2019-2020 Official Regular Season Thread

[Wamu]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnddddd...

MORE facepalmage coming...

You deserve 1,000 facepalms for being a Lakers fan. I mean how you doing?

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Since it's December other than reg. season games what else is there really to talk about when it comes to actual game talk?

I don't have a problem with Buck strutting about his team's success.

When you win by decapitation, you can say whatever you want about the other team.

 

[Wamu]

@trojanfan12 , @bksballer89 , @ChiefsLakers67

Do any of you plan on going to see Knives out?

I fricking loved it.

Why didn't you ask me if I'm going to see Knives Out? That's just rude. What's Knives Out?

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

haven't seen anything on it. now i guess i'll have to look it up...

Awesome cast...

 

[Black Adam]

You deserve 1,000 facepalms for being a Lakers fan. I mean how you doing?

hey, fuck you, man...i mean i'm doin' a'ight...

 

[dtgold88]

What was all the SportsHoopla about guys leaking stuff to the media?

I saw Tristan's heated response. But, never saw what was allegedly said.

Going by memory but the alleged comments were players were complaining because the coach actually dared to teach in practice. Without seeing/hearing actual players saying anything hard to take too seriously, though.

what did TT say?

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Oh yeah, @dtgold88 ...

Portland should be on the horn inquiring about Clarkson now that Hood has gone down.

Several teams should have interest.

But, they need him the most.

 

[dtgold88]

This is from the athletic on the matter, @Mecca . I'm guessing it might be young guys complaining and the older players saying things like the last comment......

Multiple members of the Cleveland Cavaliers roster reportedly believe head coach John Beilein, who spent over four decades coaching at the collegiate level, isn't prepared to handle NBA players.

Joe Vardon and Shams Charania of The Athletic provided comments from several anonymous players Friday amid a then-four-game losing streak that had dropped the Cavs' record to 5-15.

"Guys drowned out his voice, and when guys start searching for the next in line for help, I believe you've lost them," one player said.

Another noted they've looked toward assistant coach J.B. Bickerstaff for leadership: "Our assistants are definitely more prepared for the NBA."

The players' issues with Beilein's coaching include too much time spent on teaching fundamentals, extended video sessions and a "broader lack of understanding of the NBA game," per Vardon and Charania.

"The little things become big things, and sometimes very big things," a Cavs player said.

Another member of the team argued the team's poor performance can't rest solely on the coach, though.

"At the same time, I think the players are the reasons things are happening the way they are," the player told The Athletic. "Coaching can't fix 20- and 30-point blowouts."

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Going by memory but the alleged comments were players were complaining because the coach actually dared to teach in practice. Without seeing/hearing actual players saying anything hard to take too seriously, though.

what did TT say?

Slowly getting dressed, tossing a stocking cap on his head, with an inhaler by his locker to help battle a cold, Thompson was next ready to fight a few of his own teammates when he was informed that three were quoted in an article that dropped hours before the Cavs’ fifth straight loss. “Y’all better find them names ‘cause I’ll pull up on ‘em right now,” Thompson said. “You can’t do that s—. “At the end of the day if you’re going to build a culture and a family, you can’t have that Chatty Patty s— going on. That s— is whack to me. Everyone’s got to look in the mirror, there’s only so much coach can do and there’s only so much we can do. Do we have the best roster in the NBA? No. But we’re going to go out there and compete every night. Guys got to look in the mirror. So I hope whoever reported that was just bulls——g and blamed it on a player.”

7 hours ago – via Chris Fedor @ Cleveland Plain Dealer

 

[dtgold88]

Oh yeah, @dtgold88 ...

Portland should be on the horn inquiring about Clarkson now that Hood has gone down.

Several teams should have interest.

But, they need him the most.

Would think for Portland depends how far they think they could go this year as not sure they'd trade what the Cavs want for a rental if they think at best he can get them out of round 1 as opposed to being 1 and done.

Unless they think maybe they'd like Clarkson longterm.

 

[Black Adam]

I don't have a problem with Buck strutting about his team's success.

When you win by decapitation, you can say whatever you want about the other team.

agreed about immediate bragging rights...

the taking it to another tangent, though(i.e., the lEast is stronger, the L.A. teams are buying titles),not so much...

