NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

30 years ago a child would kick a ball in the street a slow power forward would karate chop you in the neck if you tried to make a layup

kings have won 4 in a row and 7/8 and fox got player of the week
https://www.si.com/nba/2021/02/08/deaaron-fox-kings-deserves-attention
haliburton may have fixed this team lol

basketball types are raving about this haliburton kid

impressive streak considering they’re still last in defense lol.

oof

lamelo throws an insane amount of oops not sure ive seen anything like it, hes out there creating dunks (the #1 shot)

a lot of people i interact with at work or rando acquaintances regurgitate this stuff too.

― a nice controlled drift (Spottie), Monday, February 8, 2021 3:38 PM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

there is a fascinatingly depressing circularity to the sports discourse where pundits say say ridiculously revanchist shit like this, it becomes the basic currency of casual conversation, somehow players also buy into it, players become pundits, rinse repeat

otm it’s sad.

Dejounte gonna be a star? 8 steals tonight and the game clinching sidestep three

he had maybe the best game ive ever seen from him. still not a consistent enough shooter imo (came in shooting .439/.316/.783 and averaging 14.4 ppg). he had a hot one tonight, though.

this team has looked so much tighter defensively with aldridge and walker out of the lineup. more minutes for derrick white whose shot has not returned form injury but is a much stronger defender. poeltl is legit one of the best defensive big men in the game. only a handful of guys i'd rather have playing the 5 over him on D.

also devin vassell is already the spurs' best perimeter defender. eyes in the back of his head. by next year he'll be playing 30 minutes a game next to murray and teams will be tearing their hair out trying to score around all the long arms.

Giannis has such an ugly 3-point shooting motion, he looks like he's shooting a full-courter

he had maybe the best game ive ever seen from him. still not a consistent enough shooter imo (came in shooting .439/.316/.783 and averaging 14.4 ppg). he had a hot one tonight, though.

Giannis has such an ugly 3-point shooting motion, he looks like he's shooting a full-courter

lamelo throws an insane amount of oops not sure ive seen anything like it

Maybe you never had a chance to see alley-oop specialist Andre Miller when he was ooping it up.

The Mavs have ceased playing the national anthem before home games this season and do not plan to play it moving forward, a decision made by owner Mark Cuban.https://t.co/cVmEQnUH1V

— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) February 10, 2021

Hell yeah

that is not something I expected to happen in my lifetime

It's just plain weird that the US national anthem is heard almost exclusively at sports events and nowhere else. What does a ballgame between two teams of athletes have to do with singing a love song to the US flag?

wow it’s called patriotism for one

For now on I only smoke weed named after basketball players. This Gary Payton is the shit

They don't call it "The Glove"?

it’s called patriotism for one

but why is a ballgame a patriotic occasion requiring the anthem to be played, but pretty much no other crowd events, like orchestral symphonies, rock concerts, retirement banquets, regattas, ballets, etc?

HOW STEPH?? HOW?? pic.twitter.com/4Hsb9z9Rbg

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) February 10, 2021

Nets lose to the pistons and nash admits he’s not the coach

Steve Nash: "It's up to the team to decide what kind of team they want to be."

— Travonne Edwards (Blk Tray) (@Travonne) February 10, 2021

losing to the pistons is not good

that is not something I expected to happen in my lifetime

― Clay, Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7:51 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

wild times

pelicans have been letting zion handle the ball more and what do you know

The Pelicans beat the Rockets and have won 6 of their last 8 games. 👀

Brandon Ingram: 22 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists
Josh Hart: 20 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks
Zion Williamson: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists pic.twitter.com/wDgShJHu0N

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) February 10, 2021

+29 in 21 minutes but there was also extended garbage time at the end of that game. the pels were leading by like 14 or 15 when i flipped away and doubled that in the last few minutes somehow.

josh hart had 17 rebounds?

he did, i watched most of the second half and have no idea how that happened

congrats to josh on what is almost certainly a career high in rebounds

ladies an gentlemen... kyrie irving!

Kyrie Irving says,

“We’re the team that gets someone taken out during COVID during the games. We’re the team that has to deal with the refs. We’re the team that is battling against so many odds.”

— Ajayi Browne (@ajayibrowne) February 10, 2021

were the team thats given up 120+ points in 13 of our last 15 games

interesting, i didn't know that the refs only worked nets games. you'd think they would employ fewer refs in that case.

Hart is a really good rebounder for his position

Add that to the #kyriequotes archives lol what a weirdo

Covid targeting the Nets, not cool

players calling for replays on obvious fouls is a pretty good nba reoccurring joke

gobert just suckered the jazz into actually reviewing one lol

Has kemba forgotten how to shoot?

yes

New statement from the NBA in response to @tim_cato report:

“With NBA teams now in the process of welcoming fans back into their arenas, all teams will play the national anthem in keeping with longstanding league policy.” https://t.co/jb8lTDz97V

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) February 10, 2021

The Mavericks will comply with the policy and play the national anthem tonight before playing host to Atlanta at American Airlines Center, league sources say

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) February 10, 2021

ugh fuck the man

what i would do is play this land is your land instead

that’s what we in the business call a news cycle baby

I think we should replace it with the Tom Cochrane smash hit “Life Is A Highway”

it is true that life is a highway