NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

wild stuff!

OMG KINGS

What a win over the Nuggets. Hustle plays all over in OT. De'Aaron Fox with the block to save it and Buddy Hield with the tip-in to win it.

INCREDIBLE pic.twitter.com/48fZwW4cpl

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) December 24, 2020

immediately running off the court is always one of my favorite celebrations

Even better with no fans there

The jazz make so much more sense with bojan playing

i think they have as good a shot as any team in the non LA tier

Love when the ball does unpredictable things around the hoop ring

This basket from Josh Richardson lol pic.twitter.com/fZYAzAqg5o

— Jackson Frank (@jackfrank_jjf) December 24, 2020

brett brown trading mikael bridges for zhaire smith in his short tenure as acting GM turned out to be such an awful move lol

ive been using that hosted.stats.com page for years but sometimes it stops updating for a bit during games, it's not 100% reliable

suns crunch time 5 makes a lot of sense and they’re not even using crowder really at all. they look like a top 7 seed to me

i'm still having a hard time watching any of this without constantly thinking that 3/4 of these guys are gonna get covid

wont they all be vaccinated by the end of jan

When they tested all the players before the bubble, 10% had active infections. 10% had active infections before the start of the regular season. Pretty easy to see that they were all gonna get it anyway

Obi Toppin's movement defensively on the perimeter is rough pic.twitter.com/wtzEqfMQKN

— Jackson Frank (@jackfrank_jjf) December 24, 2020

idk i think he fits pretty well with the team they've got now

same insofar as a bunch of other players drafted around him are going to be much better

obi stumbling around like bambi on ice out there

even on offense he moves around like he has a 2x4 nailed to his back

"siri, create a player in nba2k named Skip Legday"

it's really as bad as advertised. the guy cannot move unless it's in a straight line.

same insofar as a bunch of other players drafted around him are going to be much better

― J0rdan S., Thursday, December 24, 2020 1:57 PM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yep

gotta thank the knicks for picking him and the suns for getting jalen smith bc the spurs got a real one in vassell

I’m rooting for Obi but the only way I see it working is if he’s a top 10 offensive player

yeah kinda feel like hes gotta be KAT-like in this way

his lateral movement is certainly not catlike haha

lolol
obi toppin more like slowly topplin

obi toppin more like oh (he) be (walking like his legs are) two pins

new stats thread because a fascist mod locked the old one NBA NUMB3RS 2020-21

the word u r looking 4 is "fastidious" binch

new stats thread because a fascist binch locked the old one NBA NUMB3RS 2020-21

A1 From Day 1 https://t.co/3nZT95vk6l

— Anthony Edwards (@theantedwards_) December 24, 2020

The nba must have cancelled their class for rookies on how to handle the media string together cliches and put fans to sleep.

lol that’s an amazing interview. I’ll play him in tennis for $100 tho

kid has a great personality, that interview also reinforces his whole "i only play basketball for money" thing

I’m liking what I’m seeing from RJ Barrett

Is there a team worse than the bulls this year? Looking pretty dire there

okc or nyk maybe?

I think Reddish and Hunter contribute more for the Hawks this year than Gallinari and Bogdanovic

Oh yeah knicks I guess

ESPN is clearly experimenting with a zoomed-in view with Pelicans-Heat. It's not quite as close as Mobile View on NBA League Pass, but it's way closer than the standard broadcast. What does everyone think? pic.twitter.com/EoisOkFVkf

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) December 25, 2020

watching now and this is atrocious. you can't see the near corner or the very top of the 3-pt arc half the time!

they shd just do closeups on guys faces the ball swishing through the net slow mo put some emotional music over it shit like that

This is a fun Zion game

ok i was wondering what was going on w the camera angle, it’s very bad

zion is

— a free throw machine
— one of the best rebounders in the league
— unstoppable on the fast break

some big christmas day records being set today, witnessing history

brandon ingram heard duncan robinson broke his xmas day record for threes made and started going off

The Ingram vs Simmons debate is still alive

do you even need to say “tough day for Bledsoe” anymore, isn’t it implied by the fact of his being on the court

Zion’s FT stroke looks better to me

i see a lot of games in zion's future this year where he puts up those kinds of lines and is still -13

The Heat are exciting. Cool team