2017-18 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD PART 1 ALL OF AMERICAS FAVORITE TEAMS ARE BACK

rockets r good imho

Suns are not

capella is the perfect center for this roster

cp3 seems to still be good

8-1-7-2-0 in 9 mins

josh jackson w an air ball 11 footer yikes

the boston celtics have won 14 games in a row

the houston rockets have scored 90 points in a half

http://bkref.com/tiny/6d2mB
http://bkref.com/tiny/hrQMI

only been done 15 times (only twice before tonight in a first half)

more points than the warriors scored in a game

weirdly both 90+ point 1st halves were in 1990 and the denver nuggets were playing

I looked just now and thought 118-87 was the final score.

Whoa, just read that Jaylen found out his best friend since childhood had died a couple hours before tonight's game. Damn. Condolences.

the nuggets are historically responsible for a lot of high scoring games

this is looking a lot like hardens mvp so far

hes ballin out of control his team is winning hes been a contender for years so voters will be happy to reward him only real competition so far is giannis who they wont give it to since theres a least year lag before someone whos playing at an mvp level gets serious consideration bron/cavs struggling kawhi is out steph/kd r on cruise control russ/thunder struggling, lot of time left obvs but so far everything is lined up

boogie is the other guy who shd be in the conversation but itd prob take years of play like this before voters give him the benefit of the doubt

apparently Jabari is game ready to play but they are holding him out til Feb anyway.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DO20wjlV4AAzOrY.jpg
BREAKING: Lonzo Ball cut his hair. Effects on his jump shot TBD

the hair theory made its way into actual nba player superstition didn't it

cutting his hair fixed marcus smarts shooting and now he is perfect

Steph is unstoppable with his new do.

lol

d wade having a couple nice moments late in this game

pelicans -_-

Spurs comeback was amazing

so maybe jamal murray is good

nuggs league high 146 pts

brow got concussed?

espn has been including lonzo lowlights in their highlight packages

https://i.imgur.com/m0rswm7.png https://i.imgur.com/pGNqW3b.png https://i.imgur.com/dOZDgiL.png

aaron gordons new shot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIG-gfl_TLI

Band of Brothers, watch it sometime Lonzo pic.twitter.com/Onq2kMzQAv

— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) November 18, 2017

Having a psycho for a dad might change your standard for getting excited.

LaVar is cool again.

(CNN)Days after President Donald Trump touted his role in the release of three UCLA basketball students who were arrested in China, LaVar Ball, the father of one of those players, suggested the President had little to do with the matter.

"Who?" Ball told ESPN when asked about Trump's involvement in the situation. "What was he over there for? Don't tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out."

🤔

Anthony Davis leaves game with concussion after colliding with Nikola Jokic pic.twitter.com/YCy8cHlDQU

— Delay of Game Hoops (@delayhoops) November 18, 2017

LaVar is cool again.

On the theory that when a dickhead acts like a dickhead to someone you hate, it cures them of dickheadedness?

Brow concussed on the flop is what happened. Whipped his head back to fast trying to sell it.

76ers just hung 47 in the 1st vs the warriors

tatum is going super saiyan

the boston celtics have won 15 games in a row

76ers just hung 47 in the 1st vs the warriors

tatum is going super saiyan

― ciderpress, Saturday, November 18, 2017 9:13 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hes evolving by the day

that lil inside out dribble at the 3pt line

EVERYONE GET ON THE JAYSON TATUM TRAIN WE'RE FLYING TO THE MOOOON pic.twitter.com/jBhMtG7qO2

— John Karalis 🇬🇷 (@RedsArmy_John) November 19, 2017

and then the next play

JAYSON TATUM IS MY ROOKIE AND I'M THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD!!!! pic.twitter.com/3yFMHmMqyA

— John Karalis 🇬🇷 (@RedsArmy_John) November 19, 2017

yeah those were the plays that prompted my Post

That warriors 3rd quarter was too good. Had the 76ers all out of sorts.

this has gotta be the best rookie class since 03 or whatever

Yah very good play from the rooks

portland is second in defensive efficiency whats goin on over there

Portland's main personnel differences from last year are adding Nurkic late last season to replace Plumlee, and dumping Crabbe off to the Nets in the offseason. Most of Crabbe's minutes were given to two backup guards: Connaughton and Napier. A rookie power forward, Caleb Swannigan, has broken into the rotation, too.

All of these add small increments of defensive improvement, but not enough to account for that big a jump in efficiency. Their schedule has probably been as big a factor. I'd look for some regression, but not all the way back to the bottom.