GT: Game 65 | Los Angeles Lakers (49-14) @ Toronto Raptors (46-18) | August 1st, 8:30 pm | ESPN

ballislife89 · Post #161 » by **ballislife89** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 3:53 pm

I wonder if there's anyway the league can get back to playing ball with no fans and only essential staff at a locked down arena.

This self isolation with absolutely nothing to **** watch on tv to distract yourself aside from depressing news has to be taking a severe mental toll on people. The power of sports can counter act that, and I genuinely believe it.

Chandan · Post #162 » by **Chandan** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 5:53 pm

ballislife89 wrote:I wonder if there's anyway the league can get back to playing ball with no fans and only essential staff at a locked down arena.

This self isolation with absolutely nothing to **** watch on tv to distract yourself aside from depressing news has to be taking a severe mental toll on people. The power of sports can counter act that, and I genuinely believe it.

only when all the players are clear from having the virus there would be a possbility.

720 · Post #163 » by **720** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:22 pm

ballislife89 wrote:I wonder if there's anyway the league can get back to playing ball with no fans and only essential staff at a locked down arena.

This self isolation with absolutely nothing to **** watch on tv to distract yourself aside from depressing news has to be taking a severe mental toll on people. The power of sports can counter act that, and I genuinely believe it.

All I’ve been doing is shopping for essentials (some non essentials) and playing video games. I’m also not getting paid for this forced time off my work has placed me in either. :banghead:

bape_lovers · Post #164 » by **bape_lovers** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 3:33 am

man **** I miss ball

Raps in 4 · Post #165 » by **Raps in 4** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 3:35 am

It feels like we've been without basketball for a lifetime. At least during the offseason, stuff is still happening around the league (draft, guys putting on 15 lbs of muscle, players training with Rico Hines, etc.)

Mikistan · Post #166 » by **Mikistan** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:28 am

Ain't nobody putting on 15lbs of muscle right now unless they have a sick home gym and a stocked nuclear bunker of food

DIEHARD_005 · Post #167 » by **DIEHARD_005** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:03 pm

I'm pretty in between right now on pro sports

On one hand, I really do miss not having the Raptors. This season was amazing. There's also no other forms of entertainment.

On the other hand, its really rubbing me the wrong way when I read headlines across the major leagues about trying to resume play as soon as possible. Meanwhile, our medical system is being pushed to the brink, people are losing their livlihoods and most underrated is our mental health is being pushed in ways we could never imagine - the most underrated aspect to all this IMO. But the millionaires and billionaires are worried about their loss of revenue.

It's hard to explain how that all feels because I'm literally finding myself torn on how to adapt without the NBA/MLS but also realizing that there are more important things to be thinking about right now.

That all being said, I can't wait to put my Raptor flags up on the car and carve our evenings for the Raps/TFC - to me its just a matter of when we see that curve flatten and can start thinking about non essential day to day matters again.

SocialistHipHop · Post #168 » by **SocialistHipHop** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:09 pm

DIEHARD_005 wrote:I'm pretty in between right now on pro sports

On one hand, I really do miss not having the Raptors. This season was amazing. There's also no other forms of entertainment.

On the other hand, its really rubbing me the wrong way when I read headlines across the major leagues about trying to resume play as soon as possible. Meanwhile, our medical system is being pushed to the brink, people are losing their livlihoods and most underrated is our mental health is being pushed in ways we could never imagine - the most underrated aspect to all this IMO. But the millionaires and billionaires are worried about their loss of revenue.

It's hard to explain how that all feels because I'm literally finding myself torn on how to adapt without the NBA/MLS but also realizing that there are more important things to be thinking about right now.

That all being said, I can't wait to put my Raptor flags up on the car and carve our evenings for the Raps/TFC - to me its just a matter of when we see that curve flatten and can start thinking about non essential day to day matters again.

I’ve been binging pro wrestling. Lots of AEW but also the 90s Hart Foundation feud with Stone Cold, lol

Scott Hall · Post #169 » by **Scott Hall** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:55 pm

Read on Twitter

Mattatron · Post #170 » by **Mattatron** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:47 am

I don't want to live anymore. Need my daily raptors dose...

720 · Post #171 » by **720** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:07 pm

Scott Hall wrote:

Read on Twitter

The guy that was responsible for the replays for a long time responded to him on that post. lol

StringerBell · Post #172 » by **StringerBell** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:36 pm

720 wrote:
Scott Hall wrote:

Read on Twitter

The guy that was responsible for the replays for a long time responded to him on that post. lol

Read on Twitter

SocialistHipHop · Post #173 » by **SocialistHipHop** » Sat Mar 28, 2020 4:25 pm

Do the games have new commentary? Or the same commentary as the original game?

Jordans_Rose · Post #174 » by **Jordans_Rose** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:34 am

I'm sorry the season is done. I'm reading information that China lied about the number of deaths (approx: 42,000 deaths in reality), if the Olympics are cancelled and that is scheduled for late July-mid August then why would the season start in June? Do I miss basketball sure but I'm fine with watching classic games on YouTube. If anything I miss playing basketball with my guy friends at the YMCA. Point is, I am going to be real with you guys and yes it is political and economic related. The Bank of America announced we are in a global recession, but experts are warning a Great Depression far worse than the one from 1929 will occur.

If unemployment skyrockets then why would people go watch basketball with the B.S prices MLSE sets them at? Not to mention resellers making a living off raping the public. Let me also add that the Turkey in Syria situation is getting worse, Russia is getting involved and Europe this can potentially spark World War 3. Therefore, basketball is the last thing on my mind of things to worry about. This lockdown, this coronavirus should be a wake up call to others to be closer to God and self-reflect. If people simply cross their fingers hoping it ends so we can go smoke weed, drink like morons and have the same garbage routine of this superficial, narcissistic life style something worse can happen in the future that really wakes people up.

