2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/1/8/21056692/oklahoma-city-thunder-chris-paul-shai-gilgeous-alexander

the thunder are good and fun btw

yo cp is STYLING on these dudes

throw the damn towel pic.twitter.com/2Ejmj4YnFX

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 10, 2020

WoW

Harden at his worst tonight

I feel like the rockets are worse than their record indicates.

Def. harden has been carrying them but teams are keying on him more and no one else can make them pay

Love to see cp having fun. Haven’t seen it since like the first lob city team

Apparently the twolves have the league’s best defense without towns

Kyrie will start tonight against the Hawks, Kenny Atkinson said. Irving has started every career game he’s played in the NBA, per @ESPNStatsInfo. His last game off the bench was his final game at Duke, a loss vs Arizona in the NCAA Tournament on March 24, 2011.

— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) January 12, 2020

spurs last 4 games:
vs. MIL W
@ BOS W
@ MEM L
@ TOR W

i thought they might go 0-4 in that stretch

jokic is shooting 41% from 3 since december 1. you love to see it

celtics have been kinda gassed, they had 6 games in 9 days

What’s going on here...

It’s going in, but Mikal Bridges’ hitch here is almost like a second gather in mid-stroke pic.twitter.com/ooC8rgACFp

— Gerald Bourguet (@GeraldBourguet) January 12, 2020

its almost like he's pass-faking

How many games have kawhi and pg played together? Like 5?

The grizz are the 8 seed...

Celtics pretty unlucky that the grizz made such a big leap (they have the grizz pick this year)

same thing happened with the kings last year

yeaah

maybe picks are bad

grizz cld easily backslide but the thing is the pick is top 7 protected this year then unprotected next year when they will prob be better

theyve drafted really well tip o the cap to them

The 6’2” guy protects the rim, the 6’11” guy nails the 29 foot transition 3. #Grizzlies are ridiculous at times pic.twitter.com/xQX4gvrEZ7

— Fastbreak Breakfast (@fastbreakbreak) January 13, 2020

dreams do come true

Rumor: Zion Williamson could return for Pelicans-Jazz on Thursday https://t.co/i5B3doNkL1 pic.twitter.com/m27FaBiGGh

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) January 13, 2020

please god

I'm ready.

zion back. kyrie back. curry practicing again. life is good.

kyrie was 10/11 fg last night and four or five of these shots are just ridiculous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o_XfunKodg
also very smart to come back vs the hawks

out of precaution i will not watch zion until he has played 300 minutes

lol at kyrie's fishing vest

wiggins back to like 40/28 shooting splits over the last 6 weeks or so. overall numbers back to his career averages m/l.

game winner

(A)ARON SAID BALL GAME 😱 pic.twitter.com/IBAbJDqvIo

— SunOfficial Aron Baynes Fan Club (@BaynesFanClub) January 14, 2020

lol kings

maybe signing deandre to that big weird contract was a good idea after all
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28479135/deandre-jordan-nba-40-million-best-friend
prob worth 40M just to keep it light around kd and kyrie

He’s a good player! Paying Deandre 10m a year is fine! I’ll never understand why people disagree with this

the warriors run made everyone think centers are bad now

He’s a good player! Paying Deandre 10m a year is fine! I’ll never understand why people disagree with this

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, January 14, 2020 12:51 PM (four minutes ago)

lol. no other team would have given him that contract or anything close to it.

go look at real plus minus or 538 war, deandre's production is the same as guys like robert williams, mitchell robinson, robin lopez, alex len, daniel theis etc... late first or early second round picks and guys making half of deandre's yearly salary on one year deals. richaun holmes is on a 2 year $9 million deal.

the deandre contract is a crazy overpay that is going to hamper the nets' ability to contend in the next few years when they actually need to win games. we don't need to pretend like it's anything more than it is.

Just found out Deandre is a lefty. Never knew cause only shots I've seen him take are dunks.

i mean the nets themselves aren't even pretending like deandre is worth $10m a year on the court... they just granted espn access to write a huge story about how they gave the guy a bunch of money because he's funny. this is their GM on the record.

Nets general manager Sean Marks says Brooklyn liked Jordan as much for his constant wisecracking as his ability to swat shots. Jordan's experience, coupled with his defensive prowess and potential to guide Allen, made him attractive to the team.

And being close with the Nets' supermax duo didn't hurt.

"We knew we were wading through some uncharted waters where we've never been before -- where expectations are a little bit bigger," Marks says. "To have a guy like DJ, who can hopefully keep the mood light behind the scenes is -- it's really important."

lol

if matt was a GM his team would be starting alex len at the 3, jonas at the 4 and deandre at the 5. his team would be in the repeater tax.

jokic is the starting PG but is having trouble getting around picks on defense, leading to problems in the locker room

ivica zubac has had some moments but is having trouble providing spacing at the 2. matt is searching for answers and has heard charlotte is open to moving bismack biyombo.

if matt was a GM his team would be starting alex len at the 3, jonas at the 4 and deandre at the 5. his team would be in the repeater tax.

savage hoops beef burn. don't know how matt recovers from this.

Nets general manager Sean Marks says Brooklyn liked Jordan as much for his constant wisecracking as his ability to swat shots.

a belated shot at brief dad joke Net Dwight Howard

deandres levity is gonna be no match against the dual taciturn kyrie-kd

javale mcgee enjoyed his time with the lakers but couldn't turn down matt's godfather offer of 4 years 65 million and a percentage ownership of the franchise upon retirement

ok lol

He’s a good player! Paying Deandre 10m a year is fine! I’ll never understand why people disagree with this

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, January 14, 2020 12:51 PM (four minutes ago)

lol. no other team would have given him that contract or anything close to it.

go look at real plus minus or 538 war, deandre's production is the same as guys like robert williams, mitchell robinson, robin lopez, alex len, daniel theis etc... late first or early second round picks and guys making half of deandre's yearly salary on one year deals. richaun holmes is on a 2 year $9 million deal.

the deandre contract is a crazy overpay that is going to hamper the nets' ability to contend in the next few years when they actually need to win games. we don't need to pretend like it's anything more than it is.

He’s a good player! Paying Deandre 10m a year is fine! I’ll never understand why people disagree with this

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, January 14, 2020 12:51 PM (four minutes ago)

lol. no other team would have given him that contract or anything close to it.

go look at real plus minus or 538 war, deandre's production is the same as guys like robert williams, mitchell robinson, robin lopez, alex len, daniel theis etc... late first or early second round picks and guys making half of deandre's yearly salary on one year deals. richaun holmes is on a 2 year $9 million deal.

the deandre contract is a crazy overpay that is going to hamper the nets' ability to contend in the next few years when they actually need to win games. we don't need to pretend like it's anything more than it is.

Meyers Leonard makes 11m this season, olynyk 11m, Dieng makes 16m, Jonas 16m. Maybe people wring their hands about that Dieng salary idk.