NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

probably 2017 tbh. mighta been able to keep kawhi.

I have a feeling that the Spurs will be players for Jokic in 2023

god i can only hope

lma is an expiring this year, doesnt that make him kinda tradeable

maybe to relieve tax burdens, but the 2021 FA class isnt gonna be so hot after all

they prob won't be able to get much but pretty much every team in the playoffs needs a 5 who can shoot i assume they could find some interest

wd be huge if he could shoot (.442, .268 from 3)

he is the biggest defensive liability for the team and his shot comes and goes, but mostly doesnt go in

yeah lma has looked just astonishingly washed this year

Campazzo is not the problem with Nuggets second unit, they just need some people who actually are threats on the pick and roll. Like Javale would actually be a big improvement.

matt the raptors just released alex len today....

my take on this season is that evaluations of teams are pointless, but evaluations of players are valid and jokic is a solidly top 5 player

Len isn’t great in pick and roll tho... I would say he’s an upgrade on Hartenstein tho

Lu Dort is so much better on offense this season, I really think they have something special with him

lol ok

Beginning tonight, NBA teams’ security will be stationed at halfcourt for compliance of rules regarding pre- and post-game interactions, the league informed teams. NBA and NBPA agreed on players maintaining six feet of distance, refraining from hugs/handshakes, and wearing masks.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 20, 2021

do the outbreaks really stem from how the teams interact with each other during games

nba is saying they havent traced a single case of on court transmission yet so idk what theyre up to, and neither do they

virtue signaling

it would help with contact tracing

and quicker contact tracing = more games = profit

The refs need to get fucked in this Sixers-Celtics game. That call where Smart launches himself backward into Green at the top of the 3pt line then falls down is some bullshit.

what was green even doing back there tho questions sixers fans dont want to talk about

Danny Green is cooked, what does that have to do with anything?

Tho Smart is such a good player - I would take 3 of him on the Sixers.

you know i love marcus, but 3 is too many

hmmm

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oh man, the hoisting potential of three marcuses

i don't think the rockets ever would've targeted kyrie, it doesn't make sense for them. i think it's much more likely that kyrie got bored/annoyed w/ the season and then they got harden and he was like "well this seems fun now" and decided to come back

yeah the fact that the rockets traded levert for a guy who they aren't going to resign tells you what they wanted

just cause the rockets wouldnt target kyrie doesnt mean he wouldnt have been moved AND just because he wouldnt have been moved doesnt mean kyrie believed that, something to think about

you know i love marcus, but 3 is too many

lol, I hate him, but he's totally my type of player; jack of all trades, smart (lol), tough defender.

i think the whole point from the nets perspective is to put kyrie, harden and KD together. harden does provide kyrie insurance but that feels like a worst case scenario plan b to me

doesnt mean they wouldnt have moved him if thats what it took

also if may, kyrie-harden-kd is a silly idea, i mean i support it and am interested in seeing how it plays out, but its silly

the too small insult is getting out of hand, guys are doing it ironically now

idk the rockets clearly wanted draft assets. they didn't even take jarrett allen back, the nets had to flip him for a first to throw onto the pile. rockets also turned down ben simmons in all likelihood, if they wanted a star player in return he would've made way more sense than kyrie.

they couldve flipped kyrie tho is what im getting at BUT also it doesnt matter the whole thing couldve existed only in kyries mind AND im not sure why were talking about this so much i just thought it was a funny idea THO obvs like all funny things its funny because its true

J. B. Bickerstaff might be the best coach in Cavs history. Got these kids playing Harden/Kyrie/KD tough!

lmao dwight with a couple truly awful missed layups

pretty good game too many fouls tho

also i question the decision to single team embiid

and also somehow give up a million clean 3s

Could you imagine Harden with Embiid? So many free throws.

yeah those two wouldve been extremely difficult to guard

But also unwatchable.

Collin Sexton I love you, man

I mean, I would have loved it, but the shame would be immense.

xp

i guess its official that colin sexton is good now

15 points in OT2 for Collin Sexton. What. A. Game. pic.twitter.com/0cZdjVhTza

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) January 21, 2021

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lol