2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

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ah i see... has any NBA reporter offered any insight as to why we're starting to see incentives built into these deals now

― J0rdan S., Monday, October 21, 2019 7:27 PM (thirty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i think likely and unlikely incentives have been around for a bit and are just being more widely reported. guys like nate duncan always joke that a lot of agents want to do stuff like use unlikely incentives to get a contract to $100M so it can be reported that way in the news.

Western Conference

Houston Rockets
Denver Nuggets
Los Angeles Clippers
Utah Jazz
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Lakers
Dallas Mavericks
Oklahoma City Thunder
Minnesota Timberwolves
Portland Trailblazers
New Orleans Pelicans
Phoenix Suns
San Antonio Spurs
Sacramento Kings
Memphis Grizzlies

Eastern Conference

Milwaukee Bucks
Philadelphia 76ers
Toronto Raptors
Boston Celtics
Indiana Pacers
Orlando Magic
Miami Heat
Brooklyn Nets
Detroit Pistons
Chicago Bulls
Washington Wizards
Atlanta Hawks
Cleveland Cavaliers
Charlotte Hornets
New York Knicks

Championships

Eastern Conference Champions: Milwaukee Bucks
Western Conference Champions: Houston Rockets
NBA Champions: Houston Rockets

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Giannis Antetokounmpo
Rookie of the Year: Zion Williamson
Defensive Player of the Year: Rudy Gobert
Coach of the Year: Mike Malone
Most Improved: Markelle Fultz
Sixth Man: Lou Williams
Executive of the Year: Lawrence Frank

• Jaylen Brown is good. He could be really good.
• Zion’s surgery is a major bummer.

i'm thinking about the hawks, celtics, nets, hornets, bulls, cavs, mavericks, nuggets, pistons, warriors, rockets, pacers, clippers, lakers, grizzlies, heat, bucks, timberwolves, pelicans, knicks, thunder, magic, sixers, suns, blazers, kings, spurs, raptors, jazz, and wizards

utah
houston
denver
clippers
lakers
portland
new orleans
sacramento

milwaukee
philadelphia
boston
toronto
miami
brooklyn
orlando
indiana

east: philadelphia over milwaukee
west: clippers over houston
champs: clippers over philadelphia

raptors vs zion-less pelicans is a tremendous season opener thank you network television

“Suns are the worst organisation I’ve ever played for, it was and probably still is a big brothel on wheels” - Marcin Gortat

suns love to fuck

this isn't fact-checked but it sounds reasonable

"Burdel na kółkach" (brothel on wheels) is a Polish phrase describing a crazy, out of control situation.

— Maciek Piotrowski (@tesamedni) October 22, 2019

I trust maciek piotrowski on this one

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27820197/wild-nba-predictions-giannis-big-decision-trades-watch-for

lowe's predictions

indy missing the playoffs is the only thing in there wild enough that i haven't considered it

with the news today that klay is prob out for the whole season now i could see the warriors measuring the first 25 games and if the results arent great (or if dray/curry get slightly banged up)... tanking

They've been tanking since the moment the season ended imo

i hope they dont :(

If they finish with a top-ten record they lose their first rounder to Brooklyn.

The only way I could see them tanking is if Steph has a minor injury that they stretch to 40 games a la DRob

i'm sure every game is already pre-sold out but no team moving into a new arena has ever wanted to tank

the warriors will 100% believe that they can beat any team in a 7 game series and therefore just need to get into the playoffs, and teams like 6-13 in the west will be so tightly bunched that there's no way they'll tank

prediction: clips will be champs and steph-harden will be 1-2 in scoring or 2-1, philly will trade one of their many centers, celtics will trade for a center

celtics should trade for... al horford

i know right

still kinda want the celtics to be the steven adams team

best time of the year to be a knicks fan, savor it while you can

Happy Basketball is Back Day, earth! pic.twitter.com/m4x9Ai16In

— Cory Eaves (@ManuteBogues) October 22, 2019

Should I buy Christmas Day tickets to the pelicans game or not?

Feel like they’re gonna try to have him play in that one

lowry is antifa

yes matt do it

west:
hou
den
lac
uta
lal
por
gsw
sas

east:
phi
mil
tor
ind
mia
bos
orl
chi

ecf: phi
wcf: lac
ring: lac

mvp: harden
roy: white
dpoy: turner
coy: doc
6th: lou

are the rumors true has basketball returned

Pels have a lot of good players

These guys gotta be so happy to be playing for Gentry

An actual buck in chris Paul’s garage? Allstate has signed up for some random....

How are the raptors fans booing this call

this pels team is kinda fun

If you just listen to Marv Albert’s commentary you hear a very different game

“Nicole Mell”

What a thrill to see the ‘19 banner being unveiled. :’)

I guess I don't understand why ppl are so high on houston and the jazz

I guess I picked the jazz to place third lol

so many guesses

the jazz should be a really good regular season team, but i don't see them having a much higher playoff ceiling

Yeah kev I thought you were high on them xp

Omg Lonzo. What a cool player

this team and coach is such a good fit for him

Kind of painful how perfectly constructed they seem to be for Zion but hopefully just 2 months away

Terence Davis looks like he’s making all-defense teams

Looking at the East I wouldn’t be surprised if Raps made the finals again, it would take some luck and perhaps a trade, but really it’s not so impossible.