I'm glad it was a French dude lol
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 12 March 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link
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!
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 12 March 2020 22:14 (four years ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Friday, 13 March 2020 02:20 (four years ago) link
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.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 13 March 2020 03:14 (four years ago) link
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
― micah, Friday, 13 March 2020 03:35 (four years ago) link
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
― J0rdan S., Friday, 13 March 2020 03:37 (four years ago) link
saw someone . . . not praising gobert's dumb ass, but grateful because his stupidity got the whole public health response going
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 March 2020 03:52 (four years ago) link
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.
― Fetchboy, Friday, 13 March 2020 04:42 (four years ago) link
A real six degrees of rudy gobert situation
― symsymsym, Friday, 13 March 2020 05:14 (four years ago) link
― mookieproof, Thursday, March 12, 2020 11:52 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
100% agree with this
― k3vin k., Friday, 13 March 2020 10:12 (four years ago) link
feel like Gobert and then Tom Hanks testing positive really changed the mood
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 13 March 2020 13:41 (four years ago) link
tipping point, yes. All of New York fell down the next day.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 13 March 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
I think the immediate freak out and the clearing of the arena was a major “it’s here and right in the middle of us” moment.
― omar little, Friday, 13 March 2020 17:12 (four years ago) link
"The Utah Jazz alone consumed 20 percent of Oklahoma's total stock [of tests]."
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 March 2020 17:22 (four years ago) link
thankful for the nba's/silver's swift and decisive action. set a precedent the other less progressive leagues (*ahem* ncaa) needed to follow.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 March 2020 17:24 (four years ago) link
they did let the warriors play two games at oracle with a sign posted saying that attending the game could increase your risk of contracting coronavirus, and they did have owners ready to defy local gov't recommendations until a player literally tested positive right before tipoff.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 13 March 2020 17:34 (four years ago) link
yeah the NBA was pretty delinquent. not as bad as the college conferences but still pretty bad... it was very weird watching the end of the heat-hornets game knowing that the okc-jazz game had just been emergency canceled over a player related virus scare. and by some stroke of luck or power they were just able to get gobert tested before the game or else he was going to play, which would’ve been a huge disaster... to say nothing of the fact that he definitely played while being infected but asymptomatic
― J0rdan S., Friday, 13 March 2020 17:48 (four years ago) link
fair enough. im not sure a player testing positive would've convinced the nfl to cancel the season, tbh.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 March 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
if this hit in, say, september/october
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 March 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link
play through paindemic
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 13 March 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link
https://theathletic.com/1671749/2020/03/13/strauss-before-the-shutdown-the-nba-prioritized-profit-over-prevention/?source=shared-article
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 13 March 2020 18:11 (four years ago) link
In retrospect the idea of continuing the season was always insane. At some point a player was going to get sick and it’s a sport with a ton of personal contact.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 13 March 2020 21:06 (four years ago) link
yeah
― lag∞n, Friday, 13 March 2020 21:22 (four years ago) link
A child in Rhode Island has tested positive for coronavirus after getting an autograph from one of the NBA players who have also contracted the virushttps://t.co/v8ntCZVRZj pic.twitter.com/6UYmsnTMkX— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) March 13, 2020
brilliant how the players -- even rookies -- are out here pledging money for part-time staffers while the billionaire owners do nothing
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 March 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
yes what shitheads
― lag∞n, Friday, 13 March 2020 21:40 (four years ago) link
and yeah of course the nba prioritized profit first, but they did go first and honestly acted pretty quickly after the positive test. any other league would have waited until at least the next day to poll all the owners
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 March 2020 21:40 (four years ago) link
New Orleans' Zion Williamson says he is pledging to cover the salaries for all of the Pelicans arena staff workers for the next 30 days.— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 13, 2020
― call all destroyer, Friday, 13 March 2020 23:13 (four years ago) link
Gobert gave the autograph
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 13 March 2020 23:14 (four years ago) link
xp So proud of our son
― Fetchboy, Friday, 13 March 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
matt moore is saying 1/3 of the owners have stepped in to cover salaries (even gilbert and sarver came through) and other players are jumping in (giannis, love, zion, etc) i would be surprised if all owners dont eventually get on board... dolan excluded
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Saturday, 14 March 2020 00:00 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1238619517330341889/GmkqcLGp?format=jpg&name=small
― lag∞n, Saturday, 14 March 2020 14:25 (four years ago) link
Donovan Mitchell is reportedly “extremely frustrated” with Rudy Gobert, per @SIChrisMannix “How Mitchell responds when play resumes could make or break their relationship, sources familiar with the locker room dynamic told SI.com.”
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 15 March 2020 01:57 (four years ago) link
it seems absolutely impossible to me that it's only been three or four days since they suspended the season, you could tell me it was two and a half weeks ago and i'd be like seems about right
― Clay, Sunday, 15 March 2020 02:57 (four years ago) link
as amusing as i find this mitchell/gobert thing, it is almost certain to blow over by the time anyone is playing basketball games again
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 15 March 2020 03:12 (four years ago) link
All the Raptors and staff tested negative.
http://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2020/03/14/the-raptors-final-coronavirus-test-also-came-back-negative-everyones-cleared.html
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 March 2020 03:52 (four years ago) link
Christian Wood has it
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28903508/pistons-christian-wood-tests-positive-coronavirus
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Sunday, 15 March 2020 03:57 (four years ago) link
The Raptors are also the only team based in Canada, where the testing regime hasn't been completely botched.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 15 March 2020 04:00 (four years ago) link
Rudy Gobert saved the league from a massive outbreak
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:04 (four years ago) link
one thing ive been thinking for a while is that gobert is taller than his listed height of 7-1 he looks at least 7-3
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
sad not to be able to talk about games, fresh new games
― that's not my post, Sunday, 15 March 2020 18:00 (four years ago) link
some games would really hit the sport right now
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 March 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
i wish i had a Console For Gaming i would play 2k20 and tell u how the season ends. i have 2k19 on my phone tho its ok
― majority whip, majority nae nae (m bison), Sunday, 15 March 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
got a feeling nbahdreplay is gonna be seeing increased traffic the next few weeks.
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 15 March 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
btw i have looked into my crystal ball and the lakers won the championship, congrats to the King GOAT (G.reatest O.f A.ll T.ime) lebron james
― majority whip, majority nae nae (m bison), Sunday, 15 March 2020 18:58 (four years ago) link
For posterity, it looks like my only prediction for this season has a 99.9% chance of being spot on:
the Portland Trail Blazers will not be swept out of the first round of the nba playoffs― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, October 16, 2019
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, October 16, 2019
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 15 March 2020 18:59 (four years ago) link
https://www.si.com/nba/cavaliers/news/nba-season-amico-coronavirus
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Sunday, 15 March 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
they need to all go to sports island
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 March 2020 21:29 (four years ago) link
if theres any time we need sports its now