2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

all the rockets are now an inch shorter

#Rockets UPDATED Height Measurements

-P.J. Tucker 6'5 (old: 6'6)
-Eric Gordon 6'3 (old: 6'4)
-Ryan Anderson 6'9 (old: 6'10)
-Tyson Chandler 7'0 (old: 7'1)
-Danuel House 6'6 (old: 6'7)
-Austin Rivers 6'3 (old: 6'4)
-Thabo Sefolosha 6'6 (old: 6'7)
-Ben McLemore 6'3 (old: 6'5) pic.twitter.com/qlOnikrAQj

— Alykhan Bijani (@Rockets_Insider) October 17, 2019

ben mclemore haa

Wizards and Bradley Beal agree to 2-year, $72M max extension, per @wojespn

The total value of the SG’s deal is now 4 years, $130M 💰 pic.twitter.com/vuiVpQso65

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 17, 2019

hmmm sign and trade Hield for Wiggins...

wiggins is the quintessential king it's true.

If the kings were concerned about money why did they sign up for harrison Barnes

Also didn’t Ranadive supposedly love Hield

Andrew Wiggins is supposedly a very nice guy, I think they could learn to love each other

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/255771/Andrew-Wiggins-Theres-Not-100-Players-Better-Than-Me

that's the competitive drive! he won't stop until he's the 78th best player in the NBA! can't teach that

love the self own

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EHG7L4kX0BQFu5O?format=jpg&name=small

cheers to manu for committing to the look, jeers to tony for just putting the hat on

gonna check this out i think
https://vimeo.com/208736435

at 1:13 there's a brief shot of a street ball. it is as smooth as an egg. I've played with balls like that, too.

...

this is I Love Hoops, ciderpress. don't lose focus.

Going through old photos and came across me and lil bro in Paris pic.twitter.com/e0oI5lNEGt

— Tyrone Muggsy Bogues (@MuggsyBogues) October 18, 2019

Sources: The Golden State Warriors are waiving forward Alfonzo McKinnie, clearing way for Marquese Chriss to make regular-season roster. McKinnie will be one of the top available players on market.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 18, 2019

which of course means this season is a wash and lets tank and gear up for 2021-22

muggsy lj photo is great

I would like to go thru old hoopers' old pics

Damn, losing Zo is a bummer, but Chriss does look pretty good.

dubs basically HAVE to roll the dice on anyone cheap with upside at this point.

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1185198990993674240/FG5pX94s?format=jpg&name=medium

let's check in on the knicks:

There has been some ‘early grumbling’ among some Knicks players about their role with the team, per @IanBegley

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) October 18, 2019

More re: new height measurements
https://apple.news/AGrXZDnM-OFKenmJ5aYCcBA

watching knicks-pels and tnt has decided that we need a shot clock superimposed on the floor just behind the foul line at all times, even when it's frozen at 24 b/c a guy is shooting free throws

no trade turner to the celtics

Pacers reportedly testing trade market for Domantas Sabonis https://t.co/qWtDNAWfry

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) October 19, 2019

so now everyone knows they don't want to play him at the 4 and that he wants a big contract, yes very opportune time to explore the trade market

i think the issue is more $$ than fit

they shd just pay him (and trade turner to the celtics)

i think the issue is more $$ than fit

― micah, Friday, October 18, 2019 9:43 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is probably true but a lot of the preseason stuff i read suggested they wanted to see how it looked with turner and sabonis. money does top everything but seems like they no longer care how it looks.

goon you need to stop talking about the celtics trading for turner, i keep thinking about it and it's just so good and then i get sad b/c it won't happen

sabonis worth is hard to establish. hes a both a 4/5 tweener and a starter/bench tweener.

his best fit is as a sixth man which caps playoff value

goon you need to stop talking about the celtics trading for turner, i keep thinking about it and it's just so good and then i get sad b/c it won't happen

― call all destroyer, Friday, October 18, 2019 9:56 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

now u know how i feel!

xp yeah. it seems like there's a contingent that really likes him because his value is always discussed as if it's higher than that.

turners a great role player and defender, and you could picture him playing 38mpg on a team that goes to the finals. even though sabonis has a much broader skill set its really hard to see him playing that many minutes for a truly top level team

i'm gonna enjoy watching Hunter this year. he plays some godly defense.

trae looks a lot more locked in on D too. he's moving his feet and keeping his man in front of him which is a vast improvement on last year's D.

If trae is still locked in by January this will be much realer news.

i'll let you know

Seriously considering putting my life savings on the under for Charlotte’s win total. It’s 23.5 and I can’t fathom how this team could win 20 unless there’s a league wide MRSA outbreak.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-best-nba-players-of-the-last-6-seasons/

I like RAPTOR because it says chris paul is good

... Danny green?

lol

strong possibility of an alltime hoisting season here :]

Stephen Curry's per-36 stats over the preseason (98-minute sample): 39.5 points, 4.1 boards, 6.3 assists, 2.2 steals, 1.5 blocks, 4.1 turnovers and 5.9 treys on a 32.6 USG%, a 69.0 TS% and a 114.1 pace.

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) October 19, 2019

No KD. No Klay. Steph ahoisting.

No KD, no Klay = box-and-one all season. :/

I don’t understand why Sabonis and Turner wouldn’t be a good fit

Done. See: Regular Degular Redux - 2019-20 NBA Season thread 2