NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

zinger is gonna get knee covid

want to give him the benefit of the doubt... but what's going on here

The Nets say Kyrie Irving is out again tomorrow.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) January 11, 2021

caris has been in his ear

Caris LeVert in the 3 games both Kyrie and KD didn’t play this season

31.0 PPG
5.3 RPG
9.0 APG
2.3 SPG
47% FG
39% 3P pic.twitter.com/UzU8IhSC9e

— Top Ball Coverage (@TopBallCoverage) January 9, 2021

Lol I wouldn’t be surprised. Gotta think there are some mixed emotions having prima donna superstars descend on your team. And with Kyrie’s just asking questions mindset I’d personally find it tempting to mess with him

suns losing by 26 to the wiz at halftime this season is wild as hell

i solemnly attest that i just saw dwight howard make a 3-pointer live and on television in a real nba game

He's made a couple this year so far.

Gordon Hayward is having an awesome season

back to the halcyon days of the '16-'17 jazz

happy for gordon i always knew he was good, also happy hes not on the celtics anymore

kyrie is really securing his place in the "troubled superstar" category here. just talk about it!

Kyrie pretty clearly needs help

raptors & blazers was maybe the first bit of entertaining endgame i've seen so far this year

CJ is cooking this season.

raptors now are tied with detroit for the worst record in the league 2-8

cj 2nd in war per KP and that was before tonight

Updated WARP leaderboard: pic.twitter.com/Aa3ZMUKmbj

— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) January 11, 2021

bucks fans... pretend malcolm brogdon's name isn't on this list

cj making a leap this year was not at all in my expectations

shoulda know this fucking asshole

Sources with @Malika_Andrews: As the NBA is expected to begin examining online videos circulating of a maskless Kyrie Irving at a family birthday party, there’s no belief that he will return to the Brooklyn Nets lineup this week.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 12, 2021

i had money on him at least making it through to the all-star break, jeez

oops

hey maybe that's an indigenous thing too

lmao

lol!

if only he weren't so outrageously talented, it would be a lot easier to just go with "lol kyrie" but it's a bummer that he can't find at least enough balance in his life to not so regularly impact his playing career... it's not like he doesn't seem to be a guy with his heart mostly in the right place!

Kyrie Irving donated 1.5 million to WNBA players who opted out of the bubble this year, 323K to Feeding America, and partnered with an NYC charity to provide 250K meals. Maybe let’s not have a referendum on his character because he doesn’t want to talk to beat writers.

— Sean Keane (@seankeane) December 5, 2020

philanthropy as always doesnt say much about a very rich person

neither does playing hooky from work

yeah i dont have much enthusiasm for caring about the character of celebrities either way tbh

i mean kyrie is a team cancer obvs, but inability to fit in in the nba doesnt mean youre a bad person

i think it’s funny that the nets season is already collapsing but aside from that i find it hard to care too much about kyrie skipping out on shitty useless pandemic basketball

yeah

powerful insight, thanks

i'd probably be annoyed if i was a nets fan but yeah

the good thing is the nets dont have any fans

and what’s your searing insight on this situation forks?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vXAGKXWGXWw/hqdefault.jpg

i just want to know what KD is thinking... and Nash.

Remember when people thought the hornets signing Hayward was a huge blunder

Kyrie is a coach killer, an absolute flake and that’s just how it is. You can’t be a top 10 player doing that and it’s hard to win a title doing it either. But sports is mostly art; enjoy the cool things he does on court.

love the craft

Remember when people thought the hornets signing Hayward was a huge blunder

into the contract!

lol

Hayward was awesome last season, continues to be awesome. Seems like a good thing for the Hornets.

the big downside risk for the hornets is hayward is injury prone, other than that hes good player paid like a great one which for this hornets team thats prob not going to need him to generate quality looks in big playoff games is fine

i don't think anyone ever questioned the quality of his play. it is a question of whether a. he can stay healthy b. it's worth it for the hornets to get a 7-10 seed, lose in the first round of the playoffs a few times and end up w/ a bunch of non lottery picks to build their future around lonzo

yeah being bad this year prob wouldve been a better plan

i mean kyrie is a team cancer obvs, but inability to fit in in the nba doesnt mean youre a bad person

― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 12:38 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm

it's not that the other side of the hayward argument -- that making the playoffs a few times and having a very competent professional player like hayward around their young players -- is completely unfathomable or anything... but not sure we can call it either way after 11 games

yeah being bad this year prob wouldve been a better plan

― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 1:52 PM (one minute ago)

and yeah honestly w/ the way this draft is shaping up they prob should've bottomed out again in a season w/ no fans to begin w/ and gotten one of these studs in the top 5

The Boston Celtics-Orlando Magic game on Wednesday is expected to be postponed, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 12, 2021