2023/2024 NBA THREAD: WHO WANTS TO GO ON PARADE?!?

[t-the-east]

Luka downgraded to “questionable” for tonight. Let’s go C’s!

[plugboots]

‘People’ actually watch the WNBA?

Misogynist chimes in.

[buttahflake]

Plug you are without a doubt one of the lamest tools ever. Cereal

[Danno]

Game knows game, eh?

[fool]

Washington Mystics sell out game vs. Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever after moving to NBA arena

Ahead of the Fever’s matchup with the Washington Mystics in Washington, DC, the game was moved to Capital One Arena, which has 16,000 more seats than their normal 4,200 arena.

The game was still sold out and tickets were snapped up in a matter of 30 minutes. Here’s a look at the sold-out Capital One Arena on Friday evening.

The Fever vs. the Mystics was the highest-attended WNBA game since 2007, with 20,333. Both teams had a combined record of 3-20 coming into the matchup, and they still shattered records. There are few forces in women’s sports that are drawing eyeballs quite like Caitlin Clark.

[PB]

Butts in seats is always a good thing, and Caitlin had a good game, but come on, the Fever beat the worst team in the WNBA by a whopping 2 points. Novelty wears off quickly. I predict a long road of suffering, but hopefully a blossoming of epic proportions. Most of (all?) the great NBA stars took several seasons to settle in before figuring things out. Over doing the hype tends to leave a lingering bad taste.
Lookin' at you LeBron.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Celtics look like they're coasting.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Triple double from Luka. Celtics shoot like crap. C's win.

[ötzi]

Porzingis a question.

[The SnowShow]

18 down, 2 to go!!

[Danno]

18 down, 2 to go!!

Uh... Math am hard.

[riser4]

Porzingis a question.

That possible reinjury didn't look good in replay.

[From_the_NEK]

Triple double from Luka. Celtics shoot like crap (other than Jrue Holiday). C's win.

FIFY

Mavs were as bad at shooting free throws as the Celtics were at shooting 3's.

[jackstraw]

FIFY

Mavs were as bad at shooting free throws as the Celtics were at shooting 3's.

To shoot that poorly and still win is not a great outlook for the Mavs. Although they didn't shoot great either. It's Luka vs the entire C's team.

[cinnepa]

oh well, that was a good season i guess.

only thing i got now is an "interesting" 6ers off season.

[riser4]

Ok, FWIW I've surveyed my NBA focused buddies and our consensus is that we have no idea what the Celtics are trying to do here. Jrue, Jaylen and Jason all need the ball. We're not believers in Porzingus. Time Lord and Brogdon were super reliable when on the court.

It all just feels ... weird. Will it mesh? Can they all work together?

Maybe they just want a full starting 5 of J names?

This aged well. We all had some great hot takes, myself included.

[From_the_NEK]

This aged well. We all had some great hot takes, myself included.

Hindsight - Jrue brings better shooting and better decision making to the table over Smart. Smart thought he "needed" the ball but threw up A LOT of bad shots over the years. Some of those were playoff game killers where the Celtics really needed a high percentage basket to keep a lead.

[riser4]

Let's go!!! Game 3!!!

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

So soon?

[AdironRider]

I have a hard time faulting any athlete for their irrational confidence. You don't make the pros without thinking you're the best damn guy on the court. But even with all his good qualities, Smart took "irrational confidence" to another level. Gotta sting to end up on a 27 win team that people give zero fucks about.

[brutah]

^^^only if you think making $20 million a year to play basketball stings. And the grizzlies were pretty ravished by injury this season, I’d wager they’ll win many more games than 30 next season when Ja, Adams and Clarke are all back.

[Danno]

Marcus was great, will always love that guy. But I don't think anyone disagrees, Jrue is better.

[riser4]

Marcus was great, will always love that guy. But I don't think anyone disagrees, Jrue is better.

I like Marcus' fashion sense.

[buttahflake]

This is a fun game to watch, very entertaining

[The SnowShow]

The Celts are so deep. Let’s get this.