2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

KAT is ultimately a dork and Embiid is ultimately an asshole, was kind of glad to see KAT scrap a bit but he cares to much to get into it on Twitter

i'd back that up to maybe just "talent"

NBA needs a true heel, i'm ok with Embiid being it when that's so clearly what he wants.

Warriors should be fine, I’ve been told many times that Draymond is actually their most valuable player

seems like they're going to trade bogdanovic, i guess what they get back from that is pretty important. other than hield's shooting and fox as a transition pg i'm not sure what they're really outstanding at.

choppy seas ahead for any draymond fans out there

are we finally going to get our draymond without an mvp to play off of sample

http://i.imgur.com/3k2ypuU.png

dlo seems like a fine test subject to see how he plays with a normal scoring guard

(still got d'angelo fwiw)

Fitting that last night was Jim Barnett’s last tv broadcast as they inexplicably shift him to radio

are we finally going to get our draymond without an mvp to play off of sample

― ciderpress, Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:11 AM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

problem is the team is just awful now for the true test he needs to be on detroit or orlando

tho things werent going well w the 3 allstar team

thinking about that new arena...

3 on 5 is hard. But Yah this is just sad.

OG anunoby looks like Pacers Artest and Siakam looks like the best power forward in the East.

if siakam continues on this trajectory hell be the best player ever in two years

seems likely

While you were partying, he studied the blade.

The blade is Kawhi ofc

i feel like the kings had smoke blown up their asses all offseason for showing the bare minimum of competence despite essentially accomplishing nothing (9th seed but 9 games behind no 8), and just came into this season thinking they could show up and compete for the playoffs, without remembering that they're the kings and such things should not be taken for granted

seemed like they could get to 42-44 wins with improved depth and development but that looks like it's out the window

walton might be bad

yup

They’re 0-5 and 3 were to teams that they obviously weren’t going to be better than. The Suns are playing well right now and so are the hornets.

The West being so stacked makes margins super thin

First week in the NBA has been very very dramatic!

And none of the drama was related to China being in a snit.

People are saying we need to get rid of the charge because steph fell down

Personally I think when players are coming towards you it’s ok to stand

id prefer if the charge circle was expanded to meet the sides of the key tbh

I think it’s crazy to say baynes did something that is dirty or can be taken out of the game. If he’s looking at a much quicker guy coming straight at him the only options are standing still or tackling him.

i dont think baynes did anything dirty. but the charge rules as currently enforced encourage defenders to slide under players in mid air, which is bad. kds original foot injury happened in a similar cirumstance for instance.

ftr this is the only rule id change to benefit offensive players. elsewhere id like to see a return to the old interpretation of offensive fouls when the shooter creates contact ala

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7PjxQM4GAk&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7PjxQM4GAk

not been very impressed with de’andre hunter tbh. physically he doesn’t seem ready and that was one of his more positive traits in college.

tyler herro is nasty

... And as Kevin Harlan notes, Nunn's 108 points in first 5 games is most by any undrafted player in NBA history. And still 16 plus minutes left tonight.

— Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz) November 1, 2019

if jabari parker gets more in shape i could see a playoff team taking a chance on him at the deadline

He’s been a nice surprise so far

i heard that atlanta is using him more as a roll man which actually makes a lot of sense

the hawks have done some nice things with their role players, and trae and john collins both look like the truth. but reddish and hunter look multiple years away from contributing offensively to me.

eh i haven't watched the game but it looks like hunter had a bad night. previous to the last two games, he's been very smooth offensively. surprisingly so. Reddish's competence on defense has been the thing that's stuck out for me so far.

never like it when teams talk themselves into the mature low celling high floor guys at the top of the lottery re hunter, u gotta be swinging for the fences there, reddish taken lower makes more sense at least hes tall and can shoot

also taking someone whos stock went way up in the tourney is dicey

i imagine the thinking was more along the lines of "we're building around a guy who's a sieve defensively so why not pair him with a defensive stud." not saying it was the right call, but i think it depends on how far along you see them in the rebuilding process

how did Bembry look? i love that dude

i've loved what i've seen of bembry so far this season. great energy.

If he can start finishing around the basket a little more consistently he could really be something

he def seems like a back up guard or sixth man (at best) to me, but for a back up PG he's actually pretty athletic. if he can develop a 3 point shot i could see him being a vanvleet type player

there's like a negative chance that hunter doesn't turn into a really good defender. but his offensive game is really going to need to develop to justify trading up to pick him fourth.

cam reddish has been a complete disaster, he shouldn't be starting or perhaps even playing

nuggets getting rolled by the trio of brandon ingram, jhalil okafor and frank jackson... letting duke flourish should count as 2 losses