part two of the nba 2020-21 anything but regular season

def got his hand after the shot, close tho!

The hi5 is supposed to be legal?

There’s an epidemic of refs letting shooters get slapped on the wrist this season. Really obvious calls

hi 5 rule https://videorulebook.nba.com/archive/legal-play-defender-high-fives-shooters-empty-hand-after-release-no-foul/

made a nu thread fyi 2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

wow I did not know that about the high-five rule

Same. Thought you can’t tap the hand on the follow through...

knicks just hit a 3 to tie w 2 secs left

bam

BAM ADEBAYO BEATS THE NETS AT THE BUZZER pic.twitter.com/rPMsxQXBYu

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) April 18, 2021

he was better than kyrie in the final 3 mins of that game basically how it went down

richard jefferson is very annoying on TV

yeah willfully obnoxious and lame isnt a good combo

doesn't even try to provide analysis?

I just hate RJ’s way of speaking. Talks through his teeth zi think

Dudes a blowhard

Dort going nuts again

Honestly when we see Dort shoot well it does remind me of Artest

TIL that Chris Boucher is shooting 38% from 3 this season

kd having a hard time staying on the court

I understand treating him with kid gloves but it does seem like he gets banged up easily now

richard jefferson is so annoying, nba equivalent of dan orlovsky who they also seem to be pushing for mostly being an annoying, combative twerp

yeah if youre gonna stir things up you should at least be cool, funny, smart, a clown, or something like that not a guy who sounds like urkle

I think we clearly have a problem where only the most cringe nba players want to call games

maybe players make so much money these days, even like jason terry got $100m over his career, that a post playing career has less appeal

and there are prob more team jobs than there used to be too if you want to stay around the game

then youre left with the guys who just really want to be on tv lol

local sports talk station does this bit where they try to guess total career earnings for retired NBA players, it's incredible how marginal players that hung around made like $80 million

jefferson has always been a dweeb.

yup

in today's athletic

Fred VanVleet returned to the lineup in Friday’s win over Orlando, but he will not necessarily play on Sunday against the Thunder. It has become fair to wonder how much the league’s schedule, and determination to get through 72 games for all 30 teams while getting back on track for the league’s preferred October-to-April regular season for next season, has led to the injuries.

“I wouldn’t say (my passion has been) taken away, that’s probably a little bit too strong,” VanVleet said on Saturday. “But there’s certainly ups and downs to this thing more than I’ve ever experienced in my life. To be honest, this is probably the most unpure year of basketball I’ve ever been a part of, just from the whole league and rushing the season back.

“It’s pretty much all about business this year on every level and it’s hard to hide it, you know what I’m saying? The NBA is a great balance of like the pure love and joy of one of the best sports in the world mixed with a billion-dollar industry, and I think this year the industry side has taken precedence over some of the love and the joy.”

Unbeknownst to VanVleet, he was making the observations on the same day that the league fined the Raptors $25,000 for “failing to comply with league policies governing player rest and injury reporting.” This was probably a case of miscommunication more than anything.

I feel like if you poked around you could find nba role players who are good on mic. But the networks probably say “who the hell is that?” On the other hand, we have Ryan Hollins on our tvs for some reason

grant hill and steve smith are pretty good doing games. grant hill is the rare case of a super famous player who made a shit ton of money but has a pretty low key non-blowhardy broadcasting style. just seems like a chill dude overall.

i don't mind d wade on TNT as far as newer guys go but studio is easier than doing a game. espn has had a pretty bad run of ex-players lately with dudes like perk and paul pierce... trying to put my finger on what might unite those two guys... hmm

i think dudley will coach but id love to hear him in the booth

I enjoyed Vince when he was on the Hawks' broadcast for a few games early this season

I could see Harrison Barnes as a good game announcer. He kind of has the Grant Hill vibe.

there were a few recent celtics games where sean grande the celtics usual radio guy did the tv play by play with scal (bad) doing the color and it wasnt good but maybe because grande was like this is my opportunity to not detail every movement of the ball he did very minimal play by play and they were kinda just talking in a low key manner for a bunch of it almost like a podcast, idk like i said it wasnt actually great but it made me think there are some different styles that could be explored

john crotty is really good on the heat local broadcast, huge upgrade over the lughead ex-coach they used to have on the games

i like the ex coach on raptors broadcasts who sounds like hubie brown

I could see Harrison Barnes as a good game announcer. He kind of has the Grant Hill vibe.

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, April 19, 2021 1:50 PM (three minutes ago)

yeah media ppl seem to all speak very highly of barnes. bosh has been good on TV, obv very intelligent guy. it seems like he has other interests outside of the game tho. wonder if LMA will get into broadcasting

grant hill just seems effortlessly cool and good at everything

i like the ex coach on raptors broadcasts who sounds like hubie brown

― lag∞n, Monday, April 19, 2021 10:54 AM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Jack Armstrong's grown on me, I used to hate him. He's chilled on the homerism since the Raptors won a title

there were a few recent celtics games where sean grande the celtics usual radio guy did the tv play by play with scal (bad) doing the color and it wasnt good but maybe because grande was like this is my opportunity to not detail every movement of the ball he did very minimal play by play and they were kinda just talking in a low key manner for a bunch of it almost like a podcast, idk like i said it wasnt actually great but it made me think there are some different styles that could be explored

lmao

i don't catch radio bball very often but grande is very good when i do

fred vanvleet.... welcome to the resistance

ball back

Hornets say LaMelo Ball's fractured right wrist has healed and he has been cleared to return to individual basketball activity.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 20, 2021

Oh wow I thought he was out for the season

yeah thats what they said, were prob just being conservative

wow, conservatism fails again, tough year for the gop

bulls with a couple big recent draft whiffs markkanen and white not even starting yikes