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not enough uninterrupted gameplay/"uptime" has always been a leading criticism of the game and all this stuff just makes it worse

yeah i mean people hate bad calls but the thing thatll make them stop watching is the game being unwatchable

none of these measures even get rid of bad calls though, they just give the league a little more plausible deniability

just review mostly everything during tv timeouts

NBA: look here! we publically admonish our refs and tell them to do better in the future.

i’m not sure what we get out of the NBA being like “yeah our refs screwed up royally at the end there” but it happening like every game for years on end

i think the purpose is to make it clear that they know what their own rules are, they haven't changed and although a poor interpretation of the rules led to a team losing, um... see point one

Rockets getting bullied

jordan said it right the other day--this series is over

beginning to think not ever playing a center is maybe not the best strategy

removing all plausible centers from your roster doesnt give you a lot of flexibility as far as playing centers goes

you gotta have a center

interesting that all the teams poised to make deep, or deeper-than-expected, runs this year are highly versatile and can play with different lineups and different offensive and defensive styles. i wonder if the houston rockets have noticed this trend.

it didnt show up in the data

an interesting fact I read the other day is that there are 5 positions in basketball and one of them is center. It's usually the taller players.

you should email the rockets

If your center happens to be Anthony Davis that helps too

what are the other "positions" and are the rockets familiar with them

think how far they could go with this knowledge 🚀

Harden 2-11 from the field, 1/6 from 3... finishes with 21 points, 16 coming at the freethrow line.

How does any human being actually enjoy watching this?? Shit is abhorrent, and execs like Morey that actively encourage it are a plague.

the rockets experiment...

3 games in a row. That's demoralizing. https://t.co/8nfV8yVENp

— pickuphoop (@pickuphoop) September 11, 2020

I wasn’t able to watch this no doubt exhilarating game of hooping and hoisting but did notice checking the box score just now that the rebound advantage for the Lakers was 52-26. They literally had twice as many rebounds. Seems connected somehow to the above conversation about centers but I can’t put my finger on it.

need to use machine learning

russ never making any effort to fix his obviously fucked up jump shot

At the apex of a jump shot, the vertical velocity of the body approaches zero so shooting at the apex or slightly after puts more pressure on the upper body energy transfer @bballbreakdown pic.twitter.com/YvhLCsXCMk

— BBiomechanics (@BBiomechanics) September 11, 2020

its funny how the next level genius analytics team ended up with the two most bizarrely flawed superstars

removing all plausible centers from your roster doesnt give you a lot of flexibility as far as playing centers goes

― lag∞n, Thursday, September 10, 2020 8:32 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

you gotta have a center

― ciderpress, Thursday, September 10, 2020 8:33 PM (thirty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

remember how good they were w clint capela and chris paul, well, better fuck all that up by trading them

honestly, they should totally blow the team up and start over. harden should be on the table.

cld see it happening tho theyll prob fuck around a couple years firing coaches and front office guys first

i'm guessing morey and dantoni are definitely gone if they go down in 5

do they have any assets really? harden obv very movable (not sure about rwb) but surely they've traded all their picks for the next 20 years

::fires up trade machine for harden to the knicks ideas::

dantonis gone for sure i mean letting a coach play out his contract is the kiss of death, and who knows if he even wants to come back

if only there were some shot in between threes and dunks

• Rockets 3PT attempts per game against OKC: 51

• Rockets 3PT attempts per game against LAL: 38.8

• Rockets 3PT attempts per game against LAL since Rondo returned: 31.5

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simply put: Vogel is forcing Houston from their comfort zone and daring them to meet AD at the rim

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) September 11, 2020

the most surprising thing in that tweet is rondo having a positive effect on defense

playoff rondo is real, and hes my friend

houston's future draft pick situation turns out to be unsurprisingly complicated and ugly and destitute good luck guys

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhmbCa8XkAEe89G?format=jpg&name=small

this...works?

or maybe dipo+myles turner...bc u know centers are good

i did a three team thing with blake and wall and westbrook and it just made me more miserable looking at it

hahahaha

clay that is a very dark trade, is everything ok?

lol

https://i.imgur.com/HKGyUIz.png

you can just trade the three of 'em for each other without fussing with it it almost has to happen

xposts re: Pacers trades -

Reminiscent of the Celtics “upgrading” from IT to Kyrie (IT’s immediate physical breakdown notwithstanding). Sometimes I’d rather have the lower ceiling but keep the more likable team/players. Need those good vibez

you can just trade the three of 'em for each other without fussing with it it almost has to happen

― Clay, Thursday, September 10, 2020 10:35 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lmao this is horrific, the trade we need now

lo when the much-loathéd three-headed beast doth switch stations this is the final sign

lol three unwatchable teams.....will remain unwatchable

I’m so excited that I’m going to see the Lakers vs. Clippers for the Western Conference Finals!!! The battle of the best in LA!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) September 11, 2020

I think whoever wins four games first will advance to the NBA Finals!

— Trevor (@trvorXX) September 11, 2020

magic is the best person on twitter

the dark age of nba trades

Westbrook on the wizards would be proof of karma