Beorn wrote:Οrlando has a .500 record and a +0.0 net rating before today's game. This means that everyone in Hammond's FO is getting an extension, right?
It means his next trade target is Mr Tony Snell, the perfect fit for this team
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Beorn wrote:Οrlando has a .500 record and a +0.0 net rating before today's game. This means that everyone in Hammond's FO is getting an extension, right?
chonestown wrote:Nowak008 wrote:Regular season ratings down 20%? Instead of a bunch of gimmicks like a tournaments... Silver needs fix the flow of the games. There are way too many blow outs, way too many games where a team is down like 15 in the first quarter.. there are just way too many swings.
Also, Silver should hand in his resignation.
Out of the four major sports, Silver is the best commish of the whole wretched lot, and yeah, that's a low bar. I think he's been fine, but the restructuring of the season and tournament would be a spectacular own goal. What's your biggest beef with him?

emunney wrote:Ron Swanson wrote: 9 YEARS!? like any of that matters
THAT LITERALLY IS HIS TENURE.
Giannis Antetokounmpo wrote:You're out here reffing like Marc Davis and ****
Nowak008 wrote:chonestown wrote:Nowak008 wrote:Regular season ratings down 20%? Instead of a bunch of gimmicks like a tournaments... Silver needs fix the flow of the games. There are way too many blow outs, way too many games where a team is down like 15 in the first quarter.. there are just way too many swings.
Also, Silver should hand in his resignation.
Out of the four major sports, Silver is the best commish of the whole wretched lot, and yeah, that's a low bar. I think he's been fine, but the restructuring of the season and tournament would be a spectacular own goal. What's your biggest beef with him?
Silver is more concerned about the brand of the NBA than the actual sport of basketball. More interested making money off things like gambling than caring about the game of basketball. Silver thinks the NBA is product that is consumed instead of acting as a steward of an important cultural institution.
Anyone who is paying attention can see that the 3 point shot it warping the league to an unhealthy degree. Blowouts are way up and the games just aren't as close. Silver has been asleep at the switch.
Look at the differences between average biggest lead in a game, they have been steadily rising for a decade:
https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/average-biggest-lead?date=2006-06-21
https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/average-biggest-lead?date=2019-12-09
Plus the players completely owning him has been bad for the league.
MoreTrife wrote:Love seeing two buffoons have a buffoon competition.
Coach Carter wrote:This year is a wash and most of us know it.
Bucksmaniac wrote:I'm sorry, but I'm starting to sour on Giannis
VooDoo7 wrote:JEIS wrote:
Kidd would have curb stomped him.
Maybe if his name was Denise instead of Dennis.
Fotis St wrote:Wherever you are David, I love you man.
Giannis Antetokounmpo wrote:You're out here reffing like Marc Davis and ****
rilamann wrote:Raptors board would have been highly entertaining had the Raptors lost to the Bulls and had a 4 game losing streak.

fbalmeida wrote:rilamann wrote:Raptors board would have been highly entertaining had the Raptors lost to the Bulls and had a 4 game losing streak.
No shortage of entertainment at any rate.
Try to imagine a board following a team that has morphed overnight from playing at a solid top-3 seed performance level, which is what he had up until our thrashing of Utah, into a bafflingly arrhythmic and anemic play for the next four games.

MoreTrife wrote:Love seeing two buffoons have a buffoon competition.
LuessiT wrote:NOP lost again by the way. Probably should just tank and sit Zion out the full year. Ingram is the real deal, Hayes looks promising and if they can add another serious piece via draft (and maybe trade Jrue for another) their future is real bright. I admire trying to win without AD but it doesn't look like that is happening just yet.
SupremeHustle wrote:Salmons might shoot us out of games, but SJAX shoots people out of parking lots. Think about it.
Balls2TheWalls wrote:LuessiT wrote:NOP lost again by the way. Probably should just tank and sit Zion out the full year. Ingram is the real deal, Hayes looks promising and if they can add another serious piece via draft (and maybe trade Jrue for another) their future is real bright. I admire trying to win without AD but it doesn't look like that is happening just yet.
Do you think that Ingram is a for sure matched contract? I am intrigued by the market that may be out there for Brandon Ingram.