2022–23 NBA season

[Szumi]

There is absolutely no way I can see Durant agreeing to go to Memphis, even with the chance of getting to play with Morant.

[Krabby]

At this point they just need to fire Steve Nash, hire a new coach with experience dealing with stars like Durant, and try to make the best go of KD/Kyrie/Simmons

[Pooker]

Durant is staying in Brooklyn. Sounds like Nash is staying as well.

[Krabby]

17 minutes ago, Pooker said:

Durant is staying in Brooklyn. Sounds like Nash is staying as well.

oh goodness, they must have all seen how ridiculous they were being and gotten over it? Nets were not getting offers anywhere near what they wanted, understandably, and Durant's rep was taking a beating seemingly. Team could be dangerous if they are on the same page but they'll need someone to emerge as the heart of the team to make a deep playoff run

[gunnar hendershow]

Nash won't make it to Christmas.

[LL!]

I mean, he was a ridiculous hire in the first place. 

[Pooker]

I think they'll be the same as last year. Make a little noise in the regular season, get hyped up by the media to be unbeatable, then blow it in the playoffs and we'll be right back here again next year.

But, now that he's confirmed he's staying, I'm wondering how the rest of the off season is going to go. Does Irving or Westbrook get moved? What about Mitchell? Does Melo go back to Denver?

[gunnar hendershow]

Yeah it's reasonable to think some moves are about to pick up again. Everyone was waiting on the Durant saga before they did anything because if there's a finite chance you can land Kevin Durant you don't do anything else until that door is closed.

Brooklyn might be better next year assuming they don't tinker and put efforts on finding good bench support to fill out the roster. East is extremely deep and I have a tough time seeing them making it out of there though.

[livid]

[gunnar hendershow]

That's an ominous start to his career.

[Pooker]

Chet being hurt is like Zion being hurt. It was bound to happen.

[DYSI]

Brooklyn was hard to root for before, this year is going to be so much more. I've been over Kyrie, KD soured me a lot this off-season and I've never liked Ben Simmons. I'm sure a championship heals some wounds but I don't see this team winning one. 100% something is going to go down to cause more drama and Kyrie will find a reason to miss half the season again.

I miss my D'Lo, Dinwiddie, Caris and Jarrett Allen group that just balled out and fell short.

[Pooker]

Thunder announced today that Chet Holmgren will miss the entire season after having foot surgery.

[gunnar hendershow]

The entire story about that injury sucks. NBA should really crack down on these guys playing competitive games outside their purview. The game apparently had to be stopped after 1 quarter because of humidity making the court wet.

[Pooker]

Too many people in the tiny arena. Lebron announced he would be there and it made a gym that already had heat problems even worse. I don't see a problem with the players playing in pro-am games, cause they're going to be playing anyway. Plus, it's cool for the fans that don't normally get to see them.

But, the organizers and the big superstars need to be smarter about it, making sure the gyms are good/safe enough for the players and the fans.

[Chris2K]

In surprising news, NBA League Pass will only be $100 for the whole season, down 60% from last year's price.

I cancelled it last month as it was something I simply couldn't afford to pay $250 for, but I'll probably re-sign up now once it's available.

[Pooker]

Now if only they would stop blacking out local games. I still have no way to watch Jazz games without paying $100+ a month.

[DYSI]

2k has a pre-order for league pass as well if you plan on grabbing a copy anyway.

[Chris2K]

18 hours ago, DYSI said:

2k has a pre-order for league pass as well if you plan on grabbing a copy anyway.

Annoyingly I saw that no more than thirty seconds after pre-ordering the standard edition a few weeks ago .

[gunnar hendershow]

Donovan Mitchell has been traded to Cleveland.