Author Topic: The NBA thread (Read 1508000 times)

Akala · « **Reply #22020 on:** December 04, 2019, 11:04:19 PM »

I have been watching less this year for some reason. Aside from lack of Zion, I think the concept of a lack of (or altered?) narrative holds water. Injuries really wrecked a few key players/teams, and the season so far hasn't been what we expected.

Mavs fans happy though.

bluemax · « **Reply #22021 on:** December 04, 2019, 11:48:56 PM »

People kept trying to say that NFL ratings declined with the knee taking, but they didn't decline any more than any other television show. Maybe this is just the same natural decline do to people not paying for cable anymore?

benjipwns · « **Reply #22022 on:** December 04, 2019, 11:50:42 PM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22023 on:** December 05, 2019, 12:07:33 AM »

I think this year is far more entertaining and interesting than any in recent years. It helps of course on a personal level that the Lakers are kicking ass but for me that's not the reason. It's simply because you don't have a juggernaut overshadowing things like the Warriors or the Heat in the big three era. You have good teams and favorites but this is the most wide open the race has been in quite awhile. That alone makes for more compelling viewing. I've watched as much basketball as I always do but the Warriors really broke basketball for me in a fundamental way that sapped a lot of my personal interest away.

TEEEPO · « **Reply #22024 on:** December 05, 2019, 12:16:19 AM »

Quote from: bluemax on December 04, 2019, 11:48:56 PM

People kept trying to say that NFL ratings declined with the knee taking, but they didn't decline any more than any other television show. Maybe this is just the same natural decline do to people not paying for cable anymore?

cord cutting alone doesn't explain the sudden extreme drop in ratings when just last year it reached a 4 year high

https://twitter.com/Ourand_SBJ/status/1201682472758583296

benjipwns · « **Reply #22025 on:** December 05, 2019, 12:18:15 AM »

five teams in both conferences are on track to win 50+ games, then you've got one team each in the 45-48 range, then you have like four teams hovering around 37-40 wins for now but could easily get a late season 15-5 run or something and move up like Orlando and Portland and etc. did last season, so there's lots of jockeying still to happen among like ten teams in each conference

a fun thing is that all the good teams are in the top half of the league in defense this year, except Houston and they're 16th, so there's much about getting these offenses back in gear as the teams gel

also fun is the Raptors still contending in terms of wins projected (57-25) which would be second in the league sneaking past the Lakers

team filler · « **Reply #22026 on:** December 05, 2019, 12:54:21 AM »

https://twitter.com/RealGolfBT/status/1202412364898848768

bluemax · « **Reply #22027 on:** December 05, 2019, 11:35:13 PM »

Can we talk about how Marv Albert needs to retire or is that taboo?

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #22028 on:** December 06, 2019, 12:25:11 AM »

Quote from: TEEEPO on December 05, 2019, 12:16:19 AM

cord cutting alone doesn't explain the sudden extreme drop in ratings when just last year it reached a 4 year high

https://twitter.com/Ourand_SBJ/status/1201682472758583296

I was listening to Kornheiser today and he was talking about how local ratings for Wizards b-ball is down 56% (!!) over last year. Granted they are a bad team, but they were bad last year, too. That’s a crazy drop in just one year.

team filler · « **Reply #22029 on:** December 06, 2019, 01:44:07 AM »

https://twitter.com/MickstapeShow/status/1202763549254258688

TEEEPO · « **Reply #22030 on:** December 07, 2019, 02:31:28 AM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on December 06, 2019, 12:25:11 AM

Quote from: TEEEPO on December 05, 2019, 12:16:19 AM

cord cutting alone doesn't explain the sudden extreme drop in ratings when just last year it reached a 4 year high

https://twitter.com/Ourand_SBJ/status/1201682472758583296

I was listening to Kornheiser today and he was talking about how local ratings for Wizards b-ball is down 56% (!!) over last year. Granted they are a bad team, but they were bad last year, too. That’s a crazy drop in just one year.

behold, legalized gambling. fuck monumental sports and csn

benjipwns · « **Reply #22031 on:** December 07, 2019, 06:37:42 PM »

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With 1.1 seconds remaining and the Thunder down two points, Wolves center Karl-Anthony Towns stood at the free throw line with an opportunity to ice the game. He missed his first attempt, and the Wolves sent forward Jordan Bell to check into the game.

As Bell walked into the game, his jersey was untucked, and Thunder guard Chris Paul loudly alerted referee Scott Foster of it.

"Jersey out! His jersey's out! That's a delay of game!" Paul yelled. Foster took notice, and called the Wolves for a delay of game. "Damn right," Paul said after Foster made the call.

