2020 nba offseason draft free agency etc

yah the bubble wont work for a full reg season even if its compressed a bit.

bill simmons has been on this for over a week, basically saying that they weren't confident enough about having fans for the 20-21 season to wait for march or something, and that preserving the 21-22 season and starting it on time became the biggest priority.

also that the ratings disaster convinced them that maybe the october-june schedule is actually the best window for the nba to live in

what was the theoretical problem with oct-june anyway? who cares if the nfl is on during the first half of the season

i think there was a theory that starting at christmas meant you could dodge the NFL and then "own the summer" but no one watches tv in july and august, it's just a fact.

thing about the ratings disaster is all sports are down during the pandemic and weirdly in fact all tv is, i saw some chart and the nba was about in the middle as far as sports declines, tho the finals were way down but a lot of the has to do with the fact that it was over as soon as miami got all injured, starting on christmas and shortening the season is generally good tho imo

and it does allow them to still doge some nfl too, which i think having some overlap is fine maybe even desirable, but also have less overlap is good, and having fewer games is great

basketball is deeply associated with winter think its prob good to stick with that at least

it even makes sense (its indoors)

placing the star on top of the tree was in its way the first dunk

yeah they're certainly not alone in the ratings thing (apparently the world series is getting absolutely destroyed). mid-december to mid-june w/a shorter season would be ideal, except for an interminable offseason for those of us for whom ball is life.

surely it was god 360 windmilling his magic sperm into the virgin mary

xp

you may be right but i did not want to get controversial (religion)

ilh is a (cultural) marxist hoops board, we are officially atheist

cant believe ive never looked into what the various christian views are re the particular mechanism of immaculate conception

dec 22nd is pretty quick, but i can at least understand the logic of starting the schedule earlier and cutting the season down a little bit to finish at a more normal time.

i do worry that a non-bubble nba might be more susceptible to rona outbreaks than outdoor sports like football and baseball. and they're probably not gonna be able to keep lou will out of the clubs anymore.

little known fact: john the baptist was washing peoples feet when they got their ankles broken

the various christian views are re the particular mechanism of immaculate conception

it's not what you think. the immaculate conception refers to the doctrine that Mary was born without original sin, as the chosen-of-God to become the immaculate (= 'spotless') vessel to bear the Christ child.

...What you're probably wondering about is the virgin birth. Well, the way it gets told is that she was impregnated when the Holy Spirit descended upon her, making the whole operation decidedly incorporeal. And here you thought the Holy Spirit was just some worthless fag-end of the Trinity who never gets to do anything.

trinitarian conception misconception

i like my dunk contest conception theory better

I get the economic reasons for the quick turnaround, but we are going to have to read about how this being the cause of every player who gets injured and I don't think it will be totally unrelated.

how

half the league hasnt played in months already

Yeah, but who cares how the Kings knees' feel?

the teams that went really deep in the playoffs may start slow but everyone will have gotten time off....like as i understand it most guys take maybe a month of doing nothing when their season ends and then get back into training hard. i hope it won't be too bad.

also lost sleep/rest/travel/flights is probably a huge issue in a typical reg season

do they even know when the draft/free agency is yet is one wild thing re the quick turnaround

draft is set for nov 18 iirc, fa is cingent on when season starts and when they set the cap

*contingent

i think they should do the nba draft right now

bold, they could just cobble together a quick zoom

https://www.si.com/nba/2020/10/26/nba-roster-needs-for-every-team

New York Knicks
Priority: Draft well

"Hold Buddy Hield" sounds like NBA fan fic

xpost - I don't know, could be a risky strategy

Nope nope nope nope bad sportswriting

Denver Nuggets

Priority: Bolster the perimeter defense

matt what is your #1 roster need for the denver nuggets

ESPN story on the Millers agreeing to sell the Utah Jazz to Ryan Smith (@RyanQualtrics) for $1.6 billion-plus. https://t.co/XMvaNnQCIB

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 28, 2020

dece estimate tbf

The Millers purchased the Utah Jazz NBA team in 1986 for $22 million; the team is now worth $1.46 billion, according to Forbes. In early 2017, Miller transferred ownership of the Utah Jazz basketball team to a family legacy trust to deter her heirs from selling or moving it.

Gail Miller - Forbes

when i saw the first woj tweet i read too fast and thought that the guy who started qualtrics was actually named “ryan qualtrics”

he should be tbqh

the prices for NBA teams 20-30 years ago are mindboggling to read

The Philadelphia 76ers are in advanced talks on a deal to hire Daryl Morey to oversee the franchise's basketball operations, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 28, 2020

good move by philly

damn i was hoping they would remain incompetent.....

doc and daryl? good lord.

BROOKLYN NETS ACTION! IT'S T! B! D!

https://sports.yahoo.com/kristian-winfield-steve-nash-says-214100818.html

Steve Nash was quizzed about what his team’s offense will look like this season during a virtual town hall meeting on Tuesday.

“It’s all sort of to be determined,” the new Nets head coach said.

Nash said he doesn’t want to get bogged down with too many hard and fast concepts and designs.

“I’d much rather come in with principles, with ideas that allow our players to collaborate with us and allow their personalities and the dynamic between them and the chemistry to have a role in how it evolves,” he said.

oh my god steve nash is trying to make me hate him now isnt he

lol sounds like a solid plan

this is going to end up with kyrie holding the clipboard during timeouts and sketching up plays

i totally forgot that steve nash is their coach lmao

honestly tho i sort of agree with him... KD and kyrie are going to run the offense they want to run. steve nash wasn’t hired to impose his tactical will on that team. no use in pretending otherwise