NBA 2019-2020 Season

[DMN in the House]

5 hours ago, It's Pronounced Zoom-E said:

Can someone explain the racist context here? When I hear that, and try to think how it's offensive, I think of it being a slut shaming type remark or homophobic slur like he's on his knees sucking a dick. 

I'm not debating it wasn't racist, I just want to understand how it was. No matter what, guy is clearly a bellend.

The implication is that Westbrook should be on his knees like a slave.

[gunnar hendershow]

Uhhhh so Giannis is 4 for 6 from 3 tonight.

That's... A thing that should terrify every other team in the NBA.

[Pooker]

The Jazz have won 5 straight games. They've all been against sub .500 teams and we've lost a lead and had to regain it in every game, but a win is a win.

Too bad we're going to get destroyed when we start playing good teams again.

Also, any thoughts on the NBA's new season proposals? Mid season tournament, with players receiving a million dollar bonus if they win, a 78 game season, and reseeding the final four teams in the playoffs?

[Pooker]

Former commissioner David Stern has passed away after suffering a brian hemorrhage. 

[The Buscher]

Tacko Fall is currently polling sixth in the East's All Star voting despite only playing 11 minutes this season.

[gunnar hendershow]

He's been an incredibly efficient scorer this year. 😉

[Pooker]

All Star fan voting is a joke. Always has been, always will be. Tacko Fall and Alex Caurso being in the top ten are all the proof anybody should need. The NBA should have the media select the top twenty players from each conference,  have the fans vote for the top five in each conference, and have the coaches select the rest of the teams.

[gunnar hendershow]

The All-Star Game should be fun as shit and it's hard to do that without bringing Tacko along for the ride. 

[DMN in the House]

All-Star means a lot more in the NBA than Pro Bowler does in the NFL, but I'm still all for Caruso, Fall, and even Dwight and Melo making it.

[gunnar hendershow]

7 minutes ago, DMN said:

All-Star means a lot more in the NBA than Pro Bowler does in the NFL, but I'm still all for Caruso, Fall, and even Dwight and Melo making it.

Yeah, bonuses are tied to it and it helps in contract negotiations. Which I think is a shame because it really should be a game for the fans to see their favorite players go out there and basically be the Harlem Globetrotters.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

Doesn't fan voting only count for 50% of the vote. The coaches and the player votes make up the other 50.

[Chris2K]

I'm hoping we're living in a world where the votes registered for Tacko are the coaches and players votes.

 

On a slightly related note am I right in thinking Bol Bol hasn't played outside of the G League this season?

[Pooker]

You would be correct. Bol Bol has been playing in the G League, but has been held out for a couple weeks now as the Nuggets monitor his recovery from foot surgery.

[Pooker]

Rudy Gobert deserves to be an All Star this year.

[DMN in the House]

2 hours ago, Pooker said:

Rudy Gobert deserves to be an All Star this year.

What is 'things that have been true for three years, Alex?'.

[DMN in the House]

https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas/

I...I don't really have any words.

[FestiveJack]

2 minutes ago, DMN said:

https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas/

I...I don't really have any words.

Unconfirmed currently, but LA County sherrifs have confirmed that all 5 occupants of the helicopter died.

[TCO]

Fuck.

Unconfirmed but I'd never doubt TMZ.

[Colly]

Grim.

[Meacon Keaton]

That's awful.