2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

He definitely changed the mechanics a lot. I feel like he’s completely focused on 3 pointers to his detriment.

its horrible and also an incredible story how he shoots like that cause his crazy dad made him shoot 3s when he was too small

He should have given him the Maravich pistol technique

Maravich somehow just switched to a normal jumper when he got strong enough tho

yeah its fn weird he just kept shooting like that

not to mention that the easiest way for kids to hoist is just from over the shoulder

He definitely changed the mechanics a lot. I feel like he’s completely focused on 3 pointers to his detriment.

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, December 12, 2019 9:34 AM (thirty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

he should take the ben simmons approach to 3s.

imo the question for lonzo is can he learn how to play meaningfully w/in a halfcourt offense while off the ball? bcuz as long as the pels have ingram and zion and jrue, he's never going to be handling the ball much. if he can't ever shoot then it's a huge problem because then he's basically like late career rondo if he's ever on the court w/ the team's three other best players. personally i still think he needs to get to a team that has minutes to give to a ball dominant guard, prob as a sixth man, so that he can properly start to develop his game. he needs to find his oladipo in indiana or whatever. i can still envision him as like... jamal crawford/lou williams level impact in the style of jason kidd's game. but in new orleans that's not gonna happen and i feel like he might just flame out of the nba.

It’s hard for me to imagine that he can’t hack it with his defense, passing and size. Ricky Rubio figured it out (and was a net positive from the jump).

yeah but rubio's teams put the ball in his hands from the jump. that's why i think lonzo needs a new team. the problem is you start going down the list of even the bad teams and it's hard to find a place that has no other guards it wants to develop. i feel like the lavar in the no 1 media market aspect might make it untenable, but the knicks would be a great place for him to land.

yikes yeah

Lonzo on the Knicks would be perfect. This has to happen.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/esF0wG8_xFg/maxresdefault.jpg

unreal

the perfect mockup

btw where are the trades we need trades

We're now at 149 days and counting since our last finalized NBA trade (completed July 16). Aside from lockouts in 1998 and 2011, that's the longest trade-free stretch since the ABA-NBA merger according to my analysis of the ProSportsTransactions archive (https://t.co/8QScAbB09s).

— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) December 12, 2019

no more trades necessary, every team is happy with what they have

dam luka speaks fluent spanish

trade drought just means the trades are building up

i feel it, once you can trade newly signed players, and there were so many players signing new deals last summer

rip big man

Stern collapsed at the Brasserie 8.5 Restaurant in Manhattan today and was rushed to the hospital for the emergency surgery. https://t.co/qPbSbdotFr

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 13, 2019

wow

think this luka guy might be the real deal

Mannnn

Looks like Tristan Thompson and John Beilein are getting along great pic.twitter.com/fNoPK6ghaj

— Chase Shannon (@chase_shannon) December 13, 2019

wasn’t he just sticking up for him the other day

lmao the cavs won this game btw!!!!!!

any of yall want some former all stars for your teams???? 2 for 1 special coming soon

dam luka speaks fluent spanish

― k3vin k., Thursday, December 12, 2019 9:14 PM

this fucking guy!

Lol

Tfw you have to do your class presentation right after the valedictorian pic.twitter.com/UaNkJNUMHB

— Daman Rangoola (@damanr) December 13, 2019

should you feel inclined to watch CP talk about game film for 10 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E70GhXMjgDU

Lol that was really cool from Blake

Apparently they speak Slovene in Slovenia

love to slovene whilst in slovenia

this is why u cant have the nba in mexico

Andre Drummond suffers allergic reaction to avocado with Pistons playing in Mexico https://t.co/GvTqJursQE pic.twitter.com/6waGQdDPtP

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) December 13, 2019

never having an avocado until you visit mexico...i respect it.

yeah i mean he gave it a shot u cant ask more

blake missed a perfect opportunity to bust out a "donde esta la biblioteca"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J-hcGYQEJY&index=9&list=PL-REMBZ7xY1xkfVXLWVhqSOwaUQ0-M-xY

damn sick drive and dunk by zinger at the end of this

Last night felt like a turning point for Porzingis. I think it’s a combination of KP becoming more comfortable + Carlisle figuring out the best way to use him. pic.twitter.com/H1GNIBRzh0

— Dalton Trigg (@dalton_trigg) December 13, 2019

john wall has had a rough go

Heartbroken for @JohnWall. His beloved mother, Frances Pulley, passed away after a long and courageous battle with cancer. The job she did raising John into the man he is today — incredible. Everything John is today — humble, a servant leader, a man of God — he got from her.

— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) December 13, 2019

I'm currently watching the Lakers vs Heat first quarter. It's a very exciting game and extremely close!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) December 14, 2019

I am currently picking my ear with a paper clip and watching the Lakers vs Heat game. Gosh those players are good!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) December 14, 2019

Celtics/76ers game last night was my first watching from the League Pass backboard POV cam. That + the lack of any commentary audio (but waaay more court sound) is so deeply weird. Funny how most of the game kinda looked like practice footage, and whole atmosphere visibly/audibly changes in like the last 90 seconds. Can’t remember, but do they also kinda hide the score/time in the corner, too? Real CCTV vibes.

Lil Wayne sitting courtside in Miami looks like he went by himself and isn’t having a good time?

Lil Wayne sitting courtside in Miami looks like he went by himself and isn’t having a good time?

Was not my intent to post that scorching hot take twice

Harden two 50 burgers in a row

i was getting worried when he didnt crack 30 two out of three

btw noticed luka and trae both in the top five in scoring wonder when the last time two second year players did that was

two things about the luka spanish clip:
(1) he busted out the "¿cómo estais?" rather than están which is more of a Spanish from Spain kinda thing. but then he said "viva mexico güey" so now he's the number 1 star in mexico forever