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

I miss the United Center :(
Have fun, dude

they're probably gonna find a way to screw it up w Gordon too

In two years, Orlando managed to turn Tobias Harris, Victor Oladipo, and Elfrid Payton into Terrence Ross and a second round pick. That's some solid work

— The Halfcourt Press (@THalfCourtPress) February 8, 2018

does terrence ross play? i feel like i haven't heard his name in two years

got injured i think out for the season

he was horrible when he played this year tho. finally got a chance to start and put up numbers on a trash team and sucked it up.

the magic are truly a shadow franchise pooling in the nba dusk

contract the magic and the hornets and move the clippers to seattle

fair

seems like generally pro sports teams in central florida just dont take root

NBA needs Premier League-style relegation!

that wld be the fn best

Don’t know much about that, is that when they give the teams the boot that consistently suck?

yeah every year they swap out the bottom three teams for the top three from the 2nd best league

Nice

cool thing is too it cascades all the way down to the lowest level, like conceivably yr rec league team cld work its way up over a number of years into the nba

team ILH needs to get in shape

bout to go hoop now who wants some

meet me on the court and i'm trouble

bron w/ 17 assists tonight. Korver had a sweet game

and so did ... cedi osman?

Lebro has a sweet quote about that kid. Something like he’s awesome cos he’s so innocent and doesn’t understand all this drama and just has an infectious love for the game or something like that.

and so did ... cedi osman?

― marcos, Friday, February 9, 2018 10:18 PM (twenty-five minutes ago)

windhorst was saying on lowe's pod today that part of the reason they wanted to ship wade out (other than him being a clubhouse cancer) was to get osman some more minutes

lol at the cavs suddenly discovering that playing young guys with energy is a good idea

weird

Wait Wade was part of the problem in the locker room? Xp

feel like i've heard in a few places now that he was a bit of a lawyer

Hm.

Great game bulls v wolves

Lavine looked niiiiiiiice

Fun game. That bad technical on Thibodeaux cost the Timberwolves the game.

Dame has scored 50 in three quarters against the Kings. CJ McCollum scored 50 during three quarters a few games back and sat down in the fourth, but this one's close enough that Lillard will probably stay in the game for a while longer.

At the first timeout they played a two minute long video tribute to Gibson and Butler, which was weird

bron had 19 assists crazy

https://www.blazersedge.com/2018/2/9/16998474/damian-lillard-kings-video-50-trail-blazers-sacramento

dame highlight reel from last night is freakin nuts

still so unbelievable the types of 3s that are good shots these days

part of me wonders whether they should move the 3pt line back. we might see fewer 3s, but I also think this might give good 3 point shooters even more of an individual edge

i say leave it the game is so good right now

Yah if anything widen the court so the side threes are the same distance

that i wld like to see

i understand the impulse but the elimination of the midrange 2 has been good for the game i think... moving the 3 back would prob shift that back

emphasis on shooting threes has caused so much more ball movement and required players to be more skilled not just in shooting but passing and ball handling playmaking etc, also opened up the lane for driving, its good

it aint broke, stop tryina fix it

I've thought for awhile that 3 should be moved back for NCAA, but even though I miss some things about 80s/90s NBA play, this is a great era for NBA ball and 3pt line is p much at ideal distance.

the 1 thing I think would make biggest positive impact is getting rid of a couple teams but that'll never happen

Half court shots worth 5 pts.

Rockets added joe johnson. Philly added Bellinelli.

The rockets are rolling and have the same amount of losses as the dubs. the threat is real.

And they have the tie breaker

bold prediction: rockets will not beat the warriors in the playoffs

chris paul will destroy those punks I can't wait

cp3 beating the unbeatable warriors and winning a ring wld be so great

i listened to a lot of trade deadline coverage and 100% of it was looking past the rockets.