NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

should prob just do a bunch of big surgeries too just in case

pull out the extra organs

if you think about it most of the organs are just weighing you down (bad for dunks)

for your typical citizen it doesnt make sense to prioritize dunking but for a basketball player its a different story

clay idk tbrr

from what i can garner players are mrid at the start each season and prior to a trade

disgusting no call there to sink the hornets

Ben Simmons for three pic.twitter.com/1NknX33kOz

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) January 17, 2021

Re giannis free throws uhhhh

Umm what the heck Giannis?? pic.twitter.com/NXun7MaPMx

— Doc (@MJK_NY31) January 17, 2021

the time-honored tradition of forcing your partner to do laps

oh yeah, i read that whole feature. there's kind of a weird media narrative about how competitive giannis is which i assume comes from the fact that he doesn't give the media much else to talk about.

They def don’t know what to do with him.

In other news ja is back in action. And Kd had 42 alongside a 30 point trip dub by harden in a win. That team is gonna be so weird to watch once Kyrie gets back and they settle in. Can they find a way to be a top ten defense? I don’t see a path to that with their roster.

theres gonna be a lot of nets games with ridiculous scores

i mean

kyrie - one of the worst defenders in the league
harden - were all familiar with his work
kd - good to great when locked in, not always locked in, unclear what the situ is re major injury recovery
joe harris - actually have no idea
dre jordan - cooked
landry shamet - doesnt look like a good defender
jeff greem - gotta be cooked right

tbf the best defense is a good having james harden and kevin durant to score a lot of points

they shd try to trade kyrie for defense lol

Yah exactly xp. Cabarrot might be good but not sure. Interested to see how nash (kd) staggers the minutes of the big 3.

honestly what do they even need kyrie for

That may be why they got harden. Trade Kyrie before he retires or takes off a season to go hike Europe

the current nets roster is bad and hated

i wonder what they cld even get for him rn

yeah if he doesn't want to play for a basically guaranteed finals team who is he gonna show up for

the current nets roster is bad and hated

i actually like the madness but i can't argue with that

Capela is having a great season. That was such a weird trade. Why did Houston give up on him again?

he was injured and they were making a last ditch effort to win a ring before morey and harden fled

Well glad the Hawks took advantage of that delusion

yeah good deal for them

Giannis’ free throw problems remind me of Tim Duncan. There were a couple years where he struggled and it really got in his head.

when guys come into the league work on their shot for years and... it gets worse, thats nba baby

Season continues its weirdness... Celtics only score 75 points lose to the knicks by 30. Bulls blow out the mavs coby white 0 points Lavine only 10. More games postponed.

Pacers ended up getting second rounders from the rockets and cavs to make the trade happen. Gotta imagine those will be top 40 picks

Watched most of the Bulls Mavs. Best defense I've seen Bulls play since Thibodeux days. Unselfish on offense, including Lavine. But Mavs are…not a good team.

Good morning. Let's water polo. pic.twitter.com/jbCQwLEkkH

— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) January 18, 2021

The slow-mo of this is even weirder looking. https://t.co/f46FdlID9p pic.twitter.com/XaCG0oWhgt

— Adam Mares (@Adam_Mares) January 18, 2021

It’s so weird that Jokic has been so awesome on both ends but we’re 6-7. The bench shouldn’t be THAT bad but they are.

Yeah the nuggets lost Jerami Grant... but Jamychal Green has been just as good. I don’t really get it.

question: can jokic palm the ball?

Kevin of course he can

are we absolutely certain

It’s really hard to dunk with one hand if you can’t palm it

I don't know if that's true. Whenever I'm around a lowered hoop I have no problem one hand dunking with my tiny girlish hands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmlSRqQ7w58

11/15 (73.3333333333333333%) of his dunks last year were two-handed. even when he goes for the one-hander there's not a whole lot of confidence or really yamming going on

https://imgur.com/a/9ka1xkE

not an authoritative palm imo

is there any video evidence of jokic palming the ball, at rest, palm-down?

It’s really hard to dunk with one hand if you can’t palm it

Durant was clearly joking

My hands are a whole lot smaller than Jokic’s and I can palm the ball.

Jokic is a very, very large man with very large hands. He probably dunks two-handed because he's a euro and they approach the game with a greater emphasis on fundamentals compared to the American love of flash & swagger.

is it harder to palm a leather nba ball?

looks like jokic does have abnormally small hands, per this list http://www.draftexpress.com/article/2014-Nike-Hoop-Summit-International-Measurements-4437/

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