2019-2020 Official Regular Season Thread

[Shanemansj13]

Luka - Porzingis is gonna be nasty this year

 

[bksballer89]

That's his personal ax to grind.
I still have the Heat as a #3 or #4 seed in the East.

Same. We're very deep and this Nunn kid is very good as well.

We should be in the high 40's for win totals. Will assume about 46-48

Winslow looking really good as PG.

Dragic can be a 6th man of the year candidate.

 

[trojanfan12]

And yet still better than any big the Lakers have lol

So TT is better than AD now?

Wiggy hack your account?

 

[Shanemansj13]

So TT is better than AD now?

Wiggy hack your account?

I said before AD and TT would be a nasty combo so obviously I wasn't talking about AD. He is better than McGee and Dwight the hacker for sure. Dwight at this point can grab rebounds and commit fouls, that's about it.

 

[bksballer89]

Did Ben Simmons attempt a jump shot last night? @Sparhawk @flyerhawk

 

[Sportsguy9695]

Why question it when Barrett played well?

He’s a rookie he shouldn’t of thrown him out there. It would of been different if he had a year or two under his belt

 

[Sparhawk]

Did Ben Simmons attempt a jump shot last night? @Sparhawk @flyerhawk

No 3s.
He attempted at least two kind of fadeaways or jumpers from probably at least 10' away.
They both didn't go in, but he didn't miss by much.

He looked much worse bricking two FT after going 2-3 from the line...

 

[flyerhawk]

Did Ben Simmons attempt a jump shot last night? @Sparhawk @flyerhawk

Nope. Well he took a 10 footer late in the clock.

However, the Celtics weren't laying off of him and he had consistent attacking lanes to the hoop. He won't take a single jump this season if teams defend him like that.

 

[flyerhawk]

He’s a rookie he shouldn’t of thrown him out there. It would of been different if he had a year or two under his belt

It's not like the Knicks are going to be good this year. Let the young guys show what they got!

 

[bksballer89]

Can't wait for this Bucks/Rockets game

 

[Black Adam]

And yet still better than any big the Lakers have lol

AD says hi...

 

[Black Adam]

I said before AD and TT would be a nasty combo so obviously I wasn't talking about AD. He is better than McGee and Dwight the hacker for sure. Dwight at this point can grab rebounds and commit fouls, that's about it.

you said ANY of our bigs. sorry...

STILL too short. STILL don't need a Cardashian...

 

[flyerhawk]

you said ANY of our bigs. sorry...

STILL too short. STILL don't need a Cardashian...

The only way I see that happening is if Lebron wants TT. I have no idea if he does though.

 

[WiggyRuss]

I really don't care. It is a non story.

You're the only one insisting on talking about it.

@CitySushi posted it then Woj said it is a family matter.

Case should be closed after that

I really don't care. It is a non story.

You're the only one insisting on talking about it.

@CitySushi posted it then Woj said it is a family matter.

Case should be closed after that

well you could have fooled me with your incessant bitching and whining and personal attacks.

 

[Sparhawk]

well you could have fooled me with your incessant bitching and whining and personal attacks.

Bruh, I like a good trolling as much as the next person, but dis be like.....

 

[bksballer89]

Bruh, I like a good trolling as much as the next person, but dis be like.....

Sad thing is he is actually a good poster when he avoids the trolling. Unbearable otherwise

 

[Sparhawk]

Did Ben Simmons attempt a jump shot last night? @Sparhawk @flyerhawk

He did suck the soul out of Gordon Hayward...

 

[dtgold88]

When you look at some of these playoff rosters- its why I def. hold out hope that the Cavs can add another couple first rounders (even if they are semi-late first rounders).

Guys like Clarkson, Thompson, Knight, Henson, Delly- can all be rotation guys for teams like the Rockets, Lakers, Warriors, Sixers (plus more) who get a little dirty rounding out the back of that top 8.

if you put Clarkson and Thompson on the Rockets or Lakers I would feel a ton better about the back of their playoff rotations.

TT might look real good on the Clips.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/greg-cote/article236488403.html

New star and big offseason acquisition Jimmy Butler: Absent, shockingly and mysteriously missing his own grand opening for “personal reasons.”

The Heat’s first meaningful loss of the season came 1 hour and 45 minutes before the first game tipped off — probably not a good sign, as harbingers go.

“Jimmy is not going to be here for personal reasons,” announced Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.

No last name was required. It’s like with Pele’. That, or the fact Jimmy Butler is the only Jimmy on the roster.

My initial reaction?

Spo had to be kidding, right? You know, like how in public speaking they suggest you start off with something that might get a laugh?

This was no joke, alas. The Heat’s biggest new attraction — the star here to ease the ache of Wade’s retirement — would miss his own formal unveiling.

The only sign of Butler was on the cover of the Tip Off game program, and featured in the pregame hype video.

Imagine if, on the night they raise D-Wade’s number 3 to the rafters, Dwyane couldn’t be here for it. Sorry.

Imagine if, just before the wedding, the priest announces the groom couldn’t make it. “Personal reasons.”

“Everything is fine,” assured Spoelstra of Butler’s absence.

Yeah, well, except that the main attraction for an arena full of Heat fans was a no-show for his Big Hello.

I’m sure it will turn out to be a fine excuse. Significant-other-in-labor was the early betting favorite among media.

It’s because “everything is fine” that we are permitted to have a little fun here, of course, at the colossal anti-climax caused by your team’s big new star missing the season opener for reasons murky.

And why the secrecy, by the way? Childbirth, whooping cough, tickets to see Taylor Swift — whatever the “personal reasons,” don’t you sort of owe it to your paying customers to be transparent?

I was at the game.
You seem way more worried about it then the 20,000 who were there.
You act like he wanted to not be there.
The same person whose been known to go work out at the arena at 3:30 a.m., etc.
Something happened. Its his and the Heats business how it was handled.

P.S. Heat rookies >> Cavs

 

[dtgold88]

pass. too short...

Yeah...who wants a guy who can go for a double double any night, will play any role asked, can switch onto a perimeter guy as well or better than any big and will be among the league leaders in offensive rebounds.