2019-2020 NBA Season Thread

[Goo Punch 4275]

alright i've had some time to calm down and think about it, lol. i'd give him five games and $50k. i do understand more why he did it after seeing the second video. was still way out of line, but it makes more sense in that context. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

Jokic vs Gobert on TNT right now. Good match up. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

some of the shots Jokic has made tonight...my lord. unstoppable. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

Jordan Clarkson is, dare I say, en fuego.

[Goo Punch 4275]

i cannot figure out what Denver's ceiling is when their go-to guy is a big, doughy, plodding big man. not even saying it's ineffective, because it isn't; just never seen it before. with the game in the balance they have the ball in Joker's hands every single possession, and all he's done is score 10 straight points while being guarded by the two-time/reigning NBA DPOY. 

Edited January 31, 2020 by Goo Punch

[Goo Punch 4275]

wait a second- Andre Drummond didn't make the All Star team? what the fuck?

[d2o 1603]

6 hours ago, Goo Punch said:

wait a second- Andre Drummond didn't make the All Star team? what the fuck?

It seems like there are more deserving guys than ever.    I cant think of a yr where there were 4 guys that I thought were no brainer choices that didnt make it.  Booker, Beal, Lavine, and Drummond should all be there.

 

[Vic Mackey 47850]

...

[MNLonghornFUKM 8964]

Lowry whining about a tiny fan push after he went full bore after a loose ball and landed on him.

I know Kyle, every fan court side wants you to plow into them at full speed in a meaningless game. And I also want you on top of me full of sweat.

What a fucking pansy

[Mitch Cumsteen 18929]

On 1/30/2020 at 8:27 AM, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Crowder has zero business taking that shot but Payton can't react like that. I think anything more than a couple of games is overkill though. 

 

12 hours ago, Goo Punch said:

alright i've had some time to calm down and think about it, lol. i'd give him five games and $50k. i do understand more why he did it after seeing the second video. was still way out of line, but it makes more sense in that context. 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28602286/knicks-elfrid-payton-2-grizzlies-suspended-1-game-marcus-morris-jae-crowder-fined

Payton got a one game suspension w/o pay. He makes $8 million/ yr, so it's around a $100,000 hickey to him, basically a tax write-off and a couple of extra days of vacation. Clearly, I'm more commissioner material than Derka. Marcus Morris got fined for calling Jae Crowder out for having "female tendencies" aka, being a bitch. Which Crowder definitely is/was. And let's face it, there are few guys who would know more about being a bitch than Marcus Morris. 

 

[d2o 1603]

Beal and Booker not making it is fucking ridiculous

 

[Underdog 29108]

On 1/28/2020 at 10:16 AM, Underdog said:

Bam Adebayo is turning into quite the player, can't say I saw that coming. 

Hey, now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play
Hey, now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid

[Vic Mackey 47850]

12 hours ago, Goo Punch said:

i cannot figure out what Denver's ceiling is when their go-to guy is a big, doughy, plodding big man. not even saying it's ineffective, because it isn't; just never seen it before. with the game in the balance they have the ball in Joker's hands every single possession, and all he's done is score 10 straight points while being guarded by the two-time/reigning NBA DPOY. 

 

[CBT 1290]

Westbrook made huge late push, but I think Booker still should have made it. The rest is fine with me. Only 12 spots per side, sucks for a lot of 'deserving' guys. 

[Vic Mackey 47850]

For the Lakers game tonight

[Drew 2820]

3 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

...

 

2 hours ago, d2o said:

Beal and Booker not making it is fucking ridiculous

 

Had to sneak Westbrook on somehow.

 

Don't kill me rockets fans

[Goo Punch 4275]

8 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

 

just unfair. totally unstoppable, and it's like he's moving in slow motion. 

[Pato del Muerto 53348]

27 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

just unfair. totally unstoppable, and it's like he's moving in slow motion. 

I watch and watch and i feel like he travels but I can’t say exactly where. Need a slower version to see about that pivot foot. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

I hope that Quin Cook is somehow on the floor and manages to hit a game-winning buzzer beater tonight. If not him, then LeBron. 

[StruggleBus 3922]

11 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

...

27ppg is the new 20ppg. Big deal.

[Blotto 23975]

22 hours ago, Goo Punch said:

i cannot figure out what Denver's ceiling is when their go-to guy is a big, doughy, plodding big man. not even saying it's ineffective, because it isn't; just never seen it before. with the game in the balance they have the ball in Joker's hands every single possession, and all he's done is score 10 straight points while being guarded by the two-time/reigning NBA DPOY. 

I didn't watch the game, but the Nugs got a huge win (127-115) in Milwaukee as 12.5 pt dogs. 

[Pam Cummings 9827]

All i know is every time the Spurs play against Phoenix that dude murders us. Like has all the moves and makes all the shots, just murders us. No way he's not an all star level player.

[Goo Punch 4275]

4 minutes ago, Blotto said:

I didn't watch the game, but the Nugs got a huge win (127-115) in Milwaukee as 12.5 pt dogs. 

They're pretty banged up right now so they've been relying on a bunch of guys who normally don't have huge roles to play big minutes and they're still winning. Every single player who played tonight for Denver scored in double digits. I don't think I've ever seen that before.

[washparkhorn 9968]

Nuggets on the back end of a b2b (late game against Utah) with a delay for de-icing to fly to Milwaukee for a game 22 hours later, missing 3 starters and Jokic backup, spanked Milwaukee at home. Got to bed at 7 am this morning. Vegas had them as 13 point dogs. 

All nine Nuggets who played got double digit points. 

