Running 2017-18 NBA regular season thread

The reaction of the Cavs bench and other people down in that corner was also frightening. You had people getting out of their seats and running away when they saw the way his leg was twisted after he rolled over.

 

Honestly, photos of the reaction from the players is all you need.

 

Kevin Ware says hi.
That's still the worst I've ever seen.

 

Brian Windhorst: "Gordon Hayward, after suffering a dislocated ankle and fractured tibia, was taken back to the Cavs locker room. The ankle was reset by Cavs doctors, which is very important, I'm told by sources, to get the process started in his recovery."

You needed "sources" to tell you that resetting a dislocated ankle is important toward recovery?

 

Julian Randle, Ben Simmons and now Hayward - weird how the start of a season has yielded a season ending injury to a starter in three out of the last four years.

 

His sources being whoever asked him "Did you see that shit?" as they were serving him his 4th plate of food at the buffet.

 

Stop it. Give him a break. He does a good job. It’s not easy, especially this year. He has to park Maverick Carter’s car and escort him through the player’s only entrance. And get LeBron’s bags, as usual, but now he needs to get Wade’s bags in their lockers before LeBron and Dwayne get to the building.
I hear that LeBron asked him to teach Rose how to read

 

Closest parallel I can draw to that was Jason Kendall hitting first base the wrong way. Never want to see it again.

 

Nothing like opening the season with your worst loss in team history, at home no less, to a marginal playoff team. Great job Suns. That franchise is fucking hopeless.

 

Was it really necessary for the final minute of the Wizards-Sixers game to take about 20 minutes?

The timeout taken by the Sixers coach after Beal sealed it with 2 free throws and 2 seconds left on the clock goes to the heart of the problem.