2019-20 NBA Thread of Threads

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Rip-off time! Who do you think will earn the right to lose to the Clippers Lakers?

[DG_ThenNowForever 15,456]

Predictions:

 

East

1. Sixers

2. Bucks

3. Pacers

4. Celtics

5. Heat

6. Nets

7. Raptors

8. Knicks

 

West

1. Nuggets

2. Jazz

3. Lakers

4. Clippers

5. Blazers

6. Warriors

7. Rockets

8. Mavs

 

Conference Finals

East: Sixers over Bucks

West: Lakers over Jazz

 

Finals: Lakers over Sixers

 

MVP: Anthony Davis

ROY: Ja Morant

Coach of the Year: Rick Carlisle

 

I'm prepared for all of this to be dramatically wrong. The prediction I feel best about is Philly being very, very good.

 

[kimball 5,146]

East

1. Sixers

2. Bucks

3. Celtics

4. Nets

5. Heat

6. Raptors

7. Pacers

8. Pistons

 

West

1. Nuggets

2. Jazz

3. Rockets

4. Lakers

5. Clippers

6. Warriors

7. Blazers

8. Pelicans

 

Conference Finals

East: Sixers over Bucks

West: Jazz over Lakers

 

Finals: Jazz over Sixers

 

MVP: James Harden

ROY: Ja Morant

Coach of the Year: Michael Malone

DPOY: Rudy Gobert

Sixth Man: Lou Williams

[DG_ThenNowForever 15,456]

I think the Jazz will be very good...but I can't forget how they wilted against the Rockets and how Donovan Mitchell couldn't beat France and how Mike Conley is great but never when it matters most.

 

I'm rooting for their success, but not expecting it.

[_DietDrPepper_ 4,221]

The playoffs will be extremely similar to last season.
West
1. Nuggets

2. Lakers

3. Blazers

4. Clippers

5. Jazz

6. Rockets

7. Spurs

8. Warriors

 

East

1. Bucks

2. Celtics

3. Sixers

4. Pacers

5. Nets

6. Raptors

7. Heat

8. Magic

 

I don’t see that many changes team wise, except for the obvious one, the thunder falling out. The 7,8,9 spots for the East could be Detroit, Miami, or Orlando.

The west will be extremely close with the Kings being the closest to making the playoffs, but after them I see a significant drop off. Even the kings will be a good few games out of the 8 seed, the 1-4 seeds will be a max of 4 games apart, I can honestly see the warriors going anywhere from a 5 seed to an 8 seed, same with almost all the teams after 3 or 4

[UnclearInitial 1,597]

1. Sixers

2. Bucks

3. Celtics

4. Heat

5. Raptors

6. Pacers

7. Nets

8. Bulls

 

1. Rockets

2. Clippers 

3. Jazz

4. Nuggets

5. Lakers

6. Warriors

7. Kings

8. Blazers

 

Conference Finals

East: Sixers over Bucks

West: Lakers over Jazz

 

Finals: Lakers over Sixers

 

MVP: Joel Embiid

ROY: Zion 

 

 

 

[AustinFromBoston 725]

East

1. Philly

2. Bucks

3. Celtics

4. Heat

5. Pacers

6. Nets

7. Raptors

8. Magic

 

West

1. Clippers

2. Rockets

3. Nuggets

4. Warriors

5. Jazz

6. Portland

7. Lakers

8. Kings

 

Conference Finals:

76ers over Celtics in 6

Clippers over Nuggets 5

 

Finals: Clippers over 76ers in 7

[dfwabel 4,155]

Gulp...

 

[Digby 6,133]

So this was all some kind of elaborate salary cap ploy by Daryl Morey. Always five-dimensional chess with that guy.

[CS85 10,512]

Cowards.

 

https://streamable.com/s/s8l68/ewkgtd

[goalieboy82 1,016]

28 minutes ago, CS85 said:

Cowards.

 

https://streamable.com/s/s8l68/ewkgtd

like i said:

your bystanding days are over! You're in it now, up to your neck!

