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NBA/NBPA Talk Adding a 3rd Two-Way Contract, This Season

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How should the NBA protect the 2020-21 Season?

Mini-Bubbles of 2-3 weeks, w/1 week off
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Have up to 5 Two-Way players, per Team
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Increase Rosters to 20-Players.
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Re: Does the NBA need to Rethink it's 2020-21 Season amid COVID-19 Outbreaks? 

Post#21 » by 31to6 » Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:02 pm

Well, at least they were smart to release only the first half of the schedule. And people aren’t sitting at home with tickets that may or may not ever prove useful.
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Re: Does the NBA need to Rethink it's 2020-21 Season amid COVID-19 Outbreaks? 

Post#22 » by CeltsfanSinceBirth » Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:07 pm

First thing is first - fire whoever the hell is in charge of the Washington Wizards’ testing. Seems like whoever they play ends up having to sit someone afterwards. Dude reading the results is probably doing it ass-backwards. Lol

Seriously though - mini-bubbles is the best compromise, IMO. And FWIW, I think that while the players objected to being trapped in a bubble again, I also think that owners were more than willing to along without the bubble since it means they don’t have to foot the bill from Disneyworld. Probably cheaper to fly everyone around from city to city, rather than paying for hotel and facilities in Florida.
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Re: Does the NBA need to Rethink it's 2020-21 Season amid COVID-19 Outbreaks? 

Post#23 » by Gomes3PC » Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:49 pm

I think the candid worry with any shutdowns is if you give players a week off, human nature is such that some won't actually quarantine and that may result in MORE cases than if you keep pressing on with the season.
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Re: Does the NBA need to Rethink it's 2020-21 Season amid COVID-19 Outbreaks? 

Post#25 » by Disinformation » Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:30 pm

No option for going the full bubble route like last season? That's what I would do. Or cancel the season but yeah, that's not happening.
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Re: Does the NBA need to Rethink it's 2020-21 Season amid COVID-19 Outbreaks? 

Post#26 » by jmr07019 » Mon Jan 11, 2021 8:12 pm

Per WT:

The NBA and NBPA will also meet on Monday to discuss modifying the league's Health and Safety Protocols during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic


We'll see what comes of this.
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Post#27 » by Parliament10 » Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:07 pm

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Post#28 » by Parliament10 » Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:17 pm

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Post#29 » by grindtime22 » Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:38 pm

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This is pretty ridiculous. You can't find another million for a couple of 2-way guys? How about we just take part of the Golden State Oubre payment to pay for 60 more "2 way" players.
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Post#30 » by ConstableGeneva » Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:35 pm

Anyone know for sure how many Celtics players have COVID apart from Tatum?
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Post#31 » by jmr07019 » Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:47 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:Anyone know for sure how many Celtics players have COVID apart from Tatum?


Pretty sure just Rob. Brown, Semi, Grant, Thompson out with contact tracing.
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Post#32 » by jmr07019 » Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:53 pm

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This is a bunch of hot air as far as I’m concerned. It’s the games themselves where guys are sucking air, breathing heavy, inches away from each other, sweating all over each other, etc. I mean come on....

I also have a hunch that 20 year olds who see each other every day for months on end feel pretty comfortable around each other without a mask. They are just gonna do what they need to in order to not lose any money.

I’m not really a fan of adding extra 2 way players and thinking that’s gonna fix it. It may mean less games are postponed or missed but the product is gonna suck.
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Post#33 » by Parliament10 » Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:56 pm

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I thikn it should be 10 minimum players able to play. Or reschedule.
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Post#34 » by Green89 » Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:16 pm

jmr07019 wrote:I guess another way of looking at it would be the league has played by my rough calculation 150 games and has only had to postpone 2. We are 1/8 of the way through the season.


We're at 4 now, and five if we miss Wed. Game.
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Post#35 » by tfribs45 » Tue Jan 12, 2021 1:02 pm

increase it to 20 man rosters.... Need to keep the wheels turning right now. Vaccines are out and over half the population have had the virus. Keep fighting through this! Go C's
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Post#36 » by Ernest » Tue Jan 12, 2021 1:25 pm

ride it out a bit longer and see how it goes. If they end up having to postpone a lot of games then take a short break with an option to just resume or go into a bubble or bubbles.

The thing is, it's not like canceling games suddenly keeps these guys from catching it. They are young and in great health putting them in the group that is least likely to get really sick or die from it. And hey know it. And they are rich. So if yo cancel the games, they just have more time to go out. So it's not really so cut and dry.

Winter's got to be the worst season for Covid as more people are cooped up indoors and the vaccines are coming out. I bet the NBA just hopes and prays they can get through the winter. If not a small break and yeah maybe a few bubbles



Kind of unrelated, but the games in FL had some fans, anyone know how that works? Who were those fans? How did they get tickets?
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Post#37 » by Ernest » Tue Jan 12, 2021 1:41 pm

The thing I don't get is why they can't get the vaccine out quicker. It's got to just be a money issue right? The NBA would stand to lose a ton of money by canceling games too. I wonder if there isn't some way to throw money at the problem. Before someone flames away, Im not trying to stir anything up, I'm really just wondering aloud and hoping someone might know more than me and lend some incite. I get that even if possible the optics might looks bad- NBA players getting it before Grandma. But again maybe money could solve this too. The NBA let stadiums be used as voter registration places before right? Maybe they could spend some money to set up vaccination sites for the general public too. That would turn the bad optics into good optics. the NBA Cares. Currently it seems like the states get the vaccines but don't have the money to et it out to everyone, maybe some deals could be made. America's also not the only place with vaccines so maybe some international deals could be made. Again, not trying to start a fight. I don't need the personal attacks again from a retired mod.
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Re: Does the NBA need to Rethink it's 2020-21 Season amid COVID-19 Outbreaks? 

Post#38 » by Parliament10 » Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:06 pm

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Post#39 » by ConstableGeneva » Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:26 pm

At this rate the Boston Celtics will still play rescheduled regular season games in August even after the NBA Finals are done.
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Post#40 » by ConstableGeneva » Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:49 pm

Some weird new protocols to be imposed. They forgot the part where all these players touch the same ball then touch their faces while playing.
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