2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

as i noted before, the mavs are only moderately better with luka on court than with him off, since the start of the season

Brett Brown: "I feel like our competitive spirit has taken a dent because of our inability to score."

— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) December 21, 2019

who could've foreseen upending your own team to play 2 centers at once being a bad idea

they're doing better than i expected for their roster

....3 centers at once

philly shd mb consider making some trades

ah yes, the dreaded inability to score

Brett Brown says Philadelphia’s issues with the zone have crept into the team’s head, and has “dented” the team’s collective spirit.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) December 21, 2019

"the zone.....is fucking w our heads" --coach brett

if only there was a person who could help them solve the zone....a "coach," if you will

we needed this, the world needed it, ja u let us down

Ja Morant was this close to breaking Twitter:

(via @SportsCenter)pic.twitter.com/GMyjF5uRrX

— SLAM (@SLAMonline) December 21, 2019

damn koc has had enough

Sad to see Ben Simmons turn into Jahlil Okafor crossed with Michael Carter-Williams in the fourth quarter.

Sixers fans should be furious about his lack of offensive development. Simmons is still a cowardly shooter, a half-court liability and a detriment to Philly's playoff odds.

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) December 21, 2019

ben simmons needs to play center! im sorry but its true!!!!!!

i think he can get away with playing power forward

as i noted before, the mavs are only moderately better with luka on court than with him off, since the start of the season

In fact Doncic is the only starter with a positive on/off. Their bench players just seem better. Curry>hardaway, Brunson> finney-smith etc

yeah its not saying anything about doncic really, their offensive rating still goes way up in his on minutes, just that the team still plays above average without him

yeah theyre playing better guys in non luka minutes because of style of play overlaps

as i noted before, the mavs are only moderately better with luka on court than with him off, since the start of the season

Numbers may have been distorted by porzingis being so bad at first
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, December 21, 2019 10:31 AM (one hour ago)

this has been my exact thought. and their bench has been shockingly good

raw on-off numbers are worse than useless in general

Perk has the answers for the 76ers

76ers dropped the Ball with The Tobias Harris deal. Philly needs to add more scoring and it’s some good Vets out there like Jamal Crawford and JR Smith!!!

— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) December 21, 2019

lol

that famous player who scores more than tobias harris, jr smith

Whiteside is ballin lately

contract year

whiteside always goes through stretches where he looks worth the money... in the regular season there will be like a dozen or so games per year where you're like, thank god we had whiteside tonight! the problem is the rest of the games

assuming some other team doesn't do something stupid i think whiteside will actually be good value for whichever contender throws him $5 million or whatever to play the javale/dwight sort of role

He’s just such a loser

Lmaooo. Never fails. Never fails pic.twitter.com/oDkVI5xtSM

— Thoracic James (@urkle9) December 22, 2019

hahahaha sources say

wonder if bron texts him directly or has one of his ppl do it

its sources plural so both obviously

today dallas had a 30pt lead w 3mins left in the 3rd and LOST

Whoa that’s p nuts

quality collapse

Ahead of Malcolm Brogdon's return to Milwaukee, he spoke to reporters outside of the locker room. In a perfect world, would he have stayed? “I would’ve loved to play for this team, if they had wanted me. If they had valued me the way the Pacers value me. That’s all I gotta say.”

— Eric Woodyard (@E_Woodyard) December 22, 2019

the rumblings i remember hearing were that he was actively interested in getting out of milwaukee

crazy he got possessed by the ghost of playoff Bledsoe tonight

Yah that was the rumor cad.

he was never going to have his current opportunity in mil

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Just in case Crawford or JR doesn’t work out:

Dion Waiters would be perfect for the Lakers. All he would have to do is just go get buckets and that’s what he do!

— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) December 23, 2019

this is what melo's reclamation has wrought

melo is shooting a career best from 3, in fact his 3% is actually > his 2%. he's still a neg on VORP and BPM, though.

doesn't matter that you shoot 40% from 3 if you brick a ton of 2s. his TS% is real bad

not bad, just mediocre. which is i guess just what portland needed from him

everyone here agreed that signing melo was a desperation move. when you judge it by that standard, he has been an unexpected success just by fitting in and being usable on the court.

It was a move that made sense. Only team that really could do it

its funny hes putting up about the same numbers as he did in houston

for a lot less money, aiui

I’m sure this is going to jinx it, but jokic’s december has been pretty reassuring

per-36: 21.0 pts, 11.1 reb, 9.0 ast, .537/.372/.853, .619 ts%

Jokic has lost a ton of weight this season