@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
@ACT-Crusader I'm rooting for him because it makes the NBL a viable path and we may see more talent come this way.
Agree.
It will be interesting to see what happens with Jalen Green next year after his alternate pathway from High School to D League to Draft.
@mariner4life it'll end up being a secondary pathway IMO. the NCAA is going to let players make money sometime in the next year. Once the colleges figure out how they can exploit this then we are only really going to see G-League players in the NBL. We might end up as a Last Chance U for wayward superstars but I think just because of the corrupt bastards timing, of changing their stance on player payments, it's highly unlikely we will get blue chips again.
I just finished watching the Warriors v Raptors game, Curry hit his first shot and then didn’t hit another until there was less to an 3 minutes to go in the game.
Had plenty of good looks but just couldn’t hit.
Raptors are in a massive funk right now, but nonetheless a decent win for a Warriors team trying to get any sort of win!
Kyrie Irving has gone AWOL for undisclosed personal reasons. He was snapped at his sister's birthday party without a mask. There is no timetable on his return, and he will probably be stood down for not wearing said mask. Doing nothing to dispel the idea that he is a locker room cancer and allround bad teammate. I have no sympathy for KD though, he knew who he was getting into bed with
I feel sorry for Sean Marks, he must be spewing after carefully building a strong team culture
@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
I feel sorry for Sean Marks, he must be spewing after carefully building a strong team culture
He knew what he was getting into with signing Kyrie.
@KiwiMurph said in NBA Season 20/21:
@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
I feel sorry for Sean Marks, he must be spewing after carefully building a strong team culture
He knew what he was getting into with signing Kyrie.
Yes he did. Seduced by KD who wanted Kyrie as well. He swung for the fences but chose the wrong stars to hitch his wagon to
Nets quietly playing better without Kyrie...
And Patty Mills is in some seriously good form right now. With all the ups and downs that will ply out this season, they might snag an unlikely playoff spot. Murray is a massive talent but man he is frustrating sometimes.
@ACT-Crusader I'm quietly impressed by our start actually
@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
@KiwiMurph said in NBA Season 20/21:
@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
I feel sorry for Sean Marks, he must be spewing after carefully building a strong team culture
He knew what he was getting into with signing Kyrie.
Yes he did. Seduced by KD who wanted Kyrie as well. He swung for the fences but chose the wrong stars to hitch his wagon to
Now Sean Marks has traded for James Harden.
Will be a fun ride whatever happens.
@KiwiMurph said in NBA Season 20/21:
@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
@KiwiMurph said in NBA Season 20/21:
@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
I feel sorry for Sean Marks, he must be spewing after carefully building a strong team culture
He knew what he was getting into with signing Kyrie.
Yes he did. Seduced by KD who wanted Kyrie as well. He swung for the fences but chose the wrong stars to hitch his wagon to
Now Sean Marks has traded for James Harden.
Will be a fun ride whatever happens.
Damn I was going to float that!!! Trade for Kyrie or bringing all 3 together? That is a dumpster fire waiting to be lit
@KiwiMurph Wow, Sean is going all in. On paper these are strong moves and I only see his reputation being enhanced. The main flaw I see could be his choice of head coach, if it comes out that they are not listening to Steve
They should try to trade Kyrie for Ben Simmons straight up. Both teams improve immediately (assuming Kyrie mans up and stops being a cancerous fckwit)
I'm not sure why the Pacers were happy to trade Oladipo to the Rockets in all this. Unless his contract is nearing an end.
@voodoo said in NBA Season 20/21:
They should try to trade Kyrie for Ben Simmons straight up. Both teams improve immediately (assuming Kyrie mans up and stops being a cancerous fckwit)
If I'm the GM I don't want Kyrie near my team
@Bovidae said in NBA Season 20/21:
I'm not sure why the Pacers were happy to trade Oladipo to the Rockets in all this. Unless his contract is nearing an end.
He is an unrestricted FA at the end of this season
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season 20/21:
@Bovidae said in NBA Season 20/21:
I'm not sure why the Pacers were happy to trade Oladipo to the Rockets in all this. Unless his contract is nearing an end.
He is an unrestricted FA at the end of this season
He must have not wanted to stay, or at least suggested this by not signing an extension. Funny because I thought he seemed to have found a home there, in the same state as he played college hoops
@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season 20/21:
@Bovidae said in NBA Season 20/21:
I'm not sure why the Pacers were happy to trade Oladipo to the Rockets in all this. Unless his contract is nearing an end.
