i’m not sure what we get out of the NBA being like “yeah our refs screwed up royally at the end there” but it happening like every game for years on end
― J0rdan S., Friday, 11 September 2020 00:15 (three years ago) link
i think the purpose is to make it clear that they know what their own rules are, they haven't changed and although a poor interpretation of the rules led to a team losing, um... see point one
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 11 September 2020 00:39 (three years ago) link
Rockets getting bullied
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 11 September 2020 00:43 (three years ago) link
jordan said it right the other day--this series is over
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 September 2020 00:45 (three years ago) link
beginning to think not ever playing a center is maybe not the best strategy
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Friday, 11 September 2020 00:51 (three years ago) link
removing all plausible centers from your roster doesnt give you a lot of flexibility as far as playing centers goes
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
you gotta have a center
― ciderpress, Friday, 11 September 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
interesting that all the teams poised to make deep, or deeper-than-expected, runs this year are highly versatile and can play with different lineups and different offensive and defensive styles. i wonder if the houston rockets have noticed this trend.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 September 2020 01:34 (three years ago) link
it didnt show up in the data
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
an interesting fact I read the other day is that there are 5 positions in basketball and one of them is center. It's usually the taller players.
― Fetchboy, Friday, 11 September 2020 01:36 (three years ago) link
you should email the rockets
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 01:38 (three years ago) link
If your center happens to be Anthony Davis that helps too
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 11 September 2020 01:50 (three years ago) link
what are the other "positions" and are the rockets familiar with them
think how far they could go with this knowledge 🚀
― Clay, Friday, 11 September 2020 01:51 (three years ago) link
Harden 2-11 from the field, 1/6 from 3... finishes with 21 points, 16 coming at the freethrow line.
How does any human being actually enjoy watching this?? Shit is abhorrent, and execs like Morey that actively encourage it are a plague.
― Sabre of Paradise (trevor phillips), Friday, 11 September 2020 01:52 (three years ago) link
the rockets experiment...
3 games in a row. That's demoralizing. https://t.co/8nfV8yVENp— pickuphoop (@pickuphoop) September 11, 2020
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 01:52 (three years ago) link
I wasn’t able to watch this no doubt exhilarating game of hooping and hoisting but did notice checking the box score just now that the rebound advantage for the Lakers was 52-26. They literally had twice as many rebounds. Seems connected somehow to the above conversation about centers but I can’t put my finger on it.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:02 (three years ago) link
need to use machine learning
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:03 (three years ago) link
russ never making any effort to fix his obviously fucked up jump shot
At the apex of a jump shot, the vertical velocity of the body approaches zero so shooting at the apex or slightly after puts more pressure on the upper body energy transfer @bballbreakdown pic.twitter.com/YvhLCsXCMk— BBiomechanics (@BBiomechanics) September 11, 2020
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:06 (three years ago) link
its funny how the next level genius analytics team ended up with the two most bizarrely flawed superstars
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:10 (three years ago) link
― lag∞n, Thursday, September 10, 2020 8:32 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ciderpress, Thursday, September 10, 2020 8:33 PM (thirty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
remember how good they were w clint capela and chris paul, well, better fuck all that up by trading them
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Friday, 11 September 2020 02:11 (three years ago) link
honestly, they should totally blow the team up and start over. harden should be on the table.
cld see it happening tho theyll prob fuck around a couple years firing coaches and front office guys first
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:12 (three years ago) link
i'm guessing morey and dantoni are definitely gone if they go down in 5
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:13 (three years ago) link
do they have any assets really? harden obv very movable (not sure about rwb) but surely they've traded all their picks for the next 20 years
― Clay, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:13 (three years ago) link
::fires up trade machine for harden to the knicks ideas::
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:14 (three years ago) link
dantonis gone for sure i mean letting a coach play out his contract is the kiss of death, and who knows if he even wants to come back
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:15 (three years ago) link
if only there were some shot in between threes and dunks
• Rockets 3PT attempts per game against OKC: 51• Rockets 3PT attempts per game against LAL: 38.8• Rockets 3PT attempts per game against LAL since Rondo returned: 31.5-----simply put: Vogel is forcing Houston from their comfort zone and daring them to meet AD at the rim— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) September 11, 2020
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
the most surprising thing in that tweet is rondo having a positive effect on defense
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:21 (three years ago) link
playoff rondo is real, and hes my friend
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:23 (three years ago) link
houston's future draft pick situation turns out to be unsurprisingly complicated and ugly and destitute good luck guys
― Clay, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:25 (three years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhmbCa8XkAEe89G?format=jpg&name=small
this...works?
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Friday, 11 September 2020 02:26 (three years ago) link
or maybe dipo+myles turner...bc u know centers are good
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Friday, 11 September 2020 02:27 (three years ago) link
i did a three team thing with blake and wall and westbrook and it just made me more miserable looking at it
― Clay, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:28 (three years ago) link
hahahaha
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Friday, 11 September 2020 02:29 (three years ago) link
clay that is a very dark trade, is everything ok?
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:30 (three years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:30 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/HKGyUIz.png
you can just trade the three of 'em for each other without fussing with it it almost has to happen
― Clay, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:35 (three years ago) link
xposts re: Pacers trades - Reminiscent of the Celtics “upgrading” from IT to Kyrie (IT’s immediate physical breakdown notwithstanding). Sometimes I’d rather have the lower ceiling but keep the more likable team/players. Need those good vibez
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:38 (three years ago) link
― Clay, Thursday, September 10, 2020 10:35 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
lmao this is horrific, the trade we need now
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:41 (three years ago) link
lo when the much-loathéd three-headed beast doth switch stations this is the final sign
― Clay, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:46 (three years ago) link
lol three unwatchable teams.....will remain unwatchable
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 September 2020 02:54 (three years ago) link
I’m so excited that I’m going to see the Lakers vs. Clippers for the Western Conference Finals!!! The battle of the best in LA!— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) September 11, 2020
I think whoever wins four games first will advance to the NBA Finals!— Trevor (@trvorXX) September 11, 2020
― frogbs, Friday, 11 September 2020 03:01 (three years ago) link
magic is the best person on twitter
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Friday, 11 September 2020 03:22 (three years ago) link
the dark age of nba trades
― ciderpress, Friday, 11 September 2020 04:19 (three years ago) link
Westbrook on the wizards would be proof of karma
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 11 September 2020 06:21 (three years ago) link
It was amazing to me to see how teams just stop biting on pump fakes in the playoffs. Somehow they can’t bring themselves to do it in the regular season and I think that’s a big explanation for James Harden’s career.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 11 September 2020 15:12 (three years ago) link
classic regular season player all around
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 September 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
the refs also dont call the touch fouls as much in the offs
― Spottie, Friday, 11 September 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
need to get harden on another fast pace / all shooters like the 2017 one where he played pg, that was far and away the most watchable harden rockets iteration
― ciderpress, Friday, 11 September 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
*fast pace / all shooters team
― ciderpress, Friday, 11 September 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link