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

man sucks abt the zingman thoughts and prayers

bad season for injuries

alas poor zingis

dray got the fire tonight.

Warriors are bad

lol that call on Russ

One of the worst reffed games I’ve seen in a long time. And not one sided, just inconsistent and poor.

Wow what a horrible ejection

I’m bothered by this game idk why. Something not right w the dubs over the last month.

20 TOs in 3 qs

Warriors will move to 1-4 combined against the Rockets/Thunder this season, probably their two biggest threats in the West.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) February 7, 2018

The death lineup is bad now too.

This was called a foul on KD...🤔 pic.twitter.com/hc5xFZmilL

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 7, 2018

boooooring

Story with @WindhorstESPN filed to ESPN: Extension discussions between guard Lou Williams and the Clippers have gathered significant momentum and a new contract is within reach before the NBA trade deadline on Thursday.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 7, 2018

Gah clippers are so dumb gotta lock up that six foot scoring guard on the wrong side of 30 during his improbable late surge, it’s almost like they didn’t see this with Jamal Crawford and how that’s never really got them anywhere

Though if they are really going to d8tch deandre and tear it down they might as well sell a few tickets letting Lou try to go for 50 every night while they draft and develop some kids

So dum tho, SELL HIGH

Rip zinger, the injuries this season really suck

That Giannis dunk...it’s ... I mean he just floats right over what planet did that guy come from

I had to watch it a few times, b/c it looks like some sort of illusion. but no, he actually does it

i need a new team to root for now, the cavs truly and unmistakeably suck

He took like two steps from half court. Maybe three.

these injuries this year are really a bummer :(

I guess it's always recency bias but feels worse this year

Fixed it pic.twitter.com/e0bilb7v8o

— SB Nation NBA (@SBNationNBA) February 7, 2018

I had to watch it a few times, b/c it looks like some sort of illusion. but no, he actually does it

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its an unprecedented play and he makes it look routine

it looks like he maybe didnt even realize that he jumped over a guy

lol at russ slipping on his own shoes

TRADES

BREAKING: Knicks dealing Willy Hernangomez to Hornets, reportedly for Johnny O’Bryant and two future second-round picks

uh didnt they just lose their center for the season? seems weird and pointless and dumb.

I don't think there's anything I dislike about sports talk more than bashing officiating, but it has been noticeably worse this year no? And that's a drop off from a level that was already being gradually lowered from peak Reffing.

yeah ref talk is bad but agree it seems worse than normal.

basically the league misses the likes of Dick Bavetta and Joey Crawford? Also Monty McCutchen now that he's been moved off the court and into training refs.

there are def a lot of new refs

the knicks hatred of hernangomez is baffling to me

for a while it seemed like they were moving toward a low key professional reffing but now everythings gone off the rails

Some in-game analyst said NBA refs are in rebuilding mode now. Never occurred to me that would be a thing (been watching over 30 yrs and it's never even been posited before), but yeah makes sense.

boggles my mind how there can only be like 6 people on Earth at any given time who are really good at being refs

truly weird. there's a lot to it, though. way more than just making the correct call. hard to be empathetic and a hard ass at the same time.

haha

Within 12 hours, Kristaps lost his season and had a friend traded. Strange but true: some coaches & team officials didn't like that Willy and KP would regularly communicate by speaking Spanish. No bueno. https://t.co/K29OUoIoe8

— Frank Isola (@FisolaNYDN) February 7, 2018

wtf

some of the anonymous quotes ive heard from refs are pretty wild, like real hatred for the players, not good

if i was a ref i'd probably hire an assassin to handle draymond, for the (ref) culture

yeah i mean im not saying its not understandable lol

the refs seem to like dray though, at least enough to not tech him up on every call

ha

dray is truly a master of boundary pushing

seems like there's a cycle of "this player is disrespecting me! And uh yeah disrespecting the Game too I guess, sure. I must put him in his place" --> "this ref thinks people pay to see HIM. I need to put him in his place!" --> "this player is disrespecting me!". I don't know how you get both sides to settle down other than just getting quality refs, which as Spottie mentioned depends on having a rare personality type.

he def called the woman ref a "fucking bitch" last night but they had been separated by that point

haha capitalizing Game there reads like I'm talking about the rapper

maybe they shd introduce some sort of warning tech thats not as punitive but tells the player to hey cool it buddy or youre getting a real one, and then also some way that makes the players feel like their complaints are being herd not sure what that wld be, especially since a lot of it is just in the heat of the moment and they players dont really want to like file some grievance abt a call

ultimately the problem is that the refs have no real power. they can T guys up but nobody is going to sympathize with them. they can let the league deal with it but five figure fines and one or two game suspensions isn't going to stop anybody. the players know this so they dog out the refs... the refs just kind of have to take it. i was listening to someone say that the old refs commanded respect and navigated the game and all that yada yada which is prob true but to the the solution -- expecting the players to not be dicks -- is not ever gonna happen so \(o_O)/

Lou Williams' new three-year deal with the Clippers will include a team option on the third year, league sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 7, 2018

giving a 31 year old a three year deal off of one hot month is the telltale sign of a messed up organization

gotta see how much its for but yeah the shape doesnt look good