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

I like the plain black and white aesthetic tbh

smart gettin buckets in a tied game 3:00 on the clock
I dont know if I love or hate the nets this year

the biggest mistake the nets made was not changing their name to break the karmic link to new jersey

^ agree i'm sure there are posts on here form back then where i was v much in favor of them changing the dumb name and cleaning the slate

like what is the nets brand but being a garbage heap bunch of losers from the state whose name is a joke

iirc correctly they were thinking abt changing it but then did some "market research" and concluded the name had good "brand recognition" smh

of course they prob wldve just picked some corny ass jay z reference anyway

100% they woulve been the brooklyn knights and it would have been dumb

its kind of shocking actually they didnt fully commit to brooklyn kitch

i wldve gone with "the brooklyn ethnic whites"

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/15155466/once-nets-seriously-considered-becoming-swamp-dragons

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gosh

ha that article own

zach lowe's finest hour

swamp dragons is an insanely good name imo

oh yeah, of course

they should immediately be the swamp dragons now, they should do it mid-season

just come out unannounced in insane purple and teal unis replace all in game jay z songs with the boys are back in town and back in the new york groove

also stop being brooklyn

i've had a couple drinks but i think i can whip up this marketing plan by tomorrow

give out some free t-shirts with the majestic purple and red dragon from the swamp on them, people love free t-shirts, they will fall in love

added

cool lets get the ball rolling we cn prob get pc richard and sons to sponsor (regional brand humor)

I just feel bad for the nets now after seeing how nice an arena they got for a busted team

I like the idea of the 'Brooklyn Cats'. Not Wildcats or anything. Just cats.

guys i'm sure the nets will turn it around before long

yeah only 2 more years before they get to pick in the lottery again

another bad loss looming for the nuggs

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21991857/lavar-ball-says-los-angeles-lakers-coach-luke-walton-lost-team

"You can see they're not playing for Luke no more," Ball said from a spa resort in Birstonas, where he is staying while his two youngest sons, LiAngelo and LaMelo, get ready to make their professional debuts with Lithuanian team Prienu Vytautas. "Luke doesn't have control of the team no more. They don't want to play for him."

"That's a good team," he added of the Lakers, who have lost nine straight games. "Nobody wants to play for him. I can see it. No high-fives when they come out of the game. People don't know why they're in the game. He's too young. He's too young. ... He ain't connecting with them anymore. You can look at every player, he's not connecting with not one player."

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lavar ball says stuff. the real point is that no one should listen or care. espn is just fishing for clicks.

trying to think of a historical precedent of a player's family/friend/lover doing this level of trolling in the nba and failing
hoping this is not gonna be a part of the future of the game but not feeling too confident; there's gotta be a lot of upper-tier high school guys' dads thinking about how to make a quick buck and be on sportscenter

I think this is a very specific situation, I mean it would have to be a special top level player with this exact kind of sport dad. If ("if") Lonzo was a second round talent he'd have been cut imo. These types of dads have little power in pretty much every situation.

yeah having the right kind of loudmouthness to keep the media interested and being willing to damage yr own childs career just to get on is a rare mix, most sports dads who get to this level know enough to not publicly start shit with the team, like maybe what u get a reality show out of it, lamar cldnt even get one of those that wasnt some home made facebook shit, he already cost lozno 8 figures with his shoe deal bs, some true kill the goose shit

gotta think these attacks on the lakers are just a last ditch attempt to keep the media interested too

i thought the lakers prob should have picked lonzo but there was a higher chance of lavar poisoning the situation than with any other team

if lonzo was on the suns and lavar was calling out jay triano it would barely make the news but keeping him in LA means lavar is always going to be looming like this with a huge media mouthpiece. like imagine if they try and change his shot.

the upside of drafting him was that he might become one of the most popular players in franchise history if he becomes a perennial all star so i still get it but good luck to them

crazy to think the lakers pick the celtics might get this year was from the steve nash trade lol

the lakers fucked up p bad taking lonzo imo and even worse in imagineering the future of their team, if they just thought normal thoughts they cld have tatum and russell right now, instead they have ball and nothing

well they got kuzma from the russell trade so it prob worked out

thats a fluke man

also tatum-russell is still better

josh richardson has been really good for the heat the last month or so

When asked if he liked playing for Walton, he simply said, “I’ll play for anybody.” When asked if he needed to ask his father to tone it down, he said, “He’s a grown man. Like I said, he’s going to say what he’s going to say. I can’t do nothing about it.”

at some point this placid/passive "idk i just play ball" act is going to get old. lonzo can't just be a bystander in this.

I think that but then I think that’s a lot to ask of someone his age who likely grew up controlled by his dad

yeah fair, needs to happen tho. 20 million bucks comes with some tough choices.

def shd stand up for his coach in the media but prob better to deal w his dad behind closed doors

wolves up 20 on the cavs in the first half

i hope teague never comes back

man idk lebron just called tyus jones tyler in an interview then blew him up w a chase down block i think he has to retire

my god the cavs look drunk