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

dray really doesn't need an effective 3pt shot on this team and his 2p% and ft% are both way up this year, he's been quietly solid

oh as spottie said!

Dubs +/- matches up well with the eye test. Only Iggy, Bell and McCaw with negatives tonight. Looney has been their most effective center against teams like the Cavs & the Rox. He looks all gangly but hustles, does pretty well in PNR defense, gets boards, and doesn't try to do too much on offense. Bell could use some downers - he's always bouncing all over the place sometimes to good effect and many times not.

yeah they have different guys for different matchups. zaza is actually a pretty important role player for them.

cp3 is bbqing teodosic my god

lol yup. hit him w the nutmeg and then the killer cross step back.

this game is funny. so many revenge games. everyone is amped.

YES DRAMA

dantoni vs blake?

there were back to back possessions there that needed the and 1 announcer

lmao. milos looks like one of those randos off the streets that would be getting crossed over and clowned to death.

lol totally missed this one. right after those other two HAAAA

CP3 "You reach, I teach" pic.twitter.com/ortv9BNSsv

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) January 16, 2018

he was really clowning him

this game is great. ariza tossed blake tossed

i wish pat bev was playing in this game

i’m glad rj hunter caught on with the rockets i thought he could be good

the clippers looked a little frisky tonight but a lot of it is reliant on lou williams briefly morphing into 2017 isiah thomas

the cp3 trade looks kinda good for them considering the circumstances

he's been unreal

(lou will)

uh wtf

There is a fight in the Rockets locker room. Security guards called for extra security to run inside.

— Ashley Brewer (@abc7ashley) January 16, 2018

Chris Paul walked into the locker room very upset. James Harden tried to reason with him and it turned physical.

— Ashley Brewer (@abc7ashley) January 16, 2018

YES!

Houston Rockets’ players James Harden, Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green pushed into Clippers locker room post-game looking to confront Austin Rivers, league sources tell ESPN. Security escorted Rockets out before anything turned physical.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 16, 2018

it really is

Rockets players were clamoring for Blake Griffin too, league sources said. Chris Paul also entered with other Rockers players through a backstory that connects team dressing rooms. https://t.co/BRgyHe1WgL

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 16, 2018

lol that is the most chris paul move

Here's the play where Blake Griffin went right at D'Antoni on the way up the court, going out of bounds to bump him. D'Antoni complains about it immediately. pic.twitter.com/dwZeRJlxmv

— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) January 16, 2018

As the four Rockets were marched through the back hallway, center Clint Capela knocked on the front door of Clippers entrance, the sources said. Someone opened door, saw him standing there -- and shut it on him.

So ya'll gonna tell me these are three hard asses that were gonna pull up on Austin Rivers? LMAO pic.twitter.com/ZLvSHJ1gTR

— gifdsports (@gifdsports) January 16, 2018

loool taking secret back doors
― Spottie, Tuesday, January 16, 2018 1:47 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol that is the most chris paul move

― Clay, Tuesday, January 16, 2018 1:49 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it’s sooooo cp3 yes lol

Congratulations to Chris Paul on actually leading a team somewhere

— Seerat Sohi (@DamianTrillard) January 16, 2018

reactions from Patrick Beverley, Austin Rivers, Sam Dekker and DeAndre Jordan while Montrezl Harrell shuts down Trevor Ariza >>>>>>> pic.twitter.com/AtT6hR7w81

— Dan Favale (@danfavale) January 16, 2018

we need one of those cable news computer animated recreations of the trip through the secret tunnel

Here's Austin Rivers in a boot yappin at Trevor Ariza pic.twitter.com/iidZrWq1cg

— Aaron Bruski (@aaronbruski) January 16, 2018

pretty sure Ariza came at Austin Rivers with this same energy pic.twitter.com/Pi9ngmiK5u

— b. marseille (@bryanstheories) January 16, 2018

Good ol CP the players association president

literally 1. sent clint capela to the front door as a diversion 2. led the main hit squad around back for a sneak attack, thats leadership

i love the nba

Shaq & Chuck’s reaction to the Clippers Rockets beef is my lifeblood. pic.twitter.com/EbMveuY4wc

— Adam Joseph (@AdamJosephSport) January 16, 2018

classic CP3

I feel like I need to do an emergency pod explaining the schematics of the Staples Center locker rooms

— JJ Redick (@JJRedick) January 16, 2018

cp3 needs to filibuster, for the culture

Have been told again that all the NBA interviews with participants, witnesses will take at least two days.

Chris Paul, however, is president of the players association so he could just say he called an emergency union meeting.

— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) January 16, 2018

lol who are these snitches?

For @YahooSportsNBA: Cavaliers players send anonymous message to front office: We need help. https://t.co/ALmMdXiqmY pic.twitter.com/5mPFEGtkHX

— Ben Rohrbach (@brohrbach) January 16, 2018

that is all very odd

so much messy drama in the nba <3

i like how lebron spends half his year every year hand-picking a team comprised of his personal friends and then launders stories to the media about how they are all shitty losers who could never win anything ever

— Patrick Cosmos (@veryimportant) January 16, 2018

http://www.qacelections.com/suggestionbox.png

bron seeing the downside of signing those short contracts now

lol if true

DeAndre Jordan wants to be traded to the Houston Rockets. (Via Stephen A. Smith - ESPN)

— Clevis Murray (@ClevisMurray) January 16, 2018

aaaah