NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

I’m not trusting anyone in the west outside of the LA teams at the moment

The suns started 7-4 last season too. They are better for sure but it’s the suns... so we need to see more.

Wiggins has been pretty solid since I spoke ill of him. Starting to hear some "is he the third best player on the team" talk.

well... who else would it be

i could see the argument for just leaving that spot empty and going right to fourth best player...

1st team all defense baby

oubre surely will make a couple shots at some point right... RIGHT?

when would be a good time for us to revisit the conversation from the offseason about whether kelly oubre was too much to give up for chris paul

well... who else would it be

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, January 12, 2021 3:30 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

damion lee?

guys they are finally trying my idea of banning handshakes

― k3vin k., Tuesday, January 12, 2021 12:33 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

forgot to say congrats to kev for this big moment in ilh history. every time i see players hi5 after a shot i think of this idea so it will be awesome to see it play out in games. how many will reach for hands out of muscle memory? Are the refs authorized to give techs if they do it?

we'll see if things get bad enough that the league is forced to roll out my related idea "the lane is lava"

lol

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/nba-player-ratings/

tiny sample size but jokic lapping the field, especially in on-off RAPTOR

many xps and whatevs but:
"and what’s your searing insight on this situation forks?"
i already made it, yours was "don't care" so it shouldn't shock you if i shrug back

it's kind of funny that in a game where guys end up rubbing their full bodies against each other in a scrum under the basket and face up against one another while breathing heavily, the NBA thinks that the danger of COVID is in players dapping each other up

kinda weird to see collins on there xxp.

Nwaba must be really good on defense to make that list

confidence inspiring

Nets coach Steve Nash was asked if he's confident Kyrie Irving will be back this year. He replied, "sure."

— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) January 12, 2021

lol, welcome back steve

haaa

i wanna be like “this isn’t what steve nash signed up for” but actually it’s exactly what he signed up for

Gary Harris out tonight so Mike Malone is starting... Bol Bol

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Erkm7PLXMAUo1Gx?format=jpg&name=medium

russ hasnt done that?

yeah one would think

russ has a lot of games where he goes like 3 for 16 and ends up with 12 points would be my thinking

13-2-5-1-3 first quarter for Jokic there

respect once more for the Big O

Respect for Nikola too! Playing out of his mind right now.

Turning into a KD/Jokic duel

already 4x5 19-6-9-5-1

kd is goin off

This feels like a bubble game. Barclay’s is really dark like the bubble was...

really enjoying the very ragged end of phi/miami. overtime and the sixers are down to six available guys.

kd has murdered the nuggets rip

well the nuggets are bad in the 4th quarter now which is cool

kyrie contains multitudes

Want to know what Kyrie Irving is doing while the Nets are down double digits to the Denver Nuggets?

Irving is part of a Zoom program launch for @TahanieNYC candidacy for district attorney. https://t.co/0BDGRNCSOM

— Christopher Lavinio (@ChrisLavinio) January 13, 2021

lol "kai irving"

Really sucks that the nuggets were missing Harris tonight right when he was finding his groove

maybe kyrie just needs to take a gap year or a sabbatical or something. i'm sure it can be arranged.

is kyrie doing that thing where a dude goes off to college and starts going by a different version of his name, but instead of college he's chillin

ben simmons somehow managed to put up 5 points on 2-2 shooting in 32 mins vs the heat’s 8 man roster tonight lmao

and he fouled out!

Simmons is a strange player. I don’t really like watching him play.

James Harden: "I love this city. I've literally done everything I can. This situation is crazy. I don't think it can be fixed. Thanks."

He left the podium.

— Alykhan Bijani (@Rockets_Insider) January 13, 2021

Simmons is not an every day kind of player, we knew that in college

Joel Embiid tonight:

45 points
16 rebounds
4 assists
5 steals
1 block
16-23 FG
11-11 FT

He hit clutch shot after clutch shot all night long. I’ve watched every game he’s ever played. I unequivocally believe that was the single best performance of his career.

— Adam Aaronson (@SixersAdam) January 13, 2021

that's a stat line, wowser

the heat’s only big men tonight were precious achiuwa, kelly olynyk and chris silva so if it was unequivocally the best game embiid’s ever played that might not be as flattering as that guy thinks.....

How did Ben Simmons only shoot twice lol