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no one on the lakers seemed like they cared.

anthony davis, 28 points on 8/24, -20
lebron 23 points on 9/20, -3

if the lakers want to live with trent and melo shooting threes while their two stars put up shitty lines they're at risk of losing this series

With Steph out of action until next season, Dame is officially the most magical player in the nba for now.

AD worked hard in the paint missed a lot of shots and put backs he usually makes

He had everyone in foul trouble

charles just said this was the fewest amount of points scored by the blazers in a win this season. not a great advertisement for the lakers worst in the bubble offense

chuck referring to the blazers as "we" is... okay charles

charles is really confident that the blazers are going to beat the lakers....

idk what changed about dame but one thing i'll give him is as psycho good as he's been in recent years he nearly always collapsed under playoff defenses. not sure he really does that anymore

he has discovered The Mindset

Heard him talking on JJ Reddick's podcast about how he's improved the mental aspects of his game, how the game has slowed down for him, learning team's sets and tendencies etc. He's def in that physical prime yet savvy veteran sweet spot.

i'm a lot more comfortable w/ Trent and Melo shooting threes than basically anyone on the Lakers not named LBJ/AD ever touching the ball.

Lakers roster is hot garbage and they may not lose this series, but they deserve to.

also criticizing Trent for his D on LeBron is weird? he got down low, worked hard and tried to stay in front of the greatest basketball body ever, idk what more anyone wants.

the Blazers have no one to deal w/ LeBron, obviously. Trent and Melo just have to hang on.

also, Whiteside was good tonight but they need Zack back to win this.

Trevor Ariza would help too!

though i suppose Avery Bradley would help the Lakers, so strike that about Ariza. no whining!

Sounds like Will Barton won’t be back this year :/

i don't think anyone was criticizing trent btw, he was doing his best and he's competent but like physically he's not in the league of guys who do an ok job against lebron.

LeBron used a lot of wily tricks on him

The NBA 3-Point line is 23.75 feet from the basket.

According to the NBA's player tracking system, Damian Lillard's last 2 3-pointers last night were 31.4 feet and 34.0 feet from the basket. pic.twitter.com/k0OeK2AXkA

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) August 19, 2020

not sure how much space there is between steph and dame as shooters

remember a couple years ago when he was always bad in the playoffs lol

i don't think anyone was criticizing trent btw, he was doing his best and he's competent but like physically he's not in the league of guys who do an ok job against lebron.

The real question for the Bucks is this: are the below-average percentage shooters they freely allowed to fire from downtown all season still below-average percentage shooters in this open gym setting?

— Mike Prada (@MikePradaNBA) August 18, 2020

pretty much nothing we’ve seen in the bubble would suggest it’s a good idea to let the heat shoot a bunch of three pointers, if that ends up being the second round match up

How many games in a row has Melo hit a 3 in the last 3 mins of a close game? Five? Six?

— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) August 19, 2020

that is interesting....apparently most guys are loving the shooting background in the gyms down there.

Jacque Vaughn says the Nets have made some "small tweaks" defensively but he doesn't seem too concerned about "VanFleet" or his shooting. Unlike Lillard, Vaughn says that, historically, "VanFleet" hasn't hit those long 3s at a high rate... pic.twitter.com/KNIv7eqO1D

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) August 19, 2020

what an embarrassment

Anyone gonna start an off-season thread?

we got one 2020 nba offseason draft free agency etc

Word thanks

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dang is next season really gonna start december 1

gonna be some bad overwork injuries midseason for the guys not properly conditioning

lot of rumors that theyre gonna push it back in anticipation of a vaccine

won't a vaccine take months to get out there though even after it's approved

wealth can always find a way to work its way to the front of the line

for us normies. professional athletes will surely be at the front of the line

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Apparently Michael Porter Jr still has drop foot. Perhaps the first nba player to play with it?

i think it's basically confirmed that the season is starting in feb or march

Will Barton had a good season but these injuries are getting old

xp oh i thought you meant delay so they can have audiences again lol

oh no i think the delay is definitely so that they can get fans in arenas

even if it not on opening day

The president says the virus is going away so it should be fine

Jordan Clarkson finding his game in Utah was so unexpected for me

the end of the nets game was a travesty

Bit of a swipe block from Gobert there....

Jordan Clarkson finding his game in Utah was so unexpected for me

always liked the clarkson move

Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie) wrote this on thread 2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread on board I Love Hoops on Jan 31, 2020

i think the bojan and clarkson pieces were nice rotation adds that moved the needle for them a bit. despite his awful game last night d mitch is has taken a small jump as well.

omg what did you type to find this gif? (Spottie) wrote this on thread 2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread on board I Love Hoops on Jan 15, 2020

the clarkson trade is playing out better than the conley trade for the jazz.

championship winning vibration (Spottie) wrote this on thread 2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread on board I Love Hoops on Jan 3, 2020

a good trade for the jazz i think. they need anyone that can even pretend to score and clarkson can do that. if he can hover at league avg from 3 on 5-6 attempts that will help the jazz a ton.

Apparently Michael Porter Jr still has drop foot. Perhaps the first nba player to play with it?

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, August 19, 2020 11:26 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

never even heard of this. seems insane that an athlete has it