Regular Degular Redux - 2019-20 NBA Season thread 2

This dubs season is truly bizarre I don’t even know what to think of it. It’s just like basically all the dudes that played in the finals aren’t even playing this year. Steph klay Durant iggy (until last week) boogie Livingston bogut jarebko... it’s just like poof they were all gone.

this is a good rivalry

ESPN just posted an interview James Harden did with Rachel Nichols.

Thread of Harden's comments:

About Giannis:

"I wish I could be 7 feet and run and just dunk, like that takes no skill at all, I gotta actually learn how to play basketball, how to have skill" pic.twitter.com/d8OqvOSZKa

— Disney Gary Clark (@Itamar1710) February 28, 2020

personally i'd much rather watch Giannis run and jump than watch whatever the hell harden does

they used to say the same thing about shaq

i also aspire to be cody zeller or whoever

truly excited now to watch Harden flame out in a second-round playoff series by shooting 5-28 in the deciding game.

mb he will provoke giannis to take more jump shots, in a playoff series, vs the celtics

harden with the skee-lo

lol

the clippers are good

Meh

Early this season you guys were doubting D-Rose. Give the guy credit! He made it back into being a good NBA player!

lol harden passing to russ on the bench

😂😂 pic.twitter.com/oAGotNBiC2

— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) March 1, 2020

right in the shooting pocket

this game is poorly played but entertaining

rockets rim protection is weirdly not great

harden making smart look like kyrie

Just a dominant half by Smart.

16 points, 5 assists, 4 steals, 2 rebs and was just all over the place.

— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) March 1, 2020

not sure this houston smallball thing is really going to work

Marcus Smart doing it all for the @celtics in the 1st half!

16 PTS, 5 AST, 4 STL, 36.9 FPTSpic.twitter.com/odju7bA9l7

— NBA Fantasy (@NBAFantasy) March 1, 2020

tho russ has looked borderline unstoppable

this game is chaos

yoooooo lol

incredible end to regulation

beautiful

im not an expert in basketball rules but im pretty sure the celtics shouldve been awarded the win for this

Tatum with the perfect miss. Jaylen with ice in his veins.

Celtics and Rockets heading into OT 🤯

(via @celtics)pic.twitter.com/f7TZXTCXjm

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 1, 2020

they need kemba back there was so much botched playmaking tonight

JAYLEN FOR OT pic.twitter.com/3N1vXH3o91

— Billy Cushing (@bcush95) March 1, 2020

guess what bros I covered the ICU with a guy from the brigham the night before last and turns out he holds the world record for most 3 point shots made in 24 hours?? a 10/10 dude too would kick it with again

how many

it was like 10 thousand something. he said he didn’t pee or eat the entire time just hoisted. respect

thats fn crazy yr arms wld be so tired

yah but sometimes a dude has got to hoist yknow

That’s wild

Harden pooped his big boy pants

thats fn crazy yr arms wld be so tired

― lag∞n, Sunday, March 1, 2020 12:31 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah he said he was hitting 90% of his shots (NBA range from straight away) until he started to cramp and ended up at 80% for the day

hah that's wild.

kuzma looks like a door

This Zion-Kuzma matchup is not ideal for the Lakers... pic.twitter.com/He03i4ftLn

— ClutchPoints NBA (@ClutchPointsNBA) March 2, 2020

not really fair to kuz, that's well above his pay grade

he braced himself and zion just went through him like nothing lol

It’s plays like this that make u wonder if Zion has something against Kuzma pic.twitter.com/TLhCZy3XES

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) March 2, 2020

Been a while since it’s been said but.... Lebron James

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5y_cl3WIO6A/hqdefault.jpg

don't think the heat will be able to score enough in crunch time vs the bucks in a potential 1/4 series to win more than 2 games, but it will be an interesting match up for the bucks. if you were gonna go into a lab to create a giannis stopper you'd probably come out w/ a player who looks a lot like bam. plus the heat have guys like crowder, igou, butler who are less capable of stopping giannis 1 on 1 but at least won't be scared. and derrick jones jr has looked ok on him so far with his length, but over 7 games giannis would prob kill him in the post.

the heat have had a tougher time stopping middleton honestly. he played duncan robinson off the floor really quickly tonight which is a problem for the heat bcuz duncan really takes their offense to the next level especially at home where he's one of the most dangerous shooters in the league. but veteran wings are going to target him immediately in the playoffs and i don't think he can hold up on the defensive end.

I think we might have seen the last of the Ersanator tonight

after like 80 consecutive 100-point games the Bucks have failed to reach that threshold twice in a row

if middleton were to say regress to his mean this whole playoff situation could get a lot more interesting

celtics might end up kicking themselves for not UPGRADING THEIR TERRIBLE BENCH AT ALL AT THE TRADE DEADLINE

like you cant even be bothered to give up a second rounder for markieff morris, just do nothing at all thats nice

they're in a weird spot where they are trying to keep a bunch of developmental players on roster while also competing at a high level.