silver's obsession w/ european soccer is really tiresome
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 23 October 2022 03:52 (one year ago) link
i hate it, it's ahistorical nonsense
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 23 October 2022 04:09 (one year ago) link
seems to me like silver is just saying this as a way of saying “we’re looking at radical solutions” as cover for some truly desperate tanking to come while the league does nothing about it
― The Young Bull (Clay), Sunday, 23 October 2022 06:25 (one year ago) link
yeah
― micah, Sunday, 23 October 2022 10:38 (one year ago) link
They want more international money
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 23 October 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
weak
The NBA does not credit assists thrown off the backboard. It’s in the stats manual. Seems like something that should be reconsidered. https://t.co/rPaebwN4Rb— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) October 23, 2022
― lag∞n, Sunday, 23 October 2022 18:48 (one year ago) link
many of these seem directly inspired by draymond
The NBRA fully supports and enforces the “Respect for the Game” program announced today. This is another step forward in fostering mutual respect in all arenas at all levels and reaffirms the existing “Respect for the Game” rules. pic.twitter.com/y8YW6w5ruT— NBA Referees (@OfficialNBARefs) October 25, 2022
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 23:37 (one year ago) link
lol at its ok to point at the jumbotron as long as youre chill about it
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 23:38 (one year ago) link
love to gesturing
― Clay, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 23:44 (one year ago) link
inspired by draymond and the majority of the stars in the league. luka is real bad at this.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 23:48 (one year ago) link
no one is near draymond hes got a tier to himself
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 23:50 (one year ago) link
i can seem him doing every one of these, most players stick to one or two
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 23:54 (one year ago) link
he doesnt point to the teleprompter usually. but yes he is the worst at ref interactions.
the one i hate to see them enforce is the "wave offs" theres nothing better than a psh wave off and walk away that should def be legal
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 00:10 (one year ago) link
tatum does that on almost every drive, tho i noticed hes dialed it back this year which is good cause you cant think you got fouled on every play
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 00:14 (one year ago) link
tho its actually a combo of two of the offenses raise arms then wave off
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 00:16 (one year ago) link
https://media.tenor.com/S2_5-WzdLDkAAAAd/pssshh-psh.gif
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 00:18 (one year ago) link
league wants hard cap lol
Story filed to ESPN: The NBA is pursuing the implementation of an upper salary limit in its negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement with the National Basketball Players Association, a systematic change that has been met with significant union resistance.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 28, 2022
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 October 2022 18:34 (one year ago) link
meaning of "the league" / "the NBA" is fuzzy here--surely the clips and warriors don't want this but some small market owners do.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 28 October 2022 18:47 (one year ago) link
idk the teams paying all that tax might want it too
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 October 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
the teams getting the payouts want this?
― Spottie, Friday, 28 October 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
apparenlty its a non starter says woj cos the players association is against it
pretty good thread on the scoring boom
3-part hypothesis for why we're seeing so many insane stat lines in the NBA:1) More heliocentrism ==> stars' usage rates are higher than ever https://t.co/zONRSzUtyi pic.twitter.com/r7tIUTB9ua— Lev Akabas (@LevAkabas) January 4, 2023
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Friday, 6 January 2023 19:16 (one year ago) link
Heliocentrism... it's FANtastic!
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 January 2023 07:44 (one year ago) link
learn things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyzhZzx2a3U
― lag∞n, Thursday, 12 January 2023 23:54 (one year ago) link
wow the last one!
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Friday, 13 January 2023 00:14 (one year ago) link
all those rules are good and should be immediately adopted by the nba
― Clay, Friday, 13 January 2023 00:34 (one year ago) link
i love the negative point for missed FT, half the players would be out of the league lol
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Friday, 13 January 2023 00:41 (one year ago) link
yeah thats the most problematic one would make fouling too good
― lag∞n, Friday, 13 January 2023 00:46 (one year ago) link
BUT1 League
― Unfairport Convention (PBKR), Friday, 13 January 2023 12:27 (one year ago) link
Had a theory and tested it out, and it's true. Slowly but surely, players listed 6-4 to 6-6 have overtaken those listed 6-0 to 6-3 as the league's primary ball-handlers. pic.twitter.com/lXQRspVGM6— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) January 17, 2023
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 January 2023 16:22 (one year ago) link
interesting
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 16:38 (one year ago) link
lead guard is really it rip point guard
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 January 2023 17:40 (one year ago) link
Deputy commish Mark Tatum tells @YahooSports midseason tournament “has momentum”; likely to begin in new TV deal, sources say. Plus, All-Star starters ballot https://t.co/s59wzrpbLj— Vincent Goodwill (@VinceGoodwill) January 20, 2023
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 January 2023 18:29 (one year ago) link
doing this but not doing a two-tier relegation-like structure is so tiresome. If you don't want to do real relegation just take the top half of each division after half the season and put them in the Championship Division that'd be cool right
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Friday, 20 January 2023 18:31 (one year ago) link
I've watched like 1.6 basketball games this year but I have strong opinions about playoff formats
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Friday, 20 January 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
relegation is an amazing system but it will never happen in america due to financial reasons, and tbf it has at the top levels of soccer been rendered mostly irrelevant due to financial reasons
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 January 2023 18:35 (one year ago) link
imho the draft is a very nice system too tho
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 January 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
imo this is the biggest thing they need to figure out in the next CBA
The Warriors are sitting Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins and Klay Thompson in Cleveland tonight. Last game of a five-game road trip. Went into OT in Boston last night.— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) January 20, 2023
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Friday, 20 January 2023 19:17 (one year ago) link
zero back to backs
would be best, mb this in season tournament is a sneaky way to play fewer games which imo wld be directly addressing the problem
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 January 2023 19:22 (one year ago) link
i havent read anything, has any type of format been leaked or proposed for that?
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Friday, 20 January 2023 19:23 (one year ago) link
dont think theres been any concrete info but iirc they were talking about not increasing the number of games which then it stands to reason that at least the teams that didnt make it to the champ game would be playing fewer games, obvs big speculation but makes sense to me
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 January 2023 19:29 (one year ago) link
i do think there is some awareness that they play too many games but obvs the owners dont want to give up gate/local broadcast revenue, this could be a good compromise if it juices the national tv deal
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 January 2023 19:30 (one year ago) link
less games wont ever happen so just find a way to stretch the season or maybe less 3-4 day breaks?
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Friday, 20 January 2023 19:41 (one year ago) link
its possible you gotta believe
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 January 2023 19:43 (one year ago) link
but in the short term yeah they wld prob have to lengthen the season to eliminate back to backs think the other demands on the arenas hockey games concerts etc make perfectly spaced games impossible
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 January 2023 19:45 (one year ago) link
they already did it once why not keep going
I’m 100% against the mid season tournament until the league figures out the stars sitting situation, completely grotesque bullshit imo
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 January 2023 20:02 (one year ago) link
your best players play 75% of the time even when they’re not injured, everyone agrees there’s too many games, now you want to start a new tournament because we all watched soccer that one time and liked it, give me a break
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 January 2023 20:04 (one year ago) link
if it doesnt result in more games played i dont see the problem it will prob be a big success etc
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 January 2023 20:06 (one year ago) link