2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

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

well, not charlotte

looking forward to watching nba tv tonight to see the *checks notes* warriors/pels game and hornets game

Was thinking the other day that Cody Zeller is one of the best picks MJ has made

bless this man

Trae Young had Richardson LOST pic.twitter.com/pkklvWb5Up

— Chris Montano (@gswchris) October 28, 2019

hes going off again

lonzo just shot a 3 about 4 feet short

dray with a triple double before the end of the 3rd quarter, warriors taking frustrations out on the pelicans

blazers bricking two great looks to tie there eh whatcha gonna do

some days you eat the bear. some days the bear eats you.

Man I wish Vince had hit that GW three and then just retired on the spot

the nuggets continue to yakety sax the last 5 minutes of close games and continue to mostly win them, it’s wild really

this hawks season is gonna be a blast. they are really hurting at the 5 though. need to get something out of len this year or it could get rough

Ricky Rubio makes teams better

Things aren’t going well for Julius Randle in New York and it upsets me

https://www.nba.com/article/2019/10/28/kawhi-leonard-seeks-trademark-what-it-do-baby
what a loveable nerd

Nuggets offense has seemed disjointed, like they can’t get Jokic in the right spots. But basically everyone has been good defensively.

Is Porter jr getting any minutes?

No. Honestly don’t see it happening until there’s an injury. Barton and Craig playing too well.

Jackie Mac with the goods:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27947336/for-culture-kd-kyrie-comes-next-nets

Yet Irving's infamous mood swings, confirmed by his ex-teammates, which followed him from Cleveland to Boston to Brooklyn, are the unspoken concern that makes Nets officials queasy. When Irving lapses into these funks, he often shuts down, unwilling to communicate with the coaching staff, front office and, sometimes, even his teammates. Nets team sources say one such episode occurred during Brooklyn's trip to China, leaving everyone scratching their heads as to what precipitated it. There's hope that Durant will be able to coax his friend into a better frame of mind. But when presented with that scenario, KD says he will be hands off.

"I look at Kyrie as somebody who is an artist," Durant says. "You have to leave him alone. You know what he'll bring to the table every night because he cares so much about the game.

There has already been leeway to allow Irving to march to his own drum. The Nets are willing to look past moments like the photo shoot at the Pearl TV Tower in China, when Irving refused to remove his hat and instructed them to photoshop it out. They will focus more on the bigger issue of sharing the ball and maintaining good team chemistry.

Kyrie really walks the eccentric/mentally ill line