wasn’t this the plot of high flying bird?
― ACABincalifornia (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 01:05 (three years ago) link
yeah
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link
i forgot about that--is it any good?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
my memory of that movie is mostly paying no mind to character or plot and just puzzling out how soderbergh was playing tricks with an iPhone camera
― Clay, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
There was a Ringer thing yesterday saying that Kyrie “relished” going against Lebron in this that definitely made me go hmmm. A players league might be cool but could be really tough to figure out how to structure.
― circles, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 01:23 (three years ago) link
rumor going around that kyrie got mad at all of this cause he wanted to go to the bubble and they said only active players can
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
not sure that the theoretical players league is something you wanna do off the cuff with kyrie in charge is my major objection; this is something you organize and finance quietly and thoroughly for years
― Clay, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 01:41 (three years ago) link
of course kyrie ultimately just wants us all to free our minds god bless him
― Clay, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 01:42 (three years ago) link
Bless this man and his love of messy drama
― Spottie, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 02:02 (three years ago) link
to do it you need an exit strategy from the nba which would take really smart people years to develop
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 02:17 (three years ago) link
players can already leave the nba to play in another league if they want
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 02:35 (three years ago) link
i support comrade kyrie
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 02:35 (three years ago) link
we could start a ilh branded league but I don’t want to be selfish
― Clay, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 02:39 (three years ago) link
xxp true but none of those leagues are in the us of a
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 02:47 (three years ago) link
And they don't pay salaries on NBA scale.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 02:58 (three years ago) link
Sources tell me that Kyrie Irving never stated that the Nets should begin their own league in response to the bubble. I'm told that after that report came out, he left the group chat.— Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) June 17, 2020
― Spottie, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 03:14 (three years ago) link
kyrie has left the chat
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 03:22 (three years ago) link
imagining a league that only consists of the nets.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 03:24 (three years ago) link
The NBA health protocols concede maintaining 6 feet of distance during card games "may not be practicable," and require anyone playing cards indoors wear masks. Players/staff must dispose of the deck at the end of each game/session. "Sufficient packs of cards will be available."— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) June 17, 2020
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 03:43 (three years ago) link
lmao ok guys
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 04:02 (three years ago) link
the dreaded contaminated deck of cards!
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 04:04 (three years ago) link
A “player’s league” is an insanely dumb idea and you are under no obligation to patronize Kyrie about this
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 13:50 (three years ago) link
players league 4 life
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 13:53 (three years ago) link
Big 3 except it's with five players and its the NBA
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
A one on one league would work for sure
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
LIST OF NBA CHAMPIONS2015 - Golden State Warriors2016 - Cleveland Cavaliers2017 - Golden State Warriors2018 - Golden State Warriors2019 - Toronto Raptors2020 - Boban Marjanović― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, May 28, 2020
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, May 28, 2020
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 15:43 (three years ago) link
LIST OF NBA CHAMPIONS2015 - Golden State Warriors2016 - Cleveland Cavaliers2017 - Golden State Warriors2018 - Golden State Warriors2019 - Toronto Raptors2020 - Boban MarjanovićJohn Wick
― voltmeter said i had potential (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:12 (three years ago) link
time to start the list of guys who are not going to play:
- bertans- oubre, jr.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 22 June 2020 19:48 (three years ago) link
yeah if i were a guy on a contract year on one of these bubble teams and the league was all come to orlando if you feel like it id be all ehhhhhhh
― lag∞n, Monday, 22 June 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link
Joakim Noah to the bubble!https://sports.yahoo.com/joakim-noah-reportedly-sign-clippers-190056702.html
Kanter's dad released, hopefully he can get to america?https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2896835-celtics-enes-kanter-says-father-mehmet-has-been-released-from-turkish-prison
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 22 June 2020 20:03 (three years ago) link
xp so this isn't about coronavirus risk, right? you've just already played your way into a good contract and now have an excuse that allows you to shed risk of a typical basketball injury in remaining games?
