***Thee Official 2019-2020 NBA Thread***
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GARDENHEADsubscriberStephen Jackson is all heart.
Tanking is like taking a Greyhound bus cross-country. Sure, it may eventually get you where you want to go, but it’s messy and unpleasant and uncomfortable, it stinks, the entire time you’ll be wishing you weren’t there, and not everybody along for the ride is going to make it to the end. - Quote stolen from Deadspin
BevoPhinforum_veteran"Fin-O wrote:
All I could deduce from this drivel is that the Heat (as a #1 seed) got outdone by dudes in the sanitazion industry...
Ya'll must be pretty embarrassed.
3 decades later, 3 rings, we’ll be aight.
I’m more embarrassed that I actually want the knicks to get good so we can have some kind of rivalry again.
Serpico Jonesforum_veteranNBA regular season will resume at Disney World on July 31. NBA personnel will move into Coronado Springs resort. An agreement is expected to be reached this week.
Vertical Limitforum_veteranWell hope Herro and everyone else is ready to go.. we were out of rhythm when the season ended and were not the same team we started.. time to gel and turn it around.. we should make the playoff competitive against any team in the East.
BevoPhinforum_veteranAre they still going to do an interconference playoff?
GARDENHEADsubscriberLooks like everyone’s in the bubble. I hope this works.
Tanking is like taking a Greyhound bus cross-country. Sure, it may eventually get you where you want to go, but it’s messy and unpleasant and uncomfortable, it stinks, the entire time you’ll be wishing you weren’t there, and not everybody along for the ride is going to make it to the end. - Quote stolen from Deadspin
BevoPhinforum_veteranI see this going terribly, but I can’t wait for basketball to be back.
Not So Fastforum_veteranDuncan Robinson is still on fire despite the break. Hope he get's MIP.
Vertical Limitforum_veteranIm calling it now the Heat end up in the ECF against the Bucks
GARDENHEADsubscriberThibs
Tanking is like taking a Greyhound bus cross-country. Sure, it may eventually get you where you want to go, but it’s messy and unpleasant and uncomfortable, it stinks, the entire time you’ll be wishing you weren’t there, and not everybody along for the ride is going to make it to the end. - Quote stolen from Deadspin
Stitchesluxury_boxSo watched a little bit of Lakers/Clippers, and to me the game wasn't appreciably different (I only watched like 7 mins of 4th qtr). Though I am interested to see the stats after the rest of the season.
Apparently there's some theory (based on soccer results) that home field advantage is removed without fans (kind of moot for NBA since games aren't actually at home/away), but also that players make less flashy plays (that would normally entice the crowd), the're more fundamentally sound/methodical without fans, and that refs call fouls more frequently and with less bias (maybe not the right word, what I mean is they don't hesitate to call fouls on the home team as much as with fans present).
Edit: Here's an article about the Bundesliga which resumed without fans (I heard about it on a podcast, I didn't see the article first).
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/sports/soccer/soccer-without-fans-germany-data.html
2017 Dream Draft (3/17 – NFLDraftScout ~ Rankings used)
22. Zach Cunningham, LB, Vandy
54. Desmond King, S/DB, Iowa
97. Demarcus Walker, DE, FSU
166. Jermaine Eluemunor, OL, TAMU
178. George Kittle, TE, Iowa
184. Charles Walker, DT, Oklahoma
223. Aviante Collins, OL, TCU
GARDENHEADsubscriberAll these games have been incredible so far.
Pels/Jazz down time the wire. Same for Lakers/Clips. Grizz/Blazers and Mavs/Rockets go to OT. Celtics/Bucks was a back and forth close game.
No positive tests so far. The NBA is doing it right.
Tanking is like taking a Greyhound bus cross-country. Sure, it may eventually get you where you want to go, but it’s messy and unpleasant and uncomfortable, it stinks, the entire time you’ll be wishing you weren’t there, and not everybody along for the ride is going to make it to the end. - Quote stolen from Deadspin
Not So Fastforum_veteranNice to get a 20 point win to start off.
Vertical Limitforum_veteranOur defense was just ridiculous today... we trapped every lane, had our hands active swatting passes.. we keep our defense like this, no ones going to want to play us because it will be a grind to beat us
BevoPhinforum_veteranHerro needs to be starting over nunn from here on out. I can’t believe how good he’s looking. There’s ice in his veins.
Vertical Limitforum_veteranNice win today, they had to grind that one out.. indiana didnt give us anything easy
BumrushsubscriberThe NBA is just top notch. Really impressed with what they have done. It is easy to forget the games have no fans in the stands.
Vertical Limitforum_veteranThe Heat are going to have to resign Goran..
I remember many thought we gave up too much for him in a trade.. hes been nothing less than a great fit and has always produced. Im not sure what his valuw is though, and im sure a team like San Antonio would want a guy that resembles Manu’s game.. but we gotta lock him up.
Galantforum_veteran
"Although we are capable of great acts of kindness, history teaches us that we sometimes need saving from ourselves – from our recklessness or our greed. God sent into the world a unique person – neither a philosopher nor a general, important though they are, but a Saviour, with the power to forgive... It is my prayer that on this Christmas day we might all find room in our lives for the message of the angels and for the love of God through Christ our Lord." (Christmas message, 2011)
Vertical Limitforum_veteranAbout a couple years too late honestly.. and 76er fans need to embrace mediocrity because they got a bunch of ugly contracts that no one is touching.. especialy Tobias Harris.. hows picking Harris over Butler working out for yall..
Vertical Limitforum_veteranWell that must be the quietest sweep in the history of nba playoffs.. keep sleeping on the Heat then
BevoPhinforum_veteran"Vertical Limit wrote:
About a couple years too late honestly.. and 76er fans need to embrace mediocrity because they got a bunch of ugly contracts that no one is touching.. especialy Tobias Harris.. hows picking Harris over Butler working out for yall..
you hate to see it.. couldn’t have happened to a nicer fan base lol
BevoPhinforum_veteran"Not So Fast wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/UahOQJ5.jpg
Aged like milk
there’s a montage of dozens of tweets like this that someone put together. I like to imagine jimmy watching it with a VR headset on every morning.
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