2019-2020 Official Regular Season Thread

[True Lakers Fan]

What is the league supposed to do about it?

Take away free agency? Go to a "hard cap"?

Good luck with that.

Bottom line is, some places are always going to be more desirable places to live than others and people with the means to move to those places, are going to.

Not sure what folks are crying about anyway. Over recent years, we've seen your Thunder advance farther in the playoffs than they have since they were the Sonics.

We've seen the Cavs, who never even made the finals, make 4 straight finals and win their first 1.

We've seen a Warriors team that had 1 title in it's history, break the all time single season wins record, make 5 straight finals and win 3.

We saw the Raptors not only make the finals for the first time, but win one.

The Bucks, who have 1 title in their history, are favored to come out of the East.

Meanwhile, the teams that have won the most championships throughout the league...

The Celtics last title was 2008 and they haven't been back to the finals since
they lost to the Lakers in 2010 (put in bold for @Wamu).

The Lakers last title was in 2010 and they haven't been to the playoffs in 7 years.

The Bulls haven't won a title since MJ retired and haven't been a threat except for a couple of years when they couldn't get past the Heat.

Heck, even the Spurs have fallen way off after being a consistent contender for 20 years.

And before the "superstars won't stay" arguments start:

KD stayed with the Sonics/Thunder for 9 years. Westbrook stayed for 11.

Lebron stayed in Cleveland for 7 years, then went back for 4 more.

Steph Curry has stayed with the Warriors for 11 years and Klay has been there 8.

Giannis is in his 7th year in Milwaukee.

And a couple of other "Big City" teams...the Nets haven't won a championship since they were in the ABA and the Knicks, except for a brief time when Riley coached them, haven't been a threat since they had Willis Reed and "Clyde" Frazier.

If the Thunder is bitching about not winning a championship, they have themselves to blame for being stingy with their money. They had a winning team and could have been in the finals three or four times in the last decade

 

[bksballer89]

The nfl being the NFL lol

 

[Stakesarehigh]

The nfl being the NFL lol

You saw it in the last contract there seems to be a big disparity in the haves and have nots. Lots of the haves talking today

 

[DJ Fieri]

Breaking news.....

 

[Wamu]

Breaking news.....
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[bksballer89]

Lame

 

[bksballer89]

 

[thunderc]

I think baseball is going to suffer the most not having fans in the stands. It’s just a sport that was meant to be watched live.

 

[Wamu]

Kayne- the gift that keeps on giving (mutha fucka is crazy)

During his rally in S. Carolina he claimed his brain is too big for his skull.

 

[Wamu]

D. Howard won't wear a mask in the bubble. Said- "didn't know that the coronavirus be flying through the air looking for people". He thinks you can't get the virus is you're indoors.

 

[tlance]

D. Howard won't wear a mask in the bubble. Said- "didn't know that the coronavirus be flying through the air looking for people". He thinks you can't get the virus is you're indoors.

He thinks he is safe because the people he is around are tested daily.

Honestly though, doesn’t sound to me like Dwight really wants to be there.

 

[Wamu]

He thinks he is safe because the people he is around are tested daily.

Honestly though, doesn’t sound to me like Dwight really wants to be there.

That's what I'm thinking as well. And if that's the case he should speak up and tell the Lakers he wants outta there.

 

[Wamu]

I think baseball is going to suffer the most not having fans in the stands. It’s just a sport that was meant to be watched live.

Saturday night the Indians were on MLBnetwork. Only watched a couple of innings. But the fake noise pumped into the satdium was weird.

 

[Wamu]

Lame

Idiotic NBA. There's nothing wrong with what Butler wants to do. What's the league worried about, if he doesn't have something on the back of his jersey fans won't know who he is?

 

[dtgold88]

Exactly.

And most school divisions (at least every one I have been associated with) tend to be conservative and close when in doubt. A pocket of kids test positive or a teacher dies and they are going to close.

And if you know realistically that you are going to close, why open in the first place?

as I often say I don't believe most who say they "know" anything when it comes to the pandemic. would guess if school had to start tomorrow they might have offered an option to have kids in school. But doesn't hurt to offer it and see how many choose the option. Based on a poll I saw, (maybe 350 votes) it was about 2/3rds voting that they will be sending their kids.

Now if plan is shut down entire school with a positive test I would agree why bother opening as there will be a positive test.

 

[dtgold88]

I think baseball is going to suffer the most not having fans in the stands. It’s just a sport that was meant to be watched live.

Revenue wise they'll suffer...if that's what you mean. Not in the ratings. Hell, would not be surprised to see records in ratings with no other team sports (until NBA and NHL get going) and fans not able to go.

 

[dtgold88]

The nfl being the NFL lol

???

 

[Bolts]

Hey, I hope everyone is doing well. Haven't been on in a while but with the season close to resuming I thought I'd check in.

 

[Bolts]

Some things never change.

 

[Wamu]

Hey, I hope everyone is doing well. Haven't been on in a while but with the season close to resuming I thought I'd check in.

Hey Bolts how ya been? Hopefully things are good.