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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 15:57:26 GMT -5
First round matchups being 3 games would actually be more fun since the first round is basically a month long scrimmage. But yeah, basketball isn’t baseball. If you give baseball players 2 weeks to prepare the pitchers will have their arms fall off within 2 months. Basketball needing more than 2 weeks after 5 months of the regular season already played is a bit unnecessary. But the players run that league so Silver will bend for them, as he normally does. |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 23, 2020 16:22:03 GMT -5
First round matchups being 3 games would actually be more fun since the first round is basically a month long scrimmage. But yeah, basketball isn’t baseball. If you give baseball players 2 weeks to prepare the pitchers will have their arms fall off within 2 months. Basketball needing more than 2 weeks after 5 months of the regular season already played is a bit unnecessary. But the players run that league so Silver will bend for them, as he normally does. What the playoffs need is a sense of urgency and running 3 games in the first round will give it that But the players want to be babied. You have hints that some still want the regular season to be finished |
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Post by The Captain on Apr 23, 2020 17:29:48 GMT -5
James Dolan is donating his plasma after recovering from Covid, marking his first good decision ever. Hopefully a sign of things to come. He's actually made a number of good decisions regarding the Rangers, which makes you wonder how he manages to get things right with them, but so wrong with the Knicks.
But yeah, happy he's recovering and that he's donating his blood to the cause.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 25, 2020 18:17:23 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2020 12:24:42 GMT -5
Add Dashien Nix to the list of G League prospects.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 28, 2020 12:37:35 GMT -5
Add Dashien Nix to the list of G League prospects. This is important steps to the G League actually being proper developmental system like MLB has but it will be interesting to see how things play out as it is still experimental for these guys and they are leaving some money on the table in a sense unless they can get sponsor deals which the top names should |
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Apr 28, 2020 22:10:25 GMT -5
I really think if they’re going to let the kids out of high school play in the g-league they should be allowed to straight up enter the NBA draft. It always added such a fun crapshoot element to it as well. Do you take the immensely high potential HS kid like a Darius Miles, or the older more polished college kid? It’s fun.
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Post by sfvega on Apr 28, 2020 22:47:36 GMT -5
I really think if they’re going to let the kids out of high school play in the g-league they should be allowed to straight up enter the NBA draft. It always added such a fun crapshoot element to it as well. Do you take the immensely high potential HS kid like a Darius Miles, or the older more polished college kid? It’s fun. It doesn't matter at all. Kids are going to G league because they're more likely to play than college teams are in the current climate. And that's for the 2021 draft class. The next season is 2022 when HS kids are eligible again. So it makes no difference unless it went into effect for 2021, and that would have to be collectively bargained anyway. |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 29, 2020 10:53:53 GMT -5
I really think if they’re going to let the kids out of high school play in the g-league they should be allowed to straight up enter the NBA draft. It always added such a fun crapshoot element to it as well. Do you take the immensely high potential HS kid like a Darius Miles, or the older more polished college kid? It’s fun. Ehh, that would be a tricky door to open The NBA still has to figure out a better process so you don't have every kid thinking he's the next Garnett and Kobe trying to come into the league with no backup plan |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2020 17:33:13 GMT -5
We needed a new Game of Zones episode, now more than ever.
