2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

otm, i mean commercials are really the worst part of the game if u want to include them

I wish they'd eliminate 2/3rds of the timeouts.

― EZ Snappin, Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:58 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

they kinda did?

The maximum number of timeouts per game has been reduced from 18 to 14 and teams can now call just two timeouts – instead of three – in the final three minutes of regulation. Also, teams now have just two timeouts to use per overtime session instead of three.

i thought the last 2 mins got noticeably better last year with no more than two timeouts per team

yeah

yeah it was a great move and made for some crazier endings

v much looking forward to this 1 ft experiment

4 out of 18 is not 2/3rds.

no, it's 4/18ths

(citation needed)

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRz7-KgD3_xrivTWUgnlQTTYPkzAQMfZtEXftizDOVQTAkMX6qt8w

i don't think the change reduces the value of excellent free throw shooters. you no longer get the hope that the 65% guy is at least going to make one of two.

yeah agree. I left out the part of my thinking where I totally get rid of FTs on hacks committed on a guy in the paint.

idc i just want to see some hoopses

(all of ILH nods vigorously)

drama baby

Lakers off-season recap pic.twitter.com/AHzZdodWGh

— pickuphoop (@pickuphoop) September 27, 2019

i guess shooting 1 for 2 disadvantages the shooters team slightly as they can no longer get 1pt plus an oreb/putback

It feels like something will go wrong for the lakers because it always does

idk feel like they had a couple pretty smooth years

This is rad:

https://apple.news/AoGmytqHHSceLo4CazW2FiQ

apple news can go suck an egg. what is this rad thing I won't click on?

Tried to de-Apple-ify the link but could figure out how. CA to start letting NCAA players take endorsement money.

Now I'm at a real computer, so here you go:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-30/college-athlete-endorsement-deals-ncaa-california-law

hope they address retroactive reparations back to the 50's; whole lotta people who are owed millions.

Whoa. The rest of the country is gonna have to follow suit or all the top HS recruits are gonna go to Cali, no?

that's the idea

ncaa threatened to drop all cali schools if the law went through, hard to imagine thats not a bluff tho

Wouldn't mind having a dominant Pac12...

Harden with his new one-legged fadeaway 3. pic.twitter.com/S2sNiSBsEe

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) October 1, 2019

lol what an ugly shot

he missed so it's bad

if he figures out how to make that u just gotta tip yr cap

yeah looks deadly in theory but idk how you reliably hit such a wild shot

it starts off somewhat smooth but gets very awkward near the release

def looks like a work in progress

looks like he wants to open up at the end but all his momentum is going the other way so its a pretty effortful operation

Bron got a decent 2-pt version of that shot working a couple years ago.

looks like he wants to open up at the end but all his momentum is going the other way so its a pretty effortful operation

― lag∞n, Monday, September 30, 2019 8:46 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah this

Especially going that way while left-handed.

Seems like he gets more separation with the side step he does compared to that.

Whoa. The rest of the country is gonna have to follow suit or all the top HS recruits are gonna go to Cali, no?

― Fetchboy, Monday, September 30, 2019 5:41 PM (yesterday)bookmarkflaglink

i think in basketball it will have less of an effect on the top players as long as the one and done system stays in place... i don't think there's anything UCLA or USC could've offered zion or RJ barrett in 1 year that would outweigh what they netted, longterm, from going to duke

it will prob be a different story in football where you have to be in school for 3 years no matter how good you are

But no one knows what you look like in football

no but think of video game and apparel sales

speaking of video game here's some quality basketball content while we wait for the real thing to start

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-yfZn5iYJE

I’m pretty sure harden was just tucking around with that shot btw, there’s no way that can be a reliable look

i hope harden figures out a way to strain the game even further this year

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFuhgypUEAEg23I?format=jpg&name=large

are there playoff odds listed anywhere that i can put money on?

ya most sites shd have them

john hollinger works for the athletic now

cool

nikola looks shredded. like shredded parmesean