2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

two things about the luka spanish clip:
(1) he busted out the "¿cómo estais?" rather than están which is more of a Spanish from Spain kinda thing. but then he said "viva mexico güey" so now he's the number 1 star in mexico forever

The bux have won 17 in a row

bucks and lakers both tearing up the league without a ton of fanfare

i guess maybe there's fanfare for the lakers and i ignored it because it's the lakers

would make for a great finals tbh, winner gets to keep the loser's retired kareem jersey

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Deer_swimming_in_Lake_Shasta.jpg

love the ambiguity of that pic...is the buck dominating the lake, or is the lake dominating the buck?

strong buck positive vibes

fuck. turned his ankle bad

(luka)

Get well soon, young prince.

do the celtics really have a back to back followed by 5 days off this is bs

Kyrie just gonna take the season off or what

saw kd doing it

jokic waking up a bit

only 39 for harden tonight, that'll bring down his average. disappointing

ja

I honestly think the refs called this a goaltend because it was the only way they could make sense of what Ja Morant did. pic.twitter.com/4lQklkNkk7

— Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) December 15, 2019

he touched the rim isn't that a legit goaltend?

Jokic looks thin now

optical illusion

Apparently he’s lifting weights after games

Luka Doncic might be able to return within a couple of weeks after suffering a moderate right ankle sprain last night, sources told ESPN. Doncic likely misses upcoming stretch vs. East power (Bucks, Celtics, 76ers and Raptors this week), but Mavs feel they dodged a bullet.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) December 15, 2019

our baby boy

lebrow might be good enough to get it all done anyway but the drop off from the 2nd best player to whoever is their 3rd best player is pretty drastic
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EL4JScvU0AEq-cT?format=png&name=small

this is my fav lebron

LeBron had zero mercy whenever Alex Len picked him up. pic.twitter.com/LAKY94QWtj

— Joey Ramirez (@JoeyARamirez) December 16, 2019

xp time to trade kuzma

Man this hawks season has been a such a bummer

what are you going to get for kuzma tho

xp re: lakers depth, dwight and javale are having v v good seasons for their advanced stats.

12 straight losses for pelicans

tanking for zion worked well last year, dont mess with success

Hard to say what to do with the Pels since we have no idea if Zion can get them to another level but i woulda thought this team would be just normal bad not this bad. Jrue has to be one of the most coveted trade targets out there they could start by moving him for a great package

Dwight and Javale are having good years yah but like... who is their third scorer/shot creator?

Lebrow gonna have to play 42-44 minutes per game in the playoffs

i don’t think the lakers are gonna have any problem creating offense... either bron or brow will be on the court for every meaningful playoff minute. i can’t be that concerned. the question for me is when the ball lands in the hands of someone who isn’t bron, brow or danny green... can that person make a shot. i don’t think javale or dwight are gonna be factors late in games, and teams are gonna happily let KCP, dudley, avery bradley and kuzma shoot. they should prob try and make a move for another shooter.

did avery bradley forget that badly how to shoot after leaving the Celtics

The Lakers would certainly prefer it if Lebron wasn’t playing 35mpg. Lebron said something this week about how he’s playing every game out of respect for the game or whatever but seems more likely it’s because they’d be embarrassingly bad without him

they can not sustain these minutes and be ready for a deep run. The way they have played on the road tells me a top seed should not be a priority over staying somewhat fresh.

They win every close game but Lebron has to work his ass off in those games. If they continue to have a comfortable lead in the standings they should definitely give him a vacation

cheapest seats for Bucks/Lakers are currently sitting around $150 just for a single, $170+ if you want more than one. even the playoff games last year weren't this expensive

or you could pay the same to see the knicks play phoenix

bron has refused to load manage as a point of pride for years... in his last season in cleveland he played every game? and was amazing in game 1 of the finals. i think it’s a bit of an overblown concern. they’re a lock to make the west finals and need to figure out how to match up w the clips.

bron has refused to load manage as a point of pride for years...

― J0rdan S., Monday, December 16, 2019 11:11 AM (twenty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

last year he load managed the whole season.

bron has refused to load manage as a point of pride for years... in his last season in cleveland he played every game? and was amazing in game 1 of the finals. i think it’s a bit of an overblown concern. they’re a lock to make the west finals and need to figure out how to match up w the clips.

"vacation"

“That Kobe vacation”

that was 5 years ago and it was more of a locker room power play than anything else? he's averaging the fewest mpg of his entire career this season

“Why wouldn’t I play if I’m healthy? It doesn’t make any sense to me. I don’t know how many games I got left in my career. I don’t know how many kids that may show up to a game that are there to come see me play”

👑 LeBron on Load Management

pic.twitter.com/xH3N5o0qW5

— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) December 16, 2019

i mean, this is literally from last night

in cleveland he load managed on defense for entire seasons. i think he understands how to modulate his energy/effort. i don't think there's any real historical basis for being worried about his minutes. and in the case of kawhi or embiid you're dealing w/ like degenerative body issues, it's a different question than just worrying about lebron's age.

Yes Jord I know the thing he said. I don’t think Lebron is fully honest about everything

Lol