[dfwabel 4,155]

56 minutes ago, CS85 said:

Cowards.

 

https://streamable.com/s/s8l68/ewkgtd

I agree to a point since while the players are of a higher profile, they should not be placed in the situation to make the comments for the business.  I'd also like not to have my passport taken by Chinese authorities and become detained and a political pawn. 

 

The coward in all of this is Daryl Morey, as he not only deleted the tweet, but for what looks like for the sake of his current (and any future NBA job) has not just backtracked, but has gone radio silent and underground.  He tried to go Kaepernick but turtled.

 

Truth be told, if I were Tilman Fertitta, Daryl Morey would have already been fired.

[MJWalker45 5,517]

5 hours ago, dfwabel said:

I agree to a point since while the players are of a higher profile, they should not be placed in the situation to make the comments for the business.  I'd also like not to have my passport taken by Chinese authorities and become detained and a political pawn. 

 

The coward in all of this is Daryl Morey, as he not only deleted the tweet, but for what looks like for the sake of his current (and any future NBA job) has not just backtracked, but has gone radio silent and underground.  He tried to go Kaepernick but turtled.

 

Truth be told, if I were Tilman Fertitta, Daryl Morey would have already been fired.

If you fire him for speaking his mind, how much more will you lose in court when he sues? I'm pretty certain he got told to disappear by more people than just his owner. The NBA just learned a lesson that other businesses know, just keep your head down and don't pay attention to the pogroms in the corner.

[Red Comet 1,558]

If it isn't obvious by now, the N in NBA might as well stand for Nike. 

 

If you're going to brand yourself as some kind of person/group as "speaking truth to power" and an opportunity to actually stand against a fascist regime comes up and you say bupkis because your bottom line might really be at risk this time? Yeah, you deserve to be on and then some. Hell, just skip the subtlety altogether and make this your new slogan: 闭嘴运球

 

Best thing to do is stick to what you know best: playing basketball. 

 

And I'm picking Bucks/Lakers for the Finals. With Milwaukee winning.

[dfwabel 4,155]

24 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said:

If you fire him for speaking his mind, how much more will you lose in court when he sues? I'm pretty certain he got told to disappear by more people than just his owner. The NBA just learned a lesson that other businesses know, just keep your head down and don't pay attention to the pogroms in the corner.

The First Amendment does not prevent a private employer from limiting what you can say.  Tilman Fertitta does not have to put up with it, and Texas is a strong at-will employment state.

Tilman can still cut a check to fulfil the stated contractual obligations and separate him from the franchise immediately. 

[Seadragon76 862]

Eastern Conference:

 

1. Milwaukee

2. Boston

3. Philadelphia

4. Toronto

5. Orlando

6. Brooklyn (Could go up if Durant makes a comeback)

7. Indiana

8. Miami

 

Western Conference:

 

1. Denver

2. Houston

3. LA Clippers

4. Portland

5. LA Lakers

6. Utah

7. San Antonio

8. Golden State

[GDAWG 1,786]

The Western Division is wide open due to a weakened Golden State.  That's good for the NBA, a little unpredictability. 

[the admiral 28,295]

Yeah, Daryl Morey is the real bad guy here. Look what you made them do! NBA discussion is supposed to revolve around Kevin Durant getting his feelings hurt. Now it revolves around a billion Chinese people getting their feelings hurt. We're way off the ball here!

[dfwabel 4,155]

Don't make Morey out to be Rosa Parks or Lech Walesa

[Digby 6,133]

On 10/10/2019 at 6:25 PM, dfwabel said:

The First Amendment does not prevent a private employer from limiting what you can say.  Tilman Fertitta does not have to put up with it, and Texas is a strong at-will employment state.

Tilman can still cut a check to fulfil the stated contractual obligations and separate him from the franchise immediately. 

 

Fertitta has the right, sure, but it would be even less smart than Morey’s tweet. Even apart from the geopolitics, everyone’s waiting for his trigger finger to finish off the Rockets’ blown window and good luck finding a better replacement than Morey.