― voltmeter said i had potential (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 22 June 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
Probably both
― Spottie, Monday, 22 June 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
apparently bertans has twice torn an ACL, you can understand it. honestly, if the season had played out normally the wizards would've had no shot at the playoffs and bertans would've shut it down at some point anyway
― J0rdan S., Monday, 22 June 2020 20:16 (three years ago) link
yup. he's going to get paid like $60 million and the only thing that could derail that is another knee injury in a game that doesn't matter.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 22 June 2020 20:17 (three years ago) link
starting to think this really isn’t gonna happen what with Florida being a cesspool and so many employees not gonna be bubbled, just way too likely a major outbreak blows up in everyone’s face
― Clay, Monday, 22 June 2020 20:20 (three years ago) link
If the bubble is going to be a genuine bubble, then all the support staff like cooks and cleaning staff need to be in the bubble, too. Everyone. No exceptions. If they have more than a hundred low-paid support workers going in and out every day, regardless of such folderol as temperature checks as they report to work each day, then the whole scheme will blow up in their faces.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Monday, 22 June 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
pretty sure Disney has already said that def isn’t happening so
― Clay, Monday, 22 June 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
i understand where comments like these come from, but i think there is a tendency to overestimate the amount of contact the players will have with the support staff, which to my understanding should be next to none.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 22 June 2020 20:34 (three years ago) link
it's not a true bubble, service staff will be coming and going
― J0rdan S., Monday, 22 June 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
The players themselves are the most likely spreaders. They should have to wear masks while they play imo.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 22 June 2020 20:36 (three years ago) link
which I was fine with the semi-bubble thing until Florida was like 🎢 on new cases
― Clay, Monday, 22 June 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
The players will absolutely be the main spreaders. The problem is that once a player or two acquires the infection in any way, the spreading will be very hard to control. The nature of hoops is tailor made for this virus, for the same reasons that one infected person attending a choir practice is able to spread it to a couple dozen fellow choristers.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Monday, 22 June 2020 20:45 (three years ago) link
lol
Teams are interested in hiring Jason Kidd to lure Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2021, per @StevePopper pic.twitter.com/95KRXvhLAu— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) June 22, 2020
The Knicks have requested and received permission to interview the Lakers' Jason Kidd for their head coaching vacancy, @NYTSports has learned— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 22, 2020
― lag∞n, Monday, 22 June 2020 20:52 (three years ago) link
scripted league
― ciderpress, Monday, 22 June 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
i think i look at the NBA right now like a lot of america, which has no right answers on how to properly balance the need to make money w/ the need to be extremely safe. and i'm talking about on the player level... i just read davis bertans is giving up $520k by sitting out in orlando. outside of a select group of very very very wealthy players, most of the NBA needs the paychecks just like wait staff at reopened restaurants, and that includes the players on teams not going who are still getting paid out for the end of the season just like everyone else. now obviously even there was a wonderful govt response for average citizens the NBA would still be trying to play bcuz it is the NBA, but if you start weighing the pros and cons of playing on an individual player level, the internal debate is pretty similar to what a lot of ppl are going thru.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 22 June 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
and i guess players can sit out and still get paid, but there's some equilibrium needed where there are enough players (and enough of the right players) to make holding the event justifiable.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 22 June 2020 21:03 (three years ago) link
the team has the decisionmaking power to pay/not pay a player who decides to sit, right? another interesting calculation in that the wizards, for example, probably don't want to piss davis bertans off over $500k.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 22 June 2020 21:05 (three years ago) link
i feel like i read that players who choose to sit will still get paid but i could be wrong
― J0rdan S., Monday, 22 June 2020 21:06 (three years ago) link
Knicks also interviewing mike brown
― Spottie, Monday, 22 June 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
mb they can get giannis and bron
― lag∞n, Monday, 22 June 2020 21:10 (three years ago) link