Regular Degular Redux - 2019-20 NBA Season thread 2

White Donte is ballin

The Nets are parting ways with head coach Kenny Atkinson.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 7, 2020

wtf

between kyrie’s comments recently and now this it seems like the nets are just intent on becoming a star driven franchise... feel like they’re gonna hire a ty lue like coach now. and even with all that heading into next year they still look like the 6th or 7th best team in the east.

i guess that's the only way to make sense of this:

Sean Marks and Atkinson had several conversations and the sense had been that a change was inevitable and both sides decided that there was no sense waiting on it. Both had felt that Atkinson and Nets had run course together. They have maintained a close relationship.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 7, 2020

either they didn't think atkinson could coach a kd/kyrie team next year or he made it clear he had no desire to do so

the nets making a bunch of savvy moves to speed up their recovery from the awful kg/pierce trade and then taking a hard left turn into trying to brute force a good team again is kinda sad

agreed. getting credit for building a respectable program and then revealing that it was all a front to get stars to a big market.

love for the Wolves to make a play for him

Somebody has to explain why a GREAT Coach like Kenny Atkinson gets fired?

— DeMarre Carroll (@DeMarreCarroll1) March 7, 2020

it’s true, someone should probably explain that to him

if the same person cld explain the shape of the earth at the same time.....

This is bizarre

Stephen A. Smith says he doesn’t “believe” the Nets organization believes in Kenny Atkinson.

That’s very irresponsible speculation if that’s not directly sourced.

He says the Nets coach will be whoever KD wants to be the coach.

— Billy Reinhardt (@BillyReinhardt) March 4, 2020

from 3 days ago lol

wldve been surprised if it didnt happen in the offseason as kd and kyrie didnt like attkins control freaky total system upon arrival but its pretty weird that it happened now, mb they want to give jacque vaughn a shot

i'll live with danny's refusal to sign good bench players if it means at least the celtics dont have to go through stuff like this

def preferable

Kyrie definitely got Atkinson fired. Is he really worth the trouble?

kyrie shd be a knick its the only way forward

Kyrie would borderline be worth the trouble IF he was ever healthy but....

Kyrie definitely got Atkinson fired. Is he really worth the trouble?

― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, March 7, 2020 3:38 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

he's now poisoned his third team in a row so i'm pretty sure the answer is no

will post-achilles kevin durant be worth it?

Malik Beasley is tearing it up for the TWolves, wow. I guess they have to match any offer.

colin sexton hive assemble?

nuggets lookin a lil wobbly lately

They traded the wrong guy it seems

i definitely don't think the kd/kyrie nets will be a top team. maybe if kd comes back 100% somehow they can make it happen but otherwise they're gonna be a 4-6 seed in the current east

nets need to makes some moves to make their roster make more sense kyrie was right about that lol

i can't wait to root against the nets next year. it's going to be a lot of fun.

between bad vibes and their two new stars injury histories seems unlikely theyll ever really make it work

cad otm

pieces already coming out about how kyrie wants to get ty lue (who he will turn on 10 months later)

Kd and Kyrie bromance could go sour before they even play together

it mightve already who knows

but really we should salute the true victims here--every *thoughtful* nba journalist who thought that institutional culture mattered.

kd seems like he doesn't like anybody straight up misanthrope ish

funny to be an nba superstar and a grumpy old man at the same time

yet another way in which jordan was a pioneer

lmao

"In Zach Lowe’s latest pod with Kevin Arnovitz (~7:45 minute mark) they walk through some of the reasons for Atkinson’s dismissal. Key amongst them apparently is some long-simmering tension with DeAndre Jordan coming off the bench, in favor of Jarrett Allen.”

— Spooz🚿 (@SpoozBurner) March 7, 2020

i don't even know what you can say. let the players dig their own grave i guess.

they should just let the players coach themselves

lol

Warriors D team beat the 76ers B team

sactown blowing out pdx at home, maybe my acquaintances will finally stop guaranteeing that they're sneaking into the playoffs this year

Overall weird night of scores. Houston lost to Charlotte, Denver lost to cavs.

major butt status for the sixers

would boston even care that much at this point if that was the 3/6?

Simmons is out indefinitely and embiid and j rich have been out too. I still think they’ll be a tough out in the offs if healthy

Bulls gotta drop Boylen and get Atkinson asap

battle 4 LA 2nite

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