NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

jfc KAT what a horrible year

https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/29/karl-anthony-towns-car-crash-drunk-driver-nba-minnesota-timberwolves/

man seriously he should shut it down for the season.

yeah the 2021 Timberwolves are nothing to sacrifice for

Apparently this was the second time that Oubre sued this lady

Embiid is 2/9 from the field but has 11 pts with 2+ minutes left in the first.

He's now 55/40/83 for the season.

I wish the Timberwolves were never born

the spurs just beat the nuggets to move into 4th seed in the west, a thing i definitely thought would happen

I really really like the Spurs. I think people are way too skeptical about them.

including me! i had them 9-12 seed this year.

which to be clear can still happen bc the west is tight. but the success of the spurs is:

--demar increasing his playmaking and becoming a serviceable 3pt shooter
--offense-by-committee elsewhere with 7 players in double figures
--replacing two of the worst players in the league (marco belinelli and bryn forbes) with a rookie defensive phenom who can shoot 3s as accurately as the aforementioned (vassell)
--reducing the minutes and role of aldridge
--dejounte murray being fully healthy and becoming a real point guard
--keldon johnson being really fucking good in very little time
--mills being a flamethrower and leading the best bench unit in the league (mills, vassell, rudy gay, jakob poeltl)

theyre a top 10 defense this year and theyll be ever better once aldridge is out.

When does white come back?

tomorrow night against the grizzlies!

i imagine theyll ease him back as a bench guy, but he's too good to not start. that'll probably bump lonnie to bench duty which would probably suit him better bc he gets kinda lost in that starting unit and hes not good enough defensively to cover the best wings.

Might need to start watching more spurs.

Elsewhere the jazz are on an 11 game win streak and the mavs suck bad.

continuing to be concerned with jokic's minutes

You can’t cut jokic’s minutes when every game is close

denver needs to make a trade imo

you can't cut back on jokic's minutes! you will regret this!

Elsewhere the jazz are on an 11 game win streak and the mavs suck bad.

― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Friday, January 29, 2021 9:56 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

I watched this game, it threatened to be a good game for a bit in the second period where Dallas closed the gap but was immediately definitely over almost as soon as the second half commenced.

The schlubby Australian guy who looks like a suburban dad,Clarkson and Gobert looked great for Utah.

imo dallas sucking or being not that good makes more sense than them being good because their roster is just not that good

maybe if zinger finds some form and health they could be decent but past their top two they just dont have a lot of good players

last year they were relying on a historically great offense which is a hard thing to keep doing

I'm curious to see how they'll do now that some of their guys are back. They're still better than this.

yeah the josh richardson trade is not working out for them as well i thought

Big issue with the Nuggets has been Barton. Is he just washed? Every other part of the 8 man rotation has made sense.

just seems like he's a guy who is never going to be fully healthy

also their games haven't been particularly close... honestly think you have to find ways to play him less or sit him out every few weeks. it sucks because he's a legit MVP contender but they're not winning the 1 seed and I also feel like their chances of finishing outside the top 4 are pretty slim. the team will get better as MPJ is better integrated and murray improves, and presumably they make some sort of deal

resting is especially important this year with the short offseason and compressed schedule

he’s also 25 and in the best shape of his life idk

also their games haven't been particularly close... honestly think you have to find ways to play him less or sit him out every few weeks. it sucks because he's a legit MVP contender but they're not winning the 1 seed and I also feel like their chances of finishing outside the top 4 are pretty slim. the team will get better as MPJ is better integrated and murray improves, and presumably they make some sort of deal

insane

Jayson Tatum with the perfect behind-the-back pass/save to Robert Williams: pic.twitter.com/p1JqzCZhu5

— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) January 31, 2021

whoa!

Assist of the year from Tatum?pic.twitter.com/QBHPAZZvWg

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) January 31, 2021

dammit

so cloooose

celtics tipped in two laker baskets lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGnRZRPG4tQ

dame buzzer beater was sick

Tyler Herro says he found out before the game "Someone who lived with me tested positive...Hopefully I don't have to quarantine."@5ReasonsSports

— Brady Hawk (@BradyHawk305) January 31, 2021

xp i think the replays help demonstrate what an insanely hard shot that was

the logo three he hit seconds before, too. jesus.

xxp

yeah + not sure the last game winner I can remember off a fumbled jump ball

ridic

holy fuck dame

sickk

jazz-nugzz rematch on deck

22/3/2/1/1 for Jokic in the first on 9/11 shooting

jokic is fucking on one rn

This is against Gobert and favors, who have made zero mistakes lol

It’s cool that rj Hampton is in the rotation, Malone usually hates rookies so a good sign