2018-2019 NBA Regular Season Thread

[DJ]

Just got off the phone with AARP......I qualify!!!!!

 

[Mecca]

"If the Lakers go like 3-6 or worse in this stretch, I wouldn't be surprised if Luke Walton is gone. ... Names that people have mentioned to me [that could replace Luke]: Jason Kidd, Mark Jackson, and Ty Lue." — @Chris_Broussard

Jackson.

If it's Lue, folks gonna give LeBron the suicide eye.

 

[Mecca]

1-Jackson
2-Kidd
3-Anybody but Lue

Kidd?

Dude is awful.

I'd hire Kevin Olie over Kidd.

 

[Mecca]

so who goes number 1?

Everyone wants the next LeBron.

 

[DJ]

Kidd?

Dude is awful.

I'd hire Kevin Olie over Kidd.

Yeah, I was ranking the 3 listed in order....

 

[DJ]

WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!


Chicken wings and fries......I saw them in the kitchen.

 

[DJ]

Kidd?

Dude is awful.

I'd hire Kevin Olie over Kidd.

He might get some consideration....

 

[bksballer89]

Stupid clock issue 3 seconds into the Heat/Spurs

 

[tducey]

Raptors/Kings tonight. Wonder if Leonard will be back. He sat out vs. the Lakers and the Jazz. Can't see him coming back vs. the Kings.

 

[DJ]

Raptors/Kings tonight. Wonder if Leonard will be back. He sat out vs. the Lakers and the Jazz. Can't see him coming back vs. the Kings.

I hope he does.

@Bolts

 

[Black Adam]

Stupid clock issue 3 seconds into the Heat/Spurs

least it wasn't the AC...

 

[WiggyRuss]

Reports: Magic Johnson unhappy with Luke Walton’s offense, defense, assistant coaches

Johnson, president of basketball operations, shouted and cursed at Walton, according to multiple sources who weren’t authorized to speak publicly. He asked Walton what he was doing with the team, wanting to see an offensive system in place that had yet to be implemented. At one point he chided Walton for interrupting him.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Stupid clock issue 3 seconds into the Heat/Spurs

Six years ago, Josh Richardson was sure he’d become a doctor. Now, he’s a burgeoning NBA star

dont say I never posted anything nice about the Heat

@ Mecca- look away or risk being turned to stone- text block coming:

DETROIT – Josh Richardson is living an NBA fairytale.

He was a middling recruit out of high school, spent four seasons at Tennessee then got picked in the second round. Just three years later, he’s a budding star with a life-changing contract.

It’s probably uncoincidental his rise came in Miami. The Heat are renowned for their environment, where underappreciated hard-working players get in great shape and develop their skills. In Miami, Hassan Whiteside became the first player in NBA history to go from a minimum salary one year to a max salary the next. In Miami, undrafted Tyler Johnson earned a contract so large, he threw up when he first heard about it. In Miami, Udonis Haslem has had one of the longest careers ever for an undrafted player.

“We just want to invest everything we have with our guys – all of our experiences, all of our time, all of our love, all of our tough love – to be able to develop and put guys in the program and help them become whoever they’ve dreamed about becoming,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “And if that sounds crazy to people on the outside, we love those kinds of dreams.”

But this wasn’t Richardson’s dream. Not even close.

He was set on becoming an orthopedic surgeon.

Growing up, Richardson attended forums and seminars on medicine. He learned more about the field, even sat in on a surgery and met kids who shared his interest. His determination to become a doctor intensified.

He earned a basketball scholarship to Tennessee, but he focused on his pre-med classes.

“I was kind of there to get my undergrad paid for, so I could keep it moving,” Richardson said.


Richardson doesn’t remember precisely what sparked it. He figures he was probably joking around when he shouldn’t have been. But Richardson still recalls then-Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin “freaked out on me” in front of everyone during practice Richardson’s junior year.

“You could be so good!” Richardson remembered Martin saying. “You don’t take anything serious!”

 

[bksballer89]

If Whiteside keep messing around then he may get a triple double....in the first half

 

[thunderc]

Something about seeing JR Snith on a team this bad just seems right.

 

[bksballer89]

18,15, and 8 blocks for Whiteside at the half

 

[WiggyRuss]

Would Lakers fans kill me if i said a perfect player for them right now IF he was on a 1 year deal would be Tristan Thompson?

rebounding, mental toughness, knows how to set picks, play with LeBron, tons of experience yet only 27 years old, has played under the lights.....

hes been playing some good ball too- maybe the best on the CAvs- thats not saying much but it just might be true.

 

[thunderc]

18,15, and 8 blocks for Whiteside at the half

Wow, I wonder what made him want to play tonight.

 

[Bolts]

Not cool

 

[bksballer89]

Wow, I wonder what made him want to play tonight.

Avg 12,15, and 3 on the year.

Dude been bringing it just about every night. 2nd in RPG and 3rd in BPG