NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

this season basically doesnt count is how i break it down

Dame's body will still notice the accumulated wear and tear of a cursed season. :-(

kyrie is back

Wednesday will be Kyrie Irving's first game in Cleveland since Opening Night in 2017-18: Oct. 17, 2017

Irving also apologized to Nets fans for his absence, noting his relationship with the team began as a fan, and said he "just needed a pause" due to "family and personal stuff" https://t.co/U8ihyQO0T8

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) January 19, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzHfYWcv83I

kenny is with me on lockergate

lol "are you listening to the question" something chuck should be asked more often

Haha that Kyrie video

lol rough

i think we need to bring in some body language experts

seems like the cavs being “mad at him for being upset” is not really an accurate way to describe what happened

I don't think I'd seen Lonnie Walker play until last night & hooooooly cow is he fast

kyrie oy you are not helping your case
somebody needs a 30 point game

lonnie is one of the best athletes in the league as far as guards go... he's also a really explosive jumper

skip 25 seconds into this video and watch him on the fast break pick his dribble up at the three point line take two giants steps, jump sideways from the middle of the lane and get an and 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDnj5juY4TU

lonnie had 2 great games when demar was out, and he's been...kinda passive before and after that.

like, demar is having a career year in many respects and finally looks like someone who would justify being your team's no 1 or 2 guy, but his high usage takes away opportunities from lonnie to grow in that same shot creator role. so he ends up being a 3 and D guy which he's p good at but feels like a waste of his gifts.

basically the spurs have a problem of too many good perimeter players.

Honestly shouldn’t they trade demar

100000% sell high while ppl are convinced he can shoot 3s now

imo spurs should be packaging demar with a young player or 2 and 1RPs for ben simmons

they’re having a pretty nice season but they should trade demar, LMA, rudy gay & patty mills for the best offers they can get

keep patty bc he's precious. lamarcus is untradeable, they might be able to get a 2nd rounder and a bad contract in return. just let his contract expire at this pt. rudy looks nice and they shd definitely look at moving him, too. but i fear that the better the spurs do, the more theyre convinced they need to keep everyone.

its a catch 22. if the spurs stink its bc their vets are washed so no one will offer them anything. if the vets play well, the spurs dont want to let them go bc they want to compete. which is the perfect formula for never doing Trades.

they needed to trade LMA last season

probably 2017 tbh. mighta been able to keep kawhi.

I have a feeling that the Spurs will be players for Jokic in 2023

god i can only hope

lma is an expiring this year, doesnt that make him kinda tradeable

maybe to relieve tax burdens, but the 2021 FA class isnt gonna be so hot after all

they prob won't be able to get much but pretty much every team in the playoffs needs a 5 who can shoot i assume they could find some interest

wd be huge if he could shoot (.442, .268 from 3)

he is the biggest defensive liability for the team and his shot comes and goes, but mostly doesnt go in

yeah lma has looked just astonishingly washed this year

Campazzo is not the problem with Nuggets second unit, they just need some people who actually are threats on the pick and roll. Like Javale would actually be a big improvement.

matt the raptors just released alex len today....

my take on this season is that evaluations of teams are pointless, but evaluations of players are valid and jokic is a solidly top 5 player

Len isn’t great in pick and roll tho... I would say he’s an upgrade on Hartenstein tho

Lu Dort is so much better on offense this season, I really think they have something special with him

lol ok

Beginning tonight, NBA teams’ security will be stationed at halfcourt for compliance of rules regarding pre- and post-game interactions, the league informed teams. NBA and NBPA agreed on players maintaining six feet of distance, refraining from hugs/handshakes, and wearing masks.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 20, 2021

do the outbreaks really stem from how the teams interact with each other during games

nba is saying they havent traced a single case of on court transmission yet so idk what theyre up to, and neither do they

virtue signaling

it would help with contact tracing

and quicker contact tracing = more games = profit

The refs need to get fucked in this Sixers-Celtics game. That call where Smart launches himself backward into Green at the top of the 3pt line then falls down is some bullshit.

what was green even doing back there tho questions sixers fans dont want to talk about

Danny Green is cooked, what does that have to do with anything?

Tho Smart is such a good player - I would take 3 of him on the Sixers.

you know i love marcus, but 3 is too many

hmmm

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsODASCXIAESd3q?format=png&name=small

oh man, the hoisting potential of three marcuses

i don't think the rockets ever would've targeted kyrie, it doesn't make sense for them. i think it's much more likely that kyrie got bored/annoyed w/ the season and then they got harden and he was like "well this seems fun now" and decided to come back