2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

Feel like Vlade deserves a lot of credit for what happened with Hield’s contract here.

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a lot the over under numbers look too high to me but i guess someone has to win the games

I predict that the previously unstoppable GSW dynasty will not prevail this season, nor will there be a new Raptors dynasty to replace it. Other than that I am bad at predicting NBA seasons in advance and will refrain from it itt.

However, I am very unconvinced by the all-new Javale Lakers atm.

West
1 clips
2 dank nuggets
3 rockets
4 lakers
5 blazers
6 famous jazz of utah
7 mavs
8 warriors

East
1 bucks
2 sixers
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mvp: wardell

offs:
clippers over lakers
sixers over buckers
clips get the chip

4/115 extension for jaylen brown??

maybe he promised ainge he would play better?

I don’t get the celtics

I think kyrie broke ainge

more like the boston selltix

who were they bidding against to pay him $30m per year

the charlotte hornets

that seems shall we say "high"

it's fine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O05mMuDvnLc

So they end up signing Sabonis anyway, what was that whole narrative about

Zion surgery!!!!????!?!?!!

getting scoped before he even plays an nba minute this is not good

oh maaaaaaaaan

I am disconsolate

east overperform: ATL
east underperform: PHI

west overperform: DAL
west underperform: LAL

zion gotta take this couple months to slim down

kd eats snake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=dkhq1q81WSk

that whole episode is so great. surge brings the best out of guys.

i support the extension but man that is a nice piece of business by jaylen brown

i think its only 115 with all incentives vested?

ah i see... has any NBA reporter offered any insight as to why we're starting to see incentives built into these deals now

anyone know if the former nbastr3ams r3ddit board has a new home this year

try nba bite dot com, i think that's where it's at now

cool thanks

bless

ah i see... has any NBA reporter offered any insight as to why we're starting to see incentives built into these deals now

― J0rdan S., Monday, October 21, 2019 7:27 PM (thirty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i think likely and unlikely incentives have been around for a bit and are just being more widely reported. guys like nate duncan always joke that a lot of agents want to do stuff like use unlikely incentives to get a contract to $100M so it can be reported that way in the news.

Western Conference

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

Eastern Conference

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

Championships

Eastern Conference Champions: Milwaukee Bucks
Western Conference Champions: Houston Rockets
NBA Champions: Houston Rockets

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Giannis Antetokounmpo
Rookie of the Year: Zion Williamson
Defensive Player of the Year: Rudy Gobert
Coach of the Year: Mike Malone
Most Improved: Markelle Fultz
Sixth Man: Lou Williams
Executive of the Year: Lawrence Frank

• Jaylen Brown is good. He could be really good.
• Zion’s surgery is a major bummer.

i'm thinking about the hawks, celtics, nets, hornets, bulls, cavs, mavericks, nuggets, pistons, warriors, rockets, pacers, clippers, lakers, grizzlies, heat, bucks, timberwolves, pelicans, knicks, thunder, magic, sixers, suns, blazers, kings, spurs, raptors, jazz, and wizards

utah
houston
denver
clippers
lakers
portland
new orleans
sacramento

milwaukee
philadelphia
boston
toronto
miami
brooklyn
orlando
indiana

east: philadelphia over milwaukee
west: clippers over houston
champs: clippers over philadelphia

raptors vs zion-less pelicans is a tremendous season opener thank you network television

“Suns are the worst organisation I’ve ever played for, it was and probably still is a big brothel on wheels” - Marcin Gortat

suns love to fuck

this isn't fact-checked but it sounds reasonable

"Burdel na kółkach" (brothel on wheels) is a Polish phrase describing a crazy, out of control situation.

— Maciek Piotrowski (@tesamedni) October 22, 2019

I trust maciek piotrowski on this one

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27820197/wild-nba-predictions-giannis-big-decision-trades-watch-for

lowe's predictions

indy missing the playoffs is the only thing in there wild enough that i haven't considered it

with the news today that klay is prob out for the whole season now i could see the warriors measuring the first 25 games and if the results arent great (or if dray/curry get slightly banged up)... tanking

They've been tanking since the moment the season ended imo

i hope they dont :(

If they finish with a top-ten record they lose their first rounder to Brooklyn.

The only way I could see them tanking is if Steph has a minor injury that they stretch to 40 games a la DRob

i'm sure every game is already pre-sold out but no team moving into a new arena has ever wanted to tank