Watch on YouTube

OAKLEY_2 · Post #175 » by **OAKLEY_2** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:12 am

Jordans_Rose wrote:I'm sorry the season is done. I'm reading information that China lied about the number of deaths (approx: 42,000 deaths in reality), if the Olympics are cancelled and that is scheduled for late July-mid August then why would the season start in June? Do I miss basketball sure but I'm fine with watching classic games on YouTube. If anything I miss playing basketball with my guy friends at the YMCA. Point is, I am going to be real with you guys and yes it is political and economic related. The Bank of America announced we are in a global recession, but experts are warning a Great Depression far worse than the one from 1929 will occur.

If unemployment skyrockets then why would people go watch basketball with the B.S prices MLSE sets them at? Not to mention resellers making a living off raping the public. Let me also add that the Turkey in Syria situation is getting worse, Russia is getting involved and Europe this can potentially spark World War 3. Therefore, basketball is the last thing on my mind of things to worry about. This lockdown, this coronavirus should be a wake up call to others to be closer to God and self-reflect. If people simply cross their fingers hoping it ends so we can go smoke weed, drink like morons and have the same garbage routine of this superficial, narcissistic life style something worse can happen in the future that really wakes people up.

Watch on YouTube

Be careful to feel "informed" in an unprecedented medical crisis. "Experts" are trotted out everywhere. This is traditional media's favourite schtick. The Monk School of... Bla bla. So many experts and while many do credible research they are still "sponsored" by special interests when Universities take corporate funding. CNN trots out Bill Gates and while he does a good job bringing sanity to the equation over Trump's ship of fools nonsense it is still much conjecture and projection from people that commercial news know will grab viewer attention.

I read the views of an economist who was on the front lines of "Grexit" and he says the problems of 2008-10 never went away and that this is a perfect storm to re-live the 2008 meltdown kicked further down the road. Do I believe him? I listen to him but I do believe people with agendas are not always going to give squeaky clean analysis. Especially true in a Pandemic that is shutting business down and with so many variables. Will we contract by 25 or so per cent initially? Probably. I believe this to be true. Are we pouring liquidity into the mix? Again? Definitely. Will it work? I think yes but where it takes us longer term is anyone's guess based on undetermined factors like suffering and long standing fragility of politicized systems pre dating this disaster.

So often average people were blamed for being a few pay cheques shy of insolvency. How many businesses pass that same scrutiny now? Judging by the bailouts not many. The ability of modern capital markets to weather storms of this or future climate magnitudes actually can have the effect of precipitating a massive loss of faith in these systems as currently built. Important to remember they are built. They are not forces of nature.

We are heading into a time of much government market intervention. Will we have the expertise to steer this free of special interests? That all remains to be seen because of how much suffering there might be either physically or financially. The suffering of people pushes levers nobody is really talking about right now. I doubt we ever go back to business as usual that lead us to 2008 which is the other Pandemic Elephant never addressed. The Elephant of financial corruption and Ponzi scheming leads us to the most volatile of bubble markets where insider trading caused the recent massive downward market losing vast amounts of value in mere hours of trading. Casino economies going into the future will be huge liability issues especially in Europe. Lobbying in America will try to save the "play" but where will the citizens be? In the streets? Standard media will be completely tuned out if they spin the old 2008 narratives of "what do these protesters want anyway"?

They will want to express faith that they have some shot at a future. They will probaby want unimagined structural and financial reorganization including current political templates.

ItsDanger · Post #176 » by **ItsDanger** » Wed Apr 1, 2020 11:40 pm

Raps vs pistons on nba channel now, 10/11 season. Any bandwagons here should watch dark days of being a Raps fan. Primo Bargs, Bayless, weems, kleiza, young DeFrozen. We're so spoiled these days

Cobra Kawhi · Post #177 » by **Cobra Kawhi** » Wed Apr 1, 2020 11:43 pm

Read on Twitter

God I missed the cesspool that is Twitter casuals talking ball

VancouverRaps · Post #178 » by **VancouverRaps** » Wed Apr 1, 2020 11:50 pm

Cobra Kawhi wrote:

Read on Twitter

God I missed the cesspool that is Twitter casuals talking ball

it's mostly the same idiots who watch ESPN talks shows everyday

WaltFrazier · Post #179 » by **WaltFrazier** » Mon Apr 6, 2020 5:07 am

StringerBell wrote:
720 wrote:
Scott Hall wrote:

Read on Twitter

The guy that was responsible for the replays for a long time responded to him on that post. lol

Read on Twitter

Is Gladman referring to his own departure here?

He seemed like a good guy on some of those NBA TV Canada talk shows, but he was terrible at that job. But I didn't notice any improvement after he left, there was always one or 2 replays per game that caused you to miss part of another play in live actin. Or else a closeup of the bench or the player who just scored, meanwhile a steal or quick shot has happened and they miss it, or come back abruptly in mid-play

StringerBell · Post #180 » by **StringerBell** » Tue Apr 7, 2020 5:31 am

WaltFrazier wrote:
StringerBell wrote:
720 wrote:The guy that was responsible for the replays for a long time responded to him on that post. lol

Read on Twitter

Is Gladman referring to his own departure here?

He seemed like a good guy on some of those NBA TV Canada talk shows, but he was terrible at that job. But I didn't notice any improvement after he left, there was always one or 2 replays per game that caused you to miss part of another play in live actin. Or else a closeup of the bench or the player who just scored, meanwhile a steal or quick shot has happened and they miss it, or come back abruptly in mid-play

Think he is talking about his own departure.. Too bad the production team struggled cause he does seem like a good guy.