Regular Degular Redux - 2019-20 NBA Season thread 2

someone has to ask him what the other things are some time

He would have been a pro bowler by 2013

Rough NBA timeline that was mentioned to me from a team exec today:
Early June - Back in facilities
Mid-late June - Camp
Early July - Travel to single-site
Mid July - Games start
Labor Day-ish - Season ends
Mid Sept. - Draft
Week later - Free agency
Xmas-ish - 20-21 season starts

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) May 21, 2020

seems about right if they're going to do it

RIP, Jerry Sloan.

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

just saw the sloan news. rip. there was a time where it seemed like he would just coach the jazz for eternity.

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

this virus stuff might really start to pay off

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

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

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.

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

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

think i like that format TBQH

world cup biggest sports event in the world
basketball best sport

its destiny

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.

otm

kinda think they shd do some more regular season games just to shake the rust off

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.

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

it's an asterisk season no matter what

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

the first round should be enough to shake off the rust for the teams that matter.

― 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

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

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

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

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

ie play 7 regular season games to get up to speed

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.

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

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

The bullets leaving him unprotected in the expansion draft belongs on the list of unbelievably bad decisions that franchise has made

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.

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.

You're right about the Mavericks situation. I just would love to see it.

Although Cuban himself advocates for a tourney https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29224715/mark-cuban-suggests-play-tournament-final-2-seeds-nba-playoffs

i like the round robin first round cause it gives us some good team on good team action and just has a bunch of different matchups where the first round has historically been kind of a slog

It’s a great idea Cos maybe the warriors will be healthy and the hilarity of them being the worst team to having a shot at something could be fun. Also gives Zion n them a chance to make some noise.

Don’t really matter to me tho let’s just see some damn hoop asap

i disapprove of anything that lets the warriors into the playoffs unless the draft lottery gets retooled to match the playoff structure

I feel like that would lead to some obvious tanking in the tournament. Would the low seeds really risk their top pick for a sliver of a chance in a tournament that might not even finish?

idk how it would work i just know that letting the dominant team of the past 4 years both have a chance in the playoffs and get the top lottery odds is nagl

if that happened i would post "the fix is in" roughly twice as often as i already do

The Warriors are destiny's team. It would only be right.

Otm it’s only right

stop

If KD is feeling better he has to play for the warriors, right?

dont think anyone is proposing letting the warriors in itd just be the top 20 teams

Me n poly propose it

sorry u have to make a podcast first