2019-20 NBA Regular Degular Season thread

maybe some in season trade cld put one of those teams over the top but everyone always talks about that and it never seems to happen

worked for the pistons in 04 or whatever (sheed) but they had 4 good starters already and mostly shaq and Kobe combusted after years of internal rage

god that was such a satisfying finals

everyone picking the lakers then the pistons win in 5 lmao

that was great for the league

2004 pistons and 2014 spurs were some of the few title winners that had no top 10 talents on their team

*cough* Duncan *cough*

duncan was years past the point of being a top 10 guys in the league in 2014 and kawhi was too young

bingo

Jokic is a top 10 player tho.

And shit in the playoffs he was top 3

Nuggets need a second guy and in a year or two it really might be MPJ

Bucks winning would be the best I think. I don’t want another year of Giannis playoff discourse.

cheering for any other outcome but hoping for bucks the most.

me too

i hope the cwltics win

Celtics winning would be really really funny. The ultimate Ewing theory.

idk if Ewing theory really applies if Kyrie already won a title with a different team

Sure it does. If Ewing had won in 94 that wouldn’t invalidate the theory in 99.

Plumlee out two to four weeks... Nuggets are gonna need Jarred Vanderbilt to give them something. I think he might!

I'm just trying to translate Simmons-speak, Ewing theory being "great player who doesn't have the championship gear" or whatever

actually thought we got a pretty good example of Ewing theory this last year with Bryce Harper, one of the very few actual examples of this idea coming to fruition

celtics have no size and no bench, if it were just one of those problems mb they could work on fixing it but theyre too flawed to seriously contend

*this assumes were not gonna worry abt not having a top 10 player

Maccabi Tel Aviv announces the signing of Amar’e Stoudemire ... https://t.co/pumxc46VHY

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) January 22, 2020

in other news ZION 2NITE

btw just found out that zion and ja were on the same aau team my god

I'm just trying to translate Simmons-speak, Ewing theory being "great player who doesn't have the championship gear" or whatever

the real ewing theory is that patrick ewing sucked

btw just found out that zion and ja were on the same aau team my god

― lag∞n, Wednesday, January 22, 2020 11:51 AM (thirty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

ja was weirdly shafted by the recruiting services, probably because zion was overshadowing him. he only had one major school offer him (south carolina), and he went to murray state cause they offered him first lol.

also weirdly he wasnt particularly great his freshman year but has been unstoppable since

like hes doing better his 1st year in the nba than he did his 1st year in college

aw wee uh weee uh weee uh weee uh zion plays tonight

guys........guys

https://i.imgur.com/NIDdLzr.png

thinking of starting up a new bit where i pronounce zion wrong

zee-ōn?

pronounce his whole name in a french accent

proper creole m8

also weirdly he wasnt particularly great his freshman year but has been unstoppable since

― lag∞n, Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:35 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

like hes doing better his 1st year in the nba than he did his 1st year in college

― lag∞n, Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:35 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

function of teammates, probably

idk i still say its weird, the nba is much harder than mid major college ball

he did ball out in the tourney

and led the nation in assist rate despite having mediocre teammates

some people peak in high school or college, some are late bloomers

he did ball out in the tourney

― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Wednesday, January 22, 2020 1:09 PM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

and led the nation in assist rate despite having mediocre teammates

― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Wednesday, January 22, 2020 1:09 PM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

that was his sophomore season

also some guys' games are better suited to NBA style of play than NCAA, and vice versa

he was great his sophomore season, he went from a barely recruited guy who had a good but not nearly spectacular freshman season to a superstar in his sophomore year and just kept it rolling into the pros, not a huge deal just kinda an unusual progression is all

wonder if he worked on some skill that unlocked his game that summer before he blew up

he forgot to apply his stat points from previous level ups

xp ah yes, forgot that he wasn't a one and done

hopefully nothing

Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. is questionable with back tightness.

— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) January 22, 2020

Nuggets are without 5 of their top 8 players tonight which isn’t optimal

Sixers fan here. Would it be crazy to trade Embiid for say McCollum and one or two first round picks? Play Simmons at the 5 some. /armchairgm