Regular Degular Redux - 2019-20 NBA Season thread 2

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

https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2020%2F0207%2Fr617037_2_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&w=476&h=266&scale=crop&cquality=40&location=center

a really depressing time for the nuggets. that beasley trade stings a lot

mb become a fan “of LA basketball”

Feelin guilty about how bad I want to watch crowdless hoops.

probably would be a bit less posturing, muscle flexing, raising the roof, and all the showbiz gestures players seem to love

happened w an orioles game game a few years ago via the baltimore uprising

lol

“I think the DeAndre Jordan coming off the bench thing was going to be a simmering issue for a long time.”

- Zach Lowe yesterday

Today DeAndre Jordan gets the start over Jarrett Allen in the Nets’ first game without Kenny Atkinson 😯 pic.twitter.com/JSDOjWTqyS

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) March 8, 2020

big lolllll

future celtic jarrett allen

Lmbo

why cldnt this have happened a month ago

yeah cld be bad 4 clips

Will be interested to hear what the crowd makeup is for this, a Clippers home game. Historically Laker fans buy a lot of these seats - if this is a Western Conference Finals preview, will it in effect turn into seven Lakers home games? pic.twitter.com/UVPoG0uoyI

— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) March 8, 2020

what a profoundly shitty thing to do to jarrett allen.

Lakers have limit the early shot clock jumpers from Rondo, Bradley etc.

The nuggets are getting smashed on defense so trading Beasley really isn’t their problem per se

Millsap just not the difference maker there he was early in the season....

three point shooting

Nuggets need three point shooting but they also desperately need defense and Gary harris is elite there... I think it would have been ok to bite the bullet and match Beasley offers in the offseason but gambling on a Harris Renaissance makes sense

great game today... anyone think these aren’t the two best teams in the NBA?

gotta have the bucks in the mix!

Like this move

Jontay Porter, a rookie F/C out of Missouri, has signed a multi-year deal with the Grizzlies, his agent Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports tells ESPN. Porter rehabbed two separate knee injuries, but has progressed well and is expected to be ready for training camp next season.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 8, 2020

okay anyone think this isn’t a lock to be the WCF?

kawhi looks out of it today

Both lakers and clips shooting <30% from 3. Everything on drives.

AD looking like the trump card in this match up today

the lakers abused lou williams for the entire 4th quarter

bron looking very spry today

i posted that before the kill shot

damn calling out marcus morris and taking him behind the woodshed.

lebron and davis are both very good just my opinion

three wins in a row against good teams for the lakers

i don't think it's a lock but it's the most likely one re: wcf

i give it virtual lock status

the lakers abused lou williams for the entire 4th quarter

Booker just hung 20 and 4 assists in the 1st q on the bucks. 47 p quarter for the suns