# NBA 2022-23 Season **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** basketball-nba\ **Created:** [October 16, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311 "2022-10-16T00:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/382 "2023-06-17T02:27:44Z")
Otoh, his compound annual growth rate on his investment is around 34% annually, so no feeling bad about Mr. Jordan… ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/383 "2023-06-17T03:02:31Z")
I suppose if his only goal was to make money, he succeeded. Doesn’t really sound like Michael Jordan, though. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/384 "2023-06-17T04:27:43Z")
Nikola Jokic’s “basketball isn’t everything” approach to life reminds me of this quote from Damian Lillard: “Pressure? Nah, fam. This is just playing ball. Pressure is the homeless man who doesn’t know where his next meal is coming from. Pressure is the single mom who is trying to scuffle and pay her rent. We get paid a lot of money to play a game. Don’t get me wrong, there are challenges. But to call it pressure is almost an insult to regular people.” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/385 "2023-06-19T04:46:47Z")
New thread for the offseason: > [@NBA Offseason 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-offseason-2023/985760): > > The NBA offseason is upon us, after the Denver Nuggets won the 2023 NBA Championship. The San Antonio Spurs have the first pick in the draft, and are almost certain to take Victor Wembanyama, who seems to be a once-in-a-generation talent. The Phoenix Suns are finalizing a trade with the Washington Wizards for Bradley Beal, and will deal out Chris Paul in return. They may get a third team involved in order to trade Paul to a contender; I’ve heard a return to the LA Clippers might be in store f… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/386 "2023-06-22T01:05:40Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Turns out he may have committed _another_ crime while he was there. This one, far worse. That Conor MacGregor might be the sort to commit crimes will come as no surprise to anyone who has, for at least ten to fifteen seconds, looked at and listened to Conor MacGregor. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/387 "2023-11-28T15:04:43Z")
Simply awesome: [https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/22/sport/lebron-james-la-lakers-39k-points-spt-intl/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/22/sport/lebron-james-la-lakers-39k-points-spt-intl/index.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311.md?page=19)