2020 nba offseason draft free agency etc

https://theathletic.com/2059944/2020/10/19/nba-player-rankings-the-top-125-nba-players-the-athletic-player-tiers-tier-5-from-aaron-gordon-to-tyler-herro/

5A Bogdan Bogdanovic

it's really formatted, could be kind of a mess copy & pasted

put it in the athletic thread, a little goofy but you can get the info mostly

coolio gracias. i think it's cut up into multiple stories.

okay I get the comparisons to Magic now

1 down! @ClaytonKersh22 was himself(which is AMAZING), @mookiebetts did it all, @Cody_Bellinger went yard again and the whole team was simply damn good! @Dodgers. #OnToTheNextOne

— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 21, 2020

Haha yes lebro is v corny

Shoutout to Max Muncy for knocking in 2 runs and 2 RBIs!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) October 21, 2020

i can't deal with the name max muncy, every time I hear it I am like wow pynchon has lost a step

godspeed sweet prince

ESPN reporting with @_andrew_lopez: Stan Van Gundy has agreed to a deal to become the next coach of the New Orleans Pelicans.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 21, 2020

not a bad place to land rn

yeah hes prob a good coach for young team for a few years

SVG showing Zion how to run the break next season: pic.twitter.com/WxsPpUdg1b

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) October 21, 2020

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/1WIExVBlcRgZRDus86OlYcliDI4=/0x0:600x400/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:600x400):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4189779/svp.0.jpg

haha love that pic so much

i am okay with this!

The Nuggets announce that the Pepsi Center will be renamed Ball Arena as Kroenke Sports & Entertainment launches a partnership with Ball Corporation (a leader in aluminum beverage packaging & climate monitoring).

— Kendra Andrews (@kendra__andrews) October 22, 2020

i think we can all get behind "ball arena"

https://s.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/dam/assets/151116204716-20151116-starters-hedo-top5-00011528.1280x720.jpg

should set up a partnership with Life cereal

btw thats the company that makes the famous mason jars, they also make satellites that get launched into outer space

packaging and aerospace, the two industries

what else do u need

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ek6OdmvVMAAj2AV?format=jpg&name=large

omg ball arena

IRA NEWBLE!!

when you're on a finals roster and you're ira newble >>>>>>>

thats the tea

Eric Snow! Unathletic pg of my dreams on those "good" Iverson Philly teams.

ah Donyell Marshall, another Timberwolves draft day success

my least fav nba tradition is when 2k drops their player rankings every season.

gotta argue about something til draft and free agency :/

Donyell Marshall was an amazing player sometimes

Like 2 month stretches where he was engaged and everything was clicking

This was a key game for cavs donyell! Totally forgot about this series

https://youtu.be/UrFyYJ85bu0

Can't remember if it was on ESPN or The Ringer but I just read a retrospective of all the notable big men Lebron has played with, and it sort of singled out Donyell as an important player in LBJ's (and thus the league's) evolution in that he was an early big man who spaced out to the 3 point line. In my memory I think of him more as an oversized wing than a power forward, but I guess maybe that's why.

donyell was just before his time.

he was also a spectacular college player back in the few minutes when the uconn huskies were cool and not irritating

He was a year behind me in a nearby high school and I remember after I graduated hearing that people from my school were going to his games just to watch him play.

donyell was just before his time.

― Spottie, Friday, October 23, 2020 11:16 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

i often think of nature vs nuture w/the timberwolves too, are our draft picks bad because we pick bad players or is the player's development destroyed because he gets drafted by the timberwolves?

prob some of both

The NBA is targeting Dec. 22 for the start of the 2020-21 season and a 72-game campaign that finishes before the ‘21 Olympics, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 23, 2020

thats soon! wonder what their plan is re virus/bubble

Are they going to fly city-to-city or go back in the bubble? If they start in Dec and don't go back to the bubble, they'll have positive tests, schedule disruptions, and teams playing with depleted rosters. But first they'll need buy-in from the players' union on any plan, which I think is going to be a pretty divisive issue among players. Interesting times.

Amar'e Stoudemire has agreed to become an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets under former Suns teammate Steve Nash, per @ShamsCharania pic.twitter.com/kYodn3IjHF

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 23, 2020

i often think of nature vs nuture w/the timberwolves too, are our draft picks bad because we pick bad players or is the player's development destroyed because he gets drafted by the timberwolves?

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, October 23, 2020 11:27 AM (fifty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yah both, but also sometimes players dont want to be in a certain place

i don’t think anyone has the intention or desire to bubble again. it was expensive, the ratings were shit, the players don’t want to live in isolation for the entirety of an 82 game season, and you couldn’t have condensed schedules like you did this time around for a full season. the MLB and NFL unbubbled seasons are going to “work” (as in the seasons will be completed even with positive tests and wild schedule rearrangements) so i can’t come up with a reason why the NBA won’t follow suit

yeah true

amaré looking like he might have a major part in the new matrix reboot

yah the bubble wont work for a full reg season even if its compressed a bit.

bill simmons has been on this for over a week, basically saying that they weren't confident enough about having fans for the 20-21 season to wait for march or something, and that preserving the 21-22 season and starting it on time became the biggest priority.