( ( ( ( ( nba bubble ball 2020 ) ) ) ) )

none of their young players rn scream obvious #1 options, but the core of derrick white, lonnie, dejounte, poeltl, and keldon johnson played rly well in various combos last night. losing forbes to injury was such a blessing for them bc hes such a garbage defender that his 3 pt shooting rarely justifies his minutes.

derozan had an outstanding game. he didnt score much until the 4th bc he was in facilitator mode. played a lot of minutes at the 4. it still doesnt make sense to have him and aldridge together, but for now with LMA not playing, you can start to see some rotations that make sense.

big night for the mavs ex knicks

Top 30 finish for me last night on DraftKings, the game is back. Also misery

As an aside to the giannis thing, I was once watching a Timberwolves-Sonics game around 2000 or so, and they called double technicals on Gary Payton on Anthony Peeler. But Payton had a technical already. So he begged the ref and they changed it to just a tech on Peeler. A part of me died that day.

hahahaha

Adebayo is such a wonderful player. Can score off ball, on ball, would work on any team

BOL BOL REGULAR SEASON MINUTES?

i was lolling thinking about you after he turned the ball over twice in 45 seconds but we'll give him a pass on the step out of bounds

Adebayo is such a wonderful player. Can score off ball, on ball, would work on any team

― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, August 1, 2020 1:48 PM (thirty-six minutes ago)

the growth in his offensive game has been really crazy, just completely out of nowhere. the only thing keeping him from being elite elite is being able to shoot like anthony davis, but otherwise he checks almost every box you would want for a modern 5. can legitimately D up 1-5, is a creative and sound playmaker in transition, with touch around the basket and a really consistent floater type game. i just love watching him... the way he moves his feet at his size is wild

Absolutely unreal pass by Bol

Bruh that pass by Bol Bol pic.twitter.com/YWE5tQkqmD

— gifdsports (@gifdsports) August 1, 2020

porter jr and bol getting minutes at the same time.... heat up by 16... we're all winners today

Am I losing my mind of is officiating in the bubble just awful every game?

Like that out of bounds call on Bol. That can’t happen. He didn’t even move his feet

This also is going to be a 3 hour game

i've seen ppl saying the reffing has been rly bad

Mark Jackson said Dragic is a “very poor man’s Ginobili” which seems a little harsh

kelly o hitting pull up threes like he's klay thompson in the midst of a 25 point quarter you gotta love it

Mark Jackson said Dragic is a “very poor man’s Ginobili” which seems a little harsh

― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, August 1, 2020 3:31 PM (forty-seven seconds ago)

this was really rude

Disappointing game from Monte Morris, really got worked by the very poor man’s Ginobili

nuggs need these kinds of mins from jerami grant, he's a playoff style player w/ his size/athleticism combo

Bol is a good player, it’s pretty obvious

kelly o hitting pull up threes like he's klay thompson in the midst of a 25 point quarter you gotta love it

― J0rdan S., Saturday, August 1, 2020 3:32 PM (six minutes ago)

well he went off for 20 in the quarter so fair play to him

bol is obv very uniquely skilled for his size and has a good feel for the game, but he's gonna have to play a lot more before he can contribute consistently in real games over real minutes

when he drove to the rim on butler in the first half he got ripped immediately, that kind of stuff. malone won't tolerate him getting punked by vets in important minutes, which would inevitably happen.

Offensively he’s clearly a PROBLEM, defensively he is a QUESTION

i think it makes sense for them to give him some run in these games when jokic is off the floor and the other team has backs up in. i don't think he's ready to be playing w/ 8 or 9 other starters on the floor even on offense, but i could see him torching some back up big men over the course of a few minutes like boban does every once in a while

It’s kind of absurd how good the Thunder are

they just have good players, like *checks box score* L. Dort

PG came into the bubble sharp as hell

they just have good players, like *checks box score* L. Dort

*nerds

So, The Pelicans

def not better than the clippers

Marc Jackson is a very poor man's Steve Kerr

So is TJ Warren a top 40 player?

Feel like there are definitely some teams that don’t have a player as good as he is

huh are the suns really in the bubble

how did this happen

Bol is a good player, it’s pretty obvious

― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, August 1, 2020 3:40 PM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

this was consensus right, he was a top five recruit, teams just thought his body couldnt hold up, and then he dropped way further than he shouldve because of like network dynamics or whatever you call it

There were a lot of draftniks who argued he wasn’t good because of various scout type things

ah i thought it was all injury worries but dont think i followed it too closely

starting to think the raptors can really make some noise this year

they play good

Um, Embiid had 41/21 in 34 mins, Simmons had 19/13 and Harris had 30/8 and the Sixers lost.

plus they got photoshop xp

“Adobe”
🤣😂😅🤣
(And he has 23pts, not 19)
(I am dying 😂🤣) pic.twitter.com/D4anBSraaM

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) August 2, 2020

xp i respect the hell out the raps tbh

i've looked at tj warren's box score line from today like 5 times and i'm still amazed.

scored 19 in the 4th quarter of a close game. dude can really score.

TJ Warren is an elite defender now too, it’s a serious glow up

so this victor wembanyama kid is 7'3" at SIXTEEN
https://hoopshype.com/2020/07/30/victor-wembanyama-nanterre-france-basketball/