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

Oh no

yeah this is a little scary

looked like a roll at first but just kept seeming worse and worse and now i am sad

omg this game is such drama

he's maybe the most unique player in the nba this would be devastating

that's a bad, bad call

i can't remember the last time i've seen a ref call a non-shooting foul that far from the basket in a situation like that

game just getting dumber every play

oh it was before the shot which fucks the rockets pretty much. bad call either way.

Kevin Love had enough of this Cavs BS pic.twitter.com/7WH9dnhmlA

— Pettywise (@World_Wide_Wob) January 27, 2018

This will now be a season-long “Kevin Love fed up” thread.

Here is Love petty handing the ball to Isaiah after Thomas goes for the same rebound

(via @skalakattack & @AnthonyG729 ) pic.twitter.com/2p55rYy4St

— Pettywise (@World_Wide_Wob) January 27, 2018

There's significant fear within Pelicans that DeMarcus Cousins' Achilles injury is serious. Initial diagnosis "doesn't look good," one source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 27, 2018

dang

if boogie blew out his achilles i will actualy cry

lookin that way

f the world

DeMarcus Cousins has suffered a torn left Achilles tendon, league sources tell ESPN. He will miss the rest of the season. The MRI is coming soon, but diagnosis is clear.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 27, 2018

dammit, i'm not really a boogie guy but no one deserves a damn achilles

we live in a fallen world

dammit, i'm not really a boogie guy but no one deserves a damn achilles

― call all destroyer, Friday, January 26, 2018 11:26 PM (one minute ago

agreed

was finally on a marginally functional team and in a playoff race for the first time too

pelis are cursed

this becomes a nasty decision for their front office as far as paying a guy coming off a very bad injury.

So sucky.

Careers and franchises can change in the snap of a finger. I was looking forward to seeing them in the offs. Think they couldve put a scare into some good teams.

this is also bad news for the clippers who won't do the smart thing and blow it up now bc they'll likely slide into the 8th spot

he's always gonna have warts that mar his game but he had grown into an absolute one of a kind player, the way his game had evolved at that size is not normal. big loss for the league imo.

yeah for sure

in brighter news lebron will prob have to bump love into his starting lineup for the allstar game now

That really sucks about Cousins

The Kevin Love tweets are amazing

IT doesn’t go through the starting lineup line 🤔 (via @cavs) pic.twitter.com/69cOlx4AvN

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 27, 2018

man IT is really up to some srs shenanigans

seems unwise in a contract year coming off injury!

cavs should absolutely ship IT2 the fuck outta there

yeah seems p inevitable at this point

you know who might be a good fit, the san antonio spurs

ha nah

i mean no one on our team can score, but we already have enough chronic injury issues and there's no one on the team i'd give up for a IT2 rental.

a. hes not chronically injured and b. at this point they cld prob resign him at a reasonable rate c. hes been known to be a total bitch on fucked up teams but was a model citizen on the spurs east

fine, he's terrible on defense though and thats p much all we have going for us

also we are signing lebron next year so i dont want to jeopardize that

if anyone can figure out how to deal with ITs terrible D its pop!

*i dont think the spurs can get lebron

its actually pretty hard to find a spot for him on a contender given current salary cap realities

when he went to the heat its was all set up ahead of time, then when he went back to cleve it was the perfect situation with good young players on cheap contracts and assets to trade to fortify the team

lakers cld maybe make something happen

no they cant

lol

I'm sure morey could figure something out

$80m committed next year + ~$25m in cap hold for cp3 doesnt leave a lot of flexibility http://hoopshype.com/salaries/houston_rockets/

some moves would need to be made

ariza is coming off the books so it would mean saying bye to him. capela is going to be a RFA, but they dont need to renounce him to afford him.

if bron opts into his last year, they could do what they did to get cp3 by trading equal salaries (ryan anderson + eric gordon + whatever).