NBA Thread 2019-20

[MUfan12]

Ed Davis was on the call, and had some thoughts- https://hoopshype.com/2020/06/15/utahs-ed-davis-was-on-fridays-players-call-this-is-why-hes-against-sitting-out/

He's spot on about the economic factors and the CBA. While it's not popular to bring that up, not playing could bring more setbacks in terms of what the players can do.

[Pakuni]

@SBondyNYDN: In a recent chat group with Nets players, Kyrie Irving lobbied for skipping the bubble, the Daily News has learned. In that chat, he also proposed that the players can start their own league, according to a source. https://twitter.com/SBondyNYDN/status/1273023235362299904


Honestly, could the NBAPA have picked two worse people to be out front on this than Kyrie and Dwight Howard?

[CreightonWarrior]

@SBondyNYDN: In a recent chat group with Nets players, Kyrie Irving lobbied for skipping the bubble, the Daily News has learned. In that chat, he also proposed that the players can start their own league, according to a source. https://twitter.com/SBondyNYDN/status/1273023235362299904


Honestly, could the NBAPA have picked two worse people to be out front on this than Kyrie and Dwight Howard?

I wonder what his stance be if Durant said he was going to play when they resumed. Kyrie's got nothing to play for at this point so makes sense he doesn't want to play.

[The Sultan]

Kyle Korver said he would support not playing too and he most certainly has something to play for.  I just think many players have moved on from the season and don't want to be bottled up in Orlando for weeks.  By the time they start playing, it will be four and a half months since the season was suspended. 

[The Sultan]

I think the larger issue that we are seeing with MLB, NBA, etc., is that pulling off sports is going to be very hard.  Plans that sound simple a month or two out, quickly become very complex, and require a crap ton of testing and isolation.  I'd like to think we are going to have football and college basketball, but everything seems very complex with no easy answers.

[MUfan12]

After reading about all the protocols, I wouldn't blame any player who'd rather stay home at this point.

[Galway Eagle]

Just have the series of Milwaukee vs Lakers and be done with it. I get Toronto or clippers might be upset but I mean come on.

[wadesworld]

Just have the series of Milwaukee vs Lakers and be done with it. I get Toronto or clippers might be upset but I mean come on.

Clippers >>>> Lakers.

Also who knows how these teams look after 3+ months off.

[Galway Eagle]

Clippers >>>> Lakers.

Also who knows how these teams look after 3+ months off.

Ok let them have a mini series. Toronto or Boston aren't taking the bucks out in 7

[Pakuni]

Kyle Korver said he would support not playing too and he most certainly has something to play for.  I just think many players have moved on from the season and don't want to be bottled up in Orlando for weeks.  By the time they start playing, it will be four and a half months since the season was suspended.

Kyle Korver said he'd be willing to sit out if that's what his black teammates told him was necessary to advance social change. He also said he believes players can advance change and still play.
That's very different from advocating for players to sit out because something is "fishy" and create their own league. Let's not forget, a week ago Kyrie's concern about being in the bubble was whether he could use the sauna and drink alcohol provided by the league.

[The Sultan]

Malcom Brogdan tests positive.  May have got it when he was out protesting.

Everything sucks.

[The Lens]

We're going to see a flurry of positive cases.  If the NBA can stomach those reports for a few weeks, once they're in the bubble things should smooth out.

[Billy Hoyle]

We're going to see a flurry of positive cases.  If the NBA can stomach those reports for a few weeks, once they're in the bubble things should smooth out.

I was on a call yesterday regarding legal liability in sports and COVID-19.  One of the doctors from a Power 5 program indicated findings that COVID-19, even in asymptomatic individuals, has been found to cause Myocarditis which traditional EKG's don't usually catch. Not a positive development at all.

[GB Warrior]

We're going to see a flurry of positive cases.  If the NBA can stomach those reports for a few weeks, once they're in the bubble things should smooth out.

I think this is all going to fail spectacularly in all sports and demonstrate exactly how extensively our governments mismanaged this

[Mr. Nielsen]

NBA Schedule
https://mobile.twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/1276656290484285440


– Season Resumes on July 30 with Jazz vs. Pelicans and Clippers vs. Lakers in TNT Doubleheader
– ESPN's Game Coverage Restarts on July 31 with Celtics vs. Bucks and Rockets vs. Mavericks

[JWags85]

I think this is all going to fail spectacularly in all sports and demonstrate exactly how extensively our governments mismanaged this

Define "fail spectacularly". Not trying to be combative, I'm just curious what people are fearing. If the bubble is truly enforced and protocol is followed, i find it very hard to believe there is going to be scores of outbreaks across teams.

[MU82]

Define "fail spectacularly". Not trying to be combative, I'm just curious what people are fearing. If the bubble is truly enforced and protocol is followed, i find it very hard to believe there is going to be scores of outbreaks across teams.

Agree. It will come down to how willing all players are to do what they're supposed to do — including holding each other accountable.

Though I do worry about some of the non-players/coaches who will be in the bubble — such as the huge TV crews that will be on site.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Agree. It will come down to how willing all players are to do what they're supposed to do — including holding each other accountable.

Though I do worry about some of the non-players/coaches who will be in the bubble — such as the huge TV crews that will be on site.

Yeah, I am not at all convinced that rich young men are going to maintain quarantine for very long.

[wadesworld]

NBA planning to put BLM on the courts at the bubble.

[pbiflyer]

Define "fail spectacularly". Not trying to be combative, I'm just curious what people are fearing. If the bubble is truly enforced and protocol is followed, i find it very hard to believe there is going to be scores of outbreaks across teams.

Nets' DeAndre Jordan Says He Tested Positive for COVID-19, Will Miss NBA Restart

Nets' Spencer Dinwiddie Tested Positive for COVID-19; NBA Restart Status Unclear


How many others will get it? What happens when a significant numbers of a team get it? I don't see this NBA season going well, if at all. I suspect that before the start, they pull the plug.

[JWags85]

Nets' DeAndre Jordan Says He Tested Positive for COVID-19, Will Miss NBA Restart

Nets' Spencer Dinwiddie Tested Positive for COVID-19; NBA Restart Status Unclear


How many others will get it? What happens when a significant numbers of a team get it? I don't see this NBA season going well, if at all. I suspect that before the start, they pull the plug.

None of this falls into what I'm saying. If it falls apart before the season starts, ok. I still find it hard to believe that if they get going, suddenly scores of players and personnel will be getting infected and necessitating a shutdown to the season.

FWIW, The Nets prepped in NYC instead of the bubble in Orlando.

[GB Warrior]

No one is stating the obvious: that Kyrie is deliberately infecting his teammates as a means to an end to get them to reject resuming play.

[JWags85]

No one is stating the obvious: that Kyrie is deliberately infecting his teammates as a means to an end to get them to reject resuming play.

I'll go one further, the Nets are owned by Joseph Tsai, who vocally spoke out against HK during the NBA mini feud with China. He's working with the CCP to derail the NBA and make them and the US look bad

[BM1090]

Two fun, competitive games to kick off the restart.

[The Sultan]

Last night showed why Bledsoe is so valuable to the Bucks.  I like Dante more in a scoring role off the bench, but not as a primary ball handler.