Around the NBA (Non-Celtics) 2020-21, Part 2

[threrf23]

Kyrie finna have a 50/40/90 season on 27/5/6. He good.

Still, since the Harden trade and especially towards the end of the season, the Nets played better without Kyrie than with Kyrie

[ParticleMan]

kyrie was 24/7/5 with us, and shot 49/41/88. it's not like he didn't put up stats. that wasn't the problem.

[CeltsfanSinceBirth]

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Lakers Warriors is going to be a blast

The NBA's marketing department must be frantically writing the script of that game as I type, so that it has a happy ending.

If I’m Adam Silver, I make sure that the Lakers lose the 1st game, and then win the 2nd game. That way, you got Curry and Lebron both in the playoffs.

[ParticleMan]

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Lakers Warriors is going to be a blast

The NBA's marketing department must be frantically writing the script of that game as I type, so that it has a happy ending.

If I’m Adam Silver, I make sure that the Lakers lose the 1st game, and then win the 2nd game. That way, you got Curry and Lebron both in the playoffs.

it doesn't matter if the lakers or warriors win, right? so long as the loser beat the winner of 9/10. which they will, no way either of those teams are losing to grizz/spurs.

[zoyathedestroya]

Now that's rough. Hornets without Hay and who else?

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[CeltsfanSinceBirth]

Let’s go Hornets!! I will always root against the Pacers for as long as Kevin Pritchard is running that team.

[JediMasterRevan]

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Lakers Warriors is going to be a blast

The NBA's marketing department must be frantically writing the script of that game as I type, so that it has a happy ending.

If I’m Adam Silver, I make sure that the Lakers lose the 1st game, and then win the 2nd game. That way, you got Curry and Lebron both in the playoffs.

Adam Silver isnt making Lebron play an extra game.

Lakers will win the game
Steph will win the second game against Spurs

[truth18]

Lol this forum is dead as ****. LOVE to see it/predict it. First post season game and not one post in this thread.

TJ and McDermott going OFF in the first. Pacers might take this.

Met TJ and his family at a super nice restaurant in Philly once. No one else knew who he was seemingly. I think he appreciated me going up to him/was annoyed no one knew he was famous lol.

[truth18]

Pacers just DESTROYING the Lolcats right now.

[Fierce1]

Another postseason game where Gordon Hayward is absent.

MJ really overpaid for Hayward.

[truth18]

Zeller playing these refs really well. Only reason Lolcats are still in this is that Sabonis should have like 6 more points that he does.

[truth18]

64-41. Ridiculous.

[Trilogy25]

Oof.

[bisme37]

Hopefully our guys are watching this and don't come out with zero energy thinking this is just another game. Gotta bring it or you'll lose badly.

[truth18]

As I very recently posted in the Covid thread, as per the CDC, the chances of acquiring a Covid infection more than 2 weeks after the second shot is 6000/84,000,000 = 0.00007 = 0.007% = 1 in every 14,000 fully vaccinated patients.

If the NBA had 900 teams with 15 players per team = 14,250 players, & all 14,250 players completed their second vaccination more than 2 weeks ago, it is possible that 1 player might develop Covid.

Of course, OJ was acquitted when the chances that the blood at the crime scene belonged to anyone else on planet earth was 1 in 170,000,000 - but, unless we are truly cursed, I think we ‘might’ be safe with a 1 in 14,000 probability if the NBA had 900 teams or a 1 in 420,000 probability given that the NBA has 30 teams.

I think the claim is that 6,000 people tested positive despite being fully vaccinated (versus 84 mil)? It doesn't take into account fuiture cases, undiagnosed cases, unreported cases, existing antibodies, etc.

If I am not mistaken phase III trials showed ~90% efficacy after two shots, and more recently a peer reviewed "real life trial" amongst front line health workers also showed ~90% effectiveness. There have been a number of breakthrough cases reported in the media, and for every case reported there are likely at least several unreported and unrecognized cases, considering that those who are vaccinated are less likely to experience symptoms. If every member of the public was tested as regularly as NBA players, I'm sure we would see many more cases. Then there's the prospect of new strains becoming more prevalent...

Of course, in the trials, those who did get infected post vaccination were unlikely to develop serious symptoms and I don't think anyone died. Acc to the CDC, of the 6,000 who tested positive and the others who went undiagnosed - a group likely skewed towards the older and/or vulnerable since those are the people who are most likely to have been fully vaccinated loong enough to be cited in the study - only 400 ended up hospitalized and only 7 died. It suggests a post vaccination mortality rate of about 0.1% or lower amongst vulnerable-ish segments of the population.

There was also that nursing home study where being vaccinated clearly did not prevent transmission - possibly due to the strain involved - but still appeared to have a big effect on symptom severity.

IMO there is lots of evidence that the vaccines are highly effective at fighting covid off, either before or after hypothetical infection, but less evidence that they are effective at preventing infection to begin with.

Very good comment by you.

And you are on point except for your last sentence fragment.

Even with the caveats you noted, the vaccines have been massively/enormously/prodigiously effective in preventing Covid infection - way beyond our wildest dreams.

Yeah, my mother says we got really lucky. There was a good chance we didn't figure out a vaccine for 3+ years and even when we did, that it would be 70% or less effective.

Two 90%+ and one 70% is a **** miracle lol. Not sure the general public understands that.

Also, the Moderna people are awesome. I used to hang out at their office by MIT when I was younger.

[Fencer reregistered]

It's an elimination game, so of course Hayward is injured and Rozier is throwing bricks.

[Bleeding Green]

Hornets playing like they're the Celtics.

[Fierce1]

Hopefully our guys are watching this and don't come out with zero energy thinking this is just another game. Gotta bring it or you'll lose badly.

I think Celts will be swept by the Sixers or lose to the Nets in the 1st round.

It's better if the Celts just miss the playoffs and get in the lottery.

[3D Chess]

I saw the Pacers injury list and figured they were tanking. Doug McBuckets didn't get the memo.

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

Can't say I'm missing Rozier or Hayward right now. Rozier doing panicky hero ball and Hayward injured.