2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

Portis is such a shithead

lol

Sources close to this situation are telling me that LeBron is aware of what Kawhi said. In fact a source close to LeBrons camp told me LeBron responded by saying “tell that hoe ass nigga to play every game then I will guard him”. More to come on this situation. https://t.co/zKj6gCJXim

— Adrian Woinarowski 🗯 (@IAmNotWoj) January 8, 2020

i am also not woj

First time I’m watching “sports center with Stephen A Smith.” It doesn’t seem like sportscenter really

earlier TJ warren told jimmy butler to fight him after the game and then got ejected on the next play

so, tj warren now has jimmy butler living in his head and crawling under his skin?

he’s such a beast in the post but sorta weird sabonis shoots only one three pointer per game no?

or isn’t a better shooter so he could/would take more

he's never really shot it from out there much and the pacers system doesn't seem to encourage the center to shoot it from deep. myles turner would be taking way more 3s on some other teams.

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2020/1/8/21057795/jimmy-butler-vs-tj-warren-ejection-miami-heat-indiana-pacers-fight-trash-kisses

insane 3Q from jokic, 21 points, most in any quarter in his career. dallas by 3, luka has 27-7-8, jokic 28-5-7-1-1 on 10/16 shooting

I’m not sure Michael Porter Jr. knows the plays

Had a long time to learn them...

fight-trash-kisses

jimmy is a complete bastard lol

luka is getting hacked like crazy and they’re not calling it, not mad

spurs have dominated milwaukee at home and boston on the road after looking like warmed over garbage most of the year. lamarcus turned into a regular (and good!) three point shooter, they more or less benched marco belinelli in favor of lonnie walker who is a much better defender and rapidly improving offensive talent, and demar derozan is picking an interesting time to stop missing bc he's shooting like 60% recently, its crazy.

Another Jokic game winner

Butler, in expletive laced commentary about TJ Warren, said Warren cannot guard him and shouldn't even be put in spot to guard him moving forward

— Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz) January 9, 2020

jokic clutch god

This is exactly what I said after this happened

Leverage (Space-Time) through upward ball motion (arm swing path/variability) & release point
🔺Jumping adaptability (quick or directional jumps/power/force/deception & length can also provide leverage @bballbreakdown pic.twitter.com/1iZQNMzkLK

— BBiomechanics (@BBiomechanics) January 9, 2020

Jerami Grant came through bigtime defensively tonight but the rebounding is infuriating

lmao two friends watching the games and theyre talking like @BBiomechanics the whole time

ironically?

no its just how they talk

jimmy!

Jimmy Butler did not hold back in talking about T.J. Warren. pic.twitter.com/P7BIhXFTSA

— Scott Agness (@ScottAgness) January 9, 2020

bobby!

Bobby Portis gets a flagrant 1 for his foul on Bojan Bogdanovic. He got a flagrant 2 and an ejection last night in LA for his hit on KCP. Here's the MSG replay which gives a clearer visual of the foul pic.twitter.com/vlAi03PTRM

— Mike Vorkunov (@MikeVorkunov) January 9, 2020

Suspend him a game

yeah he can fuck off

After stunning players in a film session with a verbal suggestion that they were no longer playing “like a bunch of thugs,” Cavaliers coach John Beilein reached out individually to players tonight to insist he meant to use the word “slugs.” Story on ESPN: https://t.co/kqhRJ0qGjs

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 9, 2020

uhh ??

Lolwut

Bobby P out here scalping folks

how is beilein this much of a disaster

slugs, good cover story

Cavs and bulls should switch coaches

Honestly don’t know who I’d pick in Warren vs Butler.... if they did an nba fights tournament they’d be elite 8

I’d go TJ

i feel like when i consider the sequence of events that is

1. signing kevin love to a huge extension because you thought it would stabilize your franchise and increase his trade value
2. spending consecutive top 5 picks on two young point guards who don't pass and make kevin love hate basketball
3. hiring a college coach w/ no nba experience that everyone thinks is a clown, especially kevin love
4. being unable to trade kevin love because nobody wants to take on his contract
5. kevin love getting madder at the cavs by the day, further degrading his already nonexistent trade value

i have to conclude that kody altman is prob the worst GM in the NBA? and that's before you even get to dan gilbert

it is not looking like a good run though gilbert almost certainly drove the beilein thing.

Leverage (Space-Time) through upward ball motion (arm swing path/variability) & release point
🔺Jumping adaptability (quick or directional jumps/power/force/deception & length can also provide leverage

I'm hearing this as a Saul Williams spoken word thing

Sir Menelik maybe too

lol

it's got a beat and you can jump to it

zinger got that kobe and kyrie realized his team actually needs him to play so he's coming out of retirement.

i feel like when i consider the sequence of events that is

1. signing kevin love to a huge extension because you thought it would stabilize your franchise and increase his trade value
2. spending consecutive top 5 picks on two young point guards who don't pass and make kevin love hate basketball
3. hiring a college coach w/ no nba experience that everyone thinks is a clown, especially kevin love
4. being unable to trade kevin love because nobody wants to take on his contract
5. kevin love getting madder at the cavs by the day, further degrading his already nonexistent trade value

i have to conclude that kody altman is prob the worst GM in the NBA? and that's before you even get to dan gilbert

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, January 8, 2020 11:19 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

wonder what they would look like right now if lebron didnt come back the second time. highly doubt kyrie would still be there.

the college to nba coach thing seems to only work with youngsters on a rebuild and/or a very select few selfless stars. even brad was neutered by kyrie last year.

Remember when they had mysterious analytics that led them to drafting Dion Waiters top 5

ha no sounds about right tho

76ers star Joel Embiid has a torn ligament in left hand and is evaluating his treatment options.

horford signing gonna look a little better now.

another cavs bad move was not trading for paul george when bron wanted them too cause they were worried that if bron left theyd be stuck w a weird team then bron left and they were stuck w a weird team

the pick they didnt want to give up became..................colin sexton