***Thee Official 2019-2020 NBA Thread***

"GARDENHEAD wrote:

Pelicans hired Bzdelik. Our defense sucks thus far.

Brandon Ingram has been on fire though. I had no idea he was this good.

He was nuts against the Nets. That game was Ingram vs Kyrie and he was up to the challenge

"GARDENHEAD wrote:

Pelicans hired Bzdelik. Our defense sucks thus far.

Brandon Ingram has been on fire though. I had no idea he was this good.

What’s crazy is last year every Duke game was must see. They were like rock stars. Now I have less than half the desire to watch them.

Which brings me to my next point. I want to see Zion. Sucks that he’s hurt.

I miss Zion so much.

I’m trying to remind myself to be patient. He dominated in preseason. He went head to head with Rudy Gobert and could not be stopped.

One shoe and 1!

xxsgp

and step back buzzer beater 3 from Dragic:

2wxsw

Not sure what to expect against the Lakers especially on a back to back night.. should be a tough game. I dont think we are gonna catch teams sleeping on us anymore.

"Vertical Limit wrote:

Not sure what to expect against the Lakers especially on a back to back night.. should be a tough game. I dont think we are gonna catch teams sleeping on us anymore.

I expect Miami to go in there and handle business.

I hate West coast games! 10:30pm tip off?!!!!!

Is this Waiters took too many gummies on the team plane story true?

"Fin-O wrote:

Is this Waiters took too many gummies on the team plane story true?

Just saw this story. Are we talking weed edible gummies here? Has to be, right?

I could never be edible high on a plane.

We shouldnt have even showed up at Staples yesterday.. that was just amateur hour. There was not a single set play.. the Lakers were able to stay in front of our guys like a college basketball game... and we just kept chuckint up dumb shots

"BevoPhin wrote:

Just saw this story. Are we talking weed edible gummies here? Has to be, right?

I could never be edible high on a plane.

Oddly enough I'm trying to remember the last time I was on a plane and was NOT edible high....

Knicks beat Dallas (and KP) despite not being able to guard Doncic or KP all game. Doncic went off for a career high 36 and a triple double but Frank Ntilikina is finally emerging as the defensive stud some of us always knew he was and his offense showed signs of catching up :tt1:

RJ had his worst game as a pro as he wasn’t getting calls and Dallas did a good job defensively vs him. He’s got to improve his FT’s. Marcus Morris, Julius Randle and Taj Gibson all played a big role in the win though Randle has this ridiculous spin move that he is way too mechanical and slow to pull off and is a turnover every time. Fizdale should have him run suicides every time he does it.

We will see how the Heat handle Dions situation... my guess is theyre gonna get him some help and then when hes healthy he will be waived

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"Fin-O wrote:

Oddly enough I'm trying to remember the last time I was on a plane and was NOT edible high....

No sir, not me. That’s asking for anxiety. But I do bring a shit load back from Cali all the time and enjoy them once I’m on the ground.

Dion didn’t know just how much edibles can wreck you.

Both the Dolphins and Pelicans are 2-7. Strange.

"GARDENHEAD wrote:

Both the Dolphins and Pelicans are 2-7. Strange.

Not that strange. They both suck balls.

Bringing me back to 2011, where I’m ignoring lectures and reading draft analysis and watching Andrew Luck tape in class, before tony fist pump sparano fucked everything up for us.

Tua is going to hate Ohio.

I get the feeling we will be seeing Fizdale on the Heat staff very soon.

"Vertical Limit wrote:

I get the feeling we will be seeing Fizdale on the Heat staff very soon.

Please take this rat faced fuck Steve Mills with him. Not sure I can think of another team president that got to name 5 head coaches with 0 rings and a winning percentage around 33%. And if you want you can Dolan free of charge.

"Boik14 wrote:

Please take this rat faced **** Steve Mills with him. Not sure I can think of another team president that got to name 5 head coaches with 0 rings and a winning percentage around 33%. And if you want you can Dolan free of charge.

Well im not sure there will be much motivation for him to be an assistant coach for us especially since you guys are about to pay him a lot of money to stay home.

But if he ever wants to come back in an assistant role Im sure Spo will create room for him. The players love Fizdale, and he definitely can coach..

the Knicks are built just like the Jets... They spent a lot of money in the offseason on players based on statistics, not based on fit, chemistry or any sort of vision. You cant moneyball football or basketball...

"Vertical Limit wrote:

Well im not sure there will be much motivation for him to be an assistant coach for us especially since you guys are about to pay him a lot of money to stay home.

But if he ever wants to come back in an assistant role Im sure Spo will create room for him. The players love Fizdale, and he definitely can coach..

the Knicks are built just like the Jets... They spent a lot of money in the offseason on players based on statistics, not based on fit, chemistry or any sort of vision. You cant moneyball football or basketball...

I disagree on the last sentence to a certain extent but the rest is spot on and the blame should be squarely put on upper management not on Fizdale. Fizdale hasn’t enamored me enough to say he is the answer, he’s missed some obvious moves as far as subs, schemes and switches in my opinion. But he was also handed the worst roster in the league last year and one that is only marginally better this year. Making him the fall guy instead of letting him see it through a la the 76ers with Brett Brown just reeks of him being the fall guy and classic Knicks stupidity. He should have more time and get him an actual team and let’s see what he’s got.

Also if Mills and Dolan actually believe this is a playoff team they should be checked in to an institution. The start to the year was always going to be tough for the first 30 games.

How’s Elfrid Payton looking? Love that dude.

"GARDENHEAD wrote:

How’s Elfrid Payton looking? Love that dude.

Injured. And if Fizdale has his way it looks like he will be backing up Frankie. Payton looked good the first game or two...can certainly play defense as he always could. Offense is still inconsistent.

So Cavs are actually looking competent. I am shocked.