2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

Melo scored some points tonight

had a gg which will definitely justify his signing or something

Oracle is rocking lol cheering for a Jordan Poole heat check like they would a fellow splash bruv. Booing Chris Paul like the old days. Seats got cheap so they got the ol diehards back in there.

Dealing with external forces particularly

Harden is extremely adept at dealing with external forces particularly, anticipating arm position/contact & deceptively engaging his upward shot motion
*This was officiated foul on Luka @bballbreakdown @OfficialNBARefs @NunnBetterRefs pic.twitter.com/LmzyPk0AGy

— BBiomechanics (@BBiomechanics) November 24, 2019

lol i posted that in the luka thread

Seats got cheap so they got the ol diehards back in there.

― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Tuesday, November 26, 2019 12:25 AM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

awesome

Feels like a gallo trade should be in the works

siakam wrecked embiid today

Hah warriors tank job is going swimmingly they were up ten a minute ago now down 3 w 20 seconds left

siakam more like sick i am

PASCAL SIAKAM AND-1 TO TIE THE GAME AT 96 pic.twitter.com/YVlZngi3gZ

— Lior Kozai (@LiorKozai) November 26, 2019

Warriors had a 99% chance to win with 3:18 to go and a double digit lead.

Elite level of tanking. pic.twitter.com/lJcbxMTqgu

— Alex (10-1, 4-7, 3-3, 3-15) 🦃🦃🦃 (@Dubs408) November 26, 2019

Siakim is so cool I hope they find a way to make the finals or at least the ecf

would be so crazy if they made it back to the finals this year. would shut kd up too

cp3 is having a weird but solid season

Not sure why the thunder aren’t better

its all new guys, adjustment period and so forth prob has something to do w it

they’ve had a really tough schedule and have gotten unlucky in close games

wonder if theyll even make any trades they already have a ton of picks maybe dont want to bottom out, considering they wont get much for any of their guys

they could get something nice for gallo for sure

idk with his injury history

It’s a very interesting situation because they probably have the strongest collection of future picks ever so it seems like they need to trade for somewhat established players instead. But what gallo deal would be that? Portland desperately needs a guy like gallo but doesn’t have anyone on the roster to offer. Denver could have used him but they went with Grant instead.

The Jazz could really use him

lots of teams are interested im sure but i dont see anyone giving up more than a late first and some not good player

same for paul and adams prob

seems like keeping a vaguely competitive team on the floor might be worth more to them but who knows maybe some champ pretender makes them a nice offer for one of those guys its not impossible

It’s a very interesting situation because they probably have the strongest collection of future picks ever so it seems like they need to trade for somewhat established players instead. But what gallo deal would be that? Portland desperately needs a guy like gallo but doesn’t have anyone on the roster to offer. Denver could have used him but they went with Grant instead.

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, November 26, 2019 12:08 PM (thirty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

can we give them grant back lol

grant just needs minutes it seems like? idk i still think he's gonna be good for denver

ya i like grant, denver needs a guy like that too

denvers crazy deep w quality players tho

same for paul and adams prob

― lag∞n, Tuesday, November 26, 2019 10:37 AM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

not even close. gallo is expiring and cheaper than both. adams looks not great this year. chris pauls contract makes him completely untradable, plenty of teams would want him but not for 38M, 42M and 44M over the next three. i mean someone might get REALLY desperate between now and the deadline but i dont see it.

if they had bad contracts to match...

i guess

The best the thunder are gonna do with Paul is trading him for expirings

feel like there might be someone out there who still believes in him

not for three more years tho

sacramento is kinda looking like a playoff team...

without their two young cornerstones nonetheless. richaun holmes has been incredible

yeah he was always one of those guys you wonder why hes not getting more burn and i guess the answer is there was no good reason

theres a big drop-off after 6 in both conferences so there's some Questionable Playoff Team slots up for grabs for teams like that

sacramento is kinda looking like a playoff team...

yeah, especially now that Portland is clearing out a space they could move into

Portland should just tank and try to get a small forward. That Avdija kid is intriguing

Is Devonte Graham MIP right now?

I'm on record as being skeptical of the whole tanking strategy, not just for Portland this season, but any time for any team. Not every team's fans are going to be as willing as sixer fans to cheerfully participate in a deliberate multi-season train wreck, and it demoralizes the players and coaches too.

kyrie is just getting roasted out here
https://nba.nbcsports.com/2019/11/26/more-reported-examples-emerge-of-kyrie-irvings-moodiness-with-celtics/

Said this a million times but one of the most disappointing parts of this season is how poorly the Bulls have developed Wendell Carter's shooting. He was a 41.3% 3-point shooter in college, doesn't even look at the basket any more even when guys are giving him 10 feet of space. pic.twitter.com/Ce6Xacpp3G

— Stephen Noh (@StephNoh) November 26, 2019

thats fn weird re the timing of the celtics winning game one then losing 4 straight and kyrie sucking xp

I watched most of the second-half of that Raptors-Sixers game last night...Embiid was 0-11 from the field (0-4 on 3s), 0-3 from the line--zero points in 32 minutes. That must be some kind of record for a player of that stature.

Still only a casual fan, but the Raptors are so fun to watch when I do tune in. VanVleet, Siakam, and a bunch of new guys off the bench I've never heard of--something's always happening, and they're still winning with these injuries.

Siakim and FVV have both made a leap its great to see.

Clips vs Mavs tonight on NBATV lets get this thanksgiving week vacation started off right. no load managers tonight so it should be good.