NBA 2022-2023 Regular Season Thread : Donkey Punching Poole Party

[Krandor]

My understanding was always that LeGM vetoed the Hield trade because AD and him wanted Westbrook

[Krandor]

The Jazz are very bad at tanking, unless Gobert and Mitchell were secretly holding them back this whole time.

[Andalusian girls]

Markannen decided he was a 24-9-4 player it was the world that was holding him back

also catching bodies

[Vaspinne]

Westbrook 4-15 lol

Aside, Westbrick is the second highest paid player in the NBA this year after Steph. He is currently shooting 29% from the field and 8% from 3

[Andalusian girls]

the absolute disrespect from Nurkic with total disinterest in contesting a wide open mid-ranger with the game on the line

[archibaldcrane]

God that is painful. That's literally me shooting.

[Dimmauk]

They know Silver is watching

https://twitter.com/basketballtalk/s...uZn2-UugQ&s=19

Ugh, Spurs are currently 4th in west. They have the same amount of wins as the Mighty Bucks

[Krandor]

Some more Westbrook bad

Through three games this season, opponents are contesting jump shots by Westbrook only 41.2 percent of the time. According to Second Spectrum, that’s by far the lowest contest rate in NBA tracking data history, which dates back to 2013-14

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2022/1...s-lakers-trade

[archibaldcrane]

Incredible, he's that bad despite nobody even trying to contest his shots lol

[Dimmauk]

Is Westbrick still top 75 of all time?

[Deejay]

Is Westbrick still top 75 of all time?

jesus christ

[Deejay]

MJ shot 18.9% from three with the wizards one year

is He STill ToP 75 AlL tImE?

[Andalusian girls]

a bum

but also ya Russ has played 1000 games and 100 playoff games aging poorly doesn't change his legacy

[Buffy]

League pass is a fucking train wreck this year. I asked for a refund to my subscription and to email me when they fix condensed games.

[archibaldcrane]

Westbrook is only 33 years old, he never played "winning basketball" and his style has only become more out of fashion as the league evolves and leaves him behind

He's the greatest stat padding low efficiency player ever, you could make 20 all-time starting 5s without wanting him on any of them

[archibaldcrane]

MJ shot 18.9% from three with the wizards one year

is He STill ToP 75 AlL tImE?

Westbrook has shot 30.4% from for his CAREER, and never had a single season above 34%.

His best True Shooting% season is well below the career TS% of his top-75 contemporaries. He's a ball-hogging chucker.

[Andalusian girls]

top 75 is kind of a dumb arbitrary argument, but he won a lot of games for not playing winning basketball, and if OKC has even a little bit better injury luck they win a ring and we don't have this discussion

in the years Russ and KD played together they went

WCF
Finals
Injury
WCF (injury)
Injury
WCF

also you simply haven't watched him play very often if you think he's a ballhog. inefficient chucker, absolutely, but an eager and willing passer. his assists to shot attempts is a lot more pass oriented than guys like Bron and Harden who are praised for distributing, more pass-heavy than star points like Steph and Dame.

[Dimmauk]

top 75 is kind of a dumb arbitrary argument, but he won a lot of games for not playing winning basketball, and if OKC has even a little bit better injury luck they win a ring and we don't have this discussion

in the years Russ and KD played together they went

WCF
Finals
Injury
WCF (injury)
Injury
WCF

Tony Parker was better and has the rings to show for it

[archibaldcrane]

Yeah I agree, if you can't win a ring in 8 seasons playing with the greatest scoring forward of all time you aren't top-75.

[archibaldcrane]

Tony Parker was better and has the rings to show for it

Apparently LeBron would disagree but most top-75 caliber players should want to play with Parker rather than Westbrook if the goal is to win a title.