 

[dtgold88]

Slowly getting dressed, tossing a stocking cap on his head, with an inhaler by his locker to help battle a cold, Thompson was next ready to fight a few of his own teammates when he was informed that three were quoted in an article that dropped hours before the Cavs’ fifth straight loss. “Y’all better find them names ‘cause I’ll pull up on ‘em right now,” Thompson said. “You can’t do that s—. “At the end of the day if you’re going to build a culture and a family, you can’t have that Chatty Patty s— going on. That s— is whack to me. Everyone’s got to look in the mirror, there’s only so much coach can do and there’s only so much we can do. Do we have the best roster in the NBA? No. But we’re going to go out there and compete every night. Guys got to look in the mirror. So I hope whoever reported that was just bulls——g and blamed it on a player.”

7 hours ago – via Chris Fedor @ Cleveland Plain Dealer

Now that's a leader right there and why the Cavs need to give strong consideration to keeping him. My guess is in the article about the complaints Love made the last comment about it not being on the coach.

 

[Wamu]

hey, fuck you, man...i mean i'm doin' a'ight...

It's one more Saturday of college football for me. Got some family stopping by for my Ohio State game tonight. Oldest son & his fiancee. Youngest son & his girlfriend. My bro & sis 'n law. Made 2 different kinds of chili yesterday. One is just basic. The other is mango habanero. For the appetizers I'm making crab stuffed mushrooms & stuffed jalapeno's. Gonna be a good day.

#unsober

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

agreed about immediate bragging rights...

the taking it to another tangent, though(i.e., the lEast is stronger, the L.A. teams are buying titles),not so much...

I was hella confused with the anti-Laker, Rockets rhetoric.

You just put boot to ass to a team that is supposed to be elite.

So, why so angry?

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

It's one more Saturday of college football for me. Got some family stopping by for my Ohio State game tonight. Oldest son & his fiancee. Youngest son & his girlfriend. My bro & sis 'n law. Made 2 different kinds of chili yesterday. One is just basic. The other is mango habanero. For the appetizers I'm making crab stuffed mushrooms & stuffed jalapeno's. Gonna be a good day.

#unsober

That sounds super YUMMY.

Have fun.

I'm on my way out to Dave and Busters with my little people and then to a movie.

L8r peeps

 

[Wamu]

That sounds super YUMMY.

Have fun.

I'm on my way out to Dave and Busters with my little people and then to a movie.

L8r peeps

Enjoy your movie & have a good day.

 

[dtgold88]

It's one more Saturday of college football for me. Got some family stopping by for my Ohio State game tonight. Oldest son & his fiancee. Youngest son & his girlfriend. My bro & sis 'n law. Made 2 different kinds of chili yesterday. One is just basic. The other is mango habanero. For the appetizers I'm making crab stuffed mushrooms & stuffed jalapeno's. Gonna be a good day.

#unsober

Guessing probably in CFP no matter what but still cannot wait for this one......and please let's win and not leave it to chance again.

mmmmmm........appetizers.

 

[msgkings322]

Could @WiggyRuss have been any more wrong about Jimmy Butler?

#timevindicates

Between that and the Lakers success, and the Cavs showing zero progress, it's no wonder he bailed.

 

[buckalis]

I don't have a problem with Buck strutting about his team's success.

When you win by decapitation, you can say whatever you want about the other team.

I don't think you get the point... I never swear as a person, nor use bad language or hate the Lakers or the Clips... In fact I absolutely loved the Lakers until two years ago (just before they "passed" Clarkson and Nance to... Bron in the Cavs for free) and I was cheering for the Clips success last season...

I just hate circuses, capitalism and the fucking idiot fanatics that think buying worths more than building...

You know why the Bucks and the Herd have those impressive records? Because they are building... They have the best locker room, they go out together, they respect each others value, they appreciate each others talent... They are a "family", an "organization"... or more... a "family that is an organization"...

It really resembles the "mafia movies" that Coppola and Scorsese have put on cinema screens and made people love the ethics, the "rules of the game", more than being "legal" to the rest of the world... See?

Therefore I swear only against the dickheads that don't get it.... and I'm glad they talk too much before they give us the blowjob they will... The more they talk, the more they get us erected, the more we enjoy their "big mouths"... see?

 

[dtgold88]

Between that and the Lakers success, and the Cavs showing zero progress, it's no wonder he bailed.

Not sure he wanted much progress THIS year as this is no time to lose a draft pick for us.