2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

tuning in cold to a second overtime is a bit like "wow these professional basketball players are terrible at hoops"

pretty cool all the main celtics had big moments in this game

to echo what everyone is saying on twitter, this is the best game tatum has ever played. fearless on both sides of the court. outplayed kawhi convincingly. the type of game that makes me wonder if i'm wrong about his ceiling.

shoutouts to theis and hayward who both played brilliant defense. theis made zubac look absolutely useless out there.

the clippers are a very strange team still. on most championship-level teams two of the best four players don't come off the bench.

i still cant judge them cos pg and kawhi have only played like ten games together

theis has been extremely good in his role this season

Jokic erasure

Heading into the All-Star break, which #NBA players have done the most (or least) with their minutes during the 2019-20 season? pic.twitter.com/HV8NPeeIvr

— NBA Math (@NBA_Math) February 14, 2020

Looking at that graphic, Dame is averaging more min/game than any other NBA player. He's sturdy, but he's carrying a hell of a load.

yeah doesn't bode super well for playoffs

neither does being well under .500 in late February

McCollum just hasn't had much mojo this season. Getting that big contract sometimes affects guys in subconscious ways they don't see, don't understand, and would never admit to themselves. Some part of their brain just decides they have finally arrived at their destination and they are done with having to strive so hard for recognition and respect.

cj has always been fool’s gold imo

dame dragging this team to the playoffs would be an accomplishment in of itself

im pretty surprised they didnt move on from CJ years ago when he peaked. They wanted the splash bro setup but dame isnt quite as good as steph and cj isnt even close to klay. they start just about every game at a major defensive disadvantage with those two together. i like cj but dame needs a two way star next to him imo.

i think it's just....when you score a really good player with the 10th pick, you're a small market, and that player is tight with your superstar, it's really tough to trade that guy.

he's never been my favorite player but his one premium skill has a lot of value in the playoffs. i do think his dropoff has probably started as he was never the most athletic guy

yah trading away a guy like that is near impossible.

he just about single handedly won game 7 against Denver last year tbh I just don’t think he’s remotely the kinda star you want next to a guy like dame

yah

anyways reports are he has been traded for KAT so kudos to all involved

I think if the blazers had kept all their role players from last season they’d be doing fine

unless the blazers can somehow find a star level wing there will always be a cap on how far they can go. dame is amazing but he's too little. i don't think guys like that can carry you to a title. all that said, dame is really the perfect test case in how a fan base can derive enjoyment from a team without everything having to live and die with a championship. when he retires (or leaves) the blazers prob won't have won a title or even made the finals, but they'll have been in the playoffs a bunch of times, he'll have had some monster seasons playing an exciting brand of basketball, and put up two of the greatest buzzer beaters in NBA history on their home floor. don't know how you can look back on that w/ anything but extreme fondness.

^otm

yup. the nba is the sport where rings or bust mentality is most toxic. there are a lot of fanbases that would gladly take the last 8 years of blazers results.

watchin da allstar game

i just "tuned in"

many dunks

chris paul dunked

it's on at the airport so im watching it for the first time. seems bad

the player introductions are worth watching just for common's dorkiest rhymes of all times

"he's out there handling the rock like gibralter / let's hear it for kemba walker"

i'm no longer paying attention to it despite being a captive audience

the player introductions are worth watching just for common's dorkiest rhymes of all times

"he's out there handling the rock like gibralter / let's hear it for kemba walker"

The dunk contest was fun I thought

yeah probably the best dunk contest I’ve ever seen

the dunks were great, the contest portion could have used some work

aaron gordon was robbed again

thought DJJ was the clear winner tbh

DJJ's reverse 360 and aaron gordon's 1 handed swoop down off the side of the backboard were two of the best dunk contest dunks

Yah the swoop dunk was a top 10 all time for me. DJJ was just as deserving imo I was fine with either winning. Tie woulda made more sense there tho. The taco dunk didn’t look great in real time. Gordon has been involved in the two best contents since Vince

i havent been playing close enough attention to the format change and now i don't really understand who's "winning" and i am old and confused

Love the format change

shams breaking some news w/interesting timing--beilein probably done after this season.

This game is so fun

Why does this game even have refs?

Man that block is so close

the officials have no idea what to do lol

Lmaaaaao lowry making this fun

Taking charges and flopping

Shouldn’t be able to win on a FT lol

Anti climactic ending but that was fun

i think all nba games shd be played to 100 now