2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

Leading Scorers By Zone: 2010s Pistons pic.twitter.com/nB1BsoE28a

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) January 3, 2020

the other night on NBATV, Greg Anthony listed his all-decade Nuggs and somehow Will Barton made his starting five. Goldsberry's scoring chart for Denver reiterates how dumb this is (ftr, Anthony left off Faried, which seemed to me the most egregious oversight)

The nuggets are kinda tough because a lot of the best level of play was in the first two and last two years of the decade.

Didn’t barea divorce miss Puerto Rico and then marry a different miss Puerto Rico

the 1st was also miss universe

you miss 100% of the proposals to miss universes you don't take

vince carter will be the first player to play in 4 different decades tonight

trade rumors heating about around the hawks and Drummond

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two woj tweets:

Drummond has a $28M player option for next season that he is unlikely to exercise, forcing the Pistons to consider possibility of losing him in free agency. Among teams, there's an increasing belief that Drummond will be moved before February 6 trade deadline. https://t.co/s4PDchLVWV

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 3, 2020

other teams as well

the trade drought is approaching an end

that clarkson trade last week ended the drought.

but we need big trades like this obv

oh i missed that

a good trade for the jazz i think. they need anyone that can even pretend to score and clarkson can do that. if he can hover at league avg from 3 on 5-6 attempts that will help the jazz a ton.

I really don’t pay much attention to the pistons so what’s the consensus on Drummond? Gonna be worth his eventual max deal?

his skillset is insane but his motor is highly suspect.

he's actually added a bunch of stuff to his game but unfortunately he has never been the type of defender and rim protector that you would want.

giving drummond a bunch of money would make me a bit ill if i was a hawks fan

hes really good at steals. over 1.5/1.5 steals/blocks last year and pushing close to 2/2 this year. just raw stats tho i have no idea what opponents fg% around the rim with him around tho

i'm sure they see him as a good fit as a veteran big who ostensibly plays defense but i don't see the point of giving $20m+ per year or whatever to a ground bound non shooting center in today's NBA. there has to be better use of their money.

his best drpm ranking among centers in the past 4 years is this year in progress, where he is.....15th. a defense with trae in front and drummond in back isn't going to be good enough to do much of anything.

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— I Think You Should League Pass (@nbaleave) January 3, 2020

Drummond is the best rebounder in the game. Surely someone has a system that fits that

the 2013 indiana pacers?

i don't think the question with drummond is whether he's a positive or negative on the court.... it's more how much money you want to pay him to be on your team

they also had this stretch before they stupidly traded for blake griffin where they were running the offense through him a bunch and he was pretty adept at playmaking. wonder if he could do more in a bigger offensive role like what they are doing with bam this year in miami. pretty crazy he was able to get his FT% from like 35% to around 60% the last couple years, that should be praised more.

if you could get him for ~25 per year thats a steal but i reckon he'll fetch max money from someone.

the 2013 indiana pacers?

individual rebounding isn’t a skill you need to pay a fortune for.

although i'm watching celtics-hawks and if i had to watch alex len every game i could probably talk myself into andre drummond

I'm starting to think Horford is still on the Celtics payroll. Sixers' fault for playing him at the 4, but he has shot shit this year.

he is not in a "position to succeed" on that roster

Horford just doesn’t make sense next to Embiid, the logic seemed to be making sure no other team had him

hahaha trae young gets blocked by daniel theis on a game-winning shot

THEIS REJECTS TRAE YOUNG FOR THE WIN pic.twitter.com/vx1iYVlGvP

— Celtics Junkies (@Celtics_Junkies) January 4, 2020

although i'm watching celtics-hawks and if i had to watch alex len every game i could probably talk myself into andre drummond

Horf tried to get away from the bad vibes not realizing kemba was the zen master

Horford just doesn’t make sense next to Embiid, the logic seemed to be making sure no other team had him

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, January 3, 2020 9:25 PM (thirty-five minutes ago)

i feel like ppl really gloss over the fact that their GM is an ex-NBA power forward with minimal front office experience. maybe him fucking up by spending the team's money on a center when he already has the best center in the NBA shouldn't be a huge surprise.

i think there was a theory of it where it could have worked but it sure hasn't worked to this point.

their dreadful bench is a good indicator of GM malpractice tho.

a horford-mccollum trade really makes a lot of sense doesn't it.

feel like the mavs should call philly about horf tbh.

they cant offer anyone as good as CJ tho hmm

all things considered i'd probably roll with maxi kleber

idk, horf is made for playoff basketball

he is good in the offs but he's aging and that contract would probably mess up future cap space for them. also i think what the mavs really need is a someone on the wing with a lot of athleticism....that's where their team is lacking to me.

21 savage, meek mill, young thug and travis scott are all courtside in houston