2020-21 NBA Season Discussion

Post #1741 » by **Texas Chuck** » Tue May 4, 2021 1:59 am

It's a marketing tie-in with one of the biggest franchises in all of entertainment. Whoever booked this deserves a raise no matter how lame you or I may find it. This is a great cross-promotion particularly with the younger audiences American sports leagues are finding it harder and harder to reach.

Post #1742 » by **bondom34** » Tue May 4, 2021 2:02 am

Fadeaway_J wrote:
bondom34 wrote:
Fadeaway_J wrote:It's even dumber in practice than it was in theory.

Oh no I haven't been watching lol. Just seeing stuff on twitter, it sounds strange.

Whoever came up with this should be tried at The Hague

Holy moly I watched like a minute...oof

yoyoboy · Post #1743 » by **yoyoboy** » Tue May 4, 2021 2:53 am

Glad to see Westbrook playing well again.

parsnips33 · Post #1744 » by **parsnips33** » Tue May 4, 2021 4:12 pm

Lakers Clippers 1st round would be nuts

Ballerhogger · Post #1745 » by **Ballerhogger** » Tue May 4, 2021 11:11 pm

parsnips33 wrote:Lakers Clippers 1st round would be nuts

the series we wanted last year... It will be good one but man i wish lebron had few games to get into shape..

Ballerhogger · Post #1746 » by **Ballerhogger** » Tue May 4, 2021 11:12 pm

yoyoboy wrote:Glad to see Westbrook playing well again.

hell be fun to see in the play in game

Ballerhogger · Post #1747 » by **Ballerhogger** » Tue May 4, 2021 11:14 pm

eminence wrote:Who's a fan/not a fan of the play-in?

not fan of the play in. Should be given another chance if you cant make the 8th seed.

Post #1748 » by **Clyde Frazier** » Wed May 5, 2021 9:54 pm

Read on Twitter

So this is nuts... When he actually plays of course.

parsnips33 · Post #1749 » by **parsnips33** » Wed May 5, 2021 11:23 pm

Clyde Frazier wrote:

Read on Twitter

So this is nuts... When he actually plays of course.

And the media hardly talks about the Clippers this year

I bet he's happy as a clam

Post #1750 » by **bondom34** » Thu May 6, 2021 4:25 pm

Just looking at their schedule and the Bucks have a pretty easy remaining SOS. They might have a shot at the 2 seed.

Post #1751 » by **bondom34** » Thu May 6, 2021 5:04 pm

Also this gets interesting, though you can now have both big men 1st team which I like.

Read on Twitter

HeartBreakKid · Post #1752 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Thu May 6, 2021 5:10 pm

Why don't they just get rid of positions? What's the point in pretending Jokic and Embiid are power forwards

Peregrine01 · Post #1753 » by **Peregrine01** » Thu May 6, 2021 6:30 pm

HeartBreakKid wrote:Why don't they just get rid of positions? What's the point in pretending Jokic and Embiid are power forwards

They should do it like they do it with the all-star game - two backcourt and three frontcourt players.

If that's the case then the following makes sense to me:

Jokic
Embiid
Giannis
Luka
Curry

BIGJ1ER · Post #1754 » by **BIGJ1ER** » Thu May 6, 2021 11:03 pm

Peregrine01 wrote:
HeartBreakKid wrote:Why don't they just get rid of positions? What's the point in pretending Jokic and Embiid are power forwards

They should do it like they do it with the all-star game - two backcourt and three frontcourt players.

If that's the case then the following makes sense to me:

Jokic
Embiid
Giannis
Luka
Curry

Would've removed strange instances like Deandre Jordan making an all nba team too, I much prefer this.

We already do it with guards, potentially being able to have two point guards etc, why not just follow this format so the best players get rewarded?

eminence · Post #1755 » by **eminence** » Thu May 6, 2021 11:27 pm

I wouldn't have Embiid in the discussion anyways - pretty clear top 6 RS guys for me: Jokic/Gobert>Gianis/Steph/Kawhi/Luka.

Peregrine01 · Post #1756 » by **Peregrine01** » Fri May 7, 2021 4:08 am

KD's defense has gotten concerning. He was never a guy blowing up plays off-ball but now he's pretty much nonexistent as a rim protector and has been getting bodied inside. Against guards, it's not looking like he can stay with a lot of guys off the dribble. I just can't see this Nets defense getting meaningfully better to prevent getting killed in the paint in the playoffs. They're just gonna have to rely on outscoring everyone.

Post #1757 » by **Doctor MJ** » Fri May 7, 2021 4:44 am

Peregrine01 wrote:KD's defense has gotten concerning. He was never a guy blowing up plays off-ball but now he's pretty much nonexistent as a rim protector and has been getting bodied inside. Against guards, it's not looking like he can stay with a lot of guys off the dribble. I just can't see this Nets defense getting meaningfully better to prevent getting killed in the paint in the playoffs. They're just gonna have to rely on outscoring everyone.

I feel a narrative blowing up where Harden becomes seen as the true alpha which leads to another wave of mockery toward KD that hasn't responded well to any time it's happened.

HeartBreakKid · Post #1758 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Fri May 7, 2021 9:25 am

Harden is certainly better than Durant now but I'm not sure if the mainstream media/general populace will widely acknowledge it yet. Durant still has a lot of clout in his name.

TheGOATRises007 · Post #1759 » by **TheGOATRises007** » Fri May 7, 2021 9:32 am

HeartBreakKid wrote:Harden is certainly better than Durant now but I'm not sure if the mainstream media/general populace will widely acknowledge it yet. Durant still has a lot of clout in his name.

Don't think they ever will.

I could see Durant having a monster series that further prevents that.

HeartBreakKid · Post #1760 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Fri May 7, 2021 9:34 am

I think so too, he seems pretty poise to put up big numbers in the post season as he usually does. Unless the announcers point it our or there's a holy grail of memes it seems unlikely that people will notice how bad his defense is.