Around the NBA: Week 10 (12/23 - 12/29)

[Mori Chu]

Nationally televised games this week
Source: https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/tv-sch ... -schedule/ (all times EST)

Mon Dec 23
7:00 pm San Antonio Spurs vs Philadelphia 76ers NBA TV
10:00 pm Indiana Pacers vs Golden State Warriors NBA TV

Wed Dec 25
12:00 pm San Antonio Spurs vs New York Knicks ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, Disney+ | TSN
2:30 pm Minnesota Timberwolves vs Dallas Mavericks ABC, ESPN, ESPN+, Disney+ | SN
5:00 pm Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics ABC, ESPN, ESPN+, Disney+ | SN
8:00 pm Los Angeles Lakers vs Golden State Warriors ABC, ESPN, ESPN+, Disney+ | NBAC
10:30 pm Denver Nuggets vs Phoenix Suns ABC, ESPN, ESPN+, Disney+ | SN

Thu Dec 26
7:00 pm Oklahoma City Thunder vs Indiana Pacers NBA TV
10:00 pm Utah Jazz vs Portland Trail Blazers NBA TV

Fri Dec 27
7:30 pm Indiana Pacers vs Boston Celtics NBA TV
10:00 pm Golden State Warriors vs Los Angeles Clippers NBA TV

Sat Dec 28
3:00 pm Miami Heat vs Atlanta Hawks NBA TV
8:30 pm Phoenix Suns vs Golden State Warriors NBA TV

Sun Dec 29
none


NBA News
ESPN: Thunder, Caruso agree to 4-year, $81m extension
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/431 ... -extension

SI: Victor Wembanyama beats all-time greats to 3-point shooting milestone
https://www.si.com/nba/victor-wembanyam ... -milestone

CBS SportsLine: Kings in trouble; could seek DeAaron Fox trade
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/deaa ... er-report/


Power Rankings
TODO - Not up yet for this week; will edit this post when they become available.

[TOO]

That Wemby story is a gross, nobody wants to watch a 7'5" guy jack up 9 3s a game man.

[Superbone]

That Wemby story is a gross, nobody wants to watch a 7'5" guy jack up 9 3s a game man.

It's good for his opponents though. If that guy ever figures out he can dominate inside, it's all over for everybody else.

[Mori Chu]

Fine with me if he turns into Manute Bol.

[Cap]

Fine with me if he turns into Manute Bol.

That would be great. I’m sure Manute’s kids would love to have him back.

Wemby’s family might be less happy about it.

[Mori Chu]

[Superbone]

Money well spent.

[Mori Chu]

[Kryptonic]

We’re long in the tooth…. Not a great place to be with limited draft capitol.

[AmareIsGod]

[Kryptonic]

WWE/NBA crossover event confirmed!

[Ring_Wanted]

I don't think I've ever seen a player get away with so much as Green. Certainly nobody looking as ugly and dumb hahah. Maybe Bowen. And I guess Laimbeer.

[Cap]

Please tell me he didn’t get away with that one.

[ShelC]

[Split T]

Forever the Kangz

[ShelC]

Doug Christie taking over the team. Never been a fan of Brown, at least not as a head coach. Definitely felt like he wasn't getting thru to the team anymore with how they lost some games this year. I don't think they're a great team, but they should be better. Maybe they can pull it together, if not it's probably time to blow up the roster.

[Mori Chu]

Sucks to be fired so soon after winning CotY, but Brown imo has always been a chump coach who has been lucky / savvy enough to be in the right place at the right time in his career. I have never thought he was a great head coach; maybe he's good as an assistant, because he gets on well with some truly great coaches like Kerr and Pop. He'll probably land somewhere soon as a top assistant.

[ShelC]

Sucks to be fired so soon after winning CotY, but Brown imo has always been a chump coach who has been lucky / savvy enough to be in the right place at the right time in his career. I have never thought he was a great head coach; maybe he's good as an assistant, because he gets on well with some truly great coaches like Kerr and Pop. He'll probably land somewhere soon as a top assistant.

Exactly. He's never come across as anything but pompous in his press conferences/media sessions. That's gotta rub some players the wrong way. Even this year after some games he was acting like a clown, almost for attention. Probably better as an assistant.

The other thing that's been mentioned about all the COTY winners who have been fired a year later is that COTY usually goes to someone whose team overachieves. So once the expectations rise and the team can't play up to them, the coach gets fired. I think the only coach who's won COTY in the last 6-7 years and hasn't been fired is Thibs.

[The Bobster]

So Doug Christies's wife is coaching the Kings now? Is that how it works?

[Mori Chu]

Sacramento Cucks