The 2019-2020 Around the NBA thread

[cwamjn]

Dang, dame time.

 

[Cheesebeef]

So if suns win out and Portland loses one do suns get the play in gm?

only if the Spurs lose a game also I think.

 

[GatorAZ]

So if suns win out and Portland loses one do suns get the play in gm?

Yes. The more likely scenario is the Grizz lose out.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Yes. The more likely scenario is the Grizz lose out.

spurs would get play-in if grizz don’t lose out and Portland loses one.

 

[GatorAZ]

spurs would get play-in if grizz don’t lose out and Portland loses one.

Forgot about the Spurs. What’s the tie-break if the Suns, Spurs and Blazers won out and Memphis loses out?

 

[Cheesebeef]

Forgot about the Spurs. What’s the tie-break if the Suns, Spurs and Blazers won out and Memphis loses out?

I think Spurs and Blazers are in the play in. We’re trailing both of those teams.

 

[Chaplin]

I’m curious if anybody at the NBA expected the complicated nature of these teams and the play-in. I’m guessing the first thing is that nobody really expected Memphis to lose so much, let alone the Suns winning all their games.

it seemed clear in the beginning that this was all done just to get Zion into the playoffs. That backfired. Lucky for them it has turned into something much more intriguing.

 

[Raindog]

I think Spurs and Blazers are in the play in. We’re trailing both of those teams.

Nope. In that scenario, Suns and Blazers are in the play-in. Spurs would be out because Suns finish with better win percentage.

 

[Ronin]

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[Cheesebeef]

This Portland Dallas game is RIDICULOUS.

and it has HUGE importance for us!

 

[Cheesebeef]

Aw man... that dude didn’t have to tackle Dame to give his guy room for that 3.

that was terrible.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Well that was crappy

Thursday gonna be a huge day....

Will dallas want to play luka and kris now

 

[Hoop Head]

The NBA will have awards for the bubble. There will be an All-Bubble team named and MVP, they'll be called the All-Seeding Team and the Seeding Games MVP. I like Booker's odds.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-name-b...eam-walt-disney-world-playoffs-213512111.html

 

[mjb21aztd]

Will bucks be playing gianis middelton vs Memphis they have not been great in bubble

 

[Hoop Head]

Well that was crappy

Thursday gonna be a huge day....

Will dallas want to play luka and kris now

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[Cheesebeef]

Will bucks be playing gianis middelton vs Memphis they have not been great in bubble

no way. They go into the playoffs as healthy as possible. They’ve basically got a four game warm up against Brooklyn in the first round.

 

[Hoop Head]

no way. They go into the playoffs as healthy as possible. They’ve basically got a four game warm up against Brooklyn in the first round.

They'll play Orlando. Brooklyn made it to the 7th seed.

 

[Ronin]

Dave McMenamin
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Dame Lillard relishes the moment after dropping 61 to move into sole possession of 8th place with one game to go. He is the only player in league history other than Wilt Chamberlain with three 60-plus point games in the same season. pic.twitter.com/6KGF1pIRBy

 

[Cheesebeef]

They'll play Orlando. Brooklyn made it to the 7th seed.

either way, it’s basically pre-season until the second round. No reason to get Giannis hurt before the first round.

 

[Ronin]

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[Suns_fan69]

One of the pleasant things about the Suns recent success is the (positive) attention they have been getting:

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A lot of us, myself included, questioned several moves by James Jones over the past couple years, even as recently as the Cam Payne 2 year deal, but hard to argue against the results right now.

 

[Ronin]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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Philadelphia star Joel Embiid (left ankle) will return to 76ers lineup tonight against Toronto, sources tell
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[Ronin]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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Zero NBA players tested positive for coronavirus out of 342 tested at Orlando campus since last results were announced Aug. 5, sources tell
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[Ronin]

Eric Woodyard
@E_Woodyard
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Nate McMillan confirms that his extension is 1-year. "I just felt that, that was appropriate for both sides. Normally I don't do any negotiations until after the end of the season. This has been an unusual season for all of us. Myself, the organization, the NBA," he said.

 

[Ronin]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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The Boston Celtics have signed head coach Brad Stevens to a contract extension.