part two of the nba 2020-21 anything but regular season

I have a theory that a sort of "meta sports fandom" has emerged, basically people who are engaged with following a sports -- could include listening to sports talk radio or podcasts, watching ESPN, following it on Twitter or IG -- but not actually *watching* sports

i was writing that when spottie posted jinx

def

yeah that’s basically how i keep tabs on the patriots and sox. i’m sure as shit not actually watching a baseball game.

its nearly impossible to watch a baseball game. even if you record and ffwd its still easily two hours of your time. i can get through a hoops game in 45 minutes.

i was writing that when spottie posted jinx

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haa

some anecdotal evidence from hanging out with (+ arguing/debating) my 15-25 y/o nephews/cousins is that they really dont watch full reg season games, like at all. they might tune into a big matchup here or there but if lebron isnt playing or whatever then they wont watch. they just scroll the socials and follow the B/R and highlight aggregators and get their hoops fix that way... snippets and individual game stats. also all of them are AZ natives and none of them care about the suns, they just follow lebron or kyrie or whatever.

it's prob also easier to rack up the social media points if you're not bogged down in the flow of a single game but are instead posting micheal scott reaction gifs to a dozen clips an hour

what

13-year NBA veteran Anderson Varejao plans to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers for the remainder of the season, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Varejao is returning to the franchise with which he’s spent 12 decorated years.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 30, 2021

what? aren't there like 2 weeks left in the season?

makes sense, cavs are only 7 games back on the last play-in spot and he’s only been completely out of the league for 4 years

they want him to retire there prob?

prob join the coaching squad or something after this season

why are the celtics down 20 in the first q

they decided that only tatum was allowed to score and the maximum number of points was 12

looks like the spurs havent missed a single shot yet as well

😬

The boos in here are not quiet.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) May 1, 2021

They were down 30 now tied. Nice comeback

ah tatum good look to win at the buzzer, ot

nesmith is good now i guess

bards played the same lineup for a half an hour straight tho idk wouldve been better to hit that shot

This is a great game

No foul

man it would be so fuckin impressive of the Celtics to come back here

Just massive shots back and forth love it

damn nice victory

having watched derozan assassinate the celtics so many times over the years it was bittersweet seeing him brick a bunch of shots down the stretch

unbelievable

The beautiful game

tatum tied the alltime celtics single game scoring record with that bird game where atlantas bench was cheering for him

insane performance by tatum

zero turnovers

32 points down ppl on twitter are saying its the 3rd biggest comeback in nba history, someone else said in the last 40 years tho so idk

either way big comeback baby

some cute deuce content in the postgame.

also tristan thompson leading the postgame congrats. every couple days i sit back, sip my coffee, and wonder if kevin o'connor is ever going to publicly take responsibility for his reporting at the trade deadline that everyone on the team hated thompson and that he was absolutely getting shipped out. as everyone know i'm not the biggest fan of tristan but he serves a purpose on the team and it seems clear based on all interactions i can see that he is liked just fine.

yeah tho someone said on twitter said that it was actually some other lesser known nba writer on the podcast who laid the whole thing out and all oconnor said was "yeah i heard the same thing", but i didnt look into it

and credit where its due tristan was good tonight mixed in some good defense with his usual offensive rebounds

yeah i think chris vernon initiated the topic but o'connor emphatically doubled down. really bad job from someone who is supposed to have sources and be a real journalist.

tristan was definitely good tonight, played a ton of minutes when they needed him to hold down the fort against poeltl.

hes seems to be coming around in general more defense less trying to do stuff with the ball, celtics are still passing to him way too much tho

yeah i think chris vernon initiated the topic but o'connor emphatically doubled down. really bad job from someone who is supposed to have sources and be a real journalist.

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maybe tristan started the rumor cause he didnt want to get traded

ooh good call, he does have a reality tv background

Don’t like Vernon so don’t end up listening to much KOC but Tristan seems like a good teammate

yeah hes got handshakes with everyone always seems supportive and whatnot

xp oh yeah, vernon is terrible. i actually went and sought out that episode after it got aggregated all over the place.

Seems like he could get a better pod partner or even just do his own thing and bring in guests

If the suns win this game they move to 1st place I believe.

who wouldve thought

My bud said they’d be a top 3 seed and I laughed and we put tacos on it

my excitement for the big west 1-2 matchup was tempered rather quickly when i found out that all the jazz guards are hurt

Same