Regular Degular Redux - 2019-20 NBA Season thread 2

It’s plays like this that make u wonder if Zion has something against Kuzma pic.twitter.com/TLhCZy3XES

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) March 2, 2020

Been a while since it’s been said but.... Lebron James

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don't think the heat will be able to score enough in crunch time vs the bucks in a potential 1/4 series to win more than 2 games, but it will be an interesting match up for the bucks. if you were gonna go into a lab to create a giannis stopper you'd probably come out w/ a player who looks a lot like bam. plus the heat have guys like crowder, igou, butler who are less capable of stopping giannis 1 on 1 but at least won't be scared. and derrick jones jr has looked ok on him so far with his length, but over 7 games giannis would prob kill him in the post.

the heat have had a tougher time stopping middleton honestly. he played duncan robinson off the floor really quickly tonight which is a problem for the heat bcuz duncan really takes their offense to the next level especially at home where he's one of the most dangerous shooters in the league. but veteran wings are going to target him immediately in the playoffs and i don't think he can hold up on the defensive end.

I think we might have seen the last of the Ersanator tonight

after like 80 consecutive 100-point games the Bucks have failed to reach that threshold twice in a row

if middleton were to say regress to his mean this whole playoff situation could get a lot more interesting

celtics might end up kicking themselves for not UPGRADING THEIR TERRIBLE BENCH AT ALL AT THE TRADE DEADLINE

like you cant even be bothered to give up a second rounder for markieff morris, just do nothing at all thats nice

they're in a weird spot where they are trying to keep a bunch of developmental players on roster while also competing at a high level.

feel like competing at a high level is more important

yeah; beyond the reported offer for davis bertans who wasn't really available i struggled to find moves that made sense for them

giannis had a crazy weak game did the heat do anything special on D

wtf

Spike Lee joined @firsttake to explain last night's incident at MSG. pic.twitter.com/xsjGHApDqH

— ESPN (@espn) March 3, 2020

james dolan is a dumb man

giannis had a crazy weak game did the heat do anything special on D

― lag∞n, Tuesday, March 3, 2020 10:24 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

i listened to a recap, sounds like more of a 2nd night of a back to back in miami thing than anything the heat did

dolan is a fucking psycho, my god

trying to envision the same thing happening to Jack Nicholson

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they both fucking suck

the whole tweet lol

New York Knicks Statement on Spike Lee pic.twitter.com/19JcvhFKO7

— NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) March 3, 2020

lmao

giannis had a crazy weak game did the heat do anything special on D

― lag∞n, Tuesday, March 3, 2020 10:24 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

he was kind of out of it but the heat have stuck bad games on him before by adopting a strategy of walling him off from the basket at all costs. there were tons of possessions last night where he was surrounded by 3-4 guys in the paint and either passed or forced up shots. there were also open jumpers and stuff he just flat missed that will go in on other nights. and as i posted last night i think bam might be the single best defender on giannis of any team in the east but it was def a team effort.

it was probably a preview of what the playoffs are going to look like for the bucks. the math on the game was actually kind of crazy... the heat made 18 threes to the bucks 7, a difference of 33 points but the heat only won by 16. it's basically impossible to score on the bucks at the basket, and in games where middelton and others are hitting threes they're just going to be really tough to beat. but there are going to be games (like last night) where teams execute the game plan on giannis well and middleton, wes matthews, bledsoe, george hill, divencenzo etc are gonna have to make threes.

I’ve used the employee entrance to the moda on and off since like 2003 and never been looked at twice and I’m me

spike should just start going to the nets games

Clay I loved Do The Right Thing, kudos

u r welcome to enjoy my genius any time my friend

speaking of nets games; caris levert is thinking about going for 50 in OT

he should not do this

he went for 51 instead

thank God

Somehow the 9-person Dubs squad with no Steph, Klay, Draymond or Looney just beat the Nugs at home.

Bender and Chriss are an unstoppable force

Wow. Best one yet. Save this. pic.twitter.com/otlkSEgmUw

— GoGSWs (@GoGSWs) March 4, 2020

Gotta be the worst nuggets loss of the season.

ahh yes, mychal mulder and juan toscano-anderson, the definitely real NBA players

smh @ parents handicapping their children by giving them non-NBA names

I mean how hard is it to come up with Tyus Jackson or Damon Freeman, cmon now

mychal mulder and juan toscully-anderson

https://www.nba.com/warriors/sites/warriors/files/we-believe-1280.jpg?w=756&h=425

and the three lone gunmen

mychal mulder and juan toscully-anderson

― lag∞n, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 bookmarkflaglink

lmao

I mean how hard is it to come up with Tyus Jackson or Damon Freeman, cmon now

how about Bagdron Bogdanovich or Bogdin Brogdinovich?

lonzo ball's shot looking like a million times better. it's not ever going to be amazing but his current form is working.

37% on 6+ attempts per game is good. Kinda bad he’s 40% overall tho.

happy for him, he looks awesome tonight

with his passing and rebounding combined w/ the way the game is played nowadays if he can hit 37% of his threes it prob doesn't matter if he can score inside the arch or not

these versions of ingram and lonzo paired w/ zion actually feels like it could be something longterm

7/9 threes tonight for zo

zinger can shoot too

this is a fun game some of our most promising young players