AustinFromBoston Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 If the NBA plans on starting up again, I hope NHL follows their lead. They already seemed to when they suspended the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I hope they don’t, I remember I few years ago the ice would get very sloppy in the summer months, atleast in Boston I know it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, dont care said: I hope they don’t, I remember I few years ago the ice would get very sloppy in the summer months, atleast in Boston I know it did. I guess the NBA could get away with games in July but the NHL shouldn't follow suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 If the NBA and NHL return as is, with a full month's worth of games left in the regular season in June, that would take the NBA Finals and NHL Stanley Cup finals into August. If they start up again in July, that takes them to September and in conflict with the Start of the NFL and college football seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustDevil61 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 6 hours ago, GDAWG said: If the NBA and NHL return as is, with a full month's worth of games left in the regular season in June, that would take the NBA Finals and NHL Stanley Cup finals into August. If they start up again in July, that takes them to September and in conflict with the Start of the NFL and college football seasons. I’m beginning to think that, if (and right now it’s more of a big if than not) the NBA and/or NHL get back to playing after about 30 days, they’ll do an abridged season with something like 70-75 regular season games. That way, it gets each team to the same number of games played by tacking on the first 10-15-ish postponed games onto the regularly-scheduled end of the regular season, then go with the playoffs from there. It would minimize the impact to the playoff and offseason schedules with both leagues ending no later than about mid-July at the absolute latest. At least that’s what I would do. AKA @LanRovr0 on Twitter LED Sig Credits to packerfan21396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 34 minutes ago, DustDevil61 said: I’m beginning to think that, if (and right now it’s more of a big if than not) the NBA and/or NHL get back to playing after about 30 days, they’ll do an abridged season with something like 70-75 regular season games to get each team to the same number of games by tacking on the first 10-15-ish postponed games onto the regularly-scheduled end of the regular season, then go with the playoffs from there. It would minimize the impact to the playoff and offseason schedules with both leagues ending no later than about mid-July at the absolute latest. At least that’s what I would do. If both return next month, I think it will be in front of no fans for at least another month. Out of the two leagues though, I think NHL will return before NBA if no NHL players have the virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digby Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 ^ what if the Olympics don’t get postponed, though? Back to amateurs only just like that? Fan Style ShirtsShowcasing fan-made sports apparel by artists and designers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 48 minutes ago, Digby said: ^ what if the Olympics don’t get postponed, though? Back to amateurs only just like that? Or G League players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 On 3/14/2020 at 11:51 AM, JayMac said: I am personally hoping both the NBA and NHL resume play (if they do) with the playoffs. I cannot see these leagues going deep into July and being ready to start it all over again in September. I agree with this. Looking at the present NBA standings, the East's 8 seed has a 1.5 game lead over the 9th seed. The West is even more clear-cut. We have a playoff field ready. Let's just all get through this crisis, and hopefully start the playoffs as soon as it is reasonable to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Six Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Steve Ballmer bought the Forum for $400 million cash. Obviously we all know that another team used to play there. As he moves forward with his operations as the new owner, hopefully he respects the legacy and greatness that played in that arena in the past. (Gretzky's legacy, of course.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerslionspistonshabs Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 15 hours ago, The Six said: Steve Ballmer bought the Forum for $400 million cash. Obviously we all know that another team used to play there. As he moves forward with his operations as the new owner, hopefully he respects the legacy and greatness that played in that arena in the past. (Gretzky's legacy, of course.) Imagine having enough money to buy an arena, just for the purpose of building another arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 On 3/11/2020 at 6:56 PM, RedKub said: Bucks fans get the claim to this year's nonexistent championship for years to come, like Expos fans do with 1994. I was always under the impression that it was between the Dodgers or the Expos. Which other teams had a shot that season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Cincinnati, Atlanta, and Houston were all having pretty good seasons in the NL in 1994. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Oh please, we all know the sub-.500 Rangers would've won the World Series that year, leading to an immediate scrapping of the three-division format. MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 17 hours ago, sayahh said: I was always under the impression that it was between the Dodgers or the Expos. Which other teams had a shot that season? Cleveland and Chicago White Sox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 On 4/5/2020 at 3:43 PM, sayahh said: I was always under the impression that it was between the Dodgers or the Expos. Which other teams had a shot that season? There's this obscure little team called the Yankees. Perhaps you've heard of them? It was on the strength of the Yankees having the the American League's best record that Buck Showalter was the manager of the 1995 American League All-Star team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 It's over. Gar Forman has been finally run out of Chicago. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29029866/chicago-bulls-fire-long-gm-gar-forman-amid-front-office-changes trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Houston Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 So tonight starts the 10-part documentary of the Bulls 97-98 seasons on ESPN and naturally, it's helped spark more pointless debates on sports social media. Shaq has said the Lakers could've taken the Bulls in their prime and even some Pistons fans say Jordan couldn't out-do them, even though they finally beat Detroit in 1991 to get the first ring. While these discussions are entertaining, it's more of a debate about metrics and how we determine which athletes are better and why. Perhaps the best way is to see which championship is the closest to the midpoint of an athlete's prime and see what the advanced stats are there. Otherwise, I always have to chuckle at these sports nerds who are just surefire that this team would be beat this team, based on some sole hot take without any kind of numbers to back that up. Anyways, I think ESPN does high quality documentary work and I'm super interested to see more of the nuances behind one of the greatest, if not the greatest dynasty, in basketball history. "And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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