NBA 2020-21 reg season 1st half thread

tucker is a great intangibles guy

i think tucker is mostly past his prime but hes still very useful and a great teammate plug-n-play guy. he'd be helpful in the playoffs.

Demarcus Cousins: "Other 14 the guys in the locker room have done nothing to him. For us to be on the receiving end of disrespectful comments and antics...it's unfair to the rest of the guys in the locker room.

— Alykhan Bijani (@Rockets_Insider) January 13, 2021

tucker can guard 4/5 and play w/ another big bcuz he can shoot threes well, pretty much the exact sort of player every team needs in the playoffs

notorious sneakerhead too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7VKr9TT-kA

pic.twitter.com/aSrcer8bNh

— Russillo (@ryenarussillo) January 13, 2021

hahahahaha at both the harden and kyrie news, fucking entitled babies lmao

incredible video

wow at that twitter video with harden actively throwing the ball away, dude is literally costing himself millions of dollars with his petulance.

Was playing in GS really so bad, KD?

nah, maybe if there were no such thing as max contracts but he'll still get his max

xp

I support these guys honestly, love to be in my twenties

(harden is 31)

harden is basically doing the player version of the sam hinkie process. just like the state of the league incentivized tanking, it also incentivizes star players forcing their way off teams... harden (like hinkie) is just dropping the pretense of doing anything else than the thing he's incentivized to do

strong parallels with his on-court playing style too

yeah that he came into his own as a player (for better or worse) under morey is prob not a coincidence lol

HARDEN TO NETS CONFIRMED

yes all the good players please go to the east they could use a couple of them anyway thx

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1349464454333870082?s=20

Reporting w/ @RamonaShelburne: Brooklyn’s acquiring James Harden in a three-way deal with Cleveland. Caris LeVert, Dante Exum, Rodions Kurucs, four 1st round picks – including Cavs’ 2022 first via Bucks -- and 4 Nets pick swaps to Rockets. Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince to Cavs. https://t.co/qM0ZDH4dH3

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 13, 2021

wow no dinwiddie huh

maybe if there were no such thing as max contracts but he'll still get his max

anyway welcome james harden to park slope, now this is gonna be fun

tbh the only take i wanna hear is how kd feels about it

we did it!

got the three biggest superstar moody mopes in the league on the same team.

i mean if you had told me three years ago that the nets would be able to start kyrie, durant and harden i would've said "why are you wearing a surgical mask"

Updated trade summary:

Nets get - James Harden
Rockets get - Caris LeVert, Dante Exum, Rodions Kurucs, 4 1st round picks, 4 draft swaps
Cavs get - Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince

— FantasyLabs NBA (@FantasyLabsNBA) January 13, 2021

Sixers and Morey really let James Harden go join up with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving on a direct conference rival... because they got cold feet over Ben Simmons and Tyrese Maxey lol.

was kinda hoping it'd be philly rats

The Indiana Pacers are moving Victor Oladipo to the Rockets for package around Caris LeVert, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 13, 2021

Huuuuuh??????

this is spicy!

was kinda hoping it'd be philly rats

― ciderpress, Wednesday, January 13, 2021 4:19 PM (nineteen seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

same, wldve been an interesting team, idk what the nets are lol

whoa at dropping dipo

James Harden hired Jason Ranne and Chafie Fields from Wasserman to secure a trade for him. They worked closely with the Rockets and all teams involved to secure the deal. Wasserman also represented Russell Westbrook and worked closely with the Rockets on his trade to Wizards. https://t.co/4LG0hC5wmz

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) January 13, 2021

Yooooo i love this for the Pacers

working with Wasserman to understand what it means

the pacers-rockets part makes sense for both sides... pacers get a new oladipo on a longterm contract and the rockets get another player it can flip before the deadline

the degree to which the rockets didn’t want caris lavert is funny

pacers seriously just got levert for dipo who was gone after the season, damn

Oladipo didn’t want to be there and levert is a better player (imo). Both have injury concerns.

I’ve said this before but if the chemistry is right and everyone is healthy the sky is the limit for the Pacers

dipo is returning to form but no one in indy wanted him

with jarrett allen gone there is no one standing in the way of deandre jordan’s minutes... nets assistant GM matt armstrong pumping his fist

With the trade, Houston will go under the luxury tax by $3.65M and hard cap by $9.95M.

Before the deal is consummated, Houston will need to waive a player (had 14 on the roster before the deal and now sending out 1 and taking back 3).

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) January 13, 2021

The chief concern of this trade in Tilman Fertitta's eyes no doubt lol

The Brooklyn Nets were always interested in acquiring James Harden but the deal became imperative in light of the situation with Kyrie Irving.

Kyrie is willing to sit out the year if need be those close to him are saying.

— Jason Dumas (@JDumasReports) January 13, 2021

if need be what

what is this need?

what does it mean to be?

What does he want lollll

yah massive move by the pacers here. i like that team but not sure what their ceiling is without a top 5-10 player?

seems like a good situation for caris, but i'll miss him in brooklyn

I’d like to see the Nuggets grab Danuel House....