Regular Degular Redux - 2019-20 NBA Season thread 2

oh I'm gonna watch some of it too
don't care about asterisk seasons. I follow NBA to watch best players in the world play, not so evidence can be gathered for some sportsgeek lists or debates down the line.

wasn't the 0 season option going to fuck up a ton of contract stuff for next season?

it would have nullified the entire CBA

yeah, so canceling this year to "focus on figuring out next season instead" would have brought additional issues

cad can correct me, but I think the issue was not with canceling this season but with canceling next season entirely.

My only point is that canceling this season in no way helps next season to happen as that will be dictated by how we are doing with the virus then.

And I say this with zero animus toward anyone who says shut it all down until we have a vaccine.

ok i didn't realize that. is the cba nullification tied to a certain # of games being played or what?

iirc if the players had elected not to play this season, the owners would have triggered the force majeure clause in the CBA and essentially ripped up the entire document. i don't think it's related to a # of games but is more generic to cover major catastrophic events.

finishing out this season will help with issues related to next season at least as far as the CBA is concerned. there will probably need to be some adjustments to the way the cap is calculated but i think anyone speculating about what those are is way ahead of themselves.

Ok, I'm wrong:

https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/nba-coronavirus-silver-cba-season-cancelled

Looks like the NBA CBA has a force majeure clause where the owners can cancel if games are suspended for more than 60 days. They've basically been kicking the can down the road.

xp

https://fansided.com/2020/07/09/whiteboard-brooklyn-nets-ready-revel-chaos-jamal-crawford-michael-beasley/

They should just replace the Nets with the Pelicans in the playoffs and tell all the other bubble teams not to come. It would be safer and it's what everyone wants (including the Nets).

wojpology : /

i didn't know woj was part of the resistance lol

You gotta apologize, you know that going in. But it’s still cool

Haha glad to know Woj is one of the good ones

OTM

That's great.

Embiid got on the plane to go enter the bubble wearing a hazmat suit.

what will woj's penalty be? because if jemele hill had done that . . .

Woj is actually good at his job tho

whatd he do

nm i looked

Today, Woj wrote “f**k you” in response to Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, who asked why the NBA hasn’t approved slogans and law enforcement

Twitter went OFF: https://t.co/rlyDjlyQ3P

pic.twitter.com/nAPMOuTW1g

— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) July 10, 2020

tweeting fuck u at politicians is one of twitters primary functions

It was email sent from espn account

oh ha

Rockets guard Russell Westbrook says he has tested positive for coronavirus and is in quarantine.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 13, 2020

xp that twerp had to tattle on Woj for anyone to know about it

russ got da vid

Seeing rumors that Harden does, too.

james got da vid (rumor)

Kings center Richaun Holmes crossed the the Disney campus line to pick up delivery food and must quarantine for 10 days (eight days remaining).

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 13, 2020

woj would never have said "pick up delivery food"

the concept of takeout is beyond Shams

i see this is going well so far

what food was it tho, we need to decide for ourselves if this is acceptable

that's what I want to know. They could do advertising off it: "Burst Your Bubble", etc

Not having a food delivery setup in the bubble seems like a huge blunder

44 players have tested positive since June 24th

Is that 44 players who all play for the 22 teams in the bubble? Or is that across the entire nba?

I don’t think the nba has clarified that. Also it’s 2 more now, 2 have tested positive within the bubble

just got my covid results back... positive

been a wild week my friends. wish i had some hoop to watch rn.

Feeling ok overall?

im on day 7 of symptoms. no taste/smell. hot/cold flashes but no temp. head is in a complete fog + nausea. sore but i can walk a little. crazy fatigue. lungs feel like they are at about 80% or so. oxygen levels hovering around 95-96 so thats good. i have asthma so i know how to calm myself to get oxygen and push through some pain. doc said next three days will know if its going to turn serious (ER visit) or if its going to stay at this level. last night had a crazy violent food poisoning type reaction to dinner.

jesus man, get better

ugh spottie man sendin vibes to ya dude

get well soon. we think my wife has it, she just tested this afternoon, so we'll know for sure then, but she has the fatigue you describe, and she's asthmatic too.

also atm....feelin a lil symptomy myself!!!!!!!!!!! hoping its nothing, but we'll fuckin see!!!

thanks guys. good luck bison.

Damn! spottie, bison & wife, I hate to hear about you all getting ill with this stuff. Here's my hope for an easy bout, soon over, and coming back strong as ever.

spottie & bison please take care and sending good thoughts to you and your loved ones

if i die, plz avenge me by (redacted) greg abb*tt