2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

“Why wouldn’t I play if I’m healthy? It doesn’t make any sense to me. I don’t know how many games I got left in my career. I don’t know how many kids that may show up to a game that are there to come see me play”

👑 LeBron on Load Management

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— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) December 16, 2019

i mean, this is literally from last night

in cleveland he load managed on defense for entire seasons. i think he understands how to modulate his energy/effort. i don't think there's any real historical basis for being worried about his minutes. and in the case of kawhi or embiid you're dealing w/ like degenerative body issues, it's a different question than just worrying about lebron's age.

Yes Jord I know the thing he said. I don’t think Lebron is fully honest about everything

Lol

Bucks streak bout to end :/

To a luka-less mavs team. And Giannis has 42

wth

they do a lotta chucking when Bledsoe's off the court

Yes Jord I know the thing he said. I don’t think Lebron is fully honest about everything

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, December 16, 2019 4:43 PM (five hours ago)bookmarkflaglink

how is it a question of honesty? he's lying about not wanting to rest?

Spurs blew a 25 p lead to the rocks

Demar benched in crunch time too. Dramz in San Antonio

it was bad. tbh they got REALLY unsustainably hot in the first half. bryn forbes doin some budget steph shit, lamarcus actually had a nice first half. then they regressed to the mean and couldnt make enough stops to keep their lead. chance to tie at the end, didnt get a good look.

vintage cp3 4th quarter tonight

Maybe the mavs roster isn’t as bad as advertised

mavs have been positive in luka's off minutes, it's not all him

.......it doesnt make sense

carlisle is a good coach imo

Seems like zinger is getting more comfy out there too

i hate myself but melo has been kind of good

his quest for validation has ended as... a borderline starter?

his advanced stats are really bad

Maybe the mavs roster isn’t as bad as advertised

They somehow got Curry on that bargain deal too

i kinda like dorel wright too. solid player nothing crazy tho

ayton returns tonight. suns are reeling and they need a big win, tonight vs clips would be huge

Actually kind of intrigued to see if the suspension motivates Ayton

he started the season strong wonder if that was just the juice.

see also: john collins (who returns next week)

Yet what that also means is Jrue Holiday is indeed available via trade, league sources say. It would surely cost a significant amount to pry him away from the Pels, but this is a notable change in status given how unavailable Holiday was to interested teams last season

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) December 17, 2019

Kind of unbelievable how bad Atlanta’s defense is

dunk battle

Kelly Oubre on Paul George
Kelly Oubre stares him down
PG gets him back
PG stares him down

Rim Warfare - love to see it. pic.twitter.com/CgPktvPI5t

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) December 18, 2019

I really like oubre’s whole presence

Brutal first half by ayton there oof

Coming out on the other end now tho

i agree about oubre he has excellent vibes

super rough year for mike conley

hes been weirdly bad

Knicks do seem completely different with Mike Miller as coach. Elf Payton making a difference too

Bertans SZN

the heat are kicking the shit out of the sixers in philadelphia

but that's ok, and here's why...

lol no kidding

i posited earlier that the heat could be better than the sixers but i think it's too close to call

great game hope they play in the playoffs

This felt like a game where Embiid would be worn out. Had his knee wrapped pre-game

Lag♾n was right, jokic was just taking the first 20 games off

i feel like he's done that before, i wasn't really worried

its a long season

zinger mb starting to find some form too

For the first time in his career, Kristaps Porzingis has three straight 20-10 games.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) December 19, 2019

Definitely got the feeling with Zinger that a lot of stuff he was doing was just stuff that didn’t get enough reps while he was injured. Like eventually those post turnarounds are gonna go in