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Sports 2023-2024 Famiboards NBA Thread |ST| Roundball Rock

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Key 2023-2024 NBA Season Dates:
Regular season starts Tuesday, October 24th.
In-season tournament starts Friday, November 3rd and ends Saturday, December 9th. Read up on it here.
The All-Star Game is in Indianapolis on Sunday, February 18th.

Eastern Conference
Atlanta Hawks
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Detroit Pistons
Indiana Pacers
Miami Heat
Milwaukee Bucks
New York Knicks
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76ers
Toronto Raptors
Washington Wizards

Western Conference
Dallas Mavericks
Denver Nuggets
Golden State Warriors
Houston Rockets
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
Memphis Grizzlies
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
Oklahoma City Thunder
Phoenix Suns
Portland Trail Blazers
Sacramento Kings
San Antonio Spurs
Utah Jazz

Teams in bold with blue/red names made the playoffs in the previous season. The team with a golden name won the NBA title.
I plan on updating this thread before every season, should it remain active enough! The preseason starts tomorrow, so I wanted to get this thread up today!​
 
I'm a Bulls fan but I'm just going to cheat and root for the Spurs like everyone else.

Wemby Fever!
 
Thanks for making this, haven’t followed it for a couple of years, maybe this will help.

Spurs fan here
 
I haven’t followed basketball since that glorious run that ended with Lebron bringing the chip to Cleveland. I do like putting a game on in the background though.
 
Excellent. The NBA is the only professional sports ball league I follow regularly. For the other leagues, I’m a filthy casual when my local teams are good because my employer gave us bonus PTO hours and free lunch (pizza party) the last time one won a major championship. 🏆 🥳

I’m really looking forward to this NBA season given the way the last one ended.
 
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I'm starting to enjoy the regular season more now that there is more parity in the league. Don't get me wrong. I have enjoyed the Warriors run over the last decade, but you get tired know what the Finals match up is going to be every year. Hoping to catch more regular season games this year.

Also, I have 0 expectations for the Bulls. That organization is in one of the worst positions in the league and it will remain that way for a couple more years at least. Too good to tank and not good enough to make any serious noise.
 
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Joel Embiid has decided to rep USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

We have The Process himself representing America, and I could not be happier. This is why I will always...

TRUST.
THE.
PROCESS!!!!!

 
Aurc said:
Joel Embiid has decided to rep USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

We have The Process himself representing America, and I could not be happier. This is why I will always...

TRUST.
THE.
PROCESS!!!!!

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It is endlessly amusing that the Metroid fandom has co-opted a famous rebuild that has yet to yield anything but disappointment.
 
ngpdrew said:
It is endlessly amusing that the Metroid fandom has co-opted a famous rebuild that has yet to yield anything but disappointment.
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Patience and conviction are everything. Metroid fans will keep waiting alongside the 76ers. #TTP
 
I’m not a huge NBA fan but damn, with Dame on the Bucks now I might have to get more invested. The 21 run was magical.
 
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I can’t even remember the last time the Pacers were good. Pity, Gainbridge Fieldhouse is quite nice.
 
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I waited five months to [checks notes] watch the Lakers drop a fifth straight game to the Nuggets. Wait… surely, that’s a mistake. Let me see that again.

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It’s going to be a long season if the Lakers can’t figure out how to stay in games without soon-to-be 39 year old LeBron James on the floor.
 
I haven’t watched basketball in ages, but I do have a signed Vince Carter card from when he was a Raptor. 🇨🇦
 
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www.espn.com

'Frustrated' Bulls players meet after blowout loss

After a 124-104 season-opening loss to the Thunder, Bulls players aired out their frustrations in a players-only meeting. "Don't feel like we played with enough heart," Zach LaVine said. "And that's on us."
www.espn.com www.espn.com

CHICAGO -- When Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan walked into the locker room following his team's 124-104 season-opening loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Bulls players were already in the middle of a discussion and asked their coach if they could have the room to talk among themselves.
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One game in and this team is already cooked.
 
Worst officiating I have ever seen tonight. The refs are actively putting the players in danger with all these no-calls.
 
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I generally don’t like fights in basketball games because they’re:
  1. Not basketball;
  2. Typically bad as far as actual fighting goes.
With that in mind, what I usually take from these fights is the unintentional comedy such as Exhibit A:

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Another Clippers’ collapse is also pretty funny. I expect them to figure it out eventually. For now though? 😂

On a more serious note, I’m thoroughly disappointed in the Sixers’ loss.
 
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Red Monster said:
what the heck is this tournament and why do all the floors look awful all of a sudden?
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The NBA In-Season Tournament is more or less a marketing tool (inspired by a similar successful tournament implemented by the WNBA) to drum up interest and ratings for the early season. It’s also meant to get players engaged sooner as there’s monetary compensation for winning the tournament. While $500,000 doesn’t seem like much (this even feels gross to write) to the max contract players, they want their teammates to get paid. For context, the veterans minimum this season for a player with 10+ years experience is $2.721 million so that $500,000 would be a significant bump for them.

Teams are separated into six groups. The winner of each group plus a wild card in each conference advances. Games are played every Tuesday and Friday starting in early-November until the Semi-Finals and Championship game in early December (12/09/2023 this season) which are hosted in Las Vegas.

The floors are meant to draw attention to TV viewers so when they flip through channels, they’re more likely to stick around to find out why the floors look like that then hopefully, the more competitive games keep them there. Sure, the floors are mostly hideous, but by all accounts, they’re working as intended as ratings for In-Season Tournament games have been good so far.
 
Catsylvania said:
The NBA In-Season Tournament is more or less a marketing tool (inspired by a similar successful tournament implemented by the WNBA) to drum up interest and ratings for the early season. It’s also meant to get players engaged sooner as there’s monetary compensation for winning the tournament. While $500,000 doesn’t seem like much (this even feels gross to write) to the max contract players, they want their teammates to get paid. For context, the veterans minimum this season for a player with 10+ years experience is $2.721 million so that $500,000 would be a significant bump for them.

Teams are separated into six groups. The winner of each group plus a wild card in each conference advances. Games are played every Tuesday and Friday starting in early-November until the Semi-Finals and Championship game in early December (12/09/2023 this season) which are hosted in Las Vegas.

The floors are meant to draw attention to TV viewers so when they flip through channels, they’re more likely to stick around to find out why the floors look like that then hopefully, the more competitive games keep them there. Sure, the floors are mostly hideous, but by all accounts, they’re working as intended as ratings for In-Season Tournament games have been good so far.
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This was comprehensive! Thank you.

Do the tournament games count towards the regular season standings?
 
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