Regular Degular Redux - 2019-20 NBA Season thread 2

Lmao I gotta dive into this drama

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/23/tennis/novak-djokovic-coronavirus-adria-tour-spt-intl/index.html

what a maroon

we can use our minds to purify water and change molecules

might get into the occult link plz

you dont need a britta just pour the water in your ear

what a maroon
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Video has emerged of Novak Djokovic dancing in a club during a tournament he held as the #coronavirus pandemic swept the globe.

Today the tennis star confirmed he has tested positive for #COVID19, and admitted the event was held "too soon".

Read more: https://t.co/CnBeFvSfob pic.twitter.com/MJRTNr1XnJ

— SkyNews (@SkyNews) June 23, 2020

how low can you go

I was suicidally depressed after federer blew those match points at wimbledon last year and to see Djokovic insert himself into the plague narrative like this is really surreal

Would Djokovic even make 50% of his free throws? If not, then he can go to hell. I don't care.

djokovic is the absolute worst.

Fuck djokovic; <3 rafa4ever.

At forefront of Bradley’s decision to remain w/ his family is the well-being of the oldest of his 3 children. His 6-year old son has a history of struggling to recover from respiratory illnesses and would’ve been unlikely to be medically cleared to enter bubble with his family. https://t.co/yputDg2VJp

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 24, 2020

yeah Trevor Arica sitting it out to deal with a custody battle, so far I can’t believe find the slightest blame on anyone skeptical about this plan (except kyrie)

yeah hard to have too much confidence in it

The @Lakers losing Avery Bradley is a tough loss and will make it more difficult for them to win the NBA championship.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) June 24, 2020

Heard the other day that Djokovic is an anti-vaxxer

xp hot take!

xp yeah him and his wife are

https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/can-the-nba-exist-in-a-bubble

Disney workers are petitioning asking Disney World not to reopen to the public in July.
Today Orange County, Fla., had more new COVID cases than 38 full states. https://t.co/M1bv20IAOs

— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) June 24, 2020

this shit aint happening

i'm still trying to figure out the exact event that would cause them to stop.

disneyworld should certainly not open to the public, but the nba isn't the public.

I also worry about the nba starting up as a bad signal to an already just dying America: hey sports are back! Things are fine! no virus! As you were! not that that’s what they’d intend but, well, you know

yeah definitely valid

i would hope the coverage would hammer home the precautions they are taking

Sports might help people pass the time at home and feel less crazy. It would be nice if they could make it work in a reasonable way

i was feeling good about the nba plan until the disastrous last few days in the sun belt. i think the plan is still reasonable, but it might end up out of their control.

see this is why they shouldve gone with my plan, sports island

You realize COVID-19 has spread to pretty much every populated island, including places as remote as Easter Island (aka Rapa-Nui)? This virus gets around.

sports. island.

stick to sports (island)

Vincanity officially retiring.

weird career overall. saved his rep by being a cool vet

yeah he was really in da dog house for a while there

The NBA shared with players they will use local, state and federal law enforcement, plus former special operations forces, to secure the bubble in Orlando, league sources told ESPN.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) June 25, 2020

Golf is proceeding but every golfer is a republican so it’s probably easier to convince them that germs aren’t real

golf can be very socially distanced if you want it to be, no shared equipment either.

and the crowds dont really matter much

In addition, social media networks will be monitored by Walt Disney Security, NBA Global Security and the Department of Homeland Security for potential threats, and will share intelligence. https://t.co/FuZhXVLzJd

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) June 25, 2020

every "first guy to not be drafted" from the last 10 years to be put on a cruise ship surrounded by sharks.

Can't wait for Adam Silver to spin how sincerely he supports players efforts to simultaneously play and protest/speak out about the pressing issue of police brutality and corruption and racism in militarized US law enforcement agencies... as he conscripts everyone from local Florida mall cops to apparently even Delta Force commandos to keep them locked in Disney World with no reprieve like it's Escape from New York. While the DHS is personally tracking and monitoring every single thing they post to social media while they're stuck there. Wonderful optics all around lmao

this ain't looking too good, no

King James rules Bartertown.

Do people think the NBPA was unaware (or did not sign off) on the security measures league was planning to take for this bubble?

— sam esfandiari (@samesfandiari) June 25, 2020

...who knows, one thing we do know is some players arent too happy w the nbpa

Sixteen NBA players have tested positive for the coronvavirus of 302 players tested, sources tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 26, 2020

On a conference call w/reporters, Adam Silver says: after careful consideration... we believe we have developed a safe and responsible way to restart the season

— John Karalis 🇬🇷 (@RedsArmy_John) June 26, 2020

Adam Silver: "No options are risk free right now...Yet we can't sit on the sidelines indefinitely, and we must adapt."

— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) June 26, 2020

saluting wildly

Adam Silver: "We’re coming back because sports matter in our society. They bring people together when they need it the most."

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) June 26, 2020

semper sports

It's hard to blame the NBA for trying to restart when states everywhere are reopening willy-nilly in spite of the obvious dangers to their populations, ensuring that hundreds of thousands more Americans will die. The public wants sports, there is money to be made, and they'll be damned if they are going to stand outside the zeitgeist.