Regular Degular Redux - 2019-20 NBA Season thread 2

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J.R. Smith has officially signed with the @Lakers and will wear No. 21. pic.twitter.com/mSIWnKMylJ

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) July 1, 2020

kemba is such a fuckin chillhead man

Brian Windhorst says the NBA bubble is going to cost the league more than $1.5M a day

(🎥 ESPN) pic.twitter.com/tlg6B64P67

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) June 30, 2020

25 players have tested positive for covid in the past week

our special boy is good to go
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eb7w77MWoAEC28J?format=jpg&name=900x900

context is cool

25 total positive tests so far out of 351 players since testing began
10 positives out of 884 team employees

seems like overkill but ok

The NBA had teams send their actual courts to Orlando and is installing them to use as practice spaces.
📸: @NBA pic.twitter.com/xstQZmNWMs

— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) July 2, 2020

i dunno man, this has more than a whiff of hubris about it
i mean i will watch and all but

no, hubris is mlb thinking it's going to be able to play in-market games three weeks from now

baseball existing in 2020 is hubris imo but what do i know

haha fair point

context is cool

25 total positive tests so far out of 351 players since testing began
10 positives out of 884 team employees

i'm already pretty checked out now regardless of whether any of this stuff happens

I agree with matt. 325 players who have not tested positive is 325 players who are susceptible to infection in a situation that appears to only be getting worse. cancel the season

the inevitable outcome of trying to start the season is that players or close contacts will continue to test positive and the league will just end up with egg on its face and have to abort. just give up imo

yeah k3v otm stop pretending this doesn’t end up with half the players positive in like three weeks

counterpoint: two bubbles

The NBA is closing in on signing off on a second “bubble” in Chicago for the eight teams that were not invited to play in Orlando, enabling mini-training camps and subsequent games against other clubs with a target date of September, sources tell ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 2, 2020

I won't lie though, I'm excited to see sports. But I am totally fine with canceling the season; it's definitely the smart move.

It's likely though that next season is toast absent a miracle vaccine.

though though though

Who’s ready for a Cavs V Warriors part IV... 😂🤷🏽‍♂️ https://t.co/JAqI9orUw5

— Larry Nance Jr (@Larrydn22) July 2, 2020

Oh, that's good.

what about 30 bubbles. going in and out is ok

personal bubbles

https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2020/04/02/15/bubble-boy-0.jpg

I guess we’re all getting this so whatever

im hiding in vermont

good hiding place

only two cases in my county last i heard

people are traveling tho now so who knows

pretty sure if I get it I die bc I’m terribly at risk now just have maybe one lung up for grabs

stating the obvious this whole thing sucks shit

yeah every morning I’m like okay I know something is wrong with the world pretty bad more than usual what is it again oh right the virus fuck that thing

also just my opinion the government too

excuse me this is the hoop thread

yes that’s why we are dunking on the virus and the bad guys in Washington

...the washington generals

loopholes for hoop lols

lhole

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hey

https://www.si.com/nba/rockets/news/thabo-sefolosha-rockets-teammates-positive-coronavirus-test

also:
https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/wnba-announces-seven-of-137-players-tested-positive-for-covid-19-ahead-of-2020-season/

name of the hotel feels kinda portentous

Once the Celtics arrive at Walt Disney World later today, they will quarantine for roughly 48 hours in their respective hotel rooms at the Grand Destino Tower until they pass two separate COVID-19 tests (24 hours apart).

Boston is one of eight teams to arrive today.

— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) July 8, 2020

Nuggets don’t know where Jokic is

grand destino tower is definitely a jrpg dungeon

so i just haven't been able to bring myself to even look at any NBA news or even this board. Is this shit a total disaster?
I mean i'm going to watch hoops if it's on but the championship is so meaningless I don't even care really.

i watched some of "The Basketball Tournament: TBT" yesterday lol

its definitely all extremely sketchy and feelbad even if it works. i don't really want to watch anymore, wish they had just focused on figuring out next season instead but now we're probably gonna get 2 weird asterisk seasons instead of 1

yeah I could hardly be any less enthused for this

The fact that the entire rest of the season is going to take place at fucking Disney World is some real shit

Anyway, I am completely pumped for some reason! Ha

gonna save my energy till a week before games start and then do a deep dive into my soul to see how i REALLY FEEL then

i'm excited, mostly because this seems much more likely to go well than the 20/21 season does. i understand not being excited but i don't think it's particularly sketchy. making everyone go to their home markets first isn't looking amazing but i don't really blame the nba for that.