2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

it will be tough for them to make the playoffs

there's still only 7 teams in the west i'd say are definitively better than them (nuggets, rockets, clippers, lakers, blazers, jazz, spurs) but you could arguably count dallas at this point. the margins are very thin.

the zion injury probably eliminated one challenger at least

I don’t think the warriors can do it unless WCS really works which I do think is possible

i'm bullish on dallas as per my prediction post

kings are also maybe capable of doing stuff

Idk what’s going on with the Kings, expected a strong start from them

One of the exciting things about this season is how it feels like the games already matter given how close the West was last year

Idk what’s going on with the Kings, expected a strong start from them

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, October 28, 2019 10:37 AM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

they went to india

Fun!

i'm bullish on dallas as per my prediction post

― ciderpress, Monday, October 28, 2019 10:32 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah they look nice, luka-zinger is some sort of euro fever dream

I would still be pretty surprised if Porzingis makes it through the season without some major injury

Porzingis looks unguardable, especially when they post him up at the baseline. That’s what they should be going with in clutch situations imo (especially if the other option is Doncic iso stepbacks)

Porzingis growing another inch since his rookie year is really surreal to see

will be surprised and elated if zing makes it to the allstar break unscathed; i imagine teams are going to start violently bodying him from now on

nba blitz

not sure if theres any point to it or even if its a good idea but zinger shooting a step back 3 is just completely uncontestable

he also hit one from ~35ft yesterday

will be surprised and elated if zing makes it to the allstar break unscathed; i imagine teams are going to start violently bodying him from now on

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, October 28, 2019 11:55 AM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol no one —violently bodies— in the nba anymore

but yeah zinger will prob not last long due too being too tall

Jumping up and down repeatedly is the wear and tear for zinger

pretty much any player who's been in the nba for 3 seasons can handle the physicality of the game, i always think that point is overplayed (i.e. when ppl used to say you just need to knock steph curry down)

one thing abt physical play is its really tiring, harden steph et al being able to take one million step back 3s in a game while remaining fresh is a direct result of the league mandated tightening officiating, theyve gone a lil too far imo harden shdnt be allowed to do that shit

Physical play means bruises and stuff which doesn’t knock anyone other than anthony davis out of games

Jumping up and down repeatedly is the wear and tear for zinger

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, October 28, 2019 9:21 AM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

zinger should learn from tacko and just never leave his feet

jumping is for nerds

physicality matters in terms of post defense and in terms of guys who try to drive to the basket using strength not quickness but those are more about effectiveness than injury risk/wear and tear.

i always think that point is overplayed (i.e. when ppl used to say you just need to knock steph curry down)

shai is cool

El Shai Vive! pic.twitter.com/jzMD0RvSWn

— TS% Eliot (@Cosmis) October 28, 2019

Shai has 5 blocks in 3 games pic.twitter.com/x4MZ7b4njz

— TS% Eliot (@Cosmis) October 28, 2019

Bae Gorgeous-Alexander more like it

The thunder did so well in that trade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDg7lQvBcUc

another guy the heat pulled off scrap heap who looks like a legitimate NBA player. and being a legit wing makes it pretty interesting. w/ butler out and dragic coming off the bench they've been running a lot of offense thru him at the starts of games.

btw he was given a partial guarantee as an UDFA by the warriors, ended up on their d league team and was cut @mattarmstrong

One of the most intriguing stories of the first week.

Miami's Kendrick Nunn (first 2 games):

21.0 ppg in 27.5 minutes per game
eFG%: 55.7

Undrafted 24 year-old SG, looks like he belongs in the NBA! pic.twitter.com/EKcxV1737H

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) October 27, 2019

before the 25 last night

They were too busy to develop him

Busy offseason for them

they developed him on the santa cruz warriors for a full season then just let him go

they were at the beach with klay and rocco

he was plead guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge against a woman so idk that may have had something to do with it?

*has

Heat have found a lot of value with those guys

The Jail Blazers had some pretty decent W/L records.

The DV incident was before the warriors got interested in him so maybe they were just too focused on Smailagic

only the heat actually seem to have a successful record of finding and developing these guys.

Finding and developing guys with DV incidents? Yeah I guess. James Johnson was more of a finished product

The Lakers canceled today’s practice. The team came in this morning for one of Rob Pelinka’s “Genius Talks.” Today’s guest: David Blaine. After his talk, Frank Vogel brought team together and, following a nice win over Charlotte, gave them the rest of the day off.

— Bill Oram (@billoram) October 28, 2019

Also Bron spent the night driving around with the family evacuating from the fires

A win over Charlotte kinda already is a day off.

they're really making the hornets play every team huh

seems kinda cruel