NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

nba is saying they havent traced a single case of on court transmission yet so idk what theyre up to, and neither do they

virtue signaling

it would help with contact tracing

and quicker contact tracing = more games = profit

The refs need to get fucked in this Sixers-Celtics game. That call where Smart launches himself backward into Green at the top of the 3pt line then falls down is some bullshit.

what was green even doing back there tho questions sixers fans dont want to talk about

Danny Green is cooked, what does that have to do with anything?

Tho Smart is such a good player - I would take 3 of him on the Sixers.

you know i love marcus, but 3 is too many

hmmm

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsODASCXIAESd3q?format=png&name=small

oh man, the hoisting potential of three marcuses

i don't think the rockets ever would've targeted kyrie, it doesn't make sense for them. i think it's much more likely that kyrie got bored/annoyed w/ the season and then they got harden and he was like "well this seems fun now" and decided to come back

yeah the fact that the rockets traded levert for a guy who they aren't going to resign tells you what they wanted

just cause the rockets wouldnt target kyrie doesnt mean he wouldnt have been moved AND just because he wouldnt have been moved doesnt mean kyrie believed that, something to think about

you know i love marcus, but 3 is too many

lol, I hate him, but he's totally my type of player; jack of all trades, smart (lol), tough defender.

i think the whole point from the nets perspective is to put kyrie, harden and KD together. harden does provide kyrie insurance but that feels like a worst case scenario plan b to me

doesnt mean they wouldnt have moved him if thats what it took

also if may, kyrie-harden-kd is a silly idea, i mean i support it and am interested in seeing how it plays out, but its silly

the too small insult is getting out of hand, guys are doing it ironically now

idk the rockets clearly wanted draft assets. they didn't even take jarrett allen back, the nets had to flip him for a first to throw onto the pile. rockets also turned down ben simmons in all likelihood, if they wanted a star player in return he would've made way more sense than kyrie.

they couldve flipped kyrie tho is what im getting at BUT also it doesnt matter the whole thing couldve existed only in kyries mind AND im not sure why were talking about this so much i just thought it was a funny idea THO obvs like all funny things its funny because its true

J. B. Bickerstaff might be the best coach in Cavs history. Got these kids playing Harden/Kyrie/KD tough!

lmao dwight with a couple truly awful missed layups

pretty good game too many fouls tho

also i question the decision to single team embiid

and also somehow give up a million clean 3s

Could you imagine Harden with Embiid? So many free throws.

yeah those two wouldve been extremely difficult to guard

But also unwatchable.

Collin Sexton I love you, man

I mean, I would have loved it, but the shame would be immense.

xp

i guess its official that colin sexton is good now

15 points in OT2 for Collin Sexton. What. A. Game. pic.twitter.com/0cZdjVhTza

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) January 21, 2021

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsOTzH-XUAMBmNg?format=jpg&name=large

lol

haha

lmao whats he doin

we should have known the moment this happenedpic.twitter.com/wwz5s25v6H

— Wobin Sexton (@WorldWideWob) January 21, 2021

happy for sexton, i've never forgotten that he played a chunk of a game in college 3 on 5 and still put up points.

collin sexton singlehandedly beating KD, harden & kyrie in double OT reminds me of when he scored 40 points in college in a game where his team was forced to play 3 on 5 for basically the entire second half

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw7IqVZ6ork

lol yes!! xp

lol wild shit

Both James Harden (51) and Kyrie Irving (48) set career-highs in minutes played in tonight's OT loss at Cleveland. Depth might be an issue in Brooklyn.

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) January 21, 2021

also defense! (cant guard colin sexton)

durant played 50 minutes too... meanwhile landry shamet who the nets essentially traded a first round pick for got a DNP-CD

deandre jordan 24 minutes, jeff green 45 minutes...

All this OAKLAND stuff must be super annoying to people who actually live in Oakland.

read some thing that was like "the soul of the warriors lies in oakland" well the you shouldve stayed there then

i keep hearing all these analysts saying the "there's only one ball" thing is facile but there are upper limits on possessions per game and offensive efficiency, and the nets may find them while losing to teams like the cavs.

yeah

Pop looks a little evil with his black mask

COLE ANTHONY CALLS GAME pic.twitter.com/qGPr5ioRnS

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 21, 2021

lol the wolves announcer

what a brutal loss for them... i think they were up by like 15 points at half