He is an unrestricted FA at the end of this season
He must have not wanted to stay, or at least suggested this by not signing an extension. Funny because I thought he seemed to have found a home there, in the same state as he played college hoops
I don’t think it’s an easy situation for him given they are a fringe team right now and unless they were making other moves they were never going to contend. Plus holding out he may have got close to a max deal given there aren’t a huge number of big name players coming off contract at the end of 2021.
@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
@ACT-Crusader I'm quietly impressed by our start actually
I’m a DeRozan fan. He was never going to be a superstar, but I love his mid range game and when he attacks the basket and dunks on guys.
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season 20/21:
@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
@ACT-Crusader I'm quietly impressed by our start actually
I’m a DeRozan fan. He was never going to be a superstar, but I love his mid range game and when he attacks the basket and dunks on guys.
he and LMA are enough to get us to .400. Mills playing great ball, and the continued development of Murray could push us to .500 and a playoff spot. We're first round fodder though.
It's a bit of a crazy season though, the lack of crowds is really warping sport around the world.
@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
and now i've just read Harden to the Nets in a 4-team trade deal?
madness
on court results aside, Sean Marks is making waves as GM
@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
and now i've just read Harden to the Nets in a 4-team trade deal?
madness
Can someone explain to me what a 4 team trade deal is?
@Hooroo said in NBA Season 20/21:
@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
and now i've just read Harden to the Nets in a 4-team trade deal?
madness
Can someone explain to me what a 4 team trade deal is?
Like a merry go round. Team A trades something to team B who trades something to team C who trades something to team D. So all teams get what they want when team A couldn't just trade to team D
@Hooroo said in NBA Season 20/21:
@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
and now i've just read Harden to the Nets in a 4-team trade deal?
madness
Can someone explain to me what a 4 team trade deal is?
Given the size of Harden’s contract at Houston and the fact that Nets current salary load with just 3 players (KD, Kyrie and Harris), it would take a multiple team deal to get Harden to the Nets.
Nice to see the Knicks on tv. Get a bit tired of the same teams being shown again and again.
@Magpie_in_aus god i fucking LOVE that movie
@KiwiMurph said in NBA Season 20/21:
@canefan Kyrie stays (for now).
Just for those who missed the details of the trade.
ESPN saying that Harden is only the second player to be traded the year after being the league's top scorer. The first player was Tracy McGrady.
@Bovidae said in NBA Season 20/21:
ESPN saying that Harden is only the second player to be traded the year after being the league's top scorer. The first player was Tracy McGrady.
That was when T-Mac went from the Magic after the 03-04 season to the Rockets where he spent the next 6 seasons I think. Magic also sacked their coach during the season after T-Mac left.
Magic didn’t make the playoffs in 03-04 and lost in the first round the two previous seasons despite T-Mac leading the league in scoring in 2 of those 3 seasons.
Rockets with T-Mac and Yao lost in the first round to the Mavs. Was an awesome series that one.
@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
@Magpie_in_aus god i fucking LOVE that movie
Totally, after watching that clip I'm gonna have to rewatch the whole thing again, yay working from home
Surely if you're Sean Marks aka the future GM GOAT, you trade Kyrie for 3-4 role players/defenders/rebounders now? Ideally non sage-burning hyper-emotional nutcases. Unless you're playing with 3 balls this trio is otherwise going to implode IMO.
Not sure how long they can keep this regular season going like this. Postponed games every night, teams barely scraping 8 players, results being skewed by significant outs, some big minutes being forced on some players, new restrictions on players, coaches and support staff.
I reckon they shorten the season to 45-50 games.
Anyone else watch Nets v Magic yesterday? Harden with an opening game 30 point TD. Loved Steve Nash post game press conference “he definitely stuffed the star sheet. He almost got a quadruple double”. Harden had 9 turnovers 
Harden at least looked interested and played decent defence. Some of the turnovers were errant passes which you could put down to lack of chemistry. He worked well with Jeff Green. KD was at his efficient best with 42 points on only 26 shots. Harris was hitting too.
If Kyrie comes back there is a very good ‘small ball’ lineup of KD, Green, Harris, Kyrie and Harden to close out games. Throw Shamet into the mix if you want more shooting and depending on the opposition.
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season 20/21:
Not sure how long they can keep this regular season going like this. Postponed games every night, teams barely scraping 8 players, results being skewed by significant outs, some big minutes being forced on some players, new restrictions on players, coaches and support staff.
I reckon they shorten the season to 45-50 games.
the schedule now has more postponed games than those played. Some teams are just hammered, it's a complete sham at this point.
But i don't think the league can afford to not play can they? No league can.
