NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

jvg might be out of date

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yeah i remember before the season zach lowe talking about how the magic always played slow under SVG and theorizing that he would adjust w/ the pelicans to speed up the pace -- turns out no

bledsoe also one of the fastest players in the league... the combo of steven adams + no shooting + slow pace means they're basically playing like 90s ball, pretty dumb stuff

plus if they ran mb zion wld lose some weight

it's just a very oddly constructed team. can't say i like anything about it.

yeah you really want to go fast and play four out with zion instead their third best player is steven adams

they're kinda stuck in a weird place bcuz if you played 4 out w/ zion at center you'd prob have the worst defense in the NBA, but they're still one of the 5-7 worst defensive teams as it is

The team makes some sense on paper but the pieces don’t fit. Gentry seemed like a good fit on paper too.

zion only has to be their center on offense tho

like many teams they could use a floor-spacing defensive 5

they could especially use one

someone teach steven adams to shoot

they're the team that needs myles turner

turner is perfect for any team playing a big that cant defend or shoot (or in zions case, both)

Sekou Smith was a great beat writer for the Hawks back in the day. RIP

haven’t seen durant forcefully clapping for the ball at the top of the key while a teammate bricks a potential last-second shot since the OKC days, nice

lmao the spurs broadcast ppl -- who are usually the worst -- are riffing on not knowing who win butler is, love 2 see it

haven’t seen durant forcefully clapping for the ball at the top of the key while a teammate bricks a potential last-second shot since the OKC days, nice

― k3vin k., Wednesday, January 27, 2021 9:50 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

haha who was the offender this time?

harden

the springs durant still has after his achilles injury are crazy. he blocked a jump shot with about a minute left in regulation and just had a dunk that looked like it could have been from 2015. scary

harden

Harden did the clapping thing all the time in year 3 with the dubs btw. Surprised to see he’s already doing it this early in the honeymoon phase in bklyn

man the wizards absolutely suck ass

I meant Durant xp

the springs durant still has after his achilles injury are crazy. he blocked a jump shot with about a minute left in regulation and just had a dunk that looked like it could have been from 2015. scary

nuggets on a nice little heater but I think it’s time to give jokic a breather. they’re locked into a top 4 seed imo, no need to overwork him

Suns meanwhile are 8-8 after a 7-3 start

Yah that top 4 looks locked in

Wiseman doing fun things against a terrible team is encouraging

Draymond Green actively searches for James Wiseman way more than any other teammate. Perfect lookahead find here to complete the Wiseman block/dunk sequence. pic.twitter.com/vKacJY3pG2

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) January 28, 2021

spicy!

What's happening with @RobinhoodApp and the "free market" is a disgrace. Those pigs in suits on Wall Street don't want to see us win.

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) January 28, 2021

.... 🤣🤣

Lmao nba writers have been so embarrassing about this

funny thing to post when you work for bill simmons

I’ve lost track of which galaxy brain level we’re on

Hey guys I just listened to I Kissed A Girl by Katy Perry and I was fucking right about that song

hey matt

Hey bro how’s it going?

chillin

I’m having some cognac. It tastes good because I’m getting old

its a tasty drink, not something id personally want to have more than one of in a sitting, but one is nice

is there an ILH backstory about this katy perry song?

it’s hard to train my brain that a team in these baby blues is not Sacramento and considering the way the rockets are playing they might as well be the kings

yall its the old oilers colors its fine

heat & clippers facing off tonight w/ kawahi, PG, pat bev, butler, dragic all sitting (TNT dropped the game earlier this week for blazers-rockets)

what’s goin on with the heat

Jimmy Butler has lost 12 pounds... is this a lost season for them?

i think there's some regular regression and then a whole lot of bad luck on top of that

if the heat get the #1 pick in 2021, jesus

heat seem pretty stuck in no mans land in the short-medium term, obv last year was some good luck and now their dudes r old