2021 NBA regular season thread

[Sparhawk]

Christian Wood of the Rockets, formerly the Pistons.

Oh, the dude from the Sixers.
I thought you meant..... eh, nevermind.

 

[tlance]

Why aren't you a fan of Wood?

What?

I like Christian Wood.

I think I am missing something here.

 

[Sparhawk]

What?

I like Wood.

I think I am missing something here.

 

[tlance]

That WC wasn't this WC.

So your theory is that 3 players, 2 of whom are in their 30's and only one has ever actually played defense (and was average) and who play on a team that just got rid of what little defense they had...is suddenly going to start playing decent defense?

Really?

Nash and D’Antoni will teach them.

 

[tlance]

LOL.

Made a small edit there.

 

[bksballer89]

Love me some dame

 

[trojanfan12]

Houston playing well shorthanded....

So now the Nets have 2 players who make teams better by leaving. lol

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Players and teams need to be held more accountable. We're in a pandemic.

I don't give a fuck how much you earn, when the games and practices are over you stay your ass at home. If the majority of the world can isolate themselves in a 2 bedroom apartment for the last eight months, I'm pretty sure NBA millionaires can survive staying in their $5 million mansions.

 

[Shanemansj13]

 

[DJ Fieri]

What?

I like Christian Wood.

I think I am missing something here.

You said something earlier today about him being a good player but not making a difference on a team?

 

[bksballer89]

Players and teams need to be held more accountable. We're in a pandemic.

I don't give a fuck how much you earn, when the games and practices are over you stay your ass at home. If the majority of the world can isolate themselves in a 2 bedroom apartment for the last eight months, I'm pretty sure NBA millionaires can survive staying in their $5 million mansions.

You do realize on most teams there's maybe 1 player with the virus but the other players are forced to sit out basically a week for contact tracing? It is ridiculous that 7+ players are sitting out nearly a week if they never tested positive. I only blame the players if they're out and being careless. We have to realize these players don't live alone. They likely live with a significant other who likely go out daily for whatever their job is.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Watch your tone or I'll cut you and freeze you and bring you out to thaw in November!!!!

and he an do it @wildturkey he lives in Montana!! all he has to do is put you outback from Oct. 31 to April 1!

 

[tlance]

You said something earlier today about him being a good player but not making a difference on a team?

Yeah.

There are a very small number of players that really make a difference in terms of transforming a bad team to an average one.

Like less than 10. Maybe less than 5.

Wood is a good player that any team would want, but he isn’t too good to tank with.

 

[WiggyRuss]

 

[Shanemansj13]

 

[DJ Fieri]

and he an do it @wildturkey he lives in Montana!! all he has to do is put you outback from Oct. 31 to April 1!

Coming from the guy who lives in the shithole state of Ohio.......LOL.

 

[WiggyRuss]

You do realize on most teams there's maybe 1 player with the virus but the other players are forced to sit out basically a week for contact tracing? It is ridiculous that 7+ players are sitting out nearly a week if they never tested positive. I only blame the players if they're out and being careless. We have to realize these players don't live alone. They likely live with a significant other who likely go out daily for whatever their job is.

same thing has happened in the NFL---- has effed the Browns over horribly

but when you have 15 man rosters the effects get amplified even more.

i know the NFL had players were trackers all around the facility to determine if they were "high risk contacts". I am assuming the NBA does the same.

Really- you basically cant practice right now because if you do basically everyone is a high risk contact. It sucks.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Coming from the guy who lives in the shithole state of Ohio.......LOL.

id live in Ohio 1000x before Montana...yikes.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Oladipo comes in and these Rockets can be a 6-8 seed if they gel together.....they aren't depleted of talent at all.

 

[WiggyRuss]

You do realize on most teams there's maybe 1 player with the virus but the other players are forced to sit out basically a week for contact tracing? It is ridiculous that 7+ players are sitting out nearly a week if they never tested positive. I only blame the players if they're out and being careless. We have to realize these players don't live alone. They likely live with a significant other who likely go out daily for whatever their job is.

the NFL did expand rosters, have an expanded practice squad.

the NBA should really do the same