Around the League: Week 14 (1/16 - 1/22)

[Mori Chu]

Nationally Televised Games

Tue Jan 17
Time ET Game TV
7:30p Raptors – Bucks TNT, SN, Bally WI
10:00p 76ers – Clippers TNT, NBCS Phila.+

Wed Jan 18
7:30p Hawks – Mavericks ESPN, Bally SE & SW
10:00p Timberwolves – Nuggets ESPN, Bally North, Altitude

Thu Jan 19
3:00p Bulls – Pistons NBA TV, NBCS Chi., Bally Det.
7:30p Warriors – Celtics TNT
10:00p Nets – Suns TNT, Bally AZ

Fri Jan 20
7:30p Heat – Mavericks ESPN, Bally Sun & SW
10:00p Grizzlies – Lakers ESPN, Bally SE, Spectrum SN

Sun Jan 22
8:30p Nets – Warriors NBA TV, YES, NBCS Bay Area


League News

SI.com Mailbag: Will Doc Rivers get fired? Suns playoff seeding?
https://www.si.com/nba/suns/analysis/nb ... b-security

CBS Sports: Lebron closing in on all-time scoring record after 48-point game:
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lebr ... 48-points/

ESPN.com: When will Lebron break the scoring record?
https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story ... nts-record

Sporting News: KD, Lebron lead second round of All-Star voting results:
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/new ... uqmzzwm8dm

SI Power Rankings (Suns #24, oof!):
https://www.si.com/nba/2023/01/17/nba-p ... ing-streak

NBA.com Power Rankings (Suns #23):
https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-2022-23-week-14

[Mori Chu]

Sorry that I missed the weekly threads last week, folks. Hopefully we're back on track now.

[bajanguy008]

[Split T]

I’m still not sold on Zion/Ingram working…how much have they played together this year? Have the numbers been good? I think I’d pick one of the two and trade the other to really complete the roster.

[Flagrant Fowl]

I think it will work but not if they don't get enough reps together to figure it out.

[Superbone]

I’m still not sold on Zion/Ingram working…how much have they played together this year? Have the numbers been good? I think I’d pick one of the two and trade the other to really complete the roster.

Dibs on Ingram!

[Flagrant Fowl]

Pistons play the Bulls in Paris this week, ICYMI.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Good times in the league tonight.

Bill Kennedy can't hide his smile while reviewing the Brook Lopez thing.

[Superbone]

Huh. That's not like Markieff Morris to get in the middle of an altercation like that.

[Mori Chu]

Austin Reaves has passed Booker in the latest All-Star voting. Honestly that is just so unbelievably stupid, the fans shouldn't get a vote if they are going to do stupid shit like that. Or the voting system should exclude any ballots for trash players who are clearly not worthy of being all-stars.

[TOO]

Or we can stop acting like the AS game matters when it comes to a players legacy or reputation in regards to how good they are.

[In2ition]

Austin Reaves has passed Booker in the latest All-Star voting. Honestly that is just so unbelievably stupid, the fans shouldn't get a vote if they are going to do stupid shit like that. Or the voting system should exclude any ballots for trash players who are clearly not worthy of being all-stars.

Even Austin Reaves is embarrassed by this.

[Split T]

It means nothing. Has zero bearing on who gets into the all-star game. Also if you’re complaining, I hope you’ve been voting for Booker every day.

[Superbone]

It only matters for the starters but does show what a joke the fan voting is.

[Split T]

Fans just vote for their players…Reaves plays in LA for the Lakers and they have more fans than anyone else. Just makes sense

[bajanguy008]

This is somewhere between Wow and Whatever smh lol dependent on your views of the current game

The regular fantasy league players would know that this season stat lines have been wild quite often

[TOO]

Tell me the refs favor the offense without telling me the refs favor the offense.

[Superbone]

Tell me the refs favor the offense without telling me the refs favor the offense.

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[bajanguy008]

What an interaction lol
SVG really is an old head to be lost when KD replied and KD the one replying is also ironic but to be fair, most his injuries just been random incidents

[Flagrant Fowl]

Stan over Jeff in the Van Gundy power ranking.