Around The NBA: 2019-20 RESTART

samwana · Post #1741 » by **samwana** » Wed Jul 1, 2020 6:30 am

jc23 wrote:
kodo wrote:
jc23 wrote:
China protests included?

I'll be more curious if anti-Trump statements are allowed.

Trump, Hong Kong, pro life, second amendment, playstaion over xbox....the options are endless.

seems like a mistake btw, just keep it simple and do a patch on all jerseys.

Just keep politics and sports seperated. There is Twitter, Instagram, fb, and a lot of other platforms where players can show their opinions.
They could do press conferences bevor and after the games if they need more space to express themselves, but let sports be played on court without.

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dumbell78 · Post #1742 » by **dumbell78** » Wed Jul 1, 2020 9:52 am

So 3 more from the Nuggets and 3 from Pelicans tested positive? This thing hasn't even started and it's not looking good. You're a star away from basically saying it's pointless.

I want to see basketball back in a very bad way but man this looks like it's going to fail or the championship will have an enormous asterisk.

I understand why they are trying, I give them a ton of credit. Just seems like your choice is awful or terrible right now.

jc23 · Post #1743 » by **jc23** » Wed Jul 1, 2020 11:33 am

I thought the testing was done early so that those that test positive could self isolate and then after a period of time they would be cleared for the season?

If not i imagine a ton of lakers will test positive since they have been rumored to practice together during the lockdown.

d boy gentleman · Post #1744 » by **d boy gentleman** » Thu Jul 2, 2020 2:55 am

dumbell78 wrote:So 3 more from the Nuggets and 3 from Pelicans tested positive? This thing hasn't even started and it's not looking good. You're a star away from basically saying it's pointless.

I want to see basketball back in a very bad way but man this looks like it's going to fail or the championship will have an enormous asterisk.

I understand why they are trying, I give them a ton of credit. Just seems like your choice is awful or terrible right now.

They were among the 16 or so players that tested positive last week that the NBA announced.

StunnerKO · Post #1745 » by **StunnerKO** » Thu Jul 2, 2020 3:14 am

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sco · Post #1746 » by **sco** » Thu Jul 2, 2020 8:49 pm

Read on Twitter

wow

StunnerKO · Post #1747 » by **StunnerKO** » Fri Jul 3, 2020 1:04 pm

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MrFortune3 · Post #1748 » by **MrFortune3** » Fri Jul 3, 2020 4:12 pm

sco wrote:

Read on Twitter

wow

The NBA needs Zion to be amazing and for the Pelicans to turn into a dynasty.

MGB8 · Post #1749 » by **MGB8** » Sat Jul 4, 2020 2:05 am

I wonder how Oladipo bowing out will sit with his teammates?

MrFortune3 · Post #1750 » by **MrFortune3** » Sat Jul 4, 2020 2:41 pm

MGB8 wrote:I wonder how Oladipo bowing out will sit with his teammates?

Probably won’t mean much to them. He was already recovering from injury.

Jeffster81 · Post #1751 » by **Jeffster81** » Sat Jul 4, 2020 3:25 pm

MrFortune3 wrote:
sco wrote:

Read on Twitter

wow

The NBA needs Zion to be amazing and for the Pelicans to turn into a dynasty.

Zion won't be in NO long enough for the Pelicans to be a dynasty. I still have reservations about Zion long term.

MrFortune3 · Post #1752 » by **MrFortune3** » Sun Jul 5, 2020 4:10 am

Jeffster81 wrote:
MrFortune3 wrote:
sco wrote:

Read on Twitter

wow

The NBA needs Zion to be amazing and for the Pelicans to turn into a dynasty.

Zion won't be in NO long enough for the Pelicans to be a dynasty. I still have reservations about Zion long term.

The reservations about him are overblown.

Andi Obst · Post #1753 » by **Andi Obst** » Tue Jul 7, 2020 4:55 pm

Wizards will be without Beal and Bertans in Orlando. The worst team there got significantly worse. Who is their best player now? Thomas Bryant?!

TheSuzerain · Post #1754 » by **TheSuzerain** » Tue Jul 7, 2020 5:28 pm

I know it would "benefit" us, but the 2nd bubble idea seems stupid as hell.

StunnerKO · Post #1755 » by **StunnerKO** » Tue Jul 7, 2020 8:44 pm

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d boy gentleman · Post #1756 » by **d boy gentleman** » Wed Jul 8, 2020 2:45 am

I like Gilgeous-Alexander but ranking him ahead of Mitchell is ludicrous.

MrSparkle · Post #1757 » by **MrSparkle** » Wed Jul 8, 2020 3:12 am

Sooo... should BRK just forfeit their Orlando run? With half their roster having COVID or injuries, at this point they are a G-League team. They were already a sub-500 squad with Kyrie and Dinwiddie. I guess Zion's playoff debut is looking quite certain.

MrSparkle · Post #1758 » by **MrSparkle** » Wed Jul 8, 2020 3:54 am

I guess I should've known FL and Trump were gonna mismanage the pandemic, but I do wish the NBA had not "gone for gold" with a full-length finish to the season. Things are going downhill, and I'm having a hard time seeing how the site remains COVID free for 3 months.

I really think they should've gone World Cup format. Made it a short 1-month spectacle. This is obviously the asterisk of all asterisk seasons. Could've done the one month training/pre-season and then gone to 3 group stage games to decide the playoff brackets, into a really fun 2-week elimination tournament. Formed 4x4 groups based on reg. season record (with 16 teams, plus maybe 8 more if they wanted to still do the play-in tournament) and let it run.

Passing four 7-game series with the COVID risk factor looming large? My goodness, whoever wins will deserve a marathon trophy on top of the finals. But it's gonna have less to do with basketball and more with luck and safety protocol.

Ccwatercraft · Post #1759 » by **Ccwatercraft** » Wed Jul 8, 2020 11:30 am

Are there odds on this whole thing being shut down?

It feels like were heading this direction on a fast train.

Chi town · Post #1760 » by **Chi town** » Wed Jul 8, 2020 2:40 pm

MrSparkle wrote:Sooo... should BRK just forfeit their Orlando run? With half their roster having COVID or injuries, at this point they are a G-League team. They were already a sub-500 squad with Kyrie and Dinwiddie. I guess Zion's playoff debut is looking quite certain.

Just what I was thinking too.

Nets will be fielding G Leaguers.