Regular Degular Redux - 2019-20 NBA Season thread 2

not great

irregular degular

We got a full Boban Game and Vince hit the last shot of his career, pretty cool

neat how the jazz were able to get access to 58 tests

First Take is wall to wall Rudy Gobert

am I being crazy for thinking the league should seriously consider suspending him for the rest of the season, assuming play does resume? I imagine that could stir up shit with the players union though.

the public shame is probably punishment enough

I mean when Woj rolls with the "privately players are saying" type tweet ppl are seriously angry behind the scenes

but yeah, it's such an odd act how do you classify in terms of suspension?

I don’t think he should be suspended. Bigger fish to fry rn.

Not sure how they can suspend him right now I mean I guess they could fine him 50k and make him play five games.

kind of remarkable that there was only one other positive test

yeah he's gonna be publicly shamed enough j0 otm. he may be treated like deangelo russell was for a while

Charitable donation. He’s had it now so he can do all the volunteering you could imagine.

Bunch of NCAA conference tourneys canceled, including Big 10 and SEC

Gotta figure it’s only a matter of time before the big dance goes bye bye

ACC still going on

Jay Williams went in on them, him and Matt Barnes have both been good this morning

Barnes appears on ESPN lately?

yeah he's been on quite a bit today, both First Take and Get Up

gobert was just acting like a doofus, not intentionally trying to hurt people. he's undoubtedly going to be synonymous with a pandemic for the rest of his life.

I'm kind of over idiots putting other ppl at risk

there are bigger idiots putting more people at more risk than gobert, even if you just confine it to "things that happened last night"!

but yes, he was acting casually like a doofus. i guess there but for the grace of god? i'm terrified of being a vector for this shit.

his is probably the most high profile person at this point

I mean fine he's not Hitler but I could really give not a single solitary shit about poor Rudy Gobert

he's a dumb rich person who is already receiving the best possible medical care

he was ready to play last night...

serious question should I pick up KD in fantasy

most leagues should block transactions.

I'll be really surprised if they don't wind up canceling the entire season. I read an estimate today suggesting that the apex of the virus will be in early June.

...which means the Bucks win the title, right?? Right???

welp

The NCAA has canceled the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments and March Madness.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 12, 2020

man

its one thing to cancel the tournaments but must they also cancel the madness

Ya cancel culture running amok

madness is certainly not canceled

Maybe too early... So the dubs were light years ahead to take this season off?

they shd give everyone in the league a champ ring except rudy gobert

I'm glad it was a French dude lol

they shd give everyone in the league a champ ring except rudy gobert

― lag∞n, Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:40 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

congrats to the knicks!

today we are all gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell, continuing his recent string of deeply problematic and weird takes, suggested on Simmons' podcast today that NBA players could be tested daily and live in a bubble and keep the season going

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) March 13, 2020

I'll be really surprised if they don't wind up canceling the entire season. I read an estimate today suggesting that the apex of the virus will be in early June.

Like China is starting up basketball again. Will we accomplish what they have? Probably not. But who knows?

china can easily regress if they relax precautions too soon

even tho it sucks this is kinda the best time for the NBA to go away if it had to, insofar as it's close to the part of the season where everyone wants to press fast forward anyway

saw someone . . . not praising gobert's dumb ass, but grateful because his stupidity got the whole public health response going

It did feel like a Tipping Point. Talking to Strangers you got the idea that everyone thought China and Italy were Outliers. Gobert finally made them Blink.

A real six degrees of rudy gobert situation

saw someone . . . not praising gobert's dumb ass, but grateful because his stupidity got the whole public health response going

― mookieproof, Thursday, March 12, 2020 11:52 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

100% agree with this

feel like Gobert and then Tom Hanks testing positive really changed the mood

tipping point, yes. All of New York fell down the next day.