2019-2020 Official Regular Season Thread

[Black Adam]

To be fair to him, East and West seems pretty even so far

1 great team in each conference followed by 4 or 5 really good teams then a lot of mediocre and bad teams after that.

7 teams over .500 in the East and 6 in the West

oh i agree. so far it's pretty even with a whole lotta season to go...

his mouth is tiresome, though...

 

[The Oldtimer]

Tell the Clippers that.

No Kawhi, No Lou, No Beverley....

No win against the beat-a-BULLS?

Fuck that.

Why didn't Kawhi play?

 

[bksballer89]

oh i agree. so far it's pretty even with a whole lotta season to go...

his mouth is tiresome, though...

Totally agree with that lol.

Most annoying poster on the board by far....maybe except Dorian

I would take that Bart character back if it meant Bucks will disappear

 

[Black Adam]

That's impossible. The East is much better.

You do realize we might not see him for a little while if the Lakers beat the Bucks on Thursday, right?

geeze, won't THAT spoil the ambience around here...

 

[True Lakers Fan]

That's impossible. The East is much better.

You do realize we might not see him for a little while if the Lakers beat the Bucks on Thursday, right?

I think that was the idiot that said the Western Conference was much weaker than the eastern conference

 

[msgkings322]

To be fair to him, East and West seems pretty even so far

1 great team in each conference followed by 4 or 5 really good teams then a lot of mediocre and bad teams after that.

7 teams over .500 in the East and 6 in the West

I do think we can put to rest the whole West dominates idea. They are close enough to even now, which is what people say they wanted and were coming up with all sorts of crazy playoff changes to try to 'fix'

 

[bksballer89]

I do think we can put to rest the whole West dominates idea. They are close enough to even now, which is what people say they wanted and were coming up with all sorts of crazy playoff changes to try to 'fix'

Last year they were pretty close too if you took the Warriors out of the picture. Warriors were obviously on another level but the East wasn't that far off if you excluded the Warriors. West was better but not by much

 

[bksballer89]

This guy is really dumb. I know that "sick" for a week was all BS. Just thought it was on the organization because they didn't want him around the team but looks like it was actually Waiters

Heat suspended Dion Waiters because he called out sick, then posted a picture of himself on a boat, per report

 

[Hambombs]

Lakers Vs Celtics would look better

You don’t wanna face the bucks?

 

[wildturkey]

He's well liked in NBA circles, but more people just need to say Alvin Gentry isn't a good head coach. The Pelicans are terrible. It doesn't matter what his roster is, his teams consistently underdeliver

 

[True Lakers Fan]

I don’t care much about strength of schedule.

I think we can all agree the Lakers aren’t winning 73 games. But the defense has been extremely impressive. Better than I ever thought possible. They are also getting major contributions from some of the fringe guys we weren’t sure about coming in like KCP.

Lakers might not be better than the Clippers or Bucks, but they are definitely for real.

24-3 even with the softer portion of the schedule is still impressive. The Lakers are still everyone's target to beat no matter what - and the fact that they now have the 2nd best start in the franchise history tells us how difficult that is, but.....

No the Lakers are not going to be win 70 wins or more. I am just going to enjoy it while it lasts. Trials are going to come and trials and tests is good for the Lakers. I don't want them not getting tested - Getting tested builds character

 

[True Lakers Fan]

You don’t wanna face the bucks?

It don't matter who the Lakers face - they will be facing the best in the Eastern Conference either way - but a Celtics vs Lakers would get the draw because of the past rivalry

 

[shopson67]

Terrible timing with their upcoming schedule.

They play MIL, PHI, BOS, TOR, and LAL over the next 2 weeks

No guarantee they win any of those games with him, now they have an excuse.

 

[shopson67]

Kings, Bucks to participate in prison basketball games

(Picturing an outdoor caged court with barbed wire and game played with "prison rules") LOL

 

[dtgold88]

Sure, that is a fair point.

But I doubt they would have done that.

The decision to extend IMO was a reaction that Gilbert knew would generate positive buzz for the fan base after LeBron left.

And it did that. So mission accomplished.

But you and Wiggy claimed the deal boosted his trade value when it went down. Time will tell for sure, but I believe I was right on this when it happened.

When/if Love is eventually dealt we will know for sure.

Actually, what I said is it could boost his value. Never said we knew it would. You, of course, went extreme and couldn't see both sides (as you ignore he could have just left).

Depends which team or teams wanted him and their cap situation and/or where they were as far as how ready to contend.

 

[dtgold88]

That just isn’t true.

For superstars, yes, they are more valuable on long term deals.

For good, not great players like Love it doesn’t work like that.

Most teams prefer financial flexibility over a long term commitment to a 31 year old injury prone good player. Hence, they reduced his value.

I keep saying there will be a market for Love. But it will be narrow and teams will be a little nervous about those last 2 years. So his trade value is less.

You keep saying a lot of things. None of it factual.

 

[dtgold88]

I keep bringing up the Tobias Harris deal.

Every year, good players with expiring deals are highly sought after at the deadline. Usually they aren’t as good as Love. There would have been a much greater market for him last year than there is now.

OK, but Love also could have walked after last season. Something you continue to ignore for some reason.

 

[dtgold88]

Yea you would have to think teams looking to add another piece like the Celtics would've shed some of those picks for Love

They were gonna shed picks for an unsigned Love but wouldn't for AD?

 

[dtgold88]

quick NFL note, coach...

Haskins is looking better...

whoa...a rookie QB showed improvement in his rookie season?

Nice game by him and his OSU teammate, McLauren.

 

[dtgold88]

wtf Wamu. I was actually rooting FOR the Browns this week...

course, maybe that was the problem...

I have never hated a Cleveland team more than this one....in any sport.