodney Rodgers. And he’s shorter than both. 6’6” 280+ has never been a sustainable NBA body type….

Rodney had to cut weight

Zion was 285 when he came into the league. He’s easily 3 bills plus now

 

[lawdog1]

Not saying Zion’s shape and conditioning isn’t a problem because it clearly is, but I think part of what we saw with him last night was being overwhelmed by the moment.

I’ve seen enough Pels games with him playing to feel he was unusually low energy and defensively clueless against the Lakers.

 

[703 hwy]

Again, honestly Pels shouldn’t have maxed Zion.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Forget I said anything. Keep your weird beef with Adam Silver

Don't worry, I will

 

[datznasty]

why we fat shaming Zion like Niang aint in the league. Guy is dad bod personified

 

[703 hwy]

Not saying Zion’s shape and conditioning isn’t a problem because it clearly is, but I think part of what we saw with him last night was being overwhelmed by the moment.

I’ve seen enough Pels games with him playing to feel he was unusually low energy and defensively clueless against the Lakers.

Naw, he’s just not interested on being on the Pelicans. But definitely not an excuse.

 

[dacomeup]

why we fat shaming Zion like Niang aint in the league. Guy is dad bod personified

Because Zion is supposed to be the best young American player in the league right now. Niang already overachieved by making it this far. He just doesn’t have superior genetics

 

[lawdog1]

why we fat shaming Zion like Niang aint in the league. Guy is dad bod personified

Because George Niang is George Niang.

 

[lovehateself]

one was a #1 pick and the other is nicknamed "the minivan"

 

[lovehateself]

muck it all up i said

WASHED KING

 

[HIM]

Didn’t Zion’s ex say he was hiding sodas and snacks in the bathtub?

 

[RustyShackleford]

The warm sodas in the bathroom is still the funniest thing ole girl said about Zion.

Imagine you go to you homeboy's house. You ask to use the bathroom. You go in here and you see a 24 pack of Pepsi just chilling next to the toilet. Half the sodas are gone, and there are Snickers wrappers in the trash bin.

When you pron star sugar baby telling you that your eating is outta control, might be time dial it back a bit

 

[had pants]

 

[elpablo21]

The warm sodas in the bathroom is still the funniest thing ole girl said about Zion.

Imagine you go to you homeboy's house. You ask to use the bathroom. You go in here and you see a 24 pack of Pepsi just chilling next to the toilet. Half the sodas are gone, and there are Snickers wrappers in the trash bin.