2019-2020 Official Regular Season Thread

[DJ Fieri]

The Bulls starting a formal search for a new top executive....per Woj.

 

[Black Adam]

@ChiefsLakers67


Doing anything exciting today? Yeah me either.

lol trust me. Mrs. CL is driving me nuts about her 4 wall syndrome...

 

[bksballer89]

It is really bad here

 

[bksballer89]

@wildturkey @trojanfan12 @tlance @Mecca thoughts?

 

[bksballer89]

Crazy that top players don't have access to a basketball hoop.

I expect this from end of bench guys but not someone like Giannis or Middleton. Not saying every player should have a gym but would expect most who live in houses to have a backyard with a hoop.

Giannis not playing basketball; no 'access to hoop'

 

[Black Adam]

@wildturkey @trojanfan12 @tlance @Mecca thoughts?

which set of rules...?

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

*paging @msgkings322*

Did you page him today after seeing this?

562 people died in the last 24 hours -- the biggest single-day increase in deaths.

US coronavirus: More than 6,000 are dead as NY governor to sign executive order to redistribute medical supplies

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Crazy that top players don't have access to a basketball hoop.

I expect this from end of bench guys but not someone like Giannis or Middleton. Not saying every player should have a gym but would expect most who live in houses to have a backyard with a hoop.

Giannis not playing basketball; no 'access to hoop'

Unless they live in a highrise, very odd.

We have a halfcourt in our backyard.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

@wildturkey @trojanfan12 @tlance @Mecca thoughts?

Yeeesh.....

Old heads.

You'd think Shaq would have been a huge advantage. But, we've already seen what Prime Dream can do to Shaq.

LeBron is better than Bird.

But, that doesn't mean much to the Hick from French Lick.

I give team Old Head a huge psychological advantage because of shit like this.


Here's another classic Larry Bird trash talking story, courtesy of his longtime Boston Celtics teammate Kevin McHale on Tuesday's edition of the "Dan Patrick Show."

The setup: The Celtics were playing in Phoenix with a comfortable lead in the fourth quarter. The Suns rallied and took a late two-point lead. On the final timeout, Bird wants the ball to take a 3-pointer to win.

"I said, 'No, don't do that,'" McHale told Patrick, suggesting to Bird a closer shot to get to overtime.

"Larry says, 'No, I'm just gonna bust a 3 on them.'"

Bird then made things interesting.

"He tells the Phoenix bench ... 'Yeah, I'm just fixing to bust a 3 on you guys. I'm tired of this,'" McHale


"He shoots the ball. As the ball's in the air, he kind of turns toward the Phoenix bench and yells, 'Told ya so!' and starts running to the locker room.

"And it went in."

 

[logic]

Unless they live in a highrise, very odd.

We have a halfcourt in our backyard.

And every frickin' school has multiple courts you can go and shoot at. They're just not trying.

 

[tlance]

Crazy that top players don't have access to a basketball hoop.

I expect this from end of bench guys but not someone like Giannis or Middleton. Not saying every player should have a gym but would expect most who live in houses to have a backyard with a hoop.

Giannis not playing basketball; no 'access to hoop'

Shit. That is BS

I have access to a gym where I can go shoot whenever I want and nobody else is ever there. I have gone about every other day since this thing started.

Giannis could absolutely access a gym and be in there completely by himself if he wanted to. Sounds like he is making excuses.

 

[Wamu]

Yeeesh.....

Old heads.

You'd think Shaq would have been a huge advantage. But, we've already seen what Prime Dream can do to Shaq.

LeBron is better than Bird.

But, that doesn't mean much to the Hick from French Lick.

I give team Old Head a huge psychological advantage because of shit like this.


Here's another classic Larry Bird trash talking story, courtesy of his longtime Boston Celtics teammate Kevin McHale on Tuesday's edition of the "Dan Patrick Show."

The setup: The Celtics were playing in Phoenix with a comfortable lead in the fourth quarter. The Suns rallied and took a late two-point lead. On the final timeout, Bird wants the ball to take a 3-pointer to win.

"I said, 'No, don't do that,'" McHale told Patrick, suggesting to Bird a closer shot to get to overtime.

"Larry says, 'No, I'm just gonna bust a 3 on them.'"