It was Minnesota's second delay of the game -- Towns had been called for one in the first half for not having wraps on his knees unwrapped before he was signaled to check into the game -- which resulted in an automatic technical foul.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22032 on:** December 08, 2019, 11:52:59 PM »

Anthony Davis was disgusting tonight.

team filler · « **Reply #22033 on:** December 09, 2019, 12:20:31 AM »

https://twitter.com/___Colb___/status/1203905044254466050

team filler · « **Reply #22034 on:** December 09, 2019, 12:43:04 AM »

https://twitter.com/GiImoreCB1/status/1203897872711897088

Rman · « **Reply #22035 on:** December 09, 2019, 07:41:32 PM »

How bad does Magic Johnson look now that Rob Pelinka, the current architect of the recent Lakers and guy he badmouthed publicly, has them running like a machine?

bluemax · « **Reply #22036 on:** December 10, 2019, 02:16:02 AM »

Quote from: Rman on December 09, 2019, 07:41:32 PM

How bad does Magic Johnson look now that Rob Pelinka, the current architect of the recent Lakers and guy he badmouthed publicly, has them running like a machine?

Kinda not that hard to have a good team when you're gifted an in his prime top 3 player. Are we also buying Dwight Howard and Javale McGee play as sustainable?

TEEEPO · « **Reply #22037 on:** December 10, 2019, 02:33:45 AM »

dwight howard, absolutely

and mcgee is a 2x soon to be 3x champ. have some respect for the former wizard

benjipwns · « **Reply #22038 on:** December 10, 2019, 03:11:41 AM »

https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/1204250948228583424

Rman · « **Reply #22039 on:** December 10, 2019, 07:40:37 AM »

Quote from: bluemax on December 10, 2019, 02:16:02 AM

Quote from: Rman on December 09, 2019, 07:41:32 PM
How bad does Magic Johnson look now that Rob Pelinka, the current architect of the recent Lakers and guy he badmouthed publicly, has them running like a machine?

Kinda not that hard to have a good team when you're gifted an in his prime top 3 player. Are we also buying Dwight Howard and Javale McGee play as sustainable?

Sure, but he also hired the coach and his defensive system is legit.

team filler · « **Reply #22040 on:** December 15, 2019, 10:14:43 PM »

https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1206403042175836160

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22041 on:** December 15, 2019, 10:40:07 PM »

I think you could stick just about any coach and any combination of players around Lebron and AD and they would be very good. Which is kind of a dis but the role players have been working hard. Even KCP. So I don't want to overly crap on them.

I don't really blame what Magic said and did. I blame how he went about it. It was a very public spectacle that didn't help the team. There is a better way of taking a shit on somebody if that is what you want to do. Time and Place.

team filler · « **Reply #22042 on:** December 15, 2019, 10:42:29 PM »

the parade is on. I'm still a bron hater, but I'll enjoy the championships just the same

team filler · « **Reply #22043 on:** December 20, 2019, 07:32:15 PM »

https://twitter.com/PapiBack/status/1207955967603855366

https://twitter.com/Erry_2nd_Counts/status/1207957801475223552

https://twitter.com/CrypticNoOne/status/1208033164263858176

team filler · « **Reply #22044 on:** December 22, 2019, 01:30:50 AM »

https://twitter.com/BayouBun/status/1208629721153638400

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22045 on:** December 22, 2019, 09:25:37 PM »

Talk about turning lemons in lemonade. OKC is better than teams like the Suns, Timberwolves, etc. Unless they just trade players to bottom out they are a 7th or 8th seed.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22046 on:** January 01, 2020, 06:18:14 PM »

https://twitter.com/KyleNeubeck/status/1212478896454733824

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #22047 on:** January 01, 2020, 06:25:18 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on January 01, 2020, 06:18:14 PM

https://twitter.com/KyleNeubeck/status/1212478896454733824

Beezy · « **Reply #22048 on:** January 01, 2020, 08:24:15 PM »

https://twitter.com/Dubs408/status/1212480511228039168

team filler · « **Reply #22049 on:** January 01, 2020, 08:27:37 PM »

bluemax · « **Reply #22050 on:** January 02, 2020, 04:40:16 PM »

https://twitter.com/EricPincus/status/1212839049745977344

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22051 on:** January 02, 2020, 04:42:43 PM »

Lakers could really use him. Rondo has reverted back to his awful self after a deceptive start to the season.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22052 on:** January 05, 2020, 01:51:41 AM »

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/kevin-love-reportedly-erupts-at-cavaliers-general-manager-koby-altman-amidst-teams-struggles/

I mean to be fair to Cleveland there isn't much they can do. And signing Love to that massive contract was always a strange move on their part after Lebron left.

benjipwns · « **Reply #22053 on:** January 05, 2020, 05:35:00 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on January 02, 2020, 04:42:43 PM

Lakers could really use him. Rondo has reverted back to his awful self after a deceptive start to the season.

https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1212970607408795648

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22054 on:** January 05, 2020, 11:34:09 PM »

https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1214027057954541572

On a completely unrelated side note, Kyle Kuzma has become a complete shit player for some reason this season.

benjipwns · « **Reply #22055 on:** January 05, 2020, 11:39:39 PM »

They should try that after Andre gets in the paint.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22056 on:** January 07, 2020, 04:44:21 PM »

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28441083/pistons-star-blake-griffin-indefinitely-surgery-knee

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Detroit Pistons star Blake Griffin underwent an arthroscopic procedure Tuesday on his injured knee and will be out indefinitely, the team announced.

