but really the essence of being a Wolves fan is trying to find things that are fun to watch in the middle of disastrous shitshow after disastrous shitshow and he's really one of the great Wolves to me in that sense
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 14 May 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
for sure
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Thursday, 14 May 2020 21:03 (three years ago) link
Ricky Rubio stopped improving at basketball at the age of 14 and somehow this was enough to be a rock solid NBA starter for a decade plus
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 14 May 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
i was just noting that! he has become a slightly better shooter but he has the most consistent production of anyone i've ever seen
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Thursday, 14 May 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
spencer dinwiddie is doing.....something
Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) says he will sign a one-year deal with the NBA team fans decide if they reach Bitcoin target of roughly $24,632,630 on a GoFundMe. Dinwiddie’s statement: pic.twitter.com/oebwkoFBEO— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 16, 2020
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 16 May 2020 02:44 (three years ago) link
in BITCOIN? yikes
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 16 May 2020 02:45 (three years ago) link
should someone tell spencer that the team also has to want to sign him?
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 16 May 2020 02:48 (three years ago) link
Who is the most elon musky NBA player
― fatuous salad (symsymsym), Saturday, 16 May 2020 03:02 (three years ago) link
spencer dinwiddie
― lag∞n, Saturday, 16 May 2020 03:32 (three years ago) link
him or kyrie
― fatuous salad (symsymsym), Saturday, 16 May 2020 03:51 (three years ago) link
What if the fans decide on a team that doesn’t want him
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 16 May 2020 03:55 (three years ago) link
that's what i'm saying! this makes no sense.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 16 May 2020 03:56 (three years ago) link
Any team would take him at the right price
― Spottie, Saturday, 16 May 2020 04:28 (three years ago) link
lol
LeBron says he seriously considered switching to football during the 2011 lockout and even got a contract offer from Jerry Jones - in writing. So how good could he have been? (great video here of LeBron playing high school football, and at a private flag football match with KD) pic.twitter.com/yb5bWdX4Cp— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) May 19, 2020
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 23:00 (three years ago) link
playing football and things of that nature
― Spottie, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 23:08 (three years ago) link
someone has to ask him what the other things are some time
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 23:29 (three years ago) link
He would have been a pro bowler by 2013
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
Rough NBA timeline that was mentioned to me from a team exec today:Early June - Back in facilitiesMid-late June - CampEarly July - Travel to single-siteMid July - Games startLabor Day-ish - Season endsMid Sept. - DraftWeek later - Free agencyXmas-ish - 20-21 season starts— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) May 21, 2020
― lag∞n, Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:12 (three years ago) link
seems about right if they're going to do it
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:13 (three years ago) link
RIP, Jerry Sloan.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 22 May 2020 15:21 (three years ago) link
constant basketball.....
Told today that if the NBA does resume with all 30 teams at a single-site, game days are likely to look like Summer League. Games would be almost all day long (starting around 12:00 noon ET) until the regular season is complete. Playoffs would follow a more regular schedule.— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) May 22, 2020
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 May 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
just saw the sloan news. rip. there was a time where it seemed like he would just coach the jazz for eternity.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 22 May 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
im not in favor of reopening, but the promise of non-stop hoops while i stay at home this summer is making me a lil h*rny
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Friday, 22 May 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
this virus stuff might really start to pay off
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 May 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
rad pics
I loved everything about Jerry Sloan, from the way he played to the way he coached. He was a tenacious competitor who represented the Bulls of the 70s so well. Jerry became one of my favorite coaches when he was on the 1996 Dream Team staff and it was an honor to learn from him. pic.twitter.com/pEhbmiFbzp— Scottie Pippen (@ScottiePippen) May 22, 2020
― Spottie, Friday, 22 May 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
NBA in talks to resume play at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex https://t.co/GhijC9EFsF— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) May 23, 2020
― lag∞n, Saturday, 23 May 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
If the players are convinced it's a good, safe plan and get on board, the other details that have leaked are looking very promising. I give it a better than 50-50 chance to happen. More like 75-25 imo.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 23 May 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
If Portland Trail Blazers are to resume season with no pathway to playoffs, Damian Lillard tells @YahooSports he won’t play in games: “I’m going to be sitting right on that bench.” https://t.co/SmSTgujb1p pic.twitter.com/hYVmqhGU7A— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) May 26, 2020
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 15:00 (three years ago) link
A 16-team format or play-in tournament FAIL to account for how shuffling in the standings would occur for bubble teams AND seeds 2-7 had the regular season resumed.The group stage accounts for both, one of the many reasons it’s the best format to resume: https://t.co/sv8YKmY5O0— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) May 26, 2020
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
think i like that format TBQH
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
world cup biggest sports event in the worldbasketball best sport
its destiny
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 16:51 (three years ago) link
A 16-team format or play-in tournament FAIL to account for how shuffling in the standings would occur for bubble teams AND seeds 2-7 had the regular season resumed.
