part two of the nba 2020-21 anything but regular season

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greg foster

jeff foster looked so much like a euro but was not

jeff foster played for 13 years as a backup center on the same team which seems inconceivable these days even though it wasn't that long ago!

that is crazy, even for then, jeff foster indy institution salute

yeah if you stick in one place for that long you must be doing something right

wtf the refs just reviewed a non-foul on Westbrook for 5 minutes and still got the call wrong

wow crazy last 3 minutes in Bucks Wizards

This Anthony Edwards sequence is A1 😳 @brhoops pic.twitter.com/R2gh520EI5

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 6, 2021

still got the call wrong

if it was originally called a foul by the ref on the floor, then there's a tendency to want really clear visual evidence to overturn it. i think their outlook is that we (refs) get lots of shit w/o us (refs) dumping on each other.

yeah if you stick in one place for that long you must be doing something right white

This is what led up to the Greg Foster blow up with Bitadze. He let Harkless get to the rim for a 2nd chance dunk and got scolded for not contesting. Bitadze responds w/ a 3 and when he runs back you can read his lips pretty clearly. “Sit the f$&@ down.” That did it #PacersKings pic.twitter.com/oFEmdUpPUl

— J. Michael (@ThisIsJMichael) May 6, 2021

Anthony Edwards, when asked what he’s looking forward to working on this offseason:

“I ain’t telling nobody. I wanna come back like Houdini.”

(via @DaneMooreNBA) pic.twitter.com/em9vegiCml

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) May 5, 2021

the Lad is the best quote in the NBA rn

Anthony Edwards says he's going to Spain with Ricky Rubio and Juancho Hernangomez this summer.

Says he's gonna learn fluent spanish so he knows what those two are talkin about all the time.

— Dane Moore (@DaneMooreNBA) May 6, 2021

unfortunately telling your coach to “sit the fuck down” is still “frowned upon”

I don’t think the Greg Foster thing is a big deal. Bitadze probably needs that approach to some degree.

When Jeff Foster played for the Pacers they called him “Feisty Foster” for a while and I’ve never gotten it out of my mind entirely

its true that assistants shouldnt be standing up

Nikola Jokic on his four dunks: “It was tiger dunks.”

And then made claws with his hands.

(I have no idea what tiger dunks are).

— Mike Singer (@msinger) May 6, 2021

the full game highlights of edwards last night are crazy, he was just going off

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6exIRM0vMs

He has a strong case for rookie of the year. Coming on strong to end the season.

watching that Suns Hawks game last night got me thinking that the suns should make a run at John Collins

edwards year has been a typical rookie season for a player who is obviously going to be very good in that hes shown the flashes of brilliance while being usually pretty bad, and in edwards case genuinely pretty awful for much of the year, lamelo on the other hand has been actually good as in playing winning basketball, almost from day one, if endwards gets it its an outrage, we burn down league headquarters

I think it's still probably lamelo, but edwards was not only a rookie but also dealt with..frankly, being a timberwolf...and a coaching change midseason.

he's improved so much since the all-star break. i'm pretty confident now that chris finch is at least a competent NBA coach. if finch had been here since the start of the season, who knows where he'd be.

edwards year has been a typical rookie season for a player who is obviously going to be very good in that hes shown the flashes of brilliance while being usually pretty bad, and in edwards case genuinely pretty awful for much of the year, lamelo on the other hand has been actually good as in playing winning basketball, almost from day one, if endwards gets it its an outrage, we burn down league headquarters

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agree, but lamelo missed a month so its not totally unfathomable. prob wont happen tho. some really cool players in this draft tho overall, already contributing.

rookie of the year is probably the award for which games played is least important

Really hoping campazzo gets a vote

Okongwu's turned in to a decent back up to Capela, but the kid is still pretty raw. Had a really nice game last night

the alien-replaced imposter who looks a lot like julius randle should win rookie of the year

if campazzo is eligible julius randle might as well be

just looking at randles numbers and a lot of his improvement there is just 3pt shooting, both taking and making more, and tbf his overall usage is up, but i was thinking he kind of sucked before but he was putting up like just sub allstar numbers, and now hes putting up solid allstar numbers, on a dece team too which he never had before, havent watched the knicks much this year or last so not sure really about his role changing, wld imagine hes handling the ball more too as his assists and shots are both up, anyway not sure what my point is here kudos to him

yeah they just give him the ball a lot and let him go to work but it’s the outside shooting that really unlocks it. he can take some tough ones off the dribble now and make them.

i will be happily taking the proverbial under on all julius randle expectations for next season

yeah tough to believe at least some of this isnt a heater, especially when the whole league is on one

he’s extension eligible this offseason so the knicks will likely do something insane like give him $100 million

well yeah then theyll have everything in place to lure a top free agent

Pacers are suspending assistant Greg Foster for one game and fining Goga Bitadze for exchange on court Wednesday, sources tell ESPN. Foster and Bitadze have had a strong working relationship this season and that’s expected to continue, but emotions are running high in Indiana.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 6, 2021

just two fiery competitors

strong "i have 40 fucking points" lavine vibes from bitadze on that one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx48bMoPhco
problem is... he's not a 'star' so the coach can bite back.

idk coaching having to be held back on the sideline prob not going to come out the winner on this one

yah it was a bad look.

micah, any inside scoop on bad vibes in pacer land these days?

mcmillan thriving in atlanta gotta be kinda tough for them lol

they're too busy trying to figure out what a pacer is

pace car?

saw some talk on twitter that bjorkgren might not make it past this season, feel like somethings got to be going on there more than just losing for a first year coach to already be on the hot seat

it sounds like he's just an asshole

a player taunting his own coach after scoring a single basket after being chastised for not contesting a shot doesn't seem like an interaction that happens if there is mutual respect between the team and the staff

yeah lol

not much of an article but

ESPN story on Pacers coach Nate Bjorkgren's uncertain future amid turmoil within locker room and organization: https://t.co/5oYZj7JQ3d

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 5, 2021

ok here we go

"Nor did they consult with last year's Orlando Bubble breakout player T.J. Warren—who played under Bjorkgren in Phoenix—according to sources. When news of Bjorkgren's hire became public, Warren requested a trade from the Pacers, according to sources."

Woah. https://t.co/73jzKdN6Jg

— Ryan Eggers (@EggersNBA) May 6, 2021