The Pistons said in a statement that following the surgery, Griffin will undergo an "extended rehabilitation period."

Griffin, a six-time All Star, has played only 18 games this season because of issues with the knee. He had arthroscopic surgery on the same knee in April.

team filler · « **Reply #22057 on:** January 09, 2020, 08:35:00 PM »

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1215119622367850496

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22058 on:** January 10, 2020, 11:47:27 AM »

Tripon · « **Reply #22059 on:** January 10, 2020, 07:07:41 PM »

https://twitter.com/ESPNLosAngeles/status/1215785810584199168

Magic Johnson am cry.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22060 on:** January 13, 2020, 11:42:17 PM »

https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615034/an-nba-star-plans-to-turn-his-contract-into-digital-tokens-and-sell-them/

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Basketball and other sports stars are typically given multi-year contracts that work out to a certain dollar amount per year. Dinwiddie hopes that by tokenizing his three-year, $34.36 million contract, he will be able to collect its value up front, instead of having to wait.

Dinwiddie plans to sell 90 tokens for $150,000 each to accredited investors. After a year, they will be tradeable. The digital security will pay out 4.95% interest on a monthly basis, and fully pay out when it matures in 2023, according to Forbes. Dinwiddie says the structure he and his legal team have created can be used by other players too.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22061 on:** January 14, 2020, 01:04:51 AM »

Dwight Howard 3 pointers this year
3-5
60.0

Ben Simmons 3 points this year
2-5
40.0

Just saying.

https://twitter.com/TheBallRealm/status/1216958583323136000

benjipwns · « **Reply #22062 on:** January 22, 2020, 12:47:09 AM »

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/1219761603278585856

bluemax · « **Reply #22063 on:** January 22, 2020, 11:01:20 PM »

Zion played guys!

He looked like someone who hasn't run in a long time!

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #22064 on:** January 22, 2020, 11:04:16 PM »

mark jackson is like if that ricky bobby ‘with all due respect’ joke were a person

bluemax · « **Reply #22065 on:** January 22, 2020, 11:39:46 PM »

5-5-3 with 4 turnovers in 14 minutes so far for Zion.

Akala · « **Reply #22066 on:** January 22, 2020, 11:43:14 PM »

bluemax · « **Reply #22067 on:** January 22, 2020, 11:52:18 PM »

And 4 minutes of playing time later he's at 22-7-3. Whew.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22068 on:** January 23, 2020, 01:06:45 AM »

Picked up NBA 2k20 and was playing that this evening so missed Zion's debut unfortunately.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22069 on:** January 23, 2020, 07:51:46 PM »

bluemax · « **Reply #22070 on:** January 24, 2020, 09:46:18 PM »

Zion 15-5-0-1 in 16 minutes so far tonight. 7-8 FGA 1-4 FT No threes, only 1 turnover.

benjipwns · « **Reply #22071 on:** January 25, 2020, 12:21:30 AM »

BLOCKBUSTER:

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Mavericks get: Willie Cauley-Stein, Justin Patton

Thunder get: Isaiah Roby, cash

Warriors get: Utah's 2020 second-round pick

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22072 on:** January 28, 2020, 10:29:35 AM »

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28577888/nba-postpones-clippers-lakers-game-kobe-bryant-death

Akala · « **Reply #22073 on:** January 29, 2020, 08:53:52 AM »

I know it's only the Cavs, but Pels looked pretty good against the Celtics other night as well. Will see how they look against Houston, but it seems like they are coming together a bit better than expected. Hope to sneak into playoffs, which honestly most had written off.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #22074 on:** January 30, 2020, 02:41:13 PM »

https://twitter.com/AP_Sports/status/1222957174940405766

team filler · « **Reply #22075 on:** January 30, 2020, 03:20:30 PM »

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1222935242874458113

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #22076 on:** January 30, 2020, 04:22:13 PM »

Who would have thought in 1996 that Magic would outlive Kobe

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #22077 on:** January 30, 2020, 05:03:53 PM »

He wasn’t called magic for nothing

TEEEPO · « **Reply #22078 on:** January 30, 2020, 08:21:35 PM »

i am actually really encouraged by tommy sheppard thus far

bluemax · « **Reply #22079 on:** January 30, 2020, 09:34:35 PM »

https://twitter.com/netw3rk/status/1222730394790842370

https://twitter.com/netw3rk/status/1223026622770503680

The Knicks, every time you think it can't get worse... it does!

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Author Topic: The NBA thread (Read 1508000 times)