2020-2021 NBA Season thread

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by Scoobay

speaking of which - where's Frank? has he played this year? is he hurt?

perpetual knee issues

[sefant77]

Sprained right knee....and i still want him on the team

[EricaLubarsky]

The Wizards are now set to have to play 41 games in 67 days

[EricaLubarsky]

Wizards are 2-2 when Westbrook sits and 1-8 when he plays. Maybe Cuban was right?

[Dallas41]

Originally Posted by Dallas41

Houston came out of this with a much more well rounded team

Wall
Oladipo
Tucker
Woods
Cousins

By season's end I think that'll be there starting unit

Nostradamus lol

Silas is doing an amazing job considering what that team was dealing with doing the Harden fiasco

Since the James Harden trade, the Houston Rockets have the highest-rated defence in the league and have won 63% of their games.

These guys have something to prove 😤

[dirt_dobber]

MVP at this point in the season?
Nikola Jokic*is filling up the stat sheet in basically every category this year.
NBA ranks this season:*2nd in Points, 3rd in Assists, 4th in Rebounds, T-2nd in Steals, 6th in Minutes, 1st in PER, Win Shares, BPM, VORP.
He is 12th in the league in defensive win shares, and 7th in defensive box plus/minus.
(Also T-1st in Turnovers)

Luka Doncic in January:
28.3 pts (47.5 FG%, 33 3P%), 10.1 reb, 10.3 ast, 6 triple doubles

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by dirt_dobber

MVP at this point in the season?
Nikola Jokic*is filling up the stat sheet in basically every category this year.
NBA ranks this season:*2nd in Points, 3rd in Assists, 4th in Rebounds, T-2nd in Steals, 6th in Minutes, 1st in PER, Win Shares, BPM, VORP.
He is 12th in the league in defensive win shares, and 7th in defensive box plus/minus.
(Also T-1st in Turnovers)

Luka Doncic in January:
28.3 pts (47.5 FG%, 33 3P%), 10.1 reb, 10.3 ast, 6 triple doubles

For me the top three MVPs are Embiid, Jokic and Lebron. Luka unfortunately isn't in the conversation because the Mavs suck right now.

[EricaLubarsky]

Rose to Knicks for draft picks and DSJ as ballast.

Rumor is that DSJ will be waived as he's on his last year and is not fully guaranteed. Is this the end of DSJ's NBA career?

[Jack.Kerr]

".....he jumped so high....he jumped so high...."

[BPo001]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Rose to Knicks for draft picks and DSJ as ballast.

Rumor is that DSJ will be waived as he's on his last year and is not fully guaranteed. Is this the end of DSJ's NBA career?

Crazy how much he fell off a cliff after leaving Dallas. Hope he is able to catch on a team and keep playing.

[Thespiralgoeson]

Sadly I think DSJ's career is over. At least in the NBA. He can always play overseas, and he probably should. It's sad, and frankly inexplicable. The guy clearly has the talent not just to be in the NBA, but to be a far better than average player. But something is clearly going on with him mentally. I hope he figures it out and gets it together.

[Dallas41]

Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson

Sadly I think DSJ's career is over. At least in the NBA. He can always play overseas, and he probably should. It's sad, and frankly inexplicable. The guy clearly has the talent not just to be in the NBA, but to be a far better than average player. But something is clearly going on with him mentally. I hope he figures it out and gets it together.

I think Casey can help him.

He's done a terrific job with D.Wright this year making him a decent starting PG.

I think if Casey can Smith playing down hill again and attacking the basket also getting out in transition he'll have a chance to actually stick in Detroit.

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson

For me the top three MVPs are Embiid, Jokic and Lebron. Luka unfortunately isn't in the conversation because the Mavs suck right now.

Update- Embiid and Lebron have pulled so far ahead of the pack that at this point I'll be shocked if one of them isn't MVP. Embiid might be the best player in the league this year. And even though his numbers aren't quite as gawdy as they've been in years past, Lebron is actually having one of the best seasons of his career- he has repeatedly put the team on his back and come up huge with crunch-time heroics. Last year there was a bit of chatter about whether or not AD was the real MVP of the Lakers.... that talk has pretty much been put to rest. Lebron is still the Lakers' (and the NBA's) alpha dog, even at 36 years old.

If I had to pick right now, I'd pick Embiid for statistical brilliance alone, but just barely.