Bird then made things interesting.

"He tells the Phoenix bench ... 'Yeah, I'm just fixing to bust a 3 on you guys. I'm tired of this,'" McHale


"He shoots the ball. As the ball's in the air, he kind of turns toward the Phoenix bench and yells, 'Told ya so!' and starts running to the locker room.

"And it went in."

Don't fuck with Larry Legend in his prime.

 

[tlance]

@wildturkey @trojanfan12 @tlance @Mecca thoughts?

I don’t think either team really has enough shooting to play modern era basketball.

Team MJ has 1 tough matchup, but they have more better overall players IMO. They have 3 top 4 players and 5 top 10 players. Team LeBron just not quite as good.

 

[trojanfan12]

Yeeesh.....

Old heads.

You'd think Shaq would have been a huge advantage. But, we've already seen what Prime Dream can do to Shaq.

LeBron is better than Bird.

But, that doesn't mean much to the Hick from French Lick.

I give team Old Head a huge psychological advantage because of shit like this.


Here's another classic Larry Bird trash talking story, courtesy of his longtime Boston Celtics teammate Kevin McHale on Tuesday's edition of the "Dan Patrick Show."

The setup: The Celtics were playing in Phoenix with a comfortable lead in the fourth quarter. The Suns rallied and took a late two-point lead. On the final timeout, Bird wants the ball to take a 3-pointer to win.

"I said, 'No, don't do that,'" McHale told Patrick, suggesting to Bird a closer shot to get to overtime.

"Larry says, 'No, I'm just gonna bust a 3 on them.'"

Bird then made things interesting.

"He tells the Phoenix bench ... 'Yeah, I'm just fixing to bust a 3 on you guys. I'm tired of this,'" McHale


"He shoots the ball. As the ball's in the air, he kind of turns toward the Phoenix bench and yells, 'Told ya so!' and starts running to the locker room.

"And it went in."

lol

Reminds me of 1 that some of the Showtime guys told.

It was on a special on the Lakers network where Kareem, Coop, Byron Scott and James Worthy were all being interviewed and telling stories.

Lakers are up 3 with just a few seconds left, Celtics call timeout. After the timeout, Bird comes out on the floor and tells them "I'm gonna start over here, curl around and hit a corner 3 to tie the game".

Then he does it, exactly as he said he would.

Clip ends with Byron Scott shaking his head and saying "He told us what he was going to do".

 

[bksballer89]

Did you page him today after seeing this?

562 people died in the last 24 hours -- the biggest single-day increase in deaths.

US coronavirus: More than 6,000 are dead as NY governor to sign executive order to redistribute medical supplies

And as that tweet from Shaun King (who i really dislike) stated basically everyone here either knows someone personally with it or one of your friends, co-workers, or etc know someone personally with it. This is how bad it is in NYC/NJ

 

[trojanfan12]

Giannis could absolutely access a gym and be in there completely by himself if he wanted to.

- @buckalis

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

lol

Reminds me of 1 that some of the Showtime guys told.

It was on a special on the Lakers network where Kareem, Coop, Byron Scott and James Worthy were all being interviewed and telling stories.

Lakers are up 3 with just a few seconds left, Celtics call timeout. After the timeout, Bird comes out on the floor and tells them "I'm gonna start over here, curl around and hit a corner 3 to tie the game".

Then he does it, exactly as he said he would.

Clip ends with Byron Scott shaking his head and saying "He told us what he was going to do".

Dude was never the fastest, most athletic.

But, he was a fucking SAVAGE.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

And as that tweet from Shaun King (who i really dislike) stated basically everyone here either knows someone personally with it or one of your friends, co-workers, or etc know someone personally with it. This is how bad it is in NYC/NJ

It has to be terrifying.

NY and Florida are tough places to live right now.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

And every frickin' school has multiple courts you can go and shoot at. They're just not trying.

Dude, all our parks are still open in Phoenix.

I'm sure they could easily find a place.

 

[Wamu]

Dude was never the fastest, most athletic.

But, he was a fucking SAVAGE.

I was lucky enough to go to the original Boston Garden with my dad back in the 80's multiple times. And I was at Bird's last NBA game in '92 against the Cavs.