2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

celtics have no size and no bench, if it were just one of those problems mb they could work on fixing it but theyre too flawed to seriously contend

*this assumes were not gonna worry abt not having a top 10 player

Maccabi Tel Aviv announces the signing of Amar’e Stoudemire ... https://t.co/pumxc46VHY

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) January 22, 2020

in other news ZION 2NITE

btw just found out that zion and ja were on the same aau team my god

I'm just trying to translate Simmons-speak, Ewing theory being "great player who doesn't have the championship gear" or whatever

the real ewing theory is that patrick ewing sucked

btw just found out that zion and ja were on the same aau team my god

― lag∞n, Wednesday, January 22, 2020 11:51 AM (thirty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

ja was weirdly shafted by the recruiting services, probably because zion was overshadowing him. he only had one major school offer him (south carolina), and he went to murray state cause they offered him first lol.

also weirdly he wasnt particularly great his freshman year but has been unstoppable since

like hes doing better his 1st year in the nba than he did his 1st year in college

aw wee uh weee uh weee uh weee uh zion plays tonight

guys........guys

https://i.imgur.com/NIDdLzr.png

thinking of starting up a new bit where i pronounce zion wrong

zee-ōn?

pronounce his whole name in a french accent

proper creole m8

also weirdly he wasnt particularly great his freshman year but has been unstoppable since

― lag∞n, Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:35 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

like hes doing better his 1st year in the nba than he did his 1st year in college

― lag∞n, Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:35 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

function of teammates, probably

idk i still say its weird, the nba is much harder than mid major college ball

he did ball out in the tourney

and led the nation in assist rate despite having mediocre teammates

some people peak in high school or college, some are late bloomers

he did ball out in the tourney

― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Wednesday, January 22, 2020 1:09 PM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

and led the nation in assist rate despite having mediocre teammates

― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Wednesday, January 22, 2020 1:09 PM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

that was his sophomore season

also some guys' games are better suited to NBA style of play than NCAA, and vice versa

he was great his sophomore season, he went from a barely recruited guy who had a good but not nearly spectacular freshman season to a superstar in his sophomore year and just kept it rolling into the pros, not a huge deal just kinda an unusual progression is all

wonder if he worked on some skill that unlocked his game that summer before he blew up

he forgot to apply his stat points from previous level ups

xp ah yes, forgot that he wasn't a one and done

hopefully nothing

Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. is questionable with back tightness.

— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) January 22, 2020

Nuggets are without 5 of their top 8 players tonight which isn’t optimal

Sixers fan here. Would it be crazy to trade Embiid for say McCollum and one or two first round picks? Play Simmons at the 5 some. /armchairgm

think u cld get a lot more for him

you dont trade your best player. they should move horford or could move simmons.

Got a feeling Embiid has already peaked and is gonna be washed by 30

entirely possible

yeah his game hasnt improved/evolved much

memphis playing the worst D ive seen this year

I'd throw Brett Brown in the trade!

they have 'turned it off'

too bad jaren jackson doesn't look like he's going to be anywhere near the type of defender ppl thought he might be predraft.

hes still got time

he does have time but i think it will be put toward becoming decent instead of dominant

celtics up 30+ in back to back games after losing to every random team for two weeks

..........its zion time friends

nba tv is running a split screen of whatever game they're looking in on atm and, in the other window, it's zion stretching

man fred vanvleet is a good player

our big beautiful boy is on the court!

sweet cross-court pass to a cutting ingram

Yeah very nice. There’s been so much buildup, I’m almost kind of nervous for him.

rmde at mark jackson immediately harping on how he needs to get in better shape

sure pulled him quick, maybe he's tired already