NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

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

i think they’ve played like 5 games all season with a full roster... they were without jimmy, hero & avery bradley for like 2 weeks, herro came back tonight but now dragic is hurt. it’s been a pretty bad run of luck even starting w game 1 when jimmy sprained his ankle

even after tonight they’re only 1.5 games out of the playoffs and 3.5 games out of the fifth seed... it’s still the east so it’s premature to call it a lost season. they will prob lose in the first round but that was a possibility even if they had stayed fully healthy, the top end of the east has gotten much stronger from last season, lots of bunched up teams & only two can get to the conference finals, there’s gonna be several disappointed fan bases when it’s all said and done. it’s clear the heat need more firepower regardless now with how the conference looks which i posted about the other day vis a vis them and oladipo, it kinda depends on how much they’re prioritizing this season vs the next few

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

hmm no i think kevin is right they should blow it up trade bam to the celtics for carsen edwards

i mostly wonder if the heat are just burned out from the bubble... they had a harder road than the lakers especially by the finals when they were broken down and... playing the lakers. they have just looked kinda raggedy and out of it all season

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

― trans-panda express (m bison), Friday, 29 January 2021 3:23 PM

their pick is owned by okc haha

i have said this before but anything that happened in the bubble should probably just be excluded from analysis going forward.

xp i didnt believe you but its true! altho it looks top 4 protected?

okc's insane run of picks begins this year. potentially 3 1st rounders, tho its feasible that GS won't have to trade theirs bc it's top 20 protected.