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Post by sfvega on May 1, 2020 6:49:14 GMT -5
I'm watching the NBA Skills Comp in my DVR. It's so crazy. Not just that it was the best AS weekend of the last 20 years, or that it was back when we had huge crowds and people being all over each other during celebrations, but that it also took place in Chicago which has gotten it really bad. Everyone's lives have gone from good to bad since then, but a lot of the people in that audience probably have had it worse than most.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on May 1, 2020 9:10:58 GMT -5
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on May 1, 2020 16:01:48 GMT -5
As expected, the NBA has postponed the draft lottery and combine
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on May 1, 2020 20:14:54 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 20:32:52 GMT -5
Yeah definitely a sense of urgency on his part. He doesn’t have too many elite years left so his chances of winning a ring diminish every year from this point. The issues are 1)the extended rest probably helps the Clippers more than the Lakers, and 2) is winning the Covid Championship really going to be treated legitimately? If LBJ won a ring this year and celebrated in an empty arena in Las Vegas, it would feel hollow. Really a no win situation. |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on May 1, 2020 20:47:46 GMT -5
Yeah definitely a sense of urgency on his part. He doesn’t have too many elite years left so his chances of winning a ring diminish every year from this point. The issues are 1)the extended rest probably helps the Clippers more than the Lakers, and 2) is winning the Covid Championship really going to be treated legitimately? If LBJ won a ring this year and celebrated in an empty arena in Las Vegas, it would feel hollow. Really a no win situation. Considering more then 80% of the season was played, I think a championship during this time is legit. Of course his credits will argue against that if he did win but it is a slippery slope when talking what rings matter and what rings doesn't. This is akin to a lockout type season except we missing games at the backend instead of the front Of course the flip side is let's say Lakers don't win a ring. You will have people saying he was "robbed" when his team was at the hottest and in championship pursuit. Of course, that's only a one note factor as they are forgetting injuries could play a part and Lakers stand the chance to peak at the wrong time Going be interesting to see how this works. Either way the playoffs will still be played most likely through the summer and we will have a short offseason in the NBA tho a December start I think is for the best |
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Post by XIII on May 1, 2020 20:51:35 GMT -5
If the NBA has a short offseason dude’s are going to get hurt towards the end of next season. Can’t go from all out elite effort months to nothing, to playoff level, to short offseason, to regular season, especially for the guys that have been around for a while like LeBron,
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on May 1, 2020 21:05:16 GMT -5
If the NBA has a short offseason dude’s are going to get hurt towards the end of next season. Can’t go from all out elite effort months to nothing, to playoff level, to short offseason, to regular season, especially for the guys that have been around for a while like LeBron, Yes and no In this current NBA climate with load management, a 52-60 game season is enough time for dudes to be able to get their reps in and be ready for the playoffs by June In fact the offseason isn't even that short. The NBA offseason is from July-Sept for the start of preseason. In this situation, we would be looking at Sept-Dec assuming they start preseason and only do it for about 2 weeks in beginning of Dec and season starts on Xmas |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 21:08:33 GMT -5
Yeah definitely a sense of urgency on his part. He doesn’t have too many elite years left so his chances of winning a ring diminish every year from this point. The issues are 1)the extended rest probably helps the Clippers more than the Lakers, and 2) is winning the Covid Championship really going to be treated legitimately? If LBJ won a ring this year and celebrated in an empty arena in Las Vegas, it would feel hollow. Really a no win situation. Considering more then 80% of the season was played, I think a championship during this time is legit. Of course his credits will argue against that if he did win but it is a slippery slope when talking what rings matter and what rings doesn't. This is akin to a lockout type season except we missing games at the backend instead of the front Of course the flip side is let's say Lakers don't win a ring. You will have people saying he was "robbed" when his team was at the hottest and in championship pursuit. Of course, that's only a one note factor as they are forgetting injuries could play a part and Lakers stand the chance to peak at the wrong time Going be interesting to see how this works. Either way the playoffs will still be played most likely through the summer and we will have a short offseason in the NBA tho a December start I think is for the best The difference is the lockout never had interrupted play. The games didn't start until a later date, but the regular season and playoffs began and concluded without interruption. That won't be the case this year. You'll see a lot more excuses and nitpicking this year. "The 2 month shutdown disrupted (insert team's) rhythm". Or "if there was no Covid (insert old player) wouldn't have had fresh legs by the playoffs". Hell, if the season starts late enough, maybe KD/Kyrie come back (long shot). Never would have happened if the season went on schedule. Maybe they play 3-5 game series' to get the games done sooner. Etc, etc. It will be asterisk city for whoever wins. To be fair, I don't think whoever wins the World Series this year will be viewed as legitimate either. Maybe in the record books, but winning a title in front of empty stadiums while playing in hub cities doesn't have the same luster to it. Then again, the NBA is far more ring obsessed than MLB. Jeter is known as a great player, but they never bring up how many rings he got. In the NBA, that's basically your entire legacy. So MLB can have their partial season and their fans will be happy, but in the NBA, it will be debated forever, regardless of who wins. |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 21:16:18 GMT -5
If the NBA has a short offseason dude’s are going to get hurt towards the end of next season. Can’t go from all out elite effort months to nothing, to playoff level, to short offseason, to regular season, especially for the guys that have been around for a while like LeBron, Depends on when this season ends. If they start in July, then we're looking at ending in late August/early September, and that's assuming they don't play any more regular season games. Then they'll need a few pre-season games so even if the season started on Christmas Day, the preseason probably begins in late November/early December. It will definitely be a short turnaround. I wonder if the NBA would prefer a December-August season simply to avoid the NFL regular season. Obviously in 2021 it would be due to Covid, but they might stick with it long term once they start it. |
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