NBA sleeping on them. 

(now they will lose to Detroit on Sunday in morning game.)

Porter, Jr. Injured in game. Rolled ankle.  Thank goodness not his back.

Edit. Sorry goo and blotto. Didn’t see your posts. 

Edited February 1, 2020 by washparkhorn

[SilasCoade 2622]

12 hours ago, d2o said:

Beal and Booker not making it is fucking ridiculous

 

I don't care much about Beal, but I have an irrational totally unfounded hatred of Booker. Just can't stand the way he looks.

[Goo Punch 4275]

Beal and Drummond >> Tatum and Middleton. no-brainer for me. And yeah, I'd take Booker > Westbrook,  it I understand why that didn't happen. 

also, Jaxson Hayes didn't take it very well when he found out that he didn't make the Futures Game roster. 

 not a good look bro. you don't even play 20 mpg. you're averaging 8.5 and 4.5. you've got 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 1 block in your last 4 games. you'd think that with all of the "Mamba Mentality" in the air that he might want to vow to prove wrong the people who doubted him, but instead he opted to whine about it like a kid.  you're a professional now Jaxson; time to grow up. 

Edited February 1, 2020 by Goo Punch

[Goo Punch 4275]

32 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

Nuggets on the back end of a b2b (late game against Utah) with a delay for de-icing to fly to Milwaukee for a game 22 hours later, missing 3 starters and Jokic backup, spanked Milwaukee at home. Got to bed at 7 am this morning. Vegas had them as 13 point dogs. 

All nine Nuggets who played got double digit points. 

NBA sleeping on them. 

(now they will lose to Detroit on Sunday in morning game.)

Porter, Jr. Injured in game. Rolled ankle.  Thank goodness not his back.

Edit. Sorry goo and blotto. Didn’t see your posts. 

check out Jerami Grant's stat line: 10 points, 4 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, SEVEN blocks. not bad for a reserve forward who averages 0.7 bpg.

[Goo Punch 4275]

nice follow-up from Jaxson. 

 

 

[aggie08 21740]

Dame with 40 made threes in his last 5 games. Is 8 threes a game good? That seems good.

[Pato del Muerto 53348]

1 hour ago, Goo Punch said:

nice follow-up from Jaxson. 

 

 

By your comment, I take it you believe he wrote that himself?

Edited February 1, 2020 by Pato del Muerto

[Goo Punch 4275]

1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

By your comment, I take it you believe he wrote that himself?

no, but he at least did the right thing in being contrite and apologetic, and within hours of releasing the original video. just a kid who made a mistake, but he owned it. if someone else told him to own it/wrote that for him, then credit to Jaxson for realizing it was the right thing to do and getting it done quickly.

[Vic Mackey 47850]

Holy efficiency Batman!

[SilasCoade 2622]

he's a weirdo with no self awareness but damn is he a skilled offensive basketball player.

[Zavala 1384]

Feels good watching Avery Bradley out there doing his thing. He's way better than Rondo. Glad he's getting a ring this year

[Zavala 1384]

10 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

Holy efficiency Batman!

They really are gonna be something when Durant comes back. Have no clue who else they got other than Jarrett Allen but it may not matter. 

 

[Radical Larry 28815]

And Irving is out with a knee injury.

 

 

[Radical Larry 28815]

Oh, and it's Dame Time again.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8964]

Does Donovan Mitchell’s eyebrows bother anybody else or just me

[CBT 1290]

Jfc Dame. Stop it.

[d2o 1603]

Dame is outrageous

 

[SilasCoade 2622]

If it's possible for someone as lauded as he is to be underrated, Dame is. Durable, good teammate, rarely bitches at refs, reasonable defender. He's like if Tim Duncan were a guard who could shoot from 36 feet.

Edited February 2, 2020 by Llogg

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

13 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

And Irving is out with a knee injury.

 

 

Surprise. Surprise.

[washparkhorn 9968]

As expected, Denver beats Utah and Milwaukee in a b2b and then promptly lose to the Pistons this morning.

Jokic with another triple double. (Triple doubles are overrated as a team stat in my opinion).

[Message Board User 12405]

So how far does Philly need to fall in the standings or how many years do they need to disappoint in the playoffs before we declare that the process (tm) failed?

[goatsaag 281]

"The Process" was done when Hinkie got fired. The way other people have tried to build teams around Embiid/Simmons shouldn't really be relevant.

But since Hinkie was fired before really having a shot at completing the process, probably seems reasonable to say he failed.

[conVINCEd 21477]

On 2/2/2020 at 9:45 AM, Llogg said:

If it's possible for someone as lauded as he is to be underrated, Dame is. Durable, good teammate, rarely bitches at refs, reasonable defender. He's like if Tim Duncan were a guard who could shoot from 36 feet.

LOL

[Kermit 3162]

Ja Morant vs. Andre Iguodala is the storyline I didn’t know I needed until it happened. I like this kid more and more every day.

[aggie08 21740]

Would Memphis even let Iggy play if he wanted to?

[d2o 1603]

37 minutes ago, Kermit said:

Ja Morant vs. Andre Iguodala is the storyline I didn’t know I needed until it happened. I like this kid more and more every day.

Yep, that is exactly what you want from your young guys.   If you dont wanna play with us then fuck you.

[Kermit 3162]

22 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

Would Memphis even let Iggy play if he wanted to?

I don’t think anyone expected them to compete for a playoff spot, especially the front office. But I’ll bet they would’ve welcomed him in any capacity, even if it’s just to be around the you g guys. So, no? But he’s done something to piss them off and I’m loving it.