[EricaLubarsky]

Jokic is still amazing but he has Luka's problem. 27-11-9 is great but they aren't winning

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson

Lebron is actually having one of the best seasons of his career- he has repeatedly put the team on his back and come up huge with crunch-time heroics. Last year there was a bit of chatter about whether or not AD was the real MVP of the Lakers.... that talk has pretty much been put to rest. Lebron is still the Lakers' (and the NBA's) alpha dog, even at 36 years old.

I dunno if anyone is watching Lakers/Grizzlies right now, but Lebron is doing it again. The Lakers were down by as much as 20 earlier, but they clawed back in, and Lebron has hit about 5 ridiculous shots in a row, and the Grizzlies just look demoralized.

[BPo001]

Rockets to waive Boogie Cousins.

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by BPo001

Rockets to waive Boogie Cousins.

oof

Seems like he’s going to hear to the Lakers

[dirt_dobber]

Over the Laker's last 15 games, they've shot 29.9% from three...
good for dead last in the league. Over that same stretch, they're 22nd in offensive rating and 29th in turnovers. Despite the many offensive upgrades, they've really struggled getting the pieces to fit.
And after Lebron's hot start from deep, he's 9 of his last 46. Even with a healthy AD and DS, their offense has been hard to watch.

[EricaLubarsky]

https://streamable.com/56kik1

This is killing the NBA. Defender in good position. Not making contact or reaching in. No defending it. They call for a ref review and the call stands. The NBA has a problem.

[turin]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

https://streamable.com/56kik1

This is killing the NBA. Defender in good position. Not making contact or reaching in. No defending it. They call for a ref review and the call stands. The NBA has a problem.

That should be an obvious offensive foul imo. Permitting offensive players to jump into defenders like that is horrible. SMH. I can't believe I've reached the point where the NBA is becoming tiresome for me to watch. :-(

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[Scoobay]

Originally Posted by turin

That should be an obvious offensive foul imo. Permitting offensive players to jump into defenders like that is horrible. SMH. I can't believe I've reached the point where the NBA is becoming tiresome for me to watch. :-(

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yup that's garbage
defender has to have a place for their face to be geez...

no call or offensive foul
Brunson got called for an offensive foul for something that was much less than that the other night.

for that matter Brunson got called for a defensive foul on Kemba for running behind him on a 3pt attempt.

There's zero consistency and it's a terrible part of the game.

[BPo001]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

https://streamable.com/56kik1

This is killing the NBA. Defender in good position. Not making contact or reaching in. No defending it. They call for a ref review and the call stands. The NBA has a problem.

It’s one thing to call the foul, but to review it and say the call stands? That’s terrible. It’s like the refs don’t want to admit to making a bad call.

[EricaLubarsky]

https://streamable.com/zp9dzp

And another

Does anyone honestly like this type of basketball?

[EricaLubarsky]

Hawks coach fired. Ran practice. Had players find out via Twitter

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

https://streamable.com/zp9dzp

And another

Does anyone honestly like this type of basketball?

I really think it's inevitable that the league will make some rule changes to address this. It's probably the single biggest problem the league faces today, as far as actual on-court product goes. Obviously they won't go too far back in the other direction. They still want to favor the offense and have high scoring, fast paced games. But this is just too much.

[BPo001]

Shams Charania: NBA All-Star 3-point contestants: Stephen Curry, Donovan Mitchell, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Devin Booker, Zach LaVine –

NBA announces that Julius Randle is in the Skills Competition. He’s facing Luka Doncic, Nikola Vucevic, Domantas Sabonis, Robert Covington and Chris Paul

Chris Haynes: Slam Dunk Contest Participants: Anfernee Simons, Cassius Stanley and Obi Toppin.

Marc Stein: The NBA just announced Dominique Wilkins, Spud Webb, Jason Richardson, Dee Brown and Josh Smith as Sunday’s Dunk Contest judges – via Twitter TheSteinLine

[BPo001]

Lol

Marc Stein: As part of the NBA’s attempts to create a two-day Atlanta bubble, All-Star regulations call for all participants, guests and those granted access to the official league hotel to be checked in by 7 PM Saturday and to stay at the hotel until Sunday’s game, sources tell @NYTSports. – via Twitter TheSteinLine

[EricaLubarsky]

ASB is going to wreck the second half of the season