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
You're right about the Mavericks situation. I just would love to see it.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
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
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
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
― Spottie, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:07 (three years ago) link
i disapprove of anything that lets the warriors into the playoffs unless the draft lottery gets retooled to match the playoff structure
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:12 (three years ago) link
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?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:23 (three years ago) link
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
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:27 (three years ago) link
if that happened i would post "the fix is in" roughly twice as often as i already do
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:29 (three years ago) link
The Warriors are destiny's team. It would only be right.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:32 (three years ago) link
Otm it’s only right
― Spottie, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 00:40 (three years ago) link
stop
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
If KD is feeling better he has to play for the warriors, right?
― DJI, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 02:22 (three years ago) link
dont think anyone is proposing letting the warriors in itd just be the top 20 teams
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 02:30 (three years ago) link
Me n poly propose it
― Spottie, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 04:14 (three years ago) link
sorry u have to make a podcast first
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 12:42 (three years ago) link
ESPN doing back to back airings tonight of Kobe's last game (lol he just fouled nonstop and dared the refs to call it) at 9.30 pm est and the 2016 dubs' 73rd win at 7 pm est
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:35 (three years ago) link
pretty interesting listening to two espn pods recorded within days of each other:
brian windhorst/tim bontemps: the only logical decision from a timing, expense, and safety perspective is to only bring back the playoff teams.
woj/zach lowe: the nba is set on playing more games than just the playoffs, adam silver would love to do a play-in tournament, here's a byzantine idea to bring back 20 teams and have a 7-team tournament for three playoff spots.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 28 May 2020 00:10 (three years ago) link
they need to hit 70 games to meet tv contracts. this could be supported by players if it will get them paid.
― micah, Thursday, 28 May 2020 00:27 (three years ago) link
ah that is an important detail!
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 May 2020 00:28 (three years ago) link
the other side of that is that putting on more games means players get paid more of their salary without corresponding gate revenue. putting on games is an expense to teams and the nba. as i understand it RSN money varies wildly from team to team.
it's just really tough to figure out.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 28 May 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
A Modest Proposal: put every player for every team in the league on one court, last man standing with the ball wins the NBA Finals. Not his team, just him.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:27 (three years ago) link
LIST OF NBA CHAMPIONS2015 - Golden State Warriors2016 - Cleveland Cavaliers2017 - Golden State Warriors2018 - Golden State Warriors2019 - Toronto Raptors2020 - Boban Marjanović
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:29 (three years ago) link
xp the great indoor fight?
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 28 May 2020 02:31 (three years ago) link