2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

they were not good dont get me wrong

Livingston is retiring

Had a ton of big moments but his game 1 in the 2016 finals was my fav (despite what happened later)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbG3wrf54ms

his harden xover is immortal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRpdg97R2rY

A huge help would be if they somehow could teach team USA how the fiba goaltending rules work. That probably costs them 1.5 points per game.

I really think that without the knee injury Livingston would have been a top 10 player.

yeah he was an all around player

Bzdelik to the Pelicans. Griffin is killing it over there.

I think a team that's played together would be better off than a bunch of studs trying to figure out what the other studs are doing and who the alpha dog(s) is.

Def, but wasn't this the stated goal when Colangelo took over? Having a core group make a longer core commitment to the team and play in other exhibitions and tourneys then just Olympics and their leadup?

NBA teams have done a 180 on LaMelo Ball after seeing him dominate the Australian NBL Blitz this week. It's time to start talking about him as a real candidate for the #1 overall pick https://t.co/zXo79D0u2l

— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) September 24, 2019

no

ball

big baller brand

big baller brand jeans <--

does he shoot from the correct side of his face?

yeah but his shot is still very odd

oof

Free agent forward Marquese Chriss — 8th pick in 2016 NBA Draft — has reached an agreement on a one-year deal with the Golden State Warriors, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) September 24, 2019

this puts them over the top

i assume no significant guarantee which would be utterly insane given the hard cap. wow.

anyone got odds on warriors missing the playoffs?

its just a ~training camp contract i guess

even better

feel like I haven't watched hoops in a year, offseason draaaaaging

its really depressing. im ready. season is gonna be a blast.

yes.

Season

hoop(s)

nice to see markelle fultz getting up some shots though i'm still not sold on that form

premature prediculation: markelle fultz will not be that good at hoop(s)

Interpretation of the evidence for the efficacy and safety of statin therapy. Collins et al, Lancet 2017

whoops lol

daaaang that’s a flex “accidentally” dropping that medical citation in a hoops thread, ok doctor k

i think there's a few things in pubmed that i'm an author on if it comes to that but i hope we can remain civil in discussing ball

Collins et al are fucking quacks fwiw

fn finally

Height will be measured with players' shoes OFF, I'm told. Player weight will not be sought because that number fluctuates so often ...

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) September 26, 2019

now gotta go back and remeasure every former NBAer still alive. Barkley will turn out to actually be 5'9".

haha I use ilx’s text box when I’m copying and pasting for power points because it always formats everything to the same font size and type

Oh weird, that’s kind of revolution. Kind of want to take bets on how tall KD actually is.

haha I use ilx’s text box when I’m copying and pasting for power points because it always formats everything to the same font size and type

― k3vin k., Thursday, September 26, 2019 1:03 PM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol as a heavy powerpoint user i love this

lol sick hack

(any text editor will do the same fwiw)

lol kev love it. i use text edit for de-formatting

I am basically a boomer when it comes to tech and obv always have ILX up

its good adam silver reads my posts

Breaking at ESPN: The G League this season will use the "one free throw counts for all the points" rule on shooting fouls -- on 2s and 3s: https://t.co/6mn9VQtzYg

— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) September 26, 2019

oh nice

Are they considering that for the NBA?

i like it to speed up the game but hate it otherwise. they do it in the big3

i feel like less free throw downtime would decrease the average number of minutes a starter could play in a game? maybe its not a big enough effect to matter though

Idk how I feel. Why should someone have to make 2 15 ft shots when hacked going for a layup/dunk? "good foul" is a part of the game...but it really shouldn't be. But then I do think all pro ballers should be at minimum very good shooters and I like the advantage excellent FT shooters bring to their team. The ol "two to make one" rule intrigues me more because if you miss the 1st attempt you're SOL otherwise.

deadball rebound, perfunctory daps is the most tedious play in the game

This change would be nearly as fundamental to the game as before and after the shot clock was introduced. Many traditional coaching strategies would be eliminated at a stroke. It would also eliminate a whole skill set from players' repertoires and allow more minutes for players with limited skills. These changes would push the game in a direction of being faster, but simpler.

I kind of like me some complexity. Even croquet benefits from its elements of strategy and complexity.

whatre u even talking about

"one free throw counts for all the points" rule on shooting fouls