2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

i still totally believe in him, like obvs u never know if a player will fulfill their potential but its def there imho

i agree in that the things he needs to get better at are easy to identify and mostly fixable. at 21 he still has a ton of time to add strength which is what i think will help him the most.

yeah hes actually got a kinda huge frame

oh yeah the capacity to add some bulk is there.

glad it seems like hes taking his time w that, bulking up fast is an injury vector, and bulk is not really exactly what youre looking for anyway

spurs are kind of a bad team without dejounte

Pure muscle bulk was more a factor in the 1990s NBA than now.

if you were watching tonight's game with no knowledge of the last 10 years, you wouldn't necessarily think that lebron james is better than luka doncic

Otm.

Also I’m def sticking to my the bucks really screwed up by not keeping brogdon thought leadership

ya thats lookin p good right now

Don’t think we’ve talked about how good doncics body looks this season. Imagine if Jokic cared as much as doncic.

if you were watching tonight's game with no knowledge of the last 10 years, you wouldn't necessarily think that lebron james is better than luka doncic

― J0rdan S., Friday, November 1, 2019 11:45 PM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

watching lebron so far this season it seems like he's *really* picking his spots

Hella good vibes are back in boston

That was a very similar play to the one where Kyrie snapped on Hayward for passing it to Tatum last year. Tatum hits it this time, sending Kemba wild with joy on the other end of the court after the game ends. He was high fiving fans and everything.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) November 2, 2019

lakers gonna need to upgrade on avery bradley

luka looks concussed

lakers are going to need to upgrade on a lot of things

But they're getting beat by a team with less talent as is

Or are they lol

kuzma not getting crunch time minutes on either end of the floor tonight

vibe check

Marcus Morris said he’s happy for the Celtics. Said their energy feels good and they seem to be enjoying themselves.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) November 2, 2019

Lol

Lebron picked his spot this game

Was about to yell at screen if they didn't call LeBron for forearm shove. 2nd play in a row he did it

otoh, porzingis was completely absent from the mavs offense in crunch time and all of over time

harrison barnes, so clutch

Lebron picked his spot this game

― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Saturday, November 2, 2019 12:14 AM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

still got it i guess lol

pissed I missed this one

Yah zinger didn’t look too pleased. The one chance he had he threw it to the lakers bench.

hope they're doing concussion protocol on luka
dwight kinda down low stealing that game with a bonk and a grab

Porzingis got confused by the color of Lakers warmups right? Hard to tell from camera angle

Yah looked like it

lol the pivot to tank mode is swift

It continues to pile up: Draymond Green’s left index finger is bandaged up. Says he has a ligament issue. Couldn’t grip the basketball with it. Unsure if he will play tomorrow night. pic.twitter.com/2lIRbievCo

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) November 2, 2019

gsw should trade dlo asap before he demonstrates how little he moves the needle

all the other playoff contending teams in the west are happy enough to see gsw tanking. it's a tough world out there.

its v good for 19-20, imo teams on the bubble should make some short-term trades to take advantage of this window. i fully expect gsw to be contenders again next year.

they might contend, returning to dominating status will take a lot

best path forward seems to be moving dlo and whatever pick they get for a bunch of guys and hope their core keeps performing/stays healthy

worst case scenario their pick isnt that good dlo becomes unmovable and they cant stay healthy

Draymond is getting significantly worse each year. They need more talent.

Always possible that they nail next year’s lotto pick.

im not sure if i see that this a bad turn of events for russell's trade value... he's gonna have his hands on the ball every possession and score 1 million ppg. i don't think any team that already liked his game is gonna find much to dissuade themselves if the offense has to fully orbit around him. i don't think losing a bunch of games w/ a glorified d league roster is gonna matter too much.

if it's true that the wolves are hell bent on getting russell bcuz him and KAT are bffs, the warriors could pick up guys who could actually help them next year. covington would be perfect for them as an igoudala facsimile, and they could def use guys like okogie and layman. culver doesn't look impressive at all really but maybe that looks diff at the end of the season. wolves would prob need to send a pick back or w/e but i think the warriors will be able to figure a trade out.

Big issue with DAR trade is finding a team that needs a pg badly enough

It would be nice to see Kerr adapt and change the offense in a way that lets Russell win them some games

i feel like russell will end up on a team like the charlotte, orlando, detroit, etc the usual suspects that would otherwise never be able to sign another team's young star to a max deal

it's hard to find a good team that could use him or would have an incredibly compelling case to acquire him aside from the t wolves

DAR is clearly a lunatic and a lot of bad teams are gonna be scared off by that

Btw when do we need to start believing in this Devonte Graham thing

huh, i hadn't been paying attention, might have to watch a hornets game.

in college he seemed like a guy who might stick in the league as a backup, but didn't really have an elite skill. that 3pt % is probably not sustainable.

feel like in several years when luka has multiple MVPs I’m gonna remember that game last night against lebron