NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

zion strong man

The Bourbon Street Bully sent Tristan Thompson flying lolll

cool game

the officiating has been suboptimal

yeah less cool now

the final minute + ot is taking about half the game’s runtime, really bad

Lol calling double lane violation on a made free throw

zion’s been blocked 4 times today and it feels like 8. gotta be the most in his career

Just an absurd block by @rob_williamsIII pic.twitter.com/H30tIcpifY

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) February 21, 2021

zion’s been blocked 4 times today and it feels like 8. gotta be the most in his career

― k3vin k., Sunday, February 21, 2021 6:34 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

he gets blocked the most of anyone iirc, prob cause all his shot attempts are from two feet

rob williams shd be starting, he makes plays, he makes multiple plays every game

he also won like 5 different jump balls, which is a fun skill

Nets winning on a harden flop

Steve Ballmer's energy 😅 pic.twitter.com/LbiGi5Jsaa

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) February 22, 2021

is steve ballmer actually a baby? an investigation.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have dismissed coach Ryan Saunders, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 22, 2021

whoa

Chris Finch is becoming the new Timberwolves head coach on a full-time basis, not as an interim, sources said. The Timberwolves fired Ryan Saunders tonight after loss to the Knicks in New York. https://t.co/HFVdycuEUv

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 22, 2021

finch was actively working as an assistant with the raps as far as i can tell? i know he's been a guy that's been talked about anytime there's a head coaching vacancy for a while now but i can't remember an assistant for another team being hired into a fulltime role in the middle of a season before.

Uhhh ... 😅😅😅 pic.twitter.com/LZkHZGAyFa

— #RingerNBA (@ringernba) February 22, 2021

the wolves are a very messy org

hire flips son for sentimental reasons but then also fire him half a season later for basketball reasons

gersson roasas has been the worst executive in basketball since he got hired so good luck from here i guess

Make it make sense. Respectfully. https://t.co/4crtNzWV0W

— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) February 22, 2021

huh
I'm just really surprised Vanterpool wasn't made interim, locally on sports talk it was kind of assumed that's what would happen if Ryan got fired

based on dame and cj's reactions you aren't the only one

uh it seems more than a little messy for some players to get involved with the front office decisions of another team

this was the first step if the wolves have any hope of turning it around w/ this group of players. there was no evidence that saunders had any qualifications to be a head coach for any franchise except the one who employed his dad

Just saw a stat that dlo kat and beasley have only played like 100 minutes together

afaik vanterpool has been considered a qualified head coach candidate for a while now, so it's not amazing for his team to go poach another team's white assistant coach for a guaranteed job in the middle of a season.

useful thread

I'm curious the last time a team hired a person from totally outside their organization to coach the team mid-season. Knicks did it a long time ago, back in 1990, just before Riley took the reins.

— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) February 22, 2021

it's kind of insane how bad gersson rosas has been... what's the best move he's made since taking over? i can't even think of one. signing naz reid to a 2 way?

getting beasley is the only useful thing he's done and that's like a B- move

the Wiggins Russell trade would have been okay if dangelo played much and they also didn’t throw in one of the more valuable possible assets in the league

getting beasley is the only useful thing he's done and that's like a B- move

I mean, we all know the history of the Wolves but this stat is really striking

Timberwolves have had 13 head coaches w/ 82 games (full season’s worth) or more. Ryan Saunders’ .314 winning % places him exactly in middle — 7th best or worst, take your pick.

— Reusse (@Patrick_Reusse) February 22, 2021

the worst winning pct in nba history

oh I'm sure, just something striking about half the team's coaches being worse than Ryan Saunders.

at this point I'm not even sure an owner who was trying to do the Major League "be bad on purpose" trick could have done worse

Giving Beasley that extension after his offseason behavior and after picking Edwards gives me Donald Sterling Clippers vibes. They’re the team that drafts and trades for head cases with no real rhyme or reason.

Edwards? he's been the opposite of a headcase

like people can't stop talking about what a good teammate he is, the only bright spot this season

Beasley is an amazing talent but how could this be the right situation for him? That’s what the clippers did, just drafted the most obviously talented guy who would impress Sterling

Edwards is a nice guy who thinks basketball is a joke. That’s probably still a better fit for them than LaMelo

You're basing that off of one bullshit pre draft storm in a teacup quote. watch him play. he's infectious, he has fun, he's talented. it's kind of sick how these kids get a "bad reputation" off nothing.

well, he did tell ESPN on the record that he doesn’t like basketball that much and would rather play in the NFL. it’s not exactly what you want to hear and i think increases the burden of proof wrt whether he will fulfill the promise of being a no 1 pick. but i wouldn’t call him a headcase he’s clearly a likable kid

Javale’s a fun guy

ok skip

feel like edwards was prob just goofin off about the nfl and whatnot he even said some funny stuff at the same time

i mean he could be in the nfl if he wanted to

he is known to goof off as well

anyway he seems like he might be very good at basketball at some point in the future