NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

has no idea how to be active and engaged, maybe it will some/maybe it won't

30/8/8 through 3 for Steph warriors look completely different with draymond back and getting his lungs back

and playing the kings who look absolutely terrible

has no idea how to be active and engaged, maybe it will some/maybe it won't

feel like zion relishes being physical on offense but is the exact opposite on defense. that said i don't think it's unusual for young players of his stature (esp ones who are so offensively gifted) to take a while to really become defensive beasts, like 3 years at least in lots of cases. at some point in his career i would expect him to be in better shape and throwing his body around on defense in a scary way

Hawks quickly losing back to back against the knicks and cavs. They have some serious defensive issues

def a number of suspect defenders on that roster

their uniforms have looked really great

otm

feel like they haven’t gotten much out of bogdanovic, at least relative to what they’re paying him, and gallo basically hasn’t played. been getting decent production from capela. when you watch them it’s still really trae, huerter, reddish, hunter, and collins — who all have looked pretty good! just still so young idk how much you can expect, def on the defensive end

i like their guys. feels like a primordial version of a future good offense-first team kinda like what the nuggets were 3-4 years ago

i like them too they need more playmaking besides just trae tho

bogdan & gallo will help in that dept but it will be interesting to see how they weave it all together rotation wise especially with reddish & hunter looking pretty good and needing to play. rondo has also been in and out of the rotation for them. there’s a lot to work with they just need to figure out the right combos

thinking more long term, their core etc...

reddish could maybe grow into it

seems unlikely

i really like the potential 2nd unit of rondo, huerter, gallo, bogdan and fernando

watching portland struggle to hang with the bulls is encouraging, they're one of the best teams in the east right

somehow this season is weirder than the one they played inside a bubble

spurs just beat the pg-less clips. kawhi missed a potential game-tying 3.

Pdx blew a 20 p lead to the bulls yikes

Bulls have won 4/5 ok then

things are actually going well for the blazers this was the plan all along

weird night of games in general

i'm worried that KOC is right about the Blazers

Another nice game for Campazzo, outplayed rubio tbh

22.9% of the league's games have featured a team leading by 30+ points (at any part of the game).

Pretty insane

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) January 6, 2021

killian hayes has the jonny flynn/isaiah thomas hip injury which is not good at all.

these kids with the tight hips sitting around playing xbox all day!

Bulls are .500 baby!!! All thanks to me. They turned it around when I said to my friend as we were watching a game "ok they have a whole quarter to lose their double digit lead, I guarantee you it won't hold". Yet it did.

lol brooks mustve really done something to piss bron off

LeBron. clutch bucket, has a message for everyone about Dillon Brooks. pic.twitter.com/ovUQ4v5JAt

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 6, 2021

the "yr 2 short" taunt is one of my favs bc only in hoops can exceptionally tall men be told they are not big enough

lebron has gotten so good at that fadeaway. he might be able to play until hes 44.

this is still one of my favorite hoop things of the last handful of years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuoJ_ipNS-8

mark jones rules

he'll be a better version of jordan on the wizards

bron is def built/has built his game to play a long time, injuries are what forces most guys out ultimately but hes been almost injury free, who knows if he wants to play till hes 44, it gets harder every year, but he prob can if he does

i wonder if lebron will play past the point where he can no longer bully into the lane; seems like that would be the equivalent of ryu without a dragon punch.

his final form will prob be as a high post threat

Suns coach Monty Williams: " I feel like everybody else: I'm confused as to what I'm, even though we've heard that this kind of thing could happen, there's still a level of confusion and sadness."

— Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) January 7, 2021

Nurse says Kyle Lowry and Chris Paul spoke earlier and will speak again before the game, re: any potential action or demonstration by the teams.

— Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) January 7, 2021

Bard Beal about to drop a 60 burger

brab beal burger

the real BBB

49-43 quarter seems normal

good game between the heat and celts tonight

the celtics two bigs starting lineup is driving me insane saw thomson try to make an inside pass to theis im mad

Orlando’s Markelle Fultz has suffered a torn left ACL, source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 7, 2021

a lot happening today but this sucks also

dang

god dammit, poor markelle

the celtics two bigs starting lineup is driving me insane saw thomson try to make an inside pass to theis im mad

― lag∞n, Wednesday, January 6, 2021 9:32 PM (eight minutes ago)

i once again return to why they just passed on a free look at myles turner