National Basketball Association - 2022/23 Season (Part 1)

https://twitter.com/DeanScorpion_/status/1491128704961224705?s=20&t=A9y23wGvFIkQmmBdKBYIow

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Ah yes, I vaguely remember this from last year. Thanks.

LOL at 2/3 of a league being playoff-eligible.

https://twitter.com/FredKatz/status/1491134682066743296

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Donā€™t really love the Pelicans getting CJ since point Zion was the most fun thing in the league last year

When I saw the new posts count I knew either someone died or got Vivekā€™d.

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I had a different take on this, if they donā€™t think hali is that good or they like mitchell a lot then itā€™s not a hard trade from the kings perspective, they upgrade the starting 5 now and that glut of point guards was never tenable and they probably didnā€™t get any real offer for fox.

not saying I wouldā€™ve made it, but it makes more sense than people here think it does. I actually like hali, but sabonis is better atm.

the people who pretend to be shocked after months of actual rumors on all of them is some real bullshit or you need to be fired as an exec/gm kind of stuff tho.

weā€™ll see in a few years, haliburton should get more usage in indiana anyway

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Deleted previous tweets in favor of the summary:

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1491817913803841541

Bucks trade off spare parts unlikely to get many minutes in their playoff rotation and solve their biggest rotation problem, while getting two 2nds thrown in. I like this a lot for them.

Seems like Clippers must know that PG, Kawhi, or both arenā€™t coming back this season.

All indications are Lopez will be back before the end of the regular season, so Bucks now have a playoff rotation of Lopez, Giannis, Middleton, Grayson Allen, Jrue, Ibaka, Portis, Connaughton, and George Hill. That team looks really tough to beat in a 7 game series through my homer lenses.

Bucks might have another move to make before the deadline too.

Welp

https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/1491838409316446210?s=21

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https://twitter.com/patbev21/status/1491796902223876098?s=21

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Bagley at 2 is going to go down as one of the worst picks of all time. Draft was so stacked at the top - and Kings completely screwed it up.

For a guy who is supposedly a top-75 player of all time, teams sure want to get rid of Harden.

I donā€™t think either Houston or the Nets really wanted to get rid of him. He forced his way out of Houston, and it looked decently likely he was going to leave Nets as FA this summer, so makes sense to get something for him (especially if you donā€™t think you can make title run this year with gimpy-KD and half an Irving).

I love the nets super team got blown up, I love that Harden forced his way out over antivaxxer Kyrie. I hope now that heā€™s officially gone he puts Kyrie on blast and says his antivaxx stance is why he left, but Harden isnā€™t much for drama but who knows.

That said we will have to see how KD + Simmons looks, might still be a super scary team.

KD/Simmons as the bigs surrounded by Irving and 2 more shooters is going to be a scary line-up.

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https://twitter.com/joelembiid/status/1491844094343237632?s=21

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Congrats Milwaukee on the 76ers/Brooklyn trade.

the mavs trading porz for dinwiddie and bertrans is the our bad contracts for yours that never works but it might work for us gif

except the mavs still got the worse end of it even if porzā€™s knee is shot

I mean Simmons is a zero on offense besides passing. And Kyrie is a part time player. We will see.

Does anyone think NYC is going to lift the mandate anytime soon? I would assume not because its wildly popular there. Probably just keep it in place for awhile because worry of variants.