ok who gives a shit. let's just start the playoffs and get it cracking.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 May 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
otm
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
kinda think they shd do some more regular season games just to shake the rust off
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
the first round should be enough to shake off the rust for the teams that matter.
the posturing that has clearly started w/this lillard quote is going to be extremely annoying so let's just cut it off right here imo.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link
theres a decently clean cut after 8th in both conferences right now, 5 games in east and 3 in west. just pull the trigger imo
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
it's an asterisk season no matter what
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
the world cup format wld be more fun and if the season isnt a normal season already why not do something fun rather than trying to keep everything the same which just highlights the weirdness of it
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, May 26, 2020 1:15 PM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
the whole playoffs might not even be long enough! players are gonna be rustier than they ever have been out of shape etc its gonna be ugly
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
the simplest solution is to just say the standings are what they are, bring the 16 teams to orlando, have them quarantine, give them cross conference scrimmage match ups to get back up to game speed, and then start the playoffs as is
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 May 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
the most recent windhorst podcast w/ tim bontemps on the disney thing is good... involving teams that have nothing to play for really makes no sense, and once you start pushing those teams out you might as well just say if you're not in the playoffs stay home. the only logical conclusion is that "fairness" is going to have to take a backseat to expediency & simplicity
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 May 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
or something like a non elimination group stage format between the 16 teams to determine seeding could act as the “get up to speed” period before the “real” playoffs began
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 May 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
u cld have the playoff teams play a game vs each of the playoff teams from their conf add that to the regular season totals then start the offs i guess
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
ie play 7 regular season games to get up to speed
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 18:43 (three years ago) link
Whatever the players and the league can agree to is going to be good enough for the fans, who have by far the least at stake.
A guy like Dame Lillard is at the stage in his career where wear and tear or injuries are vital concerns, not because he must keep playing to earn money. Every minute of his career from now on is about maximizing his chance for a ring. Of course he'll sit if he can't make the offs. That's his concern. As fans our main concern is just being entertained. I'll accept whatever they offer me.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 18:54 (three years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
I was watching what little jerry Sloan playing clips are on YouTube and his defense was like 20 years ahead of its time. An absolute pest
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
The bullets leaving him unprotected in the expansion draft belongs on the list of unbelievably bad decisions that franchise has made
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
I'd be pretty into a qualification tourney. Why not just lock in the top 6 in each conference and then do some sort of tourney for the last four spots? Give the other guys something to play for.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
i think the problem with most alternate formats is that every team is going to have a competing agenda and it's going to be really, really hard to get a consensus. if i'm the mavericks and someone suggests that i need to play a tournament for the 7 seed i was comfortably earning, there is absolutely no way i am agreeing to that. likewise, there are teams that are very happy with their current seed and teams that would love to shake the snow globe. how are they ever going to bridge that?
and honestly, one of the only appealing things about being an 8 seed in the nba (a couple of nights of home playoff gate revenue) is gone. as an owner on the outside looking in, i'm not sure how hard i would push to get my